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  8. Authors: Leen Antonio, Frederick Wu, Terrence O'Neill, Stephen Pye, Emma Carter, Joseph Finn, Michaël Laurent, Ilpo Huhtaniemi, Martin Rutter, Giulia Rastrelli, Gianni Forti, Gyorgy Bartfai, Felipe Casanueva, Krzysztof Kula, Margus Punab, Aleksander Giwercman…
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73(Suppl 1):P10
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 73 Supplement 1

  9. Authors: Maria (Mieke) Goossens, Maurice Zeegers, Hendrik Van Poppel, Steven Joniau, Koen Ackaert, Filip Ameye, Ignace Billiet, Kurt Dillen, Lieven Goeman, Siska Van Bruwaene, Frank Van der Aa, Kris Vekemans and Frank Buntinx
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73(Suppl 1):P5
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 73 Supplement 1

  13. Breast cancer is by far the most frequent cancer of women. It is the second leading cause of death in women worldwide. Approximately one out of eight women develops breast cancer all over the world. Majority o...

    Authors: Negussie Birhane, Abebe Mamo, Eshetu Girma and Shifera Asfaw
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:39
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  14. Many countries have integrated antenatal care as an essential part of routine maternal health services. The importance of this service cannot be overemphasized as many women’s lives are usually saved particula...

    Authors: Selemani Mbuyita, Robert Tillya, Ritha Godfrey, Iddajovana Kinyonge, Josephine Shaban and Godfrey Mbaruku
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:36
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  15. Context and purpose of the study. To examine (1) associations between county-level zoning to support farmers’ market placement and county-level farmers’ market availability, rural/urban designation, percent Af...

    Authors: Stephanie Bell Jilcott Pitts, Mariel Leah Mayo Acheson, Rachel K Ward, Qiang Wu, Jared T McGuirt, Sally L Bullock, Mandee F Lancaster, Justin Raines and Alice S Ammerman
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:35
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  16. Information about risk factors of undernutrition and anaemia is useful to design appropriate strategies to control the health problems. In this study, the prevalence and factors associated with undernutrition ...

    Authors: Tilahun Alelign, Abraham Degarege and Berhanu Erko
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:34
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  17. Population aging accompanied by an increased longevity with disability has raised international concern, especially due to its costs to the health care systems. Chronic diseases are the main causes of physical...

    Authors: Renata T. C. Yokota, Johan Van der Heyden, Stefaan Demarest, Jean Tafforeau, Willma J. Nusselder, Patrick Deboosere and Herman Van Oyen
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:37
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  18. Distorted body image plays a significant role in the development of obesity, eating problems, and eating disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between distorted body image and li...

    Authors: Takako Shirasawa, Hirotaka Ochiai, Hinako Nanri, Rimei Nishimura, Tadahiro Ohtsu, Hiromi Hoshino, Naoko Tajima and Akatsuki Kokaze
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:32
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  19. Although dietary quality in middle-age and the prime age of a person’s work career might be determined by positive emotional well-being based on socioeconomic status (SES), causation among determinants of diet...

    Authors: Sayuri Kodama, Nobuya Fujii, Tadashi Furuhata, Naoko Sakurai, Yoshinori Fujiwara and Tanji Hoshi
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:30
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  20. The Belgian care trajectory (CT) for diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM), implemented in September 2009, aims at providing integrated, evidence-based, multidisciplinary patient- centred care, based on the chronic ...

    Authors: Viviane F. A. Van Casteren, Nathalie H. E. Bossuyt, Sarah J. S. Moreels, Geert Goderis, Katrien Vanthomme, Johan Wens and Etienne W De Clercq
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:31
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  21. Some studies show that the incidence of Lyme borreliosis is increasing in different European countries. In order to evaluate if this is also the case in Belgium, different data sources were consulted to descri...

    Authors: Corinne Bleyenheuft, Tinne Lernout, Nicolas Berger, Javiera Rebolledo, Mathias Leroy, Annie Robert and Sophie Quoilin
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:33
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  23. Difference in fruit and vegetable consumption has been suggested as a possible reason for the large gap in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates between Eastern and Western European populations. However...

    Authors: Denes Stefler and Martin Bobak
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:29
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  24. The burden of acute respiratory infections (ARI) among Moroccan children remains significant. However, scarce information is available regarding trends in its epidemiology and etiology, or regarding its associ...

    Authors: Imane Jroundi, Chafiq Mahraoui, Rachid Benmessaoud, Cinta Moraleda, BadrSououd Benjelloun and Quique Bassat
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:28
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  25. Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) was recently endorsed and recommended for screening for acute malnutrition in the community. The objective of this study was to determine whether a colour-banded MUAC strap w...

    Authors: Nikki Blackwell, Mark Myatt, Thierry Allafort-Duverger, Amour Balogoun, Almou Ibrahim and André Briend
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:26
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  27. Knowledge of the characteristics of patients co-infected with tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when TB treatment is initiated would allow clinicians to improve care and help policy-make...

    Authors: Ako A Agbor, Jean Joel R Bigna, Claudia S Plottel, Serges Clotaire Billong, Mathurin Cyrille Tejiokem, Gabriel L Ekali, Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Roselyne Toby, Hermine Abessolo and Sinata Koulla-Shiro
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:24
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  28. Severe acute malnutrition has continued to be growing problem in Sub Saharan Africa. We investigated the factors associated with morbidity and mortality of under-five children admitted and managed in hospital ...

    Authors: Tendai Munthali, Choolwe Jacobs, Lungowe Sitali, Rosalia Dambe and Charles Michelo
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:23
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  29. Research has demonstrated that children who participate in active play are more likely to be physically active, thereby improving long-term health outcomes. Many adult studies have also shown that neighborhood...

    Authors: Jennifer D Roberts, Rashawn Ray, Amber D Biles, Brandon Knight and Brian E Saelens
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:22
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  30. This paper investigates risk factors for the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms in the different survivor groups involved in a technological disaster in Ghislenghien (Belgium). A gas explosion instan...

    Authors: Erik De Soir, Emmanuelle Zech, Ann Versporten, Herman Van Oyen, Rolf Kleber, Jacques Mylle and Onno van der Hart
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:21
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  31. A longitudinal study was conducted in order to assess the impact of the Ghislenghien disaster (July 30th, 2004) on physical, mental and social health in the affected population. The present study explored the ...

    Authors: Erik De Soir, Ann Versporten, Emmanuelle Zech, Herman Van Oyen, Jacques Mylle, Rolf Kleber and Onno van der Hart
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:20
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  32. Frailty is a major health condition associated with ageing. Although the concept is almost universally accepted, its operational definition remains controversial. Anyway, this geriatric condition represents a ...

    Authors: Fanny Buckinx, Yves Rolland, Jean-Yves Reginster, Céline Ricour, Jean Petermans and Olivier Bruyère
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:19
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  33. Following an exceptionally high Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) incidence (Spring 2011) in a psychogeriatric long-term care facility, a bidirectional study (2009–2012) was initiated to identify determinant...

    Authors: Gretel Van Esch, Johan Van Broeck, Michel Delmée and Boudewijn Catry
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:18
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  34. Canada is among the world’s leading nations with the longest life expectancy at birth (LE0), and British Columbia (BC) ranks top among Canadian provinces and territories for LE0 in both men and women. This paper ...

    Authors: Li Rita Zhang and Drona Rasali
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:17
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  35. The editors of Archives of Public Health would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 72 (2014).

    Authors: Herman Van Oyen and Olivier Bruyère
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:16
    Content type: Reviewer acknowledgement Published on:

  36. Improving uptake of NHS Health Checks has become a priority in England, but there is a lack of data on the perceptions of programme non-attenders. This study aimed to explore how non-attenders of NHS Health Ch...

    Authors: Naomi Ellis, Christopher Gidlow, Lisa Cowap, Jason Randall, Zafar Iqbal and Jagdish Kumar
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:14
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  37. Tuberculosis is the leading causes of mortality among infectious diseases worldwide. The risk of transmission from patients to health workers is doubles that of the general population. The close contact to the...

    Authors: Girma Demissie Gizaw, Zewdie Aderaw Alemu and Kelemu Tilahun Kibret
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:15
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  38. Reducing premature mortality is a crucial public health objective. The goal of this paper, beside updating previous mortality atlases with recent data, is to explore the relative between-districts disparity us...

    Authors: Françoise Renard, Jean Tafforeau and Patrick Deboosere
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:13
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  39. This study addresses educational inequalities in young-adult mortality between the 1990s and the 2000s by comparing trends in the three different regions in Belgium stratified by sex. Social inequalities in mo...

    Authors: Hannelore De Grande, Hadewijch Vandenheede and Patrick Deboosere
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:11
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  41. The European Commission, together with the European Union (EU) Member States, developed a core set of indicators for monitoring public health in the EU, the European Core Health Indicators (ECHI) shortlist. Fr...

    Authors: Maartje Marloes Harbers, Marieke Verschuuren and Agnes de Bruin
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:9
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  43. In Japan, the cervical cancer screening rate is extremely low. Towards improving the cervical cancer screening rate, encouraging eligible people to make an informed choice, which is a decision-making process t...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Akihiro Shimoda, Yoshiki Ishikawa, Akiyo Taneichi, Mai Ohashi, Yoshifumi Takahashi, Takahiro Koyanagi, Hiroyuki Morisawa, Suzuyo Takahashi, Naoto Sato, Shizuo Machida, Yuji Takei, Yasushi Saga and Mitsuaki Suzuki
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:7
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  44. Overweight and underweight increase the risk of metabolic impairments and chronic disease. Interventions at the household level require the diagnosis of nutritional status among family members. The aim of this...

    Authors: Diana C Parra, Lora Iannotti, Luis F Gomez, Helena Pachón, Debra Haire-Joshu, Olga L Sarmiento, Anne Sebert Kuhlmann and Ross C Brownson
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:12
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  45. Phthalates are a group of environmental endocrine disruptors and have been ubiquitously applied in industrial field. Few studies had investigated how dietary intake was related with phthalate body burden in ch...

    Authors: Qing Shen, Huijing Shi, Yunhui Zhang and Yang Cao
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:5
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  46. The negative consequences of peer-victimization on children and adolescents are major public health concerns which have been subjected to extensive research. Given all efforts made to analyze and estimate the ...

    Authors: Lisa Hellström, Louise Persson and Curt Hagquist
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:4
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. Celebrities can have substantial influence as medical advisors. However, their impact on public health is equivocal: depending on the advice’s validity and applicability, celebrity engagements can benefit or h...

    Authors: Steven J Hoffman and Charlie Tan
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:3
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia, and although public health medical inspectors must be notified, it is often under-reported. The objectives of this study were to determine the completeness ...

    Authors: Stéphanie Jacquinet, Olivier Denis, Filomena Valente Soares and Carole Schirvel
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:2
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  49. The objective of this study was to analyze quantity, assess quality, and investigate international collaboration in research from Arab countries in the field of public, environmental and occupational health.

    Authors: Waleed M Sweileh, Sa’ed H Zyoud, Samah W Al-Jabi and Ansam F Sawalha
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:1
    Content type: Research Published on:

  50. In developing countries about 3.5% of children aged 0–5 years are victims of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Once the morbidity has developed the cure process takes variable period depending on various factor...

    Authors: Akalu Banbeta, Dinberu Seyoum, Tefera Belachew, Belay Birlie and Yehenew Getachew
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2015 73:6
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

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