Investigating the association between occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian carcinoma: results from a pilot study in Germany.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epidemic of diabetes continues leaving an enormous and growing burden of chronic disease to public health. This study investigates this growing burden of diabetes independent of increasing BMI in a large population based female sample, 2006-2010. METHODS:Serial cross-sectional data using the Behavioral ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ibe A,Smith TC

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Under-five malnutrition is a major public health issue contributing to mortality and morbidity, especially in developing countries like Ghana where the rates remain unacceptably high. Identification of critical risk factors of under-five malnutrition using appropriate and advanced statistical methods can hel...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Aheto JMK

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since economic inequality is often accompanied by health inequalities, health care inequalities are increasingly becoming a hot issue on a global scale. As a developing country, China is still facing the same problems as other countries in the world. Especially in underdeveloped regions, owing to the relativ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Xian W,Xu X,Li J,Sun J,Fu H,Wu S,Liu H

更新日期：2019-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of maternal mortality remains unacceptably high in developing countries. Ethiopia has developed many strategies to reduce maternal and child mortality by encouraging institutional delivery services. However, only one-fourth of women gave birth at health facility, in the country. This, this stud...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Berelie Y,Yeshiwas D,Yismaw L,Alene M

更新日期：2020-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-medication (SM) is a common and global health problem. The process of attempting SM is still unclear. Exploration of SM and its contributing factors would help policymakers design and develop preventive programs. This qualitative study aimed to explore the process of attempting SM among Iranian people. ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Fereidouni Z,Najafi Kalyani M

更新日期：2019-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Integration of oral health promotion into general health care has been highly recommended by the World Health Organization. Primary-care physicians can as part of their general health care promote and contribute to improved oral health care. Our aim was to investigate primary-care physicians' knowledge of or...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rabiei S,Mohebbi SZ,Patja K,Virtanen JI

更新日期：2012-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is known that occupational injury rates are higher for immigrant than for native workers, however the effects of the economic cycles on these differences has not been assessed to date. The aim of the paper is to test if the crisis has the same mechanism of selection in the two groups by comparing injury r...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Giraudo M,Bena A,Mosca M,Farina E,Leombruni R,Costa G

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria remains a serious clinical and public health problem, the object of an ongoing technological and humanitarian struggle to abate the very substantial harm done. The manner by which humanity approached malaria control changed abruptly and profoundly after 1945 with the advent of the insecticide DDT. Malariologis...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kevin Baird J

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kondo Rural Health Centre recorded 27 malaria patients between the 27th of January 2019 and the 2nd of February 2019 against an epidemic threshold of 19 with the malaria outbreak being confirmed on the 5th of February 2019. Indoor residual spraying as part of integrated vector management control activities h...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Masango TT,Nyadzayo TK,Gombe NT,Juru TP,Shambira G,Chiwanda S,Tshimanga MT

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children frequently consume foods from restaurants; considering the quick-service sector alone, 1/3 of children eat food from these restaurants on a given day, and among these consumers, 1/3 of their daily calories come from fast food. Restaurant foods and beverages are second only to grocery store foods and...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Shonkoff ET,Anzman-Frasca S,Lynskey VM,Chan G,Glenn ME,Economos CD

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditionally, women have been the main respondents for most of knowledge, attitude and practice survey related to family planning and fertility intention. However it is not well known how responses of women about husbands reflect the husband's attitude and practices. Thus this study is conducted to examine ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Diro CW,Afework MF

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preventive health check-ups in Austria are offered free of charge to all insured adults (98% of the population) and focus on early detection of chronic diseases, primary prevention, and health counseling. The study aims to explore predictors of compliance with the recommended interval of preventive health ch...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Brunner-Ziegler S,Rieder A,Stein KV,Koppensteiner R,Hoffmann K,Dorner TE

更新日期：2013-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary care-based behavior change obesity treatment has long featured the Calorie restriction (CC), portion control approach. By contrast, the MyPlate-based obesity treatment approach encourages eating more high-satiety/high-satiation foods and requires no calorie-counting. This report describes study metho...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gelberg L,Rico MW,Herman DR,Belin TR,Chandler M,Ramirez E,Love S,McCarthy WJ

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 2 diabetes is becoming an epidemic in China. To evaluate the prevalence, clustering of metabolic risk factors and their impact on type 2 diabetes, we conducted a population-based study in Shanghai, China's largest metropolitan area. METHODS:From 2006 to 2007, 2,113 type 2 diabetes cases and 2,458 compa...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Xu H,Song Y,You NC,Zhang ZF,Greenland S,Ford ES,He L,Liu S

更新日期：2010-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity remains a major public health problem, associated with a cluster of metabolic abnormalities. However, individuals exist who are very obese but have normal metabolic parameters. The aim of this study was to determine to what extent differences in metabolic health in very obese women are explained by d...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hayes L,Pearce MS,Firbank MJ,Walker M,Taylor R,Unwin NC

更新日期：2010-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public Health policies related to social distancing efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic helped slow the infection rate. However, individual-level factors associated with social distancing are largely unknown. We sought to examine social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan, an infection "hots...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cassidy-Bushrow AE,Baseer M,Kippen K,Levin AM,Li J,Loveless I,Poisson LM,Schultz L,Wegienka G,Zhou Y,Johnson CC

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neighborhood deprivation has been consistently linked to poor individual health outcomes; however, studies exploring the mechanisms involved in this association are scarce. The objective of this study was to investigate whether objective measures of the physical environment mediate the association between ne...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Chaparro MP,Benzeval M,Richardson E,Mitchell R

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of computers has increased among adolescents, as have musculoskeletal symptoms. There is evidence that these symptoms can be reduced through an ergonomics approach and through education. The purpose of this study was to examine where adolescents had received ergonomic instructions related to computer...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hakala PT,Saarni LA,Ketola RL,Rahkola ET,Salminen JJ,Rimpelä AH

更新日期：2010-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brucellosis is a contagious zoonotic disease transferred from sick animals to humans and endemic in the Middle East and other countries. Humans mainly acquire the disease by consuming non-pasteurized dairy products from infected animals. This study assesses the rates of non-pasteurized dairy product consumpt...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Baron-Epel O,Bord S,Cohen-Dar M,Obeid S

更新日期：2018-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently in Australia there is a lack of clarity regarding routine assessment of primary school aged children's weight status despite it being the first step in the identification of overweight and obesity. The National Health and Medical Research Council Obesity Guidelines recommend primary health care pro...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Davidson K,Vidgen H,Denney-Wilson E,Daniels L

更新日期：2019-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emphasis on prevention in English health policy continues to centre predominantly on major diseases such as coronary heart disease and diabetes. A number of key documents detailing self-management techniques and prevention of osteoarthritis (OA) are currently available, including the NICE guidelines and ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ali F,Jinks C,Ong BN

更新日期：2012-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood obesity in rural communities is a serious but understudied problem. The current experiment aims to assess a wide range of obesity risk factors among rural youth and to offer an 8-month intervention program for parents to reduce obesity risk in their preteen child. METHODS/DESIGN:A two-group, repea...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lynch WC,Martz J,Eldridge G,Bailey SJ,Benke C,Paul L

更新日期：2012-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breastfeeding has been shown consistently in observational studies to be protective of overweight and obesity in later life. This study aimed to investigate the association between breastfeeding duration and weight status in a national sample of Australian children and adolescents. METHODS:A secondary analy...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Scott JA,Ng SY,Cobiac L

更新日期：2012-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The disclosure of widespread sexual abuse committed by professional educators and clergymen in institutions in Germany ignited a national political debate, in which special attention was paid to church-run institutions. We wanted to find out whether the nature of the abuse and its effect on victims differed ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Spröber N,Schneider T,Rassenhofer M,Seitz A,Liebhardt H,König L,Fegert JM

更新日期：2014-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overweight and obesity have become a global epidemic. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among U.S. adolescents has almost tripled in the last 30 years. Results from recent systematic reviews demonstrate that no single, particular intervention or strategy successfully assists overweight or obese adoles...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yost J,Krainovich-Miller B,Budin W,Norman R

更新日期：2010-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enabling women living with HIV to effectively plan whether and when to become pregnant is an essential right; effective prevention of unintended pregnancies is also critical to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality as well as vertical transmission of HIV. The objective of this study is to examine the use o...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kimani J,Warren C,Abuya T,Mutemwa R,Integra Initiative.,Mayhew S,Askew I

更新日期：2015-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes poses both clinical and public health challenges. Cost-effective approaches to prevent progression of the disease in primary care are needed. Evidence suggests that intensive multifactorial interventions including medication and behaviour change can significantly ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Griffin SJ,Simmons RK,Williams KM,Prevost AT,Hardeman W,Grant J,Whittle F,Boase S,Hobbis I,Brage S,Westgate K,Fanshawe T,Sutton S,Wareham NJ,Kinmonth AL,ADDITION-Plus study team.

更新日期：2011-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Governments use law to constrain aspects of private activities for purposes of protecting health and social wellbeing. Policymakers have a range of perceptions and beliefs about what is public or private. An understanding of the possible drivers of policymaker decisions about where government can or should i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rouch G,Thomson G,Wilson N,Hudson S,Edwards R,Gifford H,Lanumata T

更新日期：2010-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to examine the association between multimorbidity and (i) loneliness, (ii) social exclusion and (iii) network size, respectively. METHODS:Cross-sectional data from a German representative sample of community-dwelling adults aged 40 and over was used (N = 7604). Multimorbidity was i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kristensen K,König HH,Hajek A

更新日期：2019-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The overuse of antibiotics is becoming an increasing concern. Antibiotic resistance, which increases both the burden of disease, and the cost of health services, is perhaps the most profound impact of antibiotics overuse. Attempts have been made to develop instruments to measure the psychosocial constructs u...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Alumran A,Hou XY,Sun J,Yousef AA,Hurst C

更新日期：2014-01-23 00:00:00