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BMC public health

Journal Volume: 15
Journal Issue: 1
Journal Year: 2015
Articles in SafetyLit: 168

A checklist to improve reporting of group-based behaviour-change interventions

A cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between tobacco and alcohol outlet density and neighbourhood deprivation

A cross-sectional study of the feasibility of pharmacy-delivered harm reduction services among people who inject drugs in Xichang, China

A gloomy picture: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials reveals disappointing effectiveness of programs aiming at preventing child maltreatment

A new public health context to understand male sex work

A population-based study on health-related quality of life among urban community residents in Shenyang, Northeast of China

A prospective pilot cohort analysis of crash characteristics and pattern of injuries in riders and pillion passengers involved in motorcycle crashes in an urban area in Cameroon: lessons for prevention

A qualitative study exploring adolescents' experiences with a school-based mental health program

A qualitative study on the views of experts regarding the incorporation of non-health outcomes into the economic evaluations of public health interventions

A reliability assessment of a direct-observation park evaluation tool: the Parks, Activity and Recreation among Kids (PARK) tool

A safety app to respond to dating violence for college women and their friends: the MyPlan study randomized controlled trial protocol

A systematic review including meta-analysis of work environment and depressive symptoms

A systematic review of studies evaluating Australian indigenous community development projects: the extent of community participation, their methodological quality and their outcomes

A systematic review of the clinical and social epidemiological research among sex workers in Uganda

Active Living: development and quasi-experimental evaluation of a school-centered physical activity intervention for primary school children

Active smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke and their relationship to depressive symptoms in the Korea national health and nutrition examination survey (KNHANES)

Adolescent school absenteeism and service use in a population-based study

Alcopops, taxation and harm: a segmented time series analysis of emergency department presentations

An evaluation of evidence-based paediatric injury prevention policies across Canada

An exploration of inter-organisational partnership assessment tools in the context of Australian Aboriginal-mainstream partnerships: a scoping review of the literature

Approaches used by parents to keep their children safe at home: a qualitative study to explore the perspectives of parents with children aged under five years

Are daylight saving time transitions associated with changes in myocardial infarction incidence? Results from the German MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry

ASPIRE: A multi-site community-based participatory research project to increase understanding of the dynamics of violence against immigrant and refugee women in Australia

Assessing community readiness online: a concurrent validation study

Association of socio-economic position and suicide/attempted suicide in low and middle income countries in South and South-East Asia - a systematic review

Associations between neighbourhood walkability and daily steps in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Associations between night work and BMI, alcohol, smoking, caffeine and exercise - a cross-sectional study

Associations between parental rules, style of communication and children's screen time

Associations between psychological distress and the most concerning present personal problems among working-age men in Japan

Attitudes and avatars instrument: development and initial testing

Being lonely or using substances with friends? A cross-sectional study of Hungarian adolescents' health risk behaviours

Beyond bridging the know-do gap: a qualitative study of systemic interaction to foster knowledge exchange in the public health sector in The Netherlands

Bicycle-related hospitalizations at a Taiwanese level I trauma center

Built environment interventions aimed at improving physical activity levels in rural Ontario health units: a descriptive qualitative study

Can housing improvements cure or prevent the onset of health conditions over time in deprived areas?

Causes of adult female deaths in Bangladesh: findings from two national surveys

Children's implicit recall of junk food, alcohol and gambling sponsorship in Australian sport

Clustering of non-communicable diseases risk factors in Bangladeshi adults: an analysis of STEPS survey 2013

Counting the cost of child mortality in the World Health Organization African region

Crime and subjective well-being in the countries of the former Soviet Union

Decadal transition of adult mortality pattern at Ballabgarh HDSS: evidence from verbal autopsy data

Demographic and socio-economic factors associated with multiple health risk behaviours among adolescents in Serbia: a cross sectional study

Depressive symptoms and early retirement intentions among Danish eldercare workers: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

Depressive symptoms as a cause and effect of job loss in men and women: evidence in the context of organisational downsizing from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health

Design of study without drugs: a Surinamese school-based drug-prevention program for adolescents

Determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in university students: a qualitative study using focus group discussions

Development and validation of a questionnaire to evaluate lifestyle-related behaviors in elementary school children

Disease profiles of detainees in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland: gender and age differences in substance abuse, mental health and chronic health conditions

Do open youth unemployment and youth programs leave the same mental health scars? - Evidence from a Swedish 27-year cohort study

Do school crossing guards make crossing roads safer? A quasi-experimental study of pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions in Toronto, Canada

Does the social context of early alcohol use affect risky drinking in adolescents? Prospective cohort study

Drowning in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents in Queensland (Australia)

Educational differences in the validity of self-reported physical activity

Effectiveness and implementation of interventions to increase commuter cycling to school: a quasi-experimental study

Effectiveness of a systematic approach to promote intersectoral collaboration in comprehensive school health promotion-a multiple-case study using quantitative and qualitative data

Epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among Egyptian children: a community-based cross-sectional survey

Eradicating female genital mutilation and cutting in Tanzania: an observational study

Erratum to: Development and feasibility study of very brief interventions for physical activity in primary care

Erratum: Randomized controlled trial on drowning prevention for parents with children aged below five years in Bangladesh: a study protocol

Evaluating the (cost-)effectiveness of guided and unguided Internet-based self-help for problematic alcohol use in employees - a three arm randomized controlled trial

Evaluation of psychometric properties and differential item functioning of 8-item Child Perceptions Questionnaires using item response theory

Experiencing 'pathologized presence and normalized absence'; understanding health related experiences and access to health care among Iraqi and Somali asylum seekers, refugees and persons without legal status

Exposure to and experiences of violence among adolescents in lower socio-economic groups in Johannesburg, South Africa

Factors that lead to the use of crack cocaine in combination with marijuana in Brazil: a qualitative study

Family planning to promote physical activity: a randomized controlled trial protocol

Health and educational success in adolescents: a longitudinal study

Health literacy and refugees' experiences of the health examination for asylum seekers - a Swedish cross-sectional study

Health-related employer support, recurring pain, and direct insurance costs for a self-insured employer

Heat protection behaviour in the UK: results of an online survey after the 2013 heatwave

Household illness, poverty and physical and emotional child abuse victimisation: findings from South Africa's first prospective cohort study

How active are people in metropolitan parks? An observational study of park visitation in Australia

How can we strengthen students' social relations in order to reduce school dropout? An intervention development study within four Danish vocational schools

Impact of male partner's awareness and support for contraceptives on female intent to use contraceptives in southeast Nigeria

Impact of socioeconomic status and subjective social class on overall and health-related quality of life

Importance of proximity to resources, social support, transportation and neighborhood security for mobility and social participation in older adults: results from a scoping study

Improved stove interventions to reduce household air pollution in low and middle income countries: a descriptive systematic review

Improving child survival through a district management strengthening and community empowerment intervention: early implementation experiences from Uganda

Individual and collective empowerment and associated factors among Brazilian adults: a cross-sectional study

Infant mortality and causes of infant deaths in rural Ethiopia: a population-based cohort of 3684 births

Installation of speed humps and pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions in Toronto, Canada: a quasi-experimental study

Insufficient access to harm reduction measures in prisons in 5 countries (PRIDE Europe): a shared European public health concern

Intra-household evaluations of alcohol abuse in men with depression and suicide in women: a cross-sectional community-based study in Chennai, India

KContact, an enhanced intervention for contact between children in out-of-home care and their parents: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

KIDS OUT! Protocol of a brief school-based intervention to promote physical activity and to reduce screen time in a sub-cohort of Finnish eighth graders

Knowledge and attitude towards rape and child sexual abuse - a community-based cross-sectional study in Rural Tanzania

Lifetime co-occurrence of violence victimisation and symptoms of psychological ill health: a cross-sectional study of Swedish male and female clinical and population samples

Living with mentally ill parents during adolescence: a risk factor for future welfare dependence? A longitudinal, population-based study

Long-term effects of lifetime trauma exposure in a rural community sample

Medical and welfare officers beliefs about post-deployment screening for mental health disorders in the UK Armed Forces: a qualitative study

Mental health impacts of racial discrimination in Australian culturally and linguistically diverse communities: a cross-sectional survey

Modelling the consequences of a reduction in alcohol consumption among patients with alcohol dependence based on real-life observational data

Modelling the contribution of walking between home and school to daily physical activity in primary age children

Mortality among drowning rescuers in China, 2013: a review of 225 rescue incidents from the press

Mortality trends among migrant groups living in Amsterdam

Multimorbidity and the inequalities of global ageing: a cross-sectional study of 28 countries using the World Health Surveys

National cohort study of absolute risk and age-specific incidence of multiple adverse outcomes between adolescence and early middle age

Neighbourhood built environment associations with body size in adults: mediating effects of activity and sedentariness in a cross-sectional study of New Zealand adults

No effect of unemployment on intimate partner-related femicide during the financial crisis: a longitudinal ecological study in Spain

Non-fatal overdoses and related risk factors among people who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia and Kohtla-Järve, Estonia

Non-fatal self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: associated triggers and motivations

Noncommunicable disease prevention and control in Mongolia: a policy analysis

Nutritional and lifestyle risk behaviors and their association with mental health and violence among Pakistani adolescents: results from the National Survey of 4583 individuals

Older adults' outdoor walking and the built environment: does income matter?

Parental academic involvement in adolescence as predictor of mental health trajectories over the life course: a prospective population-based cohort study

Parents' perception of stroller use in young children: a qualitative study

Participatory women's groups and counselling through home visits to improve child growth in rural eastern India: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Patterns and risk factors for deaths from external causes in rural Malawi over 10 years: a prospective population-based study

Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches (PASTA): protocol for a multi-centre, longitudinal study

Positive strategies men regularly use to prevent and manage depression: a national survey of Australian men

Potentially preventable premature deaths in women and men from the two leading causes of death in Austria, mortality statistics of the nine federal states 2010-2012

Prepared for what? Addressing the disaster readiness gap beyond preparedness for survival

Prevalence and influence factors of suicidal ideation among females and males in Northwestern urban China: a population-based epidemiological study

Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a web-based healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence (I-DECIDE)

Public health policy and walking in England-analysis of the 2008 'policy window'

Public response to the 2014 chemical spill in West Virginia: knowledge, opinions and behaviours

Randomized controlled trial on drowning prevention for parents with children aged below five years in Bangladesh: a study protocol

Rates of motorcycle helmet use and reasons for non-use among adults and children in Luang Prabang, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder after a flood in China: a 13-year follow-up and its prediction by degree of collective action

Relationship between single and multiple perpetrator rape perpetration in South Africa: a comparison of risk factors in a population-based sample

Risk factors for homicide victimization in post-genocide Rwanda: a population -based case- control study

Russia-specific relative risks and their effects on the estimated alcohol-attributable burden of disease

School-based intervention on healthy behaviour among Ecuadorian adolescents: effect of a cluster-randomized controlled trial on screen-time

Seat belt and mobile phone use among vehicle drivers in the city of Doha, Qatar: an observational study

Sexual behavior of migrant workers in Shanghai, China

Short-term effects of a rights-based sexuality education curriculum for high-school students: a cluster-randomized trial

Smartphone apps to improve fitness and increase physical activity among young people: protocol of the Apps for IMproving FITness (AIMFIT) randomized controlled trial

Socio-demographic factors and neighbourhood social cohesion influence adults' willingness to grant children greater independent mobility: a cross-sectional study

Socioeconomic differences in school dropout among young adults: the role of social relations

Socioeconomic gradients in the effects of universal school-based health behaviour interventions: a systematic review of intervention studies

Socioeconomic inequalities in non-communicable diseases and their risk factors: an overview of systematic reviews

Socioeconomic inequality and mortality - a regional Danish cohort study

Socioeconomic position and work, travel, and recreation-related physical activity in Japanese adults: a cross-sectional study

Socioeconomic predictors and consequences of depression among primary care attenders with non-communicable diseases in the Western Cape, South Africa: cohort study within a randomised trial

Study protocol: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial of a healthy lifestyle intervention for people attending residential substance abuse treatment

Subjective health of undocumented migrants in Germany - a mixed methods approach

Substance use and related problems among U.S. women who identify as mostly heterosexual

Suicide related ideation and behavior among Canadian gay and bisexual men: a syndemic analysis

Surveillance systems evaluation: a systematic review of the existing approaches

Systematic review of structural interventions for intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries: organizing evidence for prevention

Texting at the light and other forms of device distraction behind the wheel

The association between alcohol use and depressive symptoms across socioeconomic status among 40- and 45-year-old Norwegian adults

The Coordination and Activity Tracking in CHildren (CATCH) study: rationale and design

The different effects of neighbourhood and individual social capital on health-compromising behaviours in women during pregnancy: a multi-level analysis

The differential effects of intimate terrorism and situational couple violence on mental health outcomes among abused Chinese women: a mixed-method study

The diminishing socioeconomic disparity in obesity in a Chinese population with rapid economic development: analysis of serial cross-sectional health survey data 2002-2010

The effectiveness of the "Brainwork Intervention" in reducing sick leave for unemployed workers with psychological problems: design of a controlled clinical trial

The effects of narrative versus non-narrative information in school health education about alcohol drinking for low educated adolescents

The epidemiology of fatal cyclist crashes over a 14-year period in Alberta, Canada

The evidence base of primary research in public health emergency preparedness: a scoping review and stakeholder consultation

The feasibility of community mobilisation for child injury prevention in rural Nepal: a programme for female community health volunteers

The health and economic benefits of reducing intimate partner violence: an Australian example

The impact of a community-based risky drinking intervention (Beat da Binge) on Indigenous young people

The perceptions and experiences of people injured in motor vehicle crashes in a compensation scheme setting: a qualitative study

The relationship between mild alcohol consumption and mortality in Koreans: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The role of men in abandonment of female genital mutilation: a systematic review

The Sydney playground project- levelling the playing field: a cluster trial of a primary school-based intervention aiming to promote manageable risk-taking in children with disability

Under the banyan tree - exclusion and inclusion of people with mental disorders in rural North India

Understanding the determinants of under-five child mortality in Uganda including the estimation of unobserved household and community effects using both frequentist and Bayesian survival analysis approaches

Validation and psychometric analysis of the Internet Addiction Test in Spanish among college students

Validity of the Stages of Change in Steps instrument (SoC-Step) for achieving the physical activity goal of 10,000 steps per day

Visual impairment, coping strategies and impact on daily life: a qualitative study among working-age UK ex-service personnel

What happens when you tell someone you self-injure? The effects of disclosing NSSI to adults and peers

What is the effect of a combined physical activity and fall prevention intervention enhanced with health coaching and pedometers on older adults' physical activity levels and mobility-related goals? Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

What makes health impact assessments successful? Factors contributing to effectiveness in Australia and New Zealand

When children play, they feel better: organized activity participation and health in adolescents

Women's position and attitudes towards female genital mutilation in Egypt: a secondary analysis of the Egypt demographic and health surveys, 1995-2014

Young adult's own and parental social characteristics predict injury morbidity: a register-based follow-up of 135 000 men and women

Youth injury prevention in Canada: use of the Delphi method to develop recommendations