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  1. Data on adolescents’ physical activity and determinants are scarce in Nepal. In this study, we aim to assess the level of physical activity, its correlates and the sedentary behavior of high school students in...

    Authors: Kiran Thapa, Parash Mani Bhandari, Dipika Neupane, Shristi Bhochhibhoya, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa and Ramjee Prasad Pathak

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:886

    Content type: Research article

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  2. Antimicrobial self-medication is common in most low and middle income countries (LMICs). However there has been no systematic review on non-prescription antimicrobial use in these settings. This review thus in...

    Authors: Moses Ocan, Ekwaro A. Obuku, Freddie Bwanga, Dickens Akena, Sennono Richard, Jasper Ogwal-Okeng and Celestino Obua

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:742

    Content type: Research article

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  4. There is a lack of evidence regarding clusters of health-related behaviors among adolescents from low, lower-middle, and upper-middle income countries. This study aimed to identify clustering patterns of healt...

    Authors: Thiago Sousa Matias, Kelly Samara Silva, Jaqueline Aragoni da Silva, Gabrielli Thais de Mello and Jo Salmon

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1283

    Content type: Research article

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  5. Understanding what factors influence the receipt of postabortion contraception can help improve comprehensive abortion care services. The abortion visit is an ideal time to reach women at the highest risk of u...

    Authors: Lauren Maxwell, Gertrude Voetagbe, Mary Paul and Alice Mark

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:586

    Content type: Research article

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  7. Evidence from epidemiological studies has demonstrated that a shorter or longer duration of nighttime sleep may increase the risk of metabolic syndrome. Little is known about the association between daily slee...

    Authors: Jing Wu, Guiqiang Xu, Lijun Shen, Yanmei Zhang, Lulu Song, Siyi Yang, Handong Yang, Yuan Liang, Tangchun Wu and Youjie Wang

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:178

    Content type: Research article

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  8. Participation in community life is vital for health and wellbeing, promoting a sense of belonging, networks of social support and opportunities for physical activity. Disabled young people have lower levels of...

    Authors: Penelope Carroll, Karen Witten, Octavia Calder-Dawe, Melody Smith, Robin Kearns, Lanuola Asiasiga, Judy Lin, Nicola Kayes and Suzanne Mavoa

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:712

    Content type: Study protocol

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  9. Students engage in risky health-related behaviours that influence their current and future health status. Health-related behaviours cluster among adults and differently based on sub-populations characteristics...

    Authors: Joseph J. Murphy, Ciaran MacDonncha, Marie H. Murphy, Niamh Murphy, Anna Timperio, Rebecca M Leech and Catherine B. Woods

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:121

    Content type: Research article

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  10. The health of migrants has become an important issue in global health and foreign policy. Assessing the current status of research activity and identifying gaps in global migration health (GMH) is an important...

    Authors: Waleed M. Sweileh, Kolitha Wickramage, Kevin Pottie, Charles Hui, Bayard Roberts, Ansam F. Sawalha and Saed H. Zyoud

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:777

    Content type: Research article

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  11. It is difficult to obtain detailed information on non-participants in physical and health examination checkups in community-based epidemiological studies. We investigated the characteristics of non-participant...

    Authors: Miwa Yamaguchi, Tsukasa Yoshida, Yosuke Yamada, Yuya Watanabe, Hinako Nanri, Keiichi Yokoyama, Heiwa Date, Motoko Miyake, Aya Itoi, Emi Yamagata, Taeko Masumoto, Yasuko Okayama, Yasuko Yoshinaka and Misaka Kimura

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:568

    Content type: Research article

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  12. Eating habits are established during childhood and track into adolescence and later in life. Given that these habits have a large public health impact and influence the increasing rates of childhood obesity wo...

    Authors: Margrethe Røed, Elisabet R. Hillesund, Frøydis N. Vik, Wendy Van Lippevelde and Nina Cecilie Øverby

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:563

    Content type: Study protocol

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  13. Past studies have found that children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) engage in less physical activity than typically developing children. This “activity deficit” may result in children with DCD...

    Authors: John Cairney, Cheryl Missiuna, Brian W. Timmons, Christine Rodriguez, Scott Veldhuizen, Sara King-Dowling, Sarah Wellman and Tuyen Le

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:1266

    Content type: Study protocol

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  14. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the vector for dengue fever, yellow fever, chikungunya, and zika viruses. Inadequate vector control has contributed to persistence and increase of these diseases. This review assesse...

    Authors: Víctor Alvarado-Castro, Sergio Paredes-Solís, Elizabeth Nava-Aguilera, Arcadio Morales-Pérez, Lidia Alarcón-Morales, Norma Alejandra Balderas-Vargas and Neil Andersson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17(Suppl 1):384

    Content type: Research

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

  17. Cervical cancer (CC) and genital warts (GW) are a significant public health issue in Venezuela. Our objective was to assess the cost-effectiveness of the two available vaccines, bivalent and quadrivalent, agai...

    Authors: Ariel Esteban Bardach, Osvaldo Ulises Garay, María Calderón, Andrés Pichón-Riviére, Federico Augustovski, Sebastián García Martí, Paula Cortiñas, Marino Gonzalez, Laura T. Naranjo, Jorge Alberto Gomez and Joaquín Enzo Caporale

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2017 17:152

    Content type: Research article

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  18. Sufficient daily physical activity (PA) is necessary for physical, social and mental health benefits during growth. Most of the available data on children is based on subjective reports, while only limited dat...

    Authors: Eva-Maria Riso, Merike Kull, Kerli Mooses, Aave Hannus and Jaak Jürimäe

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:346

    Content type: Research article

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  19. Mothers have a primary role in the prevention of cervical cancer in Korea. This study aimed to determine the awareness and health beliefs of mothers about preventing cervical cancer in their daughters, their i...

    Authors: Hae Won Kim

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:370

    Content type: Research article

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  20. Plague remains a public health problem in specific areas located in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. Its prevention and control encompasses adequate clinical management and timely laboratory diagnosis. Howev...

    Authors: Ana Rivière-Cinnamond, Alain Santandreu, Anita Luján, Frederic Mertens, John Omar Espinoza, Yesenia Carpio, Johnny Bravo and Jean-Marc Gabastou

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:220

    Content type: Research article

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