GLOBAL RESEARCH: THE JOURNAL OF THE HEALTH VISITORS' ASSOCIATION

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The study could help policymakers amend interventions that improve vaccine confidence, as well as help public health organisations better tailor their communications. bit.ly/JSTP_behaviour_ vaccine_hesitancy ITALY AIR POLLUTION LINKED TO HEIGHTENED RISK OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE Long-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to an increased risk of autoimmune disease, including rheumatoid arthritis, research published in RMD Open has found. Long-term exposure to traffic and industrial air pollutants was associated with an approximately 40% higher risk of rheumatoid arthritis, a 20% higher risk of inflammatory bowel disease, and a 15% higher risk of connective tissue diseases. bit.ly/RMDO_pollution_autoimmune_disease NORWAY FAMILY-BASED TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SEVERE OBESITY IMPROVES WEIGHT LOSS Family-based behavioural social facilitation treatment (FBSFT), delivered at an obesity outpatient clinic, improved weight-related outcomes significantly more than treatment as usual (TAU) among children aged six to 18 years with severe obesity, a study has found. Children receiving FBSFT reduced their body mass index standard deviation score and percentage above the International Obesity Task Force cut-off for overweight significantly more than children enrolled in TAU. bit.ly/CO_family_children_obesity NORWAY WOMEN EXPOSED TO ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP MS Childhood trauma could be linked to an increased risk of women developing multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life, research suggests.