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National Health Service Health Checks were introduced in 2009 to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks and events. Since then, national evaluations have highlighted the need to maximize the program’s impact by improving coverage and outputs. A systematic review published today in BMC Public Health identifies behaviors and actors relevant to uptake, delivery and follow up of NHS Health Checks and influences on these behaviors.
Recreational noise exposure can be reduced through adoption of hearing protection behaviors, but very little is known how successful interventions have been at changing these behaviors. A systematic review published in BMC Public Health looks at what has already been attempted in terms of preventative interventions, and highlights areas of future development. Author Michael Loughran tells us more.
A study just published in BMC Public Health looks at a dataset of 211,376 adults across 34 states in the U.S. and finds that childhood adversity is common and higher in certain categories. Author Zachary Giano tells us more about the study in this blog.
In a recent BMC Nephrology article, Bogataj et al. examines the effect of intradialytic cycling and functional training on dialysis adequacy and other biochemical parameters. Should clinicians be writing an exercise prescription for hemodialysis patients? In our next BMC Nephrology blog, Blog Editor Dr. Daphne Knicely looks at the benefits of exercise in hemodialysis patients.