Telephone follow-up does not significantly improve glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes overall, but more intensive programmes may have an effect: Commentry on: Wu L, Forbes A, Griffiths P, et al. Telephone follow-up to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. Diabet Med 2010;27:1217–25.

Blake, Holly

doi:10.1136/ebn1141

Five year workplace wellness intervention in the NHS improves health behaviours (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Zhou, D., & Batt, M. E. (2011). Five year workplace wellness intervention in the NHS improves health behaviours.

Supporting oral health behaviour change in NHS primary dental care using salivary diagnostics (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leighton, P., Blake, H., Deery, C., & Dawett, B. (2011). Supporting oral health behaviour change in NHS primary dental care using salivary diagnostics.

Does oral health knowledge and behaviour improve following brief dental care professional (DCP) delivered educational intervention in schools? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Brady, L., Leighton, P., Younis, F., Deery, C., & Dawett, B. (2011, December). Does oral health knowledge and behaviour improve following brief dental care professional (DCP) delivered educational intervention in schools?. Poster presented at UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 7th Annual Scientific Meeting

Diabetes health-beliefs, self-care practices and glycaemic control among Malaysian young adults with diabetes (2011)
Journal Article
Aris, A., Blake, H., & Adams, G. (2011). Diabetes health-beliefs, self-care practices and glycaemic control among Malaysian young adults with diabetes. Journal of Nursing Referência (Revista de Enfermagem Referência), 4(Supp),

Self-care practices and glycaemic control remain suboptimal among young adults with diabetes. One of the known factors to influence self-care behaviours is health beliefs. Targeting health beliefs through diabetes education facilitates individual’s d... Read More about Diabetes health-beliefs, self-care practices and glycaemic control among Malaysian young adults with diabetes.

Saliva testing as a practical tool for rapid HIV screening (2011)
Book Chapter
Blake, H., Leighton, P., & Sharma, S. (2011). Saliva testing as a practical tool for rapid HIV screening. In N. Dumais (Ed.), HIV and AIDS: updates on biology, immunology, epidemiology and treatment strategies. Intech. https://doi.org/10.5772/20751

Healthy hydration in the workplace (2011)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2011). Healthy hydration in the workplace. Health Psychology Update, 20(2),

Adequate hydration is critical for the maintenance of good health and has many long-term benefits which make it an essential part of any healthy lifestyle. Dehydration is often associated with negative health outcomes. Workers often report dehydratio... Read More about Healthy hydration in the workplace.

Salivary diagnostics in primary dental care (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dawlett, B., Pope, L., Blake, H., Leighton, P., & Deery, C. (2011, September). Salivary diagnostics in primary dental care. Presented at BSODR Meeting, Sheffield, UK

Presented on 13 September 2011.

‘Do as I say, but not as I do’: are next generation nurses role models for health? (2011)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Malik, S., Mo, P. K. H., & Pisano, C. (2011). ‘Do as I say, but not as I do’: are next generation nurses role models for health?. Perspectives in Public Health, 131(5), 231-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913911402547

Aim: Promoting healthy lifestyles plays a key role in professional nursing yet nurses do not always practice what they preach. Efforts are currently being made to improve the health of NHS staff, yet little is known about the health and lifestyle beh... Read More about ‘Do as I say, but not as I do’: are next generation nurses role models for health?.

How healthy are our nurses?: new and registered nurses compared (2011)
Journal Article
Malik, S., Blake, H., & Batt, M. (2011). How healthy are our nurses?: new and registered nurses compared. British Journal of Nursing, 20(8), 489-496. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2011.20.8.489

This study examined the health behaviour of nursing staff, comparing registered and pre-registered nurses in terms of their self-reported health and lifestyle behaviour. In total, 325 pre-registered nurses and 551 registered nurses, based at the same... Read More about How healthy are our nurses?: new and registered nurses compared.

Supporting nurse health champions: developing a 'new generation' of health improvement facilitators (2011)
Journal Article
Blake, H., & Chambers, D. (in press). Supporting nurse health champions: developing a 'new generation' of health improvement facilitators. Health Education Journal, 71(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896910396767

In efforts to respond to key government public health initiatives for settings-based health promotion, the ‘Workplace Health Champion’ role has emerged as a method of promoting health within the UK healthcare setting. Health promotion techniques used... Read More about Supporting nurse health champions: developing a 'new generation' of health improvement facilitators.

Telephone follow-up does not significantly improve glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes overall, but more intensive programmes may have an effect: Commentry on: Wu L, Forbes A, Griffiths P, et al. Telephone follow-up to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. Diabet Med 2010;27:1217–25. (2011)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2011). Telephone follow-up does not significantly improve glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes overall, but more intensive programmes may have an effect: Commentry on: Wu L, Forbes A, Griffiths P, et al. Telephone follow-up to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. Diabet Med 2010;27:1217–25. Evidence-Based Nursing, 14(2), 33-34. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn1141

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