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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Natalie Pafitis MSc
Welcome to BMC Public Health published by BioMed Central
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.
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.
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.
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.
BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :369
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.
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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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 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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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 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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General symptom reporting in female fibromyalgia patients and referents: a population-based case-referent study
Karin Bjorkegren, Mari-Ann Wallander, Saga Johansson, Kurt Svardsudd BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :402 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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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 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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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 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The sexual attitudes and lifestyles of London's Eastern Europeans (SALLEE Project): design and methods Alison R Evans, Violetta Parutis, Graham Hart, Catherine H Mercer, Christopher Gerry, Richard Mole, Rebecca S French, John Imrie, Fiona Burns BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :399 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Weight status and hypertension among adolescent girls in Argentina and Norway: Data from the ENNyS and HUNT studies. Marit Stray-Pedersen, Ragnhild M Helsing, Luz Gibbons, Gabriela Cormick, Turid L Holmen, Torstein Vik, Jose M Belizan BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :398 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Chlamydia trachomatis infection and sexual behaviour among female students attending higher education in the Republic of Ireland. Emer O'Connell, Wendy Brennan, Martin Cormican, Marita Glacken, Diarmuid O'Donovan, Akke Vellinga, Niall Cahill, Fionnguala Lysaght, Joan O'Donnell BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :397 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Towards translation of environmental determinants of physical activity in children into multi-sector policy measures: study design of a Dutch project. Marie-Jeanne Aarts, Ien AM Van de Goor, Hans AM Van Oers, Albertine J Schuit BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :396 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Time series analysis of dengue fever and weather in Guangzhou, China Liang Lu, Hualiang Lin, Linwei Tian, Weizhong Yang, Jimin Sun, Qiyong Liu BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :395 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A frailty index to predict the mortality risk in a population of senior mexican adults Jose Juan Garcia-Gonzalez, Carmen Garcia-Pena, Francisco Franco-Marina, Luis Miguel Gutierrez-Robledo BMC Geriatrics 2009, 9 :47 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Analytic perspective
Debunking the claim that abstinence is usually healthier for smokers than switching to a low-risk alternative, and other observations about anti-tobacco-harm-reduction arguments Carl V Phillips Harm Reduction Journal 2009, 6 :29 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
Are vaccination programmes delivered by lay health workers cost-effective? A systematic review Adrijana Corluka, Damian G Walker, Simon Lewin, Claire Glenton, Inger B Scheel Human Resources for Health 2009, 7 :81 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Health related quality of life of Dutch children: psychometric properties of the PedsQL in the Netherlands Vivian Engelen, Marleen M Haentjens, Symone B Detmar, Hendrik M Koopman, Martha A Grootenhuis BMC Pediatrics 2009, 9 :68 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Adherence to isoniazid prophylaxis among HIV-infected children: a randomized controlled trial comparing two dosing schedules
Stanzi M le Roux, Mark F Cotton, Jonathan E Golub, David M le Roux, Lesley Workman, Heather J Zar BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :67 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Smoking prevalence trends in Indigenous Australians, 1994-2004: a typical rather than an exceptional epidemic David P Thomas International Journal for Equity in Health 2009, 8 :37 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Pan-European Chikungunya surveillance: designing risk stratified surveillance zones Natasha Tilston, Chris Skelly, Phil Weinstein International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8 :61 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Utilisation of podiatry services in Australia under the Medicare Enhanced Primary Care program, 2004-2008 Hylton B Menz Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009, 2 :30 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Current European guidelines for management of arterial hypertension: Are they adequate for use in primary care?
Modelling study based on the Norwegian HUNT 2 population Halfdan Petursson, Linn Getz, Johann A Sigurdsson, Irene Hetlevik BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :70 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Assessment of oral self-care in patients with periodontitis: A pilot study in a dental school clinic in Japan Atsushi Saito, Momomi Kikuchi, Fumie Ueshima, Shinya Matsumoto, Hiroki Hayakawa, Hitomi Masuda, Takemi Makiishi BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :27 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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