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Status and potential of bacterial genomics for public health practice: a scoping review

Implementation Science, 2019
BackgroundNext-generation sequencing (NGS) is increasingly being translated into routine public health practice, affecting the surveillance and control of many pathogens.
N. Van Goethem, T. Descamps, B. Devleesschauwer, N. Roosens, N. Boon, H. Van Oyen, A. Robert   +6 more
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Preschool children in out-of-hours primary care – a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study of factors related to the medical relevance of health problems

BMC Family Practice, 2017
Background Out-of-hours primary care (OOH-PC) is intended to provide medical care services for health problems that cannot wait until normal office hours.
Grete Moth, Linda Huibers, Astrid Ovesen, Morten Bondo Christensen, Peter Vedsted   +4 more
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Epidemiology and associated factors of polypharmacy in older patients in primary care: a northern Italian cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background A precondition for developing strategies to reduce polypharmacy and its well-known harmful consequences is to study its epidemiology and associated factors. The objective of this study was to analyse the prevalence of polypharmacy (defined as ≥
Giuliano Piccoliori, Angelika Mahlknecht, Marco Sandri, Martina Valentini, Anna Vögele, Sara Schmid, Felix Deflorian, Adolf Engl, Andreas Sönnichsen, Christian Wiedermann   +9 more
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Adolescent Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Interplay of Age, Gender, and Mental Health Outcomes in Two Consecutive Cross-Sectional Surveys in Northern Italy

Behavioral Sciences, 2023
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on the mental health and well-being of adolescents. This study aimed to investigate the development of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and mental health among adolescents ...
Verena Barbieri, Giuliano Piccoliori, Angelika Mahlknecht, Barbara Plagg, Dietmar Ausserhofer, Adolf Engl, Christian J. Wiedermann   +6 more
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Local action on health inequalities: practice resources

, 2015
These documents explain factors contributing to inequality in public health and set out methods for local bodies to reduce them. Documents The Marmot Review (2010) made a range of recommendations to reduce health inequalities in England ...
Public Health England (PHE)
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Care accessibility and reasons for non-urgent emergency department visits in South Tyrol (Italy): protocol of the multicentre cross-sectional CARES study

BMJ Open
Introduction Emergency departments (EDs) suffer from crowding due to patients with low urgency whose treatment is often inappropriate in many cases. Crowding in the ED may indicate inefficiencies in the primary care infrastructure.
Giuliano Piccoliori, Dietmar Ausserhofer, Arian Zaboli, Adolf Engl, Christian Josef Wiedermann, Angelika Mahlknecht, Barbara Plagg, Verena Barbieri, Pasqualina Marino   +8 more
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The SOFIA pilot study: assessing feasibility and fidelity of coordinated care to reduce excess mortality and increase quality of life in patients with severe mental illness in a general practice setting; a cluster-randomised pilot trial

BMC Primary Care, 2023
Objective To evaluate the feasibility and fidelity of implementing and assessing the SOFIA coordinated care program aimed at lowering mortality and increasing quality of life in patients with severe mental illness by improving somatic health care in ...
Katrine Tranberg, Alexandra Jønsson, Tina Due, Volkert Siersma, John Brandt Brodersen, Kristine Bissenbakker, Frederik Martiny, Annette Davidsen, Pia Kürstein Kjellberg, Kevin Doherty, Stewart W. Mercer, Maria Haahr Nielsen, Susanne Reventlow, Anne Møller, Maarten Rozing, on behalf of the SOFIA Study Group   +15 more
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Public Health's Next Step in Advancing Equity: Re-evaluating Epistemological Assumptions to Move Social Determinants From Theory to Practice

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
The field of public health has increasingly promoted a social ecological approach to health, shifting from an individual, biomedical paradigm to a recognition of social and structural determinants of health and health equity.
Tasha L. Golden, M. Wendel
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Social Connection as a Public Health Issue: The Evidence and a Systemic Framework for Prioritizing the "Social" in Social Determinants of Health.

Annual Review of Public Health, 2022
There is growing interest in and renewed support for prioritizing social factors in public health both in the USA and globally. While there are multiple widely recognized social determinants of health, indicators of social connectedness (e.g., social ...
J. Holt‐Lunstad
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Factors associated with a clinically relevant reduction in menopausal symptoms of a standardized acupuncture approach for women with bothersome menopausal symptoms

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2021
Background Little is known about factors associated with a clinically relevant reduction in menopausal symptoms through a brief acupuncture approach for women with moderate-to-severe menopausal symptoms.
Frans Boch Waldorff, Christine Winther Bang, Volkert Siersma, John Brodersen, Kamma Sundgaard Lund   +4 more
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