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- 1From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Trafficking in women is a widespread human rights violation commonly associated with poor mental health. Yet, to date, no studies have used psychiatric diagnostic assessment to identify common forms of...
- 2From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground The prevalence of obesity and overweight in youth has increased dramatically since the 1980s, and some researchers hypothesize that increased consumption of low-nutrient, energy-dense foods is a key...
- 3From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Over the past three decades, the capacity to develop and implement injury surveillance systems (ISS) has grown worldwide and is reflected by the diversity of data gathering environments in which ISS operate....
- 4From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground The number of immigrants has increased in Italy in the last twenty years (7.2% of the Italian population), as have infants of foreign-born parents, but scanty evidence on perinatal outcomes is available. The...
- 5From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Public health researchers are increasingly encouraged to establish international collaborations and to undertake cross-national comparative studies. To-date relatively few such studies have addressed...
- 6From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Métis are descendants of early 17.sup.th .sup.century relationships between North American Indians and Europeans. This study's objectives were: (1) to compare the health status of the Métis people to all...
- 7From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Spatial planning affects the built environment, which in turn has the potential to have a significant impact on health, for good or ill. One way of ensuring that spatial plans take due account of health is...
- 8From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Sentinel surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections in hospitals and influenza-like illness in ambulatory clinics is recommended to assist in global pandemic influenza preparedness. Healthcare...
- 9From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground The present study is an evaluation of a 3-year parental program aiming to prevent underage drinking. The intervention was implemented by a non-governmental organization and targeted parents with children...
- 10From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground As in many European countries, access to care is decreased for undocumented migrants in the Netherlands due to legislation. Studies on the health of undocumented migrants in Europe are scarce and focus on...
- 11From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Cancer remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In developing countries, data on lung cancer mortality are scarce. Methods Using South Africa's annual mortality and population...
- 12From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Research on children's responses to wartime trauma has mostly addressed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, PTSD is only one aspect of a complex set of responses. This study proposes to expand...
- 13From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Possible accumulative effects of a combined economic hardship's measure, including both income and non-income related economic hardships measures, on mental health has not been well investigated. The aim...
- 14From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground In June 2009, the World Health Organization declared an A(H1N1) influenza pandemic. In October 2009, the largest vaccination campaign in Canadian history began. The aim of this study was to document...
- 15From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Syndromic surveillance has been widely adopted as a real-time monitoring tool for timely response to disease outbreaks. During the second wave of the pH1N1 pandemic in Fall 2009, two major universities in...
- 16From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground The primary aim of the present study was to investigate if exposure to dust from absorbent hygiene products containing superabsorbent polymer is related to symptoms from the airways and from the eyes. The...
- 17From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground The practice of tattooing and piercing has expanded in western society. In order to verify young adults' knowledge of the risk and practices related to body art, an investigation was conducted among...
- 18From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Low participation in population-based follow-up studies addressing psychosocial risk factors may cause biased estimation of health risk but the issue has seldom been examined. We compared risk estimates...
- 19From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Obesity has increased since the early 1980s, and despite numerous attempts, effective strategies to counter this worldwide epidemic are lacking. Food preferences are established early in life and are...
- 20From: BMC Public Health. (Vol. 11) Peer-ReviewedBackground Because of the quick development and widespread use of mobile phones, and their vast effect on communication and interactions, it is important to study possible negative health effects of mobile phone...