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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, EMBASE, Scopus, Current Contents, FSTA, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :20
Exposure to traumatic stress during childhood is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer that is not fully explained by smoking behaviour, suggesting that adverse experiences may also influence risk by other mechanisms.
BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :488
Data from the 2003 Ontario SARS outbreak suggests that quarantining is an effective measure to prevent infection, and to prevent a case of community transmission of the virus, 7.5 people must be quarantined.
BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :487
Increasing the amount you exercise, keeping an eye on your weight and not smoking can all lead to a healthier heart, and therefore an increased life expectancy
BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :465
The increasing trend of overweight and obesity among urban African women, which has risen by 35% during the nineties and particularly affects women of low socioeconomic or educational status, highlights a need for preventive interventions in this setting.
BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :460
In Australia, people with lower socioeconomic status receive fewer high technology health care interventions for angina but there is no inequality in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
Volume 9 Suppl 1
Research and reviews
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Research article
Are we doing enough? Evaluation of the Polio Eradication Initiative in a district of Pakistan's Punjab province: a LQAS study Muhammad Umair Mushtaq, Muhammad Ashraf Majrooh, Mohsin Zia Sana Ullah, Javed Akram, Arif Mahmood Siddiqui, Mushtaq Ahmad Shad, Muhammad Waqas, Hussain Muhammad Abdullah, Waqar Ahmad, Ubeera Shahid, Usman Khurshid BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :60 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
Construct validation of a non-exercise measure of cardiorespiratory fitness in older adults Emily L. Mailey, Siobhan M. White, Thomas R. Wojcicki, Amanda N. Szabo, Arthur F. Kramer, Edward McAuley BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :59 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Study protocol
Cluster randomized trial in smoking cessation with intensive advice in diabetic patients in primary care. ITADI Study Lydia Roig, Santiago Perez, Gemma Prieto, Carlos Martin, Mamta Advani, Angelina Armengol, Pilar Roura, Josep Maria Manresa, Elena Briones, Itadi Study Group BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :58 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Emotional, behavioural problems and cigarette smoking in adolescence: findings of a Greek cross-sectional study George Giannakopoulos, Chara Tzavara, Christine Dimitrakaki, Gerasimos Kolaitis, Vasiliki Rotsika, Yannis Tountas BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :57 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
The impact of parental migration on health status and health behaviours among left behind adolescent school children in China Yang Gao, Li-Ping Li, Jean H Kim, Nathan Congdon, Joseph Lau, Sian M Griffiths BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :56 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Intergenerational educational mobility is associated with cardiovascular disease risk behaviours in a cohort of young Australian adults: The Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) Study Seana L Gall, Joan Abbott-Chapman, George C Patton, Terence Dwyer, Alison Venn BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :55 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
Primary care Identification and Referral to Improve Safety of women experiencing domestic violence (IRIS): protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial Alison Gregory, Jean Ramsay, Roxane Agnew-Davies, Kathleen Baird, Angela Devine, Danielle Dunne, Sandra Eldridge, Annie Howell, Medina Johnson, Clare Rutterford, Debbie Sharp, Gene Feder BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :54 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Acculturation and self-reported health among Hispanics using a socio-behavioral model: the North Texas Healthy Heart Study
Katandria L. Johnson, Joan F. Carroll, Kimberly G. Fulda, Kathryn Cardarelli, Roberto Cardarelli BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :53 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Assessing local determinants of neural tube defects in the Heshun Region, Shanxi Province, China Jin-Feng Wang, Xin Liu, George Christatkos, Yi-Lan Liao, Xue Gu, Xiao-Ying Zheng BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :52 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Weight maintenance as a tight rope walk: a Grounded Theory study Kristina Lindvall, Christel Larsson, Lars Weinehall, Maria Emmelin BMC Public Health 2010, 10 :51 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Mammographic density and markers of socioeconomic status: a cross-sectional study Zoe Aitken, Kate Walker, Bernardine H Stegeman, Petra A Wark, Sue M Moss, Valerie A McCormack, Isabel dos Santos Silva BMC Cancer 2010, 10 :35 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Giving away used injection equipment: missed prevention message? Carol Strike, Daniel Z Buchman, Russell C Callaghan, Cass Wender, Susan Anstice, Brian Lester, Nick Scrivo, Janine Luce, Margaret Millson Harm Reduction Journal 2010, 7 :2 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
General practitioners' opinions on how to improve treatment of mental disorders in primary health care. Interviews with one hundred Norwegian general practitioners Arnstein Mykletun, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Tone Tangen, Simon Overland BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10 :35 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
The association between use of electronic media and prevalence of headache in adolescents: results from a population-based cross-sectional study Astrid Milde-Busch, Rudiger von Kries, Silke Thomas, Sabine Heinrich, Andreas Straube, Katja Radon BMC Neurology 2010, 10 :12 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Commentary
Gender & sexuality: emerging perspectives from the heterosexual epidemic in South Africa & implications for HIV risk and prevention
Rachel Jewkes, Robert Morrell Journal of the International AIDS Society 2010, 13 :6 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Spatial variability of climate effects on ischemic heart disease hospitalization rates for the period 1989-2006 in Quebec, Canada Lampouguin Bayentin, Salaheddine El Adlouni, Taha B.M.J. Ouarda, Pierre Gosselin, Bernard Doyon, Fateh Chebana International Journal of Health Geographics 2010, 9 :5 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Meeting report
Mongolian and Japanese Joint Conference on "Echinococcosis: diagnosis, treatment and prevention in Mongolia" June 4, 2009 A Gurbadam, D Nyamkhuu, G Nyamkhuu, A Tsendjav, O Sergelen, B Narantuya, Z Batsukh, G Battsetseg, B Oyun-Erdene, B Uranchimeg, D Otgonbaatar, D Temuulen, E Bayarmaa, D Abmed, S Tsogtsaikhan, A Usukhbayar, K Smirmaul, J Gereltuya, A Ito Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3 :8 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Pleasant for some and unpleasant for others: a protocol analysis of the cognitive factors that influence affective responses to exercise Elaine A Rose, Gaynor Parfitt International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2010, 7 :15 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case report
Mopane worm allergy in a 36-year-old woman: a case report Okechukwu A Okezie, Koloi K Kgomotso, Mavis M Letswiti Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010, 4 :42 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Study protocol
Evaluation of a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving patient adherence to antihypertensives: a randomized controlled trial Rosalind Lau, Kay Stewart, Kevin P McNamara, Shane L Jackson, Jeffery D Hughes, Gregory M Peterson, Diana A Bortoletto, Jenny McDowell, Michael J Bailey, Arthur Hsueh, Johnson George BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10 :34 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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