Centre for Primary Care and Public Health
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The Centre for Primary Care and Public Health has a UK-leading portfolio of research into primary care and public health. Its work is multidisciplinary across general practice, public health, biostatistics, medical sociology, genetics, epidemiology, nursing, bioethics, political science, and psychology.
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Grandmothers: Central scaffolding sources impacting maternal and infant feeding practices in Colombia.
(Wiley, 2021-07-09)A growing body of evidence highlights that maternal and child nutrition programmes need to extend beyond the mother-child dyad by adopting a family systems approach, particularly in the Global South. Guided by a sociocultural ... -
Resisting epistemic violence in global mental health: Listening to local understandings of mental health and emotional distress among victims and ex-guerrilla members in Southern Colombia
(Elsevier, 2024-12-21)Background: While there is consensus that local knowledge is important to build better mental health responses, integration of this knowledge into mental health services remains a work in progress. In this paper, we explore ... -
Research as part of the advanced clinical practitioner role.
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Feasibility within-subject RCT of neuromuscular electrical stimulation; an Intervention to Maintain and improve neuroMuscular function during period of Immobility (IMMI).
(Springer Nature, 2025-01-08)INTRODUCTION: Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is a potentially effective intervention to improve outcomes after a fragility fracture, but its feasibility in this group has not been established. METHODS: A ... -
Assessing the feasibility of measuring residents' quality of life in English care homes and the construct validity and internal consistency of measures completed by staff proxy: a cross-sectional study.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2025-01-29)OBJECTIVES: To assess the feasibility of capturing older care home residents' quality of life (QoL) in digital social care records and the construct validity (hypothesis testing) and internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) ... -
AI and machine learning for detection and management of delirium in care home residents
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Towards a common definition of hospital-acquired deconditioning in adults: a scoping review.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2025-01-15)BACKGROUND: Hospital-acquired deconditioning is a term used in clinical practice, describing a loss of physical and/or cognitive function associated with hospitalisation. Previous reviews have addressed interventions, its ... -
Statistical analysis plan for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing enhanced acceptance and commitment therapy plus ( +) added to usual aftercare versus usual aftercare only, in patients living with or beyond cancer: SUrvivors' Rehabilitation Evaluation after CANcer (SURECAN) trial.
(BMC, 2025-01-30)BACKGROUND: The aim of the SURECAN trial is to evaluate a person-centred intervention, based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT Plus ( +)), for people who have completed treatment for cancer with curative intent, ... -
Dual antithrombotic therapy and gastroprotection in atrial fibrillation: an observational primary care study.
(Royal College of General Practitioners, 2022-10-19)BACKGROUND: Patients with both atrial fibrillation (AF) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) may receive dual antithrombotic therapy (DAT) with both an anticoagulant and ≥1 antiplatelet agents. Avoiding prolonged duration of ... -
Analysis of orthopaedic private healthcare patterns in England: A potential emerging two-tier system
(Elsevier, 2024-12-24)Objectives Private healthcare is a rapidly growing industry in the UK, particularly for surgical procedures, due to extensive waiting times in publicly funded health care. The NHS also commissions private healthcare to ... -
Qualitative study of experience of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT+) amongst Survivors' Rehabilitation Evaluation after Cancer (SURECAN) trial participants and therapists: A protocol.
(National Institute for Health and Care Research, 2024-01-03)<h4>Background</h4>This interview study forms part of a mixed methods process evaluation of the Survivors' Rehabilitation Evaluation after Cancer (SURECAN) trial to understand the experiences of participants (who are living ... -
BMI variability and cardiovascular outcomes within clinical trial and real-world environments in type 2 diabetes: an IMI2 SOPHIA study.
(BMC, 2024-07-16)BACKGROUND: BMI variability has been associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk in individuals with type 2 diabetes, however comparison between clinical studies and real-world observational evidence has been ... -
What Are High-Quality Race and Ethnicity Data and How Are They Used in Health Equity Research?
(American Medical Association, 2025-01-01)The COVID-19 pandemic changed public awareness of the importance of high-quality race and ethnicity data for identifying and redressing widely documented racial and ethnic health inequity. This article emphasizes the ... -
The NHS England Jewish BRCA Testing Programme: overview after first year of implementation (2023-2024).
(BMJ, 2024-12-22)BACKGROUND: The NHS Jewish BRCA Testing Programme is offering germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing to people with ≥1 Jewish grandparent. Who have an increased likelihood of having an Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) founder ... -
'Don't let the trial kill the intervention': how can researchers and care home teams implement complex intervention trials in care homes?
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Point of care testing using rapid automated antigen testing for SARS-COV-2 in care homes – an exploratory safety, usability and diagnostic agreement evaluation
(SAGE Publications, 2021-11-20)Introduction: Successful adoption of POCTs (Point-of-Care tests) for COVID-19 in care homes requires the identification of ideal use cases and a full understanding of the contextual and usability factors that affect test ... -
Identifying the key characteristics of falls management programmes in UK care homes - A scoping review of grey literature.
(Hylonome Publications, 2022-09)Trial literature on falls management in care homes may provide limited detail on current practice and instead this information may be found in grey literature. This scoping review aimed to identify the key characteristics ...