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Immediate effects of alcohol marketing communications and media portrayals on consumption and cognition: a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2016
Background Restricting marketing of alcoholic products is purported to be a cost-effective intervention to reduce alcohol consumption. The strength of evidence supporting this claim is contested.
Kaidy Stautz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: a systematic review of barriers and facilitators and strategic behavioural analysis of interventions

open access: yesImplementation Science, 2020
Background Reducing the need for antibiotics is crucial in addressing the global threat of antimicrobial resistance. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of the most frequent device-related infections that may be amenable to ...
Lou Atkins   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physical micro-environment interventions for healthier eating in the workplace: protocol for a stepped wedge randomised controlled pilot trial

open access: yesPilot and Feasibility Studies, 2017
Background An estimated one third of energy is consumed in the workplace. The workplace is therefore an important context in which to reduce energy consumption to tackle the high rates of overweight and obesity in the general population.
Milica Vasiljevic   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A consumer register: an acceptable and cost-effective alternative for accessing patient populations

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology, 2016
Background Population-based registries are increasingly used to recruit patient samples for research, however, they have several limitations including low consent and participation rates, and potential selection bias.
Jamie Bryant   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimising diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for people living with dementia: geriatricians’ views

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Providing a timely and accurate diagnosis of dementia and delivering appropriate support following a diagnosis are essential to allow individuals and their families to plan for the future. Recent studies suggest that provision of diagnosis and
Elise Mansfield   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Type A Behaviour Pattern and Health Behaviour of Polish Nurses

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
“Coronary prone behaviour pattern” refers to a way of coping with environmental stressors, otherwise known as type A behaviour patterns. Stress, unlimited working hours, and the shift system are conducive to an “unhealthy life style”, conducted by nurses.
Lucyna Gieniusz-Wojczyk   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Psychedelics and health behaviour change [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Psychopharmacology, 2021
Healthful behaviours such as maintaining a balanced diet, being physically active and refraining from smoking have major impacts on the risk of developing cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and other serious conditions. The burden of the so-called ‘lifestyle diseases’—in personal suffering, premature mortality and public health costs—is ...
Pedro J Teixeira   +7 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Increasing the proportion of healthier foods available with and without reducing portion sizes and energy purchased in worksite cafeterias: protocol for a stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
Background Overconsumption of energy from food contributes to high rates of overweight and obesity in many populations. A promising set of interventions tested in pilot studies in worksite cafeterias, suggests energy intake may be reduced by increasing ...
James P. Reynolds   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of the school-based social and behaviour change communication interventions on insecticide-treated nets utilization among primary school children in rural Ethiopia: a controlled quasi-experimental design

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2021
Background School-based behaviour change communication interventions could help to achieve behavioural changes in the school and enhance the enrollment of the students and teachers as health messengers to local communities. Evidence on the impacts of the
Fira Abamecha   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of calorie labelling in worksite cafeterias: a stepped wedge randomised controlled pilot trial

open access: yesInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018
Background For working adults, about one-third of energy is consumed in the workplace making this an important context in which to reduce energy intake to tackle obesity.
Milica Vasiljevic   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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