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Wendy Lawrence
Researcher at University of Southampton
Publications - 77
Citations - 2174
Wendy Lawrence is an academic researcher from University of Southampton. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological intervention & Public health. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 68 publications receiving 1683 citations. Previous affiliations of Wendy Lawrence include University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust & National Institute for Health Research.
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Dietary patterns in infancy: the importance of maternal and family influences on feeding practice
Siân M Robinson,Lynne D. Marriott,J Poole,Sarah Crozier,Sharon E Borland,Wendy Lawrence,Catherine Law,Keith M. Godfrey,Cyrus Cooper,Hazel Inskip +9 more
TL;DR: The dietary patterns described, defined using principal components analysis of FFQ data, of 1434 infants aged 6 and 12 months, born between 1999 and 2003 are described and are associated with maternal and family characteristics.
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Intervention strategies to improve nutrition and health behaviours before conception
Mary Barker,Stephan U Dombrowski,Tim Colbourn,Caroline H.D. Fall,Natasha M. Kriznik,Wendy Lawrence,Shane A. Norris,Gloria Ngaiza,Dilisha Patel,Jolene Skordis-Worrall,Falko F. Sniehotta,Régine P.M. Steegers-Theunissen,Christina Vogel,Kathryn Woods-Townsend,Kathryn Woods-Townsend,Judith Stephenson +15 more
TL;DR: A dual strategy that targets specific groups actively planning a pregnancy, while improving the health of the population more broadly is proposed, and it is suggested that speedy and scalable benefits to public health might be achieved through strategic engagement with the private sector.
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A Systematic Review of Digital Interventions for Improving the Diet and Physical Activity Behaviors of Adolescents
Taylor Rose,Mary Barker,Mary Barker,Chandni Maria Jacob,Leanne Morrison,Wendy Lawrence,Wendy Lawrence,Sofia Strömmer,Christina Vogel,Christina Vogel,Kathryn Woods-Townsend,Kathryn Woods-Townsend,David J. Farrell,Hazel Inskip,Hazel Inskip,Janis Baird,Janis Baird +16 more
TL;DR: It is possible to effect significant health behavior change in adolescents through digital interventions that incorporate education, goal setting, self-monitoring, and parental involvement, and longer term outcomes should be evaluated.
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Effectiveness of community- and workplace-based interventions to manage musculoskeletal-related sickness absence and job loss: a systematic review
Keith T Palmer,E. C. Harris,Cathy Linaker,Mary Barker,Wendy Lawrence,Cyrus Cooper,David Coggon +6 more
TL;DR: As benefits are small and of doubtful cost-effectiveness, employers' practice should be guided by their value judgements about the uncertainties, and expensive interventions should be implemented only with rigorous cost-benefit evaluation planned from the outset.
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'Making every contact count': Evaluation of the impact of an intervention to train health and social care practitioners in skills to support health behaviour change
Wendy Lawrence,Christina Black,Tannaze Tinati,Sue Cradock,Rufia Begum,Megan Jarman,Anna Pease,Barrie Margetts,Justin H Davies,Hazel Inskip,Cyrus Cooper,Janis Baird,Mary Barker +12 more
TL;DR: Trained practitioners demonstrated significantly greater use of these client-centred skills to support behaviour change compared to their untrained peers up to 1 year post-training.