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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"health behaviours"”.
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The Impact of Perceptions of Risk on Healthcare and Health Behaviours
… the design and delivery of a substance use health promotion campaign. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of the television adverts shown as part of the previously unstudied ‘Talk to Frank’ intervention in relation to an individual’s perceived risk of taking a substance …
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Understanding health risk factor prevalence and enhancing health behaviours of airline pilots
… are associated with adverse acute and chronic health outcomes and may pose risks to flight safety and economic burden. Restorative sleep, healthy nutrition, and sufficient physical activity are powerful lifestyle behaviours that are fundamental for human health and well-being, and each are …
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Health-related quality of life and health behaviours in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease
… (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder. Physical health problems include painful vaso-occlusive crises. Children and adolescents with SCD may also experience psychological distress, social isolation and an impaired health-related quality of life (HRQL). Physical health problems and psychosocial …
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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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Effect of a brief self-compassion intervention on self-compassion and health behaviours in emerging adults.
… have been put in place to address the health behaviour failures that lead to NCDs. However at an individual level such failures remain all too common. Emerging adulthood (ages 18 to 25) is a time of particular health behaviour challenges, with lack of self-regulatory capacity …
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Risk factors of fall-related injuries and the interaction of bone mineral density and health behaviours
목적 : 대표성 있는 자료원을 분석하여 우리나라 일반인구집단에서 골밀도 상태에 따른 낙상손상 위험의 차이를 살펴보고, 건강행태 특성과 골밀도와의 관계를 파악한다. 또한 골밀도와의 상호작용으로 낙상손상 위험에 영향을 주는 건강행태 특성을 찾아보고자 수행되었다. 방법 : 제4기 국민건강영양조사 자료 중 골밀도 검진이 이루어진 2~3차(2008~2009년)자료를 활용하여, 성별, 연령, 교육수준, 개인소득, 지역 등 인구사회학적 특성과 신체활동 수준, 1일 칼슘섭취 수준, 체내 비타민 D 보유수준, 음주, 흡연, 비만 등 건강행태특성과 …
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Examining the relationship between health behaviours and mental health in a Luxembourg sheltered work environment : a quantitative study
… from severe mental illness (SMI) engage in fewer health behaviours and, in return, suffer a reduced lifespan by up to 25 years. Past literature on health behaviours and SMI is complex, fragmented and inconclusive, and has chiefly focused on single health behaviours in relation to specific mental …
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Maternal health behaviours: the development and feasibility evaluation of a mindfulness-based behaviour change intervention for pregnant women
Background: Maternal health behaviours are associated with the likelihood of pregnancy complications, and with infants’ immediate and lifetime outcomes. Aim: The overarching aim was to investigate whether mindfulness training might have any potential as the basis of a maternal behaviour change …
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Exploring the experiences and use of text messages to enhance health behaviours and self-management in South Asian patients
… the South-Asian (SA) community enhances positive health behaviours, and self-management through the Florence (FLO) text messaging system. It also examines socio-cultural factors contributing to self-management, patient activation and engagement with text messaging. There is limited literature …
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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
… data from 3 waves of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development when the sample was aged 36, 43 and 53 years. A change was defined as the change in the status of particular health behaviour between two consecutive waves (age 36 and 43 years, and age 43 and 53 years). The changes in health …
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A mixed methods study examining the role of professional YouTubers in young people’s health behaviours in the UK: implications for health interventions
… popular among young people and produce plentiful health content. Research suggests YouTube health content varies in quality and social media health interventions remain scarce. However, popular media and public health organisations are increasingly recognising YouTubers’ potential influence as a …
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Gender inequality in education: An Investigation into the effects of School Management Practices on Health Behaviours of Female Students. (A Study of Selected Senior Secondary Schools in Lagos State)
… of gender disparities in schools on girls’ health and education. The study sought to investigate whether school management practices is a possible factor impacting the health behaviours of female students in senior secondary schools in Lagos, Nigeria. The study employed mixed methods design …
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An Application of the Extended Parallel Process Model to Optimize Health Messages for At-Risk Populations during COVID-19: Investigating the Relationship between Threat Perception and Protective Health Behaviours in People with Obesity
… severe outcomes of COVID-19. Although protective behaviours can reduce the spread of COVID-19, strategies are required to motivate PwO to engage in these behaviours. Targeted messages can be used to encourage adherence to protective behaviours; however, careful consideration is needed to avoid …
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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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Social patterning in biomarkers of health, an analysis of health inequalities using Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Health inequalities are known to be prevalent in Britain. Though testing hypothesised pathways between socio-economic position and biological markers of heath, this thesis aims to improve understanding of how socio-economic inequality becomes health inequality and how physiology is affected by …
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Chlamydia screening in adults attending a sexual health clinic: stages of change, anxiety and sexual behaviour
… stage of change (SOC) for positive sexual health behaviours, (i.e. using condoms and seeking screening for sexually transmitted infections-STIs) and level of state anxiety at different times during attendance at a sexual health clinic (before examination, after treatment and at 6 week …
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Seeing is Believing: Using Visualisations of Medical Disease and Treatment to Improve Patient Adherence
The effective understanding of health information is essential to inform adaptive patient health behaviours, such as adherence to treatment. Despite developments in our understanding of pathological processes and innovative treatments, patient comprehension and health literacy remains problematic. …
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Understanding the barriers to, and impact of, men's engagement in physical activity and health related behaviours : an examination of an English Premier League football in the community men's health programme
… have in attracting men to physical activity and health engagement programmes. Despite attempts to align FitC programmes with suitable evaluation procedures, there still remains limited evaluative empirical evidence. '. Study 1 adopted ethnographic principles to explore the effectiveness of, and …
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Identity and veteran health: Considerations of context, culture, and change
… have poor physical, psychological, and social health outcomes compared with civilians, including elevated rates of substance abuse, self-harm, and suicidality. These outcomes are exacerbated by the reluctance of military personnel and veterans to engage with healthcare services, and a lack of …
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