Examining the implementation of the Icelandic model for primary prevention of substance use in a rural Canadian community: a study protocol.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood mental health problems are highly prevalent, experienced by one in five children living in socioeconomically disadvantaged families. Although childcare settings, including family day care are ideal to promote children's social and emotional wellbeing at a population level in a sustainable way, fami...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Davis E,Williamson L,Mackinnon A,Cook K,Waters E,Herrman H,Sims M,Mihalopoulos C,Harrison L,Marshall B

更新日期：2011-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lack of physical activity (PA) is a growing public health concern. There is a growing body of literature that suggests a positive relationship may exist between the amount of local green space near one's home and PA levels. For instance, park proximity has been shown to predict PA levels amongst certain popu...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Flowers EP,Freeman P,Gladwell VF

更新日期：2016-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fostering adolescents' communication on sexuality issues with their parents and other significant adults is often assumed to be an important component of intervention programmes aimed at promoting healthy adolescent sexual practices. However, there are few studies describing the relationship between such com...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Namisi FS,Aarø LE,Kaaya S,Onya HE,Wubs A,Mathews C

更新日期：2013-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diet is an essential determinant of health. Among the health determinants, we find access problems that are summarized as food insecurity. While such food insecurity has been studied in other countries and correlated to several health problems, it has been scarcely assessed in Belgium. The purpose of this wo...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Huberland V,Semaille P,Kacenelenbogen N

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More research on factors associated with physical activity and the decline in participation during adolescence is needed. In this paper, we investigate the levels, change, and stability of physical activity during the late teens among ethnic Norwegians and ethnic minorities, and we examine the associations b...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Sagatun A,Kolle E,Anderssen SA,Thoresen M,Søgaard AJ

更新日期：2008-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Germany, vaccination against hepatitis B is recommended for infants, children and adolescents since 1995 and for specific target groups since 1982. Little is known about knowledge about viral hepatitis and attitudes toward hepatitis B vaccination-factors likely to influence vaccine uptake. METHODS:In ord...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Schenkel K,Radun D,Bremer V,Bocter N,Hamouda O

更新日期：2008-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the number of smokers has declined in the last decade, smoking is still a major health problem among youngsters and adolescents. For this reason, there is a need for effective smoking prevention programmes targeting primary school children. A web-based computer-tailored feedback programme may be an ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Cremers HP,Mercken L,Oenema A,de Vries H

更新日期：2012-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To externally validate the Prediction for ASCVD Risk in China (PAR) risk equation for predicting the 5-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk in the Uyghur and Kazakh populations from rural areas in northwestern China and compare its performance with those of the pooled cohort equations (PC...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Jiang Y,Ma R,Guo H,Zhang X,Wang X,Wang K,Hu Y,Keerman M,Yan Y,Ma J,Song Y,Zhang J,He J,Guo S

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To estimate the disability-adjusted life years (DALY) in a nationwide representative sample of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. The effects of drug-based therapy and risk factors for osteoporotic bone fractures on DALY losses were also explored. METHODS:DALY were estimated based on participant's clin...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Darbà J,Kaskens L,Pérez-Álvarez N,Palacios S,Neyro JL,Rejas J

更新日期：2015-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a major health problem affecting mostly young people, not only in developing, but also in developed countries.We conducted this systematic review to determine awareness and knowledge of school-going male and female adolescents in Europe of STDs and if possible, how th...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Samkange-Zeeb FN,Spallek L,Zeeb H

更新日期：2011-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of khat among youths can be harmful leading to decreased academic performance, increased risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases or other psychiatric symptoms. It is believed to be one of the factors associated with unprotected risky sexual behavior predisposing the youth for ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Tilahun M,Ayele G

更新日期：2013-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) is a serious threat to child health. Roughly 40% of children worldwide are exposed to tobacco smoke, and the very young are often "captive smokers" in homes in which others smoke.The goal of this research project is to develop and evaluate an intervention to reduce young child to...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Rosen LJ,Guttman N,Hovell MF,Noach MB,Winickoff JP,Tchernokovski S,Rosenblum JK,Rubenstein U,Seidmann V,Vardavas CI,Klepeis NE,Zucker DM

更新日期：2011-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of health care, particularly for people with chronic conditions, combines the activities of health professionals, patients, informal carers and social networks that support them. Understanding the non-professional roles in health management requires information about the health related activit...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Jowsey T,Yen L,W PM

更新日期：2012-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On the range of diagnoses, course of treatment, and long-term outcome in patients who chose to receive homeopathic medical treatment very little is known. We investigated homeopathic practice in an industrialized country under everyday conditions. METHODS:In a prospective, multicentre cohort study with 103 ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Witt CM,Lüdtke R,Baur R,Willich SN

更新日期：2005-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been growing global concern about air pollution due to its great risk to public health. In Japan, although industrial- and traffic-related air pollution has been decreasing, concerns about particulate matter air pollution has been growing in recent years. In this study, we examined the effects of a...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Nakao M,Yamauchi K,Mitsuma S,Omori H,Ishihara Y

更新日期：2019-05-22 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 benefits of genomics and biotechnology are concentrated primarily in the industrialized world, while their potential to combat neglected diseases in the developing world has been largely untapped. Without building developing world biotechnology capacity to address local health needs, this disparity will ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Daar AS,Berndtson K,Persad DL,Singer PA

更新日期：2007-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public health strategies that focus on legislative and policy change involving chronic disease risk factors such as unhealthy diet and physical inactivity have the potential to prevent chronic diseases and improve quality of life as a whole. However, many public health policies introduced as part of public h...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Kothari A,Gore D,MacDonald M,Bursey G,Allan D,Scarr J,Renewal of Public Health Systems Research Team.

更新日期：2013-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Men of low socioeconomic position (SEP) are less likely than those of higher SEP to consume fruits and vegetables, and more likely to eat processed discretionary foods. Education level is a widely used marker of SEP. Few studies have explored determinants of socioeconomic inequalities in men's eating behavio...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Stephens LD,Crawford D,Thornton L,Olstad DL,Morgan PJ,van Lenthe FJ,Ball K

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since prevalence estimates of recommended physical activity (PA) considerably vary between different surveys, prevalence might be crucially affected by the choice of measuring instrument. The aim of the present study is to compare the results of four PA questionnaires regarding the current moderate- and vigo...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Stassen G,Rudolf K,Gernert M,Thiel A,Schaller A

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is an important and modifiable cardiovascular risk factor that remains under-detected and under-treated, especially in the older individuals. Community-led interventions that integrate primary health care and local resources are promising approaches to improve awareness and management of hyperte...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Ye C,Foster G,Kaczorowski J,Chambers LW,Angeles R,Marzanek-Lefebvre F,Laryea S,Thabane L,Dolovich L

更新日期：2013-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weight gain that commonly accompanies smoking cessation can undermine a person's attempt to quit and increase the risk for metabolic disorders. Research indicates that obese smokers have more weight concerns and gain more weight after quitting than non-obese smokers, yet little is known about possible reason...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Bush T,Hsu C,Levine MD,Magnusson B,Miles L

更新日期：2014-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite smoking cessation efforts, cigarette smoking remains a serious general and oral health problem. We aimed to investigate the putative benefits of smoking cessation on dentition and to analyse whether the time elapsed since smoking cessation associated positively with the remaining number of teeth. ME...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Similä T,Auvinen J,Timonen M,Virtanen JI

更新日期：2016-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Brazil coronary heart disease (CHD) constitutes the most important cause of death in both sexes in all the regions of the country and interestingly, the difference between the sexes in the CHD mortality rates is one of the smallest in the world because of high rates among women. Since a question has been ...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Castanho VS,Oliveira LS,Pinheiro HP,Oliveira HC,de Faria EC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on outbreaks of infectious gastroenteritis in care homes have been collected using an internet-based surveillance system in North West England since 2012. We analysed the burden and characteristics of care home outbreaks to inform future public health decision-making. METHODS:We described characteristi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Inns T,Keenan A,Huyton R,Harris J,Iturriza-Gomara M,O'Brien SJ,Vivancos R

更新日期：2018-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In most European origin populations measures of socioeconomic position are positively associated with leisure time physical activity (LTPA), this is unclear for active commuting. In addition, these associations have scarcely been studied in ethnic minority groups, who often have a high cardiovascular disease...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： de Munter JS,Agyemang C,Brewster LM,Stronks K,van Valkengoed IG

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Awareness of health disparities based on sexual orientation has increased in the past decades, and many official public health agencies throughout Europe call for programs addressing the specific needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals. However, the acceptance of LGB individuals varies significa...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： van der Star A,Bränström R

更新日期：2015-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The neighbourhood environment may play an important role in diet quality. Most previous research has examined the associations between neighbourhood food environment and diet quality, and neighbourhood socioeconomic status and diet quality separately. This study investigated the independent and joint effects...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： McInerney M,Csizmadi I,Friedenreich CM,Uribe FA,Nettel-Aguirre A,McLaren L,Potestio M,Sandalack B,McCormack GR

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:By 2050, sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) urban population is expected to grow from 414 million to over 1.2 billion. This growth will likely increase challenges to municipalities attempting to provide access to water supply and sanitation (WS&S). This study aims to characterize trends in access to WS&S in SSA citi...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Hopewell MR,Graham JP

更新日期：2014-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reducing alcohol related harms in Australian Defence Force (ADF) trainees has been identified as a priority, but there are few evidence-based prevention programs available for the military setting. The study aims to test whether the P.A.R.T.Y. program delivered in-hospital or on-base, can reduce harmful alco...

journal_title：BMC public health

authors： Watterson J,Gabbe B,Dietze P,Thompson J,Oborn M,Rosenfeld JV

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00