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2015, volume 60, articles 8

Does the Swiss School of Public Health exist? pp. 873-875

Nino Künzli, Luca Crivelli, Dominique Sprumont and Sandra Nocera

Trashing epidemiology and public health with bibliometry? In defence of science in Germany (and elsewhere) pp. 877-878

Nino Künzli

Trashing bibliometry? In defence of a unique approach for disciplinary development pp. 879-880

Thierry Gagné and Josée Lapalme

Breast cancer screening in England and the United States: a comparison of provision and utilisation pp. 881-890

Joseph Williams, Linda Garvican, Anna Tosteson, David Goodman and Tracy Onega

Cigarette smoking is associated with unhealthy patterns of food consumption, physical activity, sleep impairment, and alcohol drinking in Chinese male adults pp. 891-899

Shabana Masood, Christopher Cappelli, Yawen Li, Hilary Tanenbaum, Chih-Ping Chou, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Paula Palmer, C. Johnson and Bin Xie

Does the association between different dimension of social capital and adolescent smoking vary by socioeconomic status? a pooled cross-national analysis pp. 901-910

Timo-Kolja Pförtner, Bart Clercq, Michela Lenzi, Alessio Vieno, Katharina Rathmann, Irene Moor, Anne Hublet, Michal Molcho, Anton Kunst and Matthias Richter

Support for smoke-free policies in the Cyprus hospitality industry pp. 911-917

Lambros Lazuras, Christos Savva, Michael Talias and Elpidoforos Soteriades

Educational differentials in cancer mortality and avoidable deaths in Lithuania, 2001–2009: a census-linked study pp. 919-926

Domantas Jasilionis, Giedre Smailyte, Ieva Vincerzevskiene and Vladimir Shkolnikov

Educational inequalities in health expectancy during the financial crisis in Denmark pp. 927-935

Henrik Brønnum-Hansen, Mikkel Baadsgaard, Mette Eriksen, Karen Andersen-Ranberg and Bernard Jeune

Diverse recruitment strategies result in different participation percentages in a web-based study, but in similar compliance pp. 937-943

Manas Akmatov, Nicole Rübsamen, Anja Schultze, Yvonne Kemmling, Nadia Obi, Kathrin Günther, Wolfgang Ahrens, Frank Pessler, Gérard Krause and Rafael Mikolajczyk

Main meal frequency measures in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study: agreement with 7-day 24-h recalls pp. 945-952

Trine Pedersen, Bjørn Holstein, Bjarne Laursen and Mette Rasmussen

Are spouses’ socio-economic classifications interchangeable? Examining the consequences of a commonly used practice in studies on social inequalities in health pp. 953-960

Denise Muschik, Jelena Jaunzeme and Siegfried Geyer

After the epidemiologic transition: a reassessment of mortality from infectious diseases among over-65s in France and Italy pp. 961-967

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

Deprivation and suicide mortality across 424 neighborhoods in Seoul, South Korea: a Bayesian spatial analysis pp. 969-976

Tae-Ho Yoon, Maengseok Noh, Junhee Han, Kyunghee Jung-Choi and Young-Ho Khang

Governance and functionality of community water schemes in rural Ethiopia pp. 977-986

Kelly Alexander, Yihenew Tesfaye, Robert Dreibelbis, Bekele Abaire and Matthew Freeman

Determinants of family planning service uptake and use of contraceptives among postpartum women in rural Uganda pp. 987-997

Katelyn Sileo, Rhoda Wanyenze, Haruna Lule and Susan Kiene

Erratum to: Global standards for global health in a globalized economy! pp. 999-1000

Nino Künzli, Meltem Kutlar Joss and Emily Gintowt

2015, volume 60, articles 7

Call for reviews on global health challenges pp. 753-754

Peiling Yap, Peter Waiswa, Anke Berger and Nino Künzli

Productive global health research from Africa: it takes more pp. 755-756

Peter Waiswa

Global standards for global health in a globalized economy! pp. 757-759

Nino Künzli, Meltem Joss and Emily Gintowt

Global health and environmental pollution pp. 761-762

Philip Landrigan and Richard Fuller

Climate change: an opportunity for health promotion practitioners? pp. 763-764

Philippe Chastonay, Ursula Zybach, Jean Simos and Thomas Mattig

Comparing Israeli and Palestinian polio vaccination policies and the challenges of silent entry of wild poliovirus in 2013–14: a ‘natural experiment’ pp. 765-766

Antoine Flahault, Walter Orenstein, Julie Garon, Olen Kew, Joan Bickford and Theodore Tulchinsky

Exposing concerns about vaccination in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review pp. 767-780

Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Laura Monzón Llamas and Xavier Bosch-Capblanch

A systematic review of the health effects of prenatal exposure to disaster pp. 781-787

Dell Saulnier and Kim Brolin

Hepatitis C in key populations in Latin America and the Caribbean: systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 789-798

Monica Alonso, Annika Gutzman, Rafael Mazin, Carlos Pinzon, Ludovic Reveiz and Massimo Ghidinelli

Socioeconomic position during childhood and physical activity during adulthood: a systematic review pp. 799-813

C. Juneau, T. Benmarhnia, A. Poulin, S. Côté and L. Potvin

Equity in maternal health care service utilization: a systematic review for developing countries pp. 815-825

Zafer Çalışkan, Dilek Kılıç, Selcen Öztürk and Emre Atılgan

The mental health impact of bed bug infestations: a scoping review pp. 827-837

Rachelle Ashcroft, Yukari Seko, Lai Chan, Jessica Dere, Jaemin Kim and Kwame McKenzie

Considering treatment of male genital schistosomiasis as a tool for future HIV prevention: a systematic review pp. 839-848

Chalotte Stecher, Per Kallestrup, Eyrun Kjetland, Birgitte Vennervald and Eskild Petersen

What research tells us about knowledge transfer strategies to improve public health in low-income countries: a scoping review pp. 849-863

Stéphanie Siron, Christian Dagenais and Valéry Ridde

A systematic literature review of the quality of evidence for injury and rehabilitation interventions in humanitarian crises pp. 865-872

James Smith, Bayard Roberts, Abigail Knight, Richard Gosselin and Karl Blanchet

2015, volume 60, articles 6

Life course research: new opportunities for establishing social and biological plausibility pp. 629-630

Michelle Kelly-Irving, Silke Tophoven and David Blane

Mitigating and adapting to climate change: a call to public health professionals pp. 631-632

Mirko Winkler, Martin Röösli, Martina Ragettli, Guéladio Cissé, Pie Müller, Jürg Utzinger and Laura Perez

Corruption and population health outcomes: an analysis of data from 133 countries using structural equation modeling pp. 633-641

Roni Factor and Minah Kang

How well does Europe sleep? A cross-national study of sleep problems in European older adults pp. 643-650

Vera Straat and Piet Bracke

Neighborhood socioeconomic status and self-rated health in Israel: the Israel National Health Interview Survey pp. 651-658

Sharon Merkin, Hadar Arditi-Babchuk and Tamy Shohat

Cardiovascular disease among people with drug use disorders pp. 659-668

Birgitte Thylstrup, Thomas Clausen and Morten Hesse

Discrimination and Romani health: a validation study of discrimination scales among Romani women in Macedonia and Serbia pp. 669-677

T. Janevic, D. Gundersen, K. Stojanovski, J. Jankovic, Z. Nikolic and B. Kasapinov

Relations of participation in organized activities to smoking and drinking among Japanese youth: contextual effects of structural social capital in high school pp. 679-689

Minoru Takakura

Healthy living practices in families and child health in Taiwan pp. 691-698

Yi-Ching Lin, Jennifer Wu, Shu-Ti Chiou and Tung-liang Chiang

The mediating effect of daily nervousness and irritability on the relationship between soft drink consumption and aggressive behaviour among adolescents pp. 699-706

Jana Holubcikova, Peter Kolarcik, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Sijmen Reijneveld and Jitse Dijk

Mood and food at the University of Turku in Finland: nutritional correlates of perceived stress are most pronounced among overweight students pp. 707-716

Walid El Ansari, Sakari Suominen and Gabriele Berg-Beckhoff

Urbanisation and geographic variation of overweight and obesity in India: a cross-sectional analysis of the Indian Demographic Health Survey 2005–2006 pp. 717-726

Saad Siddiqui, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala and Saverio Stranges

The influence of area-level education on body mass index, waist circumference and obesity according to gender pp. 727-736

Antonio Boing and S. Subramanian

Good governance competencies in public health to train public health physicians pp. 737-749

Chiara Bertoncello, Alessandra Buja, Andrea Silenzi, Maria Specchia, Giuseppe Franchino, Agnese Lazzari, Vincenzo Baldo, Walter Ricciardi and Gianfranco Damiani

Erratum to: Nonuse of dental service by schoolchildren in Southern Brazil: impact of socioeconomics, behavioral and clinical factors pp. 751-752

Vanessa Costa, Marília Goettems, Luísa Oliveira, Sandra Tarquinio, Dione Torriani, Marcos Correa and Flávio Demarco

2015, volume 60, articles 5

Disgrace at EU’s external borders pp. 515-516

Oliver Razum and Kayvan Bozorgmehr

Motives underlying food consumption in the Western Balkans: consumers’ profiles and public health strategies pp. 517-526

Julie Mardon, Elise Thiel, Martine Laniau, Siet Sijtsema, Karin Zimmermann and Dominique Barjolle

Beyond nutrition: hunger and its impact on the health of young Canadians pp. 527-538

William Pickett, Valerie Michaelson and Colleen Davison

Physical inactivity and associated factors among university students in 23 low-, middle- and high-income countries pp. 539-549

Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer, Hemant Kassean, Jacques Tsala Tsala, Vanphanom Sychareun and Falk Müller-Riemenschneider

Patterns of movement behaviors and their association with overweight and obesity in youth pp. 551-559

Valerie Carson, Guy Faulkner, Catherine Sabiston, Mark Tremblay and Scott Leatherdale

Mashhad stroke and heart atherosclerotic disorder (MASHAD) study: design, baseline characteristics and 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation pp. 561-572

Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Mohsen Moohebati, Habibollah Esmaily, Mahmoud Ebrahimi, Seyed Parizadeh, Ali Heidari-Bakavoli, Mohammad Safarian, Naghmeh Mokhber, Mohsen Nematy, Hamidreza Saber, Maryam Mohammadi, Mohammad Andalibi, Gordon Ferns and Mahmoud Azarpazhooh

US State-level income inequality and risks of heart attack and coronary risk behaviors: longitudinal findings pp. 573-588

Roman Pabayo, Ichiro Kawachi and Stephen Gilman

How can we improve healthcare access and general self-rated health among orphans and vulnerable children? Findings from a Kenyan cross-sectional study pp. 589-597

Michael Goodman, Sarah Seidel, Reegan Kaberia and Philip Keiser

Educational expectations and adolescent health behaviour: an evolutionary approach pp. 599-608

Ross Whitehead, Dorothy Currie, Jo Inchley and Candace Currie

Mortality among US-born and immigrant Hispanics in the US: effects of nativity, duration of residence, and age at immigration pp. 609-617

Julia Holmes, Anne Driscoll and Melonie Heron

Quantifying the health impacts of ambient air pollutants: recommendations of a WHO/Europe project pp. 619-627

Marie-Eve Héroux, H. 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

2015, volume 60, articles 4

Educational inequalities in diabetes mortality across Europe in the 2000s: the interaction with gender pp. 401-410

Hadewijch Vandenheede, Patrick Deboosere, Albert Espelt, Matthias Bopp, Carme Borrell, Giuseppe Costa, Terje Eikemo, Roberto Gnavi, Rasmus Hoffmann, Ivana Kulhanova, Margarete Kulik, Mall Leinsalu, Pekka Martikainen, Gwenn Menvielle, Maica Rodriguez-Sanz, Jitka Rychtarikova and Johan Mackenbach

Nonuse of dental service by schoolchildren in Southern Brazil: impact of socioeconomics, behavioral and clinical factors pp. 411-416

Vanessa Costa, Marília Goettems, Luísa Oliveira, Sandra Tarquinio, Dione Torriani, Marcos Correa and Flávio Demarco

Socioeconomic inequalities show remarkably poor association with health and disease in Southern Croatia pp. 417-426

Ana Stipčić, Tanja Ćorić, Marijan Erceg, Frane Mihanović, Ivana Kolčić and Ozren Polašek

Youth unemployment and economic recession in Spain: influence on health and lifestyles in young people (16–24 years old) pp. 427-435

Isabel Aguilar-Palacio, Patricia Carrera-Lasfuentes and M. Rabanaque

Interventions to reach underscreened populations: a narrative review for planning cancer screening initiatives pp. 437-447

Mavis Jones, Brenda Ross, Alyssa Cloth and Laura Heller

The challenge of compiling data profiles to stimulate local preventive health action: a European case study from child safety pp. 449-456

Denise Alexander, Michael Rigby, Mika Gissler, Lennart Köhler and Morag MacKay

Evaluating HIV prevention strategies for populations in key affected groups: the example of Cabo Verde pp. 457-466

João Monteiro, Sandro Galea, Timothy Flanigan, Maria Monteiro, Samuel Friedman and Brandon Marshall

Intimate partner violence: a study in men and women from six European countries pp. 467-478

Diogo Costa, Joaquim Soares, Jutta Lindert, Eleni Hatzidimitriadou, Örjan Sundin, Olga Toth, Elli Ioannidi-Kapolo and Henrique Barros

Household smoking restrictions among urban residents in China: individual and regional influences pp. 479-486

Tingzhong Yang, Lingwei Yu, Shuhan Jiang, Xueying Feng, Hong Xian, Randall Cottrell and Ian Rockett

Living standard is related to microregional differences in stroke characteristics in Central Europe: the Budapest Districts 8–12 Project pp. 487-494

András Folyovich, Ildikó Vastagh, Anna Kéri, Angéla Majoros, Koppány Kovács, András Ajtay, Zsuzsanna Laki, Bence Gunda, Katalin Erdei, Laura Lenti, Zsófia Dános and Dániel Bereczki

Factors influencing publication of scientific articles derived from masters theses in public health pp. 495-504

Malen Hollmann, Carme Borrell, Olatz Garin, Esteve Fernández and Jordi Alonso

Continuity of care trajectories and emergency room use among patients with diabetes pp. 505-513

Hui-Ying Tsai, Yiing-Jenq Chou and Christy Pu

2015, volume 60, articles 3

Regional differences of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Swiss children are not explained by socio-demographics or the built environment pp. 291-300

Bettina Bringolf-Isler, Urs Mäder, Alain Dössegger, Heidi Hofmann, Jardena Puder, Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer and Susi Kriemler

Long-term dynamics in physical activity behaviour across the transition to parenthood pp. 301-308

Francisco Perales, Jesus del Pozo-Cruz and Borja del Pozo-Cruz

Physical inactivity of adults and 1-year health care expenditures in Brazil pp. 309-316

Jamile Codogno, Bruna Turi, Han Kemper, Rômulo Fernandes, Diego Christofaro and Henrique Monteiro

Contextual correlates of intensity of smoking in northeast India pp. 317-326

Laishram Ladusingh and Akansha Singh

Examining the significance of urban–rural context in tobacco quitline use: does rurality matter? pp. 327-333

Edward Griffin, Graham Moon and Ross Barnet

Mental health in adolescence as determinant of alcohol consumption trajectories in the Northern Swedish Cohort pp. 335-342

Pekka Virtanen, Tapio Nummi, Tomi Lintonen, Hugo Westerlund, Bruno Hägglöf and Anne Hammarström

Disparities in birth weight and gestational age by ethnic ancestry in South American countries pp. 343-351

George Wehby, Juan Gili, Mariela Pawluk, Eduardo Castilla and Jorge López-Camelo

Stillbirth in an Anglophone minority of Canada pp. 353-362

Nathalie Auger, Mark Daniel, Laust Mortensen, Clarisse Toa-Lou and André Costopoulos

Longitudinal trends in good self-rated health: effects of age and birth cohort in a 25-year follow-up study in Sweden pp. 363-373

Sven-Erik Johansson, Patrik Midlöv, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist and Susanna Calling

The impact of social and family-related factors on women’s stress experience in household and family work pp. 375-387

Stefanie Sperlich and Siegfried Geyer

Health literacy and disability: differences between generations of Canadian immigrants pp. 389-397

D. Omariba and Edward Ng

Erratum to: Evolution of educational inequalities in mortality among young adults in an urban setting pp. 399-400

Hannelore Grande, Patrick Deboosere and Hadewijch Vandenheede

2015, volume 60, articles 2

What difference does ‘the digital’ make to children’s experiences of risk? pp. 127-128

Sonia Livingstone

Two sides of the same coin: communication technology, media use, and our kids’ health pp. 129-130

Anna Ševčíková

The impact of digital media on health: children’s perspectives pp. 131-137

David Smahel, Michelle Wright and Martina Cernikova

Is the association between screen-based behaviour and health complaints among adolescents moderated by physical activity? pp. 139-145

Daniela Brindova, Zuzana Veselska, Daniel Klein, Zdenek Hamrik, Dagmar Sigmundova, Jitse Dijk, Sijmen Reijneveld and Andrea Geckova

Media use and depression: exposure, household rules, and symptoms among young adolescents in the USA pp. 147-155

David Bickham, Yulin Hswen and Michael Rich

Metabolic risk and television time in adolescent females pp. 157-165

Aristides Machado-Rodrigues, Neiva Leite, Manuel Coelho-e-Silva, Fernando Enes, Rômulo Fernandes, Luís Mascarenhas, Margaret Boguszewski and Robert Malina

Frequent electronic media communication with friends is associated with higher adolescent substance use pp. 167-177

Rob Gommans, Gonneke Stevens, Emily Finne, Antonius Cillessen, Meyran Boniel-Nissim and Tom Bogt

Perceived problems with computer gaming and Internet use are associated with poorer social relations in adolescence pp. 179-188

Mette Rasmussen, Charlotte Meilstrup, Pernille Bendtsen, Trine Pedersen, Line Nielsen, Katrine Madsen and Bjørn Holstein

Supportive communication with parents moderates the negative effects of electronic media use on life satisfaction during adolescence pp. 189-198

Meyran Boniel-Nissim, Izabela Tabak, Joanna Mazur, Alberto Borraccino, Fiona Brooks, Rob Gommans, Winfried Sluijs, Emese Zsiros, Wendy Craig, Yossi Harel-Fisch and Emily Finne

Exploring traditional and cyberbullying among Irish adolescents pp. 199-206

Mary Callaghan, Colette Kelly and Michal Molcho

A longitudinal study of the social and emotional predictors and consequences of cyber and traditional bullying victimisation pp. 207-217

Donna Cross, Leanne Lester and Amy Barnes

Cyberbullying, help-seeking and mental health in young Australians: implications for public health pp. 219-226

Barbara Spears, Carmel Taddeo, Anthony Daly, Alexander Stretton and Larisa Karklins

Longitudinal associations between cyber-bullying perpetration and victimization and problem behavior and mental health problems in young Australians pp. 227-237

Sheryl Hemphill, Aneta Kotevski and Jessica Heerde

Understanding children: a qualitative study on health assets of the Internet in Spain pp. 239-247

Mariano Hernán-García, Blanca Botello-Díaz, Jorge Marcos-Marcos, Silvia Toro-Cárdenas and Eugenia Gil-García

Excessive internet use in European adolescents: What determines differences in severity? pp. 249-256

Lukas Blinka, Kateřina Škařupová, Anna Ševčíková, Klaus Wölfling, Kai Müller and Michael Dreier

Online gaming and risks predict cyberbullying perpetration and victimization in adolescents pp. 257-266

Fong-Ching Chang, Chiung-Hui Chiu, Nae-Fang Miao, Ping-Hung Chen, Ching-Mei Lee, Tzu-Fu Huang and Yun-Chieh Pan

Can clans protect adolescent players of massively multiplayer online games from violent behaviors? pp. 267-276

Michele Ybarra and Danah Boyd

Problematic mobile phone use in adolescents: derivation of a short scale MPPUS-10 pp. 277-286

Milena Foerster, Katharina Roser, Anna Schoeni and Martin Röösli

2015, volume 60, articles 1

MedCHAMPS: mediterranean studies of cardiovascular disease and hyperglycaemia: analytical modelling of population socio-economic transitions pp. 1-2

Julia Critchley, Shahaduz Zaman and Wasim Maziak

Prevalence of diabetes in Zimbabwe: a systematic review with meta-analysis pp. 1-11

Mutsa Mutowo, Usha Gowda, John Mangwiro, Paula Lorgelly, Alice Owen and Andre Renzaho

Cardiovascular risk factor trends in the Eastern Mediterranean region: evidence from four countries is alarming pp. 3-11

Kaan Sözmen, Belgin Ünal, Olfa Saidi, Habiba Romdhane, Niveen Abu-Rmeileh, Abdullatif Husseini, Fouad Fouad, Wasim Maziak, Kathleen Bennett, Martin O’Flaherty, Simon Capewell and Julia Critchley

Reviewing the topic of migration and health as a new national health target for Germany pp. 13-20

Patrick Brzoska, Ute Ellert, Ahmet Kimil, Oliver Razum, Anke-Christine Sass, Ramazan Salman and Hajo Zeeb

Estimating diabetes prevalence in Turkey in 2025 with and without possible interventions to reduce obesity and smoking prevalence, using a modelling approach pp. 13-21

Kaan Sözmen, Belgin Unal, Simon Capewell, Julia Critchley and Martin O’Flaherty

Self-perceived health among Eastern European immigrants over 50 living in Western Europe pp. 21-31

D. Lanari, O. Bussini and L. Minelli

Cost-effectiveness analysis of salt reduction policies to reduce coronary heart disease in Syria, 2010–2020 pp. 23-30

Meredith Wilcox, Helen Mason, Fouad Fouad, Samer Rastam, Radwan Ali, Timothy Page, Simon Capewell, Martin O’Flaherty and Wasim Maziak

Living with diabetes and hypertension in Tunisia: popular perspectives on biomedical treatment pp. 31-37

Faten Tlili, Francine Tinsa, Afef Skhiri, Shahaduz Zaman, Peter Phillimore and Habiba Ben Romdhane

Change in depressive symptoms and mental health-related quality of life in northeast Germany between 1997–2001 and 2008–2012 pp. 33-39

Sebastian Baumeister, Georg Schomerus, Carsten-Oliver Schmidt, Franz Möckel, Neeltje den Berg, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Henry Völzke and Hans Grabe

Health system challenges of NCDs in Tunisia pp. 39-46

Habiba Romdhane, Faten Tlili, Afef Skhiri, Shahaduz Zaman and Peter Phillimore

The effect of a four-week fitness program on satisfaction with health and life pp. 41-47

Pamela Wicker, Dennis Coates and Christoph Breuer

Health policy analysis for prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus in Turkey pp. 47-53

Bulent Kilic, Sibel Kalaca, Belgin Unal, Peter Phillimore and Shahaduz Zaman

Association between migration and physical activity of school-age children left behind in rural Mexico pp. 49-58

Gabriela Palos-Lucio, Mario Flores, Marta Rivera-Pasquel, V. Salgado- de-Snyder, Eric Monterrubio, Santiago Henao and Nayeli Macias

Health system challenges for the management of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: an empirical qualitative study from Syria pp. 55-62

Balsam Ahmad, Fouad Fouad, Madonna Elias, Shahaduz Zaman, Peter Phillimore and Wasim Maziak

Test–retest reliability of selected physical activity and sedentary behaviour HBSC items in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland pp. 59-67

Daniela Bobakova, Zdenek Hamrik, Petr Badura, Dagmar Sigmundova, Hania Nalecz and Michal Kalman

Syria: health in a country undergoing tragic transition pp. 63-72

Ziyad Taleb, Raed Bahelah, Fouad Fouad, Adam Coutts, Meredith Wilcox and Wasim Maziak

Food access and children’s BMI in Toronto, Ontario: assessing how the food environment relates to overweight and obesity pp. 69-77

Kristian Larsen, Brian Cook, Michelle Stone and Guy Faulkner

Priority setting for the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases: multi-criteria decision analysis in four eastern Mediterranean countries pp. 73-81

Rula Ghandour, Azza Shoaibi, Rana Khatib, Niveen Abu Rmeileh, Belgin Unal, Kaan Sözmen, Bülent Kılıç, Fouad Fouad, Radwan Al Ali, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Wafa Aissi, Balsam Ahmad, Simon Capewell, Julia Critchley and Abdullatif Husseini

Correlates of healthy fruit and vegetable diet in students in low, middle and high income countries pp. 79-90

Karl Peltzer and Supa Pengpid

Enduring inequality: educational disparities in health among the oldest old in Sweden 1992–2011 pp. 91-98

Stefan Fors and Mats Thorslund

Erratum to: Enduring inequality: educational disparities in health among the oldest old in Sweden 1992–2011 pp. 99-99

Stefan Fors and Mats Thorslund

Absolute or relative? A comparative analysis of the relationship between poverty and mortality pp. 101-110

Johan Fritzell, Johan Rehnberg, Jennie Bacchus Hertzman and Jenni Blomgren

Patterns of health risk behaviors among job-seekers: a latent class analysis pp. 111-119

Inga Schnuerer, Sophie Baumann, Katja Haberecht, Beate Gaertner, Ulrich John and Jennis Freyer-Adam

Serving the underserved: an HIV testing program for populations reluctant to attend conventional settings pp. 121-126

Sonia Fernández-Balbuena, María Belza, Elena Urdaneta, Ramón Esteso, M. Rosales-Statkus and Luis Fuente