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Non-occupational sitting and mental well-being in employed adults (2011)
Journal Article
Atkin, A. J., Adams, E., Bull, F. C., & Biddle, S. J. (2012). Non-occupational sitting and mental well-being in employed adults. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 43(2), 181-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-011-9320-y

Background Emerging evidence suggests that sedentary behaviour may be adversely associated with physical health, but few studies have examined the association with mental well-being. Purpose This study examined the association of four non-occupa... Read More about Non-occupational sitting and mental well-being in employed adults.

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
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?.

Preventing childhood obesity during infancy in UK primary care: a mixed-methods study of HCPs' knowledge, beliefs and practice (2011)
Journal Article
Redsell, S. A., Atkinson, P. J., Nathan, D., Siriwardena, A. N., Swift, J. A., & Glazebrook, C. (2011). Preventing childhood obesity during infancy in UK primary care: a mixed-methods study of HCPs' knowledge, beliefs and practice. BMC Family Practice, 12(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-54

Background There is a strong rationale for intervening in early childhood to prevent obesity. Over a quarter of infants gain weight more rapidly than desirable during the first six months of life putting them at greater risk of obesity in childhoo... Read More about Preventing childhood obesity during infancy in UK primary care: a mixed-methods study of HCPs' knowledge, beliefs and practice.

Effect of questionnaire length, personalisation and reminder type on response rate to a complex postal survey: Randomised controlled trial (2011)
Journal Article
Sahlqvist, S., Song, Y., Bull, F., Adams, E., Preston, J., & Ogilvie, D. (2011). Effect of questionnaire length, personalisation and reminder type on response rate to a complex postal survey: Randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 11(62), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-62

Background Minimising participant non-response in postal surveys helps to maximise the generalisability of the inferences made from the data collected. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of questionnaire length, personalisation and remi... Read More about Effect of questionnaire length, personalisation and reminder type on response rate to a complex postal survey: Randomised controlled trial.

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). doi:10.12968/bjon.2011.20.8.489. ISSN 0966-0461

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.