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Case Report Correlates of quality of life of pre-obese and obese patients: a pharmacy-based cross-sectional survey Laurent Laforest, Eric Van Ganse, Cécile Ritleng, Gaelle Desamericq, Laurent Letrilliart, Alain Moreau, Sarah Rosen, Hubert Mechin, and Genevieve Chamba BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 337. Published online 2009 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-337.PMCID: PMC2753354 Correspondence Applying the balanced scorecard to local public health performance measurement: deliberations and decisions Erica Weir, Nadine d'Entremont, Shelley Stalker, Karim Kurji, and Victoria Robinson BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 127. Published online 2009 May 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-127.PMCID: PMC2684743 European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP): the path towards a true partnership Mecky I Matee, Christine Manyando, Peter M Ndumbe, Tumani Corrah, Walter G Jaoko, Andrew Y Kitua, Herman PA Ambene, Mathieu Ndounga, Lynn Zijenah, David Ofori-Adjei, Simon Agwale, Steven Shongwe, Thomas Nyirenda, and Michael Makanga BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 249. Published online 2009 July 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-249.PMCID: PMC2719636 A global framework for action to improve the primary care response to chronic non-communicable diseases: a solution to a neglected problem Dermot Maher, Anthony D Harries, Rony Zachariah, and Don Enarson BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 355. Published online 2009 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-355.PMCID: PMC2758871 Applied public health research - falling through the cracks? Rebecca K Simmons, David Ogilvie, Simon J Griffin, and Lincoln A Sargeant BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 362. Published online 2009 September 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-362.PMCID: PMC2760531 A theoretical framework to describe communication processes during medical disability assessment interviews H Jolanda van Rijssen, Antonius JM Schellart, Johannes R Anema, and Allard J van der Beek BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 375. Published online 2009 October 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-375.PMCID: PMC2765440 Research article Factors associated with mortality in HIV-infected and uninfected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis Ferdinand M Mugusi, Saurabh Mehta, Eduardo Villamor, Willy Urassa, Elmar Saathoff, Ronald J Bosch, and Wafaie W Fawzi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 409. Published online 2009 November 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-409.PMCID: PMC2779816 Unemployment and ill health: a connection through inflammation? Jukka Hintikka, Soili M Lehto, Leo Niskanen, Anne Huotari, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Kirsi Honkalampi, Sanna Sinikallio, and Heimo Viinamäki BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 410. Published online 2009 November 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-410.PMCID: PMC2780415 The health impact of remarriage behavior on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from the US longitudinal survey Tatsuya Noda, Toshiyuki Ojima, Shinya Hayasaka, Akihito Hagihara, Ryoichi Takayanagi, and Koichi Nobutomo BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 412. Published online 2009 November 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-412.PMCID: PMC2781819 The development and pilot testing of a rapid assessment tool to improve local public health system capacity in Australia Prue Bagley and Vivian Lin BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 413. Published online 2009 November 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-413.PMCID: PMC2785789 The SHARP study: a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the short-term outcomes of housing and neighbourhood renewal Mark Petticrew, Ade Kearns, Phil Mason, and Caroline Hoy BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 415. Published online 2009 November 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-415.PMCID: PMC2784462 Rates of coverage and determinants of complete vaccination of children in rural areas of Burkina Faso (1998-2003) Drissa Sia, Pierre Fournier, Jean-François Kobiané, and Blaise K Sondo BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 416. Published online 2009 November 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-416.PMCID: PMC2784775 Subjective health legacy of the Chornobyl accident: a comparative study of 19-year olds in Kyiv Evelyn J Bromet, David P Taormina, Lin T Guey, Joost A Bijlsma, Semyon F Gluzman, Johan M Havenaar, Harold Carlson, and Gabrielle A Carlson BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 417. Published online 2009 November 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-417.PMCID: PMC2784776 Assessing Cost-Effectiveness in Obesity (ACE-Obesity): an overview of the ACE approach, economic methods and cost results Rob Carter, Marj Moodie, Alison Markwick, Anne Magnus, Theo Vos, Boyd Swinburn, and Michele M Haby BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 419. Published online 2009 November 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-419.PMCID: PMC2785790 Accuracy and usefulness of BMI measures based on self-reported weight and height: findings from the NHANES & NHIS 2001-2006 Manfred Stommel and Charlotte A Schoenborn BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 421. Published online 2009 November 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-421.PMCID: PMC2784464 Effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on dengue epidemics in Thailand, 1996-2005 Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Chi-Tai Fang, Suratsawadee Klinchan, Chung-Ming Liu, and Chwan-Chuen King BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 422. Published online 2009 November 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-422.PMCID: PMC2785791 How do healthcare consumers process and evaluate comparative healthcare information? A qualitative study using cognitive interviews Olga C Damman, Michelle Hendriks, Jany Rademakers, Diana MJ Delnoij, and Peter P Groenewegen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 423. Published online 2009 November 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-423.PMCID: PMC2785792 Participant recruitment and retention in a pilot program to prevent weight gain in low-income overweight and obese mothers Mei-Wei Chang, Roger Brown, and Susan Nitzke BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 424. Published online 2009 November 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-424.PMCID: PMC2785793 Non-response bias in physical activity trend estimates Cora L Craig, Christine Cameron, Joe Griffiths, Adrian Bauman, Catrine Tudor-Locke, and Ross E Andersen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 425. Published online 2009 November 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-425.PMCID: PMC2785794 Assessing knowledge of human papillomavirus and collecting data on sexual behavior: computer assisted telephone versus face to face interviews Anthony Smith, Anthony Lyons, Marian Pitts, Samantha Croy, Richard Ryall, Suzanne Garland, Mee Lian Wong, and Eng Hseon Tay BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 429. Published online 2009 November 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-429.PMCID: PMC2787519 Changes in child exposure to secondhand smoke after implementation of smoke-free legislation in Wales: a repeated cross-sectional study Jo C Holliday, Graham F Moore, and Laurence AR Moore BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 430. Published online 2009 November 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-430.PMCID: PMC2789068 A case control study of differences in non-work injury and accidents among sawmill workers in rural compared to urban British Columbia, Canada Aleck Ostry, Stefania Maggi, Ruth Hershler, Lisa Chen, Amber Louie, and Clyde Hertzman BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 432. Published online 2009 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-432.PMCID: PMC2789069 Review Beyond traditional surveillance: applying syndromic surveillance to developing settings – opportunities and challenges Larissa May, Jean-Paul Chretien, and Julie A Pavlin BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 242. Published online 2009 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-242.PMCID: PMC2718884 Study protocol The Healthy Steps Study: A randomized controlled trial of a pedometer-based Green Prescription for older adults. Trial protocol Gregory S Kolt, Grant M Schofield, Ngaire Kerse, Nicholas Garrett, Philip J Schluter, Toni Ashton, and Asmita Patel BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 404. Published online 2009 November 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-404.PMCID: PMC2780414 TABADO: "Evaluation of a smoking cessation program among Adolescents in Vocational Training Centers": Study protocol Laetitia Minary, Hervé Martini, Nathalie Wirth, Francine Thouvenot, Dovi-Stéphanie Acouetey, Yves Martinet, Abraham Bohadana, Denis Zmirou-Navier, and François Alla BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 411. Published online 2009 November 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-411.PMCID: PMC2781818 Design and evaluation of a treatment programme for Spanish adolescents with overweight and obesity. The EVASYON Study David Martinez-Gomez, Sonia Gomez-Martinez, M Angeles Puertollano, Esther Nova, Julia Wärnberg, Oscar L Veiga, Amelia Martí, Cristina Campoy, Jesus M Garagorri, Cristina Azcona, M Pilar Vaquero, Carlos Redondo-Figuero, Manuel Delgado, J Alfredo Martínez, Miguel Garcia-Fuentes, Luis A Moreno, Ascension Marcos, and EVASYON Study Group BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 414. Published online 2009 November 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-414.PMCID: PMC2779817 Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in probation services: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Martin Bland, Paul Cassidy, Simon Coulton, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond, Eilish Gilvarry, Christine Godfrey, Nick Heather, Eileen Kaner, Judy Myles, Adenekan Oyefeso, Steve Parrott, Katherine Perryman, Tom Phillips, Don Shenker, and Jonathan Shepherd BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 418. Published online 2009 November 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-418.PMCID: PMC2784463 Protocol: Transmission and prevention of influenza in Hutterites: Zoonotic transmission of influenza A: swine & swine workers Margaret L Russell, Julia Keenliside, Richard Webby, Kevin Fonseca, Pam Singh, Lorraine Moss, and Mark Loeb BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 420. Published online 2009 November 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-420.PMCID: PMC2781820 Evaluating the effectiveness of psychosocial resilience training for heart health, and the added value of promoting physical activity: a cluster randomized trial of the READY program Nicola W Burton, Kenneth I Pakenham, and Wendy J Brown BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 427. Published online 2009 November 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-427.PMCID: PMC2784777 Optimizing Suicide Prevention Programs and Their Implementation in Europe (OSPI Europe): an evidence-based multi-level approach Ulrich Hegerl, Lisa Wittenburg, Ella Arensman, Chantal Van Audenhove, James C Coyne, David McDaid, Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis, Ricardo Gusmão, Mária Kopp, Margaret Maxwell, Ullrich Meise, Saska Roskar, Marco Sarchiapone, Armin Schmidtke, Airi Värnik, and Anke Bramesfeld BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 428. Published online 2009 November 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-428.PMCID: PMC2787518 Technical Advances Are immigrant populations aware about their oral health status? A study among immigrants from Ethiopia Avi Zini, Yuval Vered, and Harold D Sgan-Cohen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 205. Published online 2009 June 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-205.PMCID: PMC2709622 Concentration of the genera Aspergillus, Eurotium and Penicillium in 63-μm house dust fraction as a method to predict hidden moisture damage in homes Christoph Baudisch, Ojan Assadian, and Axel Kramer BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 247. Published online 2009 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-247.PMCID: PMC2724515 Research Articles Relationship between body image disturbance and incidence of depression: the SUN prospective cohort Adriano Marçal Pimenta, Almudena Sánchez-Villegas, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Celeste Nicole López, and Miguel Ángel Martínez-González BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 1. Published online 2009 January 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-1.PMCID: PMC2667175 Preventing weight gain: the baseline weight related behaviors and delivery of a randomized controlled intervention in community based women Catherine Lombard, Amanda Deeks, Damien Jolley, and Helena J Teede BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 2. Published online 2009 January 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-2.PMCID: PMC2630939 Pathways into homelessness: recently homeless adults problems and service use before and after becoming homeless in Amsterdam Igor R van Laere, Matty A de Wit, and Niek S Klazinga BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 3. Published online 2009 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-3.PMCID: PMC2628651 Regional disparities in infant mortality in Canada: a reversal of egalitarian trends K S Joseph, Ling Huang, Susie Dzakpasu, and Catherine McCourt BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 4. Published online 2009 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-4.PMCID: PMC2637856 Pastoralism and delay in diagnosis of TB in Ethiopia Abdi A Gele, Gunnar Bjune, and Fekadu Abebe BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 5. Published online 2009 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-5.PMCID: PMC2628652 Phone and e-mail counselling are effective for weight management in an overweight working population: a randomized controlled trial Marieke F van Wier, Geertje AM Ariëns, J Caroline Dekkers, Ingrid JM Hendriksen, Tjabe Smid, and Willem van Mechelen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 6. Published online 2009 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-6.PMCID: PMC2667416 Structural factors associated with an increased risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infection transmission among street-involved youth Brandon DL Marshall, Thomas Kerr, Jean A Shoveller, Julio SG Montaner, and Evan Wood BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 7. Published online 2009 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-7.PMCID: PMC2630937 The prevalence of chronic diseases and major disease risk factors at different ages among 150 000 men and women living in Mexico City: cross-sectional analyses of a prospective study Pablo Kuri-Morales, Jonathan Emberson, Jesús Alegre-Díaz, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Rory Collins, Richard Peto, and Gary Whitlock BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 9. Published online 2009 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-9.PMCID: PMC2645387 Canadian and English students' beliefs about waterpipe smoking: a qualitative study Jeremy Roskin and Paul Aveyard BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 10. Published online 2009 January 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-10.PMCID: PMC2628878 Crash characteristics and patterns of injury among hospitalized motorised two-wheeled vehicle users in urban India Michael Fitzharris, Rakhi Dandona, G Anil Kumar, and Lalit Dandona BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 11. Published online 2009 January 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-11.PMCID: PMC2630936 Access to interpreting services in England: secondary analysis of national data Paramjit S Gill, Aparna Shankar, Terry Quirke, and Nick Freemantle BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 12. Published online 2009 January 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-12.PMCID: PMC2654558 Anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students in Ethiopia Dale J Terasaki, Bizu Gelaye, Yemane Berhane, and Michelle A Williams BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 13. Published online 2009 January 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-13.PMCID: PMC2651168 Depression and body mass index, a u-shaped association Leonore M de Wit, Annemieke van Straten, Marieke van Herten, Brenda WJH Penninx, and Pim Cuijpers BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 14. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-14.PMCID: PMC2631467 Psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among Slovak students Ondrej Kalina, Andrea M Geckova, Pavol Jarcuska, Olga Orosova, Jitse P van Dijk, and Sijmen A Reijneveld BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 15. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-15.PMCID: PMC2630938 Using surveillance data to monitor entry into care of newly diagnosed HIV-infected persons: San Francisco, 2006–2007 Nicola M Zetola, Kyle Bernstein, Katherine Ahrens, Julia L Marcus, Susan Philip, Giuliano Nieri, Diane Jones, C Bradley Hare, Ling Hsu, Susan Scheer, and Jeffrey D Klausner BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 17. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-17.PMCID: PMC2633266 A case-control study of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Switzerland: analysis of potential risk factors with regard to an increased CJD incidence in the years 2001–2004 Jessica Ruegger, Katharina Stoeck, Lorenz Amsler, Thomas Blaettler, Marcel Zwahlen, Adriano Aguzzi, Markus Glatzel, Klaus Hess, and Tobias Eckert BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 18. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-18.PMCID: PMC2637857 Excess cardiovascular mortality associated with cold spells in the Czech Republic Jan Kysely, Lucie Pokorna, Jan Kyncl, and Bohumir Kriz BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 19. Published online 2009 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-19.PMCID: PMC2632656 Post abortion family planning counseling as a tool to increase contraception use Ali Ceylan, Meliksah Ertem, Gunay Saka, and Nurten Akdeniz BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 20. Published online 2009 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-20.PMCID: PMC2651169 Individual, social, environmental, and physical environmental correlates with physical activity among Canadians: a cross-sectional study Sai Yi Pan, Christine Cameron, Marie DesMeules, Howard Morrison, Cora Lynn Craig, and XiaoHong Jiang BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 21. Published online 2009 January 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-21.PMCID: PMC2639577 Seasonal variance of 25-(OH) vitamin D in the general population of Estonia, a Northern European country Mart Kull, Jr, Riina Kallikorm, Anu Tamm, and Margus Lember BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 22. Published online 2009 January 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-22.PMCID: PMC2632995 Sexual behavior and drug consumption among young adults in a shantytown in Lima, Peru Juan A Gálvez-Buccollini, Suzanne DeLea, Phabiola M Herrera, Robert H Gilman, and Valerie Paz-Soldan BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 23. Published online 2009 January 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-23.PMCID: PMC2644290 Tobacco farming in rural Vietnam: questionable economic gain but evident health risks Hoang Van Minh, Kim Bao Giang, Nguyen Ngoc Bich, and Nguyen Thanh Huong BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 24. Published online 2009 January 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-24.PMCID: PMC2651170 Metabolic syndrome and physical activity in southern Brazilian community-dwelling elders: a population-based, cross-sectional study Roberta R Dalacorte, César L Reichert, and José L Vieira BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 25. Published online 2009 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-25.PMCID: PMC2639578 Study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma mortality associated with industrial pollution in Spain, using Poisson models Rebeca Ramis, Enrique Vidal, Javier García-Pérez, Virginia Lope, Nuria Aragonés, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Marina Pollán, and Gonzalo López-Abente BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 26. Published online 2009 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-26.PMCID: PMC2662834 Use of ecstasy and other psychoactive substances among school-attending adolescents in Taiwan: national surveys 2004–2006 Wei J Chen, Tsung-Chieh Fu, Te-Tien Ting, Wei-Lun Huang, Guang-Mang Tang, Chuhsing Kate Hsiao, and Chuan-Yu Chen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 27. Published online 2009 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-27.PMCID: PMC2636802 Do implementation issues influence the effectiveness of medications? The case of nicotine replacement therapy and bupropion in UK Stop Smoking Services Andy McEwen and Robert West BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 28. Published online 2009 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-28.PMCID: PMC2639579 Cost-effectiveness of Rotavirus vaccination in Vietnam Sun-Young Kim, Sue J Goldie, and Joshua A Salomon BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 29. Published online 2009 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-29.PMCID: PMC2663769 The impact of demographic and risk factor changes on coronary heart disease deaths in Beijing, 1999–2010 Jun Cheng, Dong Zhao, Zhechun Zeng, Julia Alison Critchley, Jing Liu, Wei Wang, Jiayi Sun, and Simon Capewell BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 30. Published online 2009 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-30.PMCID: PMC2637858 Ecological association between a deprivation index and mortality in France over the period 1997 – 2001: variations with spatial scale, degree of urbanicity, age, gender and cause of death Grégoire Rey, Eric Jougla, Anne Fouillet, and Denis Hémon BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 33. Published online 2009 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-33.PMCID: PMC2637240 HCV-related burden of disease in Europe: a systematic assessment of incidence, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality Nikolai Mühlberger, Ruth Schwarzer, Beate Lettmeier, Gaby Sroczynski, Stefan Zeuzem, and Uwe Siebert BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 34. Published online 2009 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-34.PMCID: PMC2656539 Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality in Barcelona: 1992–2003 Rosa Puigpinós, Carme Borrell, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Enric Azlor, M Isabel Pasarín, Gemma Serral, Mariona Pons-Vigués, Maica Rodríguez-Sanz, and Esteve Fernández BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 35. Published online 2009 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-35.PMCID: PMC2640474 Epidemiology of frequent attenders: a 3-year historic cohort study comparing attendance, morbidity and prescriptions of one-year and persistent frequent attenders Frans ThM Smits, Henk J Brouwer, Gerben ter Riet, and Henk CP van Weert BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 36. Published online 2009 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-36.PMCID: PMC2649070 Age-specific symptom prevalence in women 35–64 years old: A population-based study Annika Bardel, Mari-Ann Wallander, Hans Wedel, and Kurt Svärdsudd BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 37. Published online 2009 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-37.PMCID: PMC2642515 Performance of two questionnaires to measure treatment adherence in patients with Type-2 Diabetes Carlos A Prado-Aguilar, Yolanda V Martínez, Yolanda Segovia-Bernal, Rosendo Reyes-Martínez, and Raul Arias-Ulloa BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 38. Published online 2009 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-38.PMCID: PMC2637241 Combined effects of functionally-oriented exercise regimens and nutritional supplementation on both the institutionalised and free-living frail elderly (double-blind, randomised clinical trial) Marek Zak, Christian Swine, and Tomasz Grodzicki BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 39. Published online 2009 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-39.PMCID: PMC2637855 Alcohol and cannabis use as risk factors for injury – a case-crossover analysis in a Swiss hospital emergency department Gerhard Gmel, Hervé Kuendig, Jürgen Rehm, Nicolas Schreyer, and Jean-Bernard Daeppen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 40. Published online 2009 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-40.PMCID: PMC2654886 Are youth mentoring programs good value-for-money? An evaluation of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Melbourne Program Marjory L Moodie and Jane Fisher BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 41. Published online 2009 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-41.PMCID: PMC2640473 Burden of disease due to cancer in Spain Nerea Fernández de Larrea-Baz, Elena Álvarez-Martín, Consuelo Morant-Ginestar, Ricard Gènova-Maleras, Ángel Gil, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, and Gonzalo López-Abente BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 42. Published online 2009 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-42.PMCID: PMC2642814 Regional and social differences concerning overweight, participation in health check-ups and vaccination. Analysis of data from a whole birth cohort of 6-year old children in a prosperous German city Daniela Koller and Andreas Mielck BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 43. Published online 2009 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-43.PMCID: PMC2661071 High prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Iran: a large population-based study Farhad Hosseinpanah, Farshad Kasraei, Amir A Nassiri, and Fereidoun Azizi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 44. Published online 2009 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-44.PMCID: PMC2658666 The effect of health and nutrition education intervention on women's postpartum beliefs and practices: a randomized controlled trial Nian Liu, Limei Mao, Xiufa Sun, Liegang Liu, Ping Yao, and Banghua Chen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 45. Published online 2009 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-45.PMCID: PMC2640472 Potential determinants of obesity among children and adolescents in Germany: results from the cross-sectional KiGGS study Christina Kleiser, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Gert BM Mensink, Reinhild Prinz-Langenohl, and Bärbel-Maria Kurth BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 46. Published online 2009 February 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-46.PMCID: PMC2642815 Mortality profiles in a country facing epidemiological transition: An analysis of registered data Luis Huicho, Miguel Trelles, Fernando Gonzales, Walter Mendoza, and Jaime Miranda BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 47. Published online 2009 February 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-47.PMCID: PMC2640471 Alcohol and cardio-respiratory deaths in Chinese: a population-based case-control study of 32,462 older Hong Kong adults C Mary Schooling, Tai Hing Lam, Sai Yin Ho, Yao He, Kwok Hang Mak, and Gabriel M Leung BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 49. Published online 2009 February 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-49.PMCID: PMC2649071 The effect of alcohol advertising, marketing and portrayal on drinking behaviour in young people: systematic review of prospective cohort studies Lesley A Smith and David R Foxcroft BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 51. Published online 2009 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-51.PMCID: PMC2653035 Body weight dissatisfaction and communication with parents among adolescents in 24 countries: international cross-sectional survey Haleama Al Sabbah, Carine A Vereecken, Frank J Elgar, Tonja Nansel, Katrin Aasvee, Ziad Abdeen, Kristiina Ojala, Namanjeet Ahluwalia, and Lea Maes BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 52. Published online 2009 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-52.PMCID: PMC2645388 Delayed consultation among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a cross sectional study of 10 DOTS districts of Ethiopia Mengiste M Mesfin, James N Newell, John D Walley, Amanuel Gessessew, and Richard J Madeley BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 53. Published online 2009 February 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-53.PMCID: PMC2647537 Attitudes to kidney donation among primary care patients in rural Crete, Greece Emmanouil K Symvoulakis, Ioannis D Komninos, Nikos Antonakis, Myfanwy Morgan, Athanasios Alegakis, Emmanouil Tsafantakis, Marios Chatziarsenis, Anastas Philalithis, and Roger Jones BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 54. Published online 2009 February 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-54.PMCID: PMC2660320 Diagnosis and treatment delay among pulmonary tuberculosis patients identified using the Taiwan reporting enquiry system, 2002–2006 Hui-Ping Lin, Chung-Yeh Deng, and Pesus Chou BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 55. Published online 2009 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-55.PMCID: PMC2654887 Healthcare workers' attitudes to working during pandemic influenza: a qualitative study Jonathan Ives, Sheila Greenfield, Jayne M Parry, Heather Draper, Christine Gratus, Judith I Petts, Tom Sorell, and Sue Wilson BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 56. Published online 2009 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-56.PMCID: PMC2654560 Process evaluation of a community-based program for prevention and control of non-communicable disease in a developing country: The Isfahan Healthy Heart Program, Iran Katayoun Rabiei, Roya Kelishadi, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Heidar Ali Abedi, Mousa Alavi, Kamal Heidari, Ahmad Bahonar, Maryam Boshtam, Karim Zare, and Shahryar Sadeghi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 57. Published online 2009 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-57.PMCID: PMC2647538 Are there gender differences in the geography of alcohol-related mortality in Scotland? An ecological study Carol Emslie and Richard Mitchell BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 58. Published online 2009 February 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-58.PMCID: PMC2652460 Assessing the adequacy of self-reported alcohol abuse measurement across time and ethnicity: cross-cultural equivalence across Hispanics and Caucasians in 1992, non-equivalence in 2001–2002 Adam C Carle BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 60. Published online 2009 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-60.PMCID: PMC2653501 Exploring the nature of stigmatising beliefs about depression and help-seeking: Implications for reducing stigma Lisa J Barney, Kathleen M Griffiths, Helen Christensen, and Anthony F Jorm BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 61. Published online 2009 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-61.PMCID: PMC2654888 Inequalities in the incidence of cervical cancer in South East England 2001–2005: an investigation of population risk factors Laura G Currin, Ruth H Jack, Karen M Linklater, Vivian Mak, Henrik Møller, and Elizabeth A Davies BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 62. Published online 2009 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-62.PMCID: PMC2650689 Potential and Actual Terrestrial Rabies Exposures in People and Domestic Animals, Upstate South Carolina, 1994–2004: A Surveillance Study Catherine W Roseveare, W David Goolsby, and Ivo M Foppa BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 65. Published online 2009 February 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-65.PMCID: PMC2651164 Community-based infant hearing screening in a developing country: parental uptake of follow-up services Bolajoko O Olusanya and Oladele O Akinyemi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 66. Published online 2009 February 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-66.PMCID: PMC2656536 A 10 year study of the cause of death in children under 15 years in Manhiça, Mozambique Jahit Sacarlal, Ariel Q Nhacolo, Betuel Sigaúque, Delino A Nhalungo, Fatima Abacassamo, Charfudin N Sacoor, Pedro Aide, Sonia Machevo, Tacilta Nhampossa, Eusébio V Macete, Quique Bassat, Catarina David, Azucena Bardají, Emili Letang, Francisco Saúte, John J Aponte, Ricardo Thompson, and Pedro L Alonso BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 67. Published online 2009 February 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-67.PMCID: PMC2656537 Evaluation of acceptability and use of lockable storage devices for pesticides in Sri Lanka that might assist in prevention of self-poisoning Keith Hawton, Lakshmi Ratnayeke, Sue Simkin, Louise Harriss, and Vanda Scott BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 69. Published online 2009 February 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-69.PMCID: PMC2656540 Income inequality and alcohol attributable harm in Australia Paul M Dietze, Damien J Jolley, Tanya N Chikritzhs, Susan Clemens, Paul Catalano, and Tim Stockwell BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 70. Published online 2009 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-70.PMCID: PMC2658667 Epidemiology and costs of cervical cancer screening and cervical dysplasia in Italy Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Alessandro Ricciardi, Catherine Cohet, Fabio Palazzo, Giacomo Furnari, Sabrina Valle, Nathalie Largeron, and Antonio Federici BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 71. Published online 2009 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-71.PMCID: PMC2651166 A closer look at the increase in suicide rates in South Korea from 1986–2005 Jin-Won Kwon, Heeran Chun, and Sung-il Cho BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 72. Published online 2009 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-72.PMCID: PMC2667417 The prevalence of work-related stress, and its association with self-perceived health and sick-leave, in a population of employed Swedish women Kristina Holmgren, Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff, Cecilia Björkelund, and Gunnel Hensing BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 73. Published online 2009 March 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-73.PMCID: PMC2653036 Adolescent's perceptions and expectations of parental action on children's smoking and snus use; national cross sectional data from three decades Maria Nilsson, Lars Weinehall, Erik Bergström, Hans Stenlund, and Urban Janlert BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 74. Published online 2009 March 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-74.PMCID: PMC2664804 Religion and HIV in Tanzania: influence of religious beliefs on HIV stigma, disclosure, and treatment attitudes James Zou, Yvonne Yamanaka, Muze John, Melissa Watt, Jan Ostermann, and Nathan Thielman BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 75. Published online 2009 March 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-75.PMCID: PMC2656538 Smoking, drinking and body weight after re-employment: does unemployment experience and compensation make a difference? Kelly L Bolton and Eunice Rodriguez BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 77. Published online 2009 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-77.PMCID: PMC2678120 Influence of socio-demographic factors on distances travelled to access HIV services: enhanced surveillance of HIV patients in north west England Penny A Cook, Jennifer Downing, C Philip Wheater, Mark A Bellis, Karen Tocque, Qutub Syed, and Penelope A Phillips-Howard BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 78. Published online 2009 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-78.PMCID: PMC2662835 Euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions: a mortality follow-back study in Belgium Lieve Van den Block, Reginald Deschepper, Johan Bilsen, Nathalie Bossuyt, Viviane Van Casteren, and Luc Deliens BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 79. Published online 2009 March 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-79.PMCID: PMC2660906 HIV-related risk behaviours and the correlates among rickshaw pullers of Kamrangirchar, Dhaka, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study using probability sampling Md Hafiz Ehsanul Hoque, Masako Ono-Kihara, Saman Zamani, Shahrzad Mortazavi Ravari, and Masahiro Kihara BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 80. Published online 2009 March 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-80.PMCID: PMC2670294 Which preventive measures might protect health care workers from SARS? Wei-Qing Chen, Wen-Hua Ling, Ci-Yong Lu, Yuan-Tao Hao, Zhong-Ning Lin, Li Ling, Jian Huang, Gang Li, and Guang-Mei Yan BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 81. Published online 2009 March 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-81.PMCID: PMC2666722 Associations among hair loss, oral sulfur-containing gases, and gastrointestinal and metabolic linked diseases in Japanese elderly men: pilot study Toshihiro Ansai, Shuji Awano, Inho Soh, Yutaka Takata, Akihiro Yoshida, Tomoko Hamasaki, and Tadamichi Takehara BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 82. Published online 2009 March 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-82.PMCID: PMC2666723 Maternal care and birth outcomes among ethnic minority women in Finland Maili Malin and Mika Gissler BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 84. Published online 2009 March 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-84.PMCID: PMC2674879 Pathways to malaria persistence in remote central Vietnam: a mixed-method study of health care and the community Martha Morrow, Quy A Nguyen, Sonia Caruana, Beverley A Biggs, Nhan H Doan, and Tien T Nong BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 85. Published online 2009 March 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-85.PMCID: PMC2666724 The effect of major depression on participation in preventive health care activities Scott B Patten, Jeanne VA Williams, Dina H Lavorato, and Michael Eliasziw BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 87. Published online 2009 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-87.PMCID: PMC2667419 The incidence of co-morbidities related to obesity and overweight: A systematic review and meta-analysis Daphne P Guh, Wei Zhang, Nick Bansback, Zubin Amarsi, C Laird Birmingham, and Aslam H Anis BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 88. Published online 2009 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-88.PMCID: PMC2667420 Terrorism in Australia: factors associated with perceived threat and incident-critical behaviours Garry Stevens, Kingsley Agho, Melanie Taylor, Margo Barr, Beverley Raphael, and Louisa Jorm BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 91. Published online 2009 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-91.PMCID: PMC2669476 Mental health literacy as a function of remoteness of residence: an Australian national study Kathleen M Griffiths, Helen Christensen, and Anthony F Jorm BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 92. Published online 2009 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-92.PMCID: PMC2670295 Timeliness of national notifiable diseases surveillance system in Korea: a cross-sectional study Hyo-Soon Yoo, Ok Park, Hye-Kyung Park, Eun-Gyu Lee, Eun-Kyeong Jeong, Jong-Koo Lee, and Sung-Il Cho BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 93. Published online 2009 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-93.PMCID: PMC2676269 Pre-hospital antibiotic treatment and mortality caused by invasive meningococcal disease, adjusting for indication bias Emilio Perea-Milla, Julián Olalla, Emilio Sánchez-Cantalejo, Francisco Martos, Petra Matute-Cruz, Guadalupe Carmona-López, Yolanda Fornieles, Aurelio Cayuela, Javier García-Alegría, and the ANCA Group BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 95. Published online 2009 April 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-95.PMCID: PMC2671503 Factors associated with self-care activities among adults in the United Kingdom: a systematic review Angela Ryan, Sue Wilson, Aliki Taylor, and Sheila Greenfield BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 96. Published online 2009 April 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-96.PMCID: PMC2674604 Process and impact evaluation of the Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy Health Impact Assessment Kaaren R Mathias and Ben Harris-Roxas BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 97. Published online 2009 April 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-97.PMCID: PMC2670296 The context of HIV risk behaviours among HIV-positive injection drug users in Viet Nam: Moving toward effective harm reduction Duong Cong Thanh, Karen Marie Moland, and Knut Fylkesnes BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 98. Published online 2009 April 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-98.PMCID: PMC2676271 Use of diagnostic self-tests on body materials among Internet users in the Netherlands: prevalence and correlates of use Gaby Ronda, Piet Portegijs, Geert-Jan Dinant, Frank Buntinx, Roelf Norg, and Trudy van der Weijden BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 100. Published online 2009 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-100.PMCID: PMC2675528 Improvements in readiness to change and drinking in primary care patients with unhealthy alcohol use: a prospective study Nicolas Bertholet, Nicholas J Horton, and Richard Saitz BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 101. Published online 2009 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-101.PMCID: PMC2679737 Regional perinatal mortality differences in the Netherlands; care is the question Miranda Tromp, Martine Eskes, Johannes B Reitsma, Jan Jaap HM Erwich, Hens AA Brouwers, Greta C Rijninks-van Driel, Gouke J Bonsel, and Anita CJ Ravelli BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 102. Published online 2009 April 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-102.PMCID: PMC2674436 Physical and emotional health outcomes after 12 months of public-sector antiretroviral treatment in the Free State Province of South Africa: a longitudinal study using structural equation modelling Edwin Wouters, Christo Heunis, Dingie van Rensburg, and Herman Meulemans BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 103. Published online 2009 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-103.PMCID: PMC2678117 Sick-leave track record and other potential predictors of a disability pension. A population based study of 8,218 men and women followed for 16 years Thorne Wallman, Hans Wedel, Edward Palmer, Annika Rosengren, Saga Johansson, Henry Eriksson, and Kurt Svärdsudd BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 104. Published online 2009 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-104.PMCID: PMC2674437 Socioeconomic position and overweight among adolescents: data from birth cohort studies in Brazil and the UK Alicia Matijasevich, Cesar G Victora, Jean Golding, Fernando C Barros, Ana Maria Menezes, Cora L Araujo, and George Davey Smith BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 105. Published online 2009 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-105.PMCID: PMC2673220 The relationship of adverse childhood experiences to a history of premature death of family members Robert F Anda, Maxia Dong, David W Brown, Vincent J Felitti, Wayne H Giles, Geraldine S Perry, Edwards J Valerie, and Shanta R Dube BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 106. Published online 2009 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-106.PMCID: PMC2674602 Enforcement of underage sales laws as a predictor of daily smoking among adolescents – a national study Joseph R DiFranza, Judith A Savageau, and Kenneth E Fletcher BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 107. Published online 2009 April 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-107.PMCID: PMC2676267 Gender differences in health and health care utilisation in various ethnic groups in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study Annette AM Gerritsen and Walter L Devillé BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 109. Published online 2009 April 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-109.PMCID: PMC2678118 Early initiation of sexual activity: a risk factor for sexually transmitted diseases, HIV infection, and unwanted pregnancy among university students in China Qiaoqin Ma, Masako Ono-Kihara, Liming Cong, Guozhang Xu, Xiaohong Pan, Saman Zamani, Shahrzad Mortazavi Ravari, Dandan Zhang, Takayuki Homma, and Masahiro Kihara BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 111. Published online 2009 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-111.PMCID: PMC2674603 Action to achieve smoke-free homes- an exploration of experts' views Deborah Ritchie, Amanda Amos, Richard Phillips, Sarah Cunningham-Burley, and Claudia Martin BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 112. Published online 2009 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-112.PMCID: PMC2679738 Hip fractures and area level socioeconomic conditions: a population-based study Andrea Icks, Burkhard Haastert, Manfred Wildner, Clemens Becker, Kilian Rapp, Nico Dragano, Gabriele Meyer, and Joachim Rosenbauer BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 114. Published online 2009 April 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-114.PMCID: PMC2685377 A typhoid fever outbreak in a slum of South Dumdum municipality, West Bengal, India, 2007: Evidence for foodborne and waterborne transmission Rama Bhunia, Yvan Hutin, Ramachandran Ramakrishnan, Nishith Pal, Tapas Sen, and Manoj Murhekar BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 115. Published online 2009 April 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-115.PMCID: PMC2683821 Simulation suggests that rapid activation of social distancing can arrest epidemic development due to a novel strain of influenza Joel K Kelso, George J Milne, and Heath Kelly BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 117. Published online 2009 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-117.PMCID: PMC2680828 Cancer screening in a middle-aged general population: factors associated with practices and attitudes Stéphane Cullati, Agathe I Charvet-Bérard, and Thomas V Perneger BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 118. Published online 2009 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-118.PMCID: PMC2685378 Role of educational level in the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQL) among rural Spanish women María José García-Mendizábal, José Miguel Carrasco, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Nuria Aragonés, Pilar Guallar-Castillón, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, Gonzalo López-Abente, and Marina Pollán BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 120. Published online 2009 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-120.PMCID: PMC2696428 Comparison of a high and a low intensity smoking cessation intervention in a dentistry setting in Sweden – a randomized trial Eva Nohlert, Åke Tegelberg, Per Tillgren, Pia Johansson, Andreas Rosenblad, and Ásgeir R Helgason BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 121. Published online 2009 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-121.PMCID: PMC2685131 Pilot evaluation of a walking school bus program in a low-income, urban community Jason A Mendoza, David D Levinger, and Brian D Johnston BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 122. Published online 2009 May 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-122.PMCID: PMC2680829 Characteristics of HIV seroprevalence of visitors to public health centers under the national HIV surveillance system in Korea: cross sectional study Mee-Kyung Kee, Jin-Hee Lee, Chaeshin Chu, Eun-Ju Lee, and Sung-Soon Kim BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 123. Published online 2009 May 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-123.PMCID: PMC2689198 Infant feeding among HIV-positive mothers and the general population mothers: comparison of two cross-sectional surveys in Eastern Uganda Lars T Fadnes, Ingunn MS Engebretsen, Henry Wamani, Nulu B Semiyaga, Thorkild Tylleskär, and James K Tumwine BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 124. Published online 2009 May 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-124.PMCID: PMC2687447 Misperceptions of "light" cigarettes abound: National survey data Nick Wilson, Deepa Weerasekera, Jo Peace, Richard Edwards, George Thomson, and Miranda Devlin BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 126. Published online 2009 May 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-126.PMCID: PMC2695454 Evaluation of uptake and attitude to voluntary counseling and testing among health care professional students in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania Mgosha P Charles, Eliningaya J Kweka, Aneth M Mahande, Longin R Barongo, Seif Shekalaghe, Hassan M Nkya, Asanterabi Lowassa, and Michael J Mahande BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 128. Published online 2009 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-128.PMCID: PMC2684744 Domestic violence against women in eastern India: a population-based study on prevalence and related issues Bontha V Babu and Shantanu K Kar BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 129. Published online 2009 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-129.PMCID: PMC2685379 Sleep quality in middle-aged and elderly Chinese: distribution, associated factors and associations with cardio-metabolic risk factors Nazanin Haseli-Mashhadi, Tony Dadd, An Pan, Zhijie Yu, Xu Lin, and Oscar H Franco BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 130. Published online 2009 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-130.PMCID: PMC2683822 Education level and physical functional limitations among Japanese community residents-gender difference in prognosis from stroke Kaori Honjo, Hiroyasu Iso, Ai Ikeda, Manami Inoue, Shoichiro Tsugane, and The JPHC Study Group BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 131. Published online 2009 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-131.PMCID: PMC2696429 Trends in thyroid hormone prescribing and consumption in the UK Anna L Mitchell, Bryan Hickey, Janis L Hickey, and Simon HS Pearce BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 132. Published online 2009 May 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-132.PMCID: PMC2683823 Child sexual abuse in southern Brazil and associated factors: a population-based study Diego G Bassani, Lilian S Palazzo, Jorge U Béria, Luciana P Gigante, Andréia CL Figueiredo, Denise RGC Aerts, and Beatriz CW Raymann BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 133. Published online 2009 May 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-133.PMCID: PMC2685133 Increasing socioeconomic inequalities in first acute myocardial infarction in Scotland, 1990–92 and 2000–02 Carolyn A Davies, Ruth Dundas, and Alastair H Leyland BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 134. Published online 2009 May 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-134.PMCID: PMC2689199 Costs and health effects of screening and delivery of hearing aids in Tamil Nadu, India: an observational study Baltussen Rob, Abraham Vinod J, Priya Monica, Achamma Balraj, Anand Job, Gift Norman, and Abraham Joseph BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 135. Published online 2009 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-135.PMCID: PMC2695455 Multilevel analysis of HIV related risk behaviors among heroin users in a low prevalence community Huizhen Li, William Goggins, and Shui Shan Lee BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 137. Published online 2009 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-137.PMCID: PMC2687448 Weight change and incident metabolic syndrome in Iranian men and women; a 3 year follow-up study Azadeh Zabetian, Farzad Hadaegh, Parvin Sarbakhsh, and Fereidoun Azizi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 138. Published online 2009 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-138.PMCID: PMC2696430 Use of television, videogames, and computer among children and adolescents in Italy Alessandro Patriarca, Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Luciana Albano, Paolo Marinelli, and Italo F Angelillo BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 139. Published online 2009 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-139.PMCID: PMC2696431 Tuberculosis screening and follow-up of asylum seekers in Norway: a cohort study Ingunn Harstad, Einar Heldal, Sigurd L Steinshamn, Helge Garåsen, and Geir W Jacobsen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 141. Published online 2009 May 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-141.PMCID: PMC2689201 Will the NHS continue to function in an influenza pandemic? a survey of healthcare workers in the West Midlands, UK Sarah Damery, Sue Wilson, Heather Draper, Christine Gratus, Sheila Greenfield, Jonathan Ives, Jayne Parry, Judith Petts, and Tom Sorell BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 142. Published online 2009 May 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-142.PMCID: PMC2690584 2The role of controlling behaviour in intimate partner violence and its health effects: a population based study from rural Vietnam Gunilla Krantz and Nguyen Dang Vung BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 143. Published online 2009 May 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-143.PMCID: PMC2689202 Cancer screening among migrants in an Australian cohort; cross-sectional analyses from the 45 and Up Study Marianne F Weber, Emily Banks, David P Smith, Dianne O'Connell, and Freddy Sitas BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 144. Published online 2009 May 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-144.PMCID: PMC2693134 Can differences in medical drug compliance between European countries be explained by social factors: analyses based on data from the European Social Survey, round 2 John Larsen, Henrik Stovring, Jakob Kragstrup, and Dorte G Hansen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 145. Published online 2009 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-145.PMCID: PMC2687449 Dietary and other lifestyle characteristics of Cypriot school children: results from the nationwide CYKIDS study Chrystalleni Lazarou, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Christiana Kouta, and Antonia-Leda Matalas BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 147. Published online 2009 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-147.PMCID: PMC2698851 Physical activity inversely associated with the presence of depression among urban adolescents in regional China Xin Hong, JieQuan Li, Fei Xu, Lap Ah Tse, YaQiong Liang, ZhiYong Wang, Ignatius Tak-sun Yu, and Sian Griffiths BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 148. Published online 2009 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-148.PMCID: PMC2693135 Prevalence and correlates of smoking among urban adult men in Bangladesh: slum versus non-slum comparison Md Mobarak Hossain Khan, Aklimunnessa Khan, Alexander Kraemer, and Mitsuru Mori BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 149. Published online 2009 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-149.PMCID: PMC2705350 Predictors of defaulting from completion of child immunization in south Ethiopia, May 2008 – A case control study Henoke Tadesse, Amare Deribew, and Mirkuzie Woldie BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 150. Published online 2009 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-150.PMCID: PMC2694177 Prevalence of smoking and incidence of initiation in the Latin American adult population: the PLATINO study Ana M Menezes, Maria V Lopez, Pedro C Hallal, Adriana Muiño, Rogelio Perez-Padilla, José R Jardim, Gonzalo Valdivia, Julio Pertuzé, Maria M de Oca, Carlos Tálamo, Cesar G Victora, and the PLATINO Team BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 151. Published online 2009 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-151.PMCID: PMC2696433 HIV/AIDS and the health of older people in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross sectional survey Catherine Kyobutungi, Alex C Ezeh, Eliya Zulu, and Jane Falkingham BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 153. Published online 2009 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-153.PMCID: PMC2694783 Parental knowledge of paediatric vaccination Eva Borràs, Àngela Domínguez, Miriam Fuentes, Joan Batalla, Neus Cardeñosa, and Antoni Plasencia BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 154. Published online 2009 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-154.PMCID: PMC2701425 Cost of dengue and other febrile illnesses to households in rural Cambodia: a prospective community-based case-control study Rekol Huy, Ole Wichmann, Mark Beatty, Chantha Ngan, Socheat Duong, Harold S Margolis, and Sirenda Vong BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 155. Published online 2009 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-155.PMCID: PMC2696434 Elevated HIV risk behaviour among recently incarcerated injection drug users in a Canadian setting: a longitudinal analysis M-J S Milloy, Jane Buxton, Evan Wood, Kathy Li, Julio SG Montaner, and Thomas Kerr BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 156. Published online 2009 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-156.PMCID: PMC2695456 Burden of morbidity in a patient perspective – the case of sick-leave certified patients in primary care Lennart Carlsson, Roland Morgell, Lars-Erik Strender, Britt Arrelöv, and Gunnar H Nilsson BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 157. Published online 2009 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-157.PMCID: PMC2694178 Journeys to tuberculosis treatment: a qualitative study of patients, families and communities in Jogjakarta, Indonesia N Rintiswati, Y Mahendradhata, Suharna, Susilawati, Purwanta, Y Subronto, CM Varkevisser, and MJ van der Werf BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 158. Published online 2009 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-158.PMCID: PMC2700804 Tobacco control policies in hospitals before and after the implementation of a national smoking ban in Catalonia, Spain Cristina Martínez, Marcela Fu, Jose M Martínez-Sánchez, Montse Ballbè, Montse Puig, Montse García, Esther Carabasa, Esteve Saltó, and Esteve Fernández BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 160. Published online 2009 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-160.PMCID: PMC2696435 Patterns of perception toward influenza pandemic among the front-line responsible health personnel in southern Thailand: a Q methodology approach Tapanan Prateepko and Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 161. Published online 2009 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-161.PMCID: PMC2700101 Perceived neighborhood safety and incident mobility disability among elders: the hazards of poverty Cheryl R Clark, Ichiro Kawachi, Louise Ryan, Karen Ertel, Martha E Fay, and Lisa F Berkman BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 162. Published online 2009 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-162.PMCID: PMC2693137 Implications of the HIV testing protocol for refusal bias in seroprevalence surveys Georges Reniers, Tekebash Araya, Yemane Berhane, Gail Davey, and Eduard J Sanders BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 163. Published online 2009 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-163.PMCID: PMC2700102 The contribution of childhood circumstances, current circumstances and health behaviour to educational health differences in early adulthood Laura Kestilä, Tuija Martelin, Ossi Rahkonen, Tommi Härkänen, and Seppo Koskinen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 164. Published online 2009 May 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-164.PMCID: PMC2698852 Explaining the variation in the management of lifestyle risk factors in primary health care: A multilevel cross sectional study Rachel A Laws, Upali W Jayasinghe, Mark F Harris, Anna M Williams, Gawaine Powell Davies, Lynn A Kemp, and The Community Health SNAP Project Team BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 165. Published online 2009 May 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-165.PMCID: PMC2698853 Third national surveillance of risk factors of non-communicable diseases (SuRFNCD-2007) in Iran: methods and results on prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, central obesity, and dyslipidemia Alireza Esteghamati, Alipasha Meysamie, Omid Khalilzadeh, Armin Rashidi, Mehrdad Haghazali, Fereshteh Asgari, Mandana Kamgar, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, and Mehrshad Abbasi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 167. Published online 2009 May 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-167.PMCID: PMC2697989 Staying physically active after spinal cord injury: a qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to exercise participation Matthew Kehn and Thilo Kroll BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 168. Published online 2009 June 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-168.PMCID: PMC2694784 Interviews for the assessment of long-term incapacity for work: a study on adherence to protocols and principles Wout EL de Boer, Haije Wind, Frank JH van Dijk, and Han HBM Willems BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 169. Published online 2009 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-169.PMCID: PMC2698854 Socio-demographic, health-related and psychosocial correlates of fear of falling and avoidance of activity in community-living older persons who avoid activity due to fear of falling Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Jolanda CM van Haastregt, Kevin J McKee, Kim Delbaere, and GA Rixt Zijlstra BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 170. Published online 2009 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-170.PMCID: PMC2698855 Injection drug use among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting Thomas Kerr, Brandon DL Marshall, Cari Miller, Kate Shannon, Ruth Zhang, Julio SG Montaner, and Evan Wood BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 171. Published online 2009 June 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-171.PMCID: PMC2697990 Association of parents' alcohol use and family interaction with the initiation of alcohol use by sixth graders: A preliminary study in Taiwan Chao-Chia Hung, Lee-Lan Yen, and Wen-Chi Wu BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 172. Published online 2009 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-172.PMCID: PMC2702380 Mediated, moderated and direct effects of country of residence, age, and gender on the cognitive and social determinants of adolescent smoking in Spain and the UK: a cross-sectional study Wolfgang A Markham, Maria Luisa Lopez, Paul Aveyard, Pablo Herrero, Christopher Bridle, Angel Comas, Anne Charlton, and Hywel Thomas BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 173. Published online 2009 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-173.PMCID: PMC2700103 Determinants of knowledge of HIV status in South Africa: results from a population-based HIV survey Karl Peltzer, Gladys Matseke, Thembile Mzolo, and Mmapaseka Majaja BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 174. Published online 2009 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-174.PMCID: PMC2700104 Pregnant women's attitudes towards alcohol consumption Neil Raymond, Charlotte Beer, Cristine Glazebrook, and Kapil Sayal BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 175. Published online 2009 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-175.PMCID: PMC2701426 Socioeconomic differences in cancer survival: The Norwegian Women and Cancer Study Tonje Braaten, Elisabete Weiderpass, and Eiliv Lund BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 178. Published online 2009 June 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-178.PMCID: PMC2702382 Toward unsupervised outbreak detection through visual perception of new patterns Pierre P Lévy and Alain-Jacques Valleron BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 179. Published online 2009 June 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-179.PMCID: PMC2706246 Estimating the regional distribution of men who have sex with men (MSM) based on Internet surveys Ulrich Marcus, Axel J Schmidt, Osamah Hamouda, and Michael Bochow BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 180. Published online 2009 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-180.PMCID: PMC2702383 The denominator problem: Estimating MSM-specific incidence of sexually transmitted infections and prevalence of HIV using population sizes of MSM derived from Internet surveys Ulrich Marcus, Axel J Schmidt, Christian Kollan, and Osamah Hamouda BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 181. Published online 2009 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-181.PMCID: PMC2702384 Effective elements of school health promotion across behavioral domains: a systematic review of reviews Louk WH Peters, Gerjo Kok, Geert TM Ten Dam, Goof J Buijs, and Theo GWM Paulussen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 182. Published online 2009 June 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-182.PMCID: PMC2702385 Measured body mass index, body weight perception, dissatisfaction and control practices in urban, low-income African American adolescents Youfa Wang, Huifang Liang, and Xiaoli Chen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 183. Published online 2009 June 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-183.PMCID: PMC2704208 Impact of different food label formats on healthiness evaluation and food choice of consumers: a randomized-controlled study Ingrid Borgmeier and Joachim Westenhoefer BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 184. Published online 2009 June 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-184.PMCID: PMC2702386 Sociodemographic correlates of food habits among school adolescents (12–15 year) in north Gaza Strip Abdallah H Abudayya, Hein Stigum, Zumin Shi, Yehia Abed, and Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 185. Published online 2009 June 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-185.PMCID: PMC2703636 Population-based incidence of Type 2 diabetes and its associated risk factors: results from a six-year cohort study in Iran Hadi Harati, Farzad Hadaegh, Navid Saadat, and Fereidoun Azizi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 186. Published online 2009 June 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-186.PMCID: PMC2708154 Improved salt iodation methods for small-scale salt producers in low-resource settings in Tanzania Vincent D Assey, Thorkild Tylleskär, Philip B Momburi, Michael Maganga, Nicholaus V Mlingi, Marie Reilly, Ted Greiner, and Stefan Peterson BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 187. Published online 2009 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-187.PMCID: PMC2702387 Assessing the disease burden of Yi people by years of life lost in Shilin county of Yunnan province, China Shang-Cheng Zhou, Le Cai, Chong-Hua Wan, Yi-Ling Lv, and Peng-Qian Fang BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 188. Published online 2009 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-188.PMCID: PMC2709619 Evidence and argument in policymaking: development of workplace smoking legislation Dorie E Apollonio and Lisa A Bero BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 189. Published online 2009 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-189.PMCID: PMC2706247 Improving tuberculosis care in low income countries – a qualitative study of patients' understanding of "patient support" in Nepal Christopher P Lewis and James N Newell BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 190. Published online 2009 June 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-190.PMCID: PMC2703637 Prevalence and correlates of vitamin D status in African American men Marilyn Tseng, Veda Giri, Deborah W Bruner, and Edward Giovannucci BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 191. Published online 2009 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-191.PMCID: PMC2708155 Relation between local food environments and obesity among adults John C Spence, Nicoleta Cutumisu, Joy Edwards, Kim D Raine, and Karen Smoyer-Tomic BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 192. Published online 2009 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-192.PMCID: PMC2708156 Coming home to die? the association between migration and mortality in rural South Africa Paul Welaga, Victoria Hosegood, Renay Weiner, Caterina Hill, Kobus Herbst, and Marie-Louise Newell BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 193. Published online 2009 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-193.PMCID: PMC2706824 Hand-rolled cigarette smoking patterns compared with factory-made cigarette smoking in New Zealand men Murray Laugesen, Michael Epton, Chris MA Frampton, Marewa Glover, and Rod A Lea BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 194. Published online 2009 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-194.PMCID: PMC2711947 Characteristics and determinants of sexual behavior among adolescents of migrant workers in Shangai (China) Shenghui Li, Hong Huang, Yong Cai, Gang Xu, Fengrong Huang, and Xiaoming Shen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 195. Published online 2009 June 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-195.PMCID: PMC2706248 Health beliefs about bottled water: a qualitative study Lorna A Ward, Owen L Cain, Ryan A Mullally, Kathryn S Holliday, Aaron GH Wernham, Paul D Baillie, and Sheila M Greenfield BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 196. Published online 2009 June 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-196.PMCID: PMC2714301 Changes in physical health among participants in a multidisciplinary health programme for long-term unemployed persons Christine AE Schutgens, Merel Schuring, Toon AJ Voorham, and Alex Burdorf BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 197. Published online 2009 June 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-197.PMCID: PMC2706825 Homicide and geographic access to gun dealers in the United States Douglas J Wiebe, Robert T Krafty, Christopher S Koper, Michael L Nance, Michael R Elliott, and Charles C Branas BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 199. Published online 2009 June 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-199.PMCID: PMC2714509 Effectiveness of physical training for self-employed persons with musculoskeletal disorders: a randomized controlled trial Judith Heinrich, Johannes R Anema, Ernest MM de Vroome, and Birgitte M Blatter BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 200. Published online 2009 June 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-200.PMCID: PMC2709895 Significant differences in the use of healthcare resources of native-born and foreign born in Spain Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Rodrigo Jiménez-García, Valentin Hernández Barrera, Ana López de Andrés, and Ángel Gil de Miguel BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 201. Published online 2009 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-201.PMCID: PMC2708157 National support to public health research: a survey of European ministries Cláudia Conceição, Alexandra Leandro, and Mark McCarthy BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 203. Published online 2009 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-203.PMCID: PMC2713230 Leisure-time physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and feelings of hopelessness in men Maarit Valtonen, David E Laaksonen, Jari Laukkanen, Tommi Tolmunen, Rainer Rauramaa, Heimo Viinamäki, Jussi Kauhanen, Timo Lakka, and Leo Niskanen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 204. Published online 2009 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-204.PMCID: PMC2717082 Smoking-attributable mortality and years of potential life lost in 16 Brazilian capitals, 2003: a prevalence-based study Paulo CRP Corrêa, Sandhi M Barreto, and Valéria MA Passos BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 206. Published online 2009 June 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-206.PMCID: PMC2711948 Essential health information available for India in the public domain on the internet Magdalena Z Raban, Rakhi Dandona, and Lalit Dandona BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 208. Published online 2009 June 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-208.PMCID: PMC2719635 Translation, adaptation and validation of the American short form Patient Activation Measure (PAM13) in a Danish version Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Ineta Sokolowski, and Peter Vedsted BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 209. Published online 2009 June 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-209.PMCID: PMC2712471 High levels of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in new and treatment-failure patients from the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme in an urban metropolis (Mumbai) in Western India Desiree TB D'souza, Nerges F Mistry, Tina S Vira, Yatin Dholakia, Sven Hoffner, Geoffrey Pasvol, Mark Nicol, and Robert J Wilkinson BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 211. Published online 2009 June 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-211.PMCID: PMC2714510 The effects of gender and age on health related behaviors Amanda Deeks, Catherine Lombard, Janet Michelmore, and Helena Teede BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 213. Published online 2009 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-213.PMCID: PMC2713232 Comparison of self-reported health & healthcare utilisation between asylum seekers and refugees: an observational study Magzoub Toar, Kirsty K O'Brien, and Tom Fahey BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 214. Published online 2009 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-214.PMCID: PMC2711949 Association of socioeconomic status with overall overweight and central obesity in men and women: the French Nutrition and Health Survey 2006 Michel Vernay, Aurelie Malon, Amivi Oleko, Benoit Salanave, Candice Roudier, Emmanuelle Szego, Valerie Deschamps, Serge Hercberg, and Katia Castetbon BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 215. Published online 2009 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-215.PMCID: PMC2714511 Intervention mapping for development of a participatory return-to-work intervention for temporary agency workers and unemployed workers sick-listed due to musculoskeletal disorders Sylvia J Vermeulen, Johannes R Anema, Antonius JM Schellart, Willem van Mechelen, and Allard J van der Beek BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 216. Published online 2009 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-216.PMCID: PMC2718881 Behavioural development of school-aged children who live around a multi-metal sulphide mine in Guangdong province, China: a cross-sectional study Qing-Song Bao, Ci-Yong Lu, Hong Song, Mao Wang, Wenhua Ling, Wei-Qing Chen, Xue-Qing Deng, Yuan-Tao Hao, and Shaoqi Rao BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 217. Published online 2009 July 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-217.PMCID: PMC2717083 The association between Colombian medical students' healthy personal habits and a positive attitude toward preventive counseling: cross-sectional analyses John Duperly, Felipe Lobelo, Carolina Segura, Francisco Sarmiento, Deisy Herrera, Olga L Sarmiento, and Erica Frank BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 218. Published online 2009 July 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-218.PMCID: PMC2721845 Pesticide-related illness reported to and diagnosed in Primary Care: implications for surveillance of environmental causes of ill-health Lesley Rushton and Vera Mann BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 219. Published online 2009 July 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-219.PMCID: PMC2718882 Impact of housing on the survival of persons with AIDS Sandra K Schwarcz, Ling C Hsu, Eric Vittinghoff, Annie Vu, Joshua D Bamberger, and Mitchell H Katz BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 220. Published online 2009 July 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-220.PMCID: PMC2728715 Correlates of local safety-related concerns in a Swedish Community: a cross-sectional study Agneta Kullberg, Nadine Karlsson, Toomas Timpka, and Kent Lindqvist BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 221. Published online 2009 July 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-221.PMCID: PMC2724512 Assessment of dietary intake among pregnant women in a rural area of western China Yue Cheng, Michael J Dibley, Xueli Zhang, Lingxia Zeng, and Hong Yan BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 222. Published online 2009 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-222.PMCID: PMC2716336 Geographical patterns in blood lead in relation to industrial emissions and traffic in Swedish children, 1978–2007 Emilie Stroh, Thomas Lundh, Anna Oudin, Staffan Skerfving, and Ulf Strömberg BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 225. Published online 2009 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-225.PMCID: PMC2724513 A review of injury epidemiology in the UK and Europe: some methodological considerations in constructing rates Roxana Alexandrescu, Sarah J O'Brien, and Fiona E Lecky BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 226. Published online 2009 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-226.PMCID: PMC2720963 Incidence and predictors of onboard injuries among Sri Lankan flight attendants Suneth B Agampodi, Samath D Dharmaratne, and Thilini C Agampodi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 227. Published online 2009 July 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-227.PMCID: PMC2714842 Evaluation of a portable hemoglobin photometer in pregnant women in a high altitude area: a pilot study Xiaoyan Zhou, Hong Yan, Yuan Xing, Shaonong Dang, Bianba Zhuoma, and Duolao Wang BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 228. Published online 2009 July 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-228.PMCID: PMC2717084 Alcohol use among university students in Sweden measured by an electronic screening instrument Agneta Andersson, Ann-Britt Wiréhn, Christina Ölvander, Diana Stark Ekman, and Preben Bendtsen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 229. Published online 2009 July 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-229.PMCID: PMC2724514 A structured review of reasons for ecstasy use and related behaviours: pointers for future research Gjalt-Jorn Ygram Peters and Gerjo Kok BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 230. Published online 2009 July 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-230.PMCID: PMC2717953 A systematic review of post-deployment injury-related mortality among military personnel deployed to conflict zones Joseph J Knapik, Roberto E Marin, Tyson L Grier, and Bruce H Jones BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 231. Published online 2009 July 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-231.PMCID: PMC2720964 Return-to-work of sick-listed workers without an employment contract – what works? Sylvia J Vermeulen, Sietske J Tamminga, Antonius JM Schellart, Jan Fekke Ybema, and Johannes R Anema BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 232. Published online 2009 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-232.PMCID: PMC2718883 Pedestrian injury and the built environment: an environmental scan of hotspots Nadine Schuurman, Jonathan Cinnamon, Valorie A Crooks, and S Morad Hameed BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 233. Published online 2009 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-233.PMCID: PMC2714512 The pattern of mucocutaneous disorders in HIV – infected children attending care and treatment centres in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Millembe F Panya, Yassin M Mgonda, and Augustine W Massawe BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 234. Published online 2009 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-234.PMCID: PMC2716338 Which theory is best? Explanatory models of the relationship between unemployment and health Urban Janlert and Anne Hammarström BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 235. Published online 2009 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-235.PMCID: PMC2720386 Delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Nepal Rajendra Basnet, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Don Enarson, Pushpa Malla, and Odd Mørkve BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 236. Published online 2009 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-236.PMCID: PMC2716339 The joint influence of area income, income inequality, and immigrant density on adverse birth outcomes: a population-based study Nathalie Auger, Julie Giraud, and Mark Daniel BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 237. Published online 2009 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-237.PMCID: PMC2714302 Failure of hospital employees to comply with smoke-free policy is associated with nicotine dependence and motives for smoking: a descriptive cross-sectional study at a teaching hospital in the United Kingdom Tom Parks, Clare VR Wilson, Kenrick Turner, and Joel WE Chin BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 238. Published online 2009 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-238.PMCID: PMC2720965 Do the socioeconomic impacts of antiretroviral therapy vary by gender? A longitudinal study of Kenyan agricultural worker employment outcomes Bruce A Larson, Mathew P Fox, Sydney Rosen, Margret Bii, Carolyne Sigei, Douglas Shaffer, Fredrick Sawe, Kelly McCoy, Monique Wasunna, and Jonathan L Simon BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 240. Published online 2009 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-240.PMCID: PMC2717954 Premarital Sexual Behavior among male college students of Kathmandu, Nepal Ramesh Adhikari and Jyotsna Tamang BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 241. Published online 2009 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-241.PMCID: PMC2717085 Asthma self-assessment in a Medicaid population Ann C Wu, James Glauber, Charlene Gay, and Tracy A Lieu BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 244. Published online 2009 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-244.PMCID: PMC2716341 Is the "Glasgow effect" of cigarette smoking explained by socio-economic status?: A multilevel analysis Linsay Gray and Alastair H Leyland BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 245. Published online 2009 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-245.PMCID: PMC2728716 Why do Asian-American women have lower rates of breast conserving surgery: results of a survey regarding physician perceptions Jane T Pham, Laura J Allen, and Scarlett L Gomez BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 246. Published online 2009 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-246.PMCID: PMC2723109 Effects of an irregular bedtime schedule on sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, and fatigue among university students in Taiwan Jiunn-Horng Kang and Shih-Ching Chen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 248. Published online 2009 July 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-248.PMCID: PMC2718885 Does acute maternal stress in pregnancy affect infant health outcomes? Examination of a large cohort of infants born after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 Skye M Endara, Margaret AK Ryan, Carter J Sevick, Ava Marie S Conlin, Caroline A Macera, and Tyler C Smith BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 252. Published online 2009 July 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-252.PMCID: PMC2728717 "Get off the sofa and go and play": Family and socioeconomic influences on the physical activity of 10–11 year old children Rowan Brockman, Russell Jago, Kenneth R Fox, Janice L Thompson, Kim Cartwright, and Angie S Page BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 253. Published online 2009 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-253.PMCID: PMC2718886 A qualitative study to assess school nurses' views on vaccinating 12–13 year old school girls against human papillomavirus without parental consent Rebecca Stretch, Rosemary McCann, Stephen A Roberts, Peter Elton, David Baxter, and Loretta Brabin BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 254. Published online 2009 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-254.PMCID: PMC2718887 Effects of a short individually tailored counselling session for HIV prevention in gay and bisexual men receiving Hepatitis B vaccination Mireille EG Wolfers, John BF de Wit, Harm J Hospers, Jan H Richardus, and Onno de Zwart BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 255. Published online 2009 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-255.PMCID: PMC2726145 The socio-demographic patterning of sexual risk behaviour: a survey of young men in Finland and Estonia Minna Nikula, Mika Gissler, Vesa Jormanainen, Made Laanpere, Heikki Kunnas, Elina Haavio-Mannila, and Elina Hemminki BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 256. Published online 2009 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-256.PMCID: PMC2718888 Trends in prenatal cares settings: association with medical liability Andrew S Coco, Donna Cohen, Michael A Horst, and Angela S Gambler BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 257. Published online 2009 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-257.PMCID: PMC2723110 What infection control measures will people carry out to reduce transmission of pandemic influenza? A focus group study Leanne G Morrison and Lucy Yardley BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 258. Published online 2009 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-258.PMCID: PMC2720966 Malaria-related perceptions and practices of women with children under the age of five years in rural Ethiopia Wakgari Deressa and Ahmed Ali BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 259. Published online 2009 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-259.PMCID: PMC2724516 The development of an evaluation framework for injury surveillance systems Rebecca J Mitchell, Ann M Williamson, and Rod O'Connor BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 260. Published online 2009 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-260.PMCID: PMC2731099 A free weekly iron-folic acid supplementation and regular deworming program is associated with improved hemoglobin and iron status indicators in Vietnamese women Gerard J Casey, Tran Q Phuc, Lachlan MacGregor, Antonio Montresor, Seema Mihrshahi, Tran D Thach, Nong T Tien, and Beverley-Ann Biggs BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 261. Published online 2009 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-261.PMCID: PMC2720967 Psychosocial work environment and antidepressant medication: a prospective cohort study Jens Peter E Bonde, Torsten Munch-Hansen, Joanna Wieclaw, Niels Westergaard-Nielsen, and Esben Agerbo BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 262. Published online 2009 July 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-262.PMCID: PMC2728718 Smoking cessation, alcohol intake and transient increase in the risk of metabolic syndrome among Japanese smokers at one health checkup institution Asahi Hishida, Atsushi Koyama, Akiko Tomota, Shirou Katase, Yatami Asai, and Nobuyuki Hamajima BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 263. Published online 2009 July 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-263.PMCID: PMC2723111 Prevalence and associated factors of female genital mutilation among Somali refugees in eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study Getnet Mitike and Wakgari Deressa BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 264. Published online 2009 July 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-264.PMCID: PMC2724517 "Who am I? Where am I?" Experiences of married young women in a slum in Islamabad, Pakistan Saima Hamid, Eva Johansson, and Birgitta Rubenson BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 265. Published online 2009 July 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-265.PMCID: PMC2724518 Lessons learned from implementation of a demonstration program to reduce the burden of anemia and hookworm in women in Yen Bai Province, Viet Nam Tran Q Phuc, Seema Mihrshahi, Gerard J Casey, Luong B Phu, Nong T Tien, Sonia R Caruana, Tran D Thach, Antonio Montresor, and Beverley-Ann Biggs BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 266. Published online 2009 July 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-266.PMCID: PMC2724519 Perceptions on hypertension among migrants in Delhi, India: a qualitative study Yadlapalli S Kusuma BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 267. Published online 2009 July 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-267.PMCID: PMC2725039 Prevalence and changes in chronic diseases among South Korean farmers: 1998 to 2005 Eun Shil Cha, Kyoung Ae Kong, Eun Kyeong Moon, and Won Jin Lee BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 268. Published online 2009 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-268.PMCID: PMC2741448 Rubella seroprevalence among primary and pre- primary school pupils at Moi's Bridge location, Uasin Gishu District, Kenya Janeth J Kombich, Paul C Muchai, Peter Tukei, and Peter K Borus BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 269. Published online 2009 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-269.PMCID: PMC2731100 Unstable housing and hepatitis C incidence among injection drug users in a Canadian setting Christina Kim, Thomas Kerr, Kathy Li, Ruth Zhang, Mark W Tyndall, Julio SG Montaner, and Evan Wood BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 270. Published online 2009 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-270.PMCID: PMC2728719 Adolescents' experience of comments about their weight – prevalence, accuracy and effects on weight misperception Wing-Sze Lo, Sai-Yin Ho, Kwok-Kei Mak, Yuen-Kwan Lai, and Tai-Hing Lam BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 271. Published online 2009 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-271.PMCID: PMC2731749 The health of Arab-Americans living in the United States: a systematic review of the literature Abdulrahman M El-Sayed and Sandro Galea BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 272. Published online 2009 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-272.PMCID: PMC2728720 The association of levels of physical activity with metabolic syndrome in rural Australian adults Clare Vaughan, Adrian Schoo, Edward D Janus, Benjamin Philpot, Nathalie Davis-Lameloise, Sing Kai Lo, Tiina Laatikainen, Erkki Vartiainen, and James A Dunbar BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 273. Published online 2009 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-273.PMCID: PMC2736941 Educational intervention to improve physician reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in a primary care setting in complementary and alternative medicine Manuela Tabali, Elke Jeschke, Angelina Bockelbrink, Claudia M Witt, Stefan N Willich, Thomas Ostermann, and Harald Matthes BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 274. Published online 2009 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-274.PMCID: PMC2728721 Threat-responsiveness and the decision to obtain free influenza vaccinations among the older adults in Taiwan Ying-Chun Li and Chi-Mei Liu BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 275. Published online 2009 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-275.PMCID: PMC2734847 Physical activity and risk of Metabolic Syndrome in an urban Mexican cohort Pablo Méndez-Hernández, Yvonne Flores, Carole Siani, Michel Lamure, L Darina Dosamantes-Carrasco, Elizabeth Halley-Castillo, Gerardo Huitrón, Juan O Talavera, Katia Gallegos-Carrillo, and Jorge Salmerón BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 276. Published online 2009 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-276.PMCID: PMC2734848 Pulmonary tuberculosis among women with cough attending clinics for family planning and maternal and child health in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Esther S Ngadaya, Godfrey S Mfinanga, Eliud R Wandwalo, and Odd Morkve BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 278. Published online 2009 August 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-278.PMCID: PMC2731101 Characteristics, management and attainment of lipid target levels in diabetic and cardiac patients enrolled in Disease Management Program versus those in routine care: LUTZ registry Kurt Bestehorn, Christina Jannowitz, Barbara Karmann, David Pittrow, and Wilhelm Kirch BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 280. Published online 2009 August 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-280.PMCID: PMC2739529 HIV sexual risk behaviors and perception of risk among college students: implications for planning interventions Adedeji S Adefuye, Titilayo C Abiona, Joseph A Balogun, and Mainza Lukobo-Durrell BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 281. Published online 2009 August 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-281.PMCID: PMC2733304 Direct and indirect costs of tuberculosis among immigrant patients in the Netherlands Sandra V Kik, Sandra PJ Olthof, Jonie TN de Vries, Dick Menzies, Naomi Kincler, Joke van Loenhout-Rooyakkers, Conny Burdo, and Suzanne Verver BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 283. Published online 2009 August 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-283.PMCID: PMC2734849 Smoking and mental illness: results from population surveys in Australia and the United States David Lawrence, Francis Mitrou, and Stephen R Zubrick BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 285. Published online 2009 August 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-285.PMCID: PMC2734850 Increasing colon cancer testing in rural Colorado: evaluation of the exposure to a community-based awareness campaign Linda Zittleman, Caroline Emsermann, Miriam Dickinson, Ned Norman, Kathy Winkelman, Grace Linn, and John M Westfall BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 288. Published online 2009 August 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-288.PMCID: PMC2731102 Association between neighborhood safety and overweight status among urban adolescents Dustin T Duncan, Renee M Johnson, Beth E Molnar, and Deborah Azrael BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 289. Published online 2009 August 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-289.PMCID: PMC2734852 Mortality and loss-to-follow-up during the pre-treatment period in an antiretroviral therapy programme under normal health service conditions in Uganda Barbara Amuron, Geoffrey Namara, Josephine Birungi, Christine Nabiryo, Jonathan Levin, Heiner Grosskurth, Alex Coutinho, and Shabbar Jaffar BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 290. Published online 2009 August 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-290.PMCID: PMC2734853 Review of cigarette smoking and tuberculosis in China: intervention is needed for smoking cessation among tuberculosis patients Jianming Wang and Hongbing Shen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 292. Published online 2009 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-292.PMCID: PMC2734854 Impact of cigarette smoking on the relationship between body mass index and coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of 3264 stroke and 2706 CHD events in 378579 individuals in the Asia Pacific region The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 294. Published online 2009 August 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-294.PMCID: PMC2734855 Persistent circulating unmetabolised folic acid in a setting of liberal voluntary folic acid fortification. Implications for further mandatory fortification? Mary R Sweeney, Anthony Staines, Leslie Daly, Aisling Traynor, Sean Daly, Steven W Bailey, Patricia B Alverson, June E Ayling, and John M Scott BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 295. Published online 2009 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-295.PMCID: PMC2734856 Health care providers' attitudes towards termination of pregnancy: A qualitative study in South Africa Jane Harries, Kathryn Stinson, and Phyllis Orner BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 296. Published online 2009 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-296.PMCID: PMC2734857 The relationship between physical performance measures, bone mineral density, falls, and the risk of peripheral fracture: a cross-sectional analysis Hamza Khazzani, Fadoua Allali, Loubna Bennani, Linda Ichchou, Laila El Mansouri, Fatima E Abourazzak, Redouane Abouqal, and Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 297. Published online 2009 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-297.PMCID: PMC2746809 Mental distress in the general population in Zambia: Impact of HIV and social factors Peter J Chipimo and Knut Fylkesnes BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 298. Published online 2009 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-298.PMCID: PMC2744699 Chronic pain in primary care. German figures from 1991 and 2006 Christine H Frießem, Anne Willweber-Strumpf, and Michael W Zenz BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 299. Published online 2009 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-299.PMCID: PMC2744700 Self-reported pediatricians' management of the well-appearing young child with fever without a source: first survey in an European country in the anti-pneumococcal vaccine era Elena Chiappini, Luisa Galli, Francesca Bonsignori, Elisabetta Venturini, Nicola Principi, and Maurizio de Martino BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 300. Published online 2009 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-300.PMCID: PMC2736943 Long-term exposure to air pollution and hospital admissions for ischemic stroke. A register-based case-control study using modelled NOx as exposure proxy Anna Oudin, Emilie Stroh, Ulf Strömberg, Kristina Jakobsson, and Jonas Björk BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 301. Published online 2009 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-301.PMCID: PMC2736944 Mental health symptoms in relation to socio-economic conditions and lifestyle factors – a population-based study in Sweden Anu Molarius, Kenneth Berglund, Charli Eriksson, Hans G Eriksson, Margareta Lindén-Boström, Eva Nordström, Carina Persson, Lotta Sahlqvist, Bengt Starrin, and Berit Ydreborg BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 302. Published online 2009 August 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-302.PMCID: PMC2736164 Effect of degree of urbanisation on age and sex-specific asthma prevalence in Swedish preschool children Kristina Bröms, Dan Norbäck, Margaretha Eriksson, Claes Sundelin, and Kurt Svärdsudd BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 303. Published online 2009 August 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-303.PMCID: PMC2741449 Risk of obesity in immigrants compared with Swedes in two deprived neighbourhoods Johan Faskunger, Ulf Eriksson, Sven-Erik Johansson, Kristina Sundquist, and Jan Sundquist BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 304. Published online 2009 August 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-304.PMCID: PMC2748077 Multiple sex partner behavior in female undergraduate students in China: A multi-campus survey Hong Yan, Weiqi Chen, Haocheng Wu, Yongyi Bi, Miaoxuan Zhang, Shiyue Li, and Kathryn L Braun BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 305. Published online 2009 August 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-305.PMCID: PMC2751779 Long-stay in short-stay inpatient facilities: risk factors and barriers to discharge Antonella Gigantesco, Giovanni de Girolamo, Giovanni Santone, Rossella Miglio, and Angelo Picardi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 306. Published online 2009 August 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-306.PMCID: PMC2746213 Uptake of health services for common mental disorders by first-generation Turkish and Moroccan migrants in the Netherlands Thijs Fassaert, Matty AS de Wit, Arnoud P Verhoeff, Wilco C Tuinebreijer, Wim HM Gorissen, Aartjan TF Beekman, and Jack Dekker BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 307. Published online 2009 August 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-307.PMCID: PMC2737538 Using pedometers to increase physical activity in overweight and obese women: a pilot study Sebely Pal, Cheryl Cheng, Garry Egger, Colin Binns, and Robert Donovan BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 309. Published online 2009 August 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-309.PMCID: PMC2741450 Effects of neighbourhood-level educational attainment on HIV prevalence among young women in Zambia Nkomba Kayeyi, Ingvild F Sandøy, and Knut Fylkesnes BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 310. Published online 2009 August 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-310.PMCID: PMC2753350 In-hospital mortality after stomach cancer surgery in Spain and relationship with hospital volume of interventions Marisa Baré, Joan Cabrol, Jordi Real, Gemma Navarro, Rafel Campo, Carles Pericay, and Antonio Sarría BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 312. Published online 2009 August 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-312.PMCID: PMC2749825 Body satisfaction and body weight: gender differences and sociodemographic determinants S Bryn Austin, Jess Haines, and Paul J Veugelers BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 313. Published online 2009 August 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-313.PMCID: PMC2740850 Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Zambia: implementing efficacious ARV regimens in primary health centers Justin Mandala, Kwasi Torpey, Prisca Kasonde, Mushota Kabaso, Rebecca Dirks, Chiho Suzuki, Catherine Thompson, Gloria Sangiwa, and Ya Diul Mukadi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 314. Published online 2009 August 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-314.PMCID: PMC2739530 A case-crossover study of alcohol consumption, meals and the risk of road traffic crashes Stefano Di Bartolomeo, Francesca Valent, Rodolfo Sbrojavacca, Riccardo Marchetti, and Fabio Barbone BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 316. Published online 2009 September 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-316.PMCID: PMC2746214 Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use amongst same-sex attracted women: results from the Western Australian Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health and Well-Being Survey Zoë Hyde, Jude Comfort, Alexandra McManus, Graham Brown, and Peter Howat BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 317. Published online 2009 September 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-317.PMCID: PMC2749041 Tanzania national survey on iodine deficiency: impact after twelve years of salt iodation Vincent D Assey, Stefan Peterson, Sabas Kimboka, Daniel Ngemera, Celestin Mgoba, Deusdedit M Ruhiye, Godwin D Ndossi, Ted Greiner, and Thorkild Tylleskär BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 319. Published online 2009 September 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-319.PMCID: PMC2749826 Salivary cotinine concentrations in daily smokers in Barcelona, Spain: a cross-sectional study Marcela Fu, Esteve Fernandez, Jose M Martínez-Sánchez, José A Pascual, Anna Schiaffino, Antoni Agudo, Carles Ariza, Josep M Borràs, and Jonathan M Samet BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 320. Published online 2009 September 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-320.PMCID: PMC2749042 "They don't care what happens to us." The situation of double orphans heading households in Rakai District, Uganda Nina Dalen, Ann Jacqueline Nakitende, and Seggane Musisi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 321. Published online 2009 September 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-321.PMCID: PMC2749043 Correlates of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study) Andreas Nilsson, Lars Bo Andersen, Yngvar Ommundsen, Karsten Froberg, Luis B Sardinha, Karin Piehl-Aulin, and Ulf Ekelund BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 322. Published online 2009 September 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-322.PMCID: PMC2745386 Socio-demographic and clinical features of Irish iatrogenic hepatitis C patients: a cross-sectional survey Olivia McKenna, Caitriona Cunningham, and Catherine Blake BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 323. Published online 2009 September 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-323.PMCID: PMC2761402 Association between labour market trends and trends in young people's mental health in ten European countries 1983-2005 Anton CJ Lager and Sven G Bremberg BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 325. Published online 2009 September 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-325.PMCID: PMC2748078 Disinfection of football protective equipment using chlorine dioxide produced by the ICA TriNova system Anthony L Newsome, John D DuBois, and Joel D Tenney BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 326. Published online 2009 September 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-326.PMCID: PMC2753352 Risk factors for suicide in Bali: a psychological autopsy study Toshiyuki Kurihara, Motoichiro Kato, Robert Reverger, and I Gusti Rai Tirta BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 327. Published online 2009 September 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-327.PMCID: PMC2754455 Hepatitis B screening in the Turkish-Dutch population in Rotterdam, the Netherlands; qualitative assessment of socio-cultural determinants Ytje JJ van der Veen, Onno de Zwart, Hélène ACM Voeten, Johan P Mackenbach, and Jan Hendrik Richardus BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 328. Published online 2009 September 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-328.PMCID: PMC2754456 The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: translation and validation for a Greek sample Victoria G Vivilaki, Vassilis Dafermos, Manolis Kogevinas, Panos Bitsios, and Christos Lionis BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 329. Published online 2009 September 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-329.PMCID: PMC2748079 Intensive hog farming operations and self-reported health among nearby rural residents in Ottawa, Canada Paul J Villeneuve, Amira Ali, Laurel Challacombe, and Sophie Hebert BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 330. Published online 2009 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-330.PMCID: PMC2749827 Evaluating Active U: an internet-mediated physical activity program Lorraine R Buis, Timothy A Poulton, Robert G Holleman, Ananda Sen, Paul J Resnick, David E Goodrich, LaVaughn Palma-Davis, and Caroline R Richardson BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 331. Published online 2009 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-331.PMCID: PMC2754457 Acculturation and use of health care services by Turkish and Moroccan migrants: a cross-sectional population-based study Thijs Fassaert, Arlette E Hesselink, and Arnoud P Verhoeff BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 332. Published online 2009 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-332.PMCID: PMC2749828 Individual and contextual covariates of burnout: a cross-sectional nationwide study of French teachers Marie-Noël Vercambre, Pauline Brosselin, Fabien Gilbert, Eléna Nerrière, and Viviane Kovess-Masféty BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 333. Published online 2009 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-333.PMCID: PMC2754990 Improving mental and neurological health research in Latin America: a qualitative study Fabián Fiestas, Carla Gallo, Giovanni Poletti, Inés Bustamante, Renato D Alarcón, Jair J Mari, Denise Razzouk, Sylvie Olifson, and Guido Mazzotti BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 334. Published online 2009 September 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-334.PMCID: PMC2754458 Inequities in maternal postnatal visits among public and private patients: 2004 Pelotas cohort study Alicia Matijasevich, Iná S Santos, Mariângela F Silveira, Marlos R Domingues, Aluísio JD Barros, Paula L Marco, and Fernando C Barros BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 335. Published online 2009 September 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-335.PMCID: PMC2749044 Hemoglobin levels and anemia evaluation during pregnancy in the highlands of Tibet: a hospital-based study Yuan Xing, Hong Yan, Shaonong Dang, Bianba Zhuoma, Xiaoyan Zhou, and Duolao Wang BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 336. Published online 2009 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-336.PMCID: PMC2753353 Raising awareness of carrier testing for hereditary haemoglobinopathies in high-risk ethnic groups in the Netherlands: a pilot study among the general public and primary care providers Stephanie S Weinreich, Elly SM de Lange-de Klerk, Frank Rijmen, Martina C Cornel, Marja de Kinderen, and Anne Marie C Plass BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 338. Published online 2009 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-338.PMCID: PMC2754459 A profile of the online dissemination of national influenza surveillance data Calvin KY Cheng, Eric HY Lau, Dennis KM Ip, Alfred SY Yeung, Lai Ming Ho, and Benjamin J Cowling BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 339. Published online 2009 September 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-339.PMCID: PMC2754460 Is the association between acne and mental distress influenced by diet? Results from a cross-sectional population study among 3775 late adolescents in Oslo, Norway Jon A Halvorsen, Florence Dalgard, Magne Thoresen, Espen Bjertness, and Lars Lien BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 340. Published online 2009 September 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-340.PMCID: PMC2751780 The Iranian version of 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12): factor structure, internal consistency and construct validity Ali Montazeri, Mariam Vahdaninia, Sayed Javad Mousavi, and Speideh Omidvari BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 341. Published online 2009 September 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-341.PMCID: PMC2749829 Prevention of type 2 diabetes in adults with impaired glucose tolerance: the European Diabetes Prevention RCT in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Linda Penn, Martin White, John Oldroyd, Mark Walker, K George MM Alberti, and John C Mathers BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 342. Published online 2009 September 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-342.PMCID: PMC2760530 Risk factors for operated carpal tunnel syndrome: a multicenter population-based case-control study Stefano Mattioli, Alberto Baldasseroni, Massimo Bovenzi, Stefania Curti, Robin MT Cooke, Giuseppe Campo, Pietro G Barbieri, Rinaldo Ghersi, Marco Broccoli, Maria Pia Cancellieri, Anna Maria Colao, Marco dell'Omo, Pirous Fateh-Moghadam, Flavia Franceschini, Serenella Fucksia, Paolo Galli, Fabriziomaria Gobba, Roberto Lucchini, Anna Mandes, Teresa Marras, Carla Sgarrella, Stefano Borghesi, Mauro Fierro, Francesca Zanardi, Gianpiero Mancini, and Francesco S Violante BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 343. Published online 2009 September 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-343.PMCID: PMC2761403 Using vital statistics to estimate the population-level impact of osteoporotic fractures on mortality based on death certificates, with an application to France (2000-2004) Nelly Ziadé, Eric Jougla, and Joël Coste BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 344. Published online 2009 September 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-344.PMCID: PMC2758869 Developing an award program for children's settings to support healthy eating and physical activity and reduce the risk of overweight and obesity Suzy Honisett, Suzi Woolcock, Creina Porter, and Ian Hughes BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 345. Published online 2009 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-345.PMCID: PMC2754461 A case study of physical and social barriers to hygiene and child growth in remote Australian Aboriginal communities Elizabeth McDonald, Ross Bailie, Jocelyn Grace, and David Brewster BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 346. Published online 2009 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-346.PMCID: PMC2758870 Validation of ACG Case-mix for equitable resource allocation in Swedish primary health care Andrzej Zielinski, Maria Kronogård, Håkan Lenhoff, and Anders Halling BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 347. Published online 2009 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-347.PMCID: PMC2755480 Tuberculosis recurrence in smear-positive patients cured under DOTS in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study Daniel G Datiko and Bernt Lindtjørn BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 348. Published online 2009 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-348.PMCID: PMC2754462 Evidence-based guidelines in the evaluation of work disability: an international survey and a comparison of quality of development Wout EL de Boer, David J Bruinvels, Arie M Rijkenberg, Peter Donceel, and Johannes R Anema BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 349. Published online 2009 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-349.PMCID: PMC2754463 Ending Intimate Partner Violence after pregnancy: Findings from a community-based longitudinal study in Nicaragua Mariano Salazar, Eliette Valladares, Ann Öhman, and Ulf Högberg BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 350. Published online 2009 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-350.PMCID: PMC2754464 Longevity and relationships with children: the importance of the parental role Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui, François Béland, Maria-Teresa Sanchez, and Angel Otero BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 351. Published online 2009 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-351.PMCID: PMC2753355 Determining a cost effective intervention response to HIV/AIDS in Peru Robert W Aldridge, David Iglesias, Carlos F Cáceres, and J Jaime Miranda BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 352. Published online 2009 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-352.PMCID: PMC2761404 Colorectal cancer prevention for low-income, sociodemographically-diverse adults in public housing: baseline findings of a randomized controlled trial Lorna H McNeill, Molly Coeling, Elaine Puleo, Elizabeth Gonzalez Suarez, Gary G Bennett, and Karen M Emmons BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 353. Published online 2009 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-353.PMCID: PMC2754465 Beyond literacy and numeracy in patient provider communication: Focus groups suggest roles for empowerment, provider attitude and language Doug Brugge, Timothy Edgar, Kelly George, Janette Heung, and M Barton Laws BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 354. Published online 2009 September 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-354.PMCID: PMC2753356 A systematic review of longitudinal studies on the association between depression and smoking in adolescents Michael O Chaiton, Joanna E Cohen, Jennifer O'Loughlin, and Jurgen Rehm BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 356. Published online 2009 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-356.PMCID: PMC2758872 The epidemiology and factors associated with nocturnal enuresis among boarding and daytime school children in southeast of Turkey: a cross sectional study Ali Gunes, Gulsen Gunes, Yasemin Acik, and Adem Akilli BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 357. Published online 2009 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-357.PMCID: PMC2754466 Alcohol consumption and carotid artery structure in Korean adults aged 50 years and older Young-Hoon Lee, Min-Ho Shin, Sun-Seog Kweon, Sung-Woo Choi, Hye-Yeon Kim, So-Yeon Ryu, Bok-Hee Kim, Jung-Ae Rhee, and Jin-Su Choi BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 358. Published online 2009 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-358.PMCID: PMC2761892 Portuguese students' knowledge of antibiotics: a cross-sectional study of secondary school and university students in Braga Maria Manuel Azevedo, Céline Pinheiro, John Yaphe, and Fátima Baltazar BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 359. Published online 2009 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-359.PMCID: PMC2759931 Ten-year fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction incidence in elderly populations in Spain: the EPICARDIAN cohort study Rafael Gabriel, Margarita Alonso, Blanca Reviriego, Javier Muñiz, Saturio Vega, Isidro López, Blanca Novella, Carmen Suárez, and Francisco Rodríguez-Salvanés BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 360. Published online 2009 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-360.PMCID: PMC2761893 Expansion of seasonal influenza vaccination in the Americas Alba María Ropero-Álvarez, Hannah J Kurtis, M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Cuauhtémoc Ruiz-Matus, and Jon K Andrus BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 361. Published online 2009 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-361.PMCID: PMC2764707 Colorectal cancer screening, perceived discrimination, and low-income and trust in doctors: a survey of minority patients Wendi Born, Kimberly Engelman, K Allen Greiner, Shelley B Bhattacharya, Sandra Hall, Qingjiang Hou, and Jasjit S Ahluwalia BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 363. Published online 2009 September 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-363.PMCID: PMC2761405 A proposed prognostic 7-day survival formula for patients with terminal cancer Jui-Kun Chiang, Ning-Sheng Lai, Mei-Huang Wang, Shi-Chi Chen, and Yee-Hsin Kao BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 365. Published online 2009 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-365.PMCID: PMC2761894 Identification and classification of high risk groups for Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis using an artificial neural network based on occupational histories: a retrospective cohort study Hongbo Liu, Zhifeng Tang, Yongli Yang, Dong Weng, Gao Sun, Zhiwen Duan, and Jie Chen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 366. Published online 2009 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-366.PMCID: PMC2760532 Physician support for diabetes patients and clinical outcomes Jochen Gensichen, Michael Von Korff, Carolyn M Rutter, Michelle D Seelig, Evette J Ludman, Elizabeth HB Lin, Paul Ciechanowski, Bessie A Young, Edward H Wagner, and Wayne J Katon BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 367. Published online 2009 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-367.PMCID: PMC2762989 Self-Rated Health in middle-aged and elderly Chinese: distribution, determinants and associations with cardio-metabolic risk factors Nazanin Haseli-Mashhadi, An Pan, Xingwang Ye, Jing Wang, Qibin Qi, Yong Liu, Huaixing Li, Zhijie Yu, Xu Lin, and Oscar H Franco BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 368. Published online 2009 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-368.PMCID: PMC2760533 The use of insecticide treated nets by age: implications for universal coverage in Africa Abdisalan M Noor, Viola C Kirui, Simon J Brooker, and Robert W Snow BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 369. Published online 2009 October 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-369.PMCID: PMC2761895 Voice disorders and mental health in teachers: a cross-sectional nationwide study Eléna Nerrière, Marie-Noël Vercambre, Fabien Gilbert, and Viviane Kovess-Masféty BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 370. Published online 2009 October 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-370.PMCID: PMC2762990 Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients at Gondar University Teaching Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. A five - year retrospective study Belay Tessema, Abebe Muche, Assegedech Bekele, Dieter Reissig, Frank Emmrich, and Ulrich Sack BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 371. Published online 2009 October 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-371.PMCID: PMC2765962 Can we enhance the ability to return to work among workers with stress-related disorders? Flemming Lander, Claus Friche, Helle Tornemand, Johan Hviid Andersen, and Lilli Kirkeskov BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 372. Published online 2009 October 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-372.PMCID: PMC2765963 Sexual practices among unmarried adolescents in Tanzania Method R Kazaura and Melkiory C Masatu BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 373. Published online 2009 October 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-373.PMCID: PMC2765439 Demographic and circumstantial accounts of burn mortality in Cape Town, South Africa, 2001-2004: An observational register based study A Van Niekerk, R Laubscher, and L Laflamme BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 374. Published online 2009 October 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-374.PMCID: PMC2765964 Low validity of self-report in identifying recent mental health diagnosis among U.S. service members completing Pre-Deployment Health Assessment (PreDHA) and deployed to Afghanistan, 2007: a retrospective cohort study Remington L Nevin BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 376. Published online 2009 October 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-376.PMCID: PMC2764708 New estimates of the number of children living with substance misusing parents: results from UK national household surveys Victoria Manning, David W Best, Nathan Faulkner, and Emily Titherington BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 377. Published online 2009 October 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-377.PMCID: PMC2762991 Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: A population based survey Anne Lene Turi, Margrethe Bals, Ingunn B Skre, and Siv Kvernmo BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 378. Published online 2009 October 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-378.PMCID: PMC2765965 Health-promoting lifestyles of university students in Mainland China Dong Wang, Chun-Quan Ou, Mei-Yen Chen, and Ni Duan BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 379. Published online 2009 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-379.PMCID: PMC2763867 Teenage drinking, alcohol availability and pricing: a cross-sectional study of risk and protective factors for alcohol-related harms in school children Mark A Bellis, Penelope A Phillips-Howard, Karen Hughes, Sara Hughes, Penny A Cook, Michela Morleo, Kerin Hannon, Linda Smallthwaite, and Lisa Jones BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 380. Published online 2009 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-380.PMCID: PMC2770487 The usefulness of a free self-test for screening albuminuria in the general population: a cross-sectional survey Markus MJ Nielen, François G Schellevis, and Robert A Verheij BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 381. Published online 2009 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-381.PMCID: PMC2767353 Contribution of parental and school personnel smoking to health risk behaviours among Finnish adolescents Marianna Virtanen, Minna Pietikäinen, Mika Kivimäki, Pauliina Luopa, Jukka Jokela, Marko Elovainio, and Jussi Vahtera BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 382. Published online 2009 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-382.PMCID: PMC2767354 Promoting chlamydia screening with posters and leaflets in general practice - a qualitative study Elaine Freeman, Rebecca Howell-Jones, Isabel Oliver, Sarah Randall, William Ford-Young, Philippa Beckwith, and Cliodna McNulty BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 383. Published online 2009 October 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-383.PMCID: PMC2766388 Post partum anxiety and depression in peri-urban communities of Karachi, Pakistan: a quasi-experimental study Niloufer S Ali, Badar S Ali, and Iqbal S Azam BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 384. Published online 2009 October 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-384.PMCID: PMC2768706 Testing for sexually transmitted infections and blood borne viruses on admission to Western Australian prisons Rochelle E Watkins, Donna B Mak, and Crystal Connelly BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 385. Published online 2009 October 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-385.PMCID: PMC2766389 The burden of road traffic accidents in a French Departement: the description of the injuries and recent changes Annabelle Lapostolle, Blandine Gadegbeku, Amina Ndiaye, Emmanuelle Amoros, Mireille Chiron, Alfred Spira, and Bernard Laumon BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 386. Published online 2009 October 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-386.PMCID: PMC2774692 Low bone mineral density is related to atherosclerosis in postmenopausal Moroccan women Ihsane Hmamouchi, Fadoua Allali, Hamza Khazzani, Loubna Bennani, Leila EL Mansouri, Linda Ichchou, Mohammed Cherkaoui, Redouane Abouqal, and Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 388. Published online 2009 October 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-388.PMCID: PMC2768707 Secular trends in adiposity in Norwegian 9-year-olds from 1999-2000 to 2005 Elin Kolle, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Ingar Holme, Lars B Andersen, and Sigmund A Anderssen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 389. Published online 2009 October 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-389.PMCID: PMC2765441 Formative research on the feasibility of hygiene interventions for influenza control in UK primary schools Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Catherine Wloch, Adam Biran, Val Curtis, and Punam Mangtani BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 390. Published online 2009 October 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-390.PMCID: PMC2770489 Identifying environmental risk factors for human neural tube defects before and after folic acid supplementation Yilan Liao, Jinfeng Wang, Xinhu Li, Yaoqin Guo, and Xiaoying Zheng BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 391. Published online 2009 October 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-391.PMCID: PMC2770490 Generational status and duration of residence predict diabetes prevalence among Latinos: the California Men's Health Study Ameena T Ahmed, Virginia P Quinn, Bette Caan, Barbara Sternfeld, Reina Haque, and Stephen K Van Den Eeden BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 392. Published online 2009 October 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-392.PMCID: PMC2770491 Motorcyclists' reactions to safety helmet law: a qualitative study Fereshteh Zamani-Alavijeh, Shamsaddin Niknami, Eesa Mohammadi, Ali Montazeri, Fazlollah Ghofranipour, Fazlollah Ahmadi, and Shahrzad Hejazi Bazargan BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 393. Published online 2009 October 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-393.PMCID: PMC2770492 Chronic disease prevalence and care among the elderly in urban and rural Beijing, China - a 10/66 Dementia Research Group cross-sectional survey Zhaorui Liu, Emiliano Albanese, Shuran Li, Yueqin Huang, Cleusa P Ferri, Fang Yan, Renata Sousa, Weimin Dang, and Martin Prince BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 394. Published online 2009 October 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-394.PMCID: PMC2770493 Time series analysis of dengue fever and weather in Guangzhou, China Liang Lu, Hualiang Lin, Linwei Tian, Weizhong Yang, Jimin Sun, and Qiyong Liu BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 395. Published online 2009 October 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-395.PMCID: PMC2771015 Chlamydia trachomatis infection and sexual behaviour among female students attending higher education in the Republic of Ireland Emer O'Connell, Wendy Brennan, Martin Cormican, Marita Glacken, Diarmuid O'Donovan, Akke Vellinga, Niall Cahill, Fionnguala Lysaght, and Joan O'Donnell BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 397. Published online 2009 October 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-397.PMCID: PMC2774694 Weight status and hypertension among adolescent girls in Argentina and Norway: Data from the ENNyS and HUNT studies Marit Stray-Pedersen, Ragnhild M Helsing, Luz Gibbons, Gabriela Cormick, Turid L Holmen, Torstein Vik, and José M Belizán BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 398. Published online 2009 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-398.PMCID: PMC2775744 16-year excess all-cause mortality of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients: a cohort study Lars J Hansen, Niels de Fine Olivarius, and Volkert Siersma BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 400. Published online 2009 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-400.PMCID: PMC2777164 A cost-utility analysis of cervical cancer vaccination in preadolescent Canadian females Andrea M Anonychuk, Chris T Bauch, Maraki Fikre Merid, Georges Van Kriekinge, and Nadia Demarteau BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 401. Published online 2009 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-401.PMCID: PMC2777872 General symptom reporting in female fibromyalgia patients and referents: a population-based case-referent study Karin Björkegren, Mari-Ann Wallander, Saga Johansson, and Kurt Svärdsudd BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 402. Published online 2009 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-402.PMCID: PMC2776598 Supporting adolescent emotional health in schools: a mixed methods study of student and staff views in England Judi Kidger, Jenny L Donovan, Lucy Biddle, Rona Campbell, and David Gunnell BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 403. Published online 2009 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-403.PMCID: PMC2777165 Pattern of pesticide storage before pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka Fahim Mohamed, Gamini Manuweera, David Gunnell, Shifa Azher, Michael Eddleston, Andrew Dawson, and Flemming Konradsen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 405. Published online 2009 November 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-405.PMCID: PMC2777873 Improving the coverage of the PMTCT programme through a participatory quality improvement intervention in South Africa Tanya Doherty, Mickey Chopra, Duduzile Nsibande, and Dudu Mngoma BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 406. Published online 2009 November 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-406.PMCID: PMC2777166 Long-term follow-up of disability pensioners having musculoskeletal disorders Liv H Magnussen, Liv I Strand, Jan S Skouen, and Hege R Eriksen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 407. Published online 2009 November 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-407.PMCID: PMC2777167 Study Protocol Incidence and risk factors of exacerbations among COPD patients in primary health care: APMPOC study Eulàlia Borrell, Mar Rodríguez, Pere Torán, Laura Muñoz, Guillem Pera, Núria Montellà, Mònica Monteagudo, Magalí Urrea, Yolanda Puigfel, Antonio Negrete, Xavier Mezquiriz, Cristina Domènech, Anna Lacasta, Ma Llum García, Sandra Maneus, and Glòria Tintoré BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 8. Published online 2009 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-8.PMCID: PMC2633267 Evaluating real-time internet therapy and online self-help for problematic alcohol consumers: a three-arm RCT protocol Matthijs Blankers, Maarten Koeter, and Gerard M Schippers BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 16. Published online 2009 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-16.PMCID: PMC2636801 Referral from primary care to a physical activity programme: establishing long-term adherence? A randomized controlled trial. Rationale and study design Maria Giné-Garriga, Carme Martin, Carlos Martín, Anna Puig-Ribera, Juan José Antón, Agustí Guiu, Ana Cascos, and Rafel Ramos BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 31. Published online 2009 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-31.PMCID: PMC2654559 Effectiveness of a web-based self-help smoking cessation intervention: protocol of a randomised controlled trial Jeannet JAM Kramer, Marc C Willemsen, Barbara Conijn, Andrée J van Emst, Suzanne Brunsting, and Heleen Riper BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 32. Published online 2009 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-32.PMCID: PMC2632996 Effectiveness of a stepped primary care smoking cessation intervention (ISTAPS study): design of a cluster randomised trial Carmen Cabezas, Carlos Martin, Silvia Granollers, Concepció Morera, Josep Lluis Ballve, Elvira Zarza, Jordi Blade, Margarida Borras, Antoni Serra, Diana Puente, and Grupo ISTAPS [Intervención Sistematica sobre Tabaquismo en Atención Primaria de Salud] BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 48. Published online 2009 February 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-48.PMCID: PMC2666720 Design and methods for a cluster randomized trial of the Sunless Study: A skin cancer prevention intervention promoting sunless tanning among beach visitors Sherry L Pagoto, Kristin L Schneider, Jessica Oleski, Jamie S Bodenlos, Philip Merriam, and Yunsheng Ma BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 50. Published online 2009 February 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-50.PMCID: PMC2651165 A community based field research project investigating anaemia amongst young children living in rural Karnataka, India: a cross sectional study Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Varalaxmi Vijaykumar, NS Prashanth, H Sudarshan, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Jim Black, and Arun Shet BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 59. Published online 2009 February 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-59.PMCID: PMC2667415 Impact of an informed choice invitation on uptake of screening for diabetes in primary care (DICISION): trial protocol Eleanor Mann, A Toby Prevost, Simon Griffin, Ian Kellar, Stephen Sutton, Michael Parker, Simon Sanderson, Ann Louise Kinmonth, and Theresa M Marteau BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 63. Published online 2009 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-63.PMCID: PMC2666721 Assessment of a primary and tertiary care integrated management model for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Ignasi Bolíbar, Vicente Plaza, Mariantònia Llauger, Ester Amado, Pedro A Antón, Ana Espinosa, Leandra Domínguez, Mar Fraga, Montserrat Freixas, Josep A de la Fuente, Iskra Liguerre, Casimira Medrano, Meritxell Peiro, Mariantònia Pou, Joaquin Sanchis, Ingrid Solanes, Carles Valero, Pepi Valverde, and The COPD PROCESS Study Group BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 68. Published online 2009 February 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-68.PMCID: PMC2661072 HABITAT: A longitudinal multilevel study of physical activity change in mid-aged adults Nicola W Burton, Michele Haynes, Lee-Ann M Wilson, Billie Giles-Corti, Brian F Oldenburg, Wendy J Brown, Katrina Giskes, and Gavin Turrell BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 76. Published online 2009 March 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-76.PMCID: PMC2664805 A model to optimize public health care and downstage breast cancer in limited-resource populations in southern Brazil. (Porto Alegre Breast Health Intervention Cohort) Maira Caleffi, Rodrigo A Ribeiro, Dakir L Duarte Filho, Patrícia Ashton-Prolla, Ademar J Bedin, Junior, Giovana P Skonieski, Juliana M Zignani, Juliana Giacomazzi, Luciane R Franco, Márcia Graudenz, Paula Pohlmann, Jefferson G Fernandes, Philip Kivitz, and Bernardete Weber BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 83. Published online 2009 March 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-83.PMCID: PMC2669067 Cross sectional study of childhood obesity and prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in children aged 11–13 Anwen Rees, Non Thomas, Sinead Brophy, Gareth Knox, and Rhys Williams BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 86. Published online 2009 March 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-86.PMCID: PMC2667418 A quality improvement plan for hypertension control: the INCOTECA Project (INterventions for COntrol of hyperTEnsion in CAtalonia) Roser Vallès-Fernandez, Magdalena Rosell-Murphy, Olga Correcher-Aventin, Lucas Mengual-Martínez, Núria Aznar-Martínez, Gemma Prieto-De Lamo, Alícia Franzi-Sisó, Jordi Puig-Manresa, Josep Ma Bonet-Simó, and the INCOTECA research group BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 89. Published online 2009 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-89.PMCID: PMC2676268 Study Protocol: Randomised controlled trial to investigate the functional significance of marginal riboflavin status in young women in the UK (RIBOFEM) Marilyn HE Hill, Sohail Mushtaq, Elizabeth A Williams, Jack R Dainty, and Hilary J Powers BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 90. Published online 2009 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-90.PMCID: PMC2678121 Influence of a lifestyle intervention in preschool children on physiological and psychological parameters (Ballabeina): study design of a cluster randomized controlled trial Iris Niederer, Susi Kriemler, Lukas Zahner, Flavia Bürgi, Vincent Ebenegger, Tim Hartmann, Ursina Meyer, Christian Schindler, Andreas Nydegger, Pedro Marques-Vidal, and Jardena J Puder BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 94. Published online 2009 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-94.PMCID: PMC2676270 Oral cholera vaccine use in Zanzibar: socioeconomic and behavioural features affecting demand and acceptance Christian Schaetti, Raymond Hutubessy, Said M Ali, Al Pach, Mitchell G Weiss, Claire-Lise Chaignat, and Ahmed M Khatib BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 99. Published online 2009 April 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-99.PMCID: PMC2671504 Occupational voice demands and their impact on the call-centre industry DE Hazlett, OM Duffy, and SA Moorhead BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 108. Published online 2009 April 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-108.PMCID: PMC2674438 Clinical evaluation study of the German network of disorders of sex development (DSD)/intersexuality: study design, description of the study population, and data quality Anke Lux, Siegfried Kropf, Eva Kleinemeier, Martina Jürgensen, Ute Thyen, and The DSD Network Working Group BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 110. Published online 2009 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-110.PMCID: PMC2678119 Early markers of airways inflammation and occupational asthma: Rationale, study design and follow-up rates among bakery, pastry and hairdressing apprentices Paul Tossa, Abraham Bohadana, Valérie Demange, Pascal Wild, Jean-Pierre Michaely, Bernard Hannhart, Christophe Paris, and Denis Zmirou-Navier BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 113. Published online 2009 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-113.PMCID: PMC2681469 A randomised controlled trial of a community-based healthy lifestyle program for overweight and obese adolescents: the Loozit® study protocol Vanessa A Shrewsbury, Janice O'Connor, Katharine S Steinbeck, Kate Stevenson, Anthea Lee, Andrew J Hill, Michael R Kohn, Smita Shah, Siranda Torvaldsen, and Louise A Baur BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 119. Published online 2009 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-119.PMCID: PMC2687446 Preventing socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviour in adolescents in Europe: Background, design and methods of project TEENAGE Frank J van Lenthe, Ilse de Bourdeaudhuij, Knut-Inge Klepp, Nanna Lien, Laurence Moore, Fabrizio Faggiano, Anton E Kunst, and Johan P Mackenbach BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 125. Published online 2009 May 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-125.PMCID: PMC2685132 The ADDITION-Cambridge trial protocol: a cluster – randomised controlled trial of screening for type 2 diabetes and intensive treatment for screen-detected patients Justin B Echouffo-Tcheugui, Rebecca K Simmons, Kate M Williams, Roslyn S Barling, A Toby Prevost, Ann Louise Kinmonth, Nicholas J Wareham, and Simon J Griffin BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 136. Published online 2009 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-136.PMCID: PMC2698850 Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an exposure-based return-to-work programme for patients on sick leave due to common mental disorders: design of a cluster-randomized controlled trial Erik Noordik, Frank J van Dijk, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, and Jac JL van der Klink BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 140. Published online 2009 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-140.PMCID: PMC2689200 Feasibility, design and conduct of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to reduce overweight and obesity in children: The electronic games to aid motivation to exercise (eGAME) study Ralph Maddison, Louise Foley, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Andrew Jull, Yannan Jiang, Harry Prapavessis, Anthony Rodgers, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Maea Hohepa, and David Schaaf BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 146. Published online 2009 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-146.PMCID: PMC2696432 Health enhancing strength training in nonagenarians (STRONG): rationale, design and methods José A Serra Rexach, Jonatan R Ruiz, Natalia Bustamante-Ara, Margarita Hierro Villarán, Pedro González Gil, Maria J Sanz Ibáñez, Nekane Blanco Sanz, Victor Ortega Santamaría, Natalia Gutiérrez Sanz, Ana B Marín Prada, Cristian Gallardo, Gabriel Rodríguez Romo, and Alejandro Lucia BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 152. Published online 2009 May 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-152.PMCID: PMC2693136 MOSAIC (MOthers' Advocates In the Community): protocol and sample description of a cluster randomised trial of mentor mother support to reduce intimate partner violence among pregnant or recent mothers Angela J Taft, Rhonda Small, Kelsey L Hegarty, Judith Lumley, Lyndsey F Watson, and Lisa Gold BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 159. Published online 2009 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-159.PMCID: PMC2702379 Lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes patients – trial protocol of The Copenhagen Type 2 Diabetes Rehabilitation Project Eva S Vadstrup, Anne Frølich, Hans Perrild, Eva Borg, and Michael Røder BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 166. Published online 2009 May 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-166.PMCID: PMC2694179 Evaluation of a standard provision versus an autonomy promotive exercise referral programme: rationale and study design Kate Jolly, Joan L Duda, Amanda Daley, Frank F Eves, Nanette Mutrie, Nikos Ntoumanis, Peter C Rouse, Rekha Lodhia, and Geoffrey C Williams BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 176. Published online 2009 June 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-176.PMCID: PMC2702381 'Be active, eat right', evaluation of an overweight prevention protocol among 5-year-old children: design of a cluster randomised controlled trial Lydian Veldhuis, Mirjam K Struijk, Willemieke Kroeze, Anke Oenema, Carry M Renders, Anneke MW Bulk-Bunschoten, Remy A HiraSing, and Hein Raat BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 177. Published online 2009 June 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-177.PMCID: PMC2701937 Repeat infection with Chlamydia trachomatis: a prospective cohort study from an STI-clinic in Stockholm Karin Edgardh, Sharon Kühlmann-Berenzon, Maria Grünewald, Maria Rotzen-Östlund, Ivar Qvarnström, and Jennie Everljung BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 198. Published online 2009 June 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-198.PMCID: PMC2709620 The relationship between effectiveness and costs measured by a risk-adjusted case-mix system: multicentre study of Catalonian population data bases Antoni Sicras-Mainar, Ruth Navarro-Artieda, Milagrosa Blanca-Tamayo, Soledad Velasco-Velasco, Esperanza Escribano-Herranz, Josep Ramon Llopart-López, Concepción Violan-Fors, Josep Maria Vilaseca-Llobet, Encarna Sánchez-Fontcuberta, Jaume Benavent-Areu, Ferran Flor-Serra, Alba Aguado-Jodar, Daniel Rodríguez-López, Alejandra Prados-Torres, and Jose Estelrich-Bennasar BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 202. Published online 2009 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-202.PMCID: PMC2709621 Evaluation of community level interventions to address social and structural determinants of health: a cluster randomised controlled trial Martin Wall, Richard Hayes, Derek Moore, Mark Petticrew, Angela Clow, Elena Schmidt, Alizon Draper, Karen Lock, Rebecca Lynch, and Adrian Renton BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 207. Published online 2009 June 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-207.PMCID: PMC2713231 Early diagnosis of asthma in young children by using non-invasive biomarkers of airway inflammation and early lung function measurements: study protocol of a case-control study Kim DG van de Kant, Ester MM Klaassen, Quirijn Jöbsis, Annedien J Nijhuis, Onno CP van Schayck, and Edward Dompeling BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 210. Published online 2009 June 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-210.PMCID: PMC2711088 Rationale, design and methods for a randomised and controlled trial to investigate whether home access to electronic games decreases children's physical activity Leon M Straker, Rebecca A Abbott, Jan P Piek, Clare M Pollock, Peter S Davies, and Anne J Smith BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 212. Published online 2009 June 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-212.PMCID: PMC2709623 Rationales, design and recruitment of the Taizhou Longitudinal Study Xiaofeng Wang, Ming Lu, Ji Qian, Yajun Yang, Shilin Li, Daru Lu, Shunzhang Yu, Wei Meng, Weimin Ye, and Li Jin BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 223. Published online 2009 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-223.PMCID: PMC2715397 Understanding the Relationship between Activity and Neighbourhoods (URBAN) Study: research design and methodology Hannah M Badland, Grant M Schofield, Karen Witten, Philip J Schluter, Suzanne Mavoa, Robin A Kearns, Erica A Hinckson, Melody Oliver, Hector Kaiwai, Victoria G Jensen, Christina Ergler, Leslie McGrath, and Julia McPhee BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 224. Published online 2009 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-224.PMCID: PMC2716337 Promoting mental health in small-medium enterprises: An evaluation of the "Business in Mind" program Angela Martin, Kristy Sanderson, Jenn Scott, and Paula Brough BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 239. Published online 2009 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-239.PMCID: PMC2714843 Prevention of depression and anxiety in later life: design of a randomized controlled trial for the clinical and economic evaluation of a life-review intervention Jojanneke Korte, Ernst T Bohlmeijer, and Filip Smit BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 250. Published online 2009 July 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-250.PMCID: PMC2721846 The effectiveness of a training for patients with unexplained physical symptoms: protocol of a cognitive behavioral group training and randomized controlled trial Lyonne NL Zonneveld, Adriaan van 't Spijker, Jan Passchier, Jan J van Busschbach, and Hugo J Duivenvoorden BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 251. Published online 2009 July 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-251.PMCID: PMC2722609 The use of group dynamics strategies to enhance cohesion in a lifestyle intervention program for obese children Luc J Martin, Shauna M Burke, Sheree Shapiro, Albert V Carron, Jennifer D Irwin, Robert Petrella, Harry Prapavessis, and Kevin Shoemaker BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 277. Published online 2009 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-277.PMCID: PMC2723112 The EPICS Trial: Enabling Parents to Increase Child Survival through the introduction of community-based health interventions in rural Guinea Bissau Vera Mann, Ila Fazzio, Rebecca King, Polly Walker, Albino dos Santos, Jose Carlos de Sa, Chitra Jayanti, Chris Frost, Diana Elbourne, and Peter Boone BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 279. Published online 2009 August 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-279.PMCID: PMC2736942 Community pharmacist intervention in depressed primary care patients (PRODEFAR study): randomized controlled trial protocol Maria Rubio-Valera, Antoni Serrano-Blanco, Pere Travé, M Teresa Peñarrubia-María, Mar Ruiz, and Marian March Pujol BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 284. Published online 2009 August 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-284.PMCID: PMC2731750 Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol Eileen Kaner, Martin Bland, Paul Cassidy, Simon Coulton, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond, Eilish Gilvarry, Christine Godfrey, Nick Heather, Judy Myles, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Adenekan Oyefeso, Steve Parrott, Katherine Perryman, Tom Phillips, Don Shenker, and Jonathan Shepherd BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 287. Published online 2009 August 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-287.PMCID: PMC2734851 Biological mechanisms of disease and death in Moscow: rationale and design of the survey on Stress Aging and Health in Russia (SAHR) Maria Shkolnikova, Svetlana Shalnova, Vladimir M Shkolnikov, Victoria Metelskaya, Alexander Deev, Evgueni Andreev, Dmitri Jdanov, and James W Vaupel BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 293. Published online 2009 August 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-293.PMCID: PMC2745385 Public involvement in suicide prevention: understanding and strengthening lay responses to distress Christabel Owens, Gareth Owen, Helen Lambert, Jenny Donovan, Judith Belam, Frances Rapport, and Keith Lloyd BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 308. Published online 2009 August 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-308.PMCID: PMC2743668 European network for promoting the physical health of residents in psychiatric and social care facilities (HELPS): background, aims and methods Prisca Weiser, Thomas Becker, Carolin Losert, Köksal Alptekin, Loretta Berti, Lorenzo Burti, Alexandra Burton, Mojca Dernovsek, Eva Dragomirecka, Marion Freidl, Fabian Friedrich, Aneta Genova, Arunas Germanavicius, Ulaş Halis, John Henderson, Peter Hjorth, Taavi Lai, Jens Ivar Larsen, Katarzyna Lech, Ramona Lucas, Roxana Marginean, David McDaid, Maya Mladenova, Povl Munk-Jørgensen, Alexandru Paziuc, Petronela Paziuc, Stefan Priebe, Katarzyna Prot-Klinger, Johannes Wancata, and Reinhold Kilian BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 315. Published online 2009 August 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-315.PMCID: PMC2741451 The Amsterdam Studies of Acute Psychiatry - II (ASAP-II): a comparative study of psychiatric intensive care units in the Netherlands Vincent Koppelmans, Robert Schoevers, Cecile Gijsbers van Wijk, Wijnand Mulder, Annett Hornbach, Emile Barkhof, André Klaassen, Marieke van Egmond, Janine van Venrooij, Yan Bijpost, Hans Nusselder, Marjan van Herrewaarden, Igor Maksimovic, Alexander Achilles, and Jack Dekker BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 318. Published online 2009 September 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-318.PMCID: PMC2753351 A randomized controlled multicenter trial of post-suicide attempt case management for the prevention of further attempts in Japan (ACTION-J) Yoshio Hirayasu, Chiaki Kawanishi, Naohiro Yonemoto, Naoki Ishizuka, Yoshiro Okubo, Akio Sakai, Toshifumi Kishimoto, Hitoshi Miyaoka, Kotaro Otsuka, Yoshito Kamijo, Yutaka Matsuoka, and Toru Aruga BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 364. Published online 2009 September 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-364.PMCID: PMC2760885 The NOURISH randomised control trial: Positive feeding practices and food preferences in early childhood - a primary prevention program for childhood obesity Lynne A Daniels, Anthea Magarey, Diana Battistutta, Jan M Nicholson, Ann Farrell, Geoffrey Davidson, and Geoffrey Cleghorn BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 387. Published online 2009 October 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-387.PMCID: PMC2770488 Towards translation of environmental determinants of physical activity in children into multi-sector policy measures: study design of a Dutch project Marie-Jeanne Aarts, Ien AM van de Goor, Hans AM van Oers, and Albertine J Schuit BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 396. Published online 2009 October 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-396.PMCID: PMC2774693 The sexual attitudes and lifestyles of London's Eastern Europeans (SALLEE Project): design and methods Alison R Evans, Violetta Parutis, Graham Hart, Catherine H Mercer, Christopher Gerry, Richard Mole, Rebecca S French, John Imrie, and Fiona Burns BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 399. Published online 2009 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-399.PMCID: PMC2777871 The Vital@Work Study. The systematic development of a lifestyle intervention to improve older workers' vitality and the design of a randomised controlled trial evaluating this intervention Jorien E Strijk, Karin I Proper, Allard J van der Beek, and Willem van Mechelen BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 408. Published online 2009 November 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-408.PMCID: PMC2777874 Debates Are we losing the battle against cardiometabolic disease? The case for a paradigm shift in primary prevention Lutz E Kraushaar and Alexander Krämer BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 64. Published online 2009 February 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-64.PMCID: PMC2651167 A translational framework for public health research David Ogilvie, Peter Craig, Simon Griffin, Sally Macintyre, and Nicholas J Wareham BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 116. Published online 2009 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-116.PMCID: PMC2681470 The whole is greater than the sum of the parts: Recognising missed opportunities for an optimal response to the rapidly maturing TB-HIV co-epidemic in South Africa Rubeshan Perumal, Nesri Padayatchi, and Ellen Stiefvater BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 243. Published online 2009 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-243.PMCID: PMC2716340 Should cities hosting mass gatherings invest in public health surveillance and planning? Reflections from a decade of mass gatherings in Sydney, Australia Sarah Thackway, Timothy Churches, Jan Fizzell, David Muscatello, and Paul Armstrong BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 324. Published online 2009 September 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-324.PMCID: PMC2754454
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