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Depression and thoughts of self-harm or suicide among gender and sexually diverse people in a regional Australian community
CONCLUSIONS: These findings contribute to deeper and more nuanced insights regarding clinically salient depressive and self-harm/suicide ideation symptoms among trans, nonbinary, bisexual, pansexual and queer people in regional Australian communities, with the aim to ultimately reduce mental health prevalence, improve mental health outcomes and health promotion among GSD people. SO WHAT?: The current findings revealed GSD people experience high prevalence of depression and self-harm/suicide ideation indicating tailored mental health awareness-raising, training and health promotion is warranted to enhance psychological supp...
Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia - April 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tania M Phillips Gavin Austin Tait Sanders Margaret Martin Jacqueline Hudson Alexandra Fort Tarra Excell Amy B Mullens Annette Br ömdal Source Type: research

Local Men Local Communities: A rural placed-based approach to increase men's engagement with mental health training and events
CONCLUSION: Mental health training and events need to be tailored to meet the needs of the target population. Key details to consider include location, time, promotional material, content, and inclusion of a social element. SO WHAT?: When rural men were provided ownership of their conversations, they were more likely to have them. This challenges the stereotype that men do not talk and creates the opportunity for social connection within the community.PMID:38566273 | DOI:10.1002/hpja.861 (Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia)
Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia - April 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Natalie J Bransgrove Joanne E Porter Valerie Prokopiv Robyn Wildblood Michelle Prezioso Vicki Bradley Barbara Look Source Type: research

Quality evaluation of nutrition policies in early childhood education and care services in Nerang, QLD
CONCLUSIONS: All services have a nutrition policy, but there are opportunities to enhance both the content and linguistic strength of statements within policies related to nutrition domains. SO WHAT?: There is a clear need to improve the comprehensiveness and strength of written statements in nutrition policies across all four domains, particularly 'Nutrition Standards' and 'Communication and Evaluation'.PMID:38566276 | DOI:10.1002/hpja.862 (Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia)
Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia - April 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Amy Kirkegaard Nicole Anderson Chris Irwin Lisa Vincze Source Type: research

Why don't women engage in muscle strength exercise? An integrative review
CONCLUSIONS: Focused education on strength exercise and guidelines, plus initiatives and strategies that suit the needs of this cohort, are necessary to achieve health and wellbeing benefits. Responsive approaches by health professionals to these women's circumstances can potentially address current low participation levels. SO WHAT?: Creating conditions where health professionals respect a woman's exercise preferences can positively impact these women's musculoskeletal health into older age.PMID:38566279 | DOI:10.1002/hpja.857 (Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia)
Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia - April 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: A M Stimson C Anderson A-M Holt A J Henderson Source Type: research

Adapting and translating the 'Hep B Story' App the right way: A transferable toolkit to develop health resources with, and for, Aboriginal people
CONCLUSIONS: Through our extensive work across the Northern Territory, we produced an educational tool for Aboriginal people in their preferred languages and developed a translation model to create resources for different cultural and linguistic groups. SO WHAT?: This translation model provides a rigorous, transferable method for creating accurate health resources for culturally and linguistically diverse populations.PMID:38566264 | DOI:10.1002/hpja.858 (Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia)
Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia - April 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Paula Binks Cheryl Ross George Garambaka Gurruwiwi Shiraline Wurrawilya Tiana Alley Sarah Mariyalawuy Bukulatjpi Emily Vintour-Cesar Kelly Hosking Joshua S Davis Marita Hefler Jane Davies Hep B PAST Partnership Group Source Type: research

Barriers and opportunities for health service access among fathers: A review of empirical evidence
CONCLUSIONS: Although barriers and opportunities exist at individual and cultural levels, health services hold the key to improved engagement of fathers. SO WHAT?: Evidence-based, innovative strategies, informed by fathers' needs and healthy masculinities, are needed to engage fathers in health services.PMID:38494641 | DOI:10.1002/hpja.846 (Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia)
Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karen Wynter Kayla A Mansour Faye Forbes Jacqui A Macdonald Source Type: research