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Adherence therapy for medication non-compliant patients with hypertension: A randomised controlled trial (2012)
Journal Article

The objective of this study is to establish the efficacy of adherence therapy (AT) compared with treatment as usual (TAU) in reducing blood pressure (BP) in non-compliant hypertensive patients. This study was designed as a parallel-group single-blind... Read More about Adherence therapy for medication non-compliant patients with hypertension: A randomised controlled trial.

Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction (2012)
Journal Article

Policy makers across a number of Western countries have suggested that warning labels be placed on idealized media images to inform viewers that the images have been digitally altered or enhanced, as a means of ameliorating the negative psychological... Read More about Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction.

‘Happy Being Me’ in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
Body image concerns among children are commonly associated with the onset of severe health-related implications including reduced physical activity, unhealthy eating behaviours, and low self-esteem, among others. Historically, attempts to... Read More about ‘Happy Being Me’ in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children.

A systematic review of behaviour change techniques in walking and cycling interventions: the iConnect study (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
iConnect, funded by EPSRC, is an interdisciplinary research programme, aiming to measure and evaluate changes in travel, physical activity and carbon emissions associated with the Sustrans’ Connect2 programme. Until recently, the categori... Read More about A systematic review of behaviour change techniques in walking and cycling interventions: the iConnect study.