Translating research to practice, one blog post at a time
By Kathryn McEwan, Northumbria University, UK Sarah helped her father pack his belongings; relief mixed with rising anxiety. After five days in hospital following his stroke, he was being discharged. A nurse had briefly mentioned medication changes and follow-up appointments, […]
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By Amanda O’Connor, Claire Blewitt and Helen Skouteris, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to achieve good health, regardless of socioeconomic position, ethnicity, gender, or other social conditions. Yet, current global […]
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By Dawn Holford, University of Bristol, UK, Linda Karlsson, University of Turku, Finland, Frederike Taubert, Erfurt University, Germany, Emma C. Anderson, University of Bristol, UK, Virginia C. Gould, University of Bristol, UK Correcting misconceptions about vaccination Vaccination is one of […]
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By Amanda Daley, Loughborough University, UK 영국과 아일랜드에서는 “Making Every Contact Count (MECC) initiative”를 통해 의료 전문가와 환자 사이에 매일 이루어지는 수천 건의 상담을 건강한 행동 변화를 촉진하는 기회로 활용하고자 합니다. 구체적으로, MECC initiative는 의료진이 일상적인 진료 과정에서 자연스럽게 발생하는 […]
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By Dr Lee Shepherd, Northumbria University, UK and Professor Ronan E. O’Carroll, University of Stirling, UK and Professor Eamonn Ferguson, University of Nottingham, UK There are numerous stories of how deceased organ transplantation has offered a lifeline for people. Indeed, […]
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By Victoria Woof and David French, Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, University of Manchester, UK Traditionally in medicine and health psychology, healthcare professionals have provided patients with their personalised disease risks with the aim of preventing disease. Where risk communication […]
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By Zuzana Dankulincova, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Slovakia While most researchers are aware that disseminating study results is part of their ethical responsibility to research participants (and wish for their research findings to have clear, practical implications), the transition from […]
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By Yael Benyamini, Tel Aviv University, Israel and Evangelos C. Karademas, University of Crete, Greece Anna and Mary are both healthy 45-year-old women, living in a large European city. Each of them knows several people who have contracted COVID-19 and […]
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By Leah Avery, Teesside University, UK. Type 2 diabetes was previously considered a progressive condition, with an inevitable need for insulin therapy, however lifestyle behavioural change research challenges this pessimistic prognosis. As prevalence of type 2 diabetes continues to increase, […]
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By Wendy Lawrence, University of Southampton 오늘날 사회에서 사망 및 질병의 주요 원인들은 우리가 선택하는 생활 방식에 영향을 받습니다. 또한, 건강행동을 개선하려는 방법에 대한 관심도 증가하고 있습니다. 일선 실무자들, 특히 보건, 사회 및 지역 사회 돌봄 역할을 담당하는 사람들은, 행동 […]
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