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2017, volume 62, articles 9

Strengthening public health in Germany: overcoming the Nazi legacy and Bismarck’s aftermaths pp. 959-960

Oliver Razum and M. Luisa Vázquez

Unintentional injuries and associated factors among children and adolescents. An analysis of the Spanish National Health Survey pp. 961-969

Nazaret Alonso-Fernández, Rodrigo Jiménez-García, Leticia Alonso-Fernández, Valentín Hernández-Barrera and Domingo Palacios-Ceña

Factors associated with good self-rated health in European adolescents: a population-based cross-sectional study pp. 971-979

Dario Novak, Lovro Štefan, Arunas Emeljanovas, Brigita Mieziene, Ivana Milanović, Snežana Radisavljević Janić and Ichiro Kawachi

Ethical issues in obesity prevention for school children: a systematic qualitative review pp. 981-988

Hannes Kahrass, Daniel Strech and Marcel Mertz

Disparities in mortality by disability: an 11-year follow-up study of 1 million individuals pp. 989-996

Jung Min Park, Ukchan Oh, Beop-Rae Roh and Yeongmin Moon

The impact of low education and poor health on unemployment varies by work life stage pp. 997-1006

Sander K. R. van Zon, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Carlos F. Mendes de Leon and Ute Bültmann

Mediation of the effect of childhood socioeconomic position by educational attainment on adult chronic disease in Chile pp. 1007-1017

Patricia Frenz, Jay S. Kaufman, Carolina Nazzal, Gabriel Cavada, Francisco Cerecera and Nicolás Silva

Socioeconomic patterning of chronic conditions and behavioral risk factors in rural South Asia: a multi-site cross-sectional study pp. 1019-1028

Nandita Bhan, Christopher Millett, S. V. Subramanian, Amit Dias, Dewan Alam, Joseph Williams and Preet K. Dhillon

Statistical challenges in modelling the health consequences of social mobility: the need for diagonal reference models pp. 1029-1037

Jeroen Waal, Stijn Daenekindt and Willem Koster

Costs and outcomes of improving population health through better social housing: a cohort study and economic analysis pp. 1039-1050

Nathan Bray, Paul Burns, Alice Jones, Eira Winrow and Rhiannon Tudor Edwards

Self-efficacy and barriers to disaster evacuation in Hong Kong pp. 1051-1058

Elizabeth A. Newnham, Satchit Balsari, Rex Pui Kin Lam, Shraddha Kashyap, Phuong Pham, Emily Y. Y. Chan, Kaylie Patrick and Jennifer Leaning

Why do people participate in health-related studies? pp. 1059-1062

Hannah Bongartz, Nicole Rübsamen, Heike Raupach-Rosin, Manas K. Akmatov and Rafael T. Mikolajczyk

2017, volume 62, articles 8

Population health intervention research: three important advancements pp. 841-843

Till Bärnighausen

Population health intervention research: myths and misconceptions pp. 845-847

Janet Martin, Davy Cheng and Saverio Stranges

Evidence of social deprivation on the spatial patterns of excess winter mortality pp. 849-856

Ricardo Almendra, Paula Santana and João Vasconcelos

Health of midlife and older adults in China: the role of regional economic development, inequality, and institutional setting pp. 857-867

Xuejie Ding, Francesco Billari and Stuart Gietel-Basten

Food swamps by area socioeconomic deprivation in New Zealand: a national study pp. 869-877

Zaynel Sushil, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Daniel J. Exeter and Boyd Swinburn

Perceived ethnic discrimination in relation to smoking and alcohol consumption in ethnic minority groups in The Netherlands: the HELIUS study pp. 879-887

Marlies J. Visser, Umar Z. Ikram, Eske M. Derks, Marieke B. Snijder and Anton E. Kunst

Partnering and parenting transitions associate with changing smoking status: a cohort study in young Australians pp. 889-897

Jing Tian, Seana Gall, George Patton, Terry Dwyer and Alison Venn

The effect of cigarette price increases on cigarette consumption, tax revenue, and smoking-related death in Africa from 1999 to 2013 pp. 899-909

Li-Ming Ho, Christian Schafferer, Jie-Min Lee, Chun-Yuan Yeh and Chi-Jung Hsieh

Prevalence of dieting and fear of weight gain across ages: a community sample from adolescents to the elderly pp. 911-919

Margarita C. T. Slof-Op ‘t Landt, Eric F. Furth, Catharina E. M. Beijsterveldt, Meike Bartels, Gonneke Willemsen, Eco J. Geus, Lannie Ligthart and Dorret I. Boomsma

Association of poverty and social exclusion with body mass index among Special Olympics athletes in Europe pp. 921-928

Pauli Rintala, Viviene A. Temple, Meghann Lloyd, Chris Faro and John T. Foley

Clustering of energy balance-related behaviours, sleep, and overweight among Finnish adolescents pp. 929-938

Teija Nuutinen, Elviira Lehto, Carola Ray, Eva Roos, Jari Villberg and Jorma Tynjälä

Which long-term illnesses do patients find most limiting? A census-based cross-sectional study of 340,000 people pp. 939-947

David M. Wright, Michael Rosato and Dermot O’Reilly

Sample substitution can be an acceptable data-collection strategy: the case of the Belgian Health Interview Survey pp. 949-957

Stefaan Demarest, Geert Molenberghs, Johan Heyden, Lydia Gisle, Herman Oyen, Sandrine Waleffe and Guido Hal

2017, volume 62, articles 7

Brexit: the country goes, but UK public health principles remain pp. 717-718

Céline Miani, Yudit Namer, Judith Wenner and Oliver Razum

Learning about “cause” and “effect” through well-designed studies of air quality interventions pp. 719-720

Dan S. Greenbaum

Impact of light rail transit on traffic-related pollution and stroke mortality pp. 721-728

Eun Sug Park and Ipek Nese Sener

Short-term effects of fine particulate matter pollution on daily health events in Latin America: a systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 729-738

Laís Fajersztajn, Paulo Saldiva, Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira, Victor Figueiredo Leite and Anna Maria Buehler

Bridging the silos in HIV and Hepatitis C prevention: a cross-provincial qualitative study pp. 739-746

Anik Dube, Greg Harris, Jacqueline Gahagan and Shelley Doucet

Building leadership capacity to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases: evaluation of an international short-term training program for program managers from low- and middle-income countries pp. 747-753

Agnes Erzse, Pascal Bovet, Fred Paccaud, Oleg Chestnov and Nicholas Banatvala

Setting up a community-based cervical screening service in a low-income country: a pilot study from north-western Tanzania pp. 755-762

Nestory Masalu, Patrizia Serra, Dino Amadori, Jackson Kahima, Charles Majinge, Joyce Rwehabura, Oriana Nanni, Sara Bravaccini, Maurizio Puccetti, Rosario Tumino and Lauro Bucchi

Socioeconomic gradients of cardiovascular risk factors in China and India: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study and longitudinal aging study in India pp. 763-773

Peifeng Hu, Serena Wang and Jinkook Lee

Impact of preventable risk factors on stroke in the EPICOR study: does gender matter? pp. 775-786

Slavica Trajkova, Angelo d’Errico, Fulvio Ricceri, Francesca Fasanelli, Valeria Pala, Claudia Agnoli, Rosario Tumino, Graziella Frasca, Giovanna Masala, Calogero Saieva, Paolo Chiodini, Amalia Mattiello, Carlotta Sacerdote and Salvatore Panico

Screening score for early detection of cardio-metabolic risk in Indian adults pp. 787-793

Deepa Pandit-Agrawal, Anuradha Khadilkar, Shashi Chiplonkar, Vaman Khadilkar and Vivek Patwardhan

Is personality a driving force for socioeconomic differences in young adults’ health care use? A prospective cohort study pp. 795-802

Maren Kraft, Koos Arts, Tanja Traag, Ferdy Otten and Hans Bosma

The decade of Roma Inclusion: did it make a difference to health and use of health care services? pp. 803-815

János Sándor, Zsigmond Kósa, Klára Boruzs, Julianna Boros, Ildikó Tokaji, Martin McKee and Róza Ádány

Erratum to: The decade of Roma Inclusion: did it make a difference to health and use of health care services? pp. 817-817

János Sándor, Zsigmond Kósa, Klára Boruzs, Julianna Boros, Ildikó Tokaji, Martin McKee and Róza Ádány

Association between long-term smoking and leisure-time physical inactivity: a cohort study among Finnish twins with a 35-year follow-up pp. 819-829

Maarit Piirtola, Jaakko Kaprio, Karri Silventoinen, Pia Svedberg, Tellervo Korhonen and Annina Ropponen

Individual and environmental correlates of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in adults from Curitiba, Brazil pp. 831-840

Priscila Bezerra Gonçalves, Pedro Curi Hallal, Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino and Rodrigo Siqueira Reis

2017, volume 62, articles 6

Obesity-related mortality in France, Italy, and the United States: a comparison using multiple cause-of-death analysis pp. 623-629

Magali Barbieri, Aline Désesquelles, Viviana Egidi, Elena Demuru, Luisa Frova, France Meslé and Marilena Pappagallo

Self-harm in adolescence: protective health assets in the family, school and community pp. 631-638

Ellen Klemera, Fiona M. Brooks, Kayleigh L. Chester, Josefine Magnusson and Neil Spencer

Trends in bullying victimization in Scottish adolescents 1994–2014: changing associations with mental well-being pp. 639-646

Alina Cosma, Ross Whitehead, Fergus Neville, Dorothy Currie and Jo Inchley

Parks and green areas and the risk for depression and suicidal indicators pp. 647-656

Kyoung-bok Min, Hyun-Jin Kim, Hye-Jin Kim and Jin-young Min

Neighbourhood green space, social environment and mental health: an examination in four European cities pp. 657-667

Annemarie Ruijsbroek, Sigrid M. Mohnen, Mariël Droomers, Hanneke Kruize, Christopher Gidlow, Regina Gražulevičiene, Sandra Andrusaityte, Jolanda Maas, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen, Margarita Triguero-Mas, Daniel Masterson, Naomi Ellis, Elise Kempen, Wim Hardyns, Karien Stronks and Peter P. Groenewegen

The effects of alcohol-related harms to others on self-perceived mental well-being in a Canadian sample pp. 669-678

Candace Lewis-Laietmark, Ashley Wettlaufer, Kevin D. Shield, Norman Giesbrecht, Nicole April, Mark Asbridge, Colleen Dell, Jürgen Rehm and Tim Stockwell

Expansion or compression of multimorbidity? 10-year development of life years spent in multimorbidity based on health insurance claims data of Lower Saxony, Germany pp. 679-686

Juliane Tetzlaff, Denise Muschik, Jelena Epping, Sveja Eberhard and Siegfried Geyer

Diabetes incidence and projections from prevalence surveys in Samoa over 1978–2013 pp. 687-694

Sophia Lin, Take Naseri, Christine Linhart, Stephen Morrell, Richard Taylor, Stephen T. Mcgarvey, Dianna J. Magliano and Paul Zimmet

Comment on: “Diabetes incidence and projections from prevalence surveys in Samoa over 1978–2013” pp. 695-696

Annika Hoyer and Ralph Brinks

Associations of relative income deprivation with perceived happiness and self-rated health among the Hong Kong Chinese population pp. 697-707

Chee Hon Chan, Ho Kit Wong and Paul Siu Fai Yip

Educational inequalities in self-rated health across US states and European countries pp. 709-716

Patrick Präg and S. V. Subramanian

2017, volume 62, articles 5

Acculturation and health-related quality of life: results from the German National Cohort migrant feasibility study pp. 521-529

Tilman Brand, Florence Samkange-Zeeb, Ute Ellert, Thomas Keil, Lilian Krist, Nico Dragano, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Oliver Razum, Katharina Reiss, Karin Halina Greiser, Heiko Zimmermann, Heiko Becher and Hajo Zeeb

Differences in healthy life expectancy between older migrants and non-migrants in three European countries over time pp. 531-540

Matias Reus-Pons, Eva U. B. Kibele and Fanny Janssen

Factors associated with self-rated health among migrant workers: results from a population-based cross-sectional study in Almaty, Kazakhstan pp. 541-550

Pam Kumparatana, Francine Cournos, Assel Terlikbayeva, Yelena Rozental and Louisa Gilbert

Relative contribution of health-related behaviours and chronic diseases to the socioeconomic patterning of low-grade inflammation pp. 551-562

Marialaura Bonaccio, Augusto Di Castelnuovo, George Pounis, Amalia De Curtis, Simona Costanzo, Mariarosaria Persichillo, Chiara Cerletti, Maria Benedetta Donati, Giovanni de Gaetano and Licia Iacoviello

Harmful drinking after job loss: a stronger association during the post-2008 economic crisis? pp. 563-572

Moniek C. M. Goeij, Jan-Willem Bruggink, Ferdy Otten and Anton E. Kunst

Gender Differences in the relationship between carbonated sugar-sweetened beverage intake and the likelihood of hypertension according to obesity pp. 573-581

Hong Ji Song, Yu Jin Paek, Min Kyu Choi, Ki-Bong Yoo, Jae-Heon Kang and Hae-Jeung Lee

Measuring antenatal care use in Europe: is the content and timing of care in pregnancy tool applicable? pp. 583-590

Katrien Beeckman, Lucy Frith, Helga Gottfreðsdóttir and Annette Bernloehr

Structural properties and psychometric improvements of the Health Literacy Questionnaire in a Slovak population pp. 591-604

Peter Kolarcik, Eva Cepova, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Gerald R. Elsworth, Roy W. Batterham and Richard H. Osborne

Community maturity to implement Health in All Policies pp. 605-612

Jonas Bech Andersen and Gabriel Gulis

Influence of kindergarten on numbers of multiple developmental delays in preschoolers: an analysis over 14 years pp. 613-621

Heribert Ludwig Stich, Riccardo N. Caniato, Alexander Krämer and Bernhard Baune

2017, volume 62, articles 4

Perceived classism and its relation with socioeconomic status, health, health behaviours and perceived inferiority: the Dutch Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences (LISS) panel pp. 433-440

Audrey M. W. Simons, Annemarie Koster, Daniëlle A. I. Groffen and Hans Bosma

Responding to maternal distress: from needs assessment to effective intervention pp. 441-452

Yvonne Fontein-Kuipers, Evelien Limbeek, Marlein Ausems, Raymond Vries and Marianne Nieuwenhuijze

Time to harmonize national ambient air quality standards pp. 453-462

Meltem Kutlar Joss, Marloes Eeftens, Emily Gintowt, Ron Kappeler and Nino Künzli

Chronic diseases and mortality among immigrants to Israel from areas contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster: a follow-up study pp. 463-469

Danna A. Slusky, Julie Cwikel and Michael R. Quastel

The social costs of uranium mining in the US Colorado Plateau cohort, 1960–2005 pp. 471-478

Benjamin Jones

Geographic variations in electronic cigarette advertisements on Twitter in the United States pp. 479-487

Hongying Dai, Michael J. Deem and Jianqiang Hao

Passive smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality: findings from the Japan collaborative cohort study pp. 489-494

Shigekazu Ukawa, Akiko Tamakoshi, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Masahiko Ando and Hiroyasu Iso

Cross-sectional and prospective relationship between physical activity and chronic diseases in European older adults pp. 495-502

Adilson Marques, Miguel Peralta, João Martins, Margarida Gaspar Matos and Ross C. Brownson

Examining sedentary time as a risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases and their markers in South Asian adults: a systematic review pp. 503-515

S. Ahmad, S. Shanmugasegaram, K. L. Walker and S. A. Prince

Unobserved heterogeneity and the comparison of coefficients across nested logistic regression models: how to avoid comparing apples and oranges pp. 517-520

Patrick Brzoska, Odile Sauzet and Jürgen Breckenkamp

2017, volume 62, articles 3

Premature deaths attributed to ambient air pollutants: let us interpret the Robins–Greenland theorem correctly pp. 337-338

Peter Morfeld and Thomas C. Erren

Response to: Premature deaths attributed to ambient air pollutants: let us interpret the Robins–Greenland theorem correctly pp. 339-341

Marie-Eve Héroux, H. Ross Anderson, Richard Atkinson, Bert Brunekreef, Aaron Cohen, Francesco Forastiere, Fintan Hurley, Klea Katsouyanni, Daniel Krewski, Michal Krzyzanowski, Nino Künzli, Inga Mills, Xavier Querol, Bart Ostro and Heather Walton

Evictions and short-term all-cause mortality: a 3-year follow-up study of a middle-aged Swedish population pp. 343-351

Yerko Rojas

Gallstone disease and mortality: a cohort study pp. 353-360

Daniel Mønsted Shabanzadeh, Lars Tue Sørensen and Torben Jørgensen

Examining the relationship between human resources and mortality: the effects of methodological choices pp. 361-370

Pablo Villalobos Dintrans and Claire Chaumont

Exploring the impact of network characteristics on substance use outcomes among homeless former foster youth pp. 371-378

Amanda Yoshioka-Maxwell and Eric Rice

Young adolescents who combine alcohol and energy drinks have a higher risk of reporting negative behavioural outcomes pp. 379-386

Jana Holubcikova, Peter Kolarcik, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Eva Joppova, Jitse P. Dijk and Sijmen A. Reijneveld

Participation in organized leisure-time activities and risk behaviors in Czech adolescents pp. 387-396

Petr Badura, Dagmar Sigmundova, Erik Sigmund, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Jitse P. Dijk and Sijmen A. Reijneveld

Pars cohort study of non-communicable diseases in Iran: protocol and preliminary results pp. 397-406

Abdullah Gandomkar, Hossein Poustchi, Maryam Moini, Mohsen Moghadami, Hadi Imanieh, Mohammad Reza Fattahi, Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Ayatollahi, Mohammad Mahdi Sagheb, Amir Anushiravani, Roozbeh Mortazavi, Sadaf Ghajarieh Sepanlou and Reza Malekzadeh

Cancer time trend in a population following a socio-economic transition: results of age-period-cohort analysis pp. 407-414

Giovanni Mario Pes, Federica Cocco, Stefano Bibbò, Giuseppina Marras and Maria Pina Dore

Time trends and determinants of multiple development delays in Bavarian preschool children: a retrospective analysis from 1997 to 2010 pp. 415-425

Heribert Ludwig Stich, Riccardo Caniato, Alexander Krämer and Bernhard Baune

A novel method for modelling interaction between categorical variables pp. 427-431

Manfred Grotenhuis, Ben Pelzer, Rob Eisinga, Rense Nieuwenhuis, Alexander Schmidt-Catran and Ruben Konig

2017, volume 62, articles 2

Development and health: keeping hope alive in the midst of irrationality pp. 175-176

Fabián Méndez and Lyda Osorio

A tool for exploring the dynamics of innovative interventions for public health: the critical event card pp. 177-186

Ana Claudia Figueiro, Sydia Rosana Oliveira, Zulmira Hartz, Yves Couturier, Jocelyne Bernier, Maria Freire, Isabella Samico, Maria Guadalupe Medina, Ronice Franco Sa and Louise Potvin

The hidden costs of informal work: lack of social protection and subjective well-being in Colombia pp. 187-196

David A. Hurtado, Philipp Hessel and Mauricio Avendano

The impact of unemployment cycles on child and maternal health in Argentina pp. 197-207

George L. Wehby, Lucas G. Gimenez and Jorge S. López-Camelo

Informal employment, unpaid care work, and health status in Spanish-speaking Central American countries: a gender-based approach pp. 209-218

María Lopez-Ruiz, Fernando G. Benavides, Alejandra Vives and Lucía Artazcoz

Decentralization of health systems in low and middle income countries: a systematic review pp. 219-229

Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Paloma Merino Amador, Laura Monzon Llamas, David Martinez Hernandez and Juana Maria Santos Sancho

An empirical assessment of the relationship between Official Development Aid and child mortality, 2000–2015 pp. 231-240

Taylor Fahy Winkleman and Grace Bagwell Adams

An assessment of the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud poverty alleviation program in Rwanda and Uganda pp. 241-252

Michael O. Harhay, Mary C. Smith Fawzi, Sacha Jeanneret, Damascène Ndayisaba, William Kibaalya, Emily A. Harrison and Dylan S. Small

The extractive industry in Latin America and the Caribbean: health impact assessment as an opportunity for the health authority pp. 253-262

Jonathan Drewry, Janis Shandro and Mirko S. Winkler

Does being an Olympic city help improve recreational resources? Examining the quality of physical activity resources in a low-income neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro pp. 263-268

Fabiana R. Sousa-Mast, Arianne C. Reis, Marcelo C. Vieira, Sandro Sperandei, Luilma A. Gurgel and Uwe Pühse

Erratum to: Does being an Olympic city help improve recreational resources? Examining the quality of physical activity resources in a low-income neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro pp. 269-270

Fabiana R. Sousa-Mast, Arianne C. Reis, Marcelo C. Vieira, Sandro Sperandei, Luilma A. Gurgel and Uwe Pühse

Alcohol abuse and other factors associated with risky sexual behaviors among adolescent students from the poorest areas in Costa Rica pp. 271-282

Diego Rios-Zertuche, Jose Cuchilla, Paola Zúñiga-Brenes, Bernardo Hernández, Patricia Jara, Ali H. Mokdad and Emma Iriarte

Life course socioeconomic adversities and 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease: cross-sectional analysis of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health pp. 283-292

Dayse Rodrigues Sousa Andrade, Lidyane V. Camelo, Rodrigo Citton P. Reis, Itamar S. Santos, Antonio Luiz Ribeiro, Luana Giatti and Sandhi Maria Barreto

Does adolescent motherhood affect education and labor market outcomes of mothers? A study on young adult women in Chile during 1990–2013 pp. 293-303

Matias Berthelon and Diana I. Kruger

Strategic analysis of tuberculosis prevention and control actions in Brazil and Ethiopia: one size fits all? pp. 305-315

Gisela Cardoso, Elizabeth Moreira Santos, Yibeltal Kiflie, Kifle Woldemichael, Suzanne Wilson and Wuleta Lemma

Environmental and occupational health needs assessment in West Africa: opportunities for research and training pp. 317-325

Edrisa Sanyang, Jaime Butler-Dawson, Marek A. Mikulski, Thomas Cook, Rex A. Kuye, Kristina Venzke and Laurence J. Fuortes

Individual and community levels of maternal autonomy and child undernutrition in India pp. 327-335

Ramaprasad Rajaram, Jessica M. Perkins, William Joe and S. V. Subramanian

2017, volume 62, articles 1

Refugee crisis in Greece: not a one-country job pp. 1-2

Antonis A. Kousoulis, Myrsini Ioakeim-Ioannidou and Konstantinos P. Economopoulos

Health and social determinants of health in Vietnam: local evidence and international implications pp. 1-2

Hoang Minh and Hung Nguyen-Viet

Reduction of antimicrobial use and resistance needs sectoral-collaborations with a One Health approach: perspectives from Asia pp. 3-5

Hung Nguyen-Viet, Suwit Chotinun, Esther Schelling, Winda Widyastuti, Nguyen Viet Khong, Manish Kakkar, Arlyne Beeche, Fang Jing, Boualam Khamlome, Sothyra Tum and Wiku Adisasmito

Investing in a healthy lifestyle strategy: is it worth it? pp. 3-13

Tarik Benmarhnia, Pierre-Alexandre Dionne, Éric Tchouaket, Alvine K. Fansi and Astrid Brousselle

Assessing potential health impacts of waste recovery and reuse business models in Hanoi, Vietnam pp. 7-16

Mirko S. Winkler, Samuel Fuhrimann, Phuc Pham-Duc, Guéladio Cissé, Jürg Utzinger and Hung Nguyen-Viet

Interventions to prevent youth violence in Latin America: a systematic review pp. 15-29

Erika E. Atienzo, Susan K. Baxter and Eva Kaltenthaler

Changes in knowledge, attitude and involvement of fathers in supporting exclusive breastfeeding: a community-based intervention study in a rural area of Vietnam pp. 17-26

Tran Huu Bich and Nguyen Manh Cuong

Prenatal diagnostic services in three regional centers in Vietnam pp. 27-33

Bui Thi Thu Ha, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong and Doan Thi Thuy Duong

International short-term medical missions: a systematic review of recommended practices pp. 31-42

Stephanie D. Roche, Pavinarmatha Ketheeswaran and Veronika J. Wirtz

Patterns of the utilization of prenatal diagnosis services among pregnant women, their satisfaction and its associated factors in Viet Nam pp. 35-40

Duong Thi Thuy Doan, Huong Thi Thu Nguyen and Ha Thi Thu Bui

Trends in childhood measles vaccination highlight socioeconomic inequalities in Vietnam pp. 41-49

Vu Duy Kien, Hoang Minh, Kim Bao Giang, Vu Quynh Mai, Ngo Tri Tuan and Mikkel B. Quam

Military service and smoking in a cohort of northern Vietnamese older adults pp. 43-51

Kim Korinek, Peter Loebach and Ha Ngoc Trinh

Longitudinal associations between bullying and mental health among adolescents in Vietnam pp. 51-61

Ha Thi Hai Le, Huong Thanh Nguyen, Marilyn A. Campbell, Michelle L. Gatton, Nam T. Tran and Michael P. Dunne

Social network and inequalities in smoking amongst school-aged adolescents in six European countries pp. 53-62

Vincent Lorant, Victoria Soto, Pierre-Olivier Robert, Jaana M. Kinnunen, Mirte A. G. Kuipers, Irene Moor, Gaetano Roscillo, Joana Alves, Arja Rimpelä, Bruno Federico, Matthias Richter, Julian Perelman and Anton E. Kunst

Coverage of health insurance among the near-poor in rural Vietnam and associated factors pp. 63-73

Thanh Duc Nguyen and Andrew Wilson

Age of smoking initiation among adolescents in Africa pp. 63-72

Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Rijo M. John, Abdallah Ibrahim, Divya Pillendla, James F. Thrasher, Daniel Owusu, Ahmed E. O. Ouma and Hadii M. Mamudu

Cancer risk in waterpipe smokers: a meta-analysis pp. 73-83

Ravinder Mamtani, Sohaila Cheema, Javaid Sheikh, Ahmad Al Mulla, Albert Lowenfels and Patrick Maisonneuve

Exposure assessment of chemical hazards in pork meat, liver, and kidney, and health impact implication in Hung Yen and Nghe An provinces, Vietnam pp. 75-82

Tran Thi Tuyet-Hanh, Dang Xuan Sinh, Pham Duc Phuc, Tran Thi Ngan, Chu Tuat, Delia Grace, Fred Unger and Hung Nguyen-Viet

Diarrhea risks by exposure to livestock waste in Vietnam using quantitative microbial risk assessment pp. 83-91

Thu Le-Thi, Phuc Pham-Duc, Christian Zurbrügg, Toan Luu-Quoc, Huong Nguyen-Mai, Tu Vu- Van and Hung Nguyen-Viet

Social determinants of mental health service utilization in Switzerland pp. 85-93

Michelle Dey and Anthony Francis Jorm

Quantitative risk assessment of human salmonellosis in the smallholder pig value chains in urban of Vietnam pp. 93-102

Sinh Dang-Xuan, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Fred Unger, Phuc Pham-Duc, Delia Grace, Ngan Tran-Thi, Max Barot, Ngoc Pham-Thi and Kohei Makita

(Non-)utilization of pre-hospital emergency care by migrants and non-migrants in Germany pp. 95-102

Diana Kietzmann, Daniela Knuth and Silke Schmidt

Ascaris lumbricoides egg die-off in an experimental excreta storage system and public health implication in Vietnam pp. 103-111

Tu Vu- Van, Phuc Pham-Duc, Mirko S. Winkler, Christian Zurbrügg, Jakob Zinsstag, Huong Thi Thanh, Tran Huu Bich and Hung Nguyen-Viet

Sociocultural determinants of anticipated acceptance of pandemic influenza vaccine in Pune, India: a community survey using mixed-methods pp. 103-115

Neisha Sundaram, Christian Schaetti, Leticia Grize, Vidula Purohit, Saju Joseph, Christian Schindler, Abhay Kudale and Mitchell G. Weiss

Clinical characteristics of pediatric HIV-1 patients treated with first-line antiretroviral therapy in Vietnam: a nested case–control study pp. 113-119

Minh Diem Dang, Duc Minh Nguyen, Huu Bich Tran, Viet Hung Pham, Daryl Spak, Linh Chi Pham, Thi Quynh Phan, Thi Thanh Dinh, Thi Kim Anh Le, Nguyen Van Lam, Thanh Hai Le, Son Ngoc Hoang and Vu Phuong Linh Dang

Trends in external causes of child and adolescent mortality in Poland, 1999–2012 pp. 117-126

Aneta Grajda, Zbigniew Kułaga, Beata Gurzkowska, Magdalena Góźdź, Małgorzata Wojtyło and Mieczysław Litwin

Prevalence of tobacco smoking in Vietnam: findings from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2015 pp. 121-129

Hoang Minh, Kim Bao Giang, Nguyen Bao Ngoc, Phan Thi Hai, Doan Thi Thu Huyen, Luong Ngoc Khue, Nguyen Tuan Lam, Pham Thi Quynh Nga, Nguyen The Quan and Nguyen Thi Xuyen

Long-term trends of inequalities in mortality in 6 European countries pp. 127-141

Rianne Gelder, Gwenn Menvielle, Giuseppe Costa, Katalin Kovács, Pekka Martikainen, Bjørn Heine Strand and Johan P. Mackenbach

Child feeding and stunting prevalence in left-behind children: a descriptive analysis of data from a central and western Chinese population pp. 143-151

Lu Ban, Sufang Guo, Robert W. Scherpbier, Xiaoli Wang, Hong Zhou and Laila J. Tata

Are stunted young Indonesian children more likely to be overweight, thin, or have high blood pressure in adolescence? pp. 153-162

Cut Novianti Rachmi, Kingsley Emwinyore Agho, Mu Li and Louise Alison Baur

When size matters: advantages of weighted effect coding in observational studies pp. 163-167

Manfred Grotenhuis, Ben Pelzer, Rob Eisinga, Rense Nieuwenhuis, Alexander Schmidt-Catran and Ruben Konig