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The effectiveness of interventions to change six health behaviours: a review of reviews
Ruth G Jepson, Fiona M Harris, Stephen Platt, Carol Tannahill BMC Public Health 2010, 10:538 (8 September 2010)
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Health system outcomes and determinants amenable to public health in industrialized countries: a pooled, cross-sectional time series analysis
Onyebuchi A Arah, Gert P Westert, Diana M Delnoij, Niek S Klazinga BMC Public Health 2005, 5:81 (2 August 2005)
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Alcohol, tobacco and fat consumption - factors that are amenable to public health policies - are significantly associated with higher all-cause mortality and premature death in industrialized countries.
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Alcohol use as a risk factor for tuberculosis – a systematic review
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Potential determinants of obesity among children and adolescents in Germany: results from the cross-sectional KiGGS study
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Down syndrome, paternal age and education: comparison of California and the Czech Republic
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Changes in undergraduate student alcohol consumption as they progress through university
Bridgette M Bewick, Brendan Mulhern, Michael Barkham, Karen Trusler, Andrew J Hill, William B Stiles BMC Public Health 2008, 8:163 (19 May 2008)
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Determinants of vaccination coverage in rural Nigeria
Olumuyiwa O Odusanya, Ewan F Alufohai, Francois P Meurice, Vincent I Ahonkhai BMC Public Health 2008, 8:381 (5 November 2008)
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Pattern of medical waste management: existing scenario in Dhaka City, Bangladesh
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Evaluation of reporting timeliness of public health surveillance systems for infectious diseases
Ruth Jajosky, Samuel L Groseclose BMC Public Health 2004, 4:29 (26 July 2004)
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The timeliness of infectious disease surveillance in the USA is not reported in a standard manner, which limits the use of these data for directing public health responses.
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Intestinal parasites prevalence and related factors in school children, a western city sample-Turkey
Pinar Okyay, Sema Ertug, Berna Gultekin, Ozlem Onen, Erdal Beser BMC Public Health 2004, 4:64 (22 December 2004)
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SWITCH: rationale, design, and implementation of a community, school, and family-based intervention to modify behaviors related to childhood obesity
Joey C Eisenmann, Douglas A Gentile, Gregory J Welk, Randi Callahan, Sarah Strickland, Monica Walsh, David A Walsh BMC Public Health 2008, 8:223 (29 June 2008)
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A randomized controlled trial to evaluate self-determination theory for exercise adherence and weight control: rationale and intervention description
Marlene N Silva, David Markland, Cláudia S Minderico, Paulo N Vieira, Margarida M Castro, Sílvia R Coutinho, Teresa C Santos, Margarida G Matos, Luís B Sardinha, Pedro J Teixeira BMC Public Health 2008, 8:234 (9 July 2008)
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Overweight and obesity in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors among medical students in Crete, Greece
George Bertsias, Ioannis Mammas, Manolis Linardakis, Anthony Kafatos BMC Public Health 2003, 3:3 (8 January 2003)
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A prospective study of rural drinking water quality and acute gastrointestinal illness
Barbara Strauss, Will King, Arthur Ley, John R Hoey BMC Public Health 2001, 1:8 (29 August 2001)
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Cocaine- and opiate-related fatal overdose in New York City, 1990–2000
Kyle T Bernstein, Angela Bucciarelli, Tinka Piper, Charles Gross, Ken Tardiff, Sandro Galea BMC Public Health 2007, 7:31 (9 March 2007)
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Evaluation of the childhood obesity prevention program Kids - 'Go for your life'
Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski, Lauren Prosser, Lauren Carpenter, Suzy Honisett, Lisa Gibbs, Marj Moodie, Lauren Sheppard, Boyd Swinburn, Elizabeth Waters BMC Public Health 2010, 10:288 (28 May 2010)
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Teenage drinking, alcohol availability and pricing: a cross-sectional study of risk and protective factors for alcohol-related harms in school children
Mark A Bellis, Penelope A Phillips-Howard, Karen Hughes, Sara Hughes, Penny A Cook, Michela Morleo, Kerin Hannon, Linda Smallthwaite, Lisa Jones BMC Public Health 2009, 9:380 (9 October 2009)
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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.
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Are workplace health promotion programs effective at improving presenteeism in workers? a systematic review and best evidence synthesis of the literature
Carol Cancelliere, J David Cassidy, Carlo Ammendolia, Pierre Côté BMC Public Health 2011, 11:395 (26 May 2011)
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Evidence from the literature suggests successful workplace health promotion (WHP) programs which positively affect presenteeism are those which offer organizational leadership, health risk screening, individually tailored programs and a supportive workplace culture.
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Three versions of Perceived Stress Scale: validation in a sample of Chinese cardiac patients who smoke
Doris YP Leung, Tai-hing Lam, Sophia SC Chan BMC Public Health 2010, 10:513 (25 August 2010)
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National estimates for maternal mortality: an analysis based on the WHO systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity
Ana P Betrán, Daniel Wojdyla, Samuel F Posner, A Metin Gülmezoglu BMC Public Health 2005, 5:131 (12 December 2005)
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Systematic review of the prevalence of maternal mortality suggests that other than region, infant mortality rate, health expenditure per capita and skilled birth attendant are the best predictors of maternal mortality at national level.
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Adequate sleep among adolescents is positively associated with health status and health-related behaviors
Mei-Yen Chen, Edward K Wang, Yi-Jong Jeng BMC Public Health 2006, 6:59 (8 March 2006)
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Health beliefs about bottled water: a qualitative study
Lorna A Ward, Owen L Cain, Ryan A Mullally, Kathryn S Holliday, Aaron GH Wernham, Paul D Baillie, Sheila M Greenfield BMC Public Health 2009, 9:196 (19 June 2009)
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Although most people do not feel that bottled water confers any significant benefits over tap water, there is still a popular belief that drinking bottled water is beneficial to health.
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You might as well smoke; the misleading and harmful public message about smokeless tobacco
Carl V Phillips, Constance Wang, Brian Guenzel BMC Public Health 2005, 5:31 (5 April 2005)
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Information on the internet about the health risks associated with the consumption of smokeless tobacco usually overstates the risk by suggesting that smokeless tobacco is as harmful as cigarettes.
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Relationships, love and sexuality: what the Filipino teens think and feel
Jokin de Irala, Alfonso Osorio, Cristina del Burgo, Vina A Belen, Filipinas O de Guzman, María Calatrava, Antonio N Torralba BMC Public Health 2009, 9:282 (5 August 2009)
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