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How do world and European standard populations impact burden of disease studies? A case study of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Scotland

Archives of Public Health, 2020
BackgroundDisability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) are an established method for quantifying population health needs and guiding prioritisation decisions. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) estimates aim to ensure comparability between countries and over time ...
Grant M. A. Wyper, I. Grant, E. Fletcher, G. McCartney, C. Fischbacher, D. Stockton   +5 more
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Scottish Optometry Pilot Study

, 2021
The Optometry Pilot Study was motivated by three factors: (1) the need to build back better after the pandemic, e.g. by addressing the backlog of referrals to secondary care, (2) the growing pressure on eye-care services because of the aging population and developments in treatment and (3) advances in the AI-powered systems aiding the diagnostic ...
Atkinson, Malcolm, Bernabeu, Miguel O., Buckmaster, Fiona, Constantin, Aurora, McTrusty, Alice, Williams, Robin   +5 more
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Contextual influences on social enterprise management in rural and urban communities [PDF]

, 2016
The idea that difference exists between rural and urban enterprise activity is not new, the obvious comparators are measures such as social architecture, resource availability and accessibility.
Anne MJ Smith, Campbell RH, Dickson T, Druker FP, Giddens A, Hindendrad B, Julie McColl, Mintzberg H, Yin YK   +8 more
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Psychological distress in relation to site specific cancer mortality: pooling of unpublished data from 16 prospective cohort studies

British medical journal, 2017
Objective To examine the role of psychological distress (anxiety and depression) as a potential predictor of site specific cancer mortality. Design Pooling of individual participant data from 16 prospective cohort studies initiated 1994-2008.
G. Batty, Tom C. Russ, E. Stamatakis, M. Kivimäki   +3 more
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey.

International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2016
BACKGROUND Increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity represents a global pandemic. As the largest occupational group in international healthcare systems nurses are at the forefront of health promotion to address this pandemic.
R. Kyle, R. Neall, I. Atherton
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Celtic Roots Amidst the Fern: Irish-Scottish Studies in New Zealand

, 2004
The article discusses the Celtic roots of New Zealanders as having descended from migrants who lived their early lives in Ireland or Scotland. The diverse nature of Irish-Scottish studies in New Zealand is also highlighted.
B. Patterson
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Cohort Profile: The Scottish Health Surveys Cohort: linkage of study participants to routinely collected records for mortality, hospital discharge, cancer and offspring birth characteristics in three nationwide studies

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2010
Background Although life expectancy is increasing in Scotland, the nation still has the highest rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) and selected malignancies in the UK and higher rates than most countries in Western Europe. The Scottish Health Surveys (
L. Gray, G. D. Batty, Peter Craig, C. Stewart, B. Whyte, A. Finlayson, Alastair H. Leyland   +6 more
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Exploration of haplotype research consortium imputation for genome-wide association studies in 20,032 Generation Scotland participants

Genome Medicine, 2017
The Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study (GS:SFHS) is a family-based population cohort with DNA, biological samples, socio-demographic, psychological and clinical data from approximately 24,000 adult volunteers across Scotland. Although data
R. Nagy, Thibaud S. Boutin, J. Marten, J. Huffman, S. Kerr, A. Campbell, L. Evenden, J. Gibson, C. Amador, David Mark Howard, P. Navarro, A. Morris, I. Deary, L. Hocking, S. Padmanabhan, Blair H. Smith, P. Joshi, James F. Wilson, N. Hastie, A. Wright, A. McIntosh, D. Porteous, C. Haley, V. Vitart, C. Hayward   +24 more
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Informing, teaching or propagandising? Combining Environmental and Science Studies for undergraduates [PDF]

, 2002
This article discusses recent experiences in the integrated teaching of Environmental Studies and Science Studies in a generalist curriculum at a new university campus in Scotland.
Johnston, S.F.
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School and local authority characteristics associated with take-up of free school meals in Scottish secondary schools, 2014 [PDF]

, 2016
School meals are an important state-delivered mechanism for improving children’s diets. Scottish local authorities have a statutory duty to provide free school meals (FSM) to families meeting means-testing criteria.
Chambers, Stephanie, Dundas, Ruth, Torsney, Ben   +2 more
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