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Ensuring the air we breathe is clean and healthy is one of the core tenets of developing a more sustainable living environment, but even in the Netherlands up to 11,000 premature deaths occur every year. These deaths could be reduced if the air quality standards outlined by the World Health Organization are met. To achieve these standards however, ...
Objectives: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health challenge but there is evidence that cash and cash ‘plus’ interventions reduce IPV. An increasingly popular design feature of these kind of interventions is the group-based modality for delivering plus activities, however, evidence of the mechanisms through which this modality of delive...
Published in Sociology of health & illness
In 2017, the NHS 111 telephone service was augmented by an online service. This is an exemplar of 'digital-first', the push to enrol digital technologies to deliver services, and is viewed by policymakers as an important vehicle for managing demand for overburdened health services. This article reports the qualitative component of a larger multi-me...
Published in British journal of health psychology
This study aimed to explore (a) how people interpret responsible drinking messages on alcohol product labels, and (b) the acceptability of including health information on labels. Qualitative interviews. Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 people aged 21-63; 18 were classified risky drinkers using AUDIT-C. They were shown ...
Published in Western journal of nursing research
Becoming dependent on homecare in old age is a radical life change that requires complex adaption. The purpose of this study was to explore the existential dimension of being dependent on homecare with a particular focus on what makes dependency bearable. In total, 15 older people living in Denmark or Norway were interviewed using a phenomenologica...
Published in Medical teacher
Bias pervades every aspect of healthcare including admissions, perpetuating the lack of diversity in the healthcare workforce. Admissions interviews may be a time when applicants to health profession education programs experience discrimination. Between January and June 2021 we invited US and Canadian applicants to health profession education progr...
Background: The revisions to The Program Evaluation Standards, third edition (2011) were substantial. The authors of this revision were the most knowledgeable individuals to question about aspects of the PES. Purpose: To better understand the historical roots and intent of The Program Evaluation Standards, to analyze impact, and to look toward the ...
In this interview, our incoming DG, Dr Simeon Ehui talks about future plans for IITA-CGIAR, research, #OneCGIAR, food systems and agricultural transformation in #Africa.
Published in International journal of technology assessment in health care
Recent developments in health technology assessment (HTA), including the promotion of a new and internationally accepted definition of HTA, have highlighted the need to go beyond clinical and cost-effectiveness to fully understand the potential value of health technologies. Multidisciplinary efforts to generate patient-focused evidence relevant to ...
