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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, EMBASE, Scopus, Current Contents, FSTA, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
Featured articles
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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Research article
How do healthcare consumers process and evaluate comparative healthcare information? A qualitative study using cognitive interviews. Olga C Damman, Michelle Hendriks, Jany Rademakers, Diana MJ Delnoij, Peter P Groenewegen BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :423 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
Effects of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation on dengue epidemics in Thailand, 1996-2005 Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Chi-Tai Fang, Suratsawadee Klinchan, Chung-Ming Liu, Chwan-Chuen King BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :422 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Accuracy and Usefulness of BMI Measures based on Self-Reported Weight and Height: Findings from the NHANES & NHIS 2001-2006 Manfred Stommel, Charlotte A Schoenborn BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :421 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Study protocol
Protocol: Transmission and prevention of influenza in Hutterites: Zoonotic transmission of influenza A: swine & swine workers Margaret L Russell, Julia Keenliside, Richard Webby, Kevin Fonseca, Pam Singh, Lorraine Moss, Mark Loeb BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :420 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Assessing Cost-Effectiveness in Obesity (ACE-Obesity):
an overview of the ACE approach, economic methods and cost results
Rob Carter, Marj Moodie, Alison Markwick, Anne Magnus, Theo Vos, Boyd Swinburn, Michelle M Haby BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :419 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in probation services: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol
Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Martin Bland, Paul Cassidy, Simon Coulton, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond, Eilish Gilvarry, Christine Godfrey, Nick Heather, Eileen Kaner, Judy Myles, Adenekan Oyefeso, Steve Parrott, Katherine Perryman, Tom Phillips, Don Shenker, Jonathan Shepherd BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :418 (18 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Subjective health legacy of the Chernobyl accident: A comparative study of 19-year olds in Kyiv Evelyn J Bromet, David P Taormina, Lin T Guey, Joost A Bijlsma, Semyon F Gluzman, Johan M Havenaar, Harold Carlson, Gabrielle A Carlson BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :417 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Rates of coverage and determinants of complete vaccination of children in rural areas of Burkina Faso (1998 - 2003) Drissa Sia, Pierre Fournier, Jean-Francois Kobiane, Blaise K Sondo BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :416 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The SHARP study: a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the short-term outcomes of housing and neighbourhood renewal Mark Petticrew, Ade Kearns, Phil Mason, Caroline Hoy BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :415 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Study protocol
Design and evaluation of a treatment programme for Spanish adolescents with overweight and obesity. The EVASYON Study David Martinez-Gomez, Sonia Gomez-Martinez, M Angeles Puertollano, Esther Nova, Julia W BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :414 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research article
Inequitable childhood immunization uptake in Nigeria: A multilevel analysis of individual and contextual determinants. Diddy Antai BMC Infectious Diseases 2009, 9 :181 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Is there an association between spatial access to parks/green space and childhood overweight/obesity in Calgary, Canada?
Melissa L Potestio, Alka B Patel, Chris D Powell, Deborah A McNeil, R DANIEL Jacobson, Lindsay McLaren International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2009, 6 :77 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Improving childhood malaria treatment and referral practices by training patent medicine vendors in rural south-east Nigeria Theodora A Okeke, Benjamin SC Uzochukwu Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :260 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Predicting intention to treat HIV-infected patients among Tanzanian and Sudanese medical and dental students using the theory of planned behaviour-a cross sectional study Anne N Astrom, Elwalid F Nasir BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :213 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research article
The risks of malaria infection in Kenya in 2009 Abdisalan M Noor, Peter W Gething, Victor A Alegana, Anand P Patil, Simon I Hay, Eric Muchiri, Elizabeth Juma, Robert W Snow BMC Infectious Diseases 2009, 9 :180 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Ancestry-related assortative mating in latino populations Neil Risch, Shweta Choudhry, Marc Via, Analabha Basu, Ronnie Sebro, Celeste Eng, Kenneth Beckman, Shannon Thyne, Rocio Chapela, Jose R Rodriguez-Santana, William Rodriguez-Cintron, Pedro C Avila, Elad Ziv, Esteban Gonzalez Burchard Genome Biology 2009, 10 :R132 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Toxic effects of brake wear particles on epithelial lung cells in vitro Michael Gasser, Michael Riediker, Loretta Mueller, Alain Perrenoud, Fabian Blank, Peter Gehr, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2009, 6 :30 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
Setting and meeting priorities in Indigenous health research in Australia and its application in the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health Johanna M Monk, Kevin G Rowley, Ian PS Anderson Health Research Policy and Systems 2009, 7 :25 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
India-U.S. collaboration to prevent adolescent HIV infection: the feasibility of a family-based HIV prevention intervention for rural Indian youth Asha Banu Soletti, Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Denise Burnette, Shilpi Sharma, Alida Bouris Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009, 2 :10 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
Occupational and environmental hazard assessments for the isolation, purification and toxicity testing of cyanobacterial toxins Ian Stewart, Wayne W Carmichael, Ross Sadler, Glenn B McGregor, Karen Reardon, Geoff K Eaglesham, Wasantha A Wickramasinghe, Alan A Seawright, Glen R Shaw Environmental Health 2009, 8 :52 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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