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Natalie Pafitis MSc


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BMC Public Health is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community. BMC Public Health (ISSN 1471-2458) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.



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BMC Public Health 2009, 9:390
School teachers and nurses consider extra hand-washing interventions for infection control acceptable but time constraints and logistic barriers mean their feasibility is limited in the absence of a major health threat.
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BMC Public Health 2009, 9:380
Negative experiences among teenagers, such as violence, regretted sex and memory loss, increase with drinking frequency and units consumed, and are more commonly associated with the consumption of cheap alcohol and accessing drink outside the family environment.
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BMC Public Health 2009, 9:377
30% of British children under 16 live with at least one binge-drinking parent and 8% with an adult who has used illicit drugs, exceeding previous estimates and highlighting concerns over sub-optimal care and poor role models.
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School-aged children in Africa represent the greatest reservoir of malaria infections but are the age group with lowest use of insecticide-treated nets, suggesting school delivery of nets might improve coverage and halt parasite transmission.
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BMC Public Health 2009, 9:366
Coal workers in China can be assessed for their pneumoconiosis risk by an artificial neural network that reveals the duration of dust exposure and their occupational category are the most important risk factors.


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BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9(Suppl 1)
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Factors associated with mortality in HIV-infected and uninfected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Ferdinand M Mugusi, Saurabh Mehta, Eduardo Villamor, Willy Urassa, Elma Saathoff, Ronald J Bosch, Wafaie W Fawzi
BMC Public Health 2009, 9:409 (12November2009)
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Study protocol
The Vital@Work Study. The systematic development of a lifestyle intervention to improve older workers' vitality and the design of a randomised controlled trial evaluating this intervention.
Jorien E Strijk, Karin I Proper, Allard J van der Beek, Willem van Mechelen
BMC Public Health 2009, 9:408 (10November2009)
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Long-term follow-up of disability pensioners having musculoskeletal disorders
Liv H Magnussen, Liv I Strand, Jan S Skouen, Hege R Eriksen
BMC Public Health 2009, 9:407 (10November2009)
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Improving the coverage of the PMTCT programme through a participatory quality improvement intervention in South Africa.
Tanya Doherty, Mickey Chopra, Duduzile Nsibande, Dudu Mngoma
BMC Public Health 2009, 9:406 (5November2009)
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Pattern of pesticide storage before pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka
Fahim Mohamed, Gamini Manuweera, David Gunnell, Shifa Azher, Michael Eddleston, Andrew Dawson, Flemming Konradsen
BMC Public Health 2009, 9:405 (5November2009)
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The Healthy Steps Study: A randomized controlled trial of a pedometer-based Green Prescription for older adults: Trial protocol
Gregory S Kolt, Grant M Schofield, Ngaire Kearse, Nick Garrett, Philip Schluter, Toni Ashton, Asmita Patel
BMC Public Health 2009, 9:404 (1November2009)
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Supporting adolescent emotional health in schools: a mixed methods study of student and staff views in England
Judi Kidger, Jenny L Donovan, Lucy Biddle, Rona Campbell, David Gunnell
BMC Public Health 2009, 9:403 (31October2009)
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General symptom reporting in female fibromyalgia patients and referents: a population-based case-referent study
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BMC Public Health 2009, 9:402 (31October2009)
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A cost-utility analysis of cervical cancer vaccination in preadolescent Canadian females
Andrea M Anonychuk, Chris T Bauch, Maraki Fikre Merid, Georges Van Kriekinge, Nadia Demarteau
BMC Public Health 2009, 9:401 (31October2009)
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16-year excess all-cause mortality of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients: a cohort study
Lars J Hansen, Niels de Fine Olivarius, Volkert Siersma
BMC Public Health 2009, 9:400 (31October2009)
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Susceptibility to heat wave-related mortality: a follow-up study of a cohort of elderly in Rome
Patrizia Schifano, Giovanna Cappai, Manuela De Sario, Paola Michelozzi, Claudia Marino, Anna Maria Bargagli, Carlo A Perucci
Environmental Health 2009, 8:50 (12November2009)
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The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland (LNR): a programme protocol
Richard Baker, Noelle Robertson, Stephen Rogers, Melanie Davies, Nigel Brunskill, Kamlesh Khunti, Michael Steiner, Martin Williams, Paul Sinfield
Implementation Science 2009, 4:72 (12November2009)
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Research
Psychometric evaluation of the Social Phobia Screening Questionnaire for Children (SPSQ-C)
Malin Gren-Landell, Andreas Bjorklind, Maria Tillfors, Tomas Furmark, Carl Goran Svedin, Gerhard Andersson
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2009, 3:36 (11November2009)
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Commentary
International flow of Zambian nurses
Naomi Hamada, Jill Maben, Barbara McPake, Kara Hanson
Human Resources for Health 2009, 7:83 (11November2009)
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Research
Anonymous HIV workplace surveys as an advocacy tool for affordable private health insurance in Namibia
Ingrid de Beer, Hannah M Coutinho, Peter J van Wyk, Esegiel Gaeb, Tobias Rinke de Wit, Michele van Vugt
Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009, 2:7 (11November2009)
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Research
Spatial risk profiling of Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in a high endemicity area in Cote d'Ivoire
Giovanna Raso, Kigbafori D Silue, Penelope Vounatsou, Burton H Singer, Ahoua Yapi, Marcel Tanner, Juerg Utzinger, Eliezer K N'Goran
Malaria Journal 2009, 8:252 (11November2009)
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From HIV diagnosis to treatment: evaluation of a referral system to promote and monitor access to antiretroviral therapy in rural Tanzania
Ray Nsigaye, Alison Wringe, Maria Roura, Samuel Kalluvya, Mark Urassa, Joanna Busza, Basia Zaba
Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009, 2:6 (11November2009)
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The role of community health workers in improving child health programmes in Mali
Freddy Perez, Hamady Ba, Sayed G Dastagire, Mathias Altmann
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:28 (10November2009)
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Research
An analysis of ophthalmology services in Finland - has the time come for a Public-Private Partnership?
Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen, Juhani Lehto
Health Research Policy and Systems 2009, 7:24 (10November2009)
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Collecting household water usage data: telephone questionnaire or diary?
Joanne E O'Toole, Martha I Sinclair, Karin Leder
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:72 (9November2009)
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