Translating research to practice, one blog post at a time
By Dr Stephanie Kılınç, Teesside University, UK and Jo Cole, the Tees Valley, Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance, UK Long-term conditions are a major concern for global health care systems given their high prevalence and disease burden, including their significant […]
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By Julia Allan, Aberdeen University, Scotland Modern life is hectic. We live in an increasingly ‘switched on’ digital world where periods of true respite from work are rare. Many people regularly work for lengthy periods and this is particularly the […]
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By Barbara Mullan, Curtin University, Australia Extent of the problem Every year, one in 10 people worldwide (approximately 600 million people) become ill after eating contaminated food, and as many as 420,000 people die. There are vast geographical differences in […]
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By Dr Federica Picariello and Professor Rona Moss-Morris, King’s College London, the UK. Within weeks around the world, daily life dramatically changed, and uncertainty seized our future in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond the immediate and urgent need […]
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By Dominika Kwasnicka, SWPS University, Poland and University of Melbourne, Australia The ultimate goal of health promotion programmes is to promote long-lasting change and health care professionals can play a role and help patients to improve their health outcomes and […]
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Av: Thomas L. Webb, Department of Psychology, The University of Sheffield, the UK Hur går det med ditt mål, att minska din sockerkonsumtion och tappa 10 kg? Antagligen vet du inte – du kanske inte ens vill veta. I situationer som dessa tenderar […]
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Av: Peter Harris och Ian Hadden, The Self-Affirmation Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK Har du någonsin känt dig motvillig till att diskutera något du hellre vill ignorera? Kanske din förkärlek till något ohälsosamt som du äter […]
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Av: Anne Tiedemann, The University of Sydney, Australia “Brist på aktivitet ödelägger människans goda tillstånd medan rörelse och metodisk fysisk träning räddar och förvarar det” Platon, 400 f.Kr. Det har länge varit känt att regelbunden fysisk träning är viktig för […]
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Av: Ralf Schwarzer, Freie Universität Berlin (Tyskland) och SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Polen) Att förändra invanda hälsobeteenden är något många strävar efter, men är ytterst svårt i praktiken. För att lyckas sluta röka, äta hälsosamt och träna […]
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By Keegan Knittle, University of Helsinki, Finland Here’s a familiar story from primary care: an individual who would clearly benefit from more physical activity comes into the clinic. We discuss their physical (in)activity, and in the end, the person says […]
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