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.
Recent Submissions
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Trends in weight gain recorded in English primary care before and during the Coronavirus-19 pandemic: An observational cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform.
(2024-06-24)BACKGROUND: Obesity and rapid weight gain are established risk factors for noncommunicable diseases and have emerged as independent risk factors for severe disease following Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. ... -
Effectiveness of complex behaviour change interventions tested in randomised controlled trials for people with multiple long-term conditions (M-LTCs): systematic review with meta-analysis.
(2024-06-16)INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of multiple long-term conditions (M-LTCs) increases as adults age and impacts quality of life and health outcomes. To help people manage these conditions, complex behaviour change interventions ... -
Exploring the perspectives of healthcare professionals on providing supported asthma self-management for Bangladeshi and Pakistani people in the UK.
(PloS, 2024-06-10)BACKGROUND: Self-management support improves asthma outcomes and is widely recommended in guidelines, yet it is poorly implemented in routine practice. There may be additional challenges in the context of ethnic minority ... -
Understanding the processes underpinning IMPlementing IMProved Asthma self-management as RouTine (IMP2ART) in primary care: study protocol for a process evaluation within a cluster randomised controlled implementation trial.
(BMC, 2024-06-04)BACKGROUND: Providing supported self-management for people with asthma can reduce the burden on patients, health services and wider society. Implementation, however, remains poor in routine clinical practice. IMPlementing ... -
Using creative methods to enable reflection in haematology teaching
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Painting the place where procedures cause pain
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Curiosity and compassionate care: rehumanising the admission clerking.
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The acute pain crisis in sickle cell disease: What can be done to improve outcomes?
(Elsevier, 2024-03-19)The acute pain crisis (APC) is the commonest complication of sickle cell disease (SCD). Severe episodes may require treatment in hospital with strong opioid analgesic drugs, combined with additional supportive care measures. ... -
When to stop: Transfusions, difficult conversations and creativity.
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Invisible Infrastructure in Haematology: Neutrophil Reference Ranges and the Duffy-null Phenotype.
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Seeking help for atrial fibrillation: the role of the body in distributed decision making.
(2024-06)We adopt Rapley's (2008) concept of distributed decision making to explore the role of the body in people's decisions to seek medical care. We conducted in-depth interviews with patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation ... -
Development of a conceptual framework for defining trial efficiency
(Public Library of Science, 2024-05-23)Background Globally, there is a growing focus on efficient trials, yet numerous interpretations have emerged, suggesting a significant heterogeneity in understanding “efficiency” within the trial context. Therefore in ... -
The growing burden of atrial fibrillation and its consequences.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-04-17)