Sub-national prevalence survey of tuberculosis in rural communities of Ethiopia.

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study tests associations between psychosocial stress at work measured by the effort-reward imbalance model in a dynamic perspective, and multiple indicators of poor mental health, in a prospective design. METHODS:1986 male and female employees from four Belgian enterprises were followed-up over one yea...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Godin I,Kittel F,Coppieters Y,Siegrist J

更新日期：2005-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of Tuberculosis (TB) differs among countries and contributes to morbidity and mortality especially in the developing countries. Trends and seasonal changes in the number of patients presenting with TB have been studied worldwide including sub-Saharan Africa. However, these changes are unknown a...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Aryee G,Kwarteng E,Essuman R,Nkansa Agyei A,Kudzawu S,Djagbletey R,Owusu Darkwa E,Forson A

更新日期：2018-11-26 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:Waterpipe smoking is becoming popular among western students. The aim was to understand the appeal to students of this form of smoking when other forms of smoking are becoming less common. METHODS:Waterpipe smokers were identified by snowball sampling and interviewed following a semi-structured schedule in ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Roskin J,Aveyard P

更新日期：2009-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public concerns are commonly expressed about widening health gaps. This cohort study examines variations and trends in cancer survival by socio-economic disadvantage, geographical remoteness and country of birth in an Australian population over a 30-year period. METHODS:Data for cases diagnosed in New South...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tervonen HE,Aranda S,Roder D,You H,Walton R,Morrell S,Baker D,Currow DC

更新日期：2017-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Q fever is a neglected zoonosis caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. The knowledge of the epidemiology of Q fever in Kenya is limited with no attention to control and prevention programs. The purpose of this review is to understand the situation of Q fever in human and animal populations in Kenya in th...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Njeru J,Henning K,Pletz MW,Heller R,Neubauer H

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thailand has joined the World Health Organization effort to prepare against a threat of an influenza pandemic. Regular monitoring on preparedness of health facilities and assessment on perception of the front-line responsible health personnel has never been done. This study aimed to document the patterns of ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Prateepko T,Chongsuvivatwong V

更新日期：2009-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common and growing health problem that requires adequate Knowledge by health care providers to reduce the progress of the disease. Thus, this study aimed to assess the care provider's Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward CKD. METHOD:A cross-sectional study conducted am...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wolide AD,Kumela K,Kerga F,Debalke S,Seboka M,Edilu B,Gashe F,Bobassa EM

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the Netherlands no formal recommendations exist concerning preconceptional or antenatal testing for carriership of hereditary haemoglobinopathies. Those at highest risk may be unaware of the possibility of carrier screening. While universal newborn screening has recently been introduced, neither preconcep...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Weinreich SS,de Lange-de Klerk ES,Rijmen F,Cornel MC,de Kinderen M,Plass AM

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper presents drinking patterns in a prospective study of a population-based cohort of 1570 pregnant women using a combination of dose and timing to give best estimates of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). Novel assessments include women's special occasion drinking and alcohol use prior to pregnancy rec...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Muggli E,O'Leary C,Donath S,Orsini F,Forster D,Anderson PJ,Lewis S,Nagle C,Craig JM,Elliott E,Halliday J

更新日期：2016-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coordinated partnerships and collaborations can optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of service and program delivery in organizational networks. However, the extent to which organizations are working together to promote physical activity, and use physical activity policies in Canada, is unknown. This pr...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Loitz CC,Stearns JA,Fraser SN,Storey K,Spence JC

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since its development in the early 1980s, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine has been proven to be highly protective. However, its immunogenicity may be ineffective among HIV-infected children. In Morocco, HBV vaccine was introduced in 1999, and since then all infants, including vertically HIV-infected infants,...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Haban H,Benchekroun S,Sadeq M,Benjouad A,Amzazi S,Oumzil H,Elharti E

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronicity and severity of early exposure to maternal common mental disorders (CMD) has been associated with poorer infant development in high-income countries. In low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs), perinatal CMD is inconsistently associated with infant development, but the impact of severity and per...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Servili C,Medhin G,Hanlon C,Tomlinson M,Worku B,Baheretibeb Y,Dewey M,Alem A,Prince M

更新日期：2010-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The implementation of road safety interventions in many developing countries usually focuses on the behavior of users. In order to draw more attention on the role of road infrastructure and physical environment in road safety interventions, this study aims to analyze the environmental and road factors associ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Glèlè-Ahanhanzo Y,Kpozèhouen A,Sossa-Jerôme C,Sopoh GE,Tedji H,Yete K,Levêque A

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) is one of the key strategies in the HIV/AIDS prevention and control programmes in Ethiopia. However, utilization of this service among adults is very low. The aim of the present study was to investigate factors associated with VCT utilization among adult men since ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Leta TH,Sandøy IF,Fylkesnes K

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In older adults, sedentary behaviors increase while physical activity decreases over time following the compositional nature of 24-h behaviors. These changes in movement-related behaviors (MRBs) might be associated with unhealthy weight gain and several health comorbidities. However, information is lacking o...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cuberek R,Pelclová J,Gába A,Pechová J,Svozilová Z,Přidalová M,Štefelová N,Hron K

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been few studies on satisfaction with integrated basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents (URRBMI), and satisfaction with URRBMI is not very high because of the complexity of its policies and differences among the insured. The aim of the present study was to explore the factors that i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Liu X,Yang F,Cheng W,Wu Y,Cheng J,Sun W,Yan X,Luo M,Mo X,Hu M,Lin Q,Shi J

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The HIV epidemic in Russia is concentrated among injection drug users (IDUs). This is especially true for St. Petersburg where high HIV incidence persists among the city's estimated 80,000 IDUs. Although sterile syringes are legally available, access for IDUs may be hampered. To explore the feasibility of us...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Fedorova EV,Skochilov RV,Heimer R,Case P,Beletsky L,Grau LE,Kozlov AP,Shaboltas AV

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Variation in assessments is a universal given, and work disability assessments by insurance physicians are no exception. Little is known about the considerations and views of insurance physicians that may partly explain such variation. On the basis of the Attitude--Social norm--self Efficacy (ASE) model, we ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Steenbeek R,Schellart AJ,Mulders H,Anema JR,Kroneman H,Besseling J

更新日期：2011-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of cancer is difficult to study in the context of the occupied Palestinian territory because of the limited data available. This study aims to evaluate the quality of mortality data and to investigate cancer mortality patterns in the occupied Palestinian territory's West Bank governorates from 199...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Abu-Rmeileh NME,Gianicolo EAL,Bruni A,Mitwali S,Portaluri M,Bitar J,Hamad M,Giacaman R,Vigotti MA

更新日期：2016-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the recent increase in HIV infections among adolescents, little is known about their HIV knowledge and perceptions. This study, therefore, sought to examine the factors associated with comprehensive HIV knowledge, stigma, and HIV risk perceptions among young adolescents aged 10-14 years in Akwa Ibom ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Badru T,Mwaisaka J,Khamofu H,Agbakwuru C,Adedokun O,Pandey SR,Essiet P,James E,Chen-Carrington A,Mastro TD,Aliyu SH,Torpey K

更新日期：2020-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evaluation and monitoring methods are often unable to identify crucial elements of success or failure of integrated community-wide approaches aiming to tackle childhood overweight and obesity, yet difficult to determine in complex programmes. Therefore, we aimed to systematically appraise strengths and weakn...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mantziki K,Renders CM,Westerman MJ,Mayer J,Borys JM,Seidell JC

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ROTAVAC, an indigenous rotavirus vaccine, was introduced in the universal immunization program of India in four states in 2016 and expanded to five more states in 2017. The clinical trial on efficacy of ROTAVAC did not detect an increased risk of intussusception, but the trial was not large enough to detect ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Reddy S,Nair NP,Giri S,Mohan VR,Tate JE,Parashar UD,Gupte MD,Arora R,Kang G,Indian Intussusception Surveillance Network.

更新日期：2018-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sport participation has been associated with improved life prospects such as academic performance and employability prospects. As such, promoting sport participation might be a way to increase life prospects, especially for socially vulnerable youth because they are less physically active than their peers. H...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Super S,Hermens N,Verkooijen K,Koelen M

更新日期：2014-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacteria affect oral health, but few studies have systematically examined the role of bacterial communities in oral diseases. We examined this relationship in a large population-based Chinese cancer screening cohort. METHODS:Human Oral Microbe Identification Microarrays were used to test for the presence of...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yu G,Dye BA,Gail MH,Shi J,Klepac-Ceraj V,Paster BJ,Wang GQ,Wei WQ,Fan JH,Qiao YL,Dawsey SM,Freedman ND,Abnet CC

更新日期：2014-10-27 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:This section defined time use (TU) research, illustrating its relevance for public health. TUR in the health context is the study of health-enhancing and health-compromising behaviours that are assessed across a 24 h day. The central measurement is the use of Time Use Diaries, which capture 24-48 h, typicall...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bauman A,Bittman M,Gershuny J

更新日期：2019-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study is the first to examine associations between several area-based socioeconomic factors and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake among boys in the United States (U.S.). METHODS:Data from the 2012-2013 National Immunization Survey-Teen restricted-use data were analyzed to examine associations o...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Henry KA,Swiecki-Sikora AL,Stroup AM,Warner EL,Kepka D

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of Polish smokers declare their will to quit smoking and many of them attempt to quit. Although morbidity and mortality from tobacco-related diseases are among the highest in the world, there is a lack of comprehensive cessation support for smokers. We aimed to investigate how Poles, including t...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sieminska A,Buczkowski K,Jassem E,Lewandowska K,Ucinska R,Chelminska M

更新日期：2008-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol use and binge drinking among adolescents and young adults remain frequent causes of preventable injuries, disease, and death, and there has been growing attention to computer-based modes of intervention delivery to prevent/reduce alcohol use. Research suggests that health interventions grounded in es...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tebb KP,Erenrich RK,Jasik CB,Berna MS,Lester JC,Ozer EM

更新日期：2016-06-17 00:00:00