Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Jun 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialAction Schools! BC: a school-based physical activity intervention designed to decrease cardiovascular disease risk factors in children.
Our primary objective was to determine whether a novel 'active school' model--Action Schools! BC--improved the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profile in elementary-school children. Our secondary objective was to determine the percentage of children with elevated CVD risk factors. ⋯ Action Schools! BC was an effective school-based physical activity model for improving the CVD risk profile of elementary-school children. Our multi-component intervention exposed children to fitness enhancing physical activity. It may be important for education stakeholders to adequately resource the delivery of the active school models if cardiovascular health benefits are to be achieved on a population basis.
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Preventive medicine · Jun 2008
Comparative StudyAcceptability and impact of a partial smoking ban followed by a total smoking ban in a psychiatric hospital.
To assess the impact of a partial smoking ban followed by a total smoking ban in a psychiatric hospital in Switzerland. ⋯ The partial ban decreased exposure to ETS and the total ban further improved the situation and increased the proportion of smokers who attempted to quit smoking and received nicotine medications. The total ban was loosely enforced and was overall acceptable, but most participants preferred a partial ban.