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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Basic psychological needs and autonomous motivation: A humanistic perspective on pro-environmental behaviour change

, 2023
This chapter introduces a humanistic perspective on pro-environmental behaviour change. It outlines self-determination theory, a humanistic, dialectical theory of human motivation, as a theoretical frame for understanding behaviour change and its ...
Lund University., Wullenkord, Marlis,
core  

Applying the Behaviour Change Wheel to UK Local Authority Policy Documents: A Content Analysis in the Context of Financial Behaviour

Behavioral Sciences, 2023
Local authorities in the UK often try to improve their residents’ financial well-being by promoting changes in behaviour. The extent to which these behaviour change activities are based on relevant theory or evidence is unknown.
Zach Mills, Katryn Wright, Danielle D’Lima   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Theoretical explanations for maintenance of behaviour change: a systematic review of behaviour theories [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Behaviour change interventions are effective in supporting individuals in achieving temporary behaviour change. Behaviour change maintenance, however, is rarely attained.
Kwasnicka, Dominika, Dombrowski, S., Dombrowski, Stephan U, Sniehotta, Falko F, Sniehotta, F., White, Martin, White, M.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Developing and using ontologies in behavioural science: addressing issues raised [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Wellcome Open Research, 2023
Ontologies are ways of representing aspects of the world in terms of uniquely defined classes of ‘entities’ and relationships between them. They are widely used in biological science, data science and commerce because they provide clarity, consistency ...
Nelli Hankonen, Robert West, Janna Hastings, Susan Michie, Marie Johnston, Alison J. Wright   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers and facilitators to consuming pulses: a qualitative exploration including effects of trying recipes at home

Journal of Nutritional Science
Pulses are a healthy, sustainable, low cost food, but consumption levels are low for a variety of reasons, including practical and cooking concerns. This work aimed to explore barriers and facilitators towards pulse consumption and increasing consumption,
B. Whittall, S. M. Warwick, M. Jackson, K. M. Appleton   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reversing the pipeline? Implementing public health evidence-based guidance in english local government

Implementation Science, 2017
Background In the UK, responsibility for many public health functions was transferred in 2013 from the National Health Service (NHS) to local government; a very different political context and one without the NHS history of policy and practice being ...
Lou Atkins, Michael P. Kelly, Clare Littleford, Gillian Leng, Susan Michie   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interventions to improve appropriate antibiotic prescribing in long-term care facilities: a systematic review

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Overuse of antibiotics has contributed to antimicrobial resistance; a growing public health threat. In long-term care facilities, levels of inappropriate prescribing are as high as 75%.
Elise Crayton, Michelle Richardson, Chris Fuller, Catherine Smith, Sunny Liu, Gillian Forbes, Niall Anderson, Laura Shallcross, Susan Michie, Andrew Hayward, Fabiana Lorencatto   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source