Lancet
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Observational Study
Association between friendship quality and subjective wellbeing in adolescents: a cross-sectional observational study.
Friendships play a vital role in the social lives of teenagers, and friendship quality can substantially impact the adolescents' overall health and wellbeing. This study aimed to investigate the association between friendship quality and subjective wellbeing in Northern Irish adolescents. ⋯ Taibah University.
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The term "Shielding" was introduced in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect approximately 4 million people at highest risk from infection. Shielding was characterised by extreme isolation and applied to those with certain illnesses, disabilities, and during pregnancy. For the estimated 1300 high-risk doctors, shielding meant abrupt departure from the clinical environment. We aimed to understand the impact of shielding on junior doctors (JDs) by interviewing them and their consultants. ⋯ Scottish Medical Education Research Consortium.
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The Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Measure Survey (2022) found older age as a risk factor for cancer to be low (around 2-4% across UK nations). However, 89 in 100 cancers are in those aged 50 years and older, and the majority of health-communications are targeted to these higher risk groups. This research aimed to understand the potential impact on health behaviours of communicating messages on relative increased risk of cancer with older age on participant's capability, motivation, and opportunity (COM-B model) in relation to positive early diagnosis health behaviours (body vigilance, intention to take part in cancer screening, preventative measures). ⋯ Cancer Research UK.
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The Women's Wellness with Type 2 Diabetes Programme (WWDP) is an online behavioural intervention for midlife women living with type 2 diabetes. The gender-specific intervention fosters self-efficacy, encouraging positive wellbeing behaviours to enhance diabetes and menopause outcomes. In 2016, We co-led a feasibility trial and process evaluation with 70 women aged 45-50 years from the UK and Australia. The intervention comprised an e-book, a website, and nurse consultations. The WWDP seemed to improved diabetes distress, self-efficacy, and menopausal symptoms, but with impactful, costly, diabetes nurse input, compromising feasibility and delivery by the NHS. We report WWDP refinement using the 2021 Medical Research Council (MRC) framework for complex interventions to optimise future implementation. ⋯ Turkish Ministry of National Education.
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Workplace interventions to increase the number of good quality jobs can help reduce widening health inequalities in England and are an important area for public health research. Over the past decade, workplace charters led by local and regional government authorities have become increasingly popular. Charters typically include commitments on workplace practices-such as job security, pay, wellbeing, and employee voice-and an assessment and award process. Still, there is limited knowledge on how this intervention works. We aimed to understand the views of business leaders on how workplace charters can reduce health inequalities for employees. ⋯ None.