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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Department of Epidemiology and Public Health"”.
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Life events and change in health behaviours at midlife: an analysis of data from the National Survey of Health and Development
Aim. Limited evidence exists on the effects of life stress on behaviour change, especially amongst middle aged people. This study aims to assess the impact of life stress from stressful life events and being diagnosed with chronic diseases on change in smoking, alcohol use, diet, and physical …
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Is access to and use of Exercise Referral Schemes equitable?
… in which patients are referred to a programme of supervised sessions of subsidised exercise at a local leisure centre. National guidance states that schemes should employ strategies to engage people from disadvantaged groups. While people from such groups are known to attend primary care more …
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Life course socioeconomic circumstances and cardiovascular disease risk in Central and Eastern Europe
This thesis investigated the influences of early life socioeconomic circumstances (SEC) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic. Early life SEC are inversely associated with CVD risk factors and outcomes in western countries, but the same relationships have not …