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The role of primary care in adult weight management: qualitative interviews with key stakeholders in weight management services [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Primary care has a key role to play in the prevention and management of obesity, but there remain barriers to engagement in weight management by primary care practitioners.
Blane, David N., Macdonald, Sara, Morrison, David, O'Donnell, Catherine A.   +3 more
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Pregnancy, prison and perinatal outcomes in New South Wales, Australia: a retrospective cohort study using linked health data [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND Studies from the United States and the United Kingdom have found that imprisoned women are less likely to experience poorer maternal and perinatal outcomes than other disadvantaged women.
Hilder, Lisa, Levy, Michael H, Sullivan, Elizabeth A, Walker, Jane R   +3 more
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Local government funding and life expectancy in England: a longitudinal ecological study

The Lancet Public Health, 2021
Summary: Background: Since 2010, large reductions in funding for local government services have been introduced in England. These reductions in funding have potentially led to reduced provision of health-promoting public services.
Alexandros Alexiou, PhD, Katie Fahy, MMath, Kate Mason, PhD, Davara Bennett, MSc, Heather Brown, PhD, Clare Bambra, ProfPhD, David Taylor-Robinson, ProfPhD, Benjamin Barr, ProfPhD   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health information and health-seeking behaviour in Yemen: perspectives of health leaders, midwives and mothers in two rural areas of Yemen

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Humanitarian crises can lead to the rapid change in the health needs of women and newborns, which may give rise to a complex situation that would require various interventions as solutions.
Dalia Hyzam, Mingyang Zou, Michael Boah, Abeer Saeed, Chenrui Li, Shixu Pan, Jinhe Zhai, Li-Jie Wu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The medium-term sustainability of organisational innovations in the national health service [PDF]

, 2011
Background: There is a growing recognition of the importance of introducing new ways of working into the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and other health systems, in order to ensure that patient care is provided as effectively and efficiently as ...
A Neath, A Pettigrew, BM Sibthorpe, C May, C Pollitt, D Buchanan, DA Buchanan, E Ferlie, E Rogers, G Currie, G Martin, GP Martin, GP Martin, GP Martin, GP Martin, Graeme Currie, Graham P Martin, J Jones, J Ritchie, JL Denis, KM Eisenhardt, L Fitzgerald, L Fitzgerald, NHS Institute, P Bate, Rachael Finn, RK Yin, Ruth McDonald, S Dopson, T Greenhalgh, T Reay, TB Lawrence   +31 more
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Development of the Kisiizi hospital health insurance scheme: lessons learned and implications for universal health coverage

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Kisiizi Hospital Health Insurance scheme started in 1996 to; improve access to health services, and provide a stable source of funding and reduce bad debts to Kisiizi hospital. Objectives of this study were; to describe Kisiizi Hospital Health
Sebastian Olikira Baine, Alex Kakama, Moses Mugume   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the crisis in harm reduction funding in Central and Eastern Europe

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background The harm reduction (HR) approach to injecting drug use was rapidly adopted in Central Europe following the fall of the Iron Curtain. The associated social and economic transformation had significant consequences for drug policies in the region.
Michal Miovský, Silvia Miklíková, Viktor Mravčík, Jean-Paul Grund, Tereza Černíková   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19 and gender-based violence service provision in the United States.

PLoS ONE, 2022
IntroductionGender-based violence (GBV) policies and services in the United States (U.S.) have historically been underfunded and siloed from other health services. Soon after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports emerged noting increases in GBV and
Rachel Sapire, Jennifer Ostrowski, Malia Maier, Goleen Samari, Clarisa Bencomo, Terry McGovern   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Considering quality of care for young adults with diabetes in Ireland. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Research on the quality of diabetes care provided to young adults with Type 1 diabetes is lacking. This study investigates perceptions of quality of care for young adults with Type 1 diabetes (23--30 years old) living in the Republic of ...
Balfe, Myles, Brugha, Ruairi, Conroy, Ronán, Doyle, Frank, Smith, Diarmuid, Sreenan, Seamus   +5 more
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Real‐World Pediatric Blinatumomab Administration: Access to Outpatient Care Delivery and Impact of a Hospital‐Dispensed Model

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blinatumomab has been shown to be highly effective for patients with pediatric B‐ALL and has recently become standard of care therapy. Due to its past use in the clinical trial setting, there is limited information available about real‐world administration.
Katelyn Oranges, Kelly A. Duffy, Sara McDonough, Evelyn Kurpiewski, R. Jennifer Randall, Allison Barz Leahy, Haley M. Newman, Joyce P. Lee, Stephen P. Hunger, Anne F. Reilly, David T. Teachey, Susan R. Rheingold, Daniel J. Zheng   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source