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- Till Bärnighausen, Harvard School of Public Health
- Mark R Cullen, Stanford University School of Medicine
- William Cumberland, UCLA School of Public Health
- David J Hunter, Durham University
- Omar Khan, University of Vermont
- Carl A Latkin, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
- Lea Maes, Ghent University
- Silvia Martins, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Fiona Matthews, MRC Biostatistics Unit
- Victor Minichiello, La Trobe University
- Jonathan Nguyen-Van-Tam, University of Nottingham
- Martin O'Flaherty, University of Liverpool
- Angela Pesatori, University of Milan
- Giovanni Rezza, Istituto Superiore di Sanita
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BMC Public Health 2013, 13:790E-health initiatives in sexual health care
Victor Minichiello and his co-authors discuss the potentials of E-health in providing and accessing sexual health services and present recommendations towards addressing some of the emerging challenges e-sexual health issues pose.
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BMC Public Health 2013, 13:773Is volunteering good for your health?
Observational evidence suggests that volunteering may benefit mental health and survival but future research is needed to explore the causal mechanisms between volunteering and mortality as these remain unclear.
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BMC Public Health 2013, 13:731Mental models challenge HIV trial efforts
There are several common mental models regarding HIV vaccine trials among men who have sex with men in India which may pose obstacles to the safe and ethical implementation of these trials among marginalised communities such as this.
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BMC Public Health 2013, 13:700IGT associated with lack of sleep
Lack of sleep is significantly associated with impaired glucose metabolism (IGT) in men as is low vitality in both men and women, suggesting research is needed to determine how these factors interact in persons susceptible to developing IGT.
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BMC Public Health 2013, 13:689Global progress toward reducing maternal mortality
Omar Khan, Nancy Sloan and Richard Derman review the global improvements in maternal mortality over the last 25 years, discussing which interventions have been most beneficial and where future resources need to be invested.
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BMC Public Health 2013, 13:6872009 H1N1 influenza pandemic response in Ontario
Ontario’s H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Plans report diverse experiences in their response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, although consensus exists for more detailed planning and the inclusion of multiple health system and community stakeholders.
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BMC Public Health 2013, 13:684Electronic media affects sleep habits
Electronic media use and its presence in children's bedrooms predicts shorter sleep duration and later bedtimes, and the more the use, the greater the decrease in sleep duration and the delay in bedtime eighteen months later.
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BMC Public Health 2013, 13:681Socioeconomics affect metabolic syndrome risk
Living in areas with more highly educated people is protective against developing metabolic syndrome, independently of one's own education level and lifestyle habits but this relationship is not seen when income is used as the area-level measure.
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Editor's profile
Carl Latkin is Professor in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society and in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr Latkin works in developing and testing sustainable social network and social diffusion behavior change interventions and is the principal investigator at the Lighthouse, a community-based research center that focuses on health promotion and disease prevention. His research interests include HIV prevention and care among disadvantaged populations, domestic and international approaches to behavior change, social and personal network analysis, neighborhood factors and health behaviors, injection drug users, STIs, alcohol, harm reduction, mental health, social support, social context and risk behavior, integrating qualitative and quantitative methods.
"I've been impressed with the diversity of articles in BMC Public Health in terms of country of origin and methodologies, with considerable amount of qualitative research"
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