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Brief lifestyle advice in cardiac care: an experimental study on message source and framing
ObjectiveCommunicating risk information and offering lifestyle advice are important goals in cardiac rehabilitation. However, the most effective way...
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Effectiveness of Very Brief Advice on Tobacco Cessation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
BackgroundVery brief advice (VBA; ≤ 3 min) on quitting is practical and scalable during brief medical interactions with patients who smoke. This...
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Randomised controlled trial testing effectiveness of feedback about lung age or exhaled CO combined with very brief advice for smoking cessation compared to very brief advice alone in North Macedonia: findings from the Breathe Well group
IntroductionIn 2019, smoking prevalence in North Macedonia was one of the world’s highest at around 46% in adults. However, access to smoking...
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Brief intervention supporting hospitalised smokers to quit smoking: a quasi-experimental outcome evaluation
ObjectivesAssess brief intervention including opportunistic advice and encouragement, behaviour change support, pharmacotherapy prescription or...
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The effect of prosthetic rehabilitation with or without dietary advice on nutritional status in elderly patients: a systematic review
BackgroundElderly people frequently report tooth loss, affecting their nutritional status. There is a gap in the scientific evidence about the...
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Stakeholder-Informed Solutions To Address Barriers for Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in Thai Hypertension Care
Premature deaths from NCDs disproportionately affect people in low- and middle-income countries. Since alcohol use is one of the most common causes...
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Implementing routine paediatric height/length and weight screening and weight management advice by clinicians: an evaluation
ObjectiveTo determine the views of health care professionals (HCPs) in South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) about the effectiveness of...
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Screening and brief intervention for alcohol use disorder risk in three middle-income countries
BackgroundThis study examined the prevalence of screening and brief intervention (SBI) for alcohol use disorder (AUD) risk in samples of adult...
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Exploring the practicality and acceptability of a brief exercise communication and clinician referral pathway in cancer care: a feasibility study
BackgroundThe majority of cancer patients and cancer care clinicians-CCCs (e.g., oncologists) believe that exercise is an important adjunct therapy...
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The experience of general practitioners with Very Brief Advice in the treatment of tobacco addiction
Although tobacco smoking is the world’s most important preventable cause of many chronic diseases (including COPD and asthma) and premature death,...
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Postpartum opportunistic advice in primary care for women who have had gestational diabetes: a qualitative study of health care professionals’ views
BackgroundWomen who have had gestational diabetes during pregnancy are at very high risk of develo** type 2 diabetes later in life, but their...
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Lay counsellors’ experiences of administering the AUDIT-C as a brief screening tool in a South African township
BackgroundSouth Africa presents one of the riskiest patterns of alcohol consumption, with per capita consumption above the African regional average....
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Brief interventions 2.0: a new agenda for alcohol policy, practice and research
BackgroundAlcohol problems are increasing across the world and becoming more complex. Limitations to international evidence and practice mean that...
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Innovative cardiovascular primary prevention population-based strategies: a 2-year hybrid type 1 implementation randomised control trial (RCT) which evaluates behavioural change conducted by community champions compared with brief advice only from the SPICES project (scaling-up packages of interventions for cardiovascular disease prevention in selected sites in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa)
BackgroundCardiovascular diseases (CVD) caused 17.9 million deaths worldwide in 2016, being the world’s leading cause of death. Prevention of CVD in...
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A Randomized Trial Comparing Brief Advice and Motivational Interviewing for Persons with HIV–HCV Co-infection Who Drink Alcohol
Alcohol use contributes to the progression of liver disease in HIV–HCV co-infected persons, but alcohol interventions have never addressed low levels...
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The validation of the brief COPE in a belgian perinatal population
IntroductionThe Brief Co** Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief-COPE) measures individuals’ co** strategies. There is limited evidence on...
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A feasibility study of a randomized controlled trial protocol to assess the impact of an eHealth intervention on the provision of dietary advice in primary care
BackgroundCanadian sodium intakes remain high despite population-wide sodium reduction initiatives, highlighting the need for personal action in...
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Feasibility and acceptability of a peer provider delivered substance use screening and brief intervention program for youth in Kenya
BackgroundYouth in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of substance use yet lack access to substance use interventions. The goal of this project was...
