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Feasibility of the cardiac output response to stress test in suspected heart failure patients (2022)
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Charman, S. J., Okwose, N. C., Taylor, C. J., Bailey, K., Fuat, A., Ristic, A., Mant, J., Deaton, C., Seferovic, P. M., Coats, A. J., Hobbs, F. R., MacGowan, G. A., & Jakovljevic, D. G. (2022). Feasibility of the cardiac output response to stress test in suspected heart failure patients. Family Practice, 39(5), https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmab184

Background Diagnostic tools available to support general practitioners diagnose heart failure (HF) are limited. Objectives (i) Determine the feasibility of the novel cardiac output response to stress (CORS) test in suspected HF patients, and (ii) Ide... Read More about Feasibility of the cardiac output response to stress test in suspected heart failure patients.

Challenges for decision-makers when assessing within-class comparative effectiveness: the case of anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation (2022)
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Briggs, A., Howarth, A., Davies, S., Schneider, J., Spentzouris, G., Mughal, F., Fuat, A., & Fay, M. (2022). Challenges for decision-makers when assessing within-class comparative effectiveness: the case of anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation. Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, 11(3), https://doi.org/10.2217/cer-2021-0154

In September 2020, the UK National Institute of HealthCare Excellence (NICE) published a draft report for consultation on anticoagulation therapy for stroke prevention in people with atrial fibrillation (AF) [1]. This intervention evidence review is... Read More about Challenges for decision-makers when assessing within-class comparative effectiveness: the case of anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation.

Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Preschool-Based Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Obesity: An Embedded Qualitative Study within ToyBox Study Malaysia (2022)
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Lee, J., Cheah, W., Anchang, G., Noor Hafizah, Y., Abim, M., Ruzita, A., Koh, D., Reeves, S., Summerbell, C., Essau, C., Poh, B., & Gibson, E. (2023). Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Preschool-Based Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Obesity: An Embedded Qualitative Study within ToyBox Study Malaysia. Early Childhood Education Journal, 51(1), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01290-2

The aim of this qualitative study, an embedded component of ToyBox Study Malaysia (TSM), was to elicit the perspectives of teachers and parents regarding the implementation of TSM. TSM is a preschool-based behavioral intervention program aimed at imp... Read More about Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Preschool-Based Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Obesity: An Embedded Qualitative Study within ToyBox Study Malaysia.

Knowledge, curriculum and dialogue in a pluricultural context: surfacing marginalised voices in internationalised schools and universities (2021)
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Montgomery, C. (2021). Knowledge, curriculum and dialogue in a pluricultural context: surfacing marginalised voices in internationalised schools and universities

Some forms of knowledge are marginalised and excluded from international education in schools and universities. Western knowledge or the knowledge of the Global North usually dominates and this is particularly significant in a pluri-cultural pedagogi... Read More about Knowledge, curriculum and dialogue in a pluricultural context: surfacing marginalised voices in internationalised schools and universities.

Where and when are portion sizes larger in young children? An analysis of eating occasion size among 1·5–5-year-olds in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2008–2017) (2021)
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Porter, A., Toumpakari, Z., Kipping, R., Summerbell, C., & Johnson, L. (2022). Where and when are portion sizes larger in young children? An analysis of eating occasion size among 1·5–5-year-olds in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2008–2017). Public Health Nutrition, 25(12), 3420-3431. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980021005024

Objective: To identify eating occasion-level and individual-level factors associated with the consumption of larger portions in young children and estimate their relative importance. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Data from parent-reported 4-d foo... Read More about Where and when are portion sizes larger in young children? An analysis of eating occasion size among 1·5–5-year-olds in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2008–2017).

A critique of the English national policy from a social determinants of health perspective using a realist and problem representation approach: the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016, 2018, 2019) (2021)
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Griffin, N., Phillips, S. M., Hillier‑Brown, F., Wistow, J., Fairbrother, H., Holding, E., Powell, K., & Summerbell, C. (2021). A critique of the English national policy from a social determinants of health perspective using a realist and problem representation approach: the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016, 2018, 2019). BMC Public Health, 21, Article 2284. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12364-6

Background: The UK government released Chapter 1 of the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016), followed by Chapter 2 (2018) and preliminary Chapter 3 was published for consultation in 2019 (hereon collectively ‘The Policy’). The stated policy... Read More about A critique of the English national policy from a social determinants of health perspective using a realist and problem representation approach: the ‘Childhood Obesity: a plan for action’ (2016, 2018, 2019).

The validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess sleep of pre-school aged children: a systematic rapid review (2021)
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Phillips, S. M., Summerbell, C., Ball, H. L., Hesketh, K. R., Saxena, S., & Hillier-Brown, F. C. (2021). The validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess sleep of pre-school aged children: a systematic rapid review. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9, Article 770262. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.770262

Background: Sleep of pre-school aged children is important for their health and development, but there are currently no standards for measuring sleep in this age group. We aimed to examine the validity, reliability and feasibility of tools used to as... Read More about The validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess sleep of pre-school aged children: a systematic rapid review.

Social learning strategies and cooperative behaviour: Evidence of payoff bias, but not prestige or conformity, in a social dilemma game (2021)
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Watson, R., Morgan, T. J., Kendal, R. L., Van de Vyver, J., & Kendal, J. (2021). Social learning strategies and cooperative behaviour: Evidence of payoff bias, but not prestige or conformity, in a social dilemma game. Games, 12(4), Article 89. https://doi.org/10.3390/g12040089

Human cooperation, occurring without reciprocation and between unrelated individuals in large populations, represents an evolutionary puzzle. One potential explanation is that cooperative behaviour may be transmitted between individuals via social le... Read More about Social learning strategies and cooperative behaviour: Evidence of payoff bias, but not prestige or conformity, in a social dilemma game.