Volume 5, issue 1, December 2005
142 articles in this issue
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An automated, broad-based, near real-time public health surveillance system using presentations to hospital Emergency Departments in New South Wales, Australia
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- David J Muscatello
- Tim Churches
- Louisa Jorm
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2005
- Article: 141
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Please understand when I cry out in pain: women's accounts of maternity services during labour and delivery in Ghana
Authors
- Lucia D'Ambruoso
- Mercy Abbey
- Julia Hussein
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2005
- Article: 140
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Understanding non-compliance to colorectal cancer screening: a case control study, nested in a randomised trial [ISRCTN83029072]
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Paolo Giorgi Rossi
- Antonio Federici
- Gabriella Guasticchi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2005
- Article: 139
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Socio-demographic factors associated with smoking and smoking cessation among 426,344 pregnant women in New South Wales, Australia
Authors
- Mohammed Mohsin
- Adrian E Bauman
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2005
- Article: 138
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E-health: Determinants, opportunities, challenges and the way forward for countries in the WHO African Region
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Joses M Kirigia
- Anthony Seddoh
- Janet Seddoh
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2005
- Article: 137
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Safer injections following a new national medicine policy in the public sector, Burkina Faso 1995 – 2000
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Sophie Logez
- Yvan Hutin
- Kathleen Holloway
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2005
- Article: 136
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Use of a food frequency questionnaire in American Indian and Caucasian pregnant women: a validation study
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Heather J Baer
- Robin E Blum
- Graham A Colditz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2005
- Article: 135
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Promoting physical activity using an activity monitor and a tailored web-based advice: design of a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN93896459]
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Sander M Slootmaker
- Marijke JM Chin A Paw
- Willem van Mechelen
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2005
- Article: 134
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(Cost)-effectiveness of case-management by district nurses among primary informal caregivers of older adults with dementia symptoms and the older adults who receive informal care: design of a randomized controlled trial [ISCRTN83135728]
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Aaltje PD Jansen
- Hein PJ van Hout
- Wim AB Stalman
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 12 December 2005
- Article: 133
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Socioeconomic status and non-fatal injuries among Canadian adolescents: variations across SES and injury measures
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Beth K Potter
- Kathy N Speechley
- Douglas Manuel
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 December 2005
- Article: 132
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National estimates for maternal mortality: an analysis based on the WHO systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ana P Betrán
- Daniel Wojdyla
- A Metin Gülmezoglu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 December 2005
- Article: 131
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Cost, affordability and cost-effectiveness of strategies to control tuberculosis in countries with high HIV prevalence
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Christine SM Currie
- Katherine Floyd
- Christopher Dye
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 December 2005
- Article: 130
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Public perception of drinking water from private water supplies: focus group analyses
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Andria Q Jones
- Catherine E Dewey
- Eric Mathews
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 December 2005
- Article: 129
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Skin infection, housing and social circumstances in children living in remote Indigenous communities: testing conceptual and methodological approaches
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Ross S Bailie
- Matthew R Stevens
- Steven Guthridge
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 December 2005
- Article: 128
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Incidence of cancer in the area around Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 1988–2003: a population-based ecological study
Authors
- Otto Visser
- Joop H van Wijnen
- Flora E van Leeuwen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 December 2005
- Article: 127
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Patterns of alcohol drinking and its association with obesity: data from the third national health and nutrition examination survey, 1988–1994
Authors
- Ahmed A Arif
- James E Rohrer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2005
- Article: 126
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Comparative levels and time trends in blood pressure, total cholesterol, Body Mass Index and smoking among Caucasian and South-Asian participants of a UK primary-care based cardiovascular risk factor screening programme
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Georgios Lyratzopoulos
- Patrick McElduff
- Philip S Lewis
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 November 2005
- Article: 125
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Cardiovascular health knowledge and behavior in patient attendants at four tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan – a cause for concern
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Fahim H Jafary
- Fawad Aslam
- Irshad U Haque
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 November 2005
- Article: 124
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An economic way of reducing health, environmental, and other pressures of urban traffic: a decision analysis on trip aggregation
Authors
- Jouni T Tuomisto
- Marko Tainio
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 November 2005
- Article: 123
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Patient and health service delay in pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending a referral hospital: a cross-sectional study
Authors
- Mpungu S Kiwuwa
- Karamagi Charles
- Mayanja Kizza Harriet
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2005
- Article: 122
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Response of religious groups to HIV/AIDS as a sexually transmitted infection in Trinidad
Authors
- Gillian L Genrich
- Brader A Brathwaite
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 November 2005
- Article: 121
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Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices: a cross-sectional survey study
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Francisco G Soto Mas
- Richard L Papenfuss
- William M Kane
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 November 2005
- Article: 120
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Neglected diseases of neglected populations: Thinking to reshape the determinants of health in Latin America and the Caribbean
Authors
- John P Ehrenberg
- Steven K Ault
- Content type: Debate
- Open Access
- Published: 11 November 2005
- Article: 119
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Prevalence of Helicobacter pyloriinfection and associated factors among adults in Southern Brazil: a population-based cross-sectional study
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Ina S Santos
- Jose Boccio
- Ricardo D Lopes
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2005
- Article: 118
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Lithuanian health care in transitional state: ethical problems
Authors
- Irayda Jakušovaitė
- Žilvinas Darulis
- Romualdas Žekas
- Content type: Debate
- Open Access
- Published: 09 November 2005
- Article: 117
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The contribution of leading diseases and risk factors to excess losses of healthy life in eastern Europe: burden of disease study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- John W Powles
- Witold Zatonski
- Majid Ezzati
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 November 2005
- Article: 116
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Homeopathic medical practice: Long-term results of a cohort study with 3981 patients
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Claudia M Witt
- Rainer Lüdtke
- Stefan N Willich
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 November 2005
- Article: 115
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Blood pressure patterns in rural, semi-urban and urban children in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Charles Agyemang
- William K Redekop
- Marc A Bruijnzeels
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2005
- Article: 114
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Protocol for: Sheffield Obesity Trial (SHOT): A randomised controlled trial of exercise therapy and mental health outcomes in obese adolescents [ISRCNT83888112]
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Amanda J Daley
- Robert J Copeland
- Jerry KH Wales
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 31 October 2005
- Article: 113
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Diet induced weight loss accelerates onset of negative alliesthesia in obese women
Authors
- Patrick Frankham
- Caroline Gosselin
- Michel Cabanac
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 October 2005
- Article: 112
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Risk factors for adverse perinatal outcomes in imprisoned pregnant women: a systematic review
Authors
- Marian Knight
- Emma Plugge
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 October 2005
- Article: 111
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Improving rates of pneumococcal vaccination on discharge from a tertiary center medical teaching unit: A prospective intervention
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Chandra M Thomas
- Andrea Loewen
- Norman RC Campbell
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 October 2005
- Article: 110
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Khat and alcohol use and risky sex behaviour among in-school and out-of-school youth in Ethiopia
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Derege Kebede
- Atalay Alem
- Tewodros Gebremichael
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 October 2005
- Article: 109
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Assessing immunization data quality from routine reports in Mozambique
Authors
- João C Mavimbe
- Jørn Braa
- Gunnar Bjune
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 October 2005
- Article: 108
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Prevalence and associations of symptoms of upper extremities, repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and 'RSI-like condition'. A cross sectional study of bank workers in Northeast Brazil
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Eliana M Lacerda
- Luis C Nácul
- Danielle C Wanderley
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 October 2005
- Article: 107
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Unfavourable birth outcomes of the Roma women in the Czech Republic and the potential explanations: a population-based study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Martin Bobak
- Jan Dejmek
- Radim J Sram
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 October 2005
- Article: 106
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Evaluation of school absenteeism data for early outbreak detection, New York City
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Melanie Besculides
- Richard Heffernan
- Don Weiss
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 October 2005
- Article: 105
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Differing mental health practice among general practitioners, private psychiatrists and public psychiatrists
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- N Younès
- MC Hardy-Bayle
- I Gasquet
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 October 2005
- Article: 104
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Work ethics and general work attitudes in adolescents are related to quality of life, sense of coherence and subjective health – a Swedish questionnaire study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Lars Axelsson
- Ingemar Andersson
- Göran Ejlertsson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 October 2005
- Article: 103
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Is relatively young age within a school year a risk factor for mental health problems and poor school performance? A population-based cross-sectional study of adolescents in Oslo, Norway
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Lars Lien
- Kristian Tambs
- Espen Bjertness
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 October 2005
- Article: 102
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Case management for the treatment of patients with major depression in general practices – rationale, design and conduct of a cluster randomized controlled trial – PRoMPT (Primary care Monitoring for depressive Patient's Trial) [ISRCTN66386086] – Study protocol
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Jochen Gensichen
- Marion Torge
- Ferdinand M Gerlach
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 05 October 2005
- Article: 101
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Birth outcomes in Colorado's undocumented immigrant population
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Mary M Reed
- John M Westfall
- Alexandra Fickenscher
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 October 2005
- Article: 100
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ELSID-Diabetes study-evaluation of a large scale implementation of disease management programmes for patients with type 2 diabetes. Rationale, design and conduct – a study protocol [ISRCTN08471887]
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Stefanie Joos
- Thomas Rosemann
- Joachim Szecsenyi
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 04 October 2005
- Article: 99
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HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: outputs, cost and efficiency
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Lalit Dandona
- Pratap Sisodia
- James G Kahn
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 September 2005
- Article: 98
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A population-based study of asthma, quality of life, and occupation among elderly Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites: a cross-sectional investigation
Authors
- Ahmed A Arif
- James E Rohrer
- George L Delclos
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 September 2005
- Article: 97
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Comparison of prevalence and severity of asthma among adolescents in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago: results of a nationwide cross-sectional survey
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Michele A Monteil
- Gina Joseph
- Robin M Antoine
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 September 2005
- Article: 96
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AIDS knowledge and attitudes in a Turkish population: an epidemiological study
Authors
- Unal Ayranci
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 September 2005
- Article: 95
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Validation of self reported diagnosis of hypertension in a cohort of university graduates in Spain
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Alvaro Alonso
- Juan José Beunza
- Miguel Angel MartÃnez-González
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 September 2005
- Article: 94
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Methodological aspects of a GIS-based environmental health inspection program used in the Athens 2004 Olympic and Para Olympic Games
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Christos Hadjichristodoulou
- Elpidoforos S Soteriades
- Jeni Kremastinou
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 September 2005
- Article: 93