• Physical inactivity and poor sleep are two lifestyle behaviours adversely associated with all-cause, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and cancer mortality. (bmj.com)
  • development of new observational studies (cohort and case-control design) in high-, middle-, and low-income settings, considering the emerging lifestyle transitions, to elucidate causal relationships between lifestyle behaviours and cancer risk (e.g. (who.int)
  • You'll specifically address evidence-based approaches to interventions with offending behaviour and the organisational and political context in which these are delivered in forensic practice. (gold.ac.uk)
  • A major focus of the team is the development and dissemination of innovative methods of exposure assessment as well as sustainable evidence-based lifestyle interventions that will help researchers and other relevant stakeholders to support their communities with tailored lifestyle recommendations and effective behaviour change strategies for cancer prevention. (who.int)
  • Children with a sedentary lifestyle, large at birth, with high risk family health behaviours (overweight mothers, smoking near the child, missing breakfast) and from a family with low income or low educational attainment, were more likely to be obese regardless of ethnicity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep are key components to health and well-being. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Activity composition (sleep, sedentary behaviour, light physical activity, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity) was derived using 24-hour Fitbit accelerometry from the first month of participation (December). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Spending more time in light physical activity appears favourable if this time is taken from sleep and sedentary behaviour. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Data are from a large population-based cohort study in a Norway, the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), with an average follow-up time of 14.1 years. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Data from the Millennium Cohort study were used. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study used data collected by the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS)[ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Data for this cohort were collected from children born over a 12 month period between 1 September 2000 and 11 January 2002. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This team provides statistical support to research conducted within NME and oversees the management of epidemiological data, in particular molecular, lifestyle, cancer end-points, and vital status within the EPIC cohort and other NME studies. (who.int)
  • Meanwhile, accounts in mainstream media tend to use such data to make eye-catching claims, such that the more 'objective' the data, the less objectively it seems to be used. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • The objective of this study was to carry out an adaptation of the Positive Driver Behaviours Scale (PDBS) for Brazil and verify if it would be possible to propose a brief version of the scale. (bvsalud.org)
  • OBJECTIVE-- To evaluate handwashing behaviour 5 years after a handwashing intervention in Karachi, Pakistan. (cdc.gov)
  • Lifestyle risk behaviours are responsible for a large proportion of disease burden and premature mortality worldwide. (biomedcentral.com)
  • found that those with at least four health behaviours had a 66% reduced risk of all-cause mortality [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Objectives Although both physical inactivity and poor sleep are deleteriously associated with mortality, the joint effects of these two behaviours remain unknown. (bmj.com)
  • The aim of this study was to test the reliability of an assessment method originally developed for primates and demonstrate reliability using three criteria (1) assessments by independent observers must agree with one another, (2) these assessments must predict behaviours and real-world outcomes and (3) observer ratings must be shown to reflect genuine attributes of the individuals rated, not merely the observer's implicit personality theories about how traits co-vary. (researchgate.net)
  • The aim of qualitative research is to gather an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern such behaviour. (wikipedia.org)
  • In turn, we have our own ambivalence about our qualitative data. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Risk behaviours tend to cluster in populations. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Risk behaviours tend to co-occur and cluster in populations [ 3 ], suggesting the need for an integrated multiple behaviour approach. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It provides significant insight into customers wants, needs, buying habits and behaviours and is a key tool used in the product planning process. (wikipedia.org)
  • Correlations between specific components and their associated behaviours were logical and consistent with the types of behaviours that would be expected to be linked with such personality types. (researchgate.net)
  • This study aimed to describe anticipated help-seeking behaviour for possible breast and cervical cancer symptoms, barriers to accessing health care and factors associated with less timely anticipated help-seeking in urban and rural settings in Uganda and South Africa (SA). (ecancer.org)
  • Due to the personal nature of the health data collected from participants, no data are available to be shared. (bmj.com)
  • 1-5 Both behaviours are complex, and their health effects are dependent on various characteristics. (bmj.com)
  • Few studies have used compositional analysis to explore associations between movement behaviours and mental health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Intensive handwashing promotion may be an effective strategy for habituating hygiene behaviours and improving health. (cdc.gov)
  • Our study supports the need to target both behaviours in research and clinical practice. (bmj.com)
  • This paper reports the first empirical study of mobile gambling in which a simulated gambling app was used to measure gambling behaviour in phases of acquisition and extinction. (karger.com)
  • This paper reports a study designed to observe mobile gambling on a specifically designed app, written and delivered to participants' phones in order to observe their behaviour over a period of several weeks. (karger.com)
  • This study adds to previous research on multiple risk behaviours by incorporating emerging risk factors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • But, after all, even if the statistics had been clear as to trends, we would still have had plenty to debate around any assumption as to whether the material from our study accounts for any statistical correlation as opposed to many other possible factors. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Search our research publications, outputs and open data as well as profiles of researchers at Abertay University. (abertay.ac.uk)
  • Market research is one stage of product planning and is regarded as the way to accomplish the activity though designing questions, preparing the samples, collecting data and analysing them. (wikipedia.org)
  • Quantitative research refers to the systematic empirical investigation of social phenomena via statistical, mathematical or numerical data or computational techniques. (wikipedia.org)
  • currently research has focused on self-report data [ 4, 5 ] or on markers of harm that are contrived or inappropriately translated from other addictions [ 6 ]. (karger.com)
  • To settle these disputes, we conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis , or statistical summary, of the research on emotional intelligence, and combined it with the large-scale studies on the Big Five personality traits and job satisfaction, organisational commitment, and turnover intentions. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Compositional data analysis of activity data overcomes the limitations of traditional statistical approaches and comprehensively assesses the association of all activities throughout a 24-hour day. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Application of statistical techniques (t-test, two-way ANOVA, correlation and regression and factor analysis) item response theory. (vajiramandravi.com)
  • these intervention strategies make use of teachable moments, such as during cancer screening, to reach high-risk population groups during periods when they may be more receptive and motivated for lifestyle behaviour changes (e.g. the LIFE-SCREEN intervention currently being evaluated in the colorectal cancer screening programme in France). (who.int)
  • By contrast, we want to situate such issues within the more general and now ubiquitous use of social media amongst this population, without diminishing our concern with the impact of such behaviour, including the potential for suicide. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Data were collected from one randomly selected woman per household using the African Women Awareness of CANcer breast and cervical cancer tool. (ecancer.org)
  • The team also leads the development, implementation, and application of biostatistical and bioinformatic techniques for the analysis and integration of lifestyle and molecular data, including metabolomics, proteomics, genetics, and epigenetic data within cancer epidemiology studies. (who.int)
  • It seemed worth knowing, for example, whether the period of social media adoption coincided with any change in incidence in behaviour such as teenage suicide, eating disorders, cutting and self-harm. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • The process consists of 4 components: definition, collection, analysis and interpretation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Multivariable analysis identified factors associated with anticipated help-seeking behaviour. (ecancer.org)
  • Mobile gambling is an emerging activity that has the potential to profoundly affect people's behaviour. (karger.com)
  • These patterns of behaviour have the potential to make mobile gambling especially perseverative. (karger.com)
  • Being able to control behaviour deliberately appears to be crucial for dogs' success in the current human-dominated environment. (springer.com)
  • We find the statistical data is inconsistent and sometimes related to factors such as reporting self-harm which may not be the same as incidence. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • We find that the behaviour of this entropy measure is in contrast to these predictions. (lu.se)
  • Entropy in statistical mechanics is a measure of disorder in oy the macrostate of a system. (lu.se)
  • Executive functions (EFs) are cognitive processes that are used to effortfully self-regulate behaviour and might be important for dogs' success in working and pet roles. (springer.com)
  • Appropriate use of statistical methodology across IARC is also promoted via direct support and training/seminars. (who.int)
  • Component scores for horses were correlated against behavioural observations for the same horses and revealed significant correlations with 20 of the recorded behaviour variables. (researchgate.net)