Wellbeing-responsive community: a growth target for intentional mental health promotion.

With mental illness remaining a significant burden of disease, there is an ongoing need for community-based health promotion, prevention, and responses (or "mental health promotion activities"). The health promotion, community development, and positive psychology literature identifies significant heterogeneity in the design and delivery of these activities. This variability spans: (1) individual vs.

Epidemiology of COVID-19 and public health restrictions during the first wave of the pandemic in Ireland in 2020.

Background: We describe the epidemiological trends and report and review the public health restrictions implemented during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland.

Methods: The study reviewed confirmed cases of COVID-19 notified from 1 March to 18 July 2020. Data were obtained from the national COVID-19 Data Hub, the National Health Protection Surveillance Centre, the National Contact Management Programme and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

Temporal trend in socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of cancer screening programmes in France between 2005 and 2010: results from the Cancer Barometer surveys.

Objectives: Cancer screening is a form of secondary prevention for a disease which is now the leading cause of death in France. Various socioeconomic indicators have been identified as potential factors for disparities in breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening uptake. We aimed to identify the socioeconomic inequalities, which persisted in screening uptake for these cancers, and to quantify these disparities over a 5-year period.

The within-participant correlation between perception of effort and heart rate-based estimations of training load in elite soccer players.

The measurement of relative physiological stress during training is important because this is the stimulus for the long-term adaptive response. Measurements of perceived exertion (RPE) have been reported to correlate with the heart rate during field-based training sessions. Nevertheless, there are few studies on how well RPE tracks with the heart rate over repeated training sessions in elite soccer players.

Service priorities and unmet service needs among people living with HIV/AIDS: results from a nationwide interview of HIV/AIDS housing organizations.

Housing for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) has been linked to a number of positive physical and mental health outcomes, in addition to decreased sexual and drug-related risk behavior. The current study identified service priorities for PLWHA, services provided by HIV/AIDS housing agencies, and unmet service needs for PLWHA through a nationwide telephone survey of HIV/AIDS housing agencies in the USA. Housing, alcohol/drug treatment, and mental health services were identified as the three highest priorities for PLWHA and assistance finding employment, dental care, vocational assistance, and mental health services were the top needs not being met.

The development of a soccer-specific training drill for elite-level players.

The use of sports-specific technical practices as a physical training stimulus has increased in recent years in soccer. Such approaches, although effective, can produce different levels of physiological strain in the individual players within the session, thereby limiting the usefulness of the training session for all players. The aim of this study was to develop a high-intensity soccer-specific training (SST) drill that was not only based on the demands of match-play but also would reduce the variability in the physiological response to training compared with other specific drills.

The effect of pitch dimensions on heart rate responses and technical demands of small-sided soccer games in elite players.

The aim of this study was to examine the impact of changes in pitch size on heart rate responses and technical requirements of small-sided soccer games. Eight male soccer players participated in the study (mean+/-S.D.