| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCorrespondence Reanalysis of updated mortality among vinyl and polyvinyl chloride workers: Confirmation of historical evidence and new findings Valerio Gennaro, Marcello Ceppi, Paolo Crosignani, and Fabio Montanaro BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 21. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-21.PMCID: PMC2262888 A hidden HIV epidemic among women in Vietnam Thu Anh Nguyen, Pauline Oosterhoff, Anita Hardon, Hien Nguyen Tran, Roel A Coutinho, and Pamela Wright BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 37. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-37.PMCID: PMC2248180 The body politic: the relationship between stigma and obesity-associated disease Peter Muennig BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 128. Published online 2008 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-128.PMCID: PMC2386473 Public engagement on global health challenges Emma RM Cohen, Hassan Masum, Kathryn Berndtson, Vicki Saunders, Tom Hadfield, Dilzayn Panjwani, Deepa L Persad, Gunjeet S Minhas, Abdallah S Daar, Jerome A Singh, and Peter A Singer BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 168. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-168.PMCID: PMC2453523 Vouchers for scaling up insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania: Methods for monitoring and evaluation of a national health system intervention Kara Hanson, Rose Nathan, Tanya Marchant, Hadji Mponda, Caroline Jones, Jane Bruce, Godlove Stephen, Jo Mulligan, Hassan Mshinda, and Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 205. Published online 2008 June 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-205.PMCID: PMC2442068 "We're not short of people telling us what the problems are. We're short of people telling us what to do": An appraisal of public policy and mental health Mark Petticrew, Stephen Platt, Allyson McCollam, Sarah Wilson, and Sian Thomas BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 314. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-314.PMCID: PMC2561038 Review Methodologies used to estimate tobacco-attributable mortality: a review Mónica Pérez-Ríos and Agustín Montes BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 22. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-22.PMCID: PMC2262075 Technical Advances Proposal of a framework for evaluating military surveillance systems for early detection of outbreaks on duty areas Jean-Baptiste Meynard, Herve Chaudet, Andrew D Green, Henry L Jefferson, Gaetan Texier, Daniel Webber, Bruce Dupuy, and Jean-Paul Boutin BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 146. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-146.PMCID: PMC2386814 Worldwide food recall patterns over an eleven month period: A country perspective Tamás Nepusz, Andrea Petróczi, and Declan P Naughton BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 308. Published online 2008 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-308.PMCID: PMC2556336 Research Articles The relationship between smokers' motivation to quit and intensity of tobacco control at the population level: a comparison of five European countries Jochen René Thyrian, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Evangelos Polychronopoulos, Robert West, Witold Zatonski, and Ulrich John BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 2. Published online 2008 January 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-2.PMCID: PMC2245926 Health problems and help-seeking in a nationwide sample of operational Norwegian ambulance personnel Tom Sterud, Erlend Hem, Øivind Ekeberg, and Bjørn Lau BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 3. Published online 2008 January 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-3.PMCID: PMC2254402 A systematic review of school-based sexual health interventions to prevent STI/HIV in sub-Saharan Africa Virginia A Paul-Ebhohimhen, Amudha Poobalan, and Edwin R van Teijlingen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 4. Published online 2008 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-4.PMCID: PMC2248569 Correlates of tobacco cessation counseling among Hispanic physicians in the US: A cross-sectional survey study Francisco G Soto Mas, Héctor G Balcázar, Julia Valderrama Alberola, and Chiehwen Ed Hsu BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 5. Published online 2008 January 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-5.PMCID: PMC2267183 Suicide mortality trends by sex, age and method in Taiwan, 1971–2005 Jin-Jia Lin and Tsung-Hsueh Lu BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 6. Published online 2008 January 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-6.PMCID: PMC2259336 Presentations of patients of poisoning and predictors of poisoning-related fatality: Findings from a hospital-based prospective study Hsin-Ling Lee, Hung-Jung Lin, Steve Ting-Yuan Yeh, Chih-Hsien Chi, and How-Ran Guo BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 7. Published online 2008 January 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-7.PMCID: PMC2267184 Mental health literacy and attitudes in a Swedish community sample – Investigating the role of personal experience of mental health care Karin M Dahlberg, Margda Waern, and Bo Runeson BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 8. Published online 2008 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-8.PMCID: PMC2254613 Traditional values of virginity and sexual behaviour in rural Ethiopian youth: results from a cross-sectional study Mitike Molla, Yemane Berhane, and Bernt Lindtjørn BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 9. Published online 2008 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-9.PMCID: PMC2254614 Age at disability onset and self-reported health status Eric W Jamoom, Willi Horner-Johnson, Rie Suzuki, Elena M Andresen, Vincent A Campbell, and the RRTC Expert Panel on Health Status Measurement BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 10. Published online 2008 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-10.PMCID: PMC2254400 Barriers and enablers in the management of tuberculosis treatment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a qualitative study Mette Sagbakken, Jan C Frich, and Gunnar Bjune BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 11. Published online 2008 January 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-11.PMCID: PMC2257959 The 2003 Australian Breast Health Survey: survey design and preliminary results Elmer V Villanueva, Sandra Jones, Caroline Nehill, Simone Favelle, David Steel, Donald Iverson, and Helen Zorbas BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 13. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-13.PMCID: PMC2248181 Correlations of knowledge and preference of medical students for a specialty career: a case-study of youth health care Marc BM Soethout, Olle TJ ten Cate, and Gerrit van der Wal BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 14. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-14.PMCID: PMC2254611 A systematic review of delay in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Dag Gundersen Storla, Solomon Yimer, and Gunnar Aksel Bjune BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 15. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-15.PMCID: PMC2265684 Effects of neighbourhood income on reported body mass index: an eight year longitudinal study of Canadian children Lisa N Oliver and Michael V Hayes BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 16. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-16.PMCID: PMC2291462 Psychiatric disorders and urbanization in Germany Jack Dekker, Jaap Peen, Jurrijn Koelen, Filip Smit, and Robert Schoevers BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 17. Published online 2008 January 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-17.PMCID: PMC2266738 Establishing a nationwide emergency department-based syndromic surveillance system for better public health responses in Taiwan Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu, Fuh-Yuan Frank Shih, Muh-Yong Yen, Jiunn-Shyan Julian Wu, Shiou-Wen Lu, Kevin Chi-Ming Chang, Chao Hsiung, Jr-How Chou, Yu-Tseng Chu, Hang Chang, Chan-Hsien Chiu, Fu-Chiang Richard Tsui, Michael M Wagner, Ih-Jen Su, and Chwan-Chuen King BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 18. Published online 2008 January 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-18.PMCID: PMC2249581 Is it worth investing in mental health promotion and prevention of mental illness? A systematic review of the evidence from economic evaluations Ingrid Zechmeister, Reinhold Kilian, David McDaid, and the MHEEN group BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 20. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-20.PMCID: PMC2245925 Lifestyle behaviors, obesity, and perceived health among men with and without a diagnosis of prostate cancer: A population-based, cross-sectional study Laura Q Rogers, Kerry S Courneya, Rammarayan Paragi-Gururaja, Stephen J Markwell, and Remi Imeokparia BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 23. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-23.PMCID: PMC2262886 What was retained? The assessment of the training for the peer trainers' course on short and long term basis Vildan Mevsim, Dilek Guldal, Nilgun Ozcakar, and Ozge Saygin BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 24. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-24.PMCID: PMC2266925 Identification of patients for clinical risk assessment by prediction of cardiovascular risk using default risk factor values Tom Marshall BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 25. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-25.PMCID: PMC2244603 Self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: small-area variations in incidence Celie Manuel, David J Gunnell, Wim van der Hoek, Andrew Dawson, Ishika K Wijeratne, and Flemming Konradsen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 26. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-26.PMCID: PMC2262074 Status and perspectives of hospital mortality in a public urban Hellenic hospital, based on a five-year review Iordanis N Papadopoulos, Maria Papaefthymiou, Leonidas Roumeliotis, Vasilios G Panagopoulos, Anna Stefanidou, and Anastasia Kostaki BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 28. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-28.PMCID: PMC2257958 Where to deliver? Analysis of choice of delivery location from a national survey in India Amardeep Thind, Amir Mohani, Kaberi Banerjee, and Fred Hagigi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 29. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-29.PMCID: PMC2248571 Women with learning disabilities and access to cervical screening: retrospective cohort study using case control methods Fiona Reynolds, Debbi Stanistreet, and Peter Elton BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 30. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-30.PMCID: PMC2248570 Lost opportunities in HIV prevention: programmes miss places where exposures are highest Ingvild F Sandøy, Seter Siziya, and Knut Fylkesnes BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 31. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-31.PMCID: PMC2270817 Does economic development contribute to sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality? Hong Kong as a natural experiment using a case-control study C Mary Schooling, Tai Hing Lam, Sai Yin Ho, Kwok Hang Mak, and Gabriel M Leung BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 32. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-32.PMCID: PMC2245924 Socio-economic class, rurality and risk of cutaneous melanoma by site and gender in Sweden Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Nuria Aragonés, Per Gustavsson, Virginia Lope, Gonzalo López-Abente, and Marina Pollán BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 33. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-33.PMCID: PMC2266924 Attitudes to colorectal cancer screening among ethnic minority groups in the UK Kathryn A Robb, Ijeoma Solarin, Emily Power, Wendy Atkin, and Jane Wardle BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 34. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-34.PMCID: PMC2267180 Rating neighborhoods for older adult health: results from the African American Health study Elena M Andresen, Theodore K Malmstrom, Fredric D Wolinsky, Mario Schootman, J Philip Miller, and Douglas K Miller BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 35. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-35.PMCID: PMC2262887 Pattern of medical waste management: existing scenario in Dhaka City, Bangladesh M Manzurul Hassan, Shafiul Azam Ahmed, K Anisur Rahman, and Tarit Kanti Biswas BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 36. Published online 2008 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-36.PMCID: PMC2254398 Impacts of the Finnish service screening programme on breast cancer rates Ahti Anttila, Tytti Sarkeala, Timo Hakulinen, and Sirpa Heinävaara BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 38. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-38.PMCID: PMC2254397 Relationship between soy and isoflavone intake and periodontal disease: The Freshmen in Dietetic Courses Study II Keiko Tanaka, Satoshi Sasaki, Kentaro Murakami, Hitomi Okubo, Yoshiko Takahashi, Yoshihiro Miyake, and for the Freshmen in Dietetic Courses Study II Group BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 39. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-39.PMCID: PMC2267787 Changes in health and primary health care use of Moroccan and Turkish migrants between 2001 and 2005: a longitudinal study Majda Lamkaddem, Peter M Spreeuwenberg, Walter L Devillé, Marleen Foets, and Peter P Groenewegen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 40. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-40.PMCID: PMC2254396 The influence of active coping and perceived stress on health disparities in a multi-ethnic low income sample Jennifer M Watson, Henrietta L Logan, and Scott L Tomar BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 41. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-41.PMCID: PMC2268682 Can the concept of Health Promoting Schools help to improve students' health knowledge and practices to combat the challenge of communicable diseases: Case study in Hong Kong? Albert Lee, Martin CS Wong, Vera MW Keung, Hilda SK Yuen, Frances Cheng, and Jennifer SY Mok BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 42. Published online 2008 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-42.PMCID: PMC2258284 Somatic health among heroin addicts before and during opioid maintenance treatment: a retrospective cohort study Ivar Skeie, Mette Brekke, Morten Lindbæk, and Helge Waal BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 43. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-43.PMCID: PMC2253538 The association between socioeconomic position, use of revascularization procedures and five-year survival after recovery from acute myocardial infarction Maria Rosvall, Basile Chaix, John Lynch, Martin Lindström, and Juan Merlo BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 44. Published online 2008 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-44.PMCID: PMC2275258 Parents' perceived vulnerability and perceived control in preventing Meningococcal C infection: a large-scale interview study about vaccination Danielle RM Timmermans, Lidewij Henneman, Remy A Hirasing, and Gerrit van der Wal BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 45. Published online 2008 February 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-45.PMCID: PMC2279114 Sense of coherence and diabetes: A prospective occupational cohort study Anne M Kouvonen, Ari Väänänen, Stephen A Woods, Tarja Heponiemi, Aki Koskinen, and Salla Toppinen-Tanner BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 46. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-46.PMCID: PMC2268681 A longitudinal study of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children: Parental self reports versus age dependent biomarkers Carme Puig, Oscar Garcia-Algar, Toni Monleon, Roberta Pacifici, Piergiorgio Zuccaro, Jordi Sunyer, Cecilia Figueroa, Simona Pichini, and Oriol Vall BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 47. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-47.PMCID: PMC2276212 Working conditions, self-perceived stress, anxiety, depression and quality of life: A structural equation modelling approach Bin Nordin Rusli, Bin Abdin Edimansyah, and Lin Naing BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 48. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-48.PMCID: PMC2267182 Hepatitis B virus infection among pregnant women in Taiwan: Comparison between women born in Taiwan and other southeast countries Ching-Chiang Lin, Hsiu-Shu Hsieh, Yu-Jie Huang, Yeou-Lih Huang, Ming-Kun Ku, and Hsin-Chia Hung BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 49. Published online 2008 February 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-49.PMCID: PMC2275262 Investigating socio-economic-demographic determinants of tobacco use in Rawalpindi, Pakistan Ali Yawar Alam, Azhar Iqbal, Khalif Bile Mohamud, Ronald E Laporte, Ashfaq Ahmed, and Sania Nishtar BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 50. Published online 2008 February 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-50.PMCID: PMC2268929 Spread pattern of the first dengue epidemic in the city of Salvador, Brazil Florisneide R Barreto, Maria Gloria Teixeira, Maria da Conceição N Costa, Marilia S Carvalho, and Mauricio L Barreto BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 51. Published online 2008 February 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-51.PMCID: PMC2287177 Risk factors for maternal death in the highlands of rural northern Tanzania: a case-control study Bjørg Evjen-Olsen, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Rolv Terje Lie, Per Bergsjø, Peter Gasheka, and Gunnar Kvåle BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 52. Published online 2008 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-52.PMCID: PMC2259340 What explains between-school differences in rates of sexual experience? Marion Henderson, Isabella Butcher, Daniel Wight, Lisa Williamson, and Gillian Raab BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 53. Published online 2008 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-53.PMCID: PMC2277387 An investigation of the population impact of variation in HbA1c levels in older people in England and Wales: From a population based multi-centre longitudinal study Lu Gao, Fiona E Matthews, Lincoln A Sargeant, Carol Brayne, and MRC CFAS BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 54. Published online 2008 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-54.PMCID: PMC2275259 Intimate partner violence against women in rural Vietnam - different socio-demographic factors are associated with different forms of violence: Need for new intervention guidelines? Nguyen Dang Vung, Per-Olof Ostergren, and Gunilla Krantz BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 55. Published online 2008 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-55.PMCID: PMC2275257 Cancer mortality differences among urban and rural residents in Lithuania Giedre Smailyte and Juozas Kurtinaitis BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 56. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-56.PMCID: PMC2259339 Social inequalities in changes in health-related behaviour among Slovak adolescents aged between 15 and 19: A longitudinal study Ferdinand Salonna, Jitse P van Dijk, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Maria Sleskova, Johan W Groothoff, and Sijmen A Reijneveld BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 57. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-57.PMCID: PMC2275256 Key health promotion factors among male members of staff at a higher educational institution: A cross-sectional postal survey Alena Vasianovich, Edwin R van Teijlingen, Garth Reid, and Neil W Scott BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 58. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-58.PMCID: PMC2270269 Comparing estimates of influenza-associated hospitalization and death among adults with congestive heart failure based on how influenza season is defined Carolyn Sandoval, Stephen D Walter, Paul Krueger, and Mark B Loeb BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 59. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-59.PMCID: PMC2267181 The long-term hospitalization experience following military service in the 1991 Gulf War among veterans remaining on active duty, 1994–2004 Tomoko I Hooper, Samar F DeBakey, Barbara E Nagaraj, Kimberly S Bellis, Besa Smith, Tyler C Smith, and Gary D Gackstetter BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 60. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-60.PMCID: PMC2263030 Social contact networks for the spread of pandemic influenza in children and teenagers Laura M Glass and Robert J Glass BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 61. Published online 2008 February 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-61.PMCID: PMC2277389 Gender, socio-economic status and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and old adults Ana C Santos, Shah Ebrahim, and Henrique Barros BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 62. Published online 2008 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-62.PMCID: PMC2270270 "That is why I stopped the ART": Patients' & providers' perspectives on barriers to and enablers of HIV treatment adherence in a South African workplace programme Mison Dahab, Salome Charalambous, Robin Hamilton, Katherine Fielding, Karina Kielmann, Gavin J Churchyard, and Alison D Grant BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 63. Published online 2008 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-63.PMCID: PMC2276211 Traditional circumcision during manhood initiation rituals in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: a pre-post intervention evaluation Karl Peltzer, Ayanda Nqeketo, George Petros, and Xola Kanta BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 64. Published online 2008 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-64.PMCID: PMC2259337 Prevalence of HIV, Herpes Simplex Virus-2, and Syphilis in male sex partners of pregnant women in Peru Jesse L Clark, Kelika A Konda, Cesar V Munayco, Monica Pún, Andres G Lescano, Segundo R Leon, Jose Pajuelo, Luis Suarez-Ognio, Jeffrey D Klausner, Thomas J Coates, and Carlos F Cáceres BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 65. Published online 2008 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-65.PMCID: PMC2265685 Monitoring trends in socioeconomic health inequalities: it matters how you measure Young-Ho Khang, Sung-Cheol Yun, and John W Lynch BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 66. Published online 2008 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-66.PMCID: PMC2266739 An investigation of the smoking behaviours of parents before, during and after the birth of their children in Taiwan Shu-Fang Shih, Likwang Chen, Chi Pang Wen, Wei-Chih Yang, and Yaw-Tang Shih BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 67. Published online 2008 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-67.PMCID: PMC2289813 Sputum microscopy for the diagnosis of HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis in Tanzania Mecky Matee, Lillian Mtei, Tarja Lounasvaara, Wendy Wieland-Alter, Richard Waddell, Johnson Lyimo, Muhammad Bakari, Kisali Pallangyo, and C Fordham von Reyn BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 68. Published online 2008 February 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-68.PMCID: PMC2265272 Health information seeking on the Internet: a double divide? Results from a representative survey in the Paris metropolitan area, France, 2005–2006 Emilie Renahy, Isabelle Parizot, and Pierre Chauvin BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 69. Published online 2008 February 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-69.PMCID: PMC2275260 Psychometric evaluation of the Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) survey in Southern, rural African American women with Type 2 diabetes Stephania T Miller and Tom A Elasy BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 70. Published online 2008 February 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-70.PMCID: PMC2268930 How effective is good domestic kitchen hygiene at reducing diarrhoeal disease in developed countries? A systematic review and reanalysis of the UK IID study Anna Stenberg, Clare Macdonald, and Paul R Hunter BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 71. Published online 2008 February 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-71.PMCID: PMC2266741 The association of urinary cadmium with sex steroid hormone concentrations in a general population sample of US adult men Andy Menke, Eliseo Guallar, Meredith S Shiels, Sabine Rohrmann, Shehzad Basaria, Nader Rifai, William G Nelson, and Elizabeth A Platz BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 72. Published online 2008 February 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-72.PMCID: PMC2267786 The Sandwell Project: A controlled evaluation of a programme of targeted screening for prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care Tom Marshall, Paul Westerby, Jenny Chen, Mary Fairfield, Jenny Harding, Ruth Westerby, Rajai Ahmad, and John Middleton BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 73. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-73.PMCID: PMC2278139 Daylight saving time transitions and hospital treatments due to accidents or manic episodes Tuuli A Lahti, Jari Haukka, Jouko Lönnqvist, and Timo Partonen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 74. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-74.PMCID: PMC2266740 Depression and termination of pregnancy (induced abortion) in a national cohort of young Australian women: the confounding effect of women's experience of violence Angela J Taft and Lyndsey F Watson BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 75. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-75.PMCID: PMC2278138 Scale Development: Factors Affecting Diet, Exercise, and Stress Management (FADESM) Mei-Wei Chang, Roger Brown, and Susan Nitzke BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 76. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-76.PMCID: PMC2266923 Japanese cancer patient participation in and satisfaction with treatment-related decision-making: A qualitative study Yoshiko Watanabe, Miyako Takahashi, and Ichiro Kai BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 77. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-77.PMCID: PMC2291463 Baseline assessment of prevalence and geographical distribution of HPV types in Chile using self-collected vaginal samples Catterina Ferreccio, Alejandro Corvalán, Paula Margozzini, Paola Viviani, Claudia González, Ximena Aguilera, and Patti E Gravitt BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 78. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-78.PMCID: PMC2291464 The prevalence of self-reported deliberate self harm in Irish adolescents Carolyn Morey, Paul Corcoran, Ella Arensman, and Ivan J Perry BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 79. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-79.PMCID: PMC2270271 Reduction in young male suicide in Scotland Cameron Stark, Diane Stockton, and Rob Henderson BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 80. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-80.PMCID: PMC2292166 Disclosure experience and associated factors among HIV positive men and women clinical service users in southwest Ethiopia Kebede Deribe, Kifle Woldemichael, Mekitie Wondafrash, Amaha Haile, and Alemayehu Amberbir BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 81. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-81.PMCID: PMC2275263 Vaccination coverage in children can be estimated from health insurance data Helen Kalies, Rebekka Redel, Rudolf Varga, Martin Tauscher, and Rüdiger von Kries BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 82. Published online 2008 March 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-82.PMCID: PMC2268683 Negotiating the transition from adolescence to motherhood: Coping with prenatal and parenting stress in teenage mothers in Mulago hospital, Uganda Dan K Kaye BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 83. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-83.PMCID: PMC2297507 Obesity and cardio-metabolic risk factors in urban adults of Benin: Relationship with socio-economic status, urbanisation, and lifestyle patterns Roger Sodjinou, Victoire Agueh, Benjamin Fayomi, and Hélène Delisle BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 84. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-84.PMCID: PMC2315643 An investigation into the prevalence of dog bites to primary school children in Trinidad Karla Georges and Abiodun Adesiyun BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 85. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-85.PMCID: PMC2292167 Social correlates of cigarette smoking among Icelandic adolescents: A population-based cross-sectional study Alfgeir L Kristjansson, Inga D Sigfusdottir, John P Allegrante, and Asgeir R Helgason BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 86. Published online 2008 March 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-86.PMCID: PMC2322976 Analysis of oral cancer epidemiology in the US reveals state-specific trends: implications for oral cancer prevention Karl Kingsley, Susan O'Malley, Marcia Ditmyer, and Michelle Chino BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 87. Published online 2008 March 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-87.PMCID: PMC2287178 Sense of coherence and attrition during four-year follow-up in cohorts of permanent and non-permanent Finnish employees Virpi Liukkonen, Pekka Virtanen, Mika Kivimäki, Jaana Pentti, and Jussi Vahtera BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 88. Published online 2008 March 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-88.PMCID: PMC2275261 Adolescents' health and health behaviour as predictors of injury death. A prospective cohort follow-up of 652,530 person-years Ville M Mattila, Jari Parkkari, Leena Koivusilta, Tapio Nummi, Pekka Kannus, and Arja Rimpelä BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 90. Published online 2008 March 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-90.PMCID: PMC2292710 Self-management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a qualitative investigation from the perspective of participants in a nurse-led, shared-care programme in the Netherlands Albine Moser, Harry van der Bruggen, Guy Widdershoven, and Cor Spreeuwenberg BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 91. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-91.PMCID: PMC2292711 Exposure to the tsunami disaster, PTSD symptoms and increased substance use – an Internet based survey of male and female residents of Switzerland Stefan Vetter, Astrid Rossegger, Wulf Rossler, Jonathan I Bisson, and Jerome Endrass BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 92. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-92.PMCID: PMC2277388 Undocumented migrants lack access to pregnancy care and prevention Hans Wolff, Manuella Epiney, Ana P Lourenco, Michael C Costanza, Jacqueline Delieutraz-Marchand, Nicole Andreoli, Jean-Bernard Dubuisson, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, and Olivier Irion BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 93. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-93.PMCID: PMC2323378 Positive deviance control-case life history: a method to develop grounded hypotheses about successful long-term avoidance of infection Samuel R Friedman, Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Milagros Sandoval, Holly Hagan, and Don C Des Jarlais BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 94. Published online 2008 March 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-94.PMCID: PMC2329618 Validity of parental work information on the birth certificate Jean D Brender, Lucina Suarez, and Peter H Langlois BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 95. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-95.PMCID: PMC2324093 Estimating the burden of rhodesiense sleeping sickness during an outbreak in Serere, eastern Uganda Eric M Fèvre, Martin Odiit, Paul G Coleman, Mark EJ Woolhouse, and Susan C Welburn BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 96. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-96.PMCID: PMC2322978 Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use amongst junior collegiates in twin cities of western Nepal: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, PV Kishore, Jagadish Paudel, and Ritesh G Menezes BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 97. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-97.PMCID: PMC2292712 A 6 year Geohelminth infection profile of children at high altitude in Western Nepal Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Godwin Wilson, Kiran Chawla, Binu VS, and PG Shivananda BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 98. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-98.PMCID: PMC2335097 Impact of methodological "shortcuts" in conducting public health surveys: Results from a vaccination coverage survey Elizabeth T Luman, Mariana Sablan, Shannon Stokley, Mary M McCauley, and Kate M Shaw BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 99. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-99.PMCID: PMC2346471 Surveillance study of vector species on board passenger ships, Risk factors related to infestations Varvara A Mouchtouri, Rimma Anagnostopoulou, Anna Samanidou-Voyadjoglou, Kalliopi Theodoridou, Chrissi Hatzoglou, Jenny Kremastinou, and Christos Hadjichristodoulou BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 100. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-100.PMCID: PMC2359741 Neighbourhood perceptions of physical activity: a qualitative study Louise N Burgoyne, Catherine Woods, Rosarie Coleman, and Ivan J Perry BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 101. Published online 2008 March 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-101.PMCID: PMC2297506 Gender, school and academic year differences among Spanish university students at high-risk for developing an eating disorder: An epidemiologic study Ana R Sepulveda, Jose A Carrobles, and Ana M Gandarillas BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 102. Published online 2008 March 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-102.PMCID: PMC2387144 Paternal psychosocial work conditions and mental health outcomes: A case-control study Stefania Maggi, Aleck Ostry, James Tansey, James Dunn, Ruth Hershler, Lisa Chen, and Clyde Hertzman BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 104. Published online 2008 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-104.PMCID: PMC2358891 Acupuncture, chiropractic and osteopathy use in Australia: a national population survey Charlie CL Xue, Anthony L Zhang, Vivian Lin, Ray Myers, Barbara Polus, and David F Story BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 105. Published online 2008 April 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-105.PMCID: PMC2322980 A comparison of four scoring methods based on the parent-rated Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire as used in the Dutch preventive child health care system Mathilde R Crone, Anton GC Vogels, Femke Hoekstra, Philip DA Treffers, and Sijmen A Reijneveld BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 106. Published online 2008 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-106.PMCID: PMC2359742 Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus, and foreign birth in North Carolina, 1993 – 2006 Aaron M Kipp, Jason E Stout, Carol Dukes Hamilton, and Annelies Van Rie BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 107. Published online 2008 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-107.PMCID: PMC2346470 Prevalence of prehypertension and associated cardiovascular risk profiles among prediabetic Omani adults Shyam Sundar Ganguly, Mohammed Ali Al-Shafaee, Kamlesh Bhargava, and Kalyan Kanti Duttagupta BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 108. Published online 2008 April 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-108.PMCID: PMC2386813 Hospitalizations associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis in Spain, 2001–2005 Ana López-de-Andrés, Rodrigo Jiménez-García, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Alejandro Alvaro-Meca, Patricia Graciela Galarza, and Ángel Gil de Miguel BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 109. Published online 2008 April 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-109.PMCID: PMC2346473 Chronic disease mortality associated with infectious agents: A comparative cohort study of migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel and Germany Jördis J Ott, Ari M Paltiel, Volker Winkler, and Heiko Becher BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 110. Published online 2008 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-110.PMCID: PMC2377256 Life style related to blood pressure and body weight in adolescence: Cross sectional data from the Young-HUNT study, Norway Magnus H Fasting, Tom IL Nilsen, Turid L Holmen, and Torstein Vik BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 111. Published online 2008 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-111.PMCID: PMC2375890 Socioeconomic position and risk of short-term weight gain: Prospective study of 14,619 middle-aged men and women Lisa R Purslow, Elizabeth H Young, Nicholas J Wareham, Nita Forouhi, Eric J Brunner, Robert N Luben, Ailsa A Welch, Kay-Tee Khaw, Shelia A Bingham, and Manjinder S Sandhu BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 112. Published online 2008 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-112.PMCID: PMC2323377 Evaluating human papillomavirus vaccination programs in Canada: should provincial healthcare pay for voluntary adult vaccination? Marco Llamazares and Robert J Smith? BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 114. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-114.PMCID: PMC2373297 Risk factors for childhood obesity: shift of the entire BMI distribution vs. shift of the upper tail only in a cross sectional study André M Toschke, Rüdiger von Kries, Andreas Beyerlein, and Simon Rückinger BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 115. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-115.PMCID: PMC2322977 Calculating expected years of life lost for assessing local ethnic disparities in causes of premature death Tomás J Aragón, Daphne Y Lichtensztajn, Brian S Katcher, Randy Reiter, and Mitchell H Katz BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 116. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-116.PMCID: PMC2386472 Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in population-based studies: Systematic review Qiu-Li Zhang and Dietrich Rothenbacher BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 117. Published online 2008 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-117.PMCID: PMC2377260 The influences of Taiwan's generic grouping price policy on drug prices and expenditures: Evidence from analysing the consumption of the three most-used classes of cardiovascular drugs Chi-Liang Chen, Likwang Chen, and Wei-Chih Yang BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 118. Published online 2008 April 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-118.PMCID: PMC2377257 The influence of multi-morbidity and self-reported socio-economic standing on the prevalence of depression in an elderly Hong Kong population Samuel YS Wong, Stewart W Mercer, Jean Woo, and Jason Leung BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 119. Published online 2008 April 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-119.PMCID: PMC2335096 Stages of development and injury: An epidemiological survey of young children presenting to an emergency department Kirsty MacInnes and David H Stone BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 120. Published online 2008 April 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-120.PMCID: PMC2330035 Reliability of medical students' vaccination histories for immunisable diseases Sabine Wicker, Regina Allwinn, René Gottschalk, and Holger F Rabenau BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 121. Published online 2008 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-121.PMCID: PMC2330143 Epidemiological analysis of injury in Shandong Province, China Jixiang Ma, Xiaolei Guo, Aiqiang Xu, Jiyu Zhang, and Chongqi Jia BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 122. Published online 2008 April 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-122.PMCID: PMC2377261 Parents' concerns about children are highly prevalent but often not confirmed by child doctors and nurses Sijmen A Reijneveld, Gea de Meer, Carin H Wiefferink, and Matty R Crone BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 124. Published online 2008 April 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-124.PMCID: PMC2383909 Age differences in mental health literacy Louise Farrer, Liana Leach, Kathleen M Griffiths, Helen Christensen, and Anthony F Jorm BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 125. Published online 2008 April 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-125.PMCID: PMC2358892 Sex and the city: Differences in disease- and disability-free life years, and active community participation of elderly men and women in 7 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean Angela MC Rose, Anselm J Hennis, and Ian R Hambleton BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 127. Published online 2008 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-127.PMCID: PMC2387143 Reasons for not using smoking cessation aids Beatrice Gross, Leonie Brose, Anja Schumann, Sabina Ulbricht, Christian Meyer, Henry Völzke, Hans-Jürgen Rumpf, and Ulrich John BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 129. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-129.PMCID: PMC2386812 Promoting prevention with economic arguments – The case of Finnish occupational health services Eila Kankaanpää, Aki Suhonen, and Hannu Valtonen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 130. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-130.PMCID: PMC2386811 The area-based social patterning of injuries among 10 to 19 year olds Changes over time in the Stockholm County Anne-Mari Reimers, Antonio Ponce de Leon, and Lucie Laflamme BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 131. Published online 2008 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-131.PMCID: PMC2377258 Viral hepatitis in Germany: poor vaccination coverage and little knowledge about transmission in target groups Karl Schenkel, Doris Radun, Viviane Bremer, Nikolaus Bocter, and Osamah Hamouda BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 132. Published online 2008 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-132.PMCID: PMC2387145 Rapid increases in obesity in Jamaica, compared to Nigeria and the United States Ramón A Durazo-Arvizu, Amy Luke, Richard S Cooper, Guichan Cao, Lara Dugas, Adebowale Adeyemo, Michael Boyne, and Terrence Forrester BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 133. Published online 2008 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-133.PMCID: PMC2390537 Smoking in context – a multilevel approach to smoking among females in Helsinki Sakari Karvonen, Petteri Sipilä, Pekka Martikainen, Ossi Rahkonen, and Mikko Laaksonen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 134. Published online 2008 April 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-134.PMCID: PMC2377262 Estimating the costs of school closure for mitigating an influenza pandemic Md Z Sadique, Elisabeth J Adams, and William J Edmunds BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 135. Published online 2008 April 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-135.PMCID: PMC2377259 Predictors of early sexual initiation among a nationally representative sample of Nigerian adolescents Adesegun O Fatusi and Robert W Blum BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 136. Published online 2008 April 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-136.PMCID: PMC2390536 Verifiability of diagnostic categories and work ability in the context of disability pension award: A survey on "gatekeeping" among general practitioners in Norway Rein Overland, Simon Overland, Kristian Nyborg Johansen, and Arnstein Mykletun BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 137. Published online 2008 April 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-137.PMCID: PMC2387147 What they fill in today, may not be useful tomorrow: Lessons learned from studying Medical Records at the Women hospital in Tabriz, Iran Faramarz Pourasghar, Hossein Malekafzali, Alireza Kazemi, Johan Ellenius, and Uno Fors BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 139. Published online 2008 April 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-139.PMCID: PMC2377263 Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 Italian National Health Survey Stefano Calza, Adriano Decarli, and Monica Ferraroni BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 140. Published online 2008 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-140.PMCID: PMC2386470 Reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes among French gulf war veterans Catherine Verret, Mathe-Aline Jutand, Catherine De Vigan, Marion Bégassat, Lynda Bensefa-Colas, Patrick Brochard, and Roger Salamon BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 141. Published online 2008 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-141.PMCID: PMC2387146 Impact of five years of peer-mediated interventions on sexual behavior and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya Stanley Luchters, Matthew F Chersich, Agnes Rinyiru, Mary-Stella Barasa, Nzioki King'ola, Kishorchandra Mandaliya, Wilkister Bosire, Sam Wambugu, Peter Mwarogo, and Marleen Temmerman BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 143. Published online 2008 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-143.PMCID: PMC2397398 Chinese version of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey: cross-cultural instrument adaptation Ping-Ling Chen, Hung-Yi Chiou, and Yi-Hua Chen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 144. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-144.PMCID: PMC2390538 Intentional injury reported by young people in the Federated States of Micronesia, Kingdom of Tonga and Vanuatu Ben J Smith, Philayrath Phongsavan, Dale Bampton, Genevieve Peacocke, Mercedes Gilmete, Drew Havea, Tien Chey, and Adrian E Bauman BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 145. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-145.PMCID: PMC2394527 Suicide among adults aged 30–49: A psychological autopsy study in Hong Kong Paul WC Wong, Wincy SC Chan, Eric YH Chen, Sandra SM Chan, YW Law, and Paul SF Yip BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 147. Published online 2008 May 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-147.PMCID: PMC2412876 Patterns of coronary heart disease mortality over the 20th century in England and Wales: Possible plateaus in the rate of decline Steven Allender, Peter Scarborough, Martin O'Flaherty, and Simon Capewell BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 148. Published online 2008 May 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-148.PMCID: PMC2386471 Factors predicting drop out from, and retention in, specialist drug treatment services: A case control study in the North West of England Caryl M Beynon, Alison M McMinn, and Adam JE Marr BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 149. Published online 2008 May 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-149.PMCID: PMC2409325 Development and validation of psychosocial determinants measures of physical activity among Iranian adolescent girls Ashraf Pirasteh, Alireza Hidarnia, Ali Asghari, Soghrate Faghihzadeh, and Fazlollah Ghofranipour BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 150. Published online 2008 May 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-150.PMCID: PMC2397400 Prevalence of high frequency hearing loss consistent with noise exposure among people working with sound systems and general population in Brazil: A cross-sectional study Regina P El Dib, Edina MK Silva, José F Morais, and Virgínia FM Trevisani BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 151. Published online 2008 May 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-151.PMCID: PMC2409328 Cancer patterns among children of Turkish descent in Germany: A study at the German Childhood Cancer Registry Jacob Spallek, Claudia Spix, Hajo Zeeb, Peter Kaatsch, and Oliver Razum BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 152. Published online 2008 May 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-152.PMCID: PMC2396623 Are hygiene and public health interventions likely to improve outcomes for Australian Aboriginal children living in remote communities? A systematic review of the literature Elizabeth McDonald, Ross Bailie, David Brewster, and Peter Morris BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 153. Published online 2008 May 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-153.PMCID: PMC2397399 Tackling tuberculosis patients' internalized social stigma through patient centred care: An intervention study in rural Nicaragua Jean Macq, Alejandro Solis, Guillermo Martinez, and Patrick Martiny BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 154. Published online 2008 May 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-154.PMCID: PMC2396624 Sexual uses of alcohol and drugs and the associated health risks: A cross sectional study of young people in nine European cities Mark A Bellis, Karen Hughes, Amador Calafat, Montse Juan, Anna Ramon, José A Rodriguez, Fernando Mendes, Susanne Schnitzer, and Penny Phillips-Howard BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 155. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-155.PMCID: PMC2409330 The perceived impact of location privacy: A web-based survey of public health perspectives and requirements in the UK and Canada Philip AbdelMalik, Maged N Kamel Boulos, and Ray Jones BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 156. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-156.PMCID: PMC2396622 Malaria treatment in the retail sector: Knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania Manuel W Hetzel, Angel Dillip, Christian Lengeler, Brigit Obrist, June J Msechu, Ahmed M Makemba, Christopher Mshana, Alexander Schulze, and Hassan Mshinda BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 157. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-157.PMCID: PMC2405791 Timing of therapy for latent tuberculosis infection among immigrants presenting to a U.S. public health clinic: a retrospective study Kathleen R Page, Yukari C Manabe, Akintoye Adelakun, Lynn Federline, Wendy Cronin, James D Campbell, and Susan E Dorman BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 158. Published online 2008 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-158.PMCID: PMC2394528 Does transition from an unstable labour market position to permanent employment protect mental health? 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Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-161.PMCID: PMC2405792 Prescription of medicines by medical students of Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study Syed Nabeel Zafar, Reema Syed, Sana Waqar, Faria A Irani, and Sarah Saleem BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 162. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-162.PMCID: PMC2408580 Changes in undergraduate student alcohol consumption as they progress through university Bridgette M Bewick, Brendan Mulhern, Michael Barkham, Karen Trusler, Andrew J Hill, and William B Stiles BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 163. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-163.PMCID: PMC2405793 The longitudinal relationship between job mobility, perceived organizational justice, and health Mats Liljegren and Kerstin Ekberg BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 164. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-164.PMCID: PMC2408581 Depression, anxiety, stress, social interaction and health-related quality of life in men and women with unexplained chest pain Annika Janson Fagring, Karin I Kjellgren, Annika Rosengren, Lauren Lissner, Karin Manhem, and Catharina Welin BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 165. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-165.PMCID: PMC2416450 Secular trends in height and weight among children and adolescents of the Seychelles, 1956–2006 Pedro Marques-Vidal, George Madeleine, Sarah Romain, Anne Gabriel, and Pascal Bovet BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 166. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-166.PMCID: PMC2405790 Do advertisements for antihypertensive drugs in Australia promote quality prescribing? A cross-sectional study Brett D Montgomery, Peter R Mansfield, Geoffrey K Spurling, and Alison M Ward BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 167. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-167.PMCID: PMC2409327 18-month occurrence of severe events among early diagnosed HIV-infected children before antiretroviral therapy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: A cohort study Jérôme Harambat, Patricia Fassinou, Renaud Becquet, Pety Touré, François Rouet, François Dabis, Philippe Msellati, Stéphane Blanche, Marguerite Timité-Konan, Roger Salamon, Valériane Leroy, and ANRS 1201/1202 Ditrame Plus Study Group BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 169. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-169.PMCID: PMC2416449 Impact of socio-economic factors on stroke prevalence among urban and rural residents in Mainland China Fei Xu, Lap Ah Tse, XiaoMei Yin, Ignatius Tak-sun Yu, and Sian Griffiths BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 170. Published online 2008 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-170.PMCID: PMC2416447 Predictors of overweight and obesity in five to seven-year-old children in Germany: Results from cross-sectional studies Christian J Apfelbacher, Adrian Loerbroks, John Cairns, Heidrun Behrendt, Johannes Ring, and Ursula Krämer BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 171. Published online 2008 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-171.PMCID: PMC2426699 Targeting physical activity promotion in general practice: Characteristics of inactive patients and willingness to change Gonzalo Grandes, Alvaro Sánchez, Jesús Torcal, Ricardo Ortega Sánchez-Pinilla, Kepa Lizarraga, Javier Serra, and The PEPAF Group BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 172. Published online 2008 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-172.PMCID: PMC2412873 'People pull the rug from under your feet': barriers to successful public health programmes Deborah Ritchie, Wendy Gnich, Odette Parry, and Steve Platt BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 173. Published online 2008 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-173.PMCID: PMC2408582 Waterpipe smoking in students: Prevalence, risk factors, symptoms of addiction, and smoke intake. Evidence from one British university Daniel Jackson and Paul Aveyard BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 174. Published online 2008 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-174.PMCID: PMC2413225 Internal validity of a household food security scale is consistent among diverse populations participating in a food supplement program in Colombia Michelle Hackett, Hugo Melgar-Quinonez, and Martha C Alvarez Uribe BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 175. Published online 2008 May 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-175.PMCID: PMC2409326 High prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes and abnormal glucose tolerance in the Iranian urban population: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study Farzad Hadaegh, Mohammad Reza Bozorgmanesh, Asghar Ghasemi, Hadi Harati, Navid Saadat, and Fereidoun Azizi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 176. Published online 2008 May 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-176.PMCID: PMC2413226 Tuberculosis suspicion and knowledge among private and public general practitioners: Questionnaire Based Study in Oman Abdullah A Al-Maniri, Omar A Al-Rawas, Fatmah Al-Ajmi, Ayesha De Costa, Bo Eriksson, and Vinod K Diwan BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 177. Published online 2008 May 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-177.PMCID: PMC2413224 Population tobacco control interventions and their effects on social inequalities in smoking: placing an equity lens on existing systematic reviews Caroline Main, Sian Thomas, David Ogilvie, Lisa Stirk, Mark Petticrew, Margaret Whitehead, and Amanda Sowden BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 178. Published online 2008 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-178.PMCID: PMC2412872 Contribution of smoking and air pollution exposure in urban areas to social differences in respiratory health Tamara Schikowski, Dorothee Sugiri, Verena Reimann, Beate Pesch, Ulrich Ranft, and Ursula Krämer BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 179. Published online 2008 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-179.PMCID: PMC2426697 An integrated model of care to counter high incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in men who have sex with men – initial analysis of service utilizers in Zurich David LB Schwappach and Philip Bruggmann BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 180. Published online 2008 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-180.PMCID: PMC2412874 Job strain — Attributable depression in a sample of working Australians: Assessing the contribution to health inequalities Anthony D LaMontagne, Tessa Keegel, Deborah Vallance, Aleck Ostry, and Rory Wolfe BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 181. Published online 2008 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-181.PMCID: PMC2416448 Less healthy, but more active: Opposing selection biases when recruiting older people to a physical activity study through primary care Tess J Harris, Christina R Victor, Iain M Carey, Rika Adams, and Derek G Cook BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 182. Published online 2008 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-182.PMCID: PMC2426698 Doctors' personal health care choices: A cross-sectional survey in a mixed public/private setting Julie Y Chen, Eileen YY Tse, Tai Pong Lam, Donald KT Li, David VK Chao, and Chi Wai Kwan BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 183. Published online 2008 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-183.PMCID: PMC2429910 Use of residential wood heating in a context of climate change: a population survey in Québec (Canada) Diane Bélanger, Pierre Gosselin, Pierre Valois, and Belkacem Abdous BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 184. Published online 2008 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-184.PMCID: PMC2430962 Strategies to improve global influenza surveillance: A decision tool for policymakers Melinda Moore, Edward Chan, Nicole Lurie, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Danielle M Varda, and John A Zambrano BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 186. Published online 2008 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-186.PMCID: PMC2430963 Italian multicenter study on infection hazards during dental practice: Control of environmental microbial contamination in public dental surgeries Paolo Castiglia, Giorgio Liguori, Maria Teresa Montagna, Christian Napoli, Cesira Pasquarella, Margherita Bergomi, Leila Fabiani, Silvano Monarca, Stefano Petti, and SItI Working Group Hygiene in Dentistry BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 187. Published online 2008 May 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-187.PMCID: PMC2430203 Obesity prevention in child care: A review of U.S. state regulations Sara E Benjamin, Angie Cradock, Elizabeth M Walker, Meghan Slining, and Matthew W Gillman BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 188. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-188.PMCID: PMC2438347 C-reactive protein, established risk factors and social inequalities in cardiovascular disease – the significance of absolute versus relative measures of disease Maria Rosvall, Gunnar Engström, Göran Berglund, and Bo Hedblad BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 189. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-189.PMCID: PMC2459164 Prevalence and social environment of cigarette smoking in Cyprus youth Costas A Christophi, Ourania Kolokotroni, Hillel R Alpert, Charles W Warren, Nathan R Jones, Philip Demokritou, and Gregory N Connolly BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 190. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-190.PMCID: PMC2435118 Post-graduation migration intentions of students of Lebanese medical schools: a survey study Elie A Akl, Nancy Maroun, Stella Major, Claude Afif, Abir Abdo, Jacques Choucair, Mazen Sakr, Carl K Li, Brydon JB Grant, and Holger J Schünemann BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 191. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-191.PMCID: PMC2424042 Association between television viewing and the risk of metabolic syndrome in a community-based population Pei-Chia Chang, Tsai-Chung Li, Ming-Tsang Wu, Chiu-Shong Liu, Chia-Ing Li, Ching-Chu Chen, Wen-Yuan Lin, Shin-Yuh Yang, and Cheng-Chieh Lin BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 193. Published online 2008 June 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-193.PMCID: PMC2430569 Health and survival of young children in southern Tanzania Joanna RM Armstrong Schellenberg, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Fatuma Manzi, Kizito Shirima, Conrad Mbuya, Adiel K Mushi, Sosthenes Charles Ketende, Pedro L Alonso, Hassan Mshinda, Marcel Tanner, and David Schellenberg BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 194. Published online 2008 June 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-194.PMCID: PMC2442074 Household disaster preparedness and information sources: Rapid cluster survey after a storm in New South Wales, Australia Michelle Cretikos, Keith Eastwood, Craig Dalton, Tony Merritt, Frank Tuyl, Linda Winn, and David Durrheim BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 195. Published online 2008 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-195.PMCID: PMC2443139 Risk factors for low birthweight in the public-hospitals at Peshawar, NWFP-Pakistan Sareer Badshah, Linda Mason, Kenneth McKelvie, Roger Payne, and Paulo JG Lisboa BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 197. Published online 2008 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-197.PMCID: PMC2435119 Adverse childhood experiences and prescription drug use in a cohort study of adult HMO patients Robert F Anda, David W Brown, Vincent J Felitti, Shanta R Dube, and Wayne H Giles BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 198. Published online 2008 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-198.PMCID: PMC2440750 Comparing factors affecting commencement and cessation of betel quid chewing behavior in Taiwanese adults Shue-Fang Yap, Pei-Shan Ho, Hsiao-Ching Kuo, and Yi-Hsin Yang BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 199. Published online 2008 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-199.PMCID: PMC2430570 Obesity prevalence from a European perspective: a systematic review Anne Berghöfer, Tobias Pischon, Thomas Reinhold, Caroline M Apovian, Arya M Sharma, and Stefan N Willich BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 200. Published online 2008 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-200.PMCID: PMC2441615 Tuberculosis screening of travelers to higher-incidence countries: A cost-effectiveness analysis Michael Tan, Dick Menzies, and Kevin Schwartzman BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 201. Published online 2008 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-201.PMCID: PMC2443799 Determinants of cognitive function in childhood: A cohort study in a middle income context Darci N Santos, Ana Marlúcia O Assis, Ana Cecília S Bastos, Letícia M Santos, Carlos Antonio ST Santos, Agostino Strina, Matildes S Prado, Naomar M Almeida-Filho, Laura C Rodrigues, and Mauricio L Barreto BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 202. Published online 2008 June 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-202.PMCID: PMC2442073 The prevalence and correlates of physical inactivity among adults in Ho Chi Minh City Oanh TH Trinh, Nguyen D Nguyen, Michael J Dibley, Philayrath Phongsavan, and Adrian E Bauman BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 204. Published online 2008 June 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-204.PMCID: PMC2435539 Physical activity as a possible mechanism behind the relationship between green space and health: A multilevel analysis Jolanda Maas, Robert A Verheij, Peter Spreeuwenberg, and Peter P Groenewegen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 206. Published online 2008 June 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-206.PMCID: PMC2438348 Do 'alternative' help-seeking strategies affect primary care service use? A survey of help-seeking for mental distress Katja Rüdell, Kamaldeep Bhui, and Stefan Priebe BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 207. Published online 2008 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-207.PMCID: PMC2443800 Relationship between parental locus of control and caries experience in preschool children – cross-sectional survey Erika Lenčová, Hynek Pikhart, Zdeněk Broukal, and Georgios Tsakos BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 208. Published online 2008 June 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-208.PMCID: PMC2442069 Opinions of married women about potential causes and triggers of intimate partner violence against women. A cross-sectional investigation in an Iranian city Behrooz Hamzeh, Mirtaghi Garousi Farshi, and Lucie Laflamme BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 209. Published online 2008 June 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-209.PMCID: PMC2443141 The cumulative effect of core lifestyle behaviours on the prevalence of hypertension and dyslipidemia Raquel Villegas, Patricia M Kearney, and Ivan J Perry BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 210. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-210.PMCID: PMC2442070 Gatekeepers of health: A qualitative assessment of child care centre staff's perspectives, practices and challenges to enteric illness prevention and management in child care centres Marsha Taylor, Cindy L Adams, and Andrea Ellis BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 212. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-212.PMCID: PMC2443801 The positive association between number of children and obesity in Iranian women and men: Results from the National Health Survey Enayatollah Bakhshi, Mohammad Reza Eshraghian, Kazem Mohammad, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Hojat Zeraati, Akbar Fotouhi, Fraidon Siassi, and Behjat Seifi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 213. Published online 2008 June 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-213.PMCID: PMC2447835 Mental health (GHQ12; CES-D) and attitudes towards the value of work among inmates of a semi-open prison and the long-term unemployed in Luxembourg Michèle Baumann, Raymond Meyers, Etienne Le Bihan, and Claude Houssemand BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 214. Published online 2008 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-214.PMCID: PMC2453522 Factors associated with self-rated health status in university students: a cross-sectional study in three European countries Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Patrick Brzoska, Claudia Maier, Veronika Ottova, Sabine Meier, Urszula Dudziak, Snezhana Ilieva, and Walid El Ansari BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 215. Published online 2008 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-215.PMCID: PMC2438349 A survey of local health promotion initiatives for older people in Wales Maggie Hendry, Nefyn H Williams, and Clare Wilkinson BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 217. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-217.PMCID: PMC2492859 What explains between-school differences in rates of smoking? Marion Henderson, Russell Ecob, Daniel Wight, and Charles Abraham BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 218. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-218.PMCID: PMC2442834 The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's fully operationalised DSM-IV dementia computerized diagnostic algorithm, compared with the 10/66 dementia algorithm and a clinician diagnosis: a population validation study Martin J Prince, Juan Llibre de Rodriguez, L Noriega, A Lopez, Daisy Acosta, Emiliano Albanese, Raul Arizaga, John RM Copeland, Michael Dewey, Cleusa P Ferri, Mariella Guerra, Yueqin Huang, KS Jacob, ES Krishnamoorthy, Paul McKeigue, Renata Sousa, Robert J Stewart, Aquiles Salas, Ana Luisa Sosa, Richard Uwakwa, and the 10/66 Dementia research group BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 219. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-219.PMCID: PMC2474864 Contributions to early HIV diagnosis among patients linked to care vary by testing venue Michael S Lyons, Christopher J Lindsell, DeAnna A Hawkins RN, Dana L Raab RN, Alexander T Trott, and Carl J Fichtenbaum BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 220. Published online 2008 June 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-220.PMCID: PMC2443802 Prevalence of comorbidity of chronic diseases in Australia Gillian E Caughey, Agnes I Vitry, Andrew L Gilbert, and Elizabeth E Roughead BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 221. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-221.PMCID: PMC2474682 The burden of community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: the Spanish EVAN-65 Study Olga Ochoa-Gondar, Angel Vila-Córcoles, Cinta de Diego, Victoria Arija, Monica Maxenchs, Montserrat Grive, Enrique Martin, Josep L Pinyol, and EVAN-65 Study Group BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 222. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-222.PMCID: PMC2522374 Lack of adequate sun protection for children with oculocutaneous albinism in South Africa Patricia M Lund and Julie S Taylor BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 225. Published online 2008 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-225.PMCID: PMC2447834 Prevalence and pattern of HIV-related malnutrition among women in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of demographic health surveys Olalekan A Uthman BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 226. Published online 2008 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-226.PMCID: PMC2459165 Race/ethnicity and validity of self-reported pneumococcal vaccination Nancy P Gordon, Pascale M Wortley, James A Singleton, Teresa Y Lin, and Barbara H Bardenheier BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 227. Published online 2008 July 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-227.PMCID: PMC2474865 Chronic disease risk factors, healthy days and medical claims in South African employees presenting for health risk screening Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander, Chris Buckmaster, Craig Nossel, Liezel Dreyer, Fiona Bull, Timothy D Noakes, and Estelle V Lambert BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 228. Published online 2008 July 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-228.PMCID: PMC2475536 Disclosing intimate partner violence to health care clinicians - What a difference the setting makes: A qualitative study Jane Liebschutz, Tracy Battaglia, Erin Finley, and Tali Averbuch BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 229. Published online 2008 July 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-229.PMCID: PMC2474863 Social inequalities in self-rated health by age: Cross-sectional study of 22 457 middle-aged men and women Emily McFadden, Robert Luben, Sheila Bingham, Nicholas Wareham, Ann-Louise Kinmonth, and Kay-Tee Khaw BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 230. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-230.PMCID: PMC2491612 Cost-utility of a walking programme for moderately depressed, obese, or overweight elderly women in primary care: a randomised controlled trial Narcis Gusi, Maria C Reyes, Jose L Gonzalez-Guerrero, Emilio Herrera, and Jose M Garcia BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 231. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-231.PMCID: PMC2491610 Determinants of neonatal mortality in Indonesia Christiana R Titaley, Michael J Dibley, Kingsley Agho, Christine L Roberts, and John Hall BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 232. Published online 2008 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-232.PMCID: PMC2478684 Seat belt use among rear passengers: validity of self-reported versus observational measures Francesco Zambon, Ugo Fedeli, Maria Marchesan, Elena Schievano, Antonio Ferro, and Paolo Spolaore BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 233. Published online 2008 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-233.PMCID: PMC2483976 Participants' perspective on maintaining behaviour change: a qualitative study within the European Diabetes Prevention Study Linda Penn, Suzanne M Moffatt, and Martin White BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 235. Published online 2008 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-235.PMCID: PMC2491611 Delayed Treatment of Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan Jimmy PS Chern, Duan-Rung Chen, and Tzai-Hung Wen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 236. Published online 2008 July 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-236.PMCID: PMC2483710 The risk of pathogenic intestinal parasite infections in Kisii Municipality, Kenya Robert M Nyarango, Peninah A Aloo, Ephantus W Kabiru, and Benson O Nyanchongi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 237. Published online 2008 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-237.PMCID: PMC2478685 Observations from behind the bar: changing patrons' behaviours in response to smoke-free legislation in Scotland Shona Hilton, Jane Cameron, Alice MacLean, and Mark Petticrew BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 238. Published online 2008 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-238.PMCID: PMC2475535 Psychosocial risk factors in home and community settings and their associations with population health and health inequalities: A systematic meta-review Matt Egan, Carol Tannahill, Mark Petticrew, and Sian Thomas BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 239. Published online 2008 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-239.PMCID: PMC2503975 Lot quality survey: an appealing method for rapid evaluation of vaccine coverage in developing countries – experience in Turkey Banu Cakir, Sarp Uner, Fehminaz Temel, and Levent Akin BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 240. Published online 2008 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-240.PMCID: PMC2483711 Incidence of human brucellosis in a rural area in Western Greece after the implementation of a vaccination programme against animal brucellosis Eleni Jelastopulu, Christos Bikas, Chrysanthos Petropoulos, and Michalis Leotsinidis BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 241. Published online 2008 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-241.PMCID: PMC2483977 Lack of basic and luxury goods and health-related dysfunction in older persons; Findings from the longitudinal SMILE study Daniëlle AI Groffen, Hans Bosma, Marjan van den Akker, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, and Jacques TM van Eijk BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 242. Published online 2008 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-242.PMCID: PMC2483978 Impact of social ties on self reported health in France: Is everyone affected equally? Zoë Heritage, Richard G Wilkinson, Olivier Grimaud, and Kate E Pickett BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 243. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-243.PMCID: PMC2483979 The effect of maternal anthropometric characteristics and social factors on gestational age and birth weight in Sudanese newborn infants Eltahir M Elshibly and Gerd Schmalisch BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 244. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-244.PMCID: PMC2522375 Viral hepatitis and HIV-associated tuberculosis: Risk factors and TB treatment outcomes in Thailand Chawin Sirinak, Wanitchaya Kittikraisak, Duangporn Pinjeesekikul, Pricha Charusuntonsri, Phinai Luanloed, La-ong Srisuwanvilai, Sriprapa Nateniyom, Somsak Akksilp, Sirirat Likanonsakul, Wanchai Sattayawuthipong, Channawong Burapat, and Jay K Varma BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 245. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-245.PMCID: PMC2491609 Health-related quality of life among general practice patients with differing chronic diseases in Germany: Cross sectional survey Hong-Mei Wang, Martin Beyer, Jochen Gensichen, and Ferdinand M Gerlach BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 246. Published online 2008 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-246.PMCID: PMC2515099 Survey of public knowledge about Echinococcus multilocularis in four European countries: Need for proactive information Daniel Hegglin, Fabio Bontadina, Sandra Gloor, Thomas Romig, Peter Deplazes, and Peter Kern BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 247. Published online 2008 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-247.PMCID: PMC2522376 Smoking patterns and sociodemographic factors associated with tobacco use among Chinese rural male residents: a descriptive analysis Tingzhong Yang, Fuzhong Li, Xianzhao Yang, Zhenyi Wu, Xiangxian Feng, Yibo Wang, Xuhui Wang, and Abu Saleh M Abdullah BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 248. Published online 2008 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-248.PMCID: PMC2492861 Knowledge and perceptions of diabetes in a semi-urban Omani population Mohammed A Al Shafaee, Sulaiman Al-Shukaili, Syed Gauher A Rizvi, Yahya Al Farsi, Mushtaq A Khan, Shyam S Ganguly, Mustafa Afifi, and Samir Al Adawi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 249. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-249.PMCID: PMC2517595 The characterisation of sexual behaviour in Chinese male university students who have sex with other men: A cross-sectional study Liming Cong, Masako Ono-Kihara, Guozhang Xu, Qiaoqin Ma, Xiaohong Pan, Dandan Zhang, Takayuki Homma, and Masahiro Kihara BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 250. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-250.PMCID: PMC2503976 Metabolic Syndrome as a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor: Patients Evaluated in Primary Care Joan-Josep Cabré, Francisco Martín, Bernardo Costa, Josep L Piñol, Josep L Llor, Yolanda Ortega, Josep Basora, Marta Baldrich, Rosa Solà, Jordi Daniel, Josep Ma Hernández, Judit Saumell, Jordi Bladé, Ramon Sagarra, Teresa Basora, Dolors Montañés, Joan L Frigola, Angel Donado-Mazarrón, Maria Teresa García-Vidal, Isabel Sánchez-Oro, Josep M de Magriñà, Ana Urbaneja, Francisco Barrio, Jesús Vizcaíno, Josep M Sabaté, Irene Pascual, and Vanesa Revuelta BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 251. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-251.PMCID: PMC2515316 Women with learning disabilities and Read coding: Lessons from a cohort study Fiona Reynolds and Debbi L Stanistreet BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 252. Published online 2008 July 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-252.PMCID: PMC2492860 Risk factors for bone mineral density at the calcaneus in 40–59 year-old male workers: A cross-sectional study in Korea Hyun-Ju Seo, Soo-Geun Kim, and Chong-Soon Kim BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 253. Published online 2008 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-253.PMCID: PMC2515843 Socio-economic factors explain differences in public health-related variables among women in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study Md Mobarak H Khan and Alexander Kraemer BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 254. Published online 2008 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-254.PMCID: PMC2496908 Use of traditional complementary and alternative medicine for HIV patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Karl Peltzer, Natalie Friend-du Preez, Shandir Ramlagan, and Henry Fomundam BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 255. Published online 2008 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-255.PMCID: PMC2503977 Child mental health differences amongst ethnic groups in Britain: a systematic review Anna Goodman, Vikram Patel, and David A Leon BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 258. Published online 2008 July 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-258.PMCID: PMC2515844 Adapting a generic tuberculosis control operational guideline and scaling it up in China: a qualitative case study Xiaolin Wei, John D Walley, Xinyuan Liang, Feiying Liu, Xiulei Zhang, and Renzhong Li BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 260. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-260.PMCID: PMC2515317 Chronic disease prevalence and associations in a cohort of Australian men: The Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study (FAMAS) Sean A Martin, Matthew T Haren, Anne W Taylor, Sue M Middleton, Gary A Wittert, and Members of the Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study (FAMAS) BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 261. Published online 2008 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-261.PMCID: PMC2531108 Association between invasive cancer of the cervix and HIV-1 infection in Tanzania: the need for dual screening Crispin Kahesa, Julius Mwaiselage, Henry R Wabinga, Twalib Ngoma, Joan N Kalyango, and Charles AS Karamagi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 262. Published online 2008 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-262.PMCID: PMC2527006 Voluntary HIV counselling and testing among men in rural western Uganda: Implications for HIV prevention Francis M Bwambale, Sarah N Ssali, Simon Byaruhanga, Joan N Kalyango, and Charles AS Karamagi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 263. Published online 2008 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-263.PMCID: PMC2529297 Nonlinear pattern of pulmonary tuberculosis among migrants at entry in Kuwait: 1997–2006 Saeed Akhtar and Hameed GHH Mohammad BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 264. Published online 2008 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-264.PMCID: PMC2527606 Predictors of adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected persons: a prospective study in Southwest Ethiopia Alemayehu Amberbir, Kifle Woldemichael, Sofonias Getachew, Belaineh Girma, and Kebede Deribe BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 265. Published online 2008 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-265.PMCID: PMC2518153 The rate of TB-HIV co-infection depends on the prevalence of HIV infection in a community Daniel G Datiko, Mohammed A Yassin, Luelseged T Chekol, Lopisso E Kabeto, and Bernt Lindtjørn BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 266. Published online 2008 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-266.PMCID: PMC2542368 Young adult and middle age mortality in Butajira demographic surveillance site, Ethiopia: lifestyle, gender and household economy Mesganaw Fantahun, Yemane Berhane, Ulf Högberg, Stig Wall, and Peter Byass BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 268. Published online 2008 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-268.PMCID: PMC2519081 Unintentional injuries in the rural population of Twiserkan, Iran: A cross-sectional study on their incidence, characteristics and preventability Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai, Mohsen Naghavi, Mohammadreza Shokouhi, and Lucie Laflamme BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 269. Published online 2008 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-269.PMCID: PMC2533326 Global measure of satisfaction with psychosocial work conditions versus measures of specific aspects of psychosocial work conditions in explaining sickness absence Torsten Munch-Hansen, Joanna Wieclaw, Esben Agerbo, Niels Westergaard-Nielsen, and Jens Peter Bonde BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 270. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-270.PMCID: PMC2518561 Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and the performance of a risk score among Hindustani Surinamese, African Surinamese and ethnic Dutch: a cross-sectional population-based study Navin R Bindraban, Irene GM van Valkengoed, Gideon Mairuhu, Frits Holleman, Joost BL Hoekstra, Bob PJ Michels, Richard P Koopmans, and Karien Stronks BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 271. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-271.PMCID: PMC2533321 Influenza vaccination coverage rates in five European countries during season 2006/07 and trends over six consecutive seasons Patricia R Blank, Matthias Schwenkglenks, and Thomas D Szucs BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 272. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-272.PMCID: PMC2519082 Physical activity among adolescents and barriers to delivering physical education in Cornwall and Lancashire, UK: A qualitative study of heads of PE and heads of schools Spencer Earl Boyle, Georgina L Jones, and Stephen J Walters BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 273. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-273.PMCID: PMC2518562 Patterns of motivations and ways of quitting smoking among Polish smokers: A questionnaire study Alicja Sieminska, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Ewa Jassem, Katarzyna Lewandowska, Romana Ucinska, and Marta Chelminska BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 274. Published online 2008 August 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-274.PMCID: PMC2519083 Factors associated with hypertension prevalence, unawareness and treatment among Costa Rican elderly Ericka Méndez-Chacón, Carolina Santamaría-Ulloa, and Luis Rosero-Bixby BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 275. Published online 2008 August 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-275.PMCID: PMC2519084 Safe storage of pesticides in Sri Lanka – Identifying important design features influencing community acceptance and use of safe storage devices Manjula Weerasinghe, Ravi Pieris, Michael Eddleston, Wim van der Hoek, Andrew Dawson, and Flemming Konradsen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 276. Published online 2008 August 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-276.PMCID: PMC2527329 Male and Female Adult Population Health Status in China: A Cross-Sectional National Survey Jing Shi, Meina Liu, Qiuju Zhang, Mingshan Lu, and Hude Quan BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 277. Published online 2008 August 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-277.PMCID: PMC2529296 A comparison of populations vaccinated in a public service and in a private hospital setting in the same area Elisabetta Pandolfi, Maria C Graziani, Roberto Ieraci, Giovanni Cavagni, and Alberto E Tozzi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 278. Published online 2008 August 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-278.PMCID: PMC2531109 Sugar-added beverages consumption among kindergarten children of Crete: effects on nutritional status and risk of obesity Manolis Linardakis, Katerina Sarri, Maria-Styliani Pateraki, Manolis Sbokos, and Anthony Kafatos BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 279. Published online 2008 August 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-279.PMCID: PMC2525654 Psychosocial working conditions and the risk of depression and anxiety disorders in the Danish workforce Joanna Wieclaw, Esben Agerbo, Preben Bo Mortensen, Hermann Burr, Finn Tuchsen, and Jens Peter Bonde BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 280. Published online 2008 August 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-280.PMCID: PMC2519085 Prevalence of obesity in primary care using different anthropometric measures – Results of the German Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk Project (GEMCAS) Hans Hauner, Peter Bramlage, Christian Lösch, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Heribert Schunkert, Jürgen Wasem, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, and Susanne Moebus BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 282. Published online 2008 August 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-282.PMCID: PMC2518927 Institutional trust and alcohol consumption in Sweden: The Swedish National Public Health Survey 2006 Johanna Ahnquist, Martin Lindström, and Sarah P Wamala BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 283. Published online 2008 August 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-283.PMCID: PMC2527331 Health promotion services for lifestyle development within a UK hospital – Patients' experiences and views Charlotte L Haynes BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 284. Published online 2008 August 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-284.PMCID: PMC2527563 The epidemiology of dependency among urban-dwelling older people in the Dominican Republic; a cross-sectional survey Daisy Acosta, Ruth Rottbeck, Guillermina Rodríguez, Cleusa P Ferri, and Martin J Prince BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 285. Published online 2008 August 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-285.PMCID: PMC2551614 HIV and AIDS related knowledge, sources of information, and reported need for further education among dental students in Sudan- a cross sectional study Elwalid Fadul Nasir, Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm, Jamil David, and Rouf Wahab Ali BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 286. Published online 2008 August 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-286.PMCID: PMC2527565 Ethnic differences in Internal Medicine referrals and diagnosis in the Netherlands Loes C Lanting, Aart H Bootsma, Steven WJ Lamberts, Johan P Mackenbach, and Inez MA Joung BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 287. Published online 2008 August 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-287.PMCID: PMC2538538 Lung cancer mortality in towns near paper, pulp and board industries in Spain: a point source pollution study Susana Monge-Corella, Javier García-Pérez, Nuria Aragonés, Marina Pollán, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, and Gonzalo López-Abente BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 288. Published online 2008 August 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-288.PMCID: PMC2527328 Alcohol use as a risk factor for tuberculosis – a systematic review Knut Lönnroth, Brian G Williams, Stephanie Stadlin, Ernesto Jaramillo, and Christopher Dye BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 289. Published online 2008 August 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-289.PMCID: PMC2533327 Fitness, motor competence and body composition as correlates of adolescent neck/shoulder pain: an exploratory cross-sectional study Mark C Perry, Leon M Straker, Peter B O'Sullivan, Anne J Smith, and Beth Hands BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 290. Published online 2008 August 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-290.PMCID: PMC2531107 Required muscle mass for preventing lifestyle-related diseases in Japanese women Masae Miyatani, Hiroshi Kawano, Kei Masani, Yuko Gando, Kenta Yamamoto, Michiya Tanimoto, Taewoong Oh, Chiyoko Usui, Kiyoshi Sanada, Mitsuru Higuchi, Izumi Tabata, and Motohiko Miyachi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 291. Published online 2008 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-291.PMCID: PMC2533015 Health related quality of life measured by SF-36: a population-based study in Shanghai, China Rui Wang, Cheng Wu, Yanfang Zhao, Xiaoyan Yan, Xiuqiang Ma, Meijing Wu, Wenbin Liu, Zheng Gu, June Zhao, and Jia He BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 292. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-292.PMCID: PMC2527564 Mental health among children seeking asylum in Denmark – the effect of length of stay and number of relocations: a cross-sectional study Signe S Nielsen, Marie Norredam, Karen L Christiansen, Carsten Obel, Jørgen Hilden, and Allan Krasnik BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 293. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-293.PMCID: PMC2535781 Some peace of mind: assessing a pilot intervention to promote mental health among widows of injecting drug users in north-east India Michelle Kermode, Alexandra Devine, Prabha Chandra, Bernice Dzuvichu, Thomhood Gilbert, and Helen Herrman BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 294. Published online 2008 August 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-294.PMCID: PMC2533322 HIV/AIDS awareness and risk behaviour among pregnant women in Semey, Kazakhstan, 2007 Emma Sandgren, Sofia Sandgren, Marat Urazalin, and Rune Andersson BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 295. Published online 2008 August 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-295.PMCID: PMC2543023 Regional differences in mortality in Greece (1984–2004): The case of Thrace Panagiotis Papastergiou, George Rachiotis, Konstantina Polyzou, Christos Zilidis, and Christos Hadjichristodoulou BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 297. Published online 2008 August 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-297.PMCID: PMC2538537 Parental use of the Internet to seek health information and primary care utilisation for their child: a cross-sectional study Gauthier Bouche and Virginie Migeot BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 300. Published online 2008 August 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-300.PMCID: PMC2533324 Factors associated with the health and nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in Afghanistan: family behaviour related to women and past experience of war-related hardships Taufiq Mashal, Takehito Takano, Keiko Nakamura, Masashi Kizuki, Shafiqullah Hemat, Masafumi Watanabe, and Kaoruko Seino BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 301. Published online 2008 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-301.PMCID: PMC2551613 Problem drinking and exceeding guidelines for 'sensible' alcohol consumption in Scottish men: associations with life course socioeconomic disadvantage in a population-based cohort study G David Batty, Heather Lewars, Carol Emslie, Michaela Benzeval, and Kate Hunt BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 302. Published online 2008 September 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-302.PMCID: PMC2538536 Cardiovascular disease in a cohort exposed to the 1940–45 Channel Islands occupation Rosemary F Head, Mark S Gilthorpe, Allyson Byrom, and George TH Ellison BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 303. Published online 2008 September 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-303.PMCID: PMC2543024 Relationship between multimorbidity and physical activity: Secondary analysis from the Quebec health survey Catherine Hudon, Hassan Soubhi, and Martin Fortin BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 304. Published online 2008 September 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-304.PMCID: PMC2542369 Health-related characteristics and preferred methods of receiving health education according to dominant language among Latinos Aged 25 to 64 in a large Northern California health plan Nancy P Gordon and Carlos Iribarren BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 305. Published online 2008 September 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-305.PMCID: PMC2556675 Fish consumption and its motives in households with versus without self-reported medical history of CVD: A consumer survey from five European countries Zuzanna Pieniak, Wim Verbeke, Federico Perez-Cueto, Karen Brunsø, and Stefaan De Henauw BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 306. Published online 2008 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-306.PMCID: PMC2556335 All-cause mortality in the Aberdeen 1921 birth cohort: Effects of socio-demographic, physical and cognitive factors John M Starr, Ian J Deary, and Lawrence J Whalley BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 307. Published online 2008 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-307.PMCID: PMC2551612 Association between fertility and HIV status: what implications for HIV estimates? Eugene J Kongnyuy and Charles S Wiysonge BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 309. Published online 2008 September 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-309.PMCID: PMC2546405 Sensitivity to electricity – Temporal changes in Austria Joerg Schröttner and Norbert Leitgeb BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 310. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-310.PMCID: PMC2562386 "Obesity" and "Clinical Obesity" Men's understandings of obesity and its relation to the risk of diabetes: A qualitative study Nicola F Weaver, Louise Hayes, Nigel C Unwin, and Madeleine J Murtagh BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 311. Published online 2008 September 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-311.PMCID: PMC2557012 The relationship between a less gender-stereotypical parenthood and alcohol-related care and death: A registry study of Swedish mothers and fathers Anna Månsdotter, Mona Backhans, and Johan Hallqvist BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 312. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-312.PMCID: PMC2556334 Factors associated with adolescent cigarette smoking in Greece: Results from a cross sectional study (GYTS Study) George Rachiotis, Adamson S Muula, Emmanuel Rudatsikira, Seter Siziya, Athina Kyrlesi, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis, and Christos Hadjichristodoulou BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 313. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-313.PMCID: PMC2561036 Area-level poverty and preterm birth risk: A population-based multilevel analysis Emily A DeFranco, Min Lian, Louis A Muglia, and Mario Schootman BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 316. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-316.PMCID: PMC2564937 Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania Manuel W Hetzel, Brigit Obrist, Christian Lengeler, June J Msechu, Rose Nathan, Angel Dillip, Ahmed M Makemba, Christopher Mshana, Alexander Schulze, and Hassan Mshinda BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 317. Published online 2008 September 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-317.PMCID: PMC2564938 Can colorectal cancer mass-screening organization be evidence-based? Lessons from failures: The experimental and pilot phases of the Lazio program Antonio Federici, Alessandra Barca, Diego Baiocchi, Francesco Quadrino, Sabrina Valle, Piero Borgia, Gabriella Guasticchi, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, and The Colon-Rectal Cancer Screening Working Group BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 318. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-318.PMCID: PMC2561037 An analysis of hospital preparedness capacity for public health emergency in four regions of China: Beijing, Shandong, Guangxi, and Hainan Xingming Li, Jianshi Huang, and Hui Zhang BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 319. Published online 2008 September 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-319.PMCID: PMC2567325 Secular changes in height, weight and body mass index in Hong Kong Children Hung-Kwan So, Edmund AS Nelson, Albert M Li, Eric MC Wong, Joseph TF Lau, Georgia S Guldan, Kwok-Hang Mak, Youfa Wang, Tai-Fai Fok, and Rita YT Sung BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 320. Published online 2008 September 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-320.PMCID: PMC2572616 Malaria prevalence and mosquito net coverage in Oromia and SNNPR regions of Ethiopia Estifanos B Shargie, Teshome Gebre, Jeremiah Ngondi, Patricia M Graves, Aryc W Mosher, Paul M Emerson, Yeshewamebrat Ejigsemahu, Tekola Endeshaw, Dereje Olana, Asrat WeldeMeskel, Admas Teferra, Zerihun Tadesse, Abate Tilahun, Gedeon Yohannes, and Frank O Richards, Jr BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 321. Published online 2008 September 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-321.PMCID: PMC2556337 Social differences in smoking and snuff use among Norwegian adolescents: A population based survey Liv Grotvedt, Hein Stigum, Ragnhild Hovengen, and Sidsel Graff-Iversen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 322. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-322.PMCID: PMC2556338 Determinants of health-related quality of life in elderly in Tehran, Iran Maryam Tajvar, Mohammad Arab, and Ali Montazeri BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 323. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-323.PMCID: PMC2567978 Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio of Hong Kong Chinese children Rita YT Sung, Hung-Kwan So, Kai-Chow Choi, Edmund AS Nelson, Albert M Li, Jane AT Yin, Charlotte WL Kwok, Pak-Cheung Ng, and Tai-Fai Fok BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 324. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-324.PMCID: PMC2563004 The impact of a minimal smoking cessation intervention for pregnant women and their partners on perinatal smoking behaviour in primary health care: A real-life controlled study Torbjørn Øien, Ola Storrø, Jon A Jenssen, and Roar Johnsen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 325. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-325.PMCID: PMC2559841 Evidence, Theory and Context: Using intervention mapping to develop a worksite physical activity intervention Rosemary RC McEachan, Rebecca J Lawton, Cath Jackson, Mark Conner, and Jennifer Lunt BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 326. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-326.PMCID: PMC2567979 Physical activity as an aid to smoking cessation during pregnancy: Two feasibility studies Michael Ussher, Paul Aveyard, Tim Coleman, Lianne Straus, Robert West, Bess Marcus, Beth Lewis, and Isaac Manyonda BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 328. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-328.PMCID: PMC2559842 Association between regular participation in sports and leisure time behaviors in Brazilian adolescents: A cross-sectional study Rômulo Araújo Fernandes, Ismael Forte Freitas Júnior, Jefferson Rosa Cardoso, Enio Ricardo Vaz Ronque, Mathias Roberto Loch, and Arli Ramos de Oliveira BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 329. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-329.PMCID: PMC2567980 Prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity in the Lausanne population Pedro Marques-Vidal, Murielle Bochud, Vincent Mooser, Fred Paccaud, Gérard Waeber, and Peter Vollenweider BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 330. Published online 2008 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-330.PMCID: PMC2563005 Bed net ownership, use and perceptions among women seeking antenatal care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Opportunities for improved maternal and child health Audrey Pettifor, Eboni Taylor, David Nku, Sandra Duvall, Martine Tabala, Steve Meshnick, and Frieda Behets BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 331. Published online 2008 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-331.PMCID: PMC2571099 Process factors explaining the ineffectiveness of a multidisciplinary fall prevention programme: A process evaluation Michel HC Bleijlevens, Marike RC Hendriks, Jolanda CM van Haastregt, Erik van Rossum, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Joseph PM Diederiks, Harry FJM Crebolder, and Jacques ThM van Eijk BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 332. Published online 2008 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-332.PMCID: PMC2570681 Alcohol use and misuse: What are the contributions of occupation and work organization conditions? Alain Marchand BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 333. Published online 2008 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-333.PMCID: PMC2564939 Attitudes towards those bereaved by a suicide: a population-based, cross-sectional study in rural Japan Sachiko Minamizono, Yutaka Motohashi, Masako Yamaji, and Yoshihiro Kaneko BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 334. Published online 2008 September 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-334.PMCID: PMC2577115 Medico-legal reasoning in disability assessment: A focus group and validation study WEL de Boer, P Donceel, S Brage, M Rus, and JHBM Willems BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 335. Published online 2008 September 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-335.PMCID: PMC2571101 Low wintertime vitamin D levels in a sample of healthy young adults of diverse ancestry living in the Toronto area: associations with vitamin D intake and skin pigmentation Agnes Gozdzik, Jodi Lynn Barta, Hongyu Wu, Dennis Wagner, David E Cole, Reinhold Vieth, Susan Whiting, and Esteban J Parra BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 336. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-336.PMCID: PMC2576234 Correlates of susceptibility to smoking among Mexican origin youth residing in Houston, Texas: A cross-sectional analysis Anna V Wilkinson, Andrew J Waters, Vandita Vasudevan, Melissa L Bondy, Alexander V Prokhorov, and Margaret R Spitz BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 337. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-337.PMCID: PMC2569937 The potential for measles transmission in England Yoon Hong Choi, Nigel Gay, Graham Fraser, and Mary Ramsay BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 338. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-338.PMCID: PMC2563003 Assessing the unintended health impacts of road transport policies and interventions: translating research evidence for use in policy and practice Hilary Thomson, Ruth Jepson, Fintan Hurley, and Margaret Douglas BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 339. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-339.PMCID: PMC2567981 Socio-economic status and overall and cause-specific mortality in Sweden Marianne Weires, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo, Kristina Sundquist, Jan Sundquist, and Kari Hemminki BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 340. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-340.PMCID: PMC2564940 Pulmonary tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS attending care and treatment in rural northern Tanzania Bernard J Ngowi, Sayoki G Mfinanga, Johan N Bruun, and Odd Morkve BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 341. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-341.PMCID: PMC2566981 End-digits preference for self-reported height depends on language Matthias Bopp and David Faeh BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 342. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-342.PMCID: PMC2576466 Border malaria in China: knowledge and use of personal protection by minority populations and implications for malaria control: a questionnaire-based survey Sarah J Moore, Xia Min, Nigel Hill, Caroline Jones, Zhang Zaixing, and Mary M Cameron BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 344. Published online 2008 October 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-344.PMCID: PMC2576233 Changing dental caries and periodontal disease patterns among a cohort of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel: 1999–2005 Yuval Vered, Avi Zini, Alon Livny, Jonathan Mann, and Harold D Sgan-Cohen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 345. Published online 2008 October 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-345.PMCID: PMC2565680 Breast and bowel cancer screening uptake patterns over 15 years for UK south Asian ethnic minority populations, corrected for differences in socio-demographic characteristics Ala Szczepura, Charlotte Price, and Anil Gumber BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 346. Published online 2008 October 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-346.PMCID: PMC2575216 Factors influencing psychological distress during a disease epidemic: Data from Australia's first outbreak of equine influenza Melanie R Taylor, Kingsley E Agho, Garry J Stevens, and Beverley Raphael BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 347. Published online 2008 October 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-347.PMCID: PMC2571100 Social relationships and HRQL: A cross-sectional survey among older Italian adults Antonio Giulio de Belvis, Maria Avolio, Lorella Sicuro, Aldo Rosano, Elide Latini, Gianfranco Damiani, and Walter Ricciardi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 348. Published online 2008 October 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-348.PMCID: PMC2569037 A pilot randomised controlled trial of the feasibility of using body scan and isometric exercises for reducing urge to smoke in a smoking cessation clinic Lemees Al-Chalabi, Neha Prasad, Lucy Steed, Sarah Stenner, Paul Aveyard, Jane Beach, and Michael Ussher BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 349. Published online 2008 October 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-349.PMCID: PMC2572063 Screening for type 2 diabetes is feasible, acceptable, but associated with increased short-term anxiety: A randomised controlled trial in British general practice Paul Park, Rebecca K Simmons, A Toby Prevost, and Simon J Griffin BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 350. Published online 2008 October 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-350.PMCID: PMC2567326 Party package travel: alcohol use and related problems in a holiday resort: a mixed methods study Morten Hesse, Sébastien Tutenges, Sanna Schliewe, and Tine Reinholdt BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 351. Published online 2008 October 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-351.PMCID: PMC2573890 Physical activity, exercise and self-rated health: a population-based study from Sweden Marita Södergren, Jan Sundquist, Sven-Erik Johansson, and Kristina Sundquist BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 352. Published online 2008 October 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-352.PMCID: PMC2576235 Working conditions and Work-Family Conflict in German hospital physicians: psychosocial and organisational predictors and consequences Isabelle Fuß, Matthias Nübling, Hans-Martin Hasselhorn, David Schwappach, and Monika A Rieger BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 353. Published online 2008 October 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-353.PMCID: PMC2577658 Gender difference in knowledge of tuberculosis and associated health-care seeking behaviors: a cross-sectional study in a rural area of China Jianming Wang, Yang Fei, Hongbing Shen, and Biao Xu BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 354. Published online 2008 October 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-354.PMCID: PMC2577657 The reliability of the twelve-item general health questionnaire (GHQ-12) under realistic assumptions Matthew Hankins BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 355. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-355.PMCID: PMC2572064 Spatial effects of mosquito bednets on child mortality Laura Gosoniu, Penelope Vounatsou, Adriana Tami, Rose Nathan, Hajo Grundmann, and Christian Lengeler BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 356. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-356.PMCID: PMC2588457 Stressful life events and current psychological distress are associated with self-reported hypertension but not with true hypertension: results from a cross-sectional population-based study Felipe Sparrenberger, Sandra C Fuchs, Leila B Moreira, and Flávio D Fuchs BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 357. Published online 2008 October 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-357.PMCID: PMC2600643 Geographic variation and effect of area-level poverty rate on colorectal cancer screening Min Lian, Mario Schootman, and Shumei Yun BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 358. Published online 2008 October 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-358.PMCID: PMC2588456 Awareness of breast cancer risk factors and practice of breast self examination among high school students in Turkey Özgül Karayurt, Dilek Özmen, and Aynur Çakmakçi Çetinkaya BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 359. Published online 2008 October 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-359.PMCID: PMC2587470 Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in China from 2006 to 2007 Qi Shi, Chen Gao, Wei Zhou, Bao-Yun Zhang, Jian-Ming Chen, Chan Tian, Hui-Ying Jiang, Jun Han, Ni-Juan Xiang, Xiao-Fang Wang, Yong-Jun Gao, and Xiao-Ping Dong BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 360. Published online 2008 October 18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-360.PMCID: PMC2596798 Spatial point analysis based on dengue surveys at household level in central Brazil João B Siqueira-Junior, Ivan J Maciel, Christovam Barcellos, Wayner V Souza, Marilia S Carvalho, Nazareth E Nascimento, Renato M Oliveira, Otaliba Morais-Neto, and Celina MT Martelli BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 361. Published online 2008 October 20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-361.PMCID: PMC2576465 Factors associated with improvement in disability-adjusted life years in patients with HIV/AIDS Clara Bermudez-Tamayo, Jose Jesus Martin Martin, Isabel Ruiz-Pérez, and Antonio Olry de Labry Lima BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 362. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-362.PMCID: PMC2585091 Female homicidal strangulation in urban South Africa Shahnaaz Suffla, Ashley Van Niekerk, and Najuwa Arendse BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 363. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-363.PMCID: PMC2579428 Caries prevalence and tooth loss in Hungarian adult population: results of a national survey Melinda Madléna, Péter Hermann, Marianna Jáhn, and Pál Fejérdy BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 364. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-364.PMCID: PMC2596128 Drugs and herbs given to prevent hepatotoxicity of tuberculosis therapy: systematic review of ingredients and evaluation studies Qin Liu, Paul Garner, Yang Wang, Binghua Huang, and Helen Smith BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 365. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-365.PMCID: PMC2576232 Active play and screen time in US children aged 4 to 11 years in relation to sociodemographic and weight status characteristics: a nationally representative cross-sectional analysis Sarah E Anderson, Christina D Economos, and Aviva Must BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 366. Published online 2008 October 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-366.PMCID: PMC2605460 Adherence to physical activity recommendations and the influence of socio-demographic correlates – a population-based cross-sectional study Patrick Bergman, Andrej M Grjibovski, Maria Hagströmer, Adrian Bauman, and Michael Sjöström BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 367. Published online 2008 October 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-367.PMCID: PMC2576236 Public knowledge and attitudes towards Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination Charlotte Devereaux Walsh, Aradhana Gera, Meeraj Shah, Amit Sharma, Judy E Powell, and Sue Wilson BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 368. Published online 2008 October 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-368.PMCID: PMC2579427 Help-seeking before and after episodes of self-harm: a descriptive study in school pupils in England Sarah Fortune, Julia Sinclair, and Keith Hawton BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 369. Published online 2008 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-369.PMCID: PMC2592247 Food consumption patterns in the Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional telephone survey Andrea Nesbitt, Shannon Majowicz, Rita Finley, Frank Pollari, Katarina Pintar, Barbara Marshall, Angela Cook, Jan Sargeant, Jeff Wilson, Carl Ribble, and Lewinda Knowles BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 370. Published online 2008 October 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-370.PMCID: PMC2585092 Which factors engage women in deprived neighbourhoods to participate in exercise referral schemes? Melanie Schmidt, Saida Absalah, Vera Nierkens, and Karien Stronks BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 371. Published online 2008 October 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-371.PMCID: PMC2583997 The epidemiology of Varicella Zoster Virus infection in Italy Giovanni Gabutti, Maria C Rota, Marcello Guido, Antonella De Donno, Antonino Bella, Marta L Ciofi degli Atti, Pietro Crovari, and the Seroepidemiology Group BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 372. Published online 2008 October 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-372.PMCID: PMC2601043 Personal and professional challenges in the management of deliberate self-poisoning patients in rural Sri Lanka: a qualitative study of rural hospital doctors' experiences and perceptions Lalith Senarathna, Jon Adams, Dhammika De Silva, Nick A Buckley, and Andrew H Dawson BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 373. Published online 2008 October 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-373.PMCID: PMC2583998 Incidence rates of in-hospital carpal tunnel syndrome in the general population and possible associations with marital status Stefano Mattioli, Alberto Baldasseroni, Stefania Curti, Robin MT Cooke, Antonella Bena, Giovanna de Giacomi, Marco dell'Omo, Pirous Fateh-Moghadam, Carla Melani, Marco Biocca, Eva Buiatti, Giuseppe Campo, Francesca Zanardi, and Francesco S Violante BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 374. Published online 2008 October 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-374.PMCID: PMC2586026 Correlates of illicit methadone use in New York City: A cross-sectional study Danielle C Ompad, Crystal M Fuller, Christina A Chan, Victoria Frye, David Vlahov, and Sandro Galea BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 375. Published online 2008 October 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-375.PMCID: PMC2588458 Careers in ecstasy use: do ecstasy users cease of their own accord? Implications for intervention development Gjalt-Jorn Ygram Peters, Gerjo Kok, and Herman P Schaalma BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 376. Published online 2008 October 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-376.PMCID: PMC2583996 Development and evaluation of a leadership training program for public health emergency response: results from a Chinese study Chongjian Wang, Sheng Wei, Hao Xiang, Jing Wu, Yihua Xu, Li Liu, and Shaofa Nie BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 377. Published online 2008 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-377.PMCID: PMC2605461 Racial and ethnic differences in personal cervical cancer screening amongst post-graduate physicians: Results from a cross-sectional survey Joseph S Ross, Marcella Nuñez-Smith, Beverly A Forsyth, and Julie R Rosenbaum BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 378. Published online 2008 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-378.PMCID: PMC2590615 An evaluation of alcohol attendances to an inner city emergency department before and after the introduction of the UK Licensing Act 2003 AJ Durnford, TJ Perkins, and JM Perry BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 379. Published online 2008 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-379.PMCID: PMC2596125 Asthma beliefs among mothers and children from different ethnic origins living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands QM van Dellen, WMC van Aalderen, PJE Bindels, FG Öry, J Bruil, K Stronks, and PEACE study group BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 380. Published online 2008 November 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-380.PMCID: PMC2603023 Determinants of vaccination coverage in rural Nigeria Olumuyiwa O Odusanya, Ewan F Alufohai, Francois P Meurice, and Vincent I Ahonkhai BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 381. Published online 2008 November 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-381.PMCID: PMC2587468 Diagnosis of sustainable collaboration in health promotion – a case study Mariken TW Leurs, Ingrid M Mur-Veeman, Rosalie van der Sar, Herman P Schaalma, and Nanne K de Vries BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 382. Published online 2008 November 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-382.PMCID: PMC2605462 The non-linear risk of mortality by income level in a healthy population: US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey mortality follow-up cohort, 1988–2001 David H Rehkopf, Lisa F Berkman, Brent Coull, and Nancy Krieger BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 383. Published online 2008 November 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-383.PMCID: PMC2587469 The impact of education on risk factors and the occurrence of multimorbidity in the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort Gabriele Nagel, Richard Peter, Stefanie Braig, Silke Hermann, Sabine Rohrmann, and Jakob Linseisen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 384. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-384.PMCID: PMC2614432 Barriers for introducing HIV testing among tuberculosis patients in Jogjakarta, Indonesia: a qualitative study Yodi Mahendradhata, Riris Andono Ahmad, Pierre Lefèvre, Marleen Boelaert, and Patrick Van der Stuyft BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 385. Published online 2008 November 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-385.PMCID: PMC2596127 Determinants of non attendance to mammography program in a region with high voluntary health insurance coverage Magdalena Esteva, Joana Ripoll, Alfonso Leiva, Carmen Sánchez-Contador, and Francisca Collado BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 387. Published online 2008 November 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-387.PMCID: PMC2596126 Physical activity and dietary behaviour in a population-based sample of British 10-year old children: the SPEEDY study (Sport, Physical activity and Eating behaviour: Environmental Determinants in Young people) Esther MF van Sluijs, Paula ML Skidmore, Kim Mwanza, Andrew P Jones, Alison M Callaghan, Ulf Ekelund, Flo Harrison, Ian Harvey, Jenna Panter, Nicolas J Wareham, Aedin Cassidy, and Simon J Griffin BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 388. Published online 2008 November 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-388.PMCID: PMC2605463 Legionella species colonization of water distribution systems, pools and air conditioning systems in cruise ships and ferries Georgia Goutziana, Varvara A Mouchtouri, Maria Karanika, Antonios Kavagias, Nikolaos E Stathakis, Kostantinos Gourgoulianis, Jenny Kremastinou, and Christos Hadjichristodoulou BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 390. Published online 2008 November 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-390.PMCID: PMC2605755 Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence in undocumented migrants undergoing voluntary termination of pregnancy: a prospective cohort study Hans Wolff, Ana Lourenço, Patrick Bodenmann, Manuella Epiney, Monique Uny, Nicole Andreoli, Olivier Irion, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, and Jean-Bernard Dubuisson BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 391. Published online 2008 November 24. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-391.PMCID: PMC2605464 Cigarette and waterpipe smoking among adolescents in Estonia: HBSC survey results, 1994–2006 Kersti Pärna, Janika Usin, and Inge Ringmets BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 392. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-392.PMCID: PMC2613150 Delayed treatment of tuberculosis patients in rural areas of Yogyakarta province, Indonesia Yodi Mahendradhata, Bobby M Syahrizal, and Adi Utarini BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 393. Published online 2008 November 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-393.PMCID: PMC2611999 Availability of healthier options in traditional and nontraditional rural fast-food outlets Jennifer S Creel, Joseph R Sharkey, Alex McIntosh, Jenna Anding, and J Charles Huber, Jr BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 395. Published online 2008 November 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-395.PMCID: PMC2614433 Differentials of fertility in North and South Gondar zones, northwest Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study Getu Degu Alene and Alemayehu Worku BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 397. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-397.PMCID: PMC2610031 The distinctive profile of risk factors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in comparison with other head and neck cancer types AS Abdulamir, RR Hafidh, N Abdulmuhaimen, F Abubakar, and KA Abbas BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 400. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-400.PMCID: PMC2614987 Participation of traditional birth attendants in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in two rural districts in Zimbabwe: a feasibility study Freddy Perez, Khin Devi Aung, Theresa Ndoro, Barbara Engelsmann, and François Dabis BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 401. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-401.PMCID: PMC2612666 Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and the metabolic syndrome in middle-aged men and women in Gothenburg, Sweden Lennart Welin, Annika Adlerberth, Kenneth Caidahl, Henry Eriksson, Per-Olof Hansson, Saga Johansson, Annika Rosengren, Kurt Svärdsudd, Catharina Welin, and Lars Wilhelmsen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 403. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-403.PMCID: PMC2621201 Obesity among Scottish 15 year olds 1987–2006: prevalence and associations with socio-economic status, well-being and worries about weight Helen Sweeting, Patrick West, and Robert Young BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 404. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-404.PMCID: PMC2615437 Risk factors for developing a cutaneous injection-related infection among injection drug users: a cohort study Elisa Lloyd-Smith, Evan Wood, Ruth Zhang, Mark W Tyndall, Julio SG Montaner, and Thomas Kerr BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 405. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-405.PMCID: PMC2621202 Low utilization of health care services following screening for hypertension in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania): a prospective population-based study Pascal Bovet, Jean-Pierre Gervasoni, Mashombo Mkamba, Marianna Balampama, Christian Lengeler, and Fred Paccaud BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 407. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-407.PMCID: PMC2615777 Study Protocol Design of a RCT evaluating the (cost-) effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention for male construction workers at risk for cardiovascular disease: The Health under Construction study Iris F Groeneveld, Karin I Proper, Allard J van der Beek, Cor van Duivenbooden, and Willem van Mechelen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 1. Published online 2008 January 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-1.PMCID: PMC2254612 Cost-effectiveness of a workplace intervention for sick-listed employees with common mental disorders: design of a randomized controlled trial Sandra H van Oostrom, Johannes R Anema, Berend Terluin, Henrica CW de Vet, Dirk L Knol, and Willem van Mechelen BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 12. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-12.PMCID: PMC2254399 The SMILE study: a study of medical information and lifestyles in Eindhoven, the rationale and contents of a large prospective dynamic cohort study Marjan van den Akker, Mark G Spigt, Lore De Raeve, Ben van Steenkiste, Job FM Metsemakers, Ernst J van Voorst, and Hein de Vries BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 19. Published online 2008 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-19.PMCID: PMC2254401 Rationale, design, and analysis of combined Brazilian household budget survey and food intake individual data R Sichieri, RA Pereira, A Martins, ABPA Vasconcellos, and A Trichopoulou BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 89. Published online 2008 March 17. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-89.PMCID: PMC2288604 The Infant Feeding Activity and Nutrition Trial (INFANT) an early intervention to prevent childhood obesity: Cluster-randomised controlled trial Karen Campbell, Kylie Hesketh, David Crawford, Jo Salmon, Kylie Ball, and Zoë McCallum BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 103. Published online 2008 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-103.PMCID: PMC2346474 The effectiveness of brief personalized normative feedback in reducing alcohol-related problems amongst University students: protocol for a randomized controlled trial Teresa Moreira and David R Foxcroft BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 113. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-113.PMCID: PMC2322979 Why do people fail to turn good intentions into action? 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Published online 2008 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-142.PMCID: PMC2413223 Growing old at home – A randomized controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of preventive home visits to reduce nursing home admissions: study protocol [NCT00644826] Steffen Fleischer, Gudrun Roling, Katrin Beutner, Stephanie Hanns, Johann Behrens, Tobias Luck, Bettina Kuske, Matthias C Angermeyer, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Sven Heinrich, Hans-H König, and Christine Lautenschläger BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 185. Published online 2008 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-185.PMCID: PMC2430204 Healthcare workers' attitudes towards working during pandemic influenza: A multi method study Heather Draper, Sue Wilson, Jonathan Ives, Christine Gratus, Sheila Greenfield, Jayne Parry, Judith Petts, and Tom Sorell BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 192. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-192.PMCID: PMC2423372 The challenge of comprehensively mapping children's health in a nation-wide health survey: Design of the German KiGGS-Study Bärbel-Maria Kurth, Panagiotis Kamtsiuris, Heike Hölling, Martin Schlaud, Rüdiger Dölle, Ute Ellert, Heidrun Kahl, Hiltraud Knopf, Michael Lange, Gert BM Mensink, Hannelore Neuhauser, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Liane Schenk, Robert Schlack, Heribert Stolzenberg, Michael Thamm, Wulf Thierfelder, and Ute Wolf BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 196. Published online 2008 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-196.PMCID: PMC2442072 Environment And Genetics in Lung cancer Etiology (EAGLE) study: An integrative population-based case-control study of lung cancer Maria Teresa Landi, Dario Consonni, Melissa Rotunno, Andrew W Bergen, Alisa M Goldstein, Jay H Lubin, Lynn Goldin, Michael Alavanja, Glen Morgan, Amy F Subar, Ilona Linnoila, Fabrizio Previdi, Massimo Corno, Maurizia Rubagotti, Barbara Marinelli, Benedetta Albetti, Antonio Colombi, Margaret Tucker, Sholom Wacholder, Angela C Pesatori, Neil E Caporaso, and Pier Alberto Bertazzi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 203. Published online 2008 June 6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-203.PMCID: PMC2464602 (Cost)effectiveness of life review for Older Adults: Design of a randomized controlled trial Anne Margriet Pot, Anne-Sophie Melenhorst, Simone Onrust, and Ernst T Bohlmeijer BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 211. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-211.PMCID: PMC2442071 Vitalum study design: RCT evaluating the efficacy of tailored print communication and telephone motivational interviewing on multiple health behaviors Hilde M van Keulen, Ilse Mesters, Johannes Brug, Marlein Ausems, Marci Campbell, Ken Resnicow, Paul J Zwietering, Gerard van Breukelen, Willem van Mechelen, Johan L Severens, and Hein de Vries BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 216. Published online 2008 June 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-216.PMCID: PMC2443140 SWITCH: rationale, design, and implementation of a community, school, and family-based intervention to modify behaviors related to childhood obesity Joey C Eisenmann, Douglas A Gentile, Gregory J Welk, Randi Callahan, Sarah Strickland, Monica Walsh, and David A Walsh BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 223. Published online 2008 June 29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-223.PMCID: PMC2474862 Clinical and cost-effectiveness of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy for depression in primary care: Design of a randomised trial L Esther de Graaf, Sylvia AH Gerhards, Silvia MAA Evers, Arnoud Arntz, Heleen Riper, Johan L Severens, Guy Widdershoven, Job FM Metsemakers, and Marcus JH Huibers BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 224. Published online 2008 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-224.PMCID: PMC2474681 A randomized controlled trial to evaluate self-determination theory for exercise adherence and weight control: rationale and intervention description Marlene N Silva, David Markland, Cláudia S Minderico, Paulo N Vieira, Margarida M Castro, Sílvia R Coutinho, Teresa C Santos, Margarida G Matos, Luís B Sardinha, and Pedro J Teixeira BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 234. Published online 2008 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-234.PMCID: PMC2483280 Predicting the onset and persistence of episodes of depression in primary health care. The predictD-Spain study: Methodology Juan Ángel Bellón, Berta Moreno-Küstner, Francisco Torres-González, Carmen Montón-Franco, María Josefa GildeGómez-Barragán, Marta Sánchez-Celaya, Miguel Ángel Díaz-Barreiros, Catalina Vicens, Juan de Dios Luna, Jorge A Cervilla, Blanca Gutierrez, María Teresa Martínez-Cañavate, Bárbara Oliván-Blázquez, Ana Vázquez-Medrano, María Soledad Sánchez-Artiaga, Sebastia March, Emma Motrico, Victor Manuel Ruiz-García, Paulette Renée Brangier-Wainberg, María del Mar Muñoz-García, Irwin Nazareth, Michael King, and the predictD group BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 256. Published online 2008 July 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-256.PMCID: PMC2527330 A school-based intervention to reduce overweight and inactivity in children aged 6–12 years: study design of a randomized controlled trial Wilma Jansen, Hein Raat, Evelien Joosten-van Zwanenburg, Ivo Reuvers, Ron van Walsem, and Johannes Brug BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 257. Published online 2008 July 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-257.PMCID: PMC2515100 The 'Walking for Wellbeing in the West' randomised controlled trial of a pedometer-based walking programme in combination with physical activity consultation with 12 month follow-up: rationale and study design Claire F Fitzsimons, Graham Baker, Annemarie Wright, Myra A Nimmo, Catharine Ward Thompson, Ruth Lowry, Catherine Millington, Rebecca Shaw, Elisabeth Fenwick, David Ogilvie, Joanna Inchley, Charlie E Foster, and Nanette Mutrie BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 259. Published online 2008 July 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-259.PMCID: PMC2518560 Study Protocol – Metabolic syndrome, vitamin D and bone status in South Asian women living in Auckland, New Zealand: A randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind vitamin D intervention Pamela R von Hurst, Welma Stonehouse, Christophe Matthys, Cathryn Conlon, Marlena C Kruger, and Jane Coad BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 267. Published online 2008 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-267.PMCID: PMC2518926 Variability in the performance of preventive services and in the degree of control of identified health problems: A primary care study protocol Bonaventura Bolíbar, Clara Pareja, M Pilar Astier-Peña, Julio Morán, Teresa Rodríguez-Blanco, Magdalena Rosell-Murphy, Manuel Iglesias, Sebastián Juncosa, Juanjo Mascort, Concepció Violan, Rosa Magallón, and Javier Apezteguia BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 281. Published online 2008 August 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-281.PMCID: PMC2533323 The Hordaland Women's Cohort: A prospective cohort study of incontinence, other urinary tract symptoms and related health issues in middle-aged women David Jahanlu, Samera Azeem Qureshi, and Steinar Hunskaar BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 296. Published online 2008 August 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-296.PMCID: PMC2577192 Ultra-brief intervention for problem drinkers: research protocol John A Cunningham, Clayton Neighbors, Cameron Wild, and Keith Humphreys BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 298. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-298.PMCID: PMC2528012 A post-mortem survey on end-of-life decisions using a representative sample of death certificates in Flanders, Belgium: research protocol Kenneth Chambaere, Johan Bilsen, Joachim Cohen, Geert Pousset, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Freddy Mortier, and Luc Deliens BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 299. Published online 2008 August 27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-299.PMCID: PMC2533325 A community intervention trial of multimodal suicide prevention program in Japan: A Novel multimodal Community Intervention program to prevent suicide and suicide attempt in Japan, NOCOMIT-J Yutaka Ono, Shuichi Awata, Hideharu Iida, Yasushi Ishida, Naoki Ishizuka, Hiroto Iwasa, Yuichi Kamei, Yutaka Motohashi, Atsuo Nakagawa, Jun Nakamura, Nobuyuki Nishi, Kotaro Otsuka, Hirofumi Oyama, Akio Sakai, Hironori Sakai, Yuriko Suzuki, Miyuki Tajima, Eriko Tanaka, Hidenori Uda, Naohiro Yonemoto, Toshihiko Yotsumoto, and Naoki Watanabe BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 315. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-315.PMCID: PMC2551615 Born in Bradford, a cohort study of babies born in Bradford, and their parents: Protocol for the recruitment phase Pauline Raynor and Born in Bradford Collaborative Group BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 327. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-327.PMCID: PMC2562385 Nanoquartz in Late Permian C1 coal and the high incidence of female lung cancer in the Pearl River Origin area: a retrospective cohort study Linwei Tian, Shifeng Dai, Jianfang Wang, Yunchao Huang, Suzanne C Ho, Yiping Zhou, Donald Lucas, and Catherine P Koshland BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 398. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-398.PMCID: PMC2610032 The Active plus protocol: systematic development of two theory- and evidence-based tailored physical activity interventions for the over-fifties Maartje M van Stralen, Gerjo Kok, Hein de Vries, Aart N Mudde, Catherine Bolman, and Lilian Lechner BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 399. Published online 2008 December 4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-399.PMCID: PMC2613403 Debates Systematic screening for unsafe driving due to medical conditions: Still debatable Sandy Leproust, Emmanuel Lagarde, and L Rachid Salmi BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 27. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-27.PMCID: PMC2259338 Learning from a Rapid Health Impact Assessment of a proposed maternity service reconfiguration in the English NHS Greg Fell and Sophie Haroon BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 138. Published online 2008 April 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-138.PMCID: PMC2383908 Efficacious, effective, and embedded interventions: Implementation research in infectious disease control Pascale Allotey, Daniel D Reidpath, Hashim Ghalib, Franco Pagnoni, and William C Skelly BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 343. Published online 2008 October 1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-343.PMCID: PMC2567977 Clinical governance and research ethics as barriers to UK low-risk population-based health research? Edwin R van Teijlingen, Flora Douglas, and Nicola Torrance BMC Public Health. 2008; 8: 396. Published online 2008 November 28. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-396.PMCID: PMC2612000 |