Benefits of exercise oncology courses for medical oncology trainees.
Published in Postgraduate medical journal
Associations of within-individual changes in working conditions, health behaviour and BMI with work ability and self-rat...
Published in BMJ open
This study assessed the associations of (1) within-individual improvements and (2) within-individual deteriorations in working conditions, health behaviour and body mass index (BMI) with changes in work ability and self-rated health among workers. Prospective cohort study. The Netherlands. Persons in paid employment, aged 45-64 years, who participa...
Absolute cardiovascular risk scores and medication use in rural India: a cross-sectional study.
...Published in BMJ open
We compared the performance of laboratory-based cardiovascular risk prediction tools in a low-income and middle-income country setting, and estimated the use of antihypertensive and lipid-lowering medications in those deemed at high risk of a cardiovascular event. A cross-sectional study. The study population comprised adult residents (aged ≥18 yea...
Balance on the Brain: a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effect of a multimodal exercise programme on physical...
...Published in BMJ open
Exercise and physical activity have been shown to improve cognition for people living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). There is strong evidence for the benefits of aerobic exercise and medium evidence for participating in regular strength training for people with MCI. However, people living with MCI fall two times as often as those without cog...
Public perceptions of brain health: an international, online cross-sectional survey.
...Published in BMJ open
To investigate public perspectives on brain health. Cross-sectional multilanguage online survey. Lifebrain posted the survey on its website and social media and shared it with stakeholders. The survey was open from 4 June 2019 to 31 August 2020. n=27 590 aged ≥18 years from 81 countries in five continents completed the survey. The respondents were ...
Precision Public Health for Non-communicable Diseases: An Emerging Strategic Roadmap and Multinational Use Cases
...Published in Frontiers in Public Health
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remain the largest global public health threat. The emerging field of precision public health (PPH) offers a transformative opportunity to capitalize on digital health data to create an agile, responsive and data-driven public health system to actively prevent NCDs. Using learnings from digital health, our aim is to...
Long-term cardiovascular risk prediction in the emergency department: a mixed-methods study protocol.
Published in BMJ open
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the leading causes of preventable death in Europe, therefore any opportunity to intervene and improve care should be maximised. Known CVD risk factors are routinely collected in the emergency department (ED), yet they are often not acted on. If the risk factors have prognostic value and a pathway can be c...
Differences in occupational stress by smoking intensity and gender in cross-sectional study of 59 355 Japanese employees...
...Published in BMJ open
It has been hypothesised that smoking intensity may be related to occupational stress. This study aimed to investigate whether stress, including problems with superiors or co-workers, is a driver of smoking. Cross-sectional study. 59 355 employees (34 865 men and 24 490 women) across multiple occupations who completed a self-reported questionnaire-...
Evidenced-based and targeted interventions are required to enhance compliance with COVID-19 public health measures.
Published in Evidence-based nursing
Establishing communicable disease surveillance systems.
Published in BMJ military health
Humanitarian emergencies can result in an increase of communicable diseases, leading to a rise in mortality and/or morbidity in vulnerable populations. This requires a public health approach to re-establish control of communicable disease. Communicable disease surveillance systems play a key role, providing the information required for disease cont...
