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A new study published in PLOS One looked at women’s body image and experiences of exercising in gym settings. “Our study explores the experiences of women who exercise in gyms, focusing on the barriers they face, including issues related to body image and harassment,” study author Emma Cowley told us. Cowley works at the SHE Research Centre, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technological University of the Shannon in Athlone, Ireland. “We aimed to understand how gym environments impact women’s confidence, comfort, and ability to fully engage in exercise.” [More]

A new study published in the Journal of Child Development looked at Indigenous perspectives on the child–caregiver bond from a northwest tribal community. “Our study is about uplifting the experiences, perspectives and knowledges regarding parenting young children that are held by members of a Northwest tribal community,” Sara F. Waters told us. “In particular, we wanted to center Indigenous knowledge of and approaches to the child-caregiver bond.” [More]

A new study published in the Journal of Child Development looked at the determinants of socioemotional and behavioral well-being among First Nations children living off-reserve in Canada. “Our study focused on positive health outcomes among young First Nations children,” study author Sawayra Owais told us. “Specifically, we examined Indigenous and non-Indigenous-specific determinants associated with positive well-being among First Nations children living off-reserve in Canada.” [More]

A new study published in the Journal of Child Development looked at mother–child collaboration in an Indigenous community. “Changes in family life related to globalization may include reduction in the collaborativeness observed in many Indigenous American communities,” study author Barbara Rogoff told us. “The present study examined longitudinal changes and continuities in collaboration in a Guatemalan Maya community experiencing rapid globalization.” [More]

A new study published in JAMA Network Open looked at mental health disparities by sexual orientation and gender identity in the All of Us Research Program. “Our study examined mental health disparities between sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals and their cisgender heterosexual peers using data from the All of Us Research Program,” study author Junjie Anderson Lu told us. [More]

A new study published in Nursing in Critical Care looked at building evidence-based interventions to improve staff well-being in paediatric critical care using the behaviour change wheel. “The study aimed to explore what wellbeing means to staff who work in paediatric intensive care settings,” study author Rachel Shaw told us. “We wanted to explore what challenged their wellbeing and what might help to improve it. After that, we planned to develop interventions that would help staff to prioritize and even improve their wellbeing at work.” [More]

A new study published in PubMed looked at guided self-help versus group treatment for children with obesity. “This study compares the intensive group-based treatment for children with obesity, called family-based treatment, with a guided self-help version which is delivered to the parent /child dyad,” study author Kerri Boutelle told us. “We were interested whether the guided self-help version would provide similar weight losses to the intensive family-based treatment.” [More]

A new study published in PubMed looked at the associated risk and resilience factors of Alzheimer's disease in women with early bilateral oophorectomy. “The study is about risk and resilience factors related to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in women,” study author Noelia Calvo told us. “Epidemiologic data show that AD is more prevalent in women than in men, but we do not know why." [More]

A new study published in PNAS looked at how expert navigators deploy rational complexity–based decision precaching for large-scale real-world planning. “Our study is about the intricate planning processes of London taxi drivers, who are renowned for their exceptional knowledge of the city's layout,” study author Daniel C. McNamee told us. “We aimed to uncover how these expert navigators manage the complex task of route planning across more than 26,000 streets in London.” [More]

A new study published in the Lancet looked at associations between childhood trauma and childhood psychiatric disorders in Brazil. “This study looks at the impact of childhood trauma exposure on the mental health of adolescents at ages 15 and 18 in a Brazilian birth cohort,” study author Megan Bailey told us. Bailey is an ESRC-Funded PhD Researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath. [More]