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Testing campaign slogans designed to motivate older people to be more physically active

Rajni Rai, Ben Jackson, Robert U. Newton
What is the best slogan to motivate older people to increase their levels of physical activity? This online survey of 1200 Australians aged 50 years and older tested the relative effectiveness of five different campaign slogans.
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“We don’t want to run before we walk”: the attitudes of Australian stakeholders towards using psychedelics for mental health conditions

This study was aimed at understanding the attitudes and positions of key Australian organisational and political stakeholders towards using psychedelic agents in medically supervised environments to treat mental health conditions.
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Advancing loneliness and social isolation as global health challenges: taking three priority actions

Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Christopher Miktone, Ben J. Smith
Loneliness and social isolation have been identified as critical global health issues in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis. This paper argues that three priority actions are needed achieve a wider and more substantial impact on loneliness and social isolation.
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A rapid review of initiatives to address financial strain and wellbeing in high-income contexts

Ana Paula Belon, Patrick Harris, Evelyne de Leeuw, Candace Nykiforuk
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated financial strain among populations worldwide. This is concerning, given the link between financial strain and health. However, there is little evidence to guide action in this area, particularly from a public health perspective. To address this gap, researchers conducted a rapid review and analysis with an equity-focused lens.
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Acting locally, thinking nationally: layering Indigenous ontology within wellbeing frameworks

This perspective indicates how philosophies such as Yawuru’s mabu liyan can support relational, place-based, self-determined wellbeing initiatives while strengthening national policy efforts to capture the human and other-than-human interlinkages of wellbeing.

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