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Transformative effect of a Humanitarian Program for individuals affected by rare diseases: building support systems and creating local expertise
Rare diseases affect > 400 million people globally with a disproportionate burden falling on children, resulting in high morbidity and mortality...
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Kidney transplantation in prostate cancer patients after local therapy with curative intent: a systematic review
PurposeIt is still unclear whether kidney transplantation can be safely performed in patients with prostate cancer after local therapy with curative...
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Towards an effective collaboration between the South Western Sydney Local Health District and local councils: insights from a qualitative study
BackgroundPartnership between local government and local health districts is imperative, given their overlap** goals. However, the need for further...
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Transmission chains of the first local outbreak cause by Delta VariantB.1.617.2 COVID-19 in Guangzhou, Southern China
BackgroundThe first local outbreak of Delta Variant B.1.617.2 COVID-19 of China occurred in Guangzhou city, south China, in May 2021. This study...
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The role of local context for managers’ strategies when adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norwegian homecare services: a multiple case study
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on healthcare systems around the world, and lack of resources, lack of adequate preparedness and...
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Using Economics to Impact Local Obesity Policy: Introducing the UK Centre for Economics of Obesity (CEO)
Worldwide, population obesity levels are at their highest recorded levels, having nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016. This leads to substantial...
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Food consumption in the Canary Islands: nutritional implications of food imports and local production
BackgroundThe composition of the average diet for the Canary Islands’ population has been the subject of concern for the region’s authorities and...
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Mental health impact of cuts to local government spending on cultural, environmental and planning services in England: a longitudinal ecological study
BackgroundOver the past decade, there have been significant and unequal cuts to local authority (LA) budgets, across England. Cultural, environmental...
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Women on the frontline of Covid-19: understanding local women village health volunteers in the northern province of Thailand
BackgroundThis paper investigates the role of local women village health volunteers, women on the frontline, during COVID-19 in the northern province...
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Austerity, Health and Public Safety in Low-Income Neighborhoods: Grassroots Responses to the Decline of Local Services in Southeast England
This article uses ethnographic and qualitative research to explore the health implications and social responses of a low-income neighborhood in...
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Does integration with national registers improve the data completeness of local COVID-19 contact tracing tools? A register-based study in Norway, May 2020 - September 2021
BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 response in Norway, many municipalities used the Fiks contact tracing tool (FiksCT) to register positive individuals...
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Local knowledge of homegarden plants in Miao ethnic communities in Laershan region, **angxi area, China
BackgroundHomegardens are small-scale land use systems with significant implications for local livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, and...
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Short-term local predictions of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom using dynamic supervised machine learning algorithms
BackgroundShort-term prediction of COVID-19 epidemics is crucial to decision making. We aimed to develop supervised machine-learning algorithms on...
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Refugee and Asylum Seeker Communities and Access to Mental Health Support: A Local Case Study
The complex mental health needs of refugee and asylum seeker (RAS) communities, often resulting from past trauma, are not met by overburdened and...
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Public health framing of firearm violence on local television news in Philadelphia, PA, USA: a quantitative content analysis
BackgroundFirearm violence is an intensifying public health problem in the United States. News reports shape the way the public and policy makers...
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Methodology for assessment of public health emergency preparedness and response synergies between institutional authorities and communities
BackgroundThis paper describes a participatory methodology that supports investigation of the synergistic collaboration between communities affected...
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This needs to be a journey that we’re actually on together’—the introduction of integrated care systems for children and young people in England: a qualitative study of the views of local system stakeholders during winter 2021/22
BackgroundIntegrated care has become a central feature of health system reform worldwide. In England, Integrated Care Systems (ICS) are intended to...
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Economic Evaluation Evidence for Resource-Allocation Decision Making: Bridging the Gap for Local Decision Makers Using English Case Studies
Best-practice economic evaluation methods for health-related decision making at a national level in England are well established, and as a first...
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“We might not have been in hospital, but we were frontline workers in the community”: a qualitative study exploring unmet need and local community-based responses for marginalised groups in Greater Manchester during the COVID-19 pandemic
BackgroundThe response to the COVID-19 pandemic saw a significant increase in demand for the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise...
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Development and implementation of local pediatric anesthesia performance metrics at a Canadian children’s hospital: a technical report
PurposeIn this project, we sought to develop and implement pediatric anesthesia metrics into electronic health records (EHR) in a hospital setting to...
