Background Tobacco smoking remains one of the few preventable factors associated with
complications in pregnancy, and has serious long‐term implications for women and babies …

The word 'addiction'these days is used to refer to a chronic condition where there is an
unhealthily powerful motivation to engage in a particular behaviour. This can be driven by …

One common obstacle to the audience's embracing the persuader's advocated action or
viewpoint is the audience's current attitudes, that is, the audience's general evaluations (of …

This book explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy,
employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK as contrasting case studies. It …

A consistent finding in articles on quality improvement in health care is that change is difficult
to achieve. According to the research literature, the majority of interventions are targeted at …

Background Tobacco smoking in pregnancy remains one of the few preventable factors
associated with complications in pregnancy, low birthweight, preterm birth and has serious …

Socioeconomic status (SES) refers to an individual's social position relative to other
members of a society. Low SES is associated with large increases in cardiovascular disease …

Background Suboptimal treatment adherence remains a barrier to the control of many
infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, which contribute significantly to …

A comment on this article appears in" Moving beyond the transtheoretical model." Addiction.
2006 Jun; 101 (6): 768-74; author reply 774-8. A comment on this article appears in" Calling …

The persistent and universal nature of oral health inequalities presents a significant
challenge to oral health policy makers. Inequalities in oral health mirror those in general …