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Use of pregnancy counselling services in Australia 2007–2012

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objective: To assess the uptake of Medicare Benefit payments for non‐directive pregnancy support counselling which commenced in November 2006. Methods: Counts of services for pregnancy counselling from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2012, where a Medicare rebate
Julia M. Shelley   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can touch this: training to correct police officer beliefs about overdose from incidental contact with fentanyl

open access: yesHealth & Justice, 2021
Misinformation about overdose risk from accidentally inhaling or touching fentanyl is widespread among police in the United States. This may aggravate already elevated burdens of officer stress and burnout, while chilling lifesaving overdose response ...
Brandon del Pozo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

'Obsessed with goals': functions and mechanisms of teleological interpretation of actions in humans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Humans show a strong and early inclination to interpret observed behaviours of others as goal-directed actions. We identify two main epistemic functions that this ‘teleological obsession’ serves: on-line prediction and social learning.
Baker   +65 more
core   +1 more source

How the One Health approach can make effective the World Health Organization’s recommendations on integrated management of childhood illnesses: Case of community-based home management of malaria in the Ferlo of Matam, Senegal

open access: yesDialogues in Health
Background: Malaria remains a major cause of illness and death among children under five in Senegal, particularly in remote areas inhabited by transhumant herders who have limited access to health services.
Jean Standeur Nabi Kaly   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anodal tDCS over Primary Motor Cortex Provides No Advantage to Learning Motor Sequences via Observation

open access: yesNeural Plasticity, 2018
When learning a new motor skill, we benefit from watching others. It has been suggested that observation of others’ actions can build a motor representation in the observer, and as such, physical and observational learning might share a similar neural ...
Dace Apšvalka   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with caregivers’ consistency of use of bed nets in Nigeria: a multilevel multinomial analysis of survey data

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2018
Background Malaria remains endemic in Nigeria despite programmes and policies put in place toward malaria elimination. Long-lasting insecticidal nets have been documented to offer protection from malaria by preventing mosquito bites.
Stella Babalola   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acceptability and appropriateness of a novel parent-staff co-leadership model for childhood obesity prevention in Head Start: a qualitative interview study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background Peer leadership can be an effective strategy for implementing health programs, benefiting both program participants and peer leaders. To realize such benefits, the peer leader role must be appropriate for the community context.
Jacob P. Beckerman-Hsu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Manual Grasparatus: A nifty tool for presenting real objects in fMRI research

open access: yesMethodsX, 2019
One of the greatest challenges in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research using real objects as stimuli is their timely delivery and (pseudo)randomized presentation.
Agnieszka M. Nowik   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integration of sentinel surveillance and climate factors to accelerate malaria elimination in a changing climate of Senegal

open access: yesScience in One Health
Background: Senegal is located in a malaria-endemic zone. Malaria is a highly climate-sensitive vector-borne disease, yet its sentinel surveillance shows a weak integration of malaria morbidity data with climatic factors.
Ibrahima Mamby Keita   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interacting for the environment:Engaging Goffman in pro-environmental action [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Whilst there are profound disagreements about how more sustainable forms of living might be achieved, most research on pro-environmental action recognises it as a fundamentally social challenge – demanding shifts not merely in individuals’ attitudes and ...
(GAP) Global Action Plan   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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