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Comparing the job satisfaction and intention to leave of different categories of health workers in Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa.
(2013)Background: Job satisfaction is an important determinant of health worker motivation, retention, and performance, all of which are critical to improving the functioning of health systems in low-and middle-income countries. ... -
A cycle of brain gain, waste and drain - a qualitative study of non-Eu migrant doctors in Ireland
(2013)Background Ireland is heavily reliant on non-EU migrant health workers to staff its health system. Shortages of locally trained health workers and policies which facilitate health worker migration have contributed to ... -
Problem alcohol use among problem drug users in primary care: a qualitative study of what patients think about screening and treatment
(2013)Background: Problem alcohol use is common and associated with considerable adverse outcomes among patients who attend primary care in Ireland and other European countries for opiate substitution treatment. This paper aims ... -
Generalist solutions to complex problems: Generating practice-based evidence - The example of managing multi-morbidity
(2013)Background A growing proportion of people are living with long term conditions. The majority have more than one. Dealing with multi-morbidity is a complex problem for health systems: for those designing and implementing ... -
SMAD7 variant rs4939827 is associated with colorectal cancer risk in Croatian population.
(2013)Background Twenty common genetic variants have been associated with risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) in genome wide association studies to date. Since large differences between populations exist, generalisability ... -
Delayed prescribing of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections: Use of information leaflets
(2013)The appropriate prescribing of antibiotics is a challenge in primary care. We performed an interventional trial to determine if providing an information leaflet on antibiotics with a delayed antibiotic prescription influenced ... -
The length of stay of in-patient stroke discharges in Irish acute hospitals
(2013)Stroke imposes an important economic burden worldwide and acute in-patient care accounts for a large proportion of costs in the first year following stroke. Length of stay (LOS) is regarded as a key determinant of in-patient ... -
Primary care and youth mental health in Ireland: qualitative study in deprived urban areas.
(2013)Background: Mental disorders account for six of the 20 leading causes of disability worldwide with a very high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in youth aged 15-24 years. However, healthcare professionals are faced with ... -
Indicators of health system coverage and activity in Ireland during the economic crisis 2008-2014 - From 'more with less' to 'less with less'.
(2014)A new Irish government came to power in March 2011 with the most radical proposals for health system reform in the history of the state, including improving access to healthcare, free GP care for all by 2015 and the ... -
Effectiveness of community health workers delivering preventive interventions for maternal and child health in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.
(2013)Background Community Health Workers are widely utilised in low- and middle-income countries and may be an important tool in reducing maternal and child mortality; however, evidence is lacking on their effectiveness for ... -
Head of household education level as a factor influencing whether delivery takes place in the presence of a skilled birth attendant in Busia, Uganda: a cross-sectional household study
(2013)Background Assistance during delivery by a skilled attendant is recommended as a means to reduce child and maternal mortality. Globally, higher levels of maternal education have been associated with better health ... -
Mid-level providers in emergency obstetric and newborn health care: factors affecting their performance and retention within the Malawian health system
(2009)BACKGROUND: Malawi has a chronic shortage of human resources for health. This has a significant impact on maternal health, with mortality rates amongst the highest in the world. Mid-level cadres of health workers provide ... -
A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Alternative Cadres in Community Based Rehabilitation
(2012)BACKGROUND: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aim to improve population health and the quality and dignity of people's lives, but their achievement is constrained by the crisis in human resources for health. An ... -
Calculating the costs of an 8-week, physiotherapy-led exercise intervention in deconditioned cancer survivors in the early survivorship period (the PEACH trial)
(2014)Strong evidence exists for rehabilitation programmes following a cancer diagnosis, although little is known about their cost. The effects of an 8-week, physiotherapy-led, structured group intervention during the early ... -
"How to match research designs to organisational issues in health and social care"
(Health Service Executive, 2013-02)This paper provides an overview of the key considerations we need to take into account when deciding on a suitable research design for addressing particular service issues in health and social care, with emphasis on the ... -
Shared Decision Making Needs a Communication Record
(ACM, 2013)Increasing dependability in collaboration work among health professionals will directly improve patient outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs. Our research examines the development of a shared visual display to facilitate ... -
"Do No Harm": Fortifying MDT Collaboration in Changing Technological Times
(2013)Purpose: To examine the changes in multidisciplinary medical team activity and practices, with respect to the amount of patient cases, the information needs and technology used, with up to 10 multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) ... -
Of Remedies and Poisons: Recreational Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in the Social Imagination of South African Carers.
(2010)During an ethnographic study of barriers to, and compliance with, antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in South Africa's West Coast region, our team came across a general sense amongst healthcare providers that there was a lively ... -
Attitudes of women from five European countries regarding tobacco control policies.
(2013)Background: Tobacco related cancers and, in particular, lung cancer still represent a substantial public health epidemic across Europe as a result of high rates of smoking prevalence. Countries in Europe have proposed ... -
The effect of differential eligibility for free GP services on GP utilisation in Ireland
(Elsevier, 2012)Internationally, there is extensive empirical evidence that a strong primary care-led health system is associated with improved health outcomes, increased quality of care, decreased health inequalities and lower overall ...