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Characterization of the Effects of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Mouse and Human Islet Function

Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 2019
Islet transplantation has the potential to cure type 1 diabetes, but current transplantation protocols are not optimal and there is extensive loss of islet β‐cell insulin secretory function during the immediate post‐transplantation period.
Ahmed A. Arzouni, Andreia Vargas‐Seymour, Paramjeet K. Dhadda, Chloe L. Rackham, Guo‐Cai Huang, Pratik Choudhary, Aileen J. F. King, Peter M. Jones   +7 more
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Does pre-COVID impulsive behaviour predict adherence to hygiene and social distancing measures in youths following the COVID-19 pandemic onset? Evidence from a South African longitudinal study.

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Engagement in protective behaviours relating to the COVID-19 pandemic has been proposed to be key to infection control. This is particularly the case for youths as key drivers of infections.
Katharina Haag, Stefani Du Toit, Nace Mikus, Sarah Skeen, Kathryn Steventon Roberts, Marguerite Marlow, Vuyolwethu Notholi, Akhona Sambudla, Yeukai Chideya, Lorraine Sherr, Mark Tomlinson   +10 more
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Instructive roles and supportive relationships: client perspectives of their engagement with community health workers in a rural south African home visiting program

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Community health worker (CHW) programs have been positioned as a way to meet the needs of those who experience marginalization and inequitable access to health care, and current global health narratives also emphasize their adaptable nature to
Christina A. Laurenzi, Sarah Skeen, Bronwynè J. Coetzee, Vuyolwethu Notholi, Sarah Gordon, Emma Chademana, Julia Bishop, Mark Tomlinson   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life course epidemiology and public health.

Lancet Public Health
Life course epidemiology aims to study the effect of exposures on health outcomes across the life course from a social, behavioural, and biological perspective.
C. Wagner, C. Carmeli, J. Jackisch, Mika Kivimäki, B. V. D. van der Linden, S. Cullati, A. Chiolero   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Life Course Approaches to the Causes of Health Disparities.

American Journal of Public Health, 2019
Reducing health disparities requires an understanding of the mechanisms that generate disparities. Life course approaches to health disparities leverage theories that explain how socially patterned physical, environmental, and socioeconomic exposures at ...
N. Jones, S. Gilman, T. Cheng, S. Drury, C. Hill, A. Geronimus   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effects of exercise referral schemes in the United Kingdom in those with cardiovascular, mental health, and musculoskeletal disorders: a preliminary systematic review

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Exercise referral schemes within clinical populations may offer benefits for inactive and sedentary individuals, and improve and aid treatment of specific health disorders.
Nikita Rowley, Steve Mann, James Steele, Elizabeth Horton, Alfonso Jimenez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The U Shape of Happiness Across the Life Course: Expanding the Discussion

Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2020
The notion of a U shape in happiness—that well-being is highest for people in their 20s, decreases to its nadir in midlife, and then rises into old age—has captured the attention of the media, which often cite it as evidence for a midlife crisis.
N. Galambos, H. Krahn, Matthew D Johnson, M. Lachman   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinicians’ experiences of using and implementing a medical mobile phone app (QUiPP V2) designed to predict the risk of preterm birth and aid clinical decision making

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2021
Background As the vast majority of women who present in threatened preterm labour (TPTL) will not deliver early, clinicians need to balance the risks of over-medicalising the majority of women, against the potential risk of preterm delivery for those ...
N. Carlisle, H. A. Watson, J. Carter, K. Kuhrt, P. T. Seed, R. M. Tribe, J. Sandall, A. H. Shennan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Childhood Maltreatment and BMI Trajectories to Mid-Adult Life: Follow-Up to Age 50y in a British Birth Cohort. [PDF]

, 2015
Childhood maltreatment including abuse and neglect has been associated with adult obesity, but evidence on life-course development of obesity or BMI gain is unclear.
Li, L, Pinto Pereira, SM, Power, C
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Racism and the Life Course: Taking Time Seriously.

American Journal of Public Health, 2019
The adage "time is money" signifies that time itself is a major social resource, but the role of time as a determinant of health inequities remains underappreciated.
G. Gee, Anna K Hing, S. Mohammed, Derrick C. Tabor, David R. Williams   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source