• Physical activity, sedentary behavior and the risk of overweight and obesity in school-aged children 

  Keane, Eimear; Li, Xia; Harrington, Janas M.; Fitzgerald, Anthony P.; Perry, Ivan J.; Kearney, Patricia M. (Human Kinetics, Inc., 2017-08)

  Purpose: Globally, public health policies are targeting modifiable lifestyle behaviors. We explore the independent association of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior on the risk of childhood ...
• Sex and orientation identity matter in the substance use behaviors of sexual minority adolescents in the United States 

  Caputi, Theodore L. (Elsevier, 2018-03-08)

  Background: Health sciences researchers are beginning to understand the differing experiences and health risks among sexual minority subgroups (i.e., those who describe themselves as homosexual/gay/lesbian, bisexual, or ...
• A cost-effectiveness analysis of school-based suicide prevention programmes 

  Ahern, Susan; Burke, Lee-Ann; McElroy, Brendan; Corcoran, Paul; McMahon, Elaine M.; Keeley, Helen; Carli, Vladimir; Wasserman, Camilla; Hoven, Christina W.; Sarchiapone, Marco; Apter, Alan; Balazs, Judit; Banzer, Raphaela; Bobes, Julio; Brunner, Romauld; Cosman, Doina; Haring, Christian; Kaess, Michael; Kahn, Jean-Pierre; Kereszteny, Agnes; Postuvan, Vita; Sáiz, Pilar A.; Varnik, Peeter; Wasserman, Danuta (Springer Verlag, 2018-02-14)

  Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young people globally. In light of emerging evidence supporting the effectiveness of school-based suicide prevention programmes, an analysis of cost-effectiveness is ...
• Inter-rater reliability of direct observations of the physical and psychosocial working conditions in eldercare: An evaluation in the DOSES project 

  Karstad, Kristina; Rugulies, Reiner; Skotte, Jørgen; Munch, Pernille Kold; Greiner, Birgit A.; Burdorf, Alex; Søgaard, Karen; Holtermann, Andreas (Elsevier Ltd., 2018)

  The aim of the study was to develop and evaluate the reliability of the “Danish observational study of eldercare work and musculoskeletal disorders” (DOSES) observation instrument to assess physical and psychosocial risk ...
• Associations between physical behaviour patterns and levels of depressive symptoms, anxiety and well-being in middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study using isotemporal substitution models 

  Dillon, Christina B.; McMahon, Elaine M.; O'Regan, Grace; Perry, Ivan J. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)

  Objective: To examine the compositional effects of physical behaviour on mental health. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: A population-representative random sample (Mitchelstown cohort) was recruited from a large ...

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