Search Results - "McGowan, Jennifer"

Prevalence of beliefs about actual and mythical causes of cancer and their association with socio-demographic and health-related characteristics: Findings from a cross-sectional survey in England by Shahab, Lion, McGowan, Jennifer A., Waller, Jo, Smith, Samuel G.

“…Literature on population awareness about actual causes of cancer is growing but comparatively little is known about the prevalence of people's belief…”
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Exploring resilience in nursing and midwifery students: a literature review by McGowan, Jennifer E., Murray, Karen

“…Aim The aim of this study was to explore the concepts of ‘resilience’ and ‘hardiness’ in nursing and midwifery students in educational settings and to identify…”
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Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate by Sala, Enric, Mayorga, Juan, Bradley, Darcy, Cabral, Reniel B., Atwood, Trisha B., Auber, Arnaud, Cheung, William, Costello, Christopher, Ferretti, Francesco, Friedlander, Alan M., Gaines, Steven D., Garilao, Cristina, Goodell, Whitney, Halpern, Benjamin S., Hinson, Audra, Kaschner, Kristin, Kesner-Reyes, Kathleen, Leprieur, Fabien, McGowan, Jennifer, Morgan, Lance E., Mouillot, David, Palacios-Abrantes, Juliano, Possingham, Hugh P., Rechberger, Kristin D., Worm, Boris, Lubchenco, Jane

“…The ocean contains unique biodiversity, provides valuable food resources and is a major sink for anthropogenic carbon. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an…”
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Demystifying ecological connectivity for actionable spatial conservation planning by Beger, Maria, Metaxas, Anna, Balbar, Arieanna C., McGowan, Jennifer A., Daigle, Remi, Kuempel, Caitlin D., Treml, Eric A., Possingham, Hugh P.

“…Connectivity underpins the persistence of life; it needs to inform biodiversity conservation decisions. Yet, when prioritising conservation areas and…”
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Early Childhood Development of Late-Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review by MCGOWAN, Jennifer E, ALDERDICE, Fiona A, HOLMES, Valerie A, JOHNSTON, Linda

“…Late-preterm infants (LPIs) born at 34 to 36 weeks' gestation are increasingly regarded as being at risk for adverse developmental outcomes. To date, the early…”
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Resilience and Physical and Mental Well-Being in Adults with and Without HIV by McGowan, Jennifer A., Brown, James, Lampe, Fiona C., Lipman, Marc, Smith, Colette, Rodger, Alison

“…Resilience has been related to improved physical and mental health, and is thought to improve with age. No studies have explored the relationship between…”
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Modelling continuous abstinence rates over time from clinical trials of pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation by Jackson, Sarah E., McGowan, Jennifer A., Ubhi, Harveen Kaur, Proudfoot, Hannah, Shahab, Lion, Brown, Jamie, West, Robert

“…Background and aim It is useful, for theoretical and practical reasons, to be able to specify functions for continuous abstinence over time in smoking…”
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Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum by McGowan, Jennifer, Beaumont, Linda J., Smith, Robert J., Chauvenet, Alienor L. M., Harcourt, Robert, Atkinson, Scott C., Mittermeier, John C., Esperon-Rodriguez, Manuel, Baumgartner, John B., Beattie, Andrew, Dudaniec, Rachael Y., Grenyer, Richard, Nipperess, David A., Stow, Adam, Possingham, Hugh P.

“…Conservation strategies based on charismatic flagship species, such as tigers, lions, and elephants, successfully attract funding from individuals and…”
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Shortfalls in the global protected area network at representing marine biodiversity by Klein, Carissa J., Brown, Christopher J., Halpern, Benjamin S., Segan, Daniel B., McGowan, Jennifer, Beger, Maria, Watson, James E.M.

“…The first international goal for establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) to conserve the ocean’s biodiversity was set in 2002. Since 2006, the Convention on…”
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An assessment of the representation of ecosystems in global protected areas using new maps of World Climate Regions and World Ecosystems by Sayre, Roger, Karagulle, Deniz, Frye, Charlie, Boucher, Timothy, Wolff, Nicholas H., Breyer, Sean, Wright, Dawn, Martin, Madeline, Butler, Kevin, Van Graafeiland, Keith, Touval, Jerry, Sotomayor, Leonardo, McGowan, Jennifer, Game, Edward T., Possingham, Hugh

“…Representation of ecosystems in protected area networks and conservation strategies is a core principle of global conservation priority setting approaches and…”
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Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water by Jung, Martin, Arnell, Andy, de Lamo, Xavier, García-Rangel, Shaenandhoa, Lewis, Matthew, Mark, Jennifer, Merow, Cory, Miles, Lera, Ondo, Ian, Pironon, Samuel, Ravilious, Corinna, Rivers, Malin, Schepaschenko, Dmitry, Tallowin, Oliver, van Soesbergen, Arnout, Govaerts, Rafaël, Boyle, Bradley L., Enquist, Brian J., Feng, Xiao, Gallagher, Rachael, Maitner, Brian, Meiri, Shai, Mulligan, Mark, Ofer, Gali, Roll, Uri, Hanson, Jeffrey O., Jetz, Walter, Di Marco, Moreno, McGowan, Jennifer, Rinnan, D. Scott, Sachs, Jeffrey D., Lesiv, Myroslava, Adams, Vanessa M., Andrew, Samuel C., Burger, Joseph R., Hannah, Lee, Marquet, Pablo A., McCarthy, James K., Morueta-Holme, Naia, Newman, Erica A., Park, Daniel S., Roehrdanz, Patrick R., Svenning, Jens-Christian, Violle, Cyrille, Wieringa, Jan J., Wynne, Graham, Fritz, Steffen, Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Obersteiner, Michael, Kapos, Valerie, Burgess, Neil, Schmidt-Traub, Guido, Visconti, Piero

“…To meet the ambitious objectives of biodiversity and climate conventions, the international community requires clarity on how these objectives can be…”
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Placental extracellular vesicles express active dipeptidyl peptidase IV; levels are increased in gestational diabetes mellitus by Kandzija, Neva, Zhang, Wei, Motta-Mejia, Carolina, Mhlomi, Vuyane, McGowan-Downey, Jennifer, James, Tim, Cerdeira, Ana Sofia, Tannetta, Dionne, Sargent, Ian, Redman, Christopher W., Bastie, Claire C., Vatish, Manu

“…Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic disorder in pregnancy and is characterized by insulin resistance and decreased circulating…”
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Revisiting “Success” and “Failure” of Marine Protected Areas: A Conservation Scientist Perspective by Giakoumi, Sylvaine, McGowan, Jennifer, Mills, Morena, Beger, Maria, Bustamante, Rodrigo H., Charles, Anthony, Christie, Patrick, Fox, Matthew, Garcia-Borboroglu, Pablo, Gelcich, Stefan, Guidetti, Paolo, Mackelworth, Peter, Maina, Joseph M., McCook, Laurence, Micheli, Fiorenza, Morgan, Lance E., Mumby, Peter J., Reyes, Laura M., White, Alan, Grorud-Colvert, Kirsten, Possingham, Hugh P.

“…Marine protected areas (MPAs) form the cornerstone of marine conservation. Identifying which factors contribute to their success or failure is crucial…”
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Effective conservation requires clear objectives and prioritizing actions, not places or species by Brown, Christopher J., Bode, Michael, Venter, Oscar, Barnes, Megan D., McGowan, Jennifer, Runge, Claire A., Watson, James E. M., Possingham, Hugh P.

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Using seabird habitat modeling to inform marine spatial planning in central California's National Marine Sanctuaries by McGowan, Jennifer, Hines, Ellen, Elliott, Meredith, Howar, Julie, Dransfield, Andrea, Nur, Nadav, Jahncke, Jaime

“…Understanding seabird habitat preferences is critical to future wildlife conservation and threat mitigation in California. The objective of this study was to…”
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Development of a tool to assess beliefs about mythical causes of cancer: the Cancer Awareness Measure Mythical Causes Scale by Smith, Samuel G, Beard, Emma, McGowan, Jennifer A, Fox, Emma, Cook, Chloe, Pal, Radhika, Waller, Jo, Shahab, Lion

“…ObjectivesWe aimed to develop a reliable and valid measure to assess public beliefs in mythical causes of cancer: the Cancer Awareness Measure–MYthical Causes…”
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Characterising the nicotine metabolite ratio and its association with treatment choice: A cross sectional analysis of Stop Smoking Services in England by Shahab, Lion, Mortimer, Emily, Bauld, Linda, McGowan, Jennifer A., McNeill, Ann, Tyndale, Rachel F.

“…Pharmacotherapy provision based on Nicotine Metabolite Ratio (NMR) status (slow/normal metabolism) may improve smoking cessation rates. However, it is unclear…”
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Prescribing tamoxifen in primary care for the prevention of breast cancer: a national online survey of GPs' attitudes by Smith, Samuel G, Foy, Robbie, McGowan, Jennifer A, Kobayashi, Lindsay C, de Censi, Andrea, DeCensi, Andrea, Brown, Karen, Side, Lucy, Cuzick, Jack

“…The cancer strategy for England (2015-2020) recommends GPs prescribe tamoxifen for breast cancer primary prevention among women at increased risk. To…”
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Methods for calculating Protection Equality for conservation planning by Chauvenet, Alienor L M, Kuempel, Caitlin D, McGowan, Jennifer, Beger, Maria, Possingham, Hugh P

“…Protected Areas (PAs) are a central part of biodiversity conservation strategies around the world. Today, PAs cover c15% of the Earth's land mass and c3% of…”
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Broader impacts of an intervention to transform school environments on student behaviour and school functioning: post hoc analyses from the INCLUSIVE cluster randomised controlled trial by Bonell, Christopher, Dodd, Matthew, Allen, Elizabeth, Bevilacqua, Leonardo, McGowan, Jennifer, Opondo, Charles, Sturgess, Joanna, Elbourne, Diana, Warren, Emily, Viner, Russell M

“…BackgroundWe have previously reported benefits for reduced bullying, smoking, alcohol and other drug use and mental health from a trial of ‘Learning Together’,…”
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