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Benchmarking the transparency, comprehensiveness and specificity of populatio...
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to assess the commitments of food companies in Malaysia to improving population nutrition using the Business Impact Assessment on... -
The moderating role of food cue sensitivity in the behavioral response of chi...
Abstract Background Neighborhood food cues have been inconsistently related to residents’ health, possibly due to variations in residents’ sensitivity to such cues. This study... -
Patient-reported quality indicators to evaluate physiotherapy care for hip an...
Abstract Background There is no physiotherapy-specific quality indicator tool available to evaluate physiotherapy care for people with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis (OA). This... -
Geographic health inequalities in Norway: a Gini analysis of cross-county dif...
Abstract Background This study aims at quantifying the level and changes over time of inequality in age-specific mortality and life expectancy between the 19 Norwegian counties... -
The role of the built environment in explaining educational inequalities in w...
Abstract Background This study examined whether characteristics of the residential built environment (i.e. population density, level of mixed land use, connectivity,... -
Perspectives of policy-makers and stakeholders about health care waste manage...
Abstract Background In South Africa, a new primary health care (PHC) re-engineering initiative aims to scale up the provision of community-based care (CBC). A central element in... -
A systematic review of media parenting in the context of childhood obesity re...
Abstract Background We conducted a systematic review to obtain studies on childhood obesity and parenting published between 2009 and 2015, and draw out those studies with a... -
Potential gains in life expectancy by reducing inequality of lifespans in Den...
Abstract Background Reducing lifespan inequality is increasingly recognized as a health policy objective. Whereas lifespan inequality declined with rising longevity in most... -
No long-term effect of a 2-days intervention on how to prepare homemade food,...
Abstract Objective Optimal nutrition from early age reduces the risk of developing non-communicable diseases later in life. The aim of this study was to examine the long-term... -
Spatial patterns of unemployment in Central Europe: emerging development axes...
In this paper, we focus on mapping and analysing the spatial patterns of unemployment in four Central European countries – Austria, Czechia, Germany, and Poland, on municipal... -
The effects of dislocations on crystallographic twins and domain wall motion ...
Abstract Pure magnetite experiences a first-order phase transition (the Verwey transition) near 120â 125Â K wherein the mineralâ s symmetry changes from cubic to monoclinic.... -
Attitudes of consumers and live-poultry workers to central slaughtering in co...
Abstract Background Guangdong Province in the Pearl River Delta of Southeast China is among the areas in the country with the highest rates of avian flu cases. In order to... -
The prevention and management of chronic disease in primary care: recommendat...
Abstract Background Seven chronic disease prevention and management programs were implemented across Quebec with funding support from a provincial-private industry funding... -
Density of outdoor advertising of consumable products in NYC by neighborhood ...
Abstract Background To determine if outdoor advertising density for non-alcoholic drinks, food, tobacco products, and alcohol, is associated with neighborhood poverty or other... -
Mapping the predicted and potential impacts of metal mining and its mitigatio...
Abstract Background Since the 1960s, environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and recently, social impact assessments (SIAs), have been conducted during the planning stages of... -
Beyond efficacy in water containers: Temephos and household entomological ind...
Abstract Background A cluster-randomized controlled trial of community mobilisation for dengue prevention in Mexico and Nicaragua reported, as a secondary finding, a higher risk... -
A practical community-based response strategy to interrupt Ebola transmission...
Abstract Background The Ebola virus disease spread rapidly in West Africa in 2014, leading to the loss of thousands of lives. Community engagement was one of the key strategies... -
Early determinants of food liking among 5y-old children: a longitudinal study...
Abstract Background Identifying the determinants of child’s liking for different foods may help to prevent future choices of unhealthy food. Objective To study early-life... -
Development of a scalable weight loss intervention for low-income workers thr...
Abstract Background Describing how and why an evidence-based intervention is adapted for a new population and setting using a formal evaluation and an adaptation framework can... -
Evaluation of a questionnaire to assess nutritional knowledge, attitudes and ...
Abstract Background The rapid increase in non-communicable chronic diseases in people of working age has had a major effect on health care utilization, productivity and economy....
