| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveResearch Articles Relationship between body image disturbance and incidence of depression: the SUN prospective cohort Adriano Marçal Pimenta, Almudena Sánchez-Villegas, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Celeste Nicole López, and Miguel Ángel Martínez-González PMCID: PMC2667175 Preventing weight gain: the baseline weight related behaviors and delivery of a randomized controlled intervention in community based women Catherine Lombard, Amanda Deeks, Damien Jolley, and Helena J Teede PMCID: PMC2630939 Pathways into homelessness: recently homeless adults problems and service use before and after becoming homeless in Amsterdam Igor R van Laere, Matty A de Wit, and Niek S Klazinga PMCID: PMC2628651 Regional disparities in infant mortality in Canada: a reversal of egalitarian trends K S Joseph, Ling Huang, Susie Dzakpasu, and Catherine McCourt PMCID: PMC2637856 Pastoralism and delay in diagnosis of TB in Ethiopia Abdi A Gele, Gunnar Bjune, and Fekadu Abebe PMCID: PMC2628652 Phone and e-mail counselling are effective for weight management in an overweight working population: a randomized controlled trial Marieke F van Wier, Geertje AM Ariëns, J Caroline Dekkers, Ingrid JM Hendriksen, Tjabe Smid, and Willem van Mechelen PMCID: PMC2667416 Structural factors associated with an increased risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infection transmission among street-involved youth Brandon DL Marshall, Thomas Kerr, Jean A Shoveller, Julio SG Montaner, and Evan Wood PMCID: PMC2630937 The prevalence of chronic diseases and major disease risk factors at different ages among 150 000 men and women living in Mexico City: cross-sectional analyses of a prospective study Pablo Kuri-Morales, Jonathan Emberson, Jesús Alegre-Díaz, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Rory Collins, Richard Peto, and Gary Whitlock PMCID: PMC2645387 Canadian and English students' beliefs about waterpipe smoking: a qualitative study Jeremy Roskin and Paul Aveyard PMCID: PMC2628878 Crash characteristics and patterns of injury among hospitalized motorised two-wheeled vehicle users in urban India Michael Fitzharris, Rakhi Dandona, G Anil Kumar, and Lalit Dandona PMCID: PMC2630936 Access to interpreting services in England: secondary analysis of national data Paramjit S Gill, Aparna Shankar, Terry Quirke, and Nick Freemantle PMCID: PMC2654558 Anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students in Ethiopia Dale J Terasaki, Bizu Gelaye, Yemane Berhane, and Michelle A Williams PMCID: PMC2651168 Depression and body mass index, a u-shaped association Leonore M de Wit, Annemieke van Straten, Marieke van Herten, Brenda WJH Penninx, and Pim Cuijpers PMCID: PMC2631467 Psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among Slovak students Ondrej Kalina, Andrea M Geckova, Pavol Jarcuska, Olga Orosova, Jitse P van Dijk, and Sijmen A Reijneveld PMCID: PMC2630938 Using surveillance data to monitor entry into care of newly diagnosed HIV-infected persons: San Francisco, 2006–2007 Nicola M Zetola, Kyle Bernstein, Katherine Ahrens, Julia L Marcus, Susan Philip, Giuliano Nieri, Diane Jones, C Bradley Hare, Ling Hsu, Susan Scheer, and Jeffrey D Klausner PMCID: PMC2633266 A case-control study of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Switzerland: analysis of potential risk factors with regard to an increased CJD incidence in the years 2001–2004 Jessica Ruegger, Katharina Stoeck, Lorenz Amsler, Thomas Blaettler, Marcel Zwahlen, Adriano Aguzzi, Markus Glatzel, Klaus Hess, and Tobias Eckert PMCID: PMC2637857 Excess cardiovascular mortality associated with cold spells in the Czech Republic Jan Kysely, Lucie Pokorna, Jan Kyncl, and Bohumir Kriz PMCID: PMC2632656 Post abortion family planning counseling as a tool to increase contraception use Ali Ceylan, Meliksah Ertem, Gunay Saka, and Nurten Akdeniz PMCID: PMC2651169 Individual, social, environmental, and physical environmental correlates with physical activity among Canadians: a cross-sectional study Sai Yi Pan, Christine Cameron, Marie DesMeules, Howard Morrison, Cora Lynn Craig, and XiaoHong Jiang PMCID: PMC2639577 Seasonal variance of 25-(OH) vitamin D in the general population of Estonia, a Northern European country Mart Kull, Jr, Riina Kallikorm, Anu Tamm, and Margus Lember PMCID: PMC2632995 Sexual behavior and drug consumption among young adults in a shantytown in Lima, Peru Juan A Gálvez-Buccollini, Suzanne DeLea, Phabiola M Herrera, Robert H Gilman, and Valerie Paz-Soldan PMCID: PMC2644290 Tobacco farming in rural Vietnam: questionable economic gain but evident health risks Hoang Van Minh, Kim Bao Giang, Nguyen Ngoc Bich, and Nguyen Thanh Huong PMCID: PMC2651170 Metabolic syndrome and physical activity in southern Brazilian community-dwelling elders: a population-based, cross-sectional study Roberta R Dalacorte, César L Reichert, and José L Vieira PMCID: PMC2639578 Study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma mortality associated with industrial pollution in Spain, using Poisson models Rebeca Ramis, Enrique Vidal, Javier García-Pérez, Virginia Lope, Nuria Aragonés, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Marina Pollán, and Gonzalo López-Abente PMCID: PMC2662834 Use of ecstasy and other psychoactive substances among school-attending adolescents in Taiwan: national surveys 2004–2006 Wei J Chen, Tsung-Chieh Fu, Te-Tien Ting, Wei-Lun Huang, Guang-Mang Tang, Chuhsing Kate Hsiao, and Chuan-Yu Chen PMCID: PMC2636802 Do implementation issues influence the effectiveness of medications? The case of nicotine replacement therapy and bupropion in UK Stop Smoking Services Andy McEwen and Robert West PMCID: PMC2639579 Cost-effectiveness of Rotavirus vaccination in Vietnam Sun-Young Kim, Sue J Goldie, and Joshua A Salomon PMCID: PMC2663769 The impact of demographic and risk factor changes on coronary heart disease deaths in Beijing, 1999–2010 Jun Cheng, Dong Zhao, Zhechun Zeng, Julia Alison Critchley, Jing Liu, Wei Wang, Jiayi Sun, and Simon Capewell PMCID: PMC2637858 Ecological association between a deprivation index and mortality in France over the period 1997 – 2001: variations with spatial scale, degree of urbanicity, age, gender and cause of death Grégoire Rey, Eric Jougla, Anne Fouillet, and Denis Hémon PMCID: PMC2637240 HCV-related burden of disease in Europe: a systematic assessment of incidence, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality Nikolai Mühlberger, Ruth Schwarzer, Beate Lettmeier, Gaby Sroczynski, Stefan Zeuzem, and Uwe Siebert PMCID: PMC2656539 Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality in Barcelona: 1992–2003 Rosa Puigpinós, Carme Borrell, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Enric Azlor, M Isabel Pasarín, Gemma Serral, Mariona Pons-Vigués, Maica Rodríguez-Sanz, and Esteve Fernández PMCID: PMC2640474 Epidemiology of frequent attenders: a 3-year historic cohort study comparing attendance, morbidity and prescriptions of one-year and persistent frequent attenders Frans ThM Smits, Henk J Brouwer, Gerben ter Riet, and Henk CP van Weert PMCID: PMC2649070 Age-specific symptom prevalence in women 35–64 years old: A population-based study Annika Bardel, Mari-Ann Wallander, Hans Wedel, and Kurt Svärdsudd PMCID: PMC2642515 Performance of two questionnaires to measure treatment adherence in patients with Type-2 Diabetes Carlos A Prado-Aguilar, Yolanda V Martínez, Yolanda Segovia-Bernal, Rosendo Reyes-Martínez, and Raul Arias-Ulloa PMCID: PMC2637241 Combined effects of functionally-oriented exercise regimens and nutritional supplementation on both the institutionalised and free-living frail elderly (double-blind, randomised clinical trial) Marek Zak, Christian Swine, and Tomasz Grodzicki PMCID: PMC2637855 Alcohol and cannabis use as risk factors for injury – a case-crossover analysis in a Swiss hospital emergency department Gerhard Gmel, Hervé Kuendig, Jürgen Rehm, Nicolas Schreyer, and Jean-Bernard Daeppen PMCID: PMC2654886 Are youth mentoring programs good value-for-money? An evaluation of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Melbourne Program Marjory L Moodie and Jane Fisher PMCID: PMC2640473 Burden of disease due to cancer in Spain Nerea Fernández de Larrea-Baz, Elena Álvarez-Martín, Consuelo Morant-Ginestar, Ricard Gènova-Maleras, Ángel Gil, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, and Gonzalo López-Abente PMCID: PMC2642814 Regional and social differences concerning overweight, participation in health check-ups and vaccination. Analysis of data from a whole birth cohort of 6-year old children in a prosperous German city Daniela Koller and Andreas Mielck PMCID: PMC2661071 High prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Iran: a large population-based study Farhad Hosseinpanah, Farshad Kasraei, Amir A Nassiri, and Fereidoun Azizi PMCID: PMC2658666 The effect of health and nutrition education intervention on women's postpartum beliefs and practices: a randomized controlled trial Nian Liu, Limei Mao, Xiufa Sun, Liegang Liu, Ping Yao, and Banghua Chen PMCID: PMC2640472 Potential determinants of obesity among children and adolescents in Germany: results from the cross-sectional KiGGS study Christina Kleiser, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Gert BM Mensink, Reinhild Prinz-Langenohl, and Bärbel-Maria Kurth PMCID: PMC2642815 Mortality profiles in a country facing epidemiological transition: An analysis of registered data Luis Huicho, Miguel Trelles, Fernando Gonzales, Walter Mendoza, and Jaime Miranda PMCID: PMC2640471 Alcohol and cardio-respiratory deaths in Chinese: a population-based case-control study of 32,462 older Hong Kong adults C Mary Schooling, Tai Hing Lam, Sai Yin Ho, Yao He, Kwok Hang Mak, and Gabriel M Leung PMCID: PMC2649071 The effect of alcohol advertising, marketing and portrayal on drinking behaviour in young people: systematic review of prospective cohort studies Lesley A Smith and David R Foxcroft PMCID: PMC2653035 Body weight dissatisfaction and communication with parents among adolescents in 24 countries: international cross-sectional survey Haleama Al Sabbah, Carine A Vereecken, Frank J Elgar, Tonja Nansel, Katrin Aasvee, Ziad Abdeen, Kristiina Ojala, Namanjeet Ahluwalia, and Lea Maes PMCID: PMC2645388 Delayed consultation among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a cross sectional study of 10 DOTS districts of Ethiopia Mengiste M Mesfin, James N Newell, John D Walley, Amanuel Gessessew, and Richard J Madeley PMCID: PMC2647537 Attitudes to kidney donation among primary care patients in rural Crete, Greece Emmanouil K Symvoulakis, Ioannis D Komninos, Nikos Antonakis, Myfanwy Morgan, Athanasios Alegakis, Emmanouil Tsafantakis, Marios Chatziarsenis, Anastas Philalithis, and Roger Jones PMCID: PMC2660320 Diagnosis and treatment delay among pulmonary tuberculosis patients identified using the Taiwan reporting enquiry system, 2002–2006 Hui-Ping Lin, Chung-Yeh Deng, and Pesus Chou PMCID: PMC2654887 Healthcare workers' attitudes to working during pandemic influenza: a qualitative study Jonathan Ives, Sheila Greenfield, Jayne M Parry, Heather Draper, Christine Gratus, Judith I Petts, Tom Sorell, and Sue Wilson PMCID: PMC2654560 Process evaluation of a community-based program for prevention and control of non-communicable disease in a developing country: The Isfahan Healthy Heart Program, Iran Katayoun Rabiei, Roya Kelishadi, Nizal Sarrafzadegan, Heidar Ali Abedi, Mousa Alavi, Kamal Heidari, Ahmad Bahonar, Maryam Boshtam, Karim Zare, and Shahryar Sadeghi PMCID: PMC2647538 Are there gender differences in the geography of alcohol-related mortality in Scotland? An ecological study Carol Emslie and Richard Mitchell PMCID: PMC2652460 Assessing the adequacy of self-reported alcohol abuse measurement across time and ethnicity: cross-cultural equivalence across Hispanics and Caucasians in 1992, non-equivalence in 2001–2002 Adam C Carle PMCID: PMC2653501 Exploring the nature of stigmatising beliefs about depression and help-seeking: Implications for reducing stigma Lisa J Barney, Kathleen M Griffiths, Helen Christensen, and Anthony F Jorm PMCID: PMC2654888 Inequalities in the incidence of cervical cancer in South East England 2001–2005: an investigation of population risk factors Laura G Currin, Ruth H Jack, Karen M Linklater, Vivian Mak, Henrik Møller, and Elizabeth A Davies PMCID: PMC2650689 Potential and Actual Terrestrial Rabies Exposures in People and Domestic Animals, Upstate South Carolina, 1994–2004: A Surveillance Study Catherine W Roseveare, W David Goolsby, and Ivo M Foppa PMCID: PMC2651164 Community-based infant hearing screening in a developing country: parental uptake of follow-up services Bolajoko O Olusanya and Oladele O Akinyemi PMCID: PMC2656536 A 10 year study of the cause of death in children under 15 years in Manhiça, Mozambique Jahit Sacarlal, Ariel Q Nhacolo, Betuel Sigaúque, Delino A Nhalungo, Fatima Abacassamo, Charfudin N Sacoor, Pedro Aide, Sonia Machevo, Tacilta Nhampossa, Eusébio V Macete, Quique Bassat, Catarina David, Azucena Bardají, Emili Letang, Francisco Saúte, John J Aponte, Ricardo Thompson, and Pedro L Alonso PMCID: PMC2656537 Evaluation of acceptability and use of lockable storage devices for pesticides in Sri Lanka that might assist in prevention of self-poisoning Keith Hawton, Lakshmi Ratnayeke, Sue Simkin, Louise Harriss, and Vanda Scott PMCID: PMC2656540 Income inequality and alcohol attributable harm in Australia Paul M Dietze, Damien J Jolley, Tanya N Chikritzhs, Susan Clemens, Paul Catalano, and Tim Stockwell PMCID: PMC2658667 Epidemiology and costs of cervical cancer screening and cervical dysplasia in Italy Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Alessandro Ricciardi, Catherine Cohet, Fabio Palazzo, Giacomo Furnari, Sabrina Valle, Nathalie Largeron, and Antonio Federici PMCID: PMC2651166 A closer look at the increase in suicide rates in South Korea from 1986–2005 Jin-Won Kwon, Heeran Chun, and Sung-il Cho PMCID: PMC2667417 The prevalence of work-related stress, and its association with self-perceived health and sick-leave, in a population of employed Swedish women Kristina Holmgren, Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff, Cecilia Björkelund, and Gunnel Hensing PMCID: PMC2653036 Adolescent's perceptions and expectations of parental action on children's smoking and snus use; national cross sectional data from three decades Maria Nilsson, Lars Weinehall, Erik Bergström, Hans Stenlund, and Urban Janlert PMCID: PMC2664804 Religion and HIV in Tanzania: influence of religious beliefs on HIV stigma, disclosure, and treatment attitudes James Zou, Yvonne Yamanaka, Muze John, Melissa Watt, Jan Ostermann, and Nathan Thielman PMCID: PMC2656538 Smoking, drinking and body weight after re-employment: does unemployment experience and compensation make a difference? Kelly L Bolton and Eunice Rodriguez PMCID: PMC2678120 Influence of socio-demographic factors on distances travelled to access HIV services: enhanced surveillance of HIV patients in north west England Penny A Cook, Jennifer Downing, C Philip Wheater, Mark A Bellis, Karen Tocque, Qutub Syed, and Penelope A Phillips-Howard PMCID: PMC2662835 Euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions: a mortality follow-back study in Belgium Lieve Van den Block, Reginald Deschepper, Johan Bilsen, Nathalie Bossuyt, Viviane Van Casteren, and Luc Deliens PMCID: PMC2660906 HIV-related risk behaviours and the correlates among rickshaw pullers of Kamrangirchar, Dhaka, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study using probability sampling Md Hafiz Ehsanul Hoque, Masako Ono-Kihara, Saman Zamani, Shahrzad Mortazavi Ravari, and Masahiro Kihara PMCID: PMC2670294 Which preventive measures might protect health care workers from SARS? Wei-Qing Chen, Wen-Hua Ling, Ci-Yong Lu, Yuan-Tao Hao, Zhong-Ning Lin, Li Ling, Jian Huang, Gang Li, and Guang-Mei Yan PMCID: PMC2666722 Associations among hair loss, oral sulfur-containing gases, and gastrointestinal and metabolic linked diseases in Japanese elderly men: pilot study Toshihiro Ansai, Shuji Awano, Inho Soh, Yutaka Takata, Akihiro Yoshida, Tomoko Hamasaki, and Tadamichi Takehara PMCID: PMC2666723 Maternal care and birth outcomes among ethnic minority women in Finland Maili Malin and Mika Gissler PMCID: PMC2674879 Pathways to malaria persistence in remote central Vietnam: a mixed-method study of health care and the community Martha Morrow, Quy A Nguyen, Sonia Caruana, Beverley A Biggs, Nhan H Doan, and Tien T Nong PMCID: PMC2666724 The effect of major depression on participation in preventive health care activities Scott B Patten, Jeanne VA Williams, Dina H Lavorato, and Michael Eliasziw PMCID: PMC2667419 The incidence of co-morbidities related to obesity and overweight: A systematic review and meta-analysis Daphne P Guh, Wei Zhang, Nick Bansback, Zubin Amarsi, C Laird Birmingham, and Aslam H Anis PMCID: PMC2667420 Terrorism in Australia: factors associated with perceived threat and incident-critical behaviours Garry Stevens, Kingsley Agho, Melanie Taylor, Margo Barr, Beverley Raphael, and Louisa Jorm PMCID: PMC2669476 Mental health literacy as a function of remoteness of residence: an Australian national study Kathleen M Griffiths, Helen Christensen, and Anthony F Jorm PMCID: PMC2670295 Timeliness of national notifiable diseases surveillance system in Korea: a cross-sectional study Hyo-Soon Yoo, Ok Park, Hye-Kyung Park, Eun-Gyu Lee, Eun-Kyeong Jeong, Jong-Koo Lee, and Sung-Il Cho PMCID: PMC2676269 Pre-hospital antibiotic treatment and mortality caused by invasive meningococcal disease, adjusting for indication bias Emilio Perea-Milla, Julián Olalla, Emilio Sánchez-Cantalejo, Francisco Martos, Petra Matute-Cruz, Guadalupe Carmona-López, Yolanda Fornieles, Aurelio Cayuela, Javier García-Alegría, and the ANCA Group PMCID: PMC2671503 Factors associated with self-care activities among adults in the United Kingdom: a systematic review Angela Ryan, Sue Wilson, Aliki Taylor, and Sheila Greenfield PMCID: PMC2674604 Process and impact evaluation of the Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy Health Impact Assessment Kaaren R Mathias and Ben Harris-Roxas PMCID: PMC2670296 The context of HIV risk behaviours among HIV-positive injection drug users in Viet Nam: Moving toward effective harm reduction Duong Cong Thanh, Karen Marie Moland, and Knut Fylkesnes PMCID: PMC2676271 Use of diagnostic self-tests on body materials among Internet users in the Netherlands: prevalence and correlates of use Gaby Ronda, Piet Portegijs, Geert-Jan Dinant, Frank Buntinx, Roelf Norg, and Trudy van der Weijden PMCID: PMC2675528 Regional perinatal mortality differences in the Netherlands; care is the question Miranda Tromp, Martine Eskes, Johannes B Reitsma, Jan Jaap HM Erwich, Hens AA Brouwers, Greta C Rijninks-van Driel, Gouke J Bonsel, and Anita CJ Ravelli PMCID: PMC2674436 Physical and emotional health outcomes after 12 months of public-sector antiretroviral treatment in the Free State Province of South Africa: a longitudinal study using structural equation modelling Edwin Wouters, Christo Heunis, Dingie van Rensburg, and Herman Meulemans PMCID: PMC2678117 Sick-leave track record and other potential predictors of a disability pension. A population based study of 8,218 men and women followed for 16 years Thorne Wallman, Hans Wedel, Edward Palmer, Annika Rosengren, Saga Johansson, Henry Eriksson, and Kurt Svärdsudd PMCID: PMC2674437 Socioeconomic position and overweight among adolescents: data from birth cohort studies in Brazil and the UK Alicia Matijasevich, Cesar G Victora, Jean Golding, Fernando C Barros, Ana Maria Menezes, Cora L Araujo, and George Davey Smith PMCID: PMC2673220 The relationship of adverse childhood experiences to a history of premature death of family members Robert F Anda, Maxia Dong, David W Brown, Vincent J Felitti, Wayne H Giles, Geraldine S Perry, Edwards J Valerie, and Shanta R Dube PMCID: PMC2674602 Enforcement of underage sales laws as a predictor of daily smoking among adolescents – a national study Joseph R DiFranza, Judith A Savageau, and Kenneth E Fletcher PMCID: PMC2676267 Gender differences in health and health care utilisation in various ethnic groups in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study Annette AM Gerritsen and Walter L Devillé PMCID: PMC2678118 Early initiation of sexual activity: a risk factor for sexually transmitted diseases, HIV infection, and unwanted pregnancy among university students in China Qiaoqin Ma, Masako Ono-Kihara, Liming Cong, Guozhang Xu, Xiaohong Pan, Saman Zamani, Shahrzad Mortazavi Ravari, Dandan Zhang, Takayuki Homma, and Masahiro Kihara PMCID: PMC2674603 Study Protocol Incidence and risk factors of exacerbations among COPD patients in primary health care: APMPOC study Eulàlia Borrell, Mar Rodríguez, Pere Torán, Laura Muñoz, Guillem Pera, Núria Montellà, Mònica Monteagudo, Magalí Urrea, Yolanda Puigfel, Antonio Negrete, Xavier Mezquiriz, Cristina Domènech, Anna Lacasta, Ma Llum García, Sandra Maneus, and Glòria Tintoré PMCID: PMC2633267 Evaluating real-time internet therapy and online self-help for problematic alcohol consumers: a three-arm RCT protocol Matthijs Blankers, Maarten Koeter, and Gerard M Schippers PMCID: PMC2636801 Referral from primary care to a physical activity programme: establishing long-term adherence? A randomized controlled trial. Rationale and study design Maria Giné-Garriga, Carme Martin, Carlos Martín, Anna Puig-Ribera, Juan José Antón, Agustí Guiu, Ana Cascos, and Rafel Ramos PMCID: PMC2654559 Effectiveness of a web-based self-help smoking cessation intervention: protocol of a randomised controlled trial Jeannet JAM Kramer, Marc C Willemsen, Barbara Conijn, Andrée J van Emst, Suzanne Brunsting, and Heleen Riper PMCID: PMC2632996 Effectiveness of a stepped primary care smoking cessation intervention (ISTAPS study): design of a cluster randomised trial Carmen Cabezas, Carlos Martin, Silvia Granollers, Concepció Morera, Josep Lluis Ballve, Elvira Zarza, Jordi Blade, Margarida Borras, Antoni Serra, Diana Puente, and Grupo ISTAPS [Intervención Sistematica sobre Tabaquismo en Atención Primaria de Salud] PMCID: PMC2666720 Design and methods for a cluster randomized trial of the Sunless Study: A skin cancer prevention intervention promoting sunless tanning among beach visitors Sherry L Pagoto, Kristin L Schneider, Jessica Oleski, Jamie S Bodenlos, Philip Merriam, and Yunsheng Ma PMCID: PMC2651165 A community based field research project investigating anaemia amongst young children living in rural Karnataka, India: a cross sectional study Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Varalaxmi Vijaykumar, NS Prashanth, H Sudarshan, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Jim Black, and Arun Shet PMCID: PMC2667415 Impact of an informed choice invitation on uptake of screening for diabetes in primary care (DICISION): trial protocol Eleanor Mann, A Toby Prevost, Simon Griffin, Ian Kellar, Stephen Sutton, Michael Parker, Simon Sanderson, Ann Louise Kinmonth, and Theresa M Marteau PMCID: PMC2666721 Assessment of a primary and tertiary care integrated management model for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Ignasi Bolíbar, Vicente Plaza, Mariantònia Llauger, Ester Amado, Pedro A Antón, Ana Espinosa, Leandra Domínguez, Mar Fraga, Montserrat Freixas, Josep A de la Fuente, Iskra Liguerre, Casimira Medrano, Meritxell Peiro, Mariantònia Pou, Joaquin Sanchis, Ingrid Solanes, Carles Valero, Pepi Valverde, and The COPD PROCESS Study Group PMCID: PMC2661072 HABITAT: A longitudinal multilevel study of physical activity change in mid-aged adults Nicola W Burton, Michele Haynes, Lee-Ann M Wilson, Billie Giles-Corti, Brian F Oldenburg, Wendy J Brown, Katrina Giskes, and Gavin Turrell PMCID: PMC2664805 A model to optimize public health care and downstage breast cancer in limited-resource populations in southern Brazil. (Porto Alegre Breast Health Intervention Cohort) Maira Caleffi, Rodrigo A Ribeiro, Dakir L Duarte Filho, Patrícia Ashton-Prolla, Ademar J Bedin, Junior, Giovana P Skonieski, Juliana M Zignani, Juliana Giacomazzi, Luciane R Franco, Márcia Graudenz, Paula Pohlmann, Jefferson G Fernandes, Philip Kivitz, and Bernardete Weber PMCID: PMC2669067 Cross sectional study of childhood obesity and prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in children aged 11–13 Anwen Rees, Non Thomas, Sinead Brophy, Gareth Knox, and Rhys Williams PMCID: PMC2667418 A quality improvement plan for hypertension control: the INCOTECA Project (INterventions for COntrol of hyperTEnsion in CAtalonia) Roser Vallès-Fernandez, Magdalena Rosell-Murphy, Olga Correcher-Aventin, Lucas Mengual-Martínez, Núria Aznar-Martínez, Gemma Prieto-De Lamo, Alícia Franzi-Sisó, Jordi Puig-Manresa, Josep Ma Bonet-Simó, and the INCOTECA research group PMCID: PMC2676268 Study Protocol: Randomised controlled trial to investigate the functional significance of marginal riboflavin status in young women in the UK (RIBOFEM) Marilyn HE Hill, Sohail Mushtaq, Elizabeth A Williams, Jack R Dainty, and Hilary J Powers PMCID: PMC2678121 Influence of a lifestyle intervention in preschool children on physiological and psychological parameters (Ballabeina): study design of a cluster randomized controlled trial Iris Niederer, Susi Kriemler, Lukas Zahner, Flavia Bürgi, Vincent Ebenegger, Tim Hartmann, Ursina Meyer, Christian Schindler, Andreas Nydegger, Pedro Marques-Vidal, and Jardena J Puder PMCID: PMC2676270 Oral cholera vaccine use in Zanzibar: socioeconomic and behavioural features affecting demand and acceptance Christian Schaetti, Raymond Hutubessy, Said M Ali, Al Pach, Mitchell G Weiss, Claire-Lise Chaignat, and Ahmed M Khatib PMCID: PMC2671504 Occupational voice demands and their impact on the call-centre industry DE Hazlett, OM Duffy, and SA Moorhead PMCID: PMC2674438 Clinical evaluation study of the German network of disorders of sex development (DSD)/intersexuality: study design, description of the study population, and data quality Anke Lux, Siegfried Kropf, Eva Kleinemeier, Martina Jürgensen, Ute Thyen, and The DSD Network Working Group PMCID: PMC2678119 Debate Are we losing the battle against cardiometabolic disease? The case for a paradigm shift in primary prevention Lutz E Kraushaar and Alexander Krämer PMCID: PMC2651167 |
