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Ethical care during COVID-19 for care home residents with dementia
(Article)The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on care homes in the UK, particularly for those residents living with dementia. The impetus for this paper comes from a recent review conducted by the authors. That review, ... -
Healthcare professionals’ knowledge, attitudes, and experiences of FGM in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review
(Article)Background: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains a challenge as evidence indicates that healthcare professionals (HCPs) who are required to play a role in the elimination of FGM, support the practice. The reasons some ... -
Work Live Leicestershire Summary Report
(Other)The Work.Live.Leicestershire (WiLL) programme is providing help for at least 541 economically inactive or unemployed people in Leicestershire to move into job search, training, or employment. The programme seeks to reach ... -
Developing healthy weight maintenance through co-creation: a partnership with Black African migrant community in East Midlands
(Article)Background: Obesity prevalence in the UK varies according to ethnicity, with children from minority ethnic groups experiencing higher levels, and yet, there is a scarcity of projects that involve minority ethnic groups ... -
Parents’ experiences of complementary feeding among a United Kingdom culturally diverse and deprived community
(Article)Complementary feeding practices and adherence to health recommendations are influenced by a range of different and often interrelating factors such as socio- economic and cultural factors. However, the factors underlying ... -
NHS Maternity Care for Women with Multiple Births and Their Babies A study on feasibility of assessing care using data from births between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2017 in England, Wales and Scotland.
(Technical Report)Introduction This report focuses on the maternity care for women with multiple births during the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2017 and their babies. The purpose of this report is to describe the feasibility of ... -
LGBTQ+ people living with dementia: An under-served population
(Article)Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) people living with dementia are an under-served population. They are often at greater risk of vulnerability, discrimination, loneliness, health inequalities and poorer ... -
USING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS TO SHAPE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION INTO CARE HOMES IN BRAZIL: A WHITE PAPER
(Article)The Brazilian care home sector is underdeveloped, and the limited available evidence suggests that care quality falls below international standards. Development of the Brazilian care home sector could be associated with ... -
Improving the quality of care in care homes using the Quality Improvement Collaborative approach: lessons learnt from six projects conducted in the UK and the Netherlands
(Article)The Breakthrough Series Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) initiative is a well-developed and widely used approach but most of what we know about it has come from healthcare settings. In this article, those leading ... -
Risk of complicated birth at term in nulliparous and mutiparous women using routinely collected maternity data in England: cohort study
(Article)Abstract Objectives To determine the rate of complicated birth at term in women classified at low risk according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline for intrapartum care (no pre-existing ... -
The contemporary prescriber: improving working relationships between disciplines.
(Conference)UK policy promotes collaborative working and integrated care, with professions working from common competency frameworks. Interprofessional Education is acknowledged as an effective approach to enabling collaborative ... -
On the need for an ecologically dimensioned medical humanities
(Article)Increasing calls from medical professionals and scholars suggest an urgent need for better and more widespread understandings of the ecological dimensions of health. Such calls have included: two recent Lancet special ... -
Examining the UK Covid-19 mortality paradox: Pandemic preparedness, healthcare expenditure and the nursing workforce
(Article)Aim To examine the UK pandemic preparedness in light of health expenditure, nursing workforce, and mortality rates in and relation to nursing leadership. Background The Global Health Security Index categorised the ... -
Education and the relationships between museums and older audiences: A scoping review protocol
(Article)Understanding how museums recognize the potential educational relationship with older audiences (aged over 60) is important if museums are to thrive as places for attracting social engagement, educational opportunities and ... -
International and multidisciplinary reflections from Austria, Brazil and the UK on interventions using arts, music, and open spaces for enriching long term care institutions (LTCIs)
(Article)The WHO report on ageing highlighted that the number of older people worldwide is increasing. Long term care institutions (LTCIs) have become a common feature for providing and meeting the health and social care needs of ... -
Quality improvement in long term care settings: a scoping review of effective strategies used in care homes
(Article)Purpose We conducted a scoping review of quality improvement in care homes. We aimed to identify participating occupational groups and methods for evaluation. Secondly, we aimed to describe resident-level interventions ... -
The COVID-19 Pandemic in UK Care Homes - Revealing the Cracks in the System
(Article)There are around 420,000 residents living in UK care homes. The majority are over 85, have multiple health conditions, live with frailty and are nearing the end of their lives. Up to 80% of residents live with dementia. ... -
A qualitative study of health care providers’ perceptions and experiences of patients bypassing primary healthcare facilities: a focus from Nigeria
(Article)Background The healthcare referral system is designed to ensure that patients receive the best care at the appropriate level, as well as improving access to different levels of care. However, approximately 60-90% of ... -
The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
(Article)Introduction: In nonpregnant “quitters,” adherence to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) increases smoking cessation. We investigated relationships between adherence to placebo or NRT patches and cessation in pregnancy, ... -
A quantitative longitudinal study to explore factors which influence maternal self-efficacy among Chinese primiparous women during the initial postpartum period
(Article)Background: parenting during infancy is highly problematic for Chinese primiparous women. As an important determinant of good parenting, maternal self-efficacy (MSE) should be paid more attention by researchers. At present, ...
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