Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among coal workers' pneumoconiosis patients in China: a cross-sectional study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Influenza is one of the most common vaccine-preventable diseases in travellers. By performing two cross-sectional questionnaire surveys during winter 2009 and winter 2010 among European travellers to resource-limited destinations, we aimed to investigate knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding sea...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pfeil A,Mütsch M,Hatz C,Szucs TD

更新日期：2010-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence shows that men and women have inadequate fertility knowledge which may negatively affect their childbearing decisions in future. Given the fact that decision making for fertility needs accurate information, targeted educational interventions especially through media are needed to improve know...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gharacheh M,Khalajabadi Farahani F,Mirghafourvand M,Janani L,Ranjbar F

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a growing body of literature supporting positive associations between natural environments and better health. The type, quality and quantity of green and blue space ('green-space') in proximity to the home might be particularly important for less mobile populations, such as for some older people. Ho...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dennis M,Cook PA,James P,Wheater CP,Lindley SJ

更新日期：2020-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cooking over open fires using solid fuels is both common practice throughout much of the world and widely recognized to contribute to human health, environmental, and social problems. The public health burden of household air pollution includes an estimated four million premature deaths each year. To be effe...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Dickinson KL,Kanyomse E,Piedrahita R,Coffey E,Rivera IJ,Adoctor J,Alirigia R,Muvandimwe D,Dove M,Dukic V,Hayden MH,Diaz-Sanchez D,Abisiba AV,Anaseba D,Hagar Y,Masson N,Monaghan A,Titiati A,Steinhoff DF,Hsu YY,Kasp

更新日期：2015-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A gender gap exists in knowledge regarding persons living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana. Women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHIV) greatly outnumber males living with HIV/AIDS (MLHIV) in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa generally. This necessitates more gender-nuanced evidence-based information on HIV/AIDS to guide individual...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Owusu AY

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer screening uptake within the South Asian population in England is approximately half that of the general population (33 % vs 61 %), and varies by Muslim (31.9 %), Sikh (34.6 %) and Hindu (43.7 %) faith background. This study sought to explore reasons for low uptake of CRC screening in South ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Palmer CK,Thomas MC,McGregor LM,von Wagner C,Raine R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Doctors and patients hold varying beliefs concerning illness and treatment. Patients' and families' explanatory models (EMs) vary according to personality and sociocultural factors. In a multi-ethnic society, it is becoming increasingly significant that doctors understand the different beliefs of their patie...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： van Dellen QM,van Aalderen WM,Bindels PJ,Ory FG,Bruil J,Stronks K,PEACE study group.

更新日期：2008-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Technological advances have caused poor mobility and lower physical activity among humankind. This study was conducted to assess the impact of a digital media-based (multi-media, internet, and mobile phone) health intervention on promotion of women's physical activity. METHODS:In this quasi-experimental stu...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Peyman N,Rezai-Rad M,Tehrani H,Gholian-Aval M,Vahedian-Shahroodi M,Heidarian Miri H

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Policy making in healthcare requires reliable and local data. Different sources of coverage data for health interventions can be utilized to populate the Lives Saved Tool (LiST), a commonly used policy-planning tool for women and children's health. We have evaluated four existing sources of antenatal care da...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Friberg IK,Venkateswaran M,Ghanem B,Frøen JF

更新日期：2019-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The available literature suggests that there are significant differences in maternal mortality according to maternal origin in high income countries. The objective of this study was to quantify the risk of maternal death by maternal origin and region of Spain where the birth occurred and to identify the most...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Blagoeva Atanasova V,Arevalo-Serrano J,Antolin Alvarado E,García-Tizón Larroca S

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cambodia is one of the 22 countries with the highest TB burden. While childhood TB is estimated to make up 10-20% of total TB cases in high-burden settings, this proportion ranges from 1.3 to 39.4% throughout Cambodia's provinces, suggesting potential under- and over-diagnosis of childhood TB, subnationally....

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Frieze JB,Yadav RP,Sokhan K,Ngak S,Khim TB

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is conflicting evidence of the healthy migrant effect with respect to mental health. This study aims to determine if there are differences in mental health and service use between Australian-born and foreign-born individuals living in South Australia and to consider the differing role of socio-demograp...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Straiton M,Grant JF,Winefield HR,Taylor A

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contact investigation is important in finding contacts of people who have Tuberculosis (TB) disease so that they can be given treatment and stop further transmission. The main objective of this study was to assess the contribution of community health volunteers (CHVs) to the number of TB patients notified to...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Abongo T,Ulo B,Karanja S

更新日期：2020-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have demonstrated links between cardiovascular disease and physical inactivity and poor air quality, which are both associated with neighborhood greenness. However, no studies have directly investigated neighborhood greenness in relation to coronary heart disease risk. We investigated the ef...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pereira G,Foster S,Martin K,Christian H,Boruff BJ,Knuiman M,Giles-Corti B

更新日期：2012-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In developed countries, adolescent and young adult diets have been found to be nutritionally poor. The aim of this study was to examine whether a choice architecture intervention, re-arrangement of produce within a grocery store to increase the accessibility of fruit and vegetables, affected purchasing behav...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Walmsley R,Jenkinson D,Saunders I,Howard T,Oyebode O

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In British Columbia Canada, a Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy was mandated that requires elementary school teachers to provide students with opportunities to achieve 30 min of physical activity during the school day. However, the implementation of school-based physical activity policies is influenced by...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Weatherson KA,McKay R,Gainforth HL,Jung ME

更新日期：2017-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We assessed the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a middle-income country in rapid epidemiological transition and estimated direct costs for treating all individuals at increased cardiovascular risk, i.e. following the so-called "high risk strategy". METHODS:Survey of risk facto...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bovet P,Shamlaye C,Gabriel A,Riesen W,Paccaud F

更新日期：2006-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study compared parental smoking with school personnel smoking in relation to adolescents' smoking behaviours, alcohol use, and illicit drug use. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey for 24,379 adolescents was linked to a survey for 1946 school employees in 136 Finnish schools in 2004-2005. Surveys included...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Virtanen M,Pietikäinen M,Kivimäki M,Luopa P,Jokela J,Elovainio M,Vahtera J

更新日期：2009-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tetanus is a serious but vaccine-preventable disease and fatality rate of the disease is high in the neonates and the elderly. The aim of this study was to detect the tetanus antibody prevalence in the over sixty-year age residents of the nursing homes in Bolu. METHODS:A voluntary-based study was done in th...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Karabay O,Ozkardes F,Tamer A,Karaarslan K

更新日期：2005-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension has been declared as a global public health crisis by the World Health Organization, because of its high prevalence. It affects the health of one billion people worldwide and is directly responsible for the deaths of more than 10 million people per year. The purpose of our research was to explor...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lu Y,Yan H,Yang J,Liu J

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the last decades, global migration has increased and many immigrant groups have a higher prevalence than the native born population of several cardiovascular disease risk factors, including poor dietary habits. However, it is uncertain if dietary habits in immigrant populations reflect dietary habits ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Koochek A,Mirmiran P,Sundquist K,Hosseini F,Azizi T,Moeini AS,Johansson SE,Karlström B,Azizi F,Sundquist J

更新日期：2011-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaccination is one of the cost effective strategies reducing childhood morbidity and mortality. Further improvement of immunization coverage would halt about 1.5 million additional deaths globally. Understanding the level of immunization among children is vital to design appropriate interventions. Therefore,...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tamirat KS,Sisay MM

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-immolation, as a method of suicide, is one of the most violent and extreme ways which is usually attempted by the ignition of inflammable materials, with more than 70% fatality rate. In the literature, Iran has been reported to have a high rate of self-immolation; therefore, this study aimed to evaluate...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mohammadi AA,Karoobi M,Erfani A,Shahriarirad R,Ranjbar K,Zardosht M,Modarresi MS,Afrasiabi Z

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipid-reduction pharmacotherapy is often employed to reduce morbidity and mortality risk for patients with dyslipidemia or established cardiovascular disease. Associations between socioeconomic factors and the prescribing and use of lipid-lowering agents have been reported in several developed countries. ME...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kitzmiller JP,Foraker RE,Rose KM

更新日期：2013-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 'Healthy School Start' programme was developed to promote healthy dietary habits and physical activity, targeting parents of 6-year-old children in pre-school class. Knowledge of barriers and facilitators of implementation is crucial before introducing this kind of programme on a larger scale. The aim of...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bergström H,Haggård U,Norman Å,Sundblom E,Schäfer Elinder L,Nyberg G

更新日期：2015-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While there are increasing data implicating poor recognition of physical inactivity as a potential barrier to healthy behaviour change, the efficacy of feedback to promote physical activity is uncertain. Using a randomised controlled trial nested within a population-based cohort study, we plan to test three ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Watkinson C,van Sluijs EM,Sutton S,Marteau T,Griffin SJ

更新日期：2010-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies have shown diverse strength of evidence for the associations between air pollutants and childhood asthma, but these associations have scarcely been documented in the early life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impacts of various air pollutants on the development of asthma phenotypes in ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zhou C,Baïz N,Zhang T,Banerjee S,Annesi-Maesano I,EDEN Mother-Child Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2013-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior studies addressing the impacts of regular physical activity or sedentary habits on the immune system have been conducted in adults and laboratory settings. Thus, it is practically unknown how a healthy active lifestyle could affect low-grade inflammation processes, infections or allergies in young pers...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Veiga OL,Gómez-Martínez S,Martínez-Gómez D,Villagra A,Calle ME,Marcos A,AFINOS Study Group.

更新日期：2009-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:South Africa's maternal mortality ratio remains high although it has substantially declined in the past few years. Numerous studies undertaken in South Africa on maternal mortality have not paid much attention to how the causes are distributed in different socio-demographic groups. This study assesses and an...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bomela NJ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a global public health issue. Having a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or more (classifying a person as obese) at the start of pregnancy is a significant risk factor for maternal and fetal morbidity. There is a dearth of evidence to inform suitable interventions to support pregnant women with a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Smith DM,Whitworth M,Sibley C,Taylor W,Gething J,Chmiel C,Lavender T

更新日期：2010-05-27 00:00:00