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BMC public health

Journal Volume: 15
Journal Issue:
Journal Year: 2015
Articles in SafetyLit: 120

'Language is the source of misunderstandings'-impact of terminology on public perceptions of health promotion messages

'What a man can do, a woman can do better': gendered alcohol consumption and (de)construction of social identity among young Nigerians

A cluster randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the 'Girls Active' intervention: a study protocol

A cross-sectional analysis of the geographic distribution and causes of maternal mortality in South Africa: 2002-2006

A cross-sectional survey and latent class analysis of the prevalence and clustering of health risk factors among people attending an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service

A cross-sectional survey on the health status and the health-related quality of life of the elderly after flood disaster in Bazhong city, Sichuan, China

A place to call home: study protocol for a longitudinal, mixed methods evaluation of two housing first adaptations in Sydney, Australia

A realist evaluation of community-based participatory research: partnership synergy, trust building and related ripple effects

A systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of peer education and peer support in prisons

A systematic review: effectiveness of mass media campaigns for reducing alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol-related crashes

A theory-based behavior-change intervention to reduce alcohol consumption in undergraduate students: Trial protocol

A web-based intervention for abused women: the New Zealand isafe randomised controlled trial protocol

Activating Schoolyards: study design of a quasi-experimental schoolyard intervention study

Active Smarter Kids (ASK): rationale and design of a cluster-randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of daily physical activity on children's academic performance and risk factors for non-communicable diseases

Active transportation and bullying in Canadian schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study

Adolescents' use of the built environment for physical activity

Adults with mild to moderate depression exhibit more alcohol related problems compared to the general adult population: a cross sectional study

Are area-based initiatives able to improve area safety in deprived areas? A quasi-experimental evaluation of the Dutch District Approach

Assessing biomarkers and neuropsychological outcomes in rural populations exposed to organophosphate pesticides in Chile - study design and protocol

Association between gender inequality index and child mortality rates: a cross-national study of 138 countries

Association of car ownership and physical activity across the spectrum of human development: Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study (METS)

Associations between e-cigarette access and smoking and drinking behaviours in teenagers

Associations between intimate partner violence, childcare practices and infant health: findings from demographic and health surveys in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru

Associations between parents' subjective time pressure and mental health problems among children in the Nordic countries: a population based study

Body mass index and depressive symptoms in middle aged and older adults

Burden and correlates of non-communicable-diseases among rural residents: a cross-sectional study in Hebei, China

Causes of suicidal behaviors in men who have sex with men in China: a national questionnaire survey

Challenges to the surveillance of non-communicable diseases--a review of selected approaches

Cholinesterase Research Outreach Project (CROP): measuring cholinesterase activity and pesticide use in an agricultural community

Common mental disorders among adult members of 'left-behind' international migrant worker families in Sri Lanka

Community as a source of health in three racial/ethnic communities in Oregon: a qualitative study

Community led active schools programme (CLASP) exploring the implementation of health interventions in primary schools: headteachers' perspectives

Comparison of physical activity questionnaires for the elderly with the International Classification of functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) - an analysis of content

Consumption and drinking frequency of alcoholic beverage among women in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Depressive symptoms and clustering of risk behaviours among adolescents and young adults attending vocational education: a cross-sectional study

Development of a text message intervention aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm in patients admitted to hospital as a result of injury

Development of a Vitality Scan related to workers' sustainable employability: a study assessing its internal consistency and construct validity

Distance to parks and non-residential destinations influences physical activity of older people, but crime doesn't: a cross-sectional study in a southern European city

Divorce and subsequent increase in uptake of antidepressant medication: a Finnish registry-based study on couple versus individual effects

Do consumers 'Get the facts'? A survey of alcohol warning label recognition in Australia

Does parental monitoring moderate the relationship between bullying and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior? A community-based self-report study of adolescents in Germany

Economic considerations and health in all policies initiatives: evidence from interviews with key informants in Sweden, Quebec and South Australia

Epidemiological characteristics and burden of childhood and adolescent injuries: a survey of elementary and secondary students in Xiamen, China

Erratum to: Study protocol: evaluation of a parenting and stress management programme: a randomised controlled trial of Triple P Discussion Groups and Stress Control

Establishing a proactive safety and health risk management system in the fire service

Evaluation of the effectiveness of care groups in expanding population coverage of key child survival interventions and reducing under-5 mortality: a comparative analysis using the lives saved tool (LiST)

Exploring comorbid use of marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol among 14 to 15-year-olds: findings from a national survey on adolescent substance use

Factors influencing the implementation of a school-based parental support programme to promote health-related behaviours-interviews with teachers and parents

Factors that challenge health for people involved in the compensation process following a motor vehicle crash: a longitudinal study

GrOup based physical Activity for oLder adults (GOAL) randomized controlled trial: study protocol

Health promotion in primary and secondary schools in Denmark: time trends and associations with schools' and students' characteristics

Hidden voices: prevalence and risk factors for violence against women with disabilities in Nepal

High school suicide in South Africa: teachers' knowledge, views and training needs

Identifying binge drinkers based on parenting dimensions and alcohol-specific parenting practices: building classifiers on adolescent-parent paired data

Impact of indoor air pollution from the use of solid fuels on the incidence of life threatening respiratory illnesses in children in India

Impact of socioeconomic status and medical conditions on health and healthcare utilization among aging Ghanaians

Impact of unstable housing on all-cause mortality among persons who inject drugs

Incremental health expenditure and lost days of normal activity for individuals with mental disorders: results from the São Paulo Megacity Study

Informal employment and health status in Central America

Initiation to street life: a qualitative examination of the physical, social, and psychological practices in becoming an accepted member of the street youth community in Western Kenya

Interrelationships between education, occupational class and income as determinants of sickness absence among young employees in 2002-2007 and 2008-2013

Intervenable factors associated with suicide risk in transgender persons: a respondent driven sampling study in Ontario, Canada

Investigating the relationship between self-rated health and social capital in South Africa: a multilevel panel data analysis

Is alcohol consumption in older adults associated with poor self-rated health? Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

It still takes a village: an epidemiological study of the role of social supports in understanding unexpected health states in young people

Large-scale implementation of alcohol brief interventions in new settings in Scotland: a qualitative interview study of a national programme

Latin American and Caribbean countries' baseline clinical and policy guidelines for responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women

Linked randomised controlled trials of face-to-face and electronic brief intervention methods to prevent alcohol related harm in young people aged 14-17 years presenting to Emergency Departments (SIPS junior)

Linking social and built environmental factors to the health of public housing residents: a focus group study

Medically unexplained symptoms and the risk of loss of labor market participation - a prospective study in the Danish population

Monthly variations in self-report of time-specified and typical alcohol use: the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT3)

Non-communicable diseases and preventive health behaviors: a comparison of Hispanics nationally and those living along the US-Mexico border

Number of visits to the emergency department and risk of suicide: a population- based case-control study

Occupational factors and subsequent major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders in the prospective French national SIP study

Open and Calm--a randomized controlled trial evaluating a public stress reduction program in Denmark

Parental perceptions of barriers and facilitators to preventing child unintentional injuries within the home: a qualitative study

Partners' controlling behaviors and intimate partner sexual violence among married women in Uganda

Patterns of accidental deaths in Kuwait: a retrospective descriptive study from 2003-2009

Patterns of Suicide in Kuwait: a retrospective descriptive study from 2003-2009

Population awareness of risks related to medicinal product use in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study for public health improvement in low and middle income countries

Prevalence of depressive symptoms and factors associated with it in type 2 diabetic patients: a cross-sectional study in China

Prospective register-based study of the impact of immigration on educational inequalities in mortality in Norway

Protocol for a national monthly survey of alcohol use in England with 6-month follow-up: 'The Alcohol Toolkit Study'

Randomized controlled trial of a minimal versus extended Internet-based intervention for problem drinkers: study protocol

Rationale and methods of a randomised cross-over cluster trial to assess the effectiveness of MOVI-KIDS on preventing obesity in pre-schoolers

Reaching older people with PA delivered in football clubs: the reach, adoption and implementation characteristics of the Extra Time Programme

Reliable mortality statistics for Turkey: are we there yet?

Rural definition of health: a systematic literature review

Sexual violence against female sex workers in The Gambia: a cross-sectional examination of the associations between victimization and reproductive, sexual and mental health

Sick-listing adherence: a register study of 1.4 million episodes of sickness benefit 2010-2013 in Sweden

Socioeconomic status and environmental noise exposure in Montreal, Canada

Socioeconomic status and sick leave granted for mental and somatic disorders: a prospective study of young adult twins

Structured additive regression models with spatial correlation to estimate under-five mortality risk factors in Ethiopia

Study protocol: the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of an employer-led intervention to increase walking during the daily commute: the Travel to Work randomised controlled trial

Tedium vitae, death wishes, suicidal ideation and attempts in Kenya-prevalence and risk factors

The association between daily steps and health, and the mediating role of body composition: a pedometer-based, cross-sectional study in an employed South African population

The association between income inequality and all-cause mortality across urban communities in Korea

The association between mental health symptoms and mobility limitation among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants: a population based study

The association between sedentary behaviour and risk of anxiety: a systematic review

The association between the parental perception of the physical neighborhood environment and children's location-specific physical activity

The burden of premature mortality in Poland analysed with the use of standard expected years of life lost

The effectiveness of community engagement in public health interventions for disadvantaged groups: a meta-analysis

The relationship between the built environment and habitual levels of physical activity in South African older adults: a pilot study

The role of population change in the increased economic differences in mortality: a study of premature death from all causes and major groups of causes of death in Spain, 1980-2010

The total sale of prescription drugs with an abuse potential predicts the number of excessive users: a national prescription database study

The World Health Organization's Health Promoting Schools framework: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

Tracking of maternal self-efficacy for limiting young children's television viewing and associations with children's television viewing time: a longitudinal analysis over 15-months

Training Sri Lankan public health midwives on intimate partner violence: a pre- and post-intervention study

Trends in the use of the Internet for health purposes in Poland

Type, frequency and purpose of information used to inform public health policy and program decision-making

Typology of person-environment fit constellations: a platform addressing accessibility problems in the built environment for people with functional limitations

Understanding influences on teachers' uptake and use of behaviour management strategies within the STARS trial: process evaluation protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Understanding the complex interplay of barriers to physical activity amongst black and minority ethnic groups in the United Kingdom: a qualitative synthesis using meta-ethnography

Use of the life table to compare mortality in ethnic groups in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Using a community-based definition of poverty for targeting poor households for premium subsidies in the context of a community health insurance in Burkina Faso

Using an electronic activity monitor system as an intervention modality: a systematic review

Web-based interventions to decrease alcohol use in adolescents: a Delphi study about increasing effectiveness and reducing drop-out

What are parents doing to reduce adolescent alcohol misuse? Evaluating concordance with parenting guidelines for adolescent alcohol use

Work situation and self-perceived economic situation as predictors of change in burnout - a prospective general population-based cohort study

Workplace violence against homecare workers and its relationship with workers health outcomes: a cross-sectional study