Intervention strategies to improve nutrition and health behaviours before conception

M Barker, SU Dombrowski, T Colbourn, CHD Fall… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
The nutritional status of both women and men before conception has profound implications
for the growth, development, and long-term health of their offspring. Evidence of the …

Osteoporosis: a lifecourse approach

N Harvey, E Dennison, C Cooper - Journal of Bone and Mineral …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the risk of developing osteoporosis is accrued
throughout the entire lifecourse, even from as early as conception. Thus early growth is …

'Making every contact count': evaluation of the impact of an intervention to train health and social care practitioners in skills to support health behaviour change

W Lawrence, C Black, T Tinati… - Journal of health …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
A total of 148 health and social care practitioners were trained in skills to support behaviour
change: creating opportunities to discuss health behaviours, using open discovery …

Assessment, goal setting, and botulinum neurotoxin a therapy in the management of post-stroke spastic movement disorder: updated perspectives on best practice

J Wissel, S Ri - Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Post-stroke spastic movement disorder (PS-SMD) appears up to 20% in the first
week following stroke and 40% in the chronic phase. It may create major hurdles to …

Expanding our understanding and use of the ecological systems theory model for the prevention of maternal obesity: A new socioecological framework

B Hill - Obesity Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The reproductive life phase, most notably the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum
periods, is a key driver of weight gain in women and therefore substantially increases the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of Healthy Conversation Skills training on health professionals' barriers to having behaviour change conversations: a pre-post survey using the …

JL Hollis, L Kocanda, K Seward, C Collins… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Changing people's behaviour by giving advice and instruction, as traditionally
provided in healthcare consultations, is usually ineffective. Healthy Conversation Skills …

[HTML][HTML] A golden thread approach to transforming maternal and child health in Singapore

F Yap, SL Loy, CW Ku, MC Chua, KM Godfrey… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2022 - Springer
Maternal and child health (MCH) in Singapore is entering a new phase, with challenges
different to those faced 50 years ago. The advancement of medical technologies and access …

How can we best use opportunities provided by routine maternity care to engage women in improving their diets and health?

W Lawrence, C Vogel, S Strömmer… - Maternal & Child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Pregnancy provides motivation for women to improve their diets and increase their physical
activity. Opportunistic brief interventions delivered as part of routine primary care have …

[HTML][HTML] Improving pregnant women's diet and physical activity behaviours: The emergent role of health identity

T Morris, S Strömmer, C Vogel, NC Harvey… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Women who gain too much weight in pregnancy are at increased risk of
disease and of having children with increased risk. Interventions to improve health …

Pilot implementation of Bukhali: A preconception health trial in South Africa

CE Draper, A Prioreschi, LJ Ware, S Lye… - SAGE Open …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: This article describes the learnings from the pilot phase of the Healthy Life
Trajectories Initiative, a preconception health trial for 18-to 25-year-old women in Soweto …