Ministry of Health Library
Health Improvement and Innovation Digest
Issue 166 - 26 April 2018
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Primary Mental Health (New Zealand)
Emotion regulation and well-being in primary classrooms situated in low-socioeconomic communities
Although emotion is central to most models of children's well-being, few studies have looked at how well-being is related to the ways in which children regulate their emotions. The aim of this study, published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology, was to examine the associations among children's emotion regulation strategy choice and their emotional expression, behaviour, and well-being. The study also investigated whether contextual factors influenced the emotion regulation strategies children chose to use.
Cutting back on alcohol consumption: Key results
This report, by the Health Promotion Agency, provides information about the extent to which drinkers think about and attempt to reduce their alcohol consumption, and how they might achieve this.
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Increased Immunisation (International)
Strategies for increasing uptake of vaccination in pregnancy in high-income countries: A systematic review
Vaccination in pregnancy is an effective method to protect against disease for the pregnant woman, foetus and new born infant. In England, it is recommended that pregnant women are vaccinated against pertussis and influenza. Improvement in the uptake of both pertussis and influenza vaccination among pregnant women is needed to prevent morbidity and mortality for both the pregnant women and unborn child. The aim of this study, published in Vaccine, was to identify effective strategies in increasing the uptake of vaccination in pregnancy in high-income countries and to make recommendations for England.
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Weight Management (International)
Relationship Between Weekly Patterns of Caloric Intake and Reported Weight Loss Outcomes: Retrospective Cohort Study
Although millions of overweight and obese adults use mobile phone apps for weight loss, little is known about the predictors of success. The objective of this study, published in JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, was to understand the relationship between weight loss outcomes and weekly patterns of caloric intake among overweight and obese adults using a mobile phone app for weight loss.
The Coaching on Lifestyle (CooL) Intervention for Overweight and Obesity: A Longitudinal Study into Participants’ Lifestyle Changes
Combined lifestyle interventions (CLIs) can be effective in reducing weight and improving lifestyle-related behaviours but it is unclear how CLIs can best be implemented in practice in order to achieve sustained lifestyle changes. The Coaching on Lifestyle programme (CooL) is a CLI in the Netherlands, in which professional lifestyle coaches counsel adults and children (and/or their parents) who are obese or at high risk of obesity to achieve a sustained healthier lifestyle. The CooL intervention consists of group and individual sessions addressing the topics of physical activity, dietary behaviours, sleep and stress. This longitudinal one-group pre-post study, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, aimed to identify lifestyle changes among participants (adults, children and their parents) at 8 and 18 months after initiation.
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Key Ministry of Health Publications
Mortality: Historical summary 1948–2015
These tables present mortality data (numbers and age-standardised rates) by sex for certain causes of death for each year from 1948 to 2015. Māori and non-Māori mortality data is presented from 1996 to 2015.
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