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The disappearance of the "revolving door" patient in Scottish general practice: successful policies [PDF]

, 2012
<b>Background</b> We describe the health of "revolving door" patients in general practice in Scotland, estimate changes in their number over the timescale of the study, and explore reasons for changes, particularly related to NHS and ...
Andrea E Williamson, B Charlin, CA O'Donnell, D O'Reilly, J Greene, J Munro, JCM Gillies, JL Geller, K Charmaz, Kenneth Mullen, Paul CD Johnson, Philip Wilson, RR Donnelley   +12 more
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Clinical Practice Guideline for Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Nervous System Manifestations in Sjögren's Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Sjögren's disease is an autoimmune disorder that can impact multiple organ systems, including the peripheral nervous system (PNS). PNS manifestations, which can exist concurrently, include mononeuropathies, polyneuropathies, and autonomic nervous system neuropathies.
Anahita Deboo, Robert Fox, Katherine M. Hammitt, Julie Frantsve‐Hawley, Matthew C. Baker, Stamatina Danielides, Eduardo De Sousa, Brent P. Goodman, Jennifer K. King, Steven Mandel, Ghaith Noaiseh, Pantelis P. Pavlakis, George Sarka, R. Hal Scofield, Arun Varadhachary, Daniel J. Wallace, Matt Makara, Nancy Carteron, Steven Carsons, in collaboration with the Consensus Expert Panel (CEP) members, G. Alden Adkins, Brittany Adler, Hossein Ansari, Senada Arabelovic, Alan Baer, Denis Balaban, Shamik Bhattacharyya, Evelyn Bromet, Krishna Chaganti, Kamal Chemali, Melissa Cortez, Schartess Culpepper, Paul Dellaripa, Dana Direnzo, Daniel El Bogdadi, Robert Fearon, Mehrnez Fischbach, Judi Furlong, Christopher Gibbons, Rachael Gordon, Thomas Grader Beck, Syed Haider, Larry Hollenbeck, Chadwick R. Johr, Stuart S. Kassan, Brian King, Octavia Kincaid, Eugene Kissin, Vasileios Kyttaris, Lindsay Lally, Brandon M. Law, Janet Lewis, Scott M. Lieberman, Amanda Lusa, Joseph Lutt, Rashmi Maganti, Arthur M. Mandelin, Sara McCoy, Kerry Neall, Timothy Niewold, Anne Louise Oaklander, Ruben A. Peredo‐Wende, Lynn Petruzzi, Mark A. Porter, Guada Respicio Duque, Tania Reyna, Nathaniel M. Robbins, Elliot D. Rosenstein, Laura Rosow, Breanna Ruthrauff, Amit Sachdev, Nora Sandorfi, Sarah Schafer, Elena Schiopu, Chokkalingam Siva, Daniel Small, Sara M. Stern, Lauren Stiles, Susan Stoddard, Jinny Tavee, Donald Thomas, Edward L. Treadwell, Nagagopal Venna, Steven Vernino, Frederick B. Vivino, Brittany Weber, Sepideh Yadollahi, Huiying Yu, Scott Zashin   +88 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of a village-informant driven demographic surveillance system in Karonga, Northern Malawi

Demographic Research, 2007
This paper describes and evaluates the first demographic surveillance system (DSS) in Malawi, covering a rural population of 30,000. Unlike others, the Karonga DSS relies on trained village informants using formatted registers for the primary ...
Basia Zaba, Venance Mwinuka, Elenaus Mwaiyeghele, Johnbosco Mwafilaso, Nuala McGrath, Judith R. Glynn, Paul EM Fine, Amelia C. Crampin, Keith Branson, Andreas Jahn   +9 more
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How useful are registered birth statistics for health and social policy? A global systematic assessment of the availability and quality of birth registration data

Population Health Metrics, 2018
Background The registration and certification of births has a wide array of individual and societal benefits. While near-universal in some parts of the world, birth registration is less common in many low- and middle-income countries, and the quality of ...
David E. Phillips, Tim Adair, Alan D. Lopez   +2 more
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Evaluation of a village-informant driven demographic surveillance system in Karonga, Northern Malawi [PDF]

This paper describes and evaluates the first demographic surveillance system (DSS) in Malawi, covering a rural population of 30,000. Unlike others, the Karonga DSS relies on trained village informants using formatted registers for the primary ...
Amelia Crampin, Andreas Jahn, Basia Zaba, Elenaus Mwaiyeghele, Johnbosco Mwafilaso, Judith R. Glynn, Keith Branson, Nuala McGrath, Paul EM Fine, Venance Mwinuka   +9 more
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Relationships between university and practice, and the role of the link lecturer [PDF]

, 2015
Mentorship: is the fourteenth series of ‘Midwifery basics’ targeted at practising midwives. It aims to provide information to raise awareness of the impact of the work of midwives on student learning and ultimately on women’s experience and encourage ...
Jones, Pat, Marshall, Joyce
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Mortality reduction associated with HIV/AIDS care and antiretroviral treatment in rural Malawi: evidence from registers, coffin sales and funerals. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: To report on the trend in all-cause mortality in a rural district of Malawi that has successfully scaled-up HIV/AIDS care including antiretroviral treatment (ART) to its population, through corroborative evidence from a) registered deaths at ...
Anthony D. Harries, Beatrice Mwagomba, Bester C. Mandere, Dalitso Misindi, Eric J. Schouten, Kelita Kamoto, Landon Myer, Marcel Manzi, Marielle Bemelmans, Mit Philips, Moses Massaquoi, Rony Zachariah   +11 more
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Diagnostic Use of Testing for Novel Murine Autoantibodies for Sjögren Disease in the Rheumatology Outpatient Setting

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The goal was to assess the diagnostic performance of three novel autoantibodies (NA) for Sjögren disease (SjD) by comparing NA prevalence in patients with SjD, other autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs), nonspecific chronic sialadenitis (CS), and controls.
Chadwick R. Johr, Michael D. George, Vatinee Y. Bunya, Nora Sandorfi, Mina Massaro‐Giordano, Frederick B. Vivino   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating global mortality from potentially foodborne diseases: an analysis using vital registration data

Population Health Metrics, 2012
Background Foodborne diseases (FBD) comprise a large part of the global mortality burden, yet the true extent of their impact remains unknown. The present study utilizes multiple regression with the first attempt to use nonhealth variables to predict ...
Hanson Laura A, Zahn Elizabeth A, Wild Sommer R, Döpfer Dörte, Scott James, Stein Claudia   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Innovations in Monitoring Vital Events:Mobile Phone SMS Support to Improve Coverage of Birth and Death Registration: A Scalable Solution [PDF]

, 2013
Civil Registration (CR) of births and deaths is an essential component of any health information system.\ud Globally, across low income countries, CR suffers from unacceptably poor quality coverage.
Kabadi, Gregory, Mwanyika, Henry, Savigny, Don de   +2 more
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