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  1. Physical activity (PA) and fruit and vegetable intake (FVI) are two key modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Achieving change in these behaviours is challenging and affected by many variab...

    Authors: Rebecca A Dennison, Adina L Feldman, Juliet A Usher-Smith and Simon J Griffin

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:731

    Content type: Research article

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  2. Fall related injury is an emerging issue for older Indigenous people worldwide, yet few targeted fall prevention programs are currently available for Indigenous populations. In order to inform the development ...

    Authors: Caroline Lukaszyk, Julieann Coombes, Norma Jean Turner, Elizabeth Hillmann, Lisa Keay, Anne Tiedemann, Cathie Sherrington and Rebecca Ivers

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 18:77

    Content type: Research article

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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Public Health 2017 17:736

  3. There is limited evidence for the effectiveness of social media to promote healthy behaviour among Indigenous Australians, including to reduce smoking. Social media has significant potential to stimulate inter...

    Authors: Marita Hefler, Vicki Kerrigan, Becky Freeman, Gordon Robert Boot and David P. Thomas

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:615

    Content type: Research article

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  4. Understanding the breeding patterns of Aedes aegypti in households and the factors associated with infestation are important for implementing vector control. The baseline survey of a cluster randomised controlled...

    Authors: Arcadio Morales-Pérez, Elizabeth Nava-Aguilera, Alejandro Balanzar-Martínez, Antonio Juan Cortés-Guzmán, David Gasga-Salinas, Irma Esther Rodríguez-Ramos, Alba Meneses-Rentería, Sergio Paredes-Solís, José Legorreta-Soberanis, Felipe Gil Armendariz-Valle, Robert J. Ledogar, Anne Cockcroft and Neil Andersson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 1):450

    Content type: Research

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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  5. Worldwide, a total of 6.282 million deaths occurred among children aged less than 5 years in 2013. About 47.4 % of those were borne by the 47 Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region...

    Authors: Joses M. Kirigia, Rosenabi Deborah Karimi Muthuri, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem and Doris Gatwiri Kirigia

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1103

    Content type: Research article

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  6. Wastewater use in urban agriculture is common as a result of rapid urbanisation, and increasing competition for good quality water. In order to minimize risks to farmers and consumers of wastewater irrigated p...

    Authors: Prince Antwi-Agyei, Adam Biran, Anne Peasey, Jane Bruce and Jeroen Ensink

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:587

    Content type: Research article

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  7. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of disability and its associated risk factors among adults aged 18 years and over in Bogra district, Bangladesh.

    Authors: Manjula Marella, Nafisa L. Huq, Alexandra Devine, Sally M. Baker, Md A. Quaiyum and Jill E. Keeffe

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:867

    Content type: Research article

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  8. Illicit drug use (DU) and hazardous drinking (HD) among marginalized populations may be associated with greater barriers to care.

    Authors: Mika Matsuzaki, Quan M. Vu, Marya Gwadz, Joseph A. C. Delaney, Irene Kuo, Maria Esther Perez Trejo, William E. Cunningham, Chinazo O. Cunningham and Katerina Christopoulos

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:366

    Content type: Research article

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  9. Inappropriate complementary feeding practices significantly contribute to undernutrition among children under 2 years of age in India. However, there is limited up-to-date evidence on the prevalence and factor...

    Authors: Mansi Vijaybhai Dhami, Felix Akpojene Ogbo, Uchechukwu L. Osuagwu and Kingsley E. Agho

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1034

    Content type: Research article

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  10. Victimization in cyberspace has emerged as a new public health issue among the young. The main purpose of this study was to analyze associations between cyber victimization defined as cyber harassment (CH) (a ...

    Authors: Maria Fridh, Martin Lindström and Maria Rosvall

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:949

    Content type: Research article

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  11. In children, being sufficiently physically active, having low levels of screen-time and having a healthy diet are largely influenced by parenting practices. Children of parents applying positive parenting prac...

    Authors: Sara De Lepeleere, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Greet Cardon and Maïté Verloigne

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:366

    Content type: Research article

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  12. Breast and cervical cancers constitute the most common cancers among women in sub-Saharan Africa. In Zimbabwe, cervical cancer accounts for more than a third of all cancers among women of African descent. Canc...

    Authors: Lovemore Makurirofa, Priscilla Mangwiro, Victoria James, Amos Milanzi, Junior Mavu, Michael Nyamuranga and Sydney Kamtauni

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:109

    Content type: Research article

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  14. In an effort to reduce the disease burden in rural Rwanda, decrease poverty associated with expenditures for fuel, and minimize the environmental impact on forests and greenhouse gases from inefficient combust...

    Authors: Christina K. Barstow, Corey L. Nagel, Thomas F. Clasen and Evan A. Thomas

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:584

    Content type: Research article

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  15. Rates of obesity have increased globally and weight stigma is commonly experienced by people with obesity. Feeling stigmatised because of one’s weight can be a barrier to healthy eating, physical activity and ...

    Authors: Catherine Spooner, Upali W. Jayasinghe, Nighat Faruqi, Nigel Stocks and Mark F. Harris

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:640

    Content type: Research article

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  16. Intake of saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol has been associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease. The aim of this study was to explore whether increased nutrition knowledge is associated with...

    Authors: Najat Yahia, Carrie A. Brown, Melyssa Rapley and Mei Chung

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1047

    Content type: Research article

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  17. Despite the present HIV preventive and treatment programs, the prevalence of HIV is still high in eastern and southern Africa, among young women and populations at high.

    Authors: Theodora Mbunda, Edith A. M. Tarimo, Muhammad Bakari, Eric Sandström and Asli Kulane

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1537

    Content type: Research article

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  18. Many interventions that are delivered within public health services have little evidence of effect. Evaluating interventions that are being delivered as a part of usual practice offers opportunities to improve...

    Authors: Josie Dickerson, Philippa K. Bird, Maria Bryant, Nimarta Dharni, Sally Bridges, Kathryn Willan, Sara Ahern, Abigail Dunn, Dea Nielsen, Eleonora P. Uphoff, Tracey Bywater, Claudine Bowyer-Crane, Pinki Sahota, Neil Small, Michaela Howell, Gill Thornton…

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:260

    Content type: Correspondence

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  20. Despite reports of mental health issues, suicidality has not been closely examined among the migrant population. The association between induced abortion and suicidal ideation is unknown among unmarried female...

    Authors: Mengyun Luo, Xueqin Jiang, Ying Wang, Zezhou Wang, Qiuming Shen, Rui Li and Yong Cai

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:625

    Content type: Research article

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