Publications by authors named "M Stanley Rodriguez Aquino"
Introduction: Tobacco smoking remains a leading cause of ill-health, premature mortality and a driver of health inequalities. To support smokers in England, a comprehensive approach to treating tobacco dependence is being implemented. This includes offering support to all people admitted to hospitals, as well as women and pregnant people within NHS settings.
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- - The study focused on the health and development review mandated for children in England at ages 2-2½ years, emphasizing the use of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) to assess early development and gather population-level data on trends and disparities.
- - Through 15 focus groups involving parents and health professionals, researchers explored experiences and priorities regarding child development measurements during these reviews.
- - Two main themes emerged: the desire for a comprehensive measurement approach that promotes open discussions about a child's development within the family context, and the need for clarity in the tool's purpose and consistent implementation among practitioners.
Background: Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is a public health strategy which strives to enable brief interventions to be implemented through opportunistic healthy lifestyle conversations. In a mental health inpatient setting a bespoke MECC training package has been developed to encourage cascade training through a train the trainer model and to incorporate an additional regional health strategy A Weight Off Your Mind into Core MECC training to provide a focus on healthy weight management. This study evaluated the fidelity of design of MECC in the mental health inpatient setting and fidelity of the training package currently being cascaded across the region.
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