Author(s): Marsh JD; Silva NCBS; Gill DP; Riggin B; Zou G; Stranges S; Zwarenstein M; Petrella RJ;

Background/objectives: To describe the program-related costs and estimate the cost-effectiveness of Hockey Fans In Training (Hockey FIT), a gender-sensitized lifestyle intervention, over a 1-year period. Subjects/methods: We conducted a pragmatic, cluster randomized trial among men aged 35-65 years with a body mass index =27 kg/m2, in 39 community-based ...

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Author(s): Petrella RJ; Gill DP; Boa Sorte Silva NC; Riggin B; Blunt WM; Kfrerer M; Majoni M; Marsh J; Irwin JD; Stranges S; Zwarenstein M; Zou G;

Background: Obesity disproportionately impacts men's health yet fewer men engage in preventive healthcare. We examined the effectiveness of Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT), a gender-sensitised lifestyle intervention that engages men with overweight/obesity through their passion as fans o ...

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Author(s): Asif Z; Chen Z; Stranges S; Zhao X; Sadiq R; Olea-Popelka F; Peng C; Haghighat F; Yu T;

COVID-19 is deemed as the most critical world health calamity of the 21st century, leading to dramatic life loss. There is a pressing need to understand the multi-stage dynamics, including transmission routes of the virus and environmental conditions due to the possibility of multiple waves of COVID-19 in the future. In this paper, a systematic examinatio ...

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