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To prescribe or not to prescribe? Guidelines for spectacle prescribing in infants and children [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2011
This paper discusses the considerations for prescribing a refractive correction in infants and children up to and including school age, with reference to the current literature. The focus is on children who do not have other disorders, for example, binocular vision anomalies, such as strabismus, significant heterophoria or convergence excess.
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Building the social prescribing student movement in Canada

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
IntroductionSocial prescribing is defined as “a means for trusted individuals in clinical and community settings to identify that a person has nonmedical, health-related social needs and to subsequently connect them to nonclinical ...
Caitlin Muhl, Le-Tien Bhaskar, Michelle Ruhigisha, Ellen McGarity-Shipley   +3 more
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An international survey of daily disposable contact lens prescribing

, 2013
Free to read\ud \ud Purpose\ud \ud The aim was to determine the extent of daily disposable contact lens prescribing worldwide and to characterise the associated demographics and fitting patterns.\ud \ud Methods\ud \ud Up to 1,000 survey forms were sent ...
Morgan, Philip B., Efron, Nathan, Woods, Craig A., The International Contact Lens Prescribing Survey Consortium,   +3 more
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Evaluating an audit and feedback intervention for reducing antibiotic prescribing behaviour in general dental practice (the RAPiD trial):a partial factorial cluster randomised trial protocol [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Antibiotic prescribing in dentistry accounts for 9% of total antibiotic prescriptions in Scottish primary care. The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) published guidance in April 2008 (2nd edition, August 2011) for Drug ...
Ramsay, Craig R, Clarkson, Jan E.; id_orcid, Maria Prior, Elders, Andrew, Treweek, S, Elouafkaoui, P., Prior, M, Jan E Clarkson, Ramsay, CR, Translation Research in a Dental Setting (TRiaDS) Research Metho, Rumana Newlands, Ramsay, Craig, Bonetti, D, Stirling, D, Ramsay, C. R., Michie, S, Clarkson, J. E., Francis, J., Clarkson, Jan E, Vale, L, Elders, A., Clarkson, JE, null null, Pitts, N, Walker, A, Duncan, E. M., Clarkson, Jan, Francis, JJ, Prior, M., Grimshaw, JM, Young, Linda, Andrew Elders, Duncan, Eilidh M., Duncan, Eilidh, Black, I, Elders, A, Newlands, R., Duncan, EM, Linda Young, Young, L., Duncan, Eilidh M, Eldridge, S, Young, L, Torgerson, C, Ramsay, Craig R., Tilley, C, Translation Research in a Dental Setting (TRiaDS) Research Methodology Group, Newlands, R, Eilidh M Duncan, Paula Elouafkaoui, Elouafkaoui, Paula, Craig R Ramsay, Newlands, Rumana, Elouafkaoui, P, Prior, Maria, McKee, L   +55 more
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Defining social prescribing link worker practice in Europe: an international Delphi consensus study of core functions, training needs and implementation conditions

BMJ Open
Objective To develop expert consensus on best practice approaches to social prescribing (SP) in European primary care, with a focus on the roles, competencies and implementation conditions for social prescribing link workers (SPLWs).Design A three-round ...
Kerryn Husk, , Joyce Kenkre, Hans Thulesius, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Thomas Zimmermann, Sónia Dias, Donata Kurpas, Carolyn Wallace, Carmen Cabezas Peña, Margareta Kristenson, Josep Vidal-Alaball, Marcello Bertotti, Thomas Kloppe, Hendrik Napierala, Wolfram Herrmann, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Sian Brand, Miriam Dolan, Gindrovel Dumitra, Sinah Evers, David Halata, Jean-Pierre Jacquet, Katerina Javorska, Carmen Lopez Fando, Juan Manuel Mendive, Nataša Mrduljaš-Đujić, Andrea Neculau, Sara Paternoster, Erwin Rebhandl, Joanne Robins, Susanna Althini, Ludmila Bezdíčková, Joelle Bradly, Antoine Canton, Adriana-Lavinia Cioca, Julia Commenda, Josep Lluís de Peray, Angelina González-Viana, Paulo Guimarães, Sabrina Herzog, Jenny Irvine, Laura Mihaela Isop, Anita Jensen, Natálie Kerhartová, Bela Kolarš, Eva Kozub, Antje Liesener, Sanja Martic-Biocina, Serena Naim, Victoria Sullivan, Roxana Surugiu, Emanuele Torri, Amélie Wiegand   +53 more
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Survey of general practitioners’ awareness, practice and perception of social prescribing across Europe

European Journal of General Practice
Background Social prescribing (SP) is a patient pathway by which healthcare professionals connect patients with other sources of support, groups, or activities within their community.
Sinah Evers, Joyce Kenkre, Thomas Kloppe, Donata Kurpas, Juan M. Mendive, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Josep Vidal-Alaball   +6 more
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Adherence and persistence of subcutaneous biologics delivered through homecare services to a cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives Biologics are a class of medicines recommended by UK and international guidelines for treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are unresponsive, intolerant or who have contraindications to conventional therapies.
Samantha Alvarez-Madrazo, Kim Kavanagh, Yvonne Semple, Norman Lannigan, Kevin Milne, Brian Godman, Alessandra Maciel Almeida, Francisco Assis Acurcio, Stefan Siebert, Marion Bennie   +9 more
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To prescribe or not to prescribe

South African Family Practice, 2002
No abstract available.
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Inclusive and effective teaching of Nature-Based Social Prescribing for allied health professional students within digital environments

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionNature-based Social Prescribing is increasingly relevant to Allied Health Professionals in the UK, requiring educators to impart foundational knowledge on public health, health equity and nature connection.
S. Pywell, C. Wallace, S. Wallace, M. Davies   +3 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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