Theses - Public Health and Primary Care
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Biological and Aetiological Inference from the Statistical Genetic Analyses of Blood Cell Traits
(2020-04-25)Blood cells are crucial to human physiology, with functions in oxygen transport, infection control, and wound healing. Molecular mechanisms endogenous to blood cells have been implicated in the aetiologies of cancer, ... -
Effects of blood donation and iron homeostasis on medium and long term cardiometabolic outcomes
(2020-02-20)Background. Despite several decades of research, the relevance of blood donation and iron homeostasis on cardiometabolic outcomes remains unclear. Objectives. This thesis aims to reliably characterise the relevance of ... -
Development and feasibility testing of a buddy intervention to increase postnatal physical activity
(2020-04-18)Childbirth is a life event that negatively influences mothers’ physical activity (PA) levels and is identified as a teachable moment for health behaviour change and therefore interventions to increase postnatal PA are ... -
Understanding the role of parents’ attitudes in children’s alcohol use: Evaluation of a universal parent-oriented alcohol consumption prevention programme
(2020-07-18)Alcohol use is considered as one of the risk factors that contribute to social and physical harm and disease development globally. Alcohol use onset usually takes place long before adulthood and the surrounding environment ...
