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The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Europe

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2020
Background While the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has become increasingly popular in western societies, we do not understand why CAM use is more frequent in some countries than in others.
Erlend L. Fjær, Erling R. Landet, Courtney L. McNamara, Terje A. Eikemo   +3 more
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The impact of professional midwives and mentoring on the quality and availability of maternity care in government sub-district hospitals in Bangladesh: a mixed-methods observational study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background This study compared government sub-district hospitals in Bangladesh without globally standard midwives, with those with recently introduced midwives, both with and without facility mentoring, to see if the introduction of midwives was ...
Rondi Anderson, Anna Williams, Nicole Jess, Jonathan M. Read, Mark Limmer   +4 more
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Low level of attention to health inequalities in prevention planning activities of the Italian Regions [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Health promotion and prevention activities should tackle health inequalities to reduce disparities in health among disadvantaged populations.
D'ANDREA, ELVIRA, DE VITO, CORRADO, DI THIENE, DOMITILLA, MARZUILLO, CAROLINA, MASSIMI, AZZURRA, ROSSO, ANNALISA, VACCHIO, Maria Rosaria, VILLARI, Paolo   +7 more
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Health inequalities [PDF]

International Psychiatry, 2006
The association between mental illness and poor physical health has been known for decades (Philips, 1934). This is not a trivial relationship between mental ill health and minor physical problems but an association with such poor physical health that it results in premature death.
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Prospects for progress on health inequalities in England in the post-primary care trust era : professional views on challenges, risks and opportunities [PDF]

, 2013
Background - Addressing health inequalities remains a prominent policy objective of the current UK government, but current NHS reforms involve a significant shift in roles and responsibilities.
A Bryman, A Dixon, A Lee, AJ Onwuegbuzie, AM Pollock, B Thomas, Bushara Bostan, C Davison, C Noy, Committee of Public Accounts, D Acheson, D Black, D Yanow, Daniel Turner, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, G Iacobucci, George TH Ellison, Ghazala Mir, H Davies, HK Colebatch, Institute of Health Equity, J Bull, J Smith, J Smith, John Skinner, K Berndtson, K Gridley, L Marks, LC Orton, Lynne Carter, M Egan, M Exworthy, M Petticrew, M Shaw, M Shaw, M Whitehead, N Curry, N Hawkes, P Allen, P Burton, R Thorlby, Race for Health, S Carlisle, S Gilliam, Sarah Salway, T Blackman, T May, V Swallow, Y Bravo Vergel   +52 more
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Have health inequalities changed during childhood in the New Labour generation? Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives: To examine how population-level socioeconomic health inequalities developed during childhood, for children born at the turn of the 21st century and who grew up with major initiatives to tackle health inequalities (under the New Labour ...
Hope, Steven, Law, Catherine, Pearce, Anna, Rougeaux, Emeline   +3 more
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Social determinants of health inequalities [PDF]

, 2005
The gross inequalities in health that we see within and between countries present a challenge to the world. That there should be a spread of life expectancy of 48 years among countries and 20 years or more within countries is not inevitable. A burgeoning
Marmot, M
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Health shocks adversely impact participation in the labour force in a working age population: a longitudinal analysis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2013
Background : It is well understood that health affects labour force participation (LFP). However, much of the published research has been on older (retiring age) populations and using subjective health measures. This paper aims to assess the impact of an
Kristie N. Carter, Fiona Imlach Gunasekara, Tony Blakely, Ken Richardson   +3 more
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Credibility of subgroup analyses by socioeconomic status in public health intervention evaluations:An underappreciated problem? [PDF]

, 2018
There is increasing interest amongst researchers and policy makers in identifying the effect of public health interventions on health inequalities by socioeconomic status (SES).
Archibald, Daryll, Doi, Lawrence, Frank, John, Inglis, Greig, Laird, Yvonne, Malden, Stephen, Marryat, Louise, McAteer, John, Pringle, Jan   +8 more
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Hearing Norton Sound: community involvement in the design of a mixed methods community randomized trial in 15 Alaska Native communities

Research Involvement and Engagement, 2020
Plain English summary Community involvement is important in good research practice. We led a community-based study to improve early detection and treatment of childhood hearing loss in rural Alaska.
Samantha Kleindienst Robler, S. Meade Inglis, Joseph J. Gallo, Heather E. Parnell, Paul Ivanoff, Stephanie Ryan, Cole D. Jenson, Alexandra Ross, Alain Labrique, Nae-Yuh Wang, Susan D. Emmett   +10 more
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