Broussard, Grant Rubenstein, Leonard S. Robinson, Courtland Maziak, Wasim Gilbert, Sappho Z. DeCamp, Matthew
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Journal of International Humanitarian Action
BackgroundHumanitarian health care organizations and health workers working in contexts of armed or violent conflict experience challenges in fulfilling ethical obligations and humanitarian principles. To better understand the types of challenges experienced in these contexts, we conducted a systematic literature review.MethodsA broad search strate...
de F. Sousa, Maria Gizeuda da Silva, Adeildo C. dos Santos Araújo, Rinaldo Rigotto, Raquel M.
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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
The municipality of Limoeiro do Norte-Ceará, located in northeastern Brazil, stands out as a major center of agribusiness due to the high productivity indexes, especially in the irrigated fruit production, with a high consumption of pesticides, including glyphosate, considered potentially carcinogenic by International Agency for Research on Cancer ...
Wallbank, Geraldine Sherrington, Catherine Canning, Colleen G. Hassett, Leanne Shepherd, Roberta Richards, Bethan Mackay, Catherine Tiedemann, Anne
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundThere is compelling evidence that physical activity has many physical and mental health benefits and can delay the development of disability in older age. However, uptake of this health behaviour is sub-optimal in working women in their middle age. This trial aims to establish the impact of a low-dose information program, incorporating fo...
Lindsay-Smith, Gabrielle Eime, Rochelle O’Sullivan, Grant Harvey, Jack van Uffelen, Jannique G. Z.
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BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundRegular physical activity (PA) has many health benefits but declines with age. Community multi-activity groups offering volunteer-led socially-oriented activity programs could provide an opportunity for older people to maintain or increase PA levels and promote their health. The aim of this study was to examine the potential effect of bec...
Bradshaw, Sally Bem, Danai Shaw, Karen Taylor, Beck Chiswell, Christopher Salama, Mary Bassett, Eve Kaur, Geetinder Cummins, Carole
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BMC Pediatrics
BackgroundParenting children with special health care needs can be challenging particularly if children have complex conditions. Parents may struggle to manage their child’s health and their own emotions, contributing to poorer health outcomes for the family. Frequent healthcare contact presents opportunities to intervene, but current evidence revi...
Dauner, Kim Nichols Wilmot, Neil A.
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundSocial capital is a multilevel construct impacting health. Community level social capital, beyond the neighborhood, has received relatively less attention. Moreover, the measurement of community level social capital has tended to make use of aggregated individual data, rather than observable community characteristics.MethodsHerein, metrop...
Jessiman, Patricia E. Campbell, Rona Jago, Russ Van Sluijs, Esther M. F. Newbury-Birch, Dorothy
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundSchools are an important setting for health promotion. In England, around one third of publicly funded schools have become independent of local authorities since 2000 and are now academies, run by an academy trust. The aim of this research was to examine attitudes towards health promotion held by academy trust leaders and senior staff. Th...
Jonsson, Linda S. Fredlund, Cecilia Priebe, Gisela Wadsby, Marie Svedin, Carl Göran
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
BackgroundThe current study aimed at exploring adolescents’ experiences of online sexual contacts leading to online sexual abuse by a perpetrator whom the victim had first met online. Associations with socio demographic background, experience of abuse, relation to parents, health and risk behaviors were studied.MethodsThe participants were a repres...
Barteit, Sandra Sié, Ali Yé, Maurice Depoux, Anneliese Louis, Valérie R. Sauerborn, Rainer
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Globalization and Health
BackgroundThe adverse health impacts of climate change are increasing on a global level. However, knowledge about climate change and health is still unavailable to many global citizens, in particular on adaptation measures and co-benefits of health mitigation. Educational technologies, such as massive open online courses (MOOCs), may have a high po...
Crowley, Patrick Skotte, Jørgen Stamatakis, Emmanuel Hamer, Mark Aadahl, Mette Stevens, Matthew L. Rangul, Vegar Mork, Paul J. Holtermann, Andreas
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
BackgroundPooling data from thigh-worn accelerometers across multiple studies has great potential to advance evidence on the health benefits of physical activity. This requires harmonization of information on body postures, physical activity types, volumes and time patterns across different brands of devices. The aim of this study is to compare the...
