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2009, volume 54, articles 6

A little bit is not good enough: comprehensive smoking control is needed pp. 365-366

Tamara Schikowski and Nino Künzli

Are there health benefits associated with comprehensive smoke-free laws pp. 367-378

Patrick Goodman, Sally Haw, Zubair Kabir and Luke Clancy

Tobacco use among institutionalized adolescents in Turkey: does social environment affect the risk? pp. 379-389

Toker Erguder, Banu Cakir, Nihal Babalioglu, Hasim Dogusan, Eyup Turkoral and Charles Warren

Beliefs regarding smoking in the workplace: results from the Global Workplace Smoking Survey pp. 391-401

Michael Halpern and Humphrey Taylor

Support for smoke-free policies in a pro-smoking culture: findings from the European survey on tobacco control attitudes and knowledge pp. 403-408

Lambros Lazuras, Aggelos Rodafinos, Dimosthenis Panagiotakos, Jochen Thyrian, Ulrich John and Evangelos Polychronopoulos

Factors influencing cigarette smoking and quantified implications for anti-smoking policy: evidence from South Korea pp. 409-419

Woojin Chung, Hanjoong Kim, Seungji Lim, Sunmi Lee and Kyungsook Cho

Depressive symptoms, smoking, and cigarette price elasticity: results from a population-based survey in Taiwan pp. 421-426

Hung-Hao Chang and Tung-liang Chiang

Worksite tobacco prevention in the Canton of Zurich: stages of change, predictors, and outcomes pp. 427-438

Verena Friedrich, Adrian Brügger and Georg Bauer

Prevalence of youth cigarette smoking and selected social factors in 25 European countries: findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey pp. 439-445

Tibor Baška, Charles Warren, Martina Bašková and Nathan Jones

Prevalence and demographic factors of smoking in Morocco pp. 447-451

Chakib Nejjari, Mohamed Benjelloun, Mohamed Berraho, Karima El Rhazi, Nabil Tachfouti, Samira Elfakir, Zineb Serhier and Karen Slama

2009, volume 54, articles 5

Modernising public-health infrastructure pp. 301-302

Stephen Corbett

Defining and measuring health literacy: what can we learn from literacy studies? pp. 303-305

Don Nutbeam

Health literacy beyond knowledge and behaviour: letting the patient be a patient pp. 307-311

Sara Rubinelli, Peter Schulz and Kent Nakamoto

The costs of limited health literacy: a systematic review pp. 313-324

Klaus Eichler, Simon Wieser and Urs Brügger

Influence of health-related quality of life on health service utilization in addition to socio-demographic and morbidity variables among primary care patients in China pp. 325-332

Tianhui Chen and Lu Li

Postpartum depressive symptoms in the first 17 months after childbirth: the impact of an emotionally supportive partnership pp. 333-339

Daniela Bielinski-Blattmann, Sakari Lemola, Chantal Jaussi, Werner Stadlmayr and Alexander Grob

The current state and challenges for the future of health promotion in Polish older people pp. 341-348

Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk, Monika Brzyska, Barbara Woźniak and Marek Kopacz

The crisis of health in a crisis ridden region pp. 349-355

Wasim Maziak

How to break the cycle of hopelessness? pp. 357-358

Iman Nuwayhid

On approaching health in the Arab world pp. 359-360

Abbas El-Zein

Commentary: Mosaic Arab world, health and development pp. 361-362

Ahmed Mandil

Commentary: Is it light at the end of the tunnel, or another train coming? Concluding comments pp. 363-364

Wasim Maziak

2009, volume 54, articles 4

Socioeconomic inequalities in health in Central and Eastern Europe: synthesis of results of eight new studies pp. 197-200

Anton Kunst

Can research contribute to the public’s capacity for activities that reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health? pp. 201-202

Andrea Madarasova-Geckova

Parental occupation, family affluence and adolescent health behaviour in 28 countries pp. 203-212

Matthias Richter, Carine Vereecken, William Boyce, Lea Maes, Saoirse Gabhainn and Candace Currie

Social inequality, lifestyles and health – a non-linear canonical correlation analysis based on the approach of Pierre Bourdieu pp. 213-221

Kirstin Frie and Christian Janssen

Inequalities in cervical cancer screening in Eastern Europe: perspectives from Bulgaria and Romania pp. 222-232

Irina Todorova, Adriana Baban, Anna Alexandrova-Karamanova and Janet Bradley

Socioeconomic inequalities in quality of life and psychological outcomes among cardiac patients pp. 233-240

Zuzana Skodova, Iveta Nagyova, Jitse Dijk, Adriana Sudzinova, Helena Vargova, Jaroslav Rosenberger, Berrie Middel, Martin Studencan and Sijmen Reijneveld

Assessing the socio-economic and demographic impact on health-related quality of life: evidence from Greece pp. 241-249

Evelina Pappa, Nick Kontodimopoulos, Angelos Papadopoulos and Dimitris Niakas

Social inequalities in the use of health care services after 8 years of health care reforms – a comparative study of the Baltic countries pp. 250-259

Jarno Habicht, Raul-Allan Kiivet, Triin Habicht and Anton Kunst

What determines healthcare utilization and related out-of-pocket expenditures in Tajikistan? Lessons from a national survey pp. 260-266

Nazim Habibov

Czech socio-economic deprivation index and its correlation with mortality data pp. 267-273

Hana Šlachtová, Hana Tomášková, Anna Šplíchalová, Pavla Polaufová and Petra Fejtková

Socioeconomic indicators and ethnicity as determinants of regional mortality rates in Slovakia pp. 274-282

Katarina Rosicova, Andrea Geckova, Jitse Dijk, Martin Rosic, Ivan Zezula and Johan Groothoff

Neighbourhood socioeconomic indicators and depressive symptoms in the Czech Republic: a population based study pp. 283-293

Jitka Pikhartova, Tarani Chandola, Ruzena Kubinova, Martin Bobak, Amanda Nicholson and Hynek Pikhart

Book Review: Health Promotion Evaluation Practices in the Americas. Values and Research, by Louise Potvin, David McQueen (Editors) pp. 294-295

Jane Springett

Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area estimates of depression and anxiety using the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 in the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System pp. 296-298

Tara Strine, Satvinder Dhingra, Kurt Kroenke, Mohamed Qayad, James Ribble, Catherine Okoro, Lina Balluz, Shanta Dube, James Lando and Ali Mokdad

Psychological distress and fair/poor health among adults with arthritis: state-specific prevalence and correlates of general health status, United States, 2007 pp. 299-299

Jennifer Hootman and Wendy Cheng

2009, volume 54, articles 3

Yes! More research is needed; but not just any research pp. 127-128

Louise Potvin

Multilevel analysis of survey data pp. 129-130

Herman Oyen

Health Literacy: engaging in a political debate pp. 131-132

Ilona Kickbusch

Conceptualizing the integration of HIV treatment and prevention: findings from a process evaluation of a community-based, national capacity-building intervention pp. 133-141

Eric Mykhalovskiy, San Patten, Chris Sanders, Michael Bailey and Darien Taylor

Results from a dietary intervention study in preschools “Beastly Healthy at School” pp. 142-149

Carine Vereecken, Inge Huybrechts, Hilde Houte, Veerle Martens, Isabelle Wittebroodt and Lea Maes

School opportunities and physical activity frequency in nine year old children pp. 150-157

Tracie Barnett, Jennifer O’Loughlin, Lise Gauvin, Gilles Paradis, James Hanley, Jennifer McGrath and Marie Lambert

Ebm@school – a curriculum of critical health literacy for secondary school students: results of a pilot study pp. 158-165

Anke Steckelberg, Christian Hülfenhaus, Jürgen Kasper and Ingrid Mühlhauser

Education differentials by race and ethnicity in the diagnosis and management of hypercholesterolemia: a national sample of U.S. adults (NHANES 1999–2002) pp. 166-174

Sharon Merkin, Arun Karlamangla, Eileen Crimmins, Susan Charette, Mark Hayward, Jung Kim, Brandon Koretz and Teresa Seeman

Social inclusion and length of stay as determinants of health among North Korean refugees in South Korea pp. 175-182

Kunhee Park, Youngtae Cho and In-Jin Yoon

Effects of area deprivation on health risks and outcomes: a multilevel, cross-sectional, Australian population study pp. 183-192

Robert Adams, Natasha Howard, Graeme Tucker, Sarah Appleton, Anne Taylor, Catherine Chittleborough, Tiffany Gill, Richard Ruffin and David Wilson

What is the accurate knowledge of the German population regarding sexual HIV transmission? pp. 193-195

Laura Kouznetsov, Stefan Zippel and Alexander Kuznetsov

2009, volume 54, articles 2

From social determinants to reducing health inequalities pp. 53-54

Seppo Koskinen and Pekka Puska

The reliability of the Minimum European Health Module pp. 55-60

Bianca Cox, Herman Oyen, Emmanuelle Cambois, Carol Jagger, Sophie Roy, Jean-Marie Robine and Isabelle Romieu

Does a national screening programme reduce socioeconomic inequalities in mammography use? pp. 61-68

Marina Puddu, Stefaan Demarest and Jean Tafforeau

Urbanization influences dietary habits of Cypriot children: the CYKIDS study pp. 69-77

Chrystalleni Lazarou and Theano Kalavana

Predictors of multivitamin use during pregnancy in Brazil pp. 78-87

George Wehby, Eduardo Castilla, Jorge Lopez-Camelo and Jeffrey Murray

Work-life imbalance and mental health among male and female employees in Switzerland pp. 88-95

Oliver Hämmig and Georg Bauer

Seafaring stressors aboard merchant and passenger ships pp. 96-105

Marcus Oldenburg, Hans-Joachim Jensen, Ute Latza and Xaver Baur

Domestic violence: variation in case-management by the general practitioner in Belgium pp. 106-111

Nathalie Bossuyt and Viviane Casteren

Overweight children and adolescents – is there a subjective need for treatment? pp. 112-116

Emily Finne, Thomas Reinehr, Anke Schaefer, Katrin Winkel and Petra Kolip

Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area estimates of depression and anxiety using the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 in the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System pp. 117-124

Tara Strine, Satvinder Dhingra, Kurt Kroenke, Mohamed Qayad, James Ribble, Catherine Okoro, Lina Balluz, Shanta Dube, James Lando and Ali Mokdad

The contribution of HBSC to international child health research – a milestone in child public health pp. 121-122

Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer

25 years of HBSC: challenges and successes pp. 123-124

David McQueen

Social determinants and adolescent health pp. 125-127

Michael Marmot

Child and adolescent health and development in a European perspective pp. 128-130

Vivian Barnekow and Matt Muijen

The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children: WHO Collaborative Cross-National (HBSC) Study: origins, concept, history and development 1982–2008 pp. 131-139

Candace Currie, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn and Emmanuelle Godeau

The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: methodological developments and current tensions pp. 140-150

Chris Roberts, J. Freeman, O. Samdal, C. Schnohr, M. Looze, S. Nic Gabhainn, R. Iannotti and M. Rasmussen

Subjective health, symptom load and quality of life of children and adolescents in Europe pp. 151-159

Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Torbjorn Torsheim, Jorn Hetland, Wilma Vollebergh, Franco Cavallo, Helena Jericek, Mujgan Alikasifoglu, Raili Välimaa, Veronika Ottova and Michael Erhart

Measuring mental health and well-being of school-children in 15 European countries using the KIDSCREEN-10 Index pp. 160-166

Michael Erhart, Veronika Ottova, Tanja Gaspar, Helena Jericek, Christina Schnohr, Mujgan Alikasifoglu, Antony Morgan and Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer

Overweight in school-aged children and its relationship with demographic and lifestyle factors: results from the WHO-Collaborative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study pp. 167-179

Ellen Haug, Mette Rasmussen, Oddrun Samdal, Ron Iannotti, Colette Kelly, Alberto Borraccino, Carine Vereecken, Ole Melkevik, Giacomo Lazzeri, Mariano Giacchi, Oya Ercan, Pernille Due, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Candace Currie, Antony Morgan and Namanjeet Ahluwalia

Breakfast consumption and its socio-demographic and lifestyle correlates in schoolchildren in 41 countries participating in the HBSC study pp. 180-190

Carine Vereecken, Marie Dupuy, Mette Rasmussen, Colette Kelly, Tonja Nansel, Haleama Al Sabbah, Daniela Baldassari, Marina Jordan, Lea Maes, Birgit Niclasen and Namanjeet Ahluwalia

Interrelationships of adolescent physical activity, screen-based sedentary behaviour, and social and psychological health pp. 191-198

Ronald Iannotti, Ian Janssen, Ellen Haug, Hanna Kololo, Beatrice Annaheim and Alberto Borraccino

Gender specific trends in alcohol use: cross-cultural comparisons from 1998 to 2006 in 24 countries and regions pp. 199-208

Bruce Simons-Morton, Tilda Farhat, Tom Bogt, Anne Hublet, Emmanuel Kuntsche, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Emmanuelle Godeau and Anna Kokkevi

How well protected are sexually active 15-year olds? Cross-national patterns in condom and contraceptive pill use 2002–2006 pp. 209-215

Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Adriana Baban, William Boyce and Emmanuelle Godeau

A cross-national profile of bullying and victimization among adolescents in 40 countries pp. 216-224

Wendy Craig, Yossi Harel-Fisch, Haya Fogel-Grinvald, Suzanne Dostaler, Jorn Hetland, Bruce Simons-Morton, Michal Molcho, Margarida Mato, Mary Overpeck, Pernille Due and William Pickett

Cross-national time trends in bullying behaviour 1994–2006: findings from Europe and North America pp. 225-234

Michal Molcho, Wendy Craig, Pernille Due, William Pickett, Yossi Harel-Fisch and Mary Overpeck

Cross-national associations between parent and peer communication and psychological complaints pp. 235-242

Carmen Moreno, Inmaculada Sánchez-Queija, Victoria Muñoz-Tinoco, Margarida Matos, Lorenza Dallago, Tom Bogt, Inês Camacho and Francisco Rivera

Electronic media communication with friends from 2002 to 2006 and links to face-to-face contacts in adolescence: an HBSC study in 31 European and North American countries and regions pp. 243-250

Emmanuel Kuntsche, Bruce Simons-Morton, Tom Bogt, Inmaculada Queija, Victoria Tinoco, Margarida Gaspar de Matos, Massimo Santinello and Michela Lenzi

The relationship of schools to emotional health and bullying pp. 251-259

John Freeman, Oddrun Samdal, Don Klinger, Wolfgang Dur, Robert Griebler, Dorothy Currie and Mette Rasmussen

Socio-economic inequality in multiple health complaints among adolescents: international comparative study in 37 countries pp. 260-270

Bjørn Holstein, Candace Currie, Will Boyce, Mogens Damsgaard, Inese Gobina, Gyöngyi Kökönyei, Jørn Hetland, Margaretha Looze, Matthias Richter and Pernille Due

The HBSC study in Scotland: can the study influence policy and practice in schools? pp. 271-277

Ian Young and Candace Currie

Addressing the socioeconomic determinants of adolescent health: experiences from the WHO/HBSC Forum 2007 pp. 278-284

Theadora Koller, Antony Morgan, Ana Guerreiro, Candace Currie and Erio Ziglio

2009, volume 54, articles 1

Three challenges for the social determinants of health pursuit pp. 1-2

David McQueen

Integrating mental health care with chronic diseases in low-resource settings pp. 1-3

Vikram Patel

Health literacy: new packaging for health education or radical movement? pp. 3-4

Jane Wills

Public health surveillance of serious psychological distress in the United States pp. 4-6

Janet Croft, Ali Mokdad, A. Power, Kurt Greenlund and Wayne Giles

Comparison of HIV-infected patients’ characteristics, healthcare resources use and cost between native and migrant patients pp. 5-10

Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, Alexandre Hyjazi and Matthias Cavassini

Premature death among state mental health agency consumers: assessing progress in addressing a quiet tragedy pp. 7-8

Ronald Manderscheid

State-based differences in the prevalence and characteristics of untreated persons with serious psychological distress pp. 9-15

Tara Strine, Satvinder Dhingra, Catherine Okoro, Matthew Zack, Lina Balluz, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

Reduced patient demands in hospitals and their determinants pp. 11-22

Petra Steffen, Oliver Ommen and Holger Pfaff

Rural-urban variations in psychological distress: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2007 pp. 16-22

Satvinder Dhingra, Tara Strine, James Holt, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

Relationships between serious psychological distress and the use of health services in the United States: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System pp. 23-29

William Pearson, Satvinder Dhingra, Tara Strine, Yia Liang, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

Socioeconomic status, working conditions and self-rated health in Switzerland: explaining the gradient in men and women pp. 23-30

Georg Bauer, Carola Huber, Gregor Jenny, Frithjof Müller and Oliver Hämmig

Serious psychological distress and its associations with body mass index: findings from the 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System pp. 30-36

Guixiang Zhao, Earl Ford, Chaoyang Li, Tara Strine, Satvinder Dhingra, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

On the influence of a raffle upon responses to an urban transportation survey in New York City pp. 31-34

Alfredo Morabia and Yan Zheng

Body shape, body size and cigarette smoking relationships pp. 35-39

Tomaz Caks and Mitja Kos

Physical and sexual intimate partner violence and reported serious psychological distress in the 2007 BRFSS pp. 37-42

Valerie Edwards, Michele Black, Satvinder Dhingra, Lela McKnight-Eily and Geraldine Perry

Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of substance use in a university-student sample in Turkey pp. 40-44

İnci İlhan, Fatma Yıldırım, Hatice Demirbaş and Yıldırım Doğan

Association between diagnosed diabetes and serious psychological distress among U.S. adults: the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2007 pp. 43-51

Chaoyang Li, Earl Ford, Guixiang Zhao, Tara Strine, Satvinder Dhingra, Lawrence Barker, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

From measures of effects to measures of potential impact pp. 45-48

Laura Perez and Nino Künzli

Serious psychological distress among adults with and without disabilities pp. 52-60

Catherine Okoro, Tara Strine, Lina Balluz, John Crews, Satvinder Dhingra, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

Psychological distress and mental health treatment among persons with and without active duty military experience, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2007 pp. 61-67

Marc Safran, Tara Strine, Satvinder Dhingra, Joyce Berry, Ron Manderscheid and Ali Mokdad

The relationship between smoking status and serious psychological distress: findings from the 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System pp. 68-74

Shanta Dube, Ralph Caraballo, Satvinder Dhingra, William Pearson, Annette McClave, Tara Strine, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

Psychological distress and fair/poor health among adults with arthritis: state-specific prevalence and correlates of general health status, United States, 2007 pp. 75-83

Jennifer Hootman and Wendy Cheng

Modifiable characteristics of a healthy lifestyle and chronic health conditions in older adults with or without serious psychological distress, 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System pp. 84-93

Lisa McGuire, Tara Strine, Stephanie Vachirasudlekha, Lynda Anderson, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

Psychological distress associated with self-reported high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol in U.S. adults, 2007 pp. 94-99

Amy Fan, Tara Strine, Shravani Muppidi, Kurt Greenlund, Janet Croft, Joyce Berry, Ruth Jiles and Ali Mokdad

Psychological distress, use of rehabilitation services, and disability status among noninstitutionalized US adults aged 35 years and older, who have cardiovascular conditions, 2007 pp. 100-105

Amy Fan, Tara Strine, Ruth Jiles, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

Health related quality of life measures by demographics and common health risks, Jordan 2004 pp. 106-110

Adel Belbeisi, Meyasser Zindah, Henry Walke, Bassam Jarrar and Ali Mokdad

Activity limitation, chronic disease, and comorbid serious psychological distress in U.S. adults – BRFSS 2007 pp. 111-119

Lela McKnight-Eily, Laurie Elam-Evans, Tara Strine, Matthew Zack, Geraldine Perry, Letitia Presley-Cantrell, Valerie Edwards and Janet Croft