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Improving the physical health of adults with severe mental illness: essential actions

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges , England; et al. (2016) C1

This report, written in partnership with various Royal Medical Colleges and Public Health England, sets out the essential actions to improve the physical health of adults with severe mental illness (SMI) across the NHS. The report makes practical recommendations for changes that will help adults wit... more

Capacity Building for Physical Activity of Older People

German Gymnastics Federation (Deutscher Turner-Bund, DTB) German Gymnastics Federation (Deutscher Turner-Bund, DTB) (2014) CC

The “ActiveAge Handbook” is an outcome of the “ActiveAge Project, which was carried out from January 2013 until June 2014 in the frame of “2012 Preparatory Actions in the Field of Sport” of the European Commission Directory General Education and Cul- ture (DG EAC) in cooperation with 13 E... more

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Publication of selected legal provisions in domestic and international laws on physical accessibility

Uganda National Action on Physical Disability (UNAPD) (2010)

Accessibility is by law; not just a favour. The booklet contains what the laws say about physical accessibility and their interpretation

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Conducting a physical count SOP
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Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN) (2011) C2

Last revised 2015. Original Word document on: http://www.epnetwork.org/Resources/Standard%20Operating%20Procedure/Physical%20Count_SOP.doc

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Manual for the professional in Adapted Physical Activity

Lucile Peynot; Thomas Chantereault and Ezzedine Bouzid Handicap International; Tunesian Federation of sport for persons with disabilities (2011) C1

Detailed adapted physical activities are provided with practical guides, group sport guides and assessment tools in order to promote a more inclusive society through sports

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Guidance on Community Physical Distancing During COVID-19 Pandemic

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C_CDC

This guidance document addresses how physical distancing (referred to in previous guidance documents as ‘social distancing’) can help slow down transmission.

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Communication Material Physical Distancing COVID-19

Communication Network (2020) CC

Here you can find different material (videos, poster, guidelines) how to use communication to encourage physical distancing; explaining physical distancing to children....

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Playbook for Physical Distancing

FinalMile (2020) CC

This is a real time documentation of strategies and solutions impacting behavioral outcomes critical to pandemic response that can immediately be used by a variety of stakeholders. This particular playbook addresses behavioral challenges with respect to physical (not social) distancing.

Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Guide for Parents and Caregivers of Children Aged 6-10 (in Russian) (2020)

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2020) CC

To help parents keep their children healthy and fit, WHO has developed the Child Nutrition and Physical Activity Guide. In addition to parents, the guide may prove to be a useful tool for other adults (such as grandparents or caregivers) working with primary school-aged children. The Child Nutrit... more

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Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2021) CC

The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis is now out (August 2021). The report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate scien... more

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Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Masson-Delmotte, V.; P. Zhai; A. Pirani; et al. Cambridge University Press (2021) CC

This Summary for Policymakers (SPM) presents key findings of the Working Group I (WGI) contribution to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) on the physical science basis of climate change. The report builds upon the 2013 Working Group I contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5... more

Ivanilda (Vanny) Reis: encouraging physical activity and sport for everyone

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) CC

Vanny Reis talks to Gary Humphreys about the transformative power of sport and physical activity in improving health and well-being throughout people’s lives.

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Guidelines for Collaborating with Community Physicians

National Tuberculosis Center, New Jersey Medical School (2003) C2

Treating the Patient with Tuberculosis

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Psychosocial Care of Tsunami-Affected Populations Physician's Manual

Nimesh Desai, Dhanesh Gupta, Ram Avtar Singh, et al. WHO South-East Asia New Delhi (2005) C_WHO

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Management of severe malnutrition: a manual for physicians and other senior health workers

World Health Organization WHO (1999) C_WHO

This manual provides practical guidelines for the management of children with severe malnutrition. It seeks to promote the best available therapy so as to reduce the risk of death, shorten the length of time spent in hospital, and facilitate rehabilitation and full recovery. Emphasis is given to the... more

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Acute Radiation Syndrome: A Fact Sheet for Physicians

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2005) C_CDC

Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) (sometimes known as radiation toxicity or radiation sickness) is an acute illness caused by irradiation of the entire body (or most of the body) by a high dose of penetrating radiation in a very short period of time (usually a matter of minutes). The major cause of thi... more

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Cutaneous Radiation Injury: A Brochure for Physicians

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2018) C_CDC

Injury to the skin and underlying tissues from acute exposure to a large external dose of radiation is referred to as cutaneous radiation injury (CRI). Acute radiation syndrome (ARS) 1 will usually be accompanied by some skin damage; however, CRI can ... more

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Philippines: An easy guide to any physical activity be active, get fit and stay healthy

Philippine Association for the Study of Overweight and Obesity (2015) C1

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Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) Clinical Presentation: History, Physical, Causes

Medscape (2023) C2

Website last accessed on 31.03.2023 Free Registration on Medscape to see the full article

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Infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a systematic review

Durão, S.; Burns, J.; Schmidt, B. et al. BMC Public Health (2023) CC

Background Noncommunicable diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Modifying the risk factors for these conditions, such as physical inactivity, is thus essential. Addressing the context or circumstances in which physical activity occurs may promote physical activity a...t a population level. We assessed the effects of infrastructure, policy or regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase and clinicaltrials.gov to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before-after (CBAs) studies, and interrupted time series (ITS) studies assessing population-level infrastructure or policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity. We were interested in the effects of these interventions on physical activity, body weight and related measures, blood pressure, and CVD and type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality, and on other secondary outcomes. Screening and data extraction was done in duplicate, with risk of bias was using an adapted Cochrane risk of bias tool. Due to high levels of heterogeneity, we synthesised the evidence based on effect direction. Results We included 33 studies, mostly conducted in high-income countries. Of these, 13 assessed infrastructure changes to green or other spaces to promote physical activity and 18 infrastructure changes to promote active transport. The effects of identified interventions on physical activity, body weight and blood pressure varied across studies (very low certainty evidence); thus, we remain very uncertain about the effects of these interventions. Two studies assessed the effects of policy and regulatory interventions; one provided free access to physical activity facilities and showed that it may have beneficial effects on physical activity (low certainty evidence). The other provided free bus travel for youth, with intervention effects varying across studies (very low certainty evidence). Conclusions Evidence from 33 studies assessing infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity showed varying results. The certainty of the evidence was mostly very low, due to study designs included and inconsistent findings between studies. Despite this drawback, the evidence indicates that providing access to physical activity facilities may be beneficial; however this finding is based on only one study. Implementation of these interventions requires full consideration of contextual factors, especially in low resource settings. more

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Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis recommended

Conducting a physical count SOP
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Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis
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