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  1. Cardiovascular disease is a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Cough and dyspnea are symptoms of both lung diseases and heart failure. This study aimed at determining the contribution of card...

    Authors: Ahmadou M Jingi, Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Edvine Wawo Yonta, Philippe Kamdem, Joël Marie Obama and Samuel Kingue
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:26
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  2. Routine health information systems (RHIS) are crucial to the acquisition of data for health sector planning. In developing countries, the insufficient quality of the data produced by these systems limits their...

    Authors: Yolaine Glèlè Ahanhanzo, Laurent T Ouedraogo, Alphonse Kpozèhouen, Yves Coppieters, Michel Makoutodé and Michèle Wilmet-Dramaix
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:25
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  3. Information is needed at all stages of the policy making process. The Health Survey for England (HSE) is an annual cross-sectional health examination survey of the non-institutionalised general population in E...

    Authors: Oyinlola Oyebode and Jennifer S Mindell
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:24
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  4. Tobacco control measurements’ had little impact on smoking prevalence in Morocco. The aim of this study is to provide first data on smoking attributable mortality in Morocco.

    Authors: Nabil Tachfouti, Chantal Raherison, Adil Najdi, Majdouline Obtel, Ahmed Rguig, Amina Idrissi Azami and Chakib Nejjari
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:23
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  5. One of the most important measures for ascertaining the impact of tobacco is the estimation of the mortality attributable to its use. Several indirect methods of quantification are available. The objective of ...

    Authors: Nabil Tachfouti, Chantal Raherison, Majdouline Obtel and Chakib Nejjari
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:22
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  6. As teenagers have easy access to both radio programs and cell phones, the current study used these tools so that young people could anonymously identify questions about sex and other related concerns in the ur...

    Authors: Gabriel Vodiena Nsakala, Yves Coppieters and Patrick Kalambayi Kayembe
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:21
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  7. There is evidence of school level variability in the physical activity of children and youth. Less is known about factors that may contribute to this variation. The purpose of this study was to examine if the ...

    Authors: Guy Faulkner, Laura Zeglen, Scott Leatherdale, Steve Manske and Michelle Stone
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:20
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  8. We ask whether verbal abuse, threats of violence and physical assault among Canadian youth have the same determinants and whether these determinants are the same for boys and girls. If these are different, the...

    Authors: Lihui Zhang, Lars Osberg and Shelley Phipps
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:19
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  32. Obesity is a major public health issue with increasing prevalence among adults. However, in Belgium the regional time trends (1997–2008) differed: the prevalence of obesity increased in the Flemish and Brussel...

    Authors: Sabine Drieskens, Johan Van der Heyden, Stefaan Demarest and Jean Tafforeau
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:18
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  33. Campylobacteriosis, a zoonotic bacterial disease observed world-wide, is becoming the most commonly recognized cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans. This study was done to determine the prevalence and ...

    Authors: Anna-Pendo Deogratias, Martha F Mushi, Laurent Paterno, Dennis Tappe, Jeremiah Seni, Rogatus Kabymera, Benson R Kidenya and Stephen E Mshana
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:17
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  34. Staphylococcus aureus, especially Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a major health problem recognized as the most important nosocomial pathogen, often causing postoperative wound infections. ...

    Authors: Amlsha Kahsay, Adane Mihret, Tamrat Abebe and Tebkew Andualem
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:16
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  35. Health literacy is widely considered as a key determinant of health and a priority in the public health policy agenda. Low health literacy has been associated with poorer health states, broader inequalities an...

    Authors: Athanassios Vozikis, Kyriakos Drivas and Kostantinos Milioris
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:15
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  36. Although literacy is increasingly considered to play a role in socioeconomic inequalities in health, its contribution to the explanation of educational differences in health has remained unexplored. The aim of...

    Authors: Mirjam P Fransen, Gillian Rowlands, Karlijn EF Leenaars and Marie-Louise Essink-Bot
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:14
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  37. Text4baby provides educational text messages to pregnant and postpartum women and targets underserved women. The primary purpose of this study is to examine the health behaviors and cell phone usage patterns o...

    Authors: Elisabeth Poorman, Julie Gazmararian, Lisa Elon and Ruth Parker
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:13
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  38. Health literacy has been recognized as an important factor influencing health behaviors and health outcomes. However, its definition is still evolving, and the tools available for its measurement are limited i...

    Authors: Ana Maria Moreno Londoño and Peter J Schulz
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:12
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  39. The problem of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents is considered an epidemic in both developed and developing world by the WHO. There has been little study on the relationship between health lit...

    Authors: Lawrence T Lam and Li Yang
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:11
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  41. Previous studies have shown that poor cognition and low body mass index were associated with increased mortality. But few studies have investigated the association between cognition and mortality across the en...

    Authors: Sujuan Gao, Yinlong Jin, Frederick W Unverzagt, Yibin Cheng, Liqin Su, Chenkun Wang, Feng Ma, Ann M Hake, Carla Kettler, Chen Chen, Jingyi Liu, Jianchao Bian, Ping Li, Jill R Murrell, Daniel O Clark and Hugh C Hendrie
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:9
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  42. Regular physical activity practice has been widely recommended for promoting health, but the physical activity levels remain low in the population. Therefore, the study of interventions to promote physical act...

    Authors: Emanuel P Salvador, Evelyn H Ribeiro, Leandro MT Garcia, Douglas R Andrade, Vanessa MV Guimaraes, Marcelo S Aoki and Alex A Florindo
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:8
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  43. Unhealthy processed food products are increasingly dominating over healthy foods, making food and nutrition environments unhealthier. Development and implementation of strong government healthy food policies i...

    Authors: Stefanie Vandevijvere and Boyd Swinburn
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:7
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  44. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) affects 25.8 million individuals in the United States and exerts a substantial economic burden on patients, health care systems, and society. Few studies have categorized costs ...

    Authors: Juliana L Meyers, Shreekant Parasuraman, Kelly F Bell, John P Graham and Sean D Candrilli
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:6
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. Current literature shows that people with a disability have a lower income than people without a disability. Disabled people often experience difficulties with health care access.

    Authors: Margo Adams, Nele Augustyns, Herman Janssens, Bart Vriesacker and Guido Van Hal
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:5
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  46. Low birth weight (LBW) is a major cause of neonatal deaths in developing countries including Nepal. Its social determinants in Nepal have rarely been identified. This study aimed to identify the factors associ...

    Authors: Vishnu Khanal, Yun Zhao and Kay Sauer
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:4
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. National health surveys are sometimes used to provide estimates on risk factors for policy and program development at the regional/local level. However, as regional/local needs may differ from national ones, a...

    Authors: Bernard CK Choi, Mary Lou Decou, Drona Rasali, Patricia J Martens, Michelina Mancuso, Ronald C Plotnikoff, Cory Neudorf, Joanne Thanos, Lawrence W Svenson, Keith Denny, Heather Orpana, Paula Stewart, Michael King, Jane Griffith, Tannis Erickson, Renate van Dorp…
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:2
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  49. Systematic planning could improve the generally moderate effectiveness of interventions to enhance adherence to clinical practice guidelines. The aim of our study was to demonstrate how the process of Interven...

    Authors: Geert M Rutten, Janneke Harting, Leona K Bartholomew, Jozé C Braspenning, Rob van Dolder, Marcel FGJ Heijmans, Erik JM Hendriks, Stef PJ Kremers, Roland PS van Peppen, Steven TJ Rutten, Angelique Schlief, Nanne K de Vries and Rob AB Oostendorp
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2014 72:1
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  50. Energy drink is a type of beverage which contains stimulant drugs chiefly caffeine and marketed as mental and physical stimulator. Coffee, tea, soft drinks and other caffeinated beverages are not considered as...

    Authors: Hafiz Muhammad Aslam, Anum Mughal, Muhammad Muzzammil Edhi, Shafaq Saleem, Masood Hussain Rao, Anum Aftab, Maliha Hanif, Alina Ahmed and Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan
    Citation: Archives of Public Health 2013 71:31
    Content type: Research Published on:

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