All Outputs (302)

Concerns, coping and the electronic holistic needs assessment: experiences of UK breast cancer survivors (2019)
Journal Article

Background: Physical and psychological concerns associated with a breast cancer diagnosis continue long after treatment. Macmillan Cancer Support developed an electronic Holistic Needs Assessment (eHNA) to help identify these concerns and allow a hea... Read More about Concerns, coping and the electronic holistic needs assessment: experiences of UK breast cancer survivors.

SKIP (Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity): Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a digital intervention for 9-12 year olds with type 1 diabetes mellitus (2019)
Journal Article

Background: Physical activity and self-monitoring are important for children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) but it is unclear whether interventions delivered online are feasible, acceptable to patients and efficacious. The aim was to assess the... Read More about SKIP (Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity): Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a digital intervention for 9-12 year olds with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Mapping Out Technological Designs Employed In Digital Interventions To Reduce Sedentary Behaviours (2019)
Other

Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children: a systematic review protocol (2019)
Journal Article

Objective: The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize the barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children. Introduction: Several studies have been conducted to determine the barriers and facilitators to physic... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children: a systematic review protocol.

PAID-11: a brief measure of diabetes distress vaildated in adults with type 1 diabetes (2019)
Journal Article

Objective: The Problem Areas In Diabetes (PAID) questionnaire is widely used to assess emotional distress related to living with diabetes, although it is lengthy for routine clinical use. Our aim was to determine whether the original 20-item PAID que... Read More about PAID-11: a brief measure of diabetes distress vaildated in adults with type 1 diabetes.

Impact of technology-based interventions for children and young people with type 1 diabetes on key diabetes self-management behaviours and prerequisites: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article

Background The role of technology in the self-management of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) among children and young people is not well understood. Interventions should aim to improve key diabetes self-management behaviours (self-management of blo... Read More about Impact of technology-based interventions for children and young people with type 1 diabetes on key diabetes self-management behaviours and prerequisites: a systematic review.

"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

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

Digital interventions to reduce sedentary behaviors of office workers: Scoping review (2018)
Journal Article

© 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)
Working Paper

Dr Holly Blake: Increasing engagement with nutrition programmes (2018)
Digital Artefact

Mobile phone messaging to promote uptake of HIV testing among migrant African communities in the UK (2018)
Journal Article

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

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

Digital interventions to reduce sedentary behaviors of office workers: Scoping review (2018)
Working Paper

Supporting kids with diabetes in physical activity (2018)
Presentation / Conference

A physical activity intervention for children with type 1 diabetes: Steps to Active Kids with Diabetes (STAK-D): a feasibility study (2018)
Journal Article

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

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.

A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to assess self-management in clinical trials in patients with chronic pain (2017)
Journal Article

Objectives The aim of this review was to identify, appraise and synthesise the outcome measures used to assess self-management in patients with chronic pain. Methods Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library and Google Scholar were... Read More about A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to assess self-management in clinical trials in patients with chronic pain.

Development and evaluation of an educational training package to promote health and wellbeing (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Supporting the health and wellbeing of healthcare employees is a UK national priority. Aims: To design, deliver and evaluate an educational package to promote health and wellbeing for nurses and midwives Methods: An online training pack... Read More about Development and evaluation of an educational training package to promote health and wellbeing.