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Stigma can be experienced as perceived or actual disqualification from social and institutional acceptance on the basis of one or more physical, health-related, behavioural, or other attributes deemed to be undesirable. Long COVID is a predominantly multisystem condition that occurs in people with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection, often resulting in functional disability, which limits day-to-day activities. We aimed to quantify the burden of stigma experienced in a community-based sample of people with lived experience of long COVID. ⋯ None.
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The number of children living with obesity in the UK is increasing, and the rise has been exacerbated by the lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, when school attendance was suspended and leisure activities were curtailed. Whether an association exists between obesity and problems with peer relationships in children has not been definitively answered because few datasets collect these data simultaneously. This study was aimed at exploring the relationship between obesity and peer problems in children after adjustment for multiple confounding factors. ⋯ None.
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Interdisciplinary interventions for school-based mental health promotion (SBMHP) for adolescents (10-19 years old) provide a unique opportunity to address the urgent mental health needs across this population. EspaiJove.net, a SBMHP programme, has delivered mental health workshops to over 24118 adolescents in Barcelona, Spain, since 2012. This study aimed to explore the perspectives from professionals involved in EspaiJove.net regarding the needs, challenges, and opportunities for adolescent SBMHP, to guide future interventions. ⋯ None.
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Agent based models are a computational methodology in which systems of simulated heterogeneous agents interact with one another and their environment; they are a research tool with the potential to provide greater understanding of the complex, interdependent, and systemic determinants of population health challenges, particularly when co-produced with the decision makers, practitioners, and public who understand and experience these challenges from a variety of perspectives. Although agent-based modelling is becoming more widely used in health research, this methodology is currently underutilised in non-communicable disease prevention. We aim to highlight the potential role of agent-based modelling in supporting policy and practice decision-making in non-communicable disease prevention, using an obesity example to show how an agent-based model can capture the social influences in diet. ⋯ Population health Agent-based Simulation nEtwork (PHASE).
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Smoking continuation or uptake after a diagnosis of cancer is associated with decreased treatment efficacy, health deterioration, and worse survival outcomes; nonetheless, many patients with cancer continue smoking after their diagnosis. The extent and effectiveness of smoking cessation services in this cohort is poorly understood, but engagement with smoking cessation services is known to be scarce. The aim of this systematic review was to identify interventions for smokers diagnosed with cancer, as part of a larger study to develop a quit pathway. ⋯ Irish Cancer Society (grant SCA19FIT).