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Emer Brangan's Outputs (22)

Facilitators and barriers to inclusive and safe mobility on urban roads in Kathmandu, Nepal: a participatory research study (2024)
Journal Article

Research suggests that the built environment and transport services affect the health and well-being of people with a disability. In Nepal, there is limited evidence describing the safety of road users in transport environments. The perceptions of sa... Read More about Facilitators and barriers to inclusive and safe mobility on urban roads in Kathmandu, Nepal: a participatory research study.

Co-producing knowledge in health and social care research: Reflections on the challenges and ways to enable more equal relationships (2021)
Journal Article

Researchers are increasingly encouraged to co-produce research, involving members of the public, service users, policy makers and practitioners in more equal relationships throughout a research project. The sharing of power is often highlighted as a... Read More about Co-producing knowledge in health and social care research: Reflections on the challenges and ways to enable more equal relationships.

Management of chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections diagnosed in primary care using a centralised nurse-led telephone-based service: mixed methods evaluation (2020)
Journal Article

Background: Up to 18% of genital Chlamydia infections and 9% of Gonorrhoea infections in England are diagnosed in Primary Care. Evidence suggests that a substantial proportion of these cases are not managed appropriately in line with national guideli... Read More about Management of chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections diagnosed in primary care using a centralised nurse-led telephone-based service: mixed methods evaluation.

Real-world ethics in palliative care: A systematic review of the ethical challenges reported by specialist palliative care practitioners in their clinical practice (2020)
Journal Article

Background: Ethical issues arise daily in the delivery of palliative care. Despite much (largely theoretical) literature, evidence from specialist palliative care practitioners about day-to-day ethical challenges has not previously been synthesised.... Read More about Real-world ethics in palliative care: A systematic review of the ethical challenges reported by specialist palliative care practitioners in their clinical practice.

Uncovering the processes of knowledge transformation: The example of local evidence-informed policy-making in United Kingdom healthcare (2020)
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Background
Healthcare policy-makers are expected to develop ‘evidence-based’ policies. Yet, studies have consistently shown that, like clinical practitioners, they need to combine many varied kinds of evidence and information derived from divergent... Read More about Uncovering the processes of knowledge transformation: The example of local evidence-informed policy-making in United Kingdom healthcare.

Telephone outreach by community workers to improve uptake of NHS Health Checks in more deprived localities and minority ethnic groups: A qualitative investigation of implementation (2019)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND: NHS Health Checks is a national cardiovascular risk assessment and management programme in England. To improve equity of uptake in more deprived, and Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, a novel telephone outreach interven... Read More about Telephone outreach by community workers to improve uptake of NHS Health Checks in more deprived localities and minority ethnic groups: A qualitative investigation of implementation.

Real-world ethics in palliative care: Protocol for a systematic review of the ethical challenges reported by specialist palliative care practitioners in their clinical practice (2019)
Journal Article

Introduction
Ethical issues arise daily in the delivery of palliative care. Despite much (largely theoretical) literature, evidence from specialist palliative care practitioners (SPCPs) about real-world ethical challenges has not previously been syn... Read More about Real-world ethics in palliative care: Protocol for a systematic review of the ethical challenges reported by specialist palliative care practitioners in their clinical practice.

Patient experiences of telephone outreach to enhance uptake of NHS Health Checks in more deprived communities and minority ethnic groups: A qualitative interview study (2018)
Journal Article

Background: The NHS Health Checks preventative programme aims to reduce cardiovascular morbidity across England. To improve equity in uptake, telephone outreach was developed in Bristol, involving community workers telephoning patients amongst commun... Read More about Patient experiences of telephone outreach to enhance uptake of NHS Health Checks in more deprived communities and minority ethnic groups: A qualitative interview study.

Using the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) outside acute hospital settings: A qualitative study of staff experiences in the West of England (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Objectives Early warning scores were developed to improve recognition of clinical deterioration in acute hospital settings. In England, the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) is increasingly being recommended... Read More about Using the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) outside acute hospital settings: A qualitative study of staff experiences in the West of England.

Exploring the relationship between general practice characteristics and attendance at Walk-in Centres, Minor Injuries Units and Emergency Departments in England 2009/10-2012/2013: A longitudinal study (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: The UK National Health Service Emergency Departments (ED) have recently faced increasing attendance rates. This study investigated associations of general practice and practice population characteristics with emergen... Read More about Exploring the relationship between general practice characteristics and attendance at Walk-in Centres, Minor Injuries Units and Emergency Departments in England 2009/10-2012/2013: A longitudinal study.

Opportunistic trial recruitment during routine primary care consultations for acute conditions: a mixed methods evaluation of recruitment performance and barriers (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions for acute conditions in primary care often necessitates clinicians opportunistically recruiting patient during time-pressured consultations. Aim: To describe the performance of, barriers to, a... Read More about Opportunistic trial recruitment during routine primary care consultations for acute conditions: a mixed methods evaluation of recruitment performance and barriers.

Why do patients seek primary medical care in emergency departments? An ethnographic exploration of access to general practice (2017)
Journal Article

Objectives: To describe how processes of primary care access influence decisions to seek help at the emergency department (ED).Design: Ethnographic case study combining non-participant observation, informal and formal interviewing.Setting: Six genera... Read More about Why do patients seek primary medical care in emergency departments? An ethnographic exploration of access to general practice.

Exploring the relationship between general practice characteristics, and attendance at walk-in centres, minor injuries units and EDs in England 2012/2013: A cross-sectional study (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Background: For several years, EDs in the UK NHS have faced considerable increases in attendance rates. Walk-in centres (WiCs) and minor injuries units (MIUs) have been suggested as solutions. We... Read More about Exploring the relationship between general practice characteristics, and attendance at walk-in centres, minor injuries units and EDs in England 2012/2013: A cross-sectional study.

Integration of research and practice to improve public health and healthcare delivery through a collaborative 'Health Integration Team' model - A qualitative investigation (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: Economic considerations and the requirement to ensure the quality, safety and integration of research with health and social care provision have given rise to local developments of collaborative organisational forms... Read More about Integration of research and practice to improve public health and healthcare delivery through a collaborative 'Health Integration Team' model - A qualitative investigation.

Evidence based policy making and the 'art' of commissioning - How English healthcare commissioners access and use information and academic research in 'real life' decision-making: An empirical qualitative study (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Wye et al. Background: Policymakers such as English healthcare commissioners are encouraged to adopt 'evidence-based policy-making', with 'evidence' defined by researchers as academic research. To learn how academic research can influence poli... Read More about Evidence based policy making and the 'art' of commissioning - How English healthcare commissioners access and use information and academic research in 'real life' decision-making: An empirical qualitative study.

Knowledge exchange in health-care commissioning:: case studies of the use of commercial, not-for-profit and public sector agencies, 2011-14 (2015)
Journal Article

BackgroundEnglish health-care commissioners from the NHS need information to commission effectively. In the light of new legislation in 2012, new ‘external’ organisations were created such as commissioning support units (CSUs), public health departme... Read More about Knowledge exchange in health-care commissioning:: case studies of the use of commercial, not-for-profit and public sector agencies, 2011-14.

What do external consultants from private and not-for-profi t companies offer healthcare commissioners? A qualitative study of knowledge exchange (2015)
Journal Article

Objectives: The use of external consultants from private and not-for-profit providers in the National Health Service (NHS) is intended to improve the quality of commissioning. The aim of this study was to learn about the support offered to healthcare... Read More about What do external consultants from private and not-for-profi t companies offer healthcare commissioners? A qualitative study of knowledge exchange.