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    The researchers investigate links between health and behaviour, the influence of economic, social, and genetic factors, and interventions to improve health.<\/p>\n\n\n

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      Health-care professionals, patients, families, community leaders, and policy makers all struggle to understand the interactions between health and behaviour, and to use that knowledge to improve the health status of individuals and populations. Health and behaviour are related in myriad ways, yet those interactions are neither simple nor straighforward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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