Increasing confidence and competence in supporting behaviour change in physiotherapy practice using Making Every Contact Count Healthy Conversation Skills: a before and after evaluation [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchAim To a) evaluate the impact of Making Every Contact Count Healthy Conversation Skills (MECC HCS) training on the confidence and competence of physiotherapists in supporting patient behaviour change, and b) evaluate perceived acceptability, barriers and
Amelia Parchment +5 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Background: Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is classically conferred by the acquisition of the mecA gene encoding an additional penicillin binding protein with low affinity for beta-lactams.
Camille Kolenda +2 more
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Quadruple parametric optical mapping to measure cardiac metabolism-excitation-contraction coupling [PDF]
Communications BiologyMetabolism-excitation-contraction coupling (MECC) refers to the interdependent facets of cardiac physiology working synchronously to generate each heartbeat.
Amber Mills, Sharon Ann George
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Assessing fidelity of design and training of Making Every Contact Count (MECC) in a mental health inpatient setting [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is a public health strategy which strives to enable brief interventions to be implemented through opportunistic healthy lifestyle conversations.
Emma Kemp +10 more
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The effectiveness of integrating making every contact count into an undergraduate medical curriculum [PDF]
PEC InnovationObjective: To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of integrating Making Every Contact Count (MECC) using Healthy Conversation Skills (HCS) into an undergraduate medical curriculum and test the performance of an associated assessment.
Robyn Fletcher +6 more
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Parasitic nematodes in potatoes of different varieties and their interrelations with some arthropods
One Health & Risk Management, 2021 Introduction. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is susceptible to infestation with an associated complex of different species of parasitic and saprophytic nematodes, bacteria, fungi, and arthropods, which diminish the quality of the product.
Maria MELNIC +4 more
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Study on Isolated Staphylococcus aureus from Bovine Milk with Mastitis Containing Methicillin and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Gene [PDF]
Pizhūhish va Nuāvarī dar ̒Ulūm va Sanāyi̒-i Ghaz̠āyī, 2022 Nowadays, bovine mastitis has been recorded as an inflammation of the mammary gland and Staphylococcus aureus is the main pathogens responsible for contagious mastitis in ruminants.
Maryam Gharghi +2 more
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Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2023 Background ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) is a public health strategy supporting public-facing workers to use opportunities during routine contacts to enable health behaviour change. A mental health hospital in the North East of England is currently
Angela M. Rodrigues +9 more
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BMC Microbiology, 2021 Background A high carriage rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with the mecC gene (mecC-MRSA) has been described among Wild European hedgehogs (Europeaus erineaus).
Faruk Dube +4 more
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HRB Open Research, 2022 Background: Brief behavioural interventions offered by healthcare professionals to target health behavioural risk factors (e.g. physical activity, diet, smoking and drug and alcohol use) can positively impact patient health outcomes.
Catherine Hayes +13 more
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