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Sex tourism among men who have sex with men (MSM) provides a risk for spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Sex tourism is defined as travelling outside of one's home town and purchasing sex with gifts or money. Our objective was to characterise the frequency, sociodemographic characteristics, and sexual risk behaviours among Chinese MSM sex tourists. ⋯ National Institutes of Health, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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In recent years, hazardous dust-hazehas become one of the most catastrophic weather events in China. Reliable estimation of the burden of dust-haze on health has implications for implementation of mitigation measures. We did a time-series study to examine the health effects of dust-haze in China. ⋯ National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Grant No 2012CB955504). C-Q Ou was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81573249). No funding bodies had any role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the abstract.
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DNA methylation has been implicated in the pathology of obesity, but little is known about such epigenetic variants in Chinese people. We conducted an epigenome-wide analysis of methylation at CpG sites in relation to body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) among Chinese adult populations. ⋯ This study was supported by the Specific Research Project of Health Public Service, Ministry of Health, China (201002007, 201502006) and Key Grant Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (310006).
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Poultry farmers are at high risk of H7N9 avian influenza infection. H7N9 influenza-related knowledge is the precondition motivating poultry farmers to adopt preventive behaviours against H7N9 infection. This study aimed to examine what elements of the knowledge were associated with poultry farmers' protection intention using the protection motivation theory (PMT). ⋯ National Natural Science Foundation of China (71573221).
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In China, obesity has traditionally affected the more affluent urban children, but the problem is spreading to a wider social group, including children who have migrated from rural to urban areas. Customised interventions are needed to prevent further growth in the prevalence of obesity among these migrant children. Exploring the perceptions of key stakeholders regarding the causes of childhood obesity can provide valuable insights, but no qualitative studies have addressed this issue. We investigated the differences in the perceived causes of childhood obesity between local and migrant communities living in a major city in China. ⋯ The study was funded by the Guangzhou Medical Foundation (20131A031001).