HIV-related stigma and discrimination amongst healthcare providers in Guangzhou, China.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Each year almost one million newborns die from infections, mostly in low-income countries. Timely case management would save many lives but the relative mortality effect of varying strategies is unknown. We have estimated the effect of providing oral, or injectable antibiotics at home or in first-level facil...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zaidi AK,Ganatra HA,Syed S,Cousens S,Lee AC,Black R,Bhutta ZA,Lawn JE

更新日期：2011-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growing scientific evidence points to the pervasiveness of inequities in health and health care and the persistence of the inverse care law, that is the availability of good quality healthcare seems to be inversely related to the need for it in developing countries. Achievement of the Millennium Development ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zere E,Moeti M,Kirigia J,Mwase T,Kataika E

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Go-Golborne was a three-year pilot programme to test an innovative, community-based 'whole system' approach to preventing overweight in children in Golborne ward, London. Whilst there is a growing interest in local whole systems approaches to obesity, understandings of what they look like in practice are new...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gadsby EW,Hotham S,Eida T,Lawrence C,Merritt R

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A person's health literacy determines whether they are able to make appropriate health decisions and are able to follow treatment instructions. This is important because low health literacy is associated with mortality and extra costs to the healthcare system. Our aim was to describe the health literacy leve...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Simpson RM,Knowles E,O'Cathain A

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The UNAIDS 90-90-90 strategy clearly stipulates that 90% of all people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) should have a suppressed viral load. Intensified adherence counselling (IAC) was recently recommended by WHO to improve viral suppression among ART-treated paediatric and adolescent clients with virological...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nasuuna E,Kigozi J,Babirye L,Muganzi A,Sewankambo NK,Nakanjako D

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with mental disorders have a higher prevalence of physical illnesses and reduced life expectancy as compared with the general population. However, there is a lack of knowledge across Europe concerning interventions that aim at reducing somatic morbidity and excess mortality by promoting behaviour-base...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Weiser P,Becker T,Losert C,Alptekin K,Berti L,Burti L,Burton A,Dernovsek M,Dragomirecka E,Freidl M,Friedrich F,Genova A,Germanavicius A,Halis U,Henderson J,Hjorth P,Lai T,Larsen JI,Lech K,Lucas R,Marginean R,McD

更新日期：2009-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Achieving the 95-95-95 global targets by 2030, innovative HIV testing models, such as HIV self-testing are needed for people, who are unaware of their HIV status. We aimed to explore key informants, mountain climbing porters, and female bar workers' attitudes, perceived norms, and personal agency related to ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Njau B,Lisasi E,Damian DJ,Mushi DL,Boulle A,Mathews C

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After the outbreak of Coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei, in 2019, the disease rapidly spread to other parts of China as well as outside of China. Since the pandemic outbreak, the general public has been responsive to the national call to stay at home in quarantine. However, since doubts and anxiety related to the ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hu X,Li X,Lü Y,Tang J,Li HR,Tang M

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Malawi was based on a public health approach adapted to its resource-poor setting, with principles and practices borrowed from the successful tuberculosis control framework. From 2004 to 2015, the number of new patients started on ART increased from about 3000 to over 82...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Harries AD,Ford N,Jahn A,Schouten EJ,Libamba E,Chimbwandira F,Maher D

更新日期：2016-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early sexual maturation has been associated with overweight that may persist after the completion of biological growth and development. We have prospectively examined the influence of early sexual maturation on subsequent overweight in late adolescence and assessed if this association was modified by central...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bratberg GH,Nilsen TI,Holmen TL,Vatten LJ

更新日期：2007-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intimate partner violence (IPV) can result in significant harm to women and families and is especially prevalent when women are pregnant or recent mothers. Maternal and child health nurses (MCHN) in Victoria, Australia are community-based nurse/midwives who see over 95% of all mothers with newborns. MCHN are...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Taft AJ,Small R,Humphreys C,Hegarty K,Walter R,Adams C,Agius P

更新日期：2012-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study is to highlight the experiences of women who are often hidden in what we know and understand about homelessness, and to make policy and practice recommendations for women-centred services including adaptations to current housing interventions. METHODS:Three hundred survey interview...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Milaney K,Williams N,Lockerbie SL,Dutton DJ,Hyshka E

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In resource-poor areas of China and India, the cardiovascular disease burden is high, but availability of and access to quality healthcare is limited. Establishing a management scheme that utilizes the local infrastructure and builds healthcare capacity is essential for cardiovascular disease prevention and ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ajay VS,Tian M,Chen H,Wu Y,Li X,Dunzhu D,Ali MK,Tandon N,Krishnan A,Prabhakaran D,Yan LL

更新日期：2014-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The nationwide "German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents" (KiGGS), conducted in 2003-2006, showed an increase in the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity compared to the early 1990s, indicating the need for regularly monitoring. Recently, a follow-up-KiGGS Wave 1 (200...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Brettschneider AK,Schaffrath Rosario A,Kuhnert R,Schmidt S,Wiegand S,Ellert U,Kurth BM

更新日期：2015-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emotional and behavioural problems are a risk factor for the initiation of smoking. In this study, we aimed to assess this relationship beyond clinical cut-off values of problem behaviour. METHODS:Cross-sectional national survey among 9-13 year old children with data on smoking and Childhood Behaviour Check...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： de Meer G,Crone MR,Reijneveld SA

更新日期：2010-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last 20 years, South Africa has experienced political, economic, and demographic transitions accompanied by an epidemiological transition. Like several sub-Saharan countries, the South African population is facing both under-and over-nutrition, and nutrition and lifestyle related chronic disease while...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Said-Mohamed R,Micklesfield LK,Pettifor JM,Norris SA

更新日期：2015-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a paucity of literature that addresses the health vulnerabilities of readymade garment (RMG) workers in South and Southeast Asian regions. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review is to identify the distinctive types of health vulnerabilities along with the causes and consequences of these vulne...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kabir H,Maple M,Usher K,Islam MS

更新日期：2019-01-15 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:This paper is aimed at critically assessing the extent to which Non-Communicable Disease NCD-related policies introduced in Bangladesh align with the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2013-2020 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of NCDs. METHODS:The authors reviewed all relev...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Biswas T,Pervin S,Tanim MIA,Niessen L,Islam A

更新日期：2017-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are arguments for and against the wellbeing effects of internet use, with evidence shifting from negative to positive over time, although the effects are partly dependent upon the population sub-group concerned. There are good grounds for anticipating that the internet could be beneficial to people liv...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kearns A,Whitley E

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Common diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer are etiologically complex with multiple risk factors (e.g., environment, genetic, lifestyle). These risk factors tend to cluster in families, making families an important social context for intervention and lifestyle-focused disease prevention. The ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Koehly LM,Morris BA,Skapinsky K,Goergen A,Ludden A

更新日期：2015-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dynamics of the social composition of the population might influence the interpretation of statements of the increasing gap of social inequality in life expectancy. The aim of the study was to estimate trends during a quarter of a century in social inequality in life expectancy and to compare results based o...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Brønnum-Hansen H,Baadsgaard M

更新日期：2012-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of health care services is influenced by various factors, including demographic, social, economic, and health status factors. This study aimed to identify the factors that influence health care use in health insurance subscribers and medical aid beneficiaries in Korea. METHODS:A total of 11,793 subj...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kong NY,Kim DH

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood obesity is emerging as a major public health problem worldwide. To date, most studies of obesity and overweight in Peru are focused on adults, with few of them involving children, a population at a critical stage of development. The trend in overweight and obesity prevalence in Peruvian children un...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Torres-Roman JS,Urrunaga-Pastor D,Avilez JL,Helguero-Santin LM,Malaga G

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Provincial Alcohol Index (PAI) is one of the efforts to develop a composite measurement to operationalize the situation of alcohol consumption and related risk behaviors. The index offers a means for national and subnational alcohol control committees to address alcohol-related problems in their responsi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chaiyasong S,Thamarangsi T

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper is embedded in a randomised controlled trial (Alcohol and Employment) that investigated whether welfare-to-work schemes combined with alcohol treatment were more effective than welfare-to-work schemes alone for helping unemployed welfare recipients with alcohol problems get back to employment and ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hansen MB,Kloster S,Danquah IH,Nielsen AS,Becker U,Tjørnhøj-Thomsen T,Tolstrup JS

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:China is experiencing a sizeable rural-urban flow, which may influence the health of internal migrant youth deeply. Disadvantages in the city are highly likely to contribute to health issues among the young internal migrant population. The current qualitative study is to explore how internal migrant young pe...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yu C,Lou C,Cheng Y,Cui Y,Lian Q,Wang Z,Gao E,Wang L

更新日期：2019-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain is common in otherwise healthy adolescents. In recent years widespread musculoskeletal pain, in contrast to single site pain, and associating factors has been emphasized. Musculoskeletal pain has not been examined in Arctic indigenous adolescents. The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of w...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Eckhoff C,Kvernmo S

更新日期：2014-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Digital rectal examination (DRE) is one of the most common strategies for prostate cancer early detection. However, the use for screening purposes has a controversial benefit and potential harms can occur due to false-positive results, overdiagnosis and overtreatment. The objective of this study is to calcul...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Soares SCM,de Camargo Cancela M,Migowski A,de Souza DLB

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimates of the risk of developing Crohn's disease (CD) can be made using DNA testing for mutations in the NOD2 (CARD15) gene, family history, and smoking status. Smoking doubles the risk of CD, a risk that is reduced by stopping. CD therefore serves as a timely and novel paradigm within which to assess the...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Whitwell SC,Mathew CG,Lewis CM,Forbes A,Watts S,Sanderson J,Hollands GJ,Prevost AT,Armstrong D,Kinmonth AL,Sutton S,Marteau TM

更新日期：2011-01-19 00:00:00