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An assessment of healthcare professionals’ knowledge about and attitude towar...
Background Vaccinating healthcare professionals against influenza is considered an effective infection control measure. However, there is a low uptake of influenza vaccine among... -
Impact of tobacco control policies on adolescent smokeless tobacco and cigar ...
Background While increasing cigarette taxes has been a major policy driver to decrease smoking, taxes on other tobacco products have received less attention. Our aims were to... -
Tuberculosis patients’ pre-hospital delay and non-compliance with a longstand...
Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem in Zambia, despite considerable efforts to control and prevent it. With this study, we aim to understand how... -
Comparing Models for Early Warning Systems of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Background Early warning systems (EWS) are management tools to predict the occurrence of epidemics of infectious diseases. While climate-based EWS have been developed for... -
A mother’s choice: a qualitative study of mothers’ health seeking behaviour f...
Background Diarrhoea presents a considerable health risk to young children and is one of the leading causes of infant mortality. Although proven cost-effective interventions... -
A stakeholder co-design approach for developing a community pharmacy service ...
The authors would like to thank all participants in this research for their valuable input into the co-design process. -
Decision-making and referral processes for patients with motor neurone diseas...
Background The diagnosis of motor neurone disease (MND) is known to be challenging and there may be delay in patients receiving a correct diagnosis. This study investigated the... -
Avoidable costs of stenting for aortic coarctation in the United Kingdom: an ...
Background Undesirable outcomes in health care are associated with patient harm and substantial excess costs. Coarctation of the aorta (CoA), one of the most common congenital... -
Healthcare Quality Improvement and ‘work engagement’; concluding results from...
Background Concerns about patient safety and reducing harm have led to a particular focus on initiatives that improve healthcare quality. However Quality Improvement (QI)... -
Multiple policy approaches in improving community pharmacy practice: the case...
Background Health reform has been an ongoing agenda in many countries with community pharmacy increasingly gaining attention for contributing to healthcare improvement.... -
Stroke units, certification, and outcomes in German hospitals: a longitudinal...
Background Treatment of stroke patients in stroke units has increased and studies have shown improved outcomes. However, a large share of patients in Germany is still treated in... -
Increasing incidence of anogenital warts with an urban–rural divide among mal...
Abstract Background Anogenital warts (AGW) are caused by the most common sexually transmitted infection, human papillomavirus. The... -
"You could lose when you misuse" – factors affecting over-the-counter sale of...
Background The sale of antibiotics without a prescription poses a global public health concern. Antibiotics dispensed without a prescription are largely recognised as a cause of... -
Ecological pathways to prevention: How does the SASA! community mobilisation ...
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global public health concern. While community-level gender norms and attitudes to IPV are recognised drivers of IPV... -
How has the cost of antiretroviral therapy changed over the years? A database...
Background The number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related hospitalizations has decreased worldwide in recent years, due to the availability of combined antiretroviral... -
Quality of social and emotional wellbeing services for families of young Indi...
Background The quality of social and emotional wellbeing services for Indigenous families of young children is not known, in many settings especially services provided by... -
Indicators for evaluating European population health: a Delphi selection process
Background Indicators are essential instruments for monitoring and evaluating population health. The selection of a multidimensional set of indicators should not only reflect... -
The educational gradient in cardiovascular risk factors: impact of shared fam...
Background Various indicators of childhood socioeconomic position have been related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in adulthood. We investigated the impact... -
Estimating the severity distribution of disease in South Korea using EQ-5D-3L...
Background There is a paucity of data on the distribution of disease severity. In this study, we estimated disease severity distributions in South Korea using two EQ-5D-3L... -
expert interviews in eight European countries
Background As part of the ActifCare (ACcess to Timely Formal Care) project, we conducted expert interviews in eight European countries with policy and political decision makers,...
