L Suzanne Suggs
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 318176 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | L Suzanne Suggs |
| NOMBRES | L Suzanne |
| APELLIDO | Suggs |
| FIRMA | SUGGS L S |
| AFILIACIONES | Università della Svizzera italiana |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6084-5468 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Parental modelling has a sustainable effect on offspring’s physical activity
Parental role modelling influences children's PA behavior in a sustainable and sex-specific manner from childhood to young adulthood. PA interventions for parents have the potential for transgenerational benefits
Analysing celebrity and influencer marketing of food and beverages to adolescents on Instagram
Objective: To assess the nutritional quality of foods and beverages (F&B) advertised to adolescents and analyse marketing techniques and persuasive appeals used by celebrities and influencers on Instagram. Design: A content analysis study was conducted using the WHO’s CLICK Monitoring Framework and Nutrient Profile Model. Setting: Instagram, a popular social media platform among adolescents with frequent F&B advertisements by celebrities and infl…
Does growing up in a physical activity-friendly neighborhood increase the likelihood of remaining active during adolescence and early adulthood
The results suggest that growing up in a physical activity friendly neighborhood increases the likelihood of remaining active during adolescence and early adulthood. Interventions should be implemented to ensure that children growing up in an unfavorable neighborhood do not fall behind at an early stage
"Young people's media use and adherence to preventive measures in the "infodemic
Decision-making on Covid-19 vaccination
In January 2021, the Swiss government introduced the first COVID-19 vaccines and prioritized allocation to at-risk individuals and professionals working with them. Despite this opportunity, vaccine uptake among staff employed in retirement homes and institutes for people with disabilities was suboptimal. This study aimed to capture real-time decision-making about COVID-19 vaccine among staff employed in nursing homes and institutes for people wit…
Lessons learned about co-creation
Background: Co-creation is the process of involving stakeholders in the development of interventions. Although co-creation is becoming more widespread, reports of the process and lessons learned are scarce.Objective: To describe the process and lessons learned from using the COHESION manual, a co-creation methodology to develop interventions aimed at the improvement of diagnosis and/or management of chronic diseases at the primary healthcare leve…
The gender responsiveness of social marketing interventions focused on neglected tropical diseases
Many interventions showed positive actions towards gender responsiveness. However, only one was classified as gender responsive. Others failed to supply enough data for assessment. Recommendations about how sex and gender could be integrated into social marketing interventions are provided
The process of prioritization of non-communicable diseases in the global health policy arena
Although non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, the global policy response has not been commensurate with their health, economic and social burden. This study examined factors facilitating and hampering the prioritization of NCDs on the United Nations (UN) health agenda. Shiffman and Smith’s (Generation of political priority for global health initiatives: a framework and case study of maternal…
Sedentary Behaviour in Swiss Children and Adolescents
Identifying correlates of sedentary behaviour across all levels of the ecological model and understanding their interrelations is a promising method to plan effective interventions. The present study examined whether the objectively assessed and the perceived neighbourhood are associated with children’s sedentary behaviour time (SBT). A comprehensive set of factors at different levels of influence across the ecological model were taken into accou…
Objectively measured physical activity in population-representative parent-child pairs
Parental modelling seems relevant for children's PA, but not to the same degree in all children. Interventions focusing on strengthening parental PA behaviour for the promotion of PA in the young must consider additional contextual factors related to the socio-cultural and structural environment
Is it better at home with my family? The effects of people and place on children's eating behavior
The people and places children eat with can influence food consumption. This study investigates the people and places Swiss school-aged children ate with over a 7-day period and analyses the effects of eating at home with family on food consumption. Children completed a 7-day food diary documenting the foods they consumed, the people with whom they ate, and the place where they ate. Analyses were conducted for all meals and included 9911 meal occ…
Breast cancer screening and migrants
Objectives: This study explored views of Moroccan migrant women on barriers and facilitators to the organized breast cancer screening program in Brussels (Belgium), and the potential of targeted printed invitations to increase this population’s attendance to the program.Methods: We conducted one expert interview with the breast cancer screening program coordinator on current practices and challenges with regards to inviting Moroccan migrant women…
Developing a mHealth intervention to promote uptake of HIV testing among African communities in the UK
HIV remains a stigmatized and de-prioritized issue within African migrant communities in the UK, posing barriers to HIV testing initiatives. A community-based participatory social marketing design can be successfully used to develop a culturally appropriate text messaging HIV intervention. Key challenges involved turning community research recommendations into brief text messages of only 160 characters. The intervention needs to be evaluated in a…
I did eat my vegetables. Agreement between parent and child food intake diaries
Objective To assess the level of agreement between children and their parents when reporting a child’s food consumption. Design Cross-sectional study in which children and parents independently completed 7 d food diaries describing the foods and drinks the child consumed at every meal and snack. The association between child and parent reporting was assessed for nineteen food groups using Kendall’s tau-b non-parametric correlations, Spearman’s ra…
Promoting health in a virtual world
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the use of the online virtual world Second Life (SL) for the delivery of health communication messages designed to encourage individuals to make healthy lifestyle choices regarding physical activity and nutrition. Research questions addressed participants’ impressions of the usefulness and relevance of health information received via an online virtual world and participants’ overall impressions…
"Young people's media use and adherence to preventive measures in the "infodemic
The process of prioritization of non-communicable diseases in the global health policy arena
Although non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, the global policy response has not been commensurate with their health, economic and social burden. This study examined factors facilitating and hampering the prioritization of NCDs on the United Nations (UN) health agenda. Shiffman and Smith’s (Generation of political priority for global health initiatives: a framework and case study of maternal…
Is it better at home with my family? The effects of people and place on children's eating behavior
The people and places children eat with can influence food consumption. This study investigates the people and places Swiss school-aged children ate with over a 7-day period and analyses the effects of eating at home with family on food consumption. Children completed a 7-day food diary documenting the foods they consumed, the people with whom they ate, and the place where they ate. Analyses were conducted for all meals and included 9911 meal occ…
Breast cancer screening and migrants
Objectives: This study explored views of Moroccan migrant women on barriers and facilitators to the organized breast cancer screening program in Brussels (Belgium), and the potential of targeted printed invitations to increase this population’s attendance to the program.Methods: We conducted one expert interview with the breast cancer screening program coordinator on current practices and challenges with regards to inviting Moroccan migrant women…
Promoting health in a virtual world
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the use of the online virtual world Second Life (SL) for the delivery of health communication messages designed to encourage individuals to make healthy lifestyle choices regarding physical activity and nutrition. Research questions addressed participants’ impressions of the usefulness and relevance of health information received via an online virtual world and participants’ overall impressions…
Developing a mHealth intervention to promote uptake of HIV testing among African communities in the UK
HIV remains a stigmatized and de-prioritized issue within African migrant communities in the UK, posing barriers to HIV testing initiatives. A community-based participatory social marketing design can be successfully used to develop a culturally appropriate text messaging HIV intervention. Key challenges involved turning community research recommendations into brief text messages of only 160 characters. The intervention needs to be evaluated in a…
I did eat my vegetables. Agreement between parent and child food intake diaries
Objective To assess the level of agreement between children and their parents when reporting a child’s food consumption. Design Cross-sectional study in which children and parents independently completed 7 d food diaries describing the foods and drinks the child consumed at every meal and snack. The association between child and parent reporting was assessed for nineteen food groups using Kendall’s tau-b non-parametric correlations, Spearman’s ra…
Breast cancer screening and migrants
Objectives: This study explored views of Moroccan migrant women on barriers and facilitators to the organized breast cancer screening program in Brussels (Belgium), and the potential of targeted printed invitations to increase this population’s attendance to the program.Methods: We conducted one expert interview with the breast cancer screening program coordinator on current practices and challenges with regards to inviting Moroccan migrant women…
Sedentary Behaviour in Swiss Children and Adolescents
Identifying correlates of sedentary behaviour across all levels of the ecological model and understanding their interrelations is a promising method to plan effective interventions. The present study examined whether the objectively assessed and the perceived neighbourhood are associated with children’s sedentary behaviour time (SBT). A comprehensive set of factors at different levels of influence across the ecological model were taken into accou…
Objectively measured physical activity in population-representative parent-child pairs
Parental modelling seems relevant for children's PA, but not to the same degree in all children. Interventions focusing on strengthening parental PA behaviour for the promotion of PA in the young must consider additional contextual factors related to the socio-cultural and structural environment
Is it better at home with my family? The effects of people and place on children's eating behavior
The people and places children eat with can influence food consumption. This study investigates the people and places Swiss school-aged children ate with over a 7-day period and analyses the effects of eating at home with family on food consumption. Children completed a 7-day food diary documenting the foods they consumed, the people with whom they ate, and the place where they ate. Analyses were conducted for all meals and included 9911 meal occ…
The process of prioritization of non-communicable diseases in the global health policy arena
Although non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, the global policy response has not been commensurate with their health, economic and social burden. This study examined factors facilitating and hampering the prioritization of NCDs on the United Nations (UN) health agenda. Shiffman and Smith’s (Generation of political priority for global health initiatives: a framework and case study of maternal…
Lessons learned about co-creation
Background: Co-creation is the process of involving stakeholders in the development of interventions. Although co-creation is becoming more widespread, reports of the process and lessons learned are scarce.Objective: To describe the process and lessons learned from using the COHESION manual, a co-creation methodology to develop interventions aimed at the improvement of diagnosis and/or management of chronic diseases at the primary healthcare leve…
The gender responsiveness of social marketing interventions focused on neglected tropical diseases
Many interventions showed positive actions towards gender responsiveness. However, only one was classified as gender responsive. Others failed to supply enough data for assessment. Recommendations about how sex and gender could be integrated into social marketing interventions are provided
Decision-making on Covid-19 vaccination
In January 2021, the Swiss government introduced the first COVID-19 vaccines and prioritized allocation to at-risk individuals and professionals working with them. Despite this opportunity, vaccine uptake among staff employed in retirement homes and institutes for people with disabilities was suboptimal. This study aimed to capture real-time decision-making about COVID-19 vaccine among staff employed in nursing homes and institutes for people wit…
"Young people's media use and adherence to preventive measures in the "infodemic
Does growing up in a physical activity-friendly neighborhood increase the likelihood of remaining active during adolescence and early adulthood
The results suggest that growing up in a physical activity friendly neighborhood increases the likelihood of remaining active during adolescence and early adulthood. Interventions should be implemented to ensure that children growing up in an unfavorable neighborhood do not fall behind at an early stage
Parental modelling has a sustainable effect on offspring’s physical activity
Parental role modelling influences children's PA behavior in a sustainable and sex-specific manner from childhood to young adulthood. PA interventions for parents have the potential for transgenerational benefits
Analysing celebrity and influencer marketing of food and beverages to adolescents on Instagram
Objective: To assess the nutritional quality of foods and beverages (F&B) advertised to adolescents and analyse marketing techniques and persuasive appeals used by celebrities and influencers on Instagram. Design: A content analysis study was conducted using the WHO’s CLICK Monitoring Framework and Nutrient Profile Model. Setting: Instagram, a popular social media platform among adolescents with frequent F&B advertisements by celebrities and infl…
Medicine (13 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Environmental health (7 obras) · Public health (7 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 obras) · Demography (5 obras) · Demography (5 obras) · Nursing (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Psychological intervention (5 obras)