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Evaluation of an intervention to promote walking during the commute to work: a cluster randomised controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article
Audrey, S., Fisher, H., Cooper, A., Gaunt, D., Garfield, K., Metcalfe, C., Hollingworth, W., Gillison, F., Gabe-Walters, M., Rodgers, S., Davis, A. L., Insall, P., & Procter, S. (2019). Evaluation of an intervention to promote walking during the commute to work: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 19(1), Article 427. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6791-4

Background: Opportunities for working adults to accumulate recommended physical activity levels (at least 150min of moderate intensity physical activity in bouts of at least 10 min throughout the week) may include the commute to work. Systematic revi... Read More about Evaluation of an intervention to promote walking during the commute to work: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Determination of hand-transmitted vibration risk (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maeda, S., Taylor, M., Anderson, L. C., & McLaughlin, J. (2019, April). Determination of hand-transmitted vibration risk. Poster presented at Occupational Hygiene 2019, Brighton, United Kingdom

Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) is a debilitating industrial disease induced by exposure to vibrating machinery. As an irreversible condition, monitoring, controlling and reducing exposure are crucial to minimise the risk of developing the disease... Read More about Determination of hand-transmitted vibration risk.

Defining and Assessing vulnerability within law enforcement and public health organisations: A scoping review. (2019)
Journal Article
Enang, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Wooff, A., Heyman, I., & Aston, E. (2019). Defining and Assessing vulnerability within law enforcement and public health organisations: A scoping review. Health and Justice, 7(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-019-0083-z

Historically, police departments focused solely on criminal justice issues. Recently, there has been a dynamic shift in focus, with Law Enforcement professional groups assuming more responsibility for tackling mental health and distress-related issue... Read More about Defining and Assessing vulnerability within law enforcement and public health organisations: A scoping review..

Current perspectives on the transmission of Q fever: Highlighting the need for a systematic molecular approach for a neglected disease in Africa. (2019)
Journal Article
Salifu, S. P., Bukari, A.-R. A., Frangoulidis, D., & Wheelhouse, N. (2019). Current perspectives on the transmission of Q fever: Highlighting the need for a systematic molecular approach for a neglected disease in Africa. Acta tropica, 193, 99-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.02.032

Q fever is a bacterial worldwide zoonosis (except New Zealand) caused by the Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii). The bacterium has a large host range including arthropods, wildlife and companion animals and... Read More about Current perspectives on the transmission of Q fever: Highlighting the need for a systematic molecular approach for a neglected disease in Africa..

Loneliness and social isolation causal association with health-related lifestyle risk in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol (2019)
Journal Article
Malcolm, M., Frost, H., & Cowie, J. (2019). Loneliness and social isolation causal association with health-related lifestyle risk in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Systematic Reviews, 8(1), 48-56. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-0968-x

Background
The health impacts of loneliness and social isolation among older adults are widely acknowledged. Despite this, there is no consensus on the possible causal nature of this relationship, which could undermine effectiveness of interventions... Read More about Loneliness and social isolation causal association with health-related lifestyle risk in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

A scoping review to determine themes that represent perceptions of self as mother (‘ideal mother’ vs ‘real mother’) (2018)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., Anderson, L., & Martin, C. R. (2018). A scoping review to determine themes that represent perceptions of self as mother (‘ideal mother’ vs ‘real mother’). Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2018.1556786

Background: Postnatal Depression (PND) is a key cause of maternal morbidity, with current systems of initial recognition in the UK detecting only 50% of cases. In attempts to predict those potentially at risk, this review suggests a novel approach.... Read More about A scoping review to determine themes that represent perceptions of self as mother (‘ideal mother’ vs ‘real mother’).

How data science can advance mental health research (2018)
Journal Article
Russ, T. C., Woelbert, E., Davis, K. A. S., Hafferty, J. D., Ibrahim, Z., Inkster, B., John, A., Lee, W., Maxwell, M., McIntosh, A. M., Stewart, R., & MQ Data Science Group. (2018). How data science can advance mental health research. Nature Human Behaviour, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0470-9

Accessibility of powerful computers and availability of so-called big data from a variety of sources means that data science approaches are becoming pervasive. However, their application in mental health research is often considered to be at an earli... Read More about How data science can advance mental health research.

Effectiveness of physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions in altering sedentary behaviour among older adults: a systematic review (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCorry, M., Murphy, M., Bleakley, C., & Mair, J. (2018, November). Effectiveness of physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions in altering sedentary behaviour among older adults: a systematic review. Presented at Public Health Science Conference, Belfast, UK

Background
Long and frequent bouts of sedentary behaviour pose a major risk to health and increase the incidence of hypokinetic diseases and mortality, independent of the risks caused by physical inactivity alone. The aim of this systematic review w... Read More about Effectiveness of physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions in altering sedentary behaviour among older adults: a systematic review.

Reducing the risk of Type 2 diabetes in people with intellectual disabilities: A three phase study (2018)
Thesis
Maine, A. Reducing the risk of Type 2 diabetes in people with intellectual disabilities: A three phase study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1510775

Background:
People with intellectual disabilities (ID) remain at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) due to lifestyle associated risk factors such poor diets and low physical activity levels. Interventions have been adapted which target on... Read More about Reducing the risk of Type 2 diabetes in people with intellectual disabilities: A three phase study.

The effect of work on the health of health workers and the impact on early workforce exit (2018)
Thesis
Neall, R. A. The effect of work on the health of health workers and the impact on early workforce exit. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1506107

Aims: To describe the health behaviours and health of those described as health workers; explore the possible effect of work on their health and early exit from the workforce; and make comparisons to other occupational groups.
Study design and metho... Read More about The effect of work on the health of health workers and the impact on early workforce exit.

Providing pupils autonomous use of sit-stand desks; behaviour changes and teacher and pupil opinion following an 8 week intervention (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fowler, S., Pitkethly, A., Booth, J., Sproule, J., & Hutson, D. (2018, October). Providing pupils autonomous use of sit-stand desks; behaviour changes and teacher and pupil opinion following an 8 week intervention. Presented at 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, London, UK

Parallel oral session : Wednesday 17th October

Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on adult behaviour change in health and social care settings: A systematic review of reviews (2018)
Journal Article
Frost, H., Campbell, P., Maxwell, M., O’Carroll, R. E., Dombrowski, S. U., Williams, B., Cheyne, H., Coles, E., & Pollock, A. (2018). Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on adult behaviour change in health and social care settings: A systematic review of reviews. PLOS ONE, 13(10), Article e0204890. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204890

Background
The challenge of addressing unhealthy lifestyle choice is of global concern. Motivational Interviewing has been widely implemented to help people change their behaviour, but it is unclear for whom it is most beneficial. This overview aims... Read More about Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on adult behaviour change in health and social care settings: A systematic review of reviews.

Text Messaging Interventions for Improvement in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Youth: Systematic Review (2018)
Journal Article
Ludwig, K., Arthur, R., Sculthorpe, N., Fountain, H., & Buchan, D. S. (2018). Text Messaging Interventions for Improvement in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Youth: Systematic Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(9), Article e10799. https://doi.org/10.2196/10799

BACKGROUND:
The use of text messages (short message service, SMS) to change physical activity and sedentary behavior in youth is of interest due to the need for novel, more effective intervention approaches. Previous reviews have examined a variety... Read More about Text Messaging Interventions for Improvement in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Youth: Systematic Review.

‘Hopeful adaptation’ in health geographies: Seeking health and wellbeing in times of adversity (2018)
Journal Article
Power, A., Bell, S. L., Kyle, R. G., & Andrews, G. J. (2019). ‘Hopeful adaptation’ in health geographies: Seeking health and wellbeing in times of adversity. Social Science and Medicine, 231, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.09.021

Living with adversity can create wide-ranging challenges for people's health and wellbeing. This adversity may arise through personal embodied difference (e.g. acquiring a brain injury or losing mobility in older age) as well as wider structural rela... Read More about ‘Hopeful adaptation’ in health geographies: Seeking health and wellbeing in times of adversity.

Socio-environmental Health. Exploring risk and resource spaces within urban environments. An interdisciplinary enquiry. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carnegie, E., Reid, A., Deakin, M., & Inglis, G. (2018, September). Socio-environmental Health. Exploring risk and resource spaces within urban environments. An interdisciplinary enquiry. Paper presented at Space and Poverty (Salzburg Conference in Interdisciplinary Poverty Research)

Regenerative spaces (good for health, environment and the planet) are essential for human flourishing. Findings from previous research suggest an association between spatial patterning and health outcomes (Hagedoorn et al. 2016; Meijer et al. 2012; P... Read More about Socio-environmental Health. Exploring risk and resource spaces within urban environments. An interdisciplinary enquiry..

Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12-hour shifts (2018)
Journal Article
Johnston, D. W., Allan, J. L., Powell, D. J. H., Jones, M. C., Farquharson, B., Bell, C., & Johnston, M. (2019). Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12-hour shifts. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kay065

Background One of the striking regularities of human behavior is that a prolonged physical, cognitive, or emotional activity leads to feelings of fatigue. Fatigue could be due to (1) depletion of a finite resource of physical and/or psychological ene... Read More about Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12-hour shifts.

User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garcia-Constantino, M., Nugent, C., Stephenson, A., McDonough, S. M., Murphy, M. H., & Mair, J. L. (2018, July). User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment. Presented at 32nd Human Computer Interaction Conference, Belfast, UK

In this paper we introduce the Worktivity mobile app as a potential solution to help reduce occupational sitting in an office environment. Worktivity functions by sending hourly reminders to stand up or move in addition to showing factual information... Read More about User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment.

The role of cation chloride co-transporters (CCCs) as potential neuroprotective targets in ischaemic stroke (2018)
Thesis
Martin-Aragón Baudel, M. Á. S. The role of cation chloride co-transporters (CCCs) as potential neuroprotective targets in ischaemic stroke. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1499901

Stroke is one of the major causes of death and disability worldwide. The area that surrounds the infarcted core is the location of the continuing damage that takes place hours and days following an insult, and is referred to as the penum... Read More about The role of cation chloride co-transporters (CCCs) as potential neuroprotective targets in ischaemic stroke.