Long-term cost-effectiveness analysis of rugby fans in training–New Zealand: a body weight reduction programme for males by Kate Hunt, Yannan Jiang, Lan Gao, Ralph Maddison, Peter Lee, Stephen Kara, Cindy Gray, Helen Eyles, Nick Draper, Elaine Hargreaves, Amanda Calder, Samantha Marsh, Ihirangi Heke

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The effect of a programme to improve men's sedentary time and physical activity: The European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) randomised controlled trial. by Sally Wyke, Christopher Bunn, Eivind Andersen, Marlene N Silva, Femke van Nassau, Paula McSkimming, Spyros Kolovos, Jason M R Gill, Cindy M Gray, Kate Hunt, Annie S Anderson, Judith Bosmans, Judith G M Jelsma, Sharon Kean, Nicolas Lemyre, David W Loudon, Lisa Macaulay, Douglas J Maxwell, Alex McConnachie, Nanette Mutrie, Maria Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Hugo V Pereira, Matthew Philpott, Glyn C Roberts, John Rooksby, Øystein B Røynesdal, Naveed Sattar, Marit Sørensen, Pedro J Teixeira, Shaun Treweek, Theo van Achterberg, Irene van de Glind, Willem van Mechelen, Hidde P van der Ploeg

“…This paper investigates the effectiveness of the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) programme to improve physical activity and sedentary time in male football fans, delivered through the professional football setting.…”
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Implementing injury prevention training in youth handball (I-PROTECT) in Sweden: study protocol for a cluster randomised trial by Per Nilsen, Alex Donaldson, Eva Ageberg, Sofia Bunke, Jennie Linnéll, Karin Moesch, Karolina Lucander, Axel Ström, Robert Wedberg, Per Ekberg

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Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice Part 4: Lifestyle and diabetes mellitus by M.P. Schwellnus, D.N. Patel, C. Nossel, M. Dreyer, S. Whitesman, E.W. Derman

“…The main elements of the intervention programme are nutritional intervention, exercise training (minimum of 150 minutes at moderate intensity per week), psychosocial support and education. …”
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Enhanced recovery pathway for older people with hip fracture and cognitive impairment in acute hospitals: the PERFECTED research programme including an RCT by Chris Fox, Simon P Hammond, Lee Shepstone, Fiona Poland, Catherine Henderson, Tamara Backhouse, Bridget Penhale, Simon Donell, Martin Knapp, Douglas Lewins, Alasdair MacLullich, Martyn Patel, Opinder Sahota, Toby O Smith, Justin Waring, Jane L Cross

“…The average recruitment rates did not differ between intervention and control sites, ranging between 1.2 and 2.7 participants per month. Average recruitment of 1.87 per month contrasted with the expected 4 per site per month anticipated. …”
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Community case study for surveillance and early case-detection of SARS-CoV-2 infections across high-risk key populations: the Sentinella programme by Maela Tebon, Ruth Joanna Davis, Alessia Savoldi, Nicola Soriolo, Sarah Elizabeth Jane Walters, Michela Nosè, Corrado Barbui, Giulia Turrini, Elisa Danese, Giuseppe Lippi, Riccardo Cecchetto, Annarita Mazzariol, Davide Gibellini, Gulser Caliskan, Pierpaolo Marchetti, Giuseppe Verlato, Andrea Princivalle, Stefano Porru, Evelina Tacconelli, Pasquale De Nardo

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Is quality affordable for community health systems? Costs of integrating quality improvement into close-to-community health programmes in five low-income and middle-income countrie... by Edwine Barasa, Meghan Bruce Kumar, Jason J Madan, Maryline Mireku Achieng, Ralalicia Limato, Sozinho Ndima, Aschenaki Z Kea, Kingsley Rex Chikaphupha, Miriam Taegtmeyer

“…The intervention involved: (1) QI team formation; (2) Phased training interspersed with supportive supervision; which resulted in (3) QI teams independently collecting and analysing data to conduct QI interventions. …”
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FitSkills: protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of a community-based exercise programme to increase participation among young people with disability by Nicholas F Taylor, Nora Shields, Andrea M Bruder, Claire Willis, Christine Imms, Luke A Prendergast, Jennifer J Watts, Ben van Dorsselaer, Georgia McKenzie, Luke Prendergast, Jason Calleja, David Strickland, Shawn Stephenson, Michael P Walker, Justine Robbins, Melissa Barkley, Cameron Geddes, Shane Lee, Richard Amon, Juliet Ryan, Ayden Shaw, Simone Power, Rebecca McCabe, Shannon Cheal, Vicki Cavelieros, Debby Fraumano, Sue Blandford, Lucy Bain, Sonia Bonadio, Sue O’Riley, Bernadette Roberts, John Summers, Troy Walker, Fiona Kriaris, Sam Taylor, Tom Scanlan, Abigail Elliot, Lachlan O’Brien, Jenni Smith, Stacey Cleary, Brooke Adair, Melissa Moore, Jess Kuek

“…The Practical Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model will be used to support knowledge translation and implementation of project findings into policy and practice.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was obtained from the La Trobe University Human Ethics Committee (HEC17-012), Australian Catholic University (2017–63R), Deakin University (2017–206) and the Victorian Department of Education and Training (2018_003616). …”
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The Completeness of Intervention Descriptions in Randomised Trials of Supervised Exercise Training in Peripheral Arterial Disease. by Garry A Tew, Sally Brabyn, Liz Cook, Emily Peckham

“…Research supports the use of supervised exercise training as a primary therapy for improving the functional status of people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). …”
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A free-living, walking-based, exercise programme, with exercise timed relative to breakfast, to improve metabolic health in people living with overweight and obesity: A feasibility... by Jennifer S Barrett, Anthony Crozier, Daniel J Cuthbertson, Juliette A Strauss, Anton J M Wagenmakers, Sam O Shepherd

“…Exercise adherence (FASTED: 93±4%, FED: 95±5%) and compliance (FASTED: 85±10%, FED: 88±10%) was high in both groups, and participants described exercise monitoring, programme structure and support as facilitators to this. …”
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in British troops following jungle training in Belize: Cumulative incidence and potential risk practices by Ngwa Niba Rawlings, Mark Bailey, Peter Craig, Orin Courtenay

“…Data were sourced from Defence Public Health Unit, Military Environmental Health Department and British Army Training Support Unit Belize. Results: Eighty-one confirmed clinical cutaneous leishmaniasis cases were recorded between 2005 and 2022, with a substantial peak (38 cases) in 2022. …”
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Efficacy of nutritional support in combination with standard Buruli ulcer treatment: A case study in Côte d’Ivoire by Yao Didier Koffi, Paul Aboa Koffi, Evans Ehouman, Saint-Pierre Kouadio, Mamadou Kaloga

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The Effect of Education on Oral Feeding Supporting Practices in Preterm Babies on Health Professionals in NICU: A quasi-experimental study by Raziye Çelen, Fatma Taş Arslan, Hanifi Soylu

“…Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect education on oral feeding supporting practices in preterm infants on healthcare professionals. …”
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Feasibility and efficacy of a multicomponent exercise medicine programme in patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing neoadjuvant therapy (the EXPAN trial): study protocol of a du... by Hao Luo, Robert U Newton, Daniel A Galvão, Dennis R Taaffe, Andrew Dean, Nigel Spry, Colin Tang, Kevin Jasas, Mikael Johansson, Ian Yusoff

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Interpersonal counselling for adolescent depression delivered by youth mental health workers without core professional training: the ICALM feasibility RCT by Jon Wilson, Viktoria Cestaro, Eirini Charami-Roupa, Timothy Clarke, Aoife Dunne, Brioney Gee, Sharon Jarrett, Thando Katangwe-Chigamba, Andrew Laphan, Susie McIvor, Richard Meiser-Stedman, Jamie Murdoch, Thomas Rhodes, Carys Seeley, Lee Shepstone, David Turner, Paul Wilkinson

“…Background As milder cases of adolescent depression do not meet treatment thresholds for specialist mental health services, young people often receive support from non-qualified professionals in third-sector/voluntary agencies. …”
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Designing a multicomponent intervention to support caregivers of persons with dementia in primary care in Spain: a qualitative study of family and professional carers by Constanza Jacques-Aviñó, Carina Aguilar Martín, Alessandra Queiroga Gonçalves, Claudia Curto Romeu, Gerard Mora López, Ester Gavaldà Espelta, Núria Brunet Reverté, Maria del Mar Lleixà Fortuño, Maria Ferre Ferrate, Macarena Pozo Ariza, Carme Ferre Grau

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Developing capacities of community health workers in sexual and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health: a mapping and review of training resources. by Nguyen Toan Tran, Anayda Portela, Luc de Bernis, Kristen Beek

“…<h4>Background</h4>Given country demands for support in the training of community health workers (CHWs) to accelerate progress towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals in sexual and reproductive health and maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (SR/MNCAH), the United Nations Health Agencies conducted a synthesis of existing training resource packages for CHWs in different components of SR/MNCAH to identify gaps and opportunities and inform efforts to harmonize approaches to developing the capacity of CHWs.…”
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Co-designing and testing the learn together guidance to support patient and family involvement in patient safety investigations: a mixed-methods study by Jane O’Hara, Lauren Ramsey, Siobhan McHugh, Joseph Langley, Justin Waring, Ruth Simms-Ellis, Gemma Louch, Jenni Murray, Carl Macrae, John Baker, Rebecca Lawton, Daisy Halligan, Olivia Rogerson, Penny Phillips, Debra Hazeldine, Sarah Seddon, Joanne Hughes, Rebecca Partridge, Katherine Ludwin, Laura Sheard

“…The Learn Together guides may support involvement of patients and families, but investigators need to be trained and supported properly to make it work. …”
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Admission rate for bronchiolitis of newborns and infants in Italian neonatal intensive care units in 2021: a survey of the Italian Society of Neonatology - Intensive Care of Early... by Nunzia Decembrino, Roberta Leonardi, Tiziana Fedeli, Luana Conte, Chiara Distefano, Nicola Pozzi, Valeria Fichera, Ferdinando Spagnuolo, Camilla Gizzi, Fabio Mosca, Luigi Orfeo, Eloisa Gitto

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Implementation of a peer support intervention to promote the detection, reporting and management of adverse drug reactions in people living with HIV in Uganda: a protocol for a qua... by Freddy Eric Kitutu, Victoria Nambasa, Ronald Kiguba, Helen Byomire Ndagije, Cordelia Katureebe, Phil Tregunno, Kendal Harrison, Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu, Henry Zakumumpa, Corinne S Merle, Stella Maris Nanyonga, Marie-Eve Raguenaud

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