Estimates of female genital mutilation/cutting in the Netherlands: a comparison between a nationwide survey in midwifery practices and extrapolation-model.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Victims exposed to serious traumatic experiences may develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suffer this mental health problem for a long time. Different types of trauma displayed a chronicity rate of PTSD within the range of 6.3-68.9 %. As one of the most common and severe natural disasters, the n...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hu S,Tan H,Cofie R,Zhou J,Yang T,Tang X,Liu A

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:US Asian women with early-stage breast cancer are more likely to receive a modified radical mastectomy (MRM) than White women, contrary to clinical recommendations regarding breast conserving treatment (BCT). METHODS:We surveyed physicians regarding treatment decision-making for early-stage breast cancer, p...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Pham JT,Allen LJ,Gomez SL

更新日期：2009-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of adolescents with CP in low and middle-income countries is often poor, as is the case in Bangladesh. This exploratory study examined what factors predict the proxy-reported HRQoL of adolescents with CP in rural Bangladesh, a typical low- and middle-income country ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Power R,Galea C,Muhit M,Heanoy E,Karim T,Badawi N,Khandaker G

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) consists of 13 items and assesses patient (or consumer) self-reported knowledge, skills, and confidence for self-management of one's health or chronic condition. The aim of this study was to translate the original American version of the PAM13 into German and to test the ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Zill JM,Dwinger S,Kriston L,Rohenkohl A,Härter M,Dirmaier J

更新日期：2013-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets in Sub-Sahara Africa is challenged by a weak care-cascade with poor linkage to care and retention in care. Community-based HIV testing and counselling (HTC) is widely used in African countries. However, rates of linkage to care and initiation of antiretroviral thera...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Labhardt ND,Ringera I,Lejone TI,Masethothi P,Thaanyane T,Kamele M,Gupta RS,Thin K,Cerutti B,Klimkait T,Fritz C,Glass TR

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge about important factors in reduction of burnout is needed, but there is a dearth of burnout intervention program studies and their effects among physicians. The present three-year follow-up study aimed to investigate the roles of coping strategies, job stress and personality traits in burnout reduc...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Isaksson Ro KE,Tyssen R,Hoffart A,Sexton H,Aasland OG,Gude T

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Female sex workers (FSWs) are often considered as the vector, if not reservoir, of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Building upon the existing evidence on the role of psychological health in sexual health, the aim of this protocol is to describe a trial investigating the effectiveness of the Pe...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Yuen WW,Wong WC,Tang CS,Holroyd E,Tiwari AF,Fong DY,Chin WY

更新日期：2013-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To study costs and outcome for serious hand and arm injuries during the first year after the trauma. METHODS:In patients with a Hand Injury Severity Score (HISS) > 50, DASH and EQ-5D scores as well as factors related to costs within the health care sector, costs due to lost production and total costs were e...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rosberg HE,Carlsson KS,Cederlund RI,Ramel E,Dahlin LB

更新日期：2013-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screen-related behaviours are highly prevalent in schoolchildren. Considering the adverse health effects and the relation of obesity and screen time in childhood, efforts to affect screen use in children are warranted. Parents have been identified as an important influence on children's screen time and there...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Van Lippevelde W,Bere E,Verloigne M,van Stralen MM,De Bourdeaudhuij I,Lien N,Vik FN,Manios Y,Grillenberger M,Kovács E,ChinAPaw MJ,Brug J,Maes L

更新日期：2014-08-18 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:The NHS Health Check (NHSHC) is a national programme for the prevention of non-communicable diseases. Patients aged 40-74 without an existing cardiovascular-related condition should be invited quinquennially. Uptake is lower than anticipated. We assessed the impact on uptake of two new behaviourally-enhanced...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gold N,Durlik C,Sanders JG,Thompson K,Chadborn T

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age disparities in sexual relationships have been proposed as a key risk factor for HIV transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa, but evidence remains inconclusive. The SIHR study, a cluster randomised trial of a cash transfer programme in Malawi, found that young women in the intervention groups were less likely ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Beauclair R,Dushoff J,Delva W

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sunburns during childhood are strongly associated with development of melanoma in later life. While parents play an important role in children's sun protection, insight in possible shifts in behavioral responsibility from parents towards their children and the possible effect of children's sex is important f...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Thoonen K,Schneider F,Candel M,de Vries H,van Osch L

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years social networking sites (SNSs) have grown rapidly in popularity. The popularity of these sites, along with their interactive functions, offer a novel environment in which to deliver health promotion messages. The aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which SNSs are currently being use...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gold J,Pedrana AE,Sacks-Davis R,Hellard ME,Chang S,Howard S,Keogh L,Hocking JS,Stoove MA

更新日期：2011-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increases in the number of salmonellosis cases due to Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in 2010 and 2011 prompted a public health investigation in Ontario, Canada. In this report, we describe the current epidemiology of travel-related (TR) SE, compare demographics, symptoms and phage types (PTs) of TR and domestic...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tighe MK,Savage R,Vrbova L,Toolan M,Whitfield Y,Varga C,Lee B,Allen V,Maki A,Walton R,Johnson C,Dhar B,Ahmed R,Crowcroft NS,Middleton D

更新日期：2012-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence linking environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure at homes to the development of asthma among adolescents. Few studies have addressed this issue in the Middle Eastern countries including Kuwait. Therefore, this cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence of ETS exposure at hom...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Booalayan H,Abdualrasool M,Al-Shanfari S,Boujarwa A,Al-Mukaimi A,Alkandery O,Akhtar S

更新日期：2020-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shenzhen's rapid growth and urbanisation has attracted a large, mobile, migrant working population. This article explores health protection through the means of social health insurance between migrants and registrants and their point of access to healthcare. METHODS:A cross-sectional questionnaire survey wa...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Lam KK,Johnston JM

更新日期：2012-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to explore associations of individual- and provincial-level socioeconomic status (SES) and the combined interaction among these SES with individual physical activity (PA). METHOD:This analyze used data of 3068 Vietnamese people aged 18-65 years from the national representative STEPS survey i...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Vu THL,Bui TTQ,Nguyen TKN,Hoang VM

更新日期：2020-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The synanthropic house fly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), is a mechanical vector of pathogens (bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites), some of which cause serious diseases in humans and domestic animals. In the present study, a systematic review was done on the types and prevalence of human pathogen...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Khamesipour F,Lankarani KB,Honarvar B,Kwenti TE

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk assessment and early warning (RAEW) are essential components of any infectious disease surveillance system. In light of the International Health Regulations (IHR)(2005), this study compares the organisation of RAEW in China and the Netherlands. The respective approaches towards surveillance of arboviral...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Vlieg WL,Fanoy EB,van Asten L,Liu X,Yang J,Pilot E,Bijkerk P,van der Hoek W,Krafft T,van der Sande MA,Liu QY

更新日期：2017-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past decade, new diagnoses of HIV have increased eightfold among men who have sex with men (MSM) of other or of mixed ethnicity in the UK. Yet there is little intervention research on HIV among black and minority ethnic (BME) MSM. This article aimed to identify effective HIV and sexual health preven...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Fish J,Papaloukas P,Jaspal R,Williamson I

更新日期：2016-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaccination is one of the cornerstones of controlling an influenza pandemic. To optimise vaccination rates in the general population, ways of identifying determinants that influence decisions to have or not to have a vaccination need to be understood. Therefore, this study aimed to predict intention to have ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Myers LB,Goodwin R

更新日期：2011-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Syndromic surveillance provides public health intelligence to aid in early warning and monitoring of public health impacts (e.g. seasonal influenza), or reassurance when an impact has not occurred. Using information collected during routine patient care, syndromic surveillance can be based on signs/symptoms/...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hughes HE,Edeghere O,O'Brien SJ,Vivancos R,Elliot AJ

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Illegal migration is an increasing problem worldwide and the so-called undocumented migrants encounter major problems in access to prevention and health care. The objective of the study was to compare the use of preventive measures and pregnancy care of undocumented pregnant migrants with those of women from...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wolff H,Epiney M,Lourenco AP,Costanza MC,Delieutraz-Marchand J,Andreoli N,Dubuisson JB,Gaspoz JM,Irion O

更新日期：2008-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implementation of food taxes or subsidies may promote healthier and a more sustainable diet in a society. This study estimates the effects of a tax (15% or 30%) on meat and a subsidy (10%) on fruit and vegetables (F&V) consumption in the Netherlands using a social cost-benefit analysis with a 30-year time ho...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Broeks MJ,Biesbroek S,Over EAB,van Gils PF,Toxopeus I,Beukers MH,Temme EHM

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) market has grown rapidly in recent years. However, causes of e-cigarette related symptoms among users and their impact on health remain uncertain. This research aims to mine the potential relationships between symptoms and e-liquid components, such as propylene glycol (...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Li Q,Zhan Y,Wang L,Leischow SJ,Zeng DD

更新日期：2016-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality among patients with mental disorders is higher than in general population. By using national longitudinal registers, we studied mortality changes and excess mortality across birth cohorts among people with severe mental disorders in Denmark and Finland. METHODS:A cohort of all patients admitted wi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Gissler M,Laursen TM,Ösby U,Nordentoft M,Wahlbeck K

更新日期：2013-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening is the main preventive method for cervical cancer in developing countries, but each type of screening has advantages and disadvantages. To investigate the most suitable method for low-income areas in China, we conducted a health economic analysis comparing three methods: visual inspection with acet...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Xie Y,Tan X,Shao H,Liu Q,Tou J,Zhang Y,Luo Q,Xiang Q

更新日期：2017-01-25 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 World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe has established the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) to monitor changes in overweight in primary-school children. The aims of this paper are to present the anthropometric results of COSI Round 2 (2009/2010) and to explore changes ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Wijnhoven TM,van Raaij JM,Spinelli A,Starc G,Hassapidou M,Spiroski I,Rutter H,Martos É,Rito AI,Hovengen R,Pérez-Farinós N,Petrauskiene A,Eldin N,Braeckevelt L,Pudule I,Kunešová M,Breda J

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00