All Outputs (12)

"They don't see it as priority if the kid's not sporty": parents' perceptions of clinic communication around physical activity to children with type 1 diabetes and their families (2018)
Journal Article
Blake, H., da Silva, L., & Glazebrook, C. (2018). "They don't see it as priority if the kid's not sporty": parents' perceptions of clinic communication around physical activity to children with type 1 diabetes and their families. Advances in Pediatric Research, 5(22), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.24105/apr.2018.5.22

Background: The aim of the study was to understand parent’s perceptions of the way in which information about physical activity (PA) is communicated to families by healthcare professionals, and gather their views on the use of digital resources for p... Read More about "They don't see it as priority if the kid's not sporty": parents' perceptions of clinic communication around physical activity to children with type 1 diabetes and their families.

Employee perceptions of a workplace HIV testing intervention (2018)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Hussain, B., Hand, J., Rowlands, D., Juma, A., & Evans, C. (2018). Employee perceptions of a workplace HIV testing intervention. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 11(5), 333-348. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-03-2018-0030

Digital interventions to reduce sedentary behaviors of office workers: Scoping review (2018)
Journal Article
Huang, Y., Benford, S., & Blake, H. (2019). Digital interventions to reduce sedentary behaviors of office workers: Scoping review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(2), Article e11079. https://doi.org/10.2196/11079

© Yitong Huang, Steve Benford, Holly Blake. Background: There is a clear public health need to reduce office workers’ sedentary behaviors (SBs), especially in the workplace. Digital technologies are increasingly being deployed in the workplace to mea... Read More about Digital interventions to reduce sedentary behaviors of office workers: Scoping review.

Digital Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors of Office Workers: Scoping Review (Preprint) (2018)
Preprint / Working Paper
Huang, Y., Benford, S., & Blake, H. Digital Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors of Office Workers: Scoping Review (Preprint)

Dr Holly Blake: Increasing engagement with nutrition programmes (2018)
Digital Artefact
Blake, H. (2018). Dr Holly Blake: Increasing engagement with nutrition programmes. [Website]

Mobile phone messaging to promote uptake of HIV testing among migrant African communities in the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Suggs, L. S., Turner, K., Occa, A., Juma, A., & Blake, H. (2018). Mobile phone messaging to promote uptake of HIV testing among migrant African communities in the UK. Health Education Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896918785928

Background: In the UK, African communities are a focus of public health efforts to increase uptake of HIV testing. Mobile phone interventions may be an innovative way of reaching migrant groups who are known to face multiple obstacles in accessing ma... Read More about Mobile phone messaging to promote uptake of HIV testing among migrant African communities in the UK.

Employers' views of the 'Healthy Hub Roadshow': a workplace HIV testing intervention in England (2018)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Hussain, B., Hand, J., Juma, A., & Evans, C. (2018). Employers' views of the 'Healthy Hub Roadshow': a workplace HIV testing intervention in England. AIDS Care, 31(2), 181-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2018.1500010

We explored employer uptake and perceptions of workplace HIV testing delivered to employees as part of Healthy Hub Roadshow, a multi-component general health check. Intervention included health checks with tailored advice delivered to 776 employees a... Read More about Employers' views of the 'Healthy Hub Roadshow': a workplace HIV testing intervention in England.

Baseline quality of life evaluation in older women with primary operable breast cancer and its relationship with different treatments (2018)
Journal Article
Zahit, R. A., Parks, R. M., Howard, P., Blake, H., & Cheung, K.-L. (2018). Baseline quality of life evaluation in older women with primary operable breast cancer and its relationship with different treatments. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 36(15/Sup), Article e12601. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2018.36.15_suppl.e12601

Digital interventions to reduce sedentary behaviors of office workers: Scoping review (2018)
Preprint / Working Paper
Huang, Y., Benford, S., & Blake, H. Digital interventions to reduce sedentary behaviors of office workers: Scoping review

Supporting kids with diabetes in physical activity (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Knox, E. C., Glazebrook, C., Leighton, P., Randell, T., Greening, J., Guo, B., & Blake, H. (2018, March). Supporting kids with diabetes in physical activity. Paper presented at III Congreso Internacional en Investigacion y Didactica de la Educacion Fisica

A physical activity intervention for children with type 1 diabetes: Steps to Active Kids with Diabetes (STAK-D): a feasibility study (2018)
Journal Article
Quirk, H., Glazebrook, C., & Blake, H. (in press). A physical activity intervention for children with type 1 diabetes: Steps to Active Kids with Diabetes (STAK-D): a feasibility study. BMC Pediatrics, 18, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1036-8

Background: This study describes the development and feasibility evaluation of a physical activity intervention for children with type 1 diabetes called ‘Steps to Active Kids with Diabetes’ (STAK-D). It aims to explore the feasibility and acceptabili... Read More about A physical activity intervention for children with type 1 diabetes: Steps to Active Kids with Diabetes (STAK-D): a feasibility study.

Employer attitudes towards general health checks and HIV testing in the workplace (2018)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Banerjee, A., & Evans, C. (2018). Employer attitudes towards general health checks and HIV testing in the workplace. Public Health, 156, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2017.12.004

Objective: There is a need to increase HIV testing rates in the UK. One approach is to increase access to testing through general health checks (GHCs) in the workplace. However, it is unclear whether GHCs are routinely offered by organisations, and e... Read More about Employer attitudes towards general health checks and HIV testing in the workplace.