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The associations between psychological distress and healthcare use in patients with non-cardiac chest pain: does a history of cardiac disease matter?

BMC Psychiatry, 2018
Background Psychological distress such as somatization, fear of body sensations, cardiac anxiety and depressive symptoms is common among patients with non-cardiac chest pain, and this may lead to increased healthcare use.
Ghassan Mourad, Tiny Jaarsma, Anna Strömberg, Erland Svensson, Peter Johansson   +4 more
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Utilisation and financial protection for hospital care under publicly funded health insurance in three states in Southern India

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Many LMICs have implemented Publicly Funded Health Insurance (PFHI) programmes to improve access and financial protection. The national PFHI scheme implemented in India for a decade has been recently modified and expanded to cover free ...
Samir Garg, Sayantan Chowdhury, T. Sundararaman   +2 more
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Applying a new concept of embedding qualitative research: an example from a quantitative study of carers of people in later stage dementia

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Qualitative methods are increasingly included in larger studies to provide a richer understanding of people’s experience. This paper explores the potential of using a novel approach to embedded qualitative design as part of an observational ...
Michele Abendstern, Karen Davies, Helen Chester, Paul Clarkson, Jane Hughes, Caroline Sutcliffe, Fiona Poland, David Challis   +7 more
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Analysing health care systems performance: the story behind the statistics

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003
: This commentary paper argues that the Asia‐Pacific region would benefit from a home‐grown version of the European Observatory on Health Care Systems to inform health sector policy: an Asia‐Pacific Observatory.
Judith Healy
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Translation of two healthy eating and active living support programs for parents of 2–6 year old children: a parallel partially randomised preference trial protocol (the ‘time for healthy habits’ trial)

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Parents are key decision makers and role models in establishing and maintaining healthy behaviours in their children. Interventions involving parents have been shown to be more effective than those that do not, but there are barriers to ...
Megan L. Hammersley, Rebecca J. Wyse, Rachel A. Jones, Luke Wolfenden, Serene Yoong, Fiona Stacey, Simon Eckermann, Anthony D. Okely, Christine Innes-Hughes, Vincy Li, Amanda Green, Christine May, Joe Xu, Chris Rissel   +13 more
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Different configurations of the two-step floating catchment area method for measuring the spatial accessibility to hospitals for people living with disability: a cross-sectional study

Archives of Public Health, 2021
Background Poor spatial accessibility to hospital services is associated with higher morbidity and mortality rates among people living with disability. Improved methods to evaluate spatial accessibility are needed.
Behzad Kiani, Alireza Mohammadi, Robert Bergquist, Nasser Bagheri   +3 more
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Social stigma as an epidemiological determinant for leprosy elimination in Cameroon

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2011
Leprosy has been eliminated as a public health problem in most countries of the world according to the WHO, but the social stigma to the disease is still very high. The present study was performed to investigate the role of social stigma as a determinant
Dickson S. Nsagha, Anne-Cécile Z.K. Bissek, Sarah M. Nsagha, Anna L. Njunda, Jules C.N. Assob, Earnest N. Tabah, Elijah A. Bamgboye, Alain Bankole O.O. Oyediran, Peter F. Nde, Alfred K. Njamnshi   +9 more
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How do perceptions of Covid-19 risk impact pregnancy-related health decisions? A convergent parallel mixed-methods study protocol.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionPregnant people have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease. They have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 infection control policies, which exacerbated conditions resulting in intimate partner violence, healthcare access, and ...
Meredith Vanstone, Rebecca H Correia, Michelle Howard, Elizabeth Darling, Hamideh Bayrampour, Andrea Carruthers, Amie Davis, Dima Hadid, Erin Hetherington, Aaron Jones, Sujane Kandasamy, Cassandra Kuyvenhoven, Jessica Liauw, Sarah D McDonald, Caroline Mniszak, Monica L Molinaro, Manisha Pahwa, Tejal Patel, Marina Sadik, Njideka Sanya, Katrina Shen, Devon Greyson   +21 more
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of humanistic counselling in schools for young people with emotional distress (ETHOS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2018
Background One in ten children in Britain have been identified as experiencing a diagnosable mental health disorder. School-based humanistic counselling (SBHC) may help young people identify, address, and overcome psychological distress.
Megan Rose Stafford, Mick Cooper, Michael Barkham, Jeni Beecham, Peter Bower, Karen Cromarty, Andrew J. B. Fugard, Charlie Jackson, Peter Pearce, Rebekah Ryder, Cathy Street   +10 more
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Homicide rates are spatially associated with built environment and socio-economic factors: a study in the neighbourhoods of Toronto, Canada

BMC Public Health, 2022
Objectives Homicide rate is associated with a large variety of factors and therefore unevenly distributed over time and space. This study aims to explore homicide patterns and their spatial associations with different socioeconomic and built-environment ...
Alireza Mohammadi, Robert Bergquist, Ghasem Fathi, Elahe Pishgar, Silas Nogueira de Melo, Ayyoob Sharifi, Behzad Kiani   +6 more
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