Who is responsible for assessing children's weight status? - a qualitative study of health professionals in regional Australia.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening programmes should be organized to translate theoretical efficacy into effectiveness. An evidence-based organizational model of colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) should assure feasibility and high compliance. METHODS:A multidisciplinary Working Group (WG), reviewed literature and guidelines to def...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Federici A,Barca A,Baiocchi D,Quadrino F,Valle S,Borgia P,Guasticchi G,Giorgi Rossi P,Colon-Rectal Cancer Screening Working Group.

更新日期：2008-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In rich countries, smokers, active or passive, often belong to disadvantaged groups. Less is known of tobacco patterns in the developing world. Hence, we seek out to investigate mental and physical health consequences of smoke exposure as well as tobacco-related inequality in transitional middle-income Thail...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tran TT,Yiengprugsawan V,Chinwong D,Seubsman SA,Sleigh A

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Common disease risk clusters in families due to shared genetics, exposure to environmental risk factors, and because many health behaviours are established and maintained in family environments. This randomised controlled trial will test whether the provision of a family health history (FHH) risk assessment ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wilson CJ,de la Haye K,Coveney J,Hughes DL,Hutchinson A,Miller C,Prichard I,Ward P,Koehly LM

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much of the food available from takeaways, pubs and restaurants particularly that sold by independent outlets, is unhealthy and its consumption is increasing. These food outlets are therefore important potential targets for interventions to improve diet and thus prevent diet related chronic diseases. Local a...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Goffe L,Penn L,Adams J,Araujo-Soares V,Summerbell CD,Abraham C,White M,Adamson A,Lake AA

更新日期：2018-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that occurs in the tropics and subtropics. The mainstay of control is preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel. In Africa, an estimated 230 million people require preventive chemotherapy. In western Côte d'Ivoire, infections with Schistosoma mansoni are widespread. To ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Assaré RK,Knopp S,N'Guessan NA,Yapi A,Tian-Bi YN,Yao PK,Coulibaly JT,Ouattara M,Meïté A,Fenwick A,N'Goran EK,Utzinger J

更新日期：2014-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in developed countries appears to be plateauing. The purpose of this study was to provide the most recent data on the prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity among Chinese children and adolescents from 2011 to 2015. METHODS:We used data collected in...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zhang J,Wang H,Wang Z,Du W,Su C,Zhang J,Jiang H,Jia X,Huang F,Ouyang Y,Wang Y,Zhang B

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Existing studies reporting on the levels of physical fitness among college students used relatively few fitness tests as a reflection of physical fitness, which could not comprehensively evaluate the levels of physical fitness. Thus, the current study aimed to investigate the cross-sectional relationship bet...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chen X,Cui J,Zhang Y,Peng W

更新日期：2020-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poultry farmers are at high-risk from avian influenza A/H7N9 infection due to sustained occupational exposures to live poultry. This study examined factors associated with poultry farmers' adoption of personal protective behaviours (PPBs) based on Protection Motivation Theory (PMT). METHODS:Totally, 297 pou...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cui B,Liao Q,Lam WWT,Liu ZP,Fielding R

更新日期：2017-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined how socioeconomic position (SEP) across the lifecourse (three critical periods, social mobility and accumulated over time) is associated with allostatic load (a measure of cumulative physiological burden). METHODS:Data are from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study, with respondents aged 35 (n = ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Robertson T,Popham F,Benzeval M

更新日期：2014-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many public health researchers conducting studies in resource-constrained settings have experienced negative 'rumours' about their work; in some cases they have been reported to create serious challenges and derail studies. However, what may appear superficially as 'gossip' or 'rumours' can also be regarded ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kingori P,Muchimba M,Sikateyo B,Amadi B,Kelly P

更新日期：2010-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parental support interventions have shown some effectiveness in improving children's dietary and physical activity habits and preventing overweight and obesity. To date, there is limited research on barriers and facilitators of school-based parental support interventions targeting overweight and obesity. Thi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Norman Å,Nyberg G,Elinder LS,Berlin A

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health risk behaviours often co-occur in adolescence. This may be partially explained by a set of common risk and protective factors. The current study examines the association between risk behaviours throughout adolescence and identifies common risk factors for multiple risk behaviour in late adolescence. ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hale DR,Viner RM

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies in heterosexual HIV serodiscordant couples have provided critical evidence on the role of HIV treatments and undetectable viral load in reducing the risk of HIV transmission. There is very limited data on the risk of transmission from anal sex in homosexual male serodiscordant couples. METHODS/DESIG...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bavinton BR,Jin F,Prestage G,Zablotska I,Koelsch KK,Phanuphak N,Grinsztejn B,Cooper DA,Fairley C,Kelleher A,Triffitt K,Grulich AE,Opposites Attract Study Group.

更新日期：2014-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contingency management (CM) is an evidence-based intervention providing tangible rewards as positive reinforcement for abstinence from stimulants such as methamphetamine. Integrative approaches targeting affect regulation could boost the effectiveness of CM in community-based settings and optimize HIV/AIDS p...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Carrico AW,Jain J,Discepola MV,Olem D,Andrews R,Woods WJ,Neilands TB,Shoptaw S,Gómez W,Dilworth SE,Moskowitz JT

更新日期：2016-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sickness absence is very high in Sweden. The reasons for this phenomenon are not well known. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between degree of self-reported sickness absence and health. The hypothesis was that individuals with long-term sickness absence would report more symptoms and...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Eriksson HG,von Celsing AS,Wahlström R,Janson L,Zander V,Wallman T

更新日期：2008-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We studied whether health resources, measured as sense of coherence (SOC), are associated with participation in a follow-up survey among permanent and non-permanent employees who responded at baseline. METHODS:Of a cohort of 5,981 permanent employees, those who after four years were still in the service of ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Liukkonen V,Virtanen P,Kivimäki M,Pentti J,Vahtera J

更新日期：2008-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Swiss Health Survey (SHS) provides the only source of data for monitoring overweight and obesity in the general population in Switzerland. However, this survey reports body mass index (BMI) based on self-reported height and weight, and is therefore subject to measurement errors. Moreover, it is not possi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Volken T,Schaffert R,Rüesch P

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evidence surrounding the value of workplace health promotion in positively influencing employees' health and wellbeing via changes to their health behaviours is growing. The aim of the study was to explore employers' views on the promotion of workplace health and wellbeing and the factors affecting these...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pescud M,Teal R,Shilton T,Slevin T,Ledger M,Waterworth P,Rosenberg M

更新日期：2015-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Participation in sport and physical activity could minimise the inflated risk of poor physical health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents. This review aimed to synthesise existing quantitative and qualitative literature regarding barriers and facilitators to physical a...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： May T,Dudley A,Charles J,Kennedy K,Mantilla A,McGillivray J,Wheeler K,Elston H,Rinehart NJ

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world. With effective intervention and control of cardiovascular risk factors, mortality rates may be reduced. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of modifiable risk factors across five municipalities in Yazd city. METHODS...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Mirzaei M,Mirzaei M,Sarsangi AR,Bagheri N

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last thirty years, major shifts in immigrant policy at national and state levels has heightened boundaries among citizens, permanent residents, and those with other statuses. While there is mounting evidence that citizenship influences immigrant health care inequities, there has been less focus on how...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Young MT,Beltrán-Sánchez H,Wallace SP

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The slogan "Suicide prevention is everyone's business" has been used in a number of campaigns worldwide in recent years, but most research into suicide prevention has focused on the role of medical professionals in identifying and managing risk. Little consideration has been given to the role that lay people...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Owens C,Owen G,Lambert H,Donovan J,Belam J,Rapport F,Lloyd K

更新日期：2009-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occupational heavy lifting is known to impose a high cardiovascular strain, but the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) from occupational heavy lifting is unknown. The objective was to investigate the association between occupational heavy lifting and risk of IHD and all-cause mortality, and the influence o...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Petersen CB,Eriksen L,Tolstrup JS,Søgaard K,Grønbaek M,Holtermann A

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Timely tuberculosis treatment initiation and compliance are the two key factors for a successful tuberculosis control program. However, studies to understand patents' perspective on tuberculosis treatment initiation and compliance have been limited in Ethiopia. The aim of this study is to attempt to do that ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tadesse T,Demissie M,Berhane Y,Kebede Y,Abebe M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to examine the associations between time spent in prolonged and non-prolonged sedentary bouts and the development of metabolic syndrome. METHODS:We used data from a prospective study of Japanese workers. Baseline examination was conducted between 2010 and 2011. A total of 430 office workers...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Honda T,Chen S,Yonemoto K,Kishimoto H,Chen T,Narazaki K,Haeuchi Y,Kumagai S

更新日期：2016-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The SCORE (Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation) scale uses conventional risk factors for the prediction of the 10-year risk of fatal atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). The high-risk version of SCORE is recommended by the European Society of Cardiology for use in the populations of Central and East...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Vikhireva O,Kubinova R,Malyutina S,Pająk A,Simonova G,Bobak M,Pikhart H

更新日期：2014-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the Activating Schoolyards Study is to develop, implement, document and assess a comprehensive schoolyard intervention to promote physical activity (PA) during school recess for primary school children (grade 4-8). The intervention is designed to implement organizational and structural changes in ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Andersen HB,Pawlowski CS,Scheller HB,Troelsen J,Toftager M,Schipperijn J

更新日期：2015-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although physical activity (PA) integrated in schools' classrooms have shown a positive effect on children's behaviors, its effectiveness on cognitive functions, PA levels and other health variables remains unclear. This article outlines the rationale and methods of two classroom-based PA interventions (MOVI...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sánchez-López M,Ruiz-Hermosa A,Redondo-Tébar A,Visier-Alfonso ME,Jimenez-López E,Martínez-Andres M,Solera-Martínez M,Soriano-Cano A,Martínez-Vizcaíno V,MOVI group.

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The term 'whole dietary pattern' can be defined as the quantity, frequency, variety and combination of different foods and drinks typically consumed and a growing body of research supports the role of whole dietary patterns in influencing the risk of non-communicable diseases. For example, the 'Mediterranean...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Timlin D,McCormack JM,Kerr M,Keaver L,Simpson EEA

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV and Non communicable diseases (NCDs) are major problem of public health importance in developing countries. This study was conducted to explore and establish information on the magnitude, distribution of NCDs risk factors among people living with HIV (PLWHIV) which is scarce in Tanzania. METHOD:A cross ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kagaruki GB,Mayige MT,Ngadaya ES,Kimaro GD,Kalinga AK,Kilale AM,Kahwa AM,Materu GS,Mfinanga SG

更新日期：2014-09-02 00:00:00