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Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD

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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.



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Worksite health promotion schemes improve the diets of employees to some extent, but to enhance the effects future programs should aim to change the worksite environment, rather than just focusing on individual education.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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  Latest supplements published in BMC Public Health


Volume 9 Suppl 1
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BMC  Latest articles published in BMC Public Health        [more info]


Study protocol
Effect of medication review and cognitive behaviour treatment by community pharmacists of patients discharged from the hospital on drug related problems and compliance: design of a randomized controlled trial
Abeer Ahmad, Jacqueline Hugtenburg, Laura MC Welschen, Jacqueline M Dekker, Giel Nijpels
BMC Public Health 2010, 10:133 (15March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Study protocol
Prevention of recurrent sickness absence among employees with common mental disorders: design of a cluster-randomised controlled trial with cost-benefit and effectiveness evaluation
Iris Arends, Jac JL van der Klink, Ute Bultmann
BMC Public Health 2010, 10:132 (15March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Study protocol
Effectiveness of a parenting programme in a public health setting: a randomised controlled trial of the positive parenting programme (Triple P) level 3 versus care as usual provided by the preventive child healthcare (PCH)
Willem Spijkers, Danielle EMC Jansen, Gea de Meer, Sijmen A Reijneveld
BMC Public Health 2010, 10:131 (15March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article
University life and pandemic influenza: Attitudes and intended behaviour of staff and students towards pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Debbie Van, Mary-Louise McLaws, Jacinta Crimmins, C.Raina MacIntyre, Holly Seale
BMC Public Health 2010, 10:130 (14March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article
Assessing the accessibility of HIV care packages among tuberculosis patients in the Northwest Region, Cameroon
Nwarbebe BARNABAS Njozing, Miguel SAN Sebastian, Pius MUFFIH Tih, Anna-Karin Hurtig
BMC Public Health 2010, 10:129 (12March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article
Determinants of public trust in complementary and alternative medicine
Evelien van der Schee, Peter P. Groenewegen
BMC Public Health 2010, 10:128 (12March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article
National survey of the association of depressive symptoms with the number of off duty and on-call, and sleep hours among physicians working in Japanese hospitals: a cross sectional study
Koji Wada, Toru Yoshikawa, Takahisa Goto, Aizan Hirai, Eisuke Matsushima, Yoshifumi Nakashima, Rie Akaho, Michiko Kido, Takashi Hosaka
BMC Public Health 2010, 10:127 (12March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article
'I guess my own fancy screwed me over': transitions in drug use and the context of choice among young people entrenched in an open drug scene
Danya Fast, Will Small, Andrea Krusi, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr
BMC Public Health 2010, 10:126 (12March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article
Canadian survey on pandemic flu preparations
Paul Ritvo, Kumanan Wilson, J L Gibson, C Guglietti, C S Tracy, J X Nie, A R Jadad, R EG Upshur, the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Pandemic Ethics Working Group
BMC Public Health 2010, 10:125 (11March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article
Assessing the congruence between perceived connectivity and network centrality measures specific to pandemic influenza preparedness in Alberta
Justin N Hall, Spencer Moore, Alan Shiell
BMC Public Health 2010, 10:124 (10March2010)
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Research article
Nonurgent patients in the emergency department? A French formula to prevent misuse
Stephanie Gentile, Pascal Vignally, Anne-Claire Durand, Sabina Gainotti, Roland Sambuc, Patrick Gerbeaux
BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10:66 (15March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research
Inflammogenic effect of well-characterized fullerenes in inhalation and intratracheal instillation studies
Yasuo Morimoto, Masami Hirohashi, Akira Ogami, Takako Oyabu, Toshihiko Myojo, Ken-ichiro Nishi, Chikara Kadoya, Motoi Todoroki, Makoto Yamamoto, Masahiro Murakami, Manabu Shimada, Wei-Ning Wang, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Katsuhide Fujita, Shigehisa Endoh, Kunio Uchida, Naohide Shinohara, Junko Nakanishi, Isamu Tanaka
Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2010, 7:4 (14March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article
Oral health status of adults in Southern Vietnam - a cross-sectional epidemiological study
Thoa C Nguyen, Dick J Witter, Ewald M Bronkhorst, Nhan B Truong, Nico HJ Creugers
BMC Oral Health 2010, 10:2 (13March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Review
Review of software for space-time disease surveillance
Colin Robertson, Trisalyn A Nelson
International Journal of Health Geographics 2010, 9:16 (12March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Short paper
Neighborhood sampling: How many streets must an auditor walk?
Tracy E McMillan, Catherine Cubbin, Barbara Parmenter, Ashley V Medina, Rebecca E Lee
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2010, 7:20 (12March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research
Preferences for health outcomes associated with Group A Streptococcal disease and vaccination
Grace M Lee, Joshua A Salomon, Charlene Gay, James K Hammitt
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:28 (12March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Software
CASE: a framework for computer supported outbreak detection
Baki Cakici, Kenneth Hebing, Maria Grunewald, Paul Saretok, Anette Hulth
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2010, 10:14 (12March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research
Evaluation of internal reliability in the presence of inconsistent responses
Daniel YT Fong, Sy Ho, Th Lam
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:27 (12March2010)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article
Assessing the context of health care utilization in Ecuador: A spatial and multilevel analysis
Daniel F Lopez-Cevallos, Chunhuei Chi
BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10:64 (12March2010)
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Research article
Role of Culex and Anopheles mosquito species as potential vectors of rift valley fever virus in Sudan outbreak, 2007
AlaaEddeen M Seufi, Fatma H Galal
BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10:65 (11March2010)
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