Drug prescribing during pregnancy in a central region of Italy, 2008-2012.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Common enteric pathogens that cause gastrointestinal illness are transmitted to humans through food, water or direct contact. This poses a significant concern to public health as enteric pathogens can cause disease in a large number of people, and cost a substantial amount to treat and prevent. In order to g...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Harding SA,Parmley EJ,Morrison KE

更新日期：2014-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria transmission in Ethiopia is unstable and seasonal, with the majority of the country's population living in malaria-prone areas. Results from DHS 2005 indicate that the coverage of key malaria interventions was low. The government of Ethiopia has set the national goal of full population coverage with ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Shargie EB,Gebre T,Ngondi J,Graves PM,Mosher AW,Emerson PM,Ejigsemahu Y,Endeshaw T,Olana D,WeldeMeskel A,Teferra A,Tadesse Z,Tilahun A,Yohannes G,Richards FO Jr

更新日期：2008-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical activity plays a critical role in health, including for effective weight maintenance, but adherence to guidelines is often poor. Similarly, although debate continues over whether a "best" diet exists for weight control, meta-analyses suggest little difference in outcomes between diets differing mark...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Taylor RW,Roy M,Jospe MR,Osborne HR,Meredith-Jones KJ,Williams SM,Brown RC

更新日期：2015-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite an increasing body of knowledge concerning gender and lifestyle factors as determinants of sickness absence in well-developed countries, the relationship between these variables has not been elucidated in emerging economic power countries, where the burden of non-communicable diseases is particularly...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rabacow FM,Levy RB,Menezes PR,do Carmo Luiz O,Malik AM,Burdorf A

更新日期：2014-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women aged 25-45 years represent a high risk group for weight gain and those with children are at increased risk because of weight gain associated with pregnancy and subsequent lifestyle change. Average self-reported weight gain is approximately 0.60 kg per year, and weight gain is associated with increased ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lombard C,Deeks A,Jolley D,Teede HJ

更新日期：2009-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the latest Tanzanian National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) report a total of 147,271 individuals donated blood during the year 2002. However, blood safety remains an issue of major concern in transfusion medicine in Tanzania where national blood transfusion services and policies, appropriate in...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Matee MI,Magesa PM,Lyamuya EF

更新日期：2006-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a hidden public health disease that affects up to 20% of the general population. Although co-morbidity can affect diagnose setting and treatment of the disease, there are few studies concerning diagnosed and registered co-morbidity for IBS patients in primary care. The aim o...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Faresjö Å,Grodzinsky E,Hallert C,Timpka T

更新日期：2013-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV status disclosure is a difficult emotional task for HIV-infected persons and may create the opportunity for both social support and rejection. In this study, we evaluated the proportions, patterns, barriers and outcomes of HIV- 1 status disclosure among a group of women in Uganda. METHODS:An exit interv...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kiweewa FM,Bakaki PM,McConnell MS,Musisi M,Namirembe C,Nakayiwa F,Kusasira F,Nakintu D,Mubiru MC,Musoke P,Fowler MG

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies suggest that only some distressed individuals seek help from primary care and that pathways to mental health care appear to be ethnically patterned. However few research studies examine how people with common mental disorder manage their mental distress, which help-seeking strategies ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rüdell K,Bhui K,Priebe S

更新日期：2008-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is widespread in the world including developing countries. However malnutrition in poor areas is still a serious problem. Few investigations, especially in a large sample, have been performed in Western area of China. This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of school children aged 9-15 ye...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Li P,Yang F,Xiong F,Huo T,Tong Y,Yang S,Mao M

更新日期：2012-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The interface between research and policymaking in low-income countries is highly complex. The ability of health systems research to influence policy processes in such settings face numerous challenges. Successful analysis of the research-policy interface in these settings requires understanding of contextua...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hyder AA,Bloom G,Leach M,Syed SB,Peters DH,Future Health Systems: Innovations for Equity.

更新日期：2007-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postcode lotteries in health refer to differences in health care between different geographic areas. These have been previously associated with clinical services. However there has been little documentation of postcode lotteries relating to preventative health care services. This paper describes a postcode l...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Graley CE,May KF,McCoy DC

更新日期：2011-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neighborhood safety may be an important social environmental determinant of overweight. We examined the relationship between perceived neighborhood safety and overweight status, and assessed the validity of reported neighborhood safety among a representative community sample of urban adolescents (who were ra...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Duncan DT,Johnson RM,Molnar BE,Azrael D

更新日期：2009-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rational medicine use is essential to optimize quality of healthcare delivery and resource utilization. We aim to conduct a systematic review of changes in prescribing patterns in the WHO African region and comparison with WHO indicators in two time periods 1995-2005 and 2006-2015. METHODS:Systematic search...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ofori-Asenso R,Brhlikova P,Pollock AM

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem that accounts for almost half a million human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) associated deaths. Provision of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) is one of the public health interventions for the prevention of TB in HIV infected individuals. However, in Ethiopia...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Assebe LF,Reda HL,Wubeneh AD,Lerebo WT,Lambert SM

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive noise affects human health and interferes with daily activities. Although environmental noise may not directly cause mental illness, it may accelerate and intensify the development of latent mental disorders. Noise sensitivity (NS) is considered a moderator of non-auditory noise effects. In the pre...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Park J,Chung S,Lee J,Sung JH,Cho SW,Sim CS

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking of tobacco is estimated to have caused approximately six million deaths worldwide in 2014. Responding effectively to this epidemic requires a thorough understanding of how smoking behaviour is transmitted and modified. METHODS:We present a new mathematical model of the social dynamics that cause cig...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lang JC,Abrams DM,De Sterck H

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seasonal influenza is a viral disease whose annual epidemics are estimated to cause three to five million cases of severe illness and 250,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide. Vaccination is the main strategy for primary prevention. METHODS:To assess the status of influenza vaccination in the Americas, influenza...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ropero-Alvarez AM,Kurtis HJ,Danovaro-Holliday MC,Ruiz-Matus C,Andrus JK

更新日期：2009-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Canadian youth exhibit a number of risky behaviours, some of which are associated with overweight and obesity. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of 15 modifiable risk behaviours in a large sample of Canadian youth, to identify underlying subgroups based on patterns of health behaviours,...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Laxer RE,Brownson RC,Dubin JA,Cooke M,Chaurasia A,Leatherdale ST

更新日期：2017-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the public health significance of annual influenza outbreaks, the literature comparing the epidemiology of influenza A and B infections is limited and dated and may not reflect recent trends. In Canada, the relative contribution of influenza A and B to the burden of morbidity is not well understood. ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hinds AM,Bozat-Emre S,Van Caeseele P,Mahmud SM

更新日期：2015-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent decades, the incidence of cervical cancer and cervical cancer mortality in Austria has declined by varying degrees. The Pap smear is to be considered a causal factor for this decline. METHODS:This longitudinal analysis is based on a data set of Pap smear assessments collected by the Committee for ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rásky É,Regitnig P,Schenouda M,Burkert N,Freidl W

更新日期：2013-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of pandemic influenza creates public health challenges.An ethical framework, 'Stand on Guard for Thee: ethical considerations in pandemic influenza preparedness' that served as a template for the World Health Organization's global consultation on pandemic planning, was transformed into a surve...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ritvo P,Wilson K,Gibson JL,Guglietti C,Tracy CS,Nie JX,Jadad AR,Upshur RE,University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Pandemic Ethics Working Group.

更新日期：2010-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to 1) investigate the pain situation among working adults in China; 2) explore the self-initiate pain reliving strategies applied by working adults; and 3) collect people's interests and suggestions to the topics of the online pain education program. METHODS:This is an exploratory s...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Li Y,Tse MMY

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between mental distress and divorce is well established in the literature. Explanations are commonly classified within two different frameworks; social selection (mentally distressed people are selected out of marriage) and social causation (divorce causes mental distress). Despite a relative...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Idstad M,Torvik FA,Borren I,Rognmo K,Røysamb E,Tambs K

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hearing impairment at the workplace, and the resulting psychosocial problems are a major health problem with substantial costs for employees, companies, and society. Therefore, it is important to develop interventions to support hearing impaired employees. The objective of this article is to describe the des...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gussenhoven AH,Anema JR,Goverts ST,Bosmans JE,Festen JM,Kramer SE

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social inequalities in health exist globally and are a major public health concern. This study focus on a systematic investigation into the associations between health indicators, living conditions and parental educational level as indicator of the social status of 6-year-old children living in West and East...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： du Prel X,Krämer U,Behrendt H,Ring J,Oppermann H,Schikowski T,Ranft U

更新日期：2006-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptoms of depression and musculoskeletal pain have both been found to be associated with increased risk of long term sickness absence (LTSA). The comorbidity between depression and pain i.e. simultaneous presence of both symptoms, is well established in the literature. The aim for the current investigation...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Melkevik O,Clausen T,Pedersen J,Garde AH,Holtermann A,Rugulies R

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic inequalities in access to maternal health care have received more attention as it challenges the sustainability of the ongoing achievement in reducing maternal mortality. By promoting access to maternal health care as one of the core targets of the Health Sector Reform, Lao People's Democratic ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Do N,Tran HTG,Phonvisay A,Oh J

更新日期：2018-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the encroaching of endemic malaria to highland-fringe areas above 2000 meters above sea level in Ethiopia, there is limited information on ownership and use of mosquito nets for malaria prevention. Thus, this study was designed to assess long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) possession and use for ma...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Woyessa A,Deressa W,Ali A,Lindtjørn B

更新日期：2014-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies show wide variability in the occurrence of cannabis smoking and related disorders across countries. This study aims to estimate cross-national variation in cannabis users' experience of clinically significant cannabis-related problems in three countries of the Americas, with a focus o...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Fiestas F,Radovanovic M,Martins SS,Medina-Mora ME,Posada-Villa J,Anthony JC

更新日期：2010-03-23 00:00:00