Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Zhiwei Li, Yinguang Fan, Hong Su, Zhiwei Xu, Hung Chak Ho, Hao Zheng, Junwen Tao, Yunquan Zhang, Kejia Hu, Mohammad Zahid Hossain, Qi Zhao, Cunrui Huang, Jian Cheng
Summary: This study uses data from the Baidu search engine to examine the impact of the 2022 heatwave in mainland China on population health information-seeking behaviors. The results show that the heatwave significantly increased the demand for health-related information, particularly for heatstroke, urological diseases, and mental health. The duration and intensity of the heatwave were also associated with increased searches for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, urological diseases, mental health, and heatstroke.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alessio Gaggero, Joan Gil, Dolores Jimenez-Rubio, Eugenio Zucchelli
Summary: This study investigates the causal impact of health information on individual health-related decisions and finds that a diagnosis of type-2 diabetes has short-term and long-term effects on body mass index (BMI) but does not have noticeable effects on quitting smoking or drinking.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Chee Wai Ku, Rachael Si Xuan Loo, Michelle Mei Ying Tiong, Sing Yee Clara Eng, Yin Bun Cheung, Lay See Ong, Kok Hian Tan, Mary Foong-Fong Chong, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Fabian Yap, See Ling Loy
Summary: This study found associations between nocturnal behaviors and sleep quality in pregnant women. Nocturnal eating and artificial light exposure at night were associated with poor sleep quality, while nocturnal physical activity and screen viewing before bedtime were not related to sleep quality.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Giulia Ferraris, Dario Monzani, Veronica Coppini, Lorenzo Conti, Silvia Francesca Maria Pizzoli, Roberto Grasso, Gabriella Pravettoni
Summary: This systematic review examines the barriers and facilitators of online health information-seeking behaviors among cancer patients. The findings highlight the importance of factors such as socio-demographic characteristics, psychosocial aspects, accessibility, quality and quantity of information, cancer stage and symptoms, aspects related to healthcare professionals, and digital literacy in influencing cancer patients' ability to search for online health information.
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Maddy L. Dyer, Hannah M. Sallis, Jasmine N. Khouja, Sarah Dryhurst, Marcus R. Munafo
Summary: Mental health and substance use have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher COVID-19 risk perceptions are associated with poorer mental health and increased risk behaviors.
JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Nursing
Fang Yan, Lily D. Xiao, Keyi Zhou, Zeen Li, Siyuan Tang
Summary: The study highlights the perceptions and help-seeking behaviors related to urinary incontinence in community-dwelling older people. It emphasizes the importance of addressing the impact of these perceptions on motivation to seek help from health professionals, as well as the different approaches individuals use to manage the issue. Ultimately, the findings underscore the need to improve capabilities and motivation, and increase opportunities for accessing skilled health professionals to better manage urinary incontinence in this population.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Paula Dootson, Erica Kuligowski, Dominique A. Greer, Sophie A. Miller, Vivienne Tippett
Summary: A core challenge for emergency services agencies is encouraging people to take protective action in a noisy, information-rich environment. This study examines the impact of social and environmental cues that are consistent/conflict with an emergency warning message on community risk information processing, risk perceptions, and protective action intentions. The research finds that risk perception is higher and intention to undertake protective action and information sharing is more likely when there is consistency between the emergency warning message and the socio-environmental cues, whereas heuristic information processing, self-efficacy, and information seeking are more likely to occur in the presence of conflicting cues.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Emily South, Mark Rodgers, Kath Wright, Margaret Whitehead, Amanda Sowden
Summary: The study focuses on identifying and summarizing systematic reviews targeting the reduction of risk behaviors in disadvantaged groups. It found that there is a lack of evidence for certain disadvantaged groups such as care leavers, Gypsies, Travellers, and refugees, as well as limited evidence on alcohol use. This suggests a need for more research to inform policy and practice in addressing risk behaviors in these populations.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Angela Asensio-Martinez, Alejandra Aguilar-Latorre, Olga Garcia-Sanz, Barbara Olivan-Blazquez, Yolanda Lopez-del-Hoyo, Rosa Magallon-Botaya
Summary: This study analyzed the relationship between knowledge about COVID-19, risk perception, and psychological variables among adolescents and their adherence to preventive measures. It found that adolescents' adoption of protective behaviors depends on their understanding of the disease, risk perception, tolerance of frustration, and planning and decision-making abilities.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Anne Christine Nordholm, Aase Bengaard Andersen, Christian Wejse, Anders Norman, Claus Thorn Ekstrom, Peter Henrik Andersen, Troels Lillebaek, Anders Koch
Summary: This study analyzed mortality, risk factors, and causes of death among people with tuberculosis (TB). The results showed that overall mortality among people with TB was twice as high as the control group. Danish people with TB were three times more likely to die than migrants. Risk factors for death included living alone, unemployment, low income, and comorbidities. TB was the most common cause of death, followed by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, alcoholic liver disease, and mental illness with substance abuse.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lauren Anne Gardner, Jennifer Debenham, Nicola Clare Newton, Cath Chapman, Fiona Elizabeth Wylie, Bridie Osman, Maree Teesson, Katrina Elizabeth Champion
Summary: This study aimed to examine the changes in prevalence of six chronic disease risk factors among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic and investigate the association with lockdown status and gender. The results showed an increase in excessive recreational screen time, insufficient fruit intake, alcohol use, and tobacco use, while the prevalence of insufficient sleep decreased in the overall sample but increased among girls. Stay-at-home orders were associated with a decrease in high sugar-sweetened beverage and discretionary food consumption. Targeted approaches are needed to support groups that may be disproportionately affected, such as adolescent girls.
Article
Psychiatry
Lauren A. Gardner, Katrina E. Champion, Cath Chapman, Nicola C. Newton, Tim Slade, Scarlett Smout, Maree Teesson, Matthew Sunderland
Summary: This study aimed to explore the latent structure of the 'Big 6' lifestyle risk behaviors and their associations with psychopathology among adolescents. The findings revealed significant differences in hierarchical dimensions of psychopathology among different risk classes, suggesting the potential value of multiple intervention approaches for reducing the risk of psychopathology.
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Kimberly Arellano Carmona, Deepti Chittamuru, Richard L. Kravitz, Steven Ramondt, A. Susana Ramirez
Summary: This study surveyed users of a web-based AI-powered symptom checker to understand their usage patterns and effects. The results demonstrate that users generally have high confidence in the tool, find it useful and easy to understand, and feel less anxious and more empowered to seek medical help. There were differences in perceptions and intentions among users of different races and genders.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Kelly Teo, Ryan Churchill, Indira Riadi, Lucy Kervin, Theodore Cosco
Summary: This scoping review aims to explore the help-seeking behaviours of older adults and ethnic minority older adults, identifying gaps in research and proposing strategies to support the diverse health needs of this population.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Ben Singh, Timothy Olds, Jacinta Brinsley, Dot Dumuid, Rosa Virgara, Lisa Matricciani, Amanda Watson, Kimberley Szeto, Emily Eglitis, Aaron Miatke, Catherine E. M. Simpson, Corneel Vandelanotte, Carol Maher
Summary: Chatbot interventions have been found to be effective in increasing physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, sleep duration, and sleep quality.
NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Jackie Shinwell, Melissa Bateson, Daniel Nettle, Gillian Pepper
Summary: This study aimed to identify the dietary intake correlates of food insecurity in UK adults. The findings showed that food insecure participants had a less diverse diet with fewer distinct foods per meal, and more variable time gaps between meals. These associations were consistent with a recent US study, highlighting the importance of temporal irregularity in dietary intake as a component of food insecurity.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Richard Brown, Elizabeth Sillence, Gillian Pepper
Summary: This study found individual differences in perceived control over specific causes of death, which were influenced by age, gender, and income. The overall perceived uncontrollable mortality risk predicted self-reported health effort. The general sense of mortality risk was found to play a more notable role in determining health behaviors than specific assessments of control over risk.
Article
Communication
Dawn Branley-Bell, Richard Brown, Lynne Coventry, Elizabeth Sillence
FRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Communication
Richard Brown, Elizabeth Sillence, Lynne Coventry, Dawn Branley-Bell, Claire Murphy-Morgan, Abigail C. Durrant
Summary: Comparisons of stigma communication on Twitter across different health conditions revealed differences in the prevalence and type of stigma. Substance use disorder tweets were often associated with messages of societal peril, while HIV/AIDS related tweets were frequently associated with potential stigma communication. Consistencies between manual coding and automatic sentiment analysis indicate the potential for machine learning approaches in identifying online health-related stigma.
FRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATION
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Calvin Isch, Richard Brown, Peter M. Todd, Athena Aktipis, Gillian Pepper
Summary: The study suggests that people's belief about their uncontrollable mortality risk affects their motivation for preventive health behaviors. It is found that individuals' perception of risk is related to objective measures of risk exposure and personal characteristics. The study also reveals that these risk estimates are relatively stable over time and that individuals with greater perceived risk are less likely to engage in general health behaviors.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-HEIDELBERG
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Richard Brown, Elizabeth Sillence, Gillian Pepper
Summary: Improving health behaviors can prevent a large number of deaths. People's investment in their long-term health is influenced by their belief in controlling their risk of death. Identifying uncontrollable but likely causes of death can provide actionable targets for health interventions to increase control beliefs and encourage healthier behaviors.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-HEIDELBERG
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Richard Brown, Lynne Coventry, Gillian Pepper
Summary: This study aims to understand the extent to which COVID-19 is perceived as an uncontrollable risk and to assess the association between perceived risk and health behavior. The results indicate that perceived threat to life is the most consistent predictor of adherence to infection control measures. Increased perceived extrinsic mortality risk is associated with lower adherence to government advice on diet, physical activity, and smoking.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-HEIDELBERG
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
John Blythe, Richard Brown, Lynne Coventry
Summary: This research presents the design, development, and validation of a Workplace Information Sensitivity Appraisal scale, which measures individual perceptions of information sensitivity and predicts security behaviors. The scale has been found to be reliable and valid, and has demonstrated its potential in predicting various security behaviors.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Richard Brown, Elizabeth Sillence, Lynne Coventry, Emma Simpson, Jo Gibbs, Shema Tariq, Abigail C. Durrant, Karen Lloyd
Summary: This study explored the attitudes and experiences of individuals living with potentially stigmatized long-term health conditions regarding the collection and sharing of health and lifestyle data. The findings revealed a general willingness to share data, with differences in sharing experiences based on information type and recipient group. Health-related stigma was not identified as a barrier to collecting or sharing personal health and lifestyle data.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Richard Brown, Lynne Coventry, Elizabeth Sillence, John Blythe, Simone Stumpf, Jon Bird, Abigail C. Durrant
Summary: The sharing of self-generated health and lifestyle data is influenced by trust, identity, privacy, and security concerns. Despite daily recording of health and lifestyle information, few people share this with others. Those with long-term health conditions prioritize security concerns and often experience stigma. The greatest perceived risk of sharing with others is the potential harm to social relationships.