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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Health behaviour change"”.
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Conditions for health behaviour change
The impact of an academic course in health psychology on students' health behaviour is assessed. It was contended that this course motivated students to improve their personal health behaviours, as it contained all the elements necessary for persuasion. It was hypothesised that (a) self-reported …
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Financial incentives for health-behaviour change: assessing behavioural and cognitive consequences
… financial incentives for changing their health-related behaviour is one possible strategy for improving health and reducing morbidity and premature mortality. However, several important aspects of the behavioural and cognitive consequences of this type of intervention remain unclear. …
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Personalisation of a multimethod digital health behaviour change intervention (DHBCI) for midlife women in the UK.
Background: Healthy lifestyle behaviours, including healthy diet and regular physical activity, are important behavioural determinants of the quality of life in midlife women. Midlife for women is also a key life stage that is associated with increased health risks of developing long-term health …
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Tailoring eHealth interventions for weight loss: an integrative person-centred approach
Obesity is a public health concern which requires scalable, effective and cost-effective approaches to support people to lose weight. Behaviour change interventions that support people to improve the quality of their diet and increase physical activity can promote weight loss. eHealth …
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Applying the theory of planned behaviour to walking : development and evaluation of measures and an intervention
This research applied the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to the development and evaluation of a TPB measure of walking cognitions and an intervention to encourage walking behaviour. Study one (N=10) used interpretative phenomenological analysis to provide a rich and detailed account of walking …
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The period prevalence and awareness of predisposing risk factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among office workers at a university in the Northern District of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
… for understanding and guiding population-based health behaviour change interventions at an individual, community and environmental level. Study aim: To determine the period prevalence, and to explore the awareness of the predisposing risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders …
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Workplace health promotion: Employee and employer perspectives
… study defines the experience of a Workplace Health Promotion (WHP) programme from employee and employer perspectives. METHOD Participants who completed a 10-week WHP programme were asked their opinions and perceptions of the programme. The following questions were used as a semi structured …
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Exploring the Role of Health Literacy in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Mixed Methods Approach
… to have considerable physical and psychosocial health benefits, uptake, attendance, and adherence is low. Little is known about the role of health literacy in cardiac rehabilitation, yet it has been shown that health literacy is lower in patients with cardiovascular disease. This thesis explores …
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Beyond social cognition models : a mixed methods investigation of influences on attempts to adopt health behaviours
… and operation of influences on attempts to adopt health behaviours, health psychologists have largely concentrated on developing models incorporating statistically predictive combinations of measures of social cognitions. However, this body of work is flawed by theoretical, methodological and …
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Adherence to Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises and the Role of Smart Phone Apps
… have been suggested as an effective resource for health behaviour interventions, especially for sensitive or embarrassing conditions.<br/>A mixed methodology was used to gather evidence about the experience of community dwelling women in the North of Scotland over a three month period. Of the …
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Assessment and monitoring of treatment fidelity in a multiple behaviour change intervention for smokers wishing to reduce but not quit.
… fidelity considers the extent to which a behavioural intervention has been designed, delivered, and experienced as intended. The National Institute of Health’s Behaviour Change Consortium (NIH-BCC) provides a leading framework to examine fidelity across five domains: design, training, …
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Using Green Exercise as a Motivator in Health Management
… and has been shown to positively influence health. The aim of this thesis was to conduct original research and apply underutilised methodological approaches to enhance knowledge and generalisability around green exercise. This was achieved by investigating how the effects of green exercise …
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Reshaping breast care services – a role for dietitians? Uptake and response to dietary intervention in postmenopausal women newly diagnosed with breast cancer
… survivorship’ has<br/>become of interest to health care providers who state that future services must be developed that<br/>better meet the long term health needs and expectations of this group.<br/><br/>To this end, the role of health behaviour change in the secondary prevention of breast …
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Functional Imagery Training, a novel, theory-based motivational intervention for weight-loss
… (MI), and designed to promote sustained behaviour change and address cravings. It trains the habitual use of affective, goal-directed mental imagery of personal incentives, using imagery to plan behaviours, anticipate obstacles, and mentally try out solutions from previous successes. …
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The South African National Educator Wellness Study (SA-NEWS)
… at risk for non-communicable diseases. Health screening, primarily through wellness days, is a popular strategy to improve health by identifying risk factors or disease. In addition, studies show the effectiveness of tailored letters and SMS text message-based interventions for weight …
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Life after stroke: ‘a life I like’ and ‘a life to live’.
… hearts and minds – the confidence, knowledge and health behaviour change to reduce vascular risk after stroke and In the same boat – the benefits of peer support for stroke survivors and caregivers. These themes were used to select relevant standardised validated tools; the Stroke Knowledge Test …
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Employee wellness programme in clothing/ textile manufacturing companies: What are the effects?
Introduction: The prevalence of health risk behaviours is growing amongst South African employees. Health risk behaviours have been identified as a major contributor to reduced health related quality of life (HRQoL) and the increase prevalence of non-communicable diseases. Worksite wellness …
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Development and feasibility testing of a buddy intervention to increase postnatal physical activity
… and is identified as a teachable moment for health behaviour change and therefore interventions to increase postnatal PA are required. This thesis broadly follows the first two steps in the Medical Research Council (MRC) intervention development guidance, combined with methods from the …
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Using the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) to understand and change sedentary behaviour in office workers: Effects on motivation, behaviour, and health outcomes
Sedentary behaviour (SB) is positively associated with all-cause mortality, as well as numerous chronic diseases, including fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer, and metabolic syndrome. Interventions targeting reductions in sedentary time among office …
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Exploring the Experiences and Perceptions of Individuals who have Completed the Discovery Health Family History Tool, and how the Personalised Report has Impacted their Lives
… the gold standard for the collection of family health history (FHH) information and the stratification of disease risk, it is underutilised in health care due to various practitioner and patient barriers. Electronic patient-facing tools have been designed to interrogate FHH, with the capability …
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