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‘Mother of all sport’: an evaluation of a women’s community sports programme (2015)

Mahedy, Tracy; MacPhail, Ann

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"It might hurt, but still it's good': People with rheumatoid arthritis beliefs and expectations about physical activity interventions (2017)

Larkin, Louise; Kennedy, Norelee; Fraser, Alexander D.; Gallagher, Stephen

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“I want to do it all day!” – Students’ experiences of classroom movement integration (2018)

McMullen, Jaimie A.; MacPhail, Ann; Dillon, Michelle

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'Active Travel' Maps: Derry/Londonderry, Enniskillen, Limavady, Omagh and Strabane (2012)

Public Health Agency

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'Active Travel' Maps: Derry/Londonderry, Enniskillen, Limavady, Omagh and Strabane (2012)

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30 minutes of physical activity a day is good for your health (2010)

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30 minutes of physical activity a day is good for your health (2010)

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A cross-cultural comparison of health behaviors between Saudi and British adolescents living in urban areas: gender by country analyses (2013)

Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M.; Al-Nakeeb, Yahya; Duncan, Michael J.; Al-Sobayel, Hana I.; Abahus...

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A feasibility study of an exercise intervention to educate and promote health and well-being among medical students: the ‘MED-WELL’ programme (2020)

Worobetz, Aubree; Retief, Petrus J.; Loughran, Sinead; Walsh, Jane; Casey, Monica; Haye...

A feasibility study of an exercise intervention to educate and promote health and well-being among medical students: the ‘MED-WELL’ programme (2020)

Worobetz, Aubree; Retief, Petrus J.; Loughran, Sinead; Walsh, Jane; Casey, Monica; Hayes, Peter; Bengoechea, Enrique García; O'Regan, Andrew; Woods, Catherine B.; Kelly, Dervla; O' Connor, Raymond; McGrath, Deirdre; Glynn, Liam G.

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Background: Medical School programme workloads challenge the physical and mental health of students particularly in compressed graduate entry programmes. There is evidence that physical activity (PA) can improve holistic care and help maintain wellness among medical students. We tested the feasibility of introducing an exercise programme to the medical school curriculum which would educate and promote health and well-being among its students. Methods: This study was conducted in a single graduate entry medical school at the University of Limerick (UL). The ‘MED-WELL’ programme was a six-week programme of 1 hour-long weekly sessions, each involving a different type of PA (45 min). These sessions were prefaced by an interactive lecture about how to incorporate exercise theory into daily medical practice (15 min). The study was conducted in a single graduate entry medical school at UL and involved year one and year two graduate entry medical students. Three parameters were used to ...