Interventions to promote physical distancing behaviour during infectious disease pandemics or epidemics: A systematic review.

Objectives: Physical distancing, defined as keeping 1-2m apart when co-located, can prevent cases of droplet or aerosol transmitted infectious diseases such as SARS-CoV2. During the COVID-19 pandemic, distancing was a recommendation or a requirement in many countries. This systematic review aimed to determine which interventions and behavior change techniques (BCTs) are effective in promoting adherence to distancing and through which potential mechanisms of action (MOAs).

The active ingredients of physical activity and / or dietary workplace-based interventions to achieve weight loss in overweight and obese healthcare staff: a systematic review.

This systematic review aims to synthesize the active ingredients, and identify a list of promising behaviour change techniques (BCTs), likely to be present within physical activity and / or dietary interventions in achieving weight loss in overweight and obese healthcare staff. Four electronic databases were searched in February 2021: PsychINFO, CINAHL, PubMed and MEDLINE (no start date-2021). Studies were eligible for inclusion if they: (1) described a quasi-experimental or cluster, cohort or randomised control trial; (2) implemented workplace-based physical activity and / or dietary interventions versus a less intensive intervention or usual care; (3) targeted predominantly (> 50% of participants) overweight or obese healthcare professionals; and (4) reported a weight loss related outcome and included data on that outcome at least 3 months after the intervention began.

Can people apply 'FAST' when it really matters? A qualitative study guided by the common sense self-regulation model.

Background: Early identification of stroke symptoms and rapid access to the emergency services increases an individual's chance of receiving thrombolytic therapy and reduces the likelihood of infirmity. The UK's national stroke campaign 'Act FAST' was developed to increase public awareness of stroke symptoms and highlighted the importance of rapid response by contacting emergency services. No study to date has assessed if and how people who experienced or witnessed stroke in line with the campaigns' symptoms of the FAST acronym (i.