Global mental health: an improved measure of well-being in multiple languages.

Background: An increasing number of international organisations and national governments have committed to well-being promotion. Unfortunately, important questions regarding how to assess well-being are still unresolved, making policy implementation and evaluation difficult.

Methods: This research expanded on Huppert and So's (Soc Indic Res.

Nudging New York: adaptive models and the limits of behavioral interventions to reduce no-shows and health inequalities.

Background: Missed healthcare appointments (no-shows) are costly and operationally inefficient for health systems. No-show rates are particularly high for vulnerable populations, even though these populations often require additional care. Few studies on no-show behavior or potential interventions exist specifically for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which care for over 24 million disadvantaged individuals in the United States.

Health Promotion at Work: A Comparison of Policy and Practice Across Europe.

Background: Promoting healthy lifestyles at work should complement workplace safety programs. This study systematically investigates current states of occupational health and safety (OHS) policy as well as practice in the European Union (EU).

Methods: OHS policies of EU member states were categorized as either prevention or health promotion provisions using a manifest content analysis.

A Study Protocol for Testing the Effectiveness of User-Generated Content in Reducing Excessive Consumption.

Excessive consumption is on the rise, as is apparent in growing financial debt and global greenhouse gas emissions. Voluntary simplicity, a lifestyle choice of reduced consumption and sustainable consumer behavior, provides a potential solution for excessive consumers. However, voluntary simplicity is unpopular, difficult to adopt, and under researched.