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Chronic adverse effects of long-term exposure of children to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) through indoor residual spraying: A systematic review (2015)
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Introduction: Malaria remains a significant public health problem in endemic regions of the world, most especially in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of the global efforts to control malaria, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), a cheap and effective... Read More about Chronic adverse effects of long-term exposure of children to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) through indoor residual spraying: A systematic review.

'Calling executives and clinicians to account': User involvement in commissioning cancer services (2015)
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© 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Background: English NHS guidance emphasizes the importance of involving users in commissioning cancer services. There has been considerable previous research on involving users in service improvement, but not on involv... Read More about 'Calling executives and clinicians to account': User involvement in commissioning cancer services.

Public involvement in research: Assessing impact through a realist evaluation (2014)
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Background This study was concerned with developing the evidence base for public involvement in research in health and social care. There now is significant support for public involvement within the National Institute for Health Research, and resear... Read More about Public involvement in research: Assessing impact through a realist evaluation.

Patient and public involvement in research in the English NHS: A documentary analysis of the complex interplay of evidence and policy (2014)
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© Policy Press 2014. The last 20 years have seen significant international shifts towards greater patient and public involvement (PPI) in health research and development (R&D). In England, then first health R&D strategy in 1991 did not mention PPI. T... Read More about Patient and public involvement in research in the English NHS: A documentary analysis of the complex interplay of evidence and policy.

Learning together, working together: An evaluation of experiences of a pilot programme for partnership between unions and management in the health service (2012)
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This article describes an innovative initiative to support partnership working between trade unions and management in three National Health Service Trusts, by means of shared participation in a series of learning and development days. Although there... Read More about Learning together, working together: An evaluation of experiences of a pilot programme for partnership between unions and management in the health service.

Developing the evidence base of patient and public involvement in health and social care research: The case for measuring impact (2011)
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While patient and public involvement (PPI) in health and social care research has progressed successfully in the last decade, a range of difficulties with the evidence base exist, including poor understanding of the concept of impact, limited theoriz... Read More about Developing the evidence base of patient and public involvement in health and social care research: The case for measuring impact.

Injecting practices and knowledge of the associated risk among 1619-year-old injecting drug users in Plymouth, UK (2010)
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There has been significant research into the harms associated with injecting drugs and about the use of needle exchange programmes (NEPs) by adult injecting drug users (IDUs) in the United Kingdom. However, very limited research has been conducted in... Read More about Injecting practices and knowledge of the associated risk among 1619-year-old injecting drug users in Plymouth, UK.

Rhetoric or reality? A systematic review of the impact of participatory approaches by UK public health units on health and social outcomes (2010)
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Background: There has been a philosophical commitment to participation in public health since the 1970s. UK policy rhetoric on participation in public health has been particularly marked since 1997. It is less clear that participatory approaches have... Read More about Rhetoric or reality? A systematic review of the impact of participatory approaches by UK public health units on health and social outcomes.

A systematic review of the impact of participatory approaches by UK public health units on health and social outcomes (2010)
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Background: There has been a philosophical commitment to participation in public health since the 1970s. UK policy rhetoric on participation in public health has been particularly marked since 1997. It is less clear that participatory approaches have... Read More about A systematic review of the impact of participatory approaches by UK public health units on health and social outcomes.

The role of schools of public health: learning from history, looking to the future (2009)
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The role of schools of public health: Learning from history, looking to the future (2009)
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There is a broad consensus on the need for high-quality public health education and research to tackle the world's many public health challenges. Public health education and research are delivered by a variety of institutions operating very different... Read More about The role of schools of public health: Learning from history, looking to the future.

Politics and prospects for health promotion in England: Mainstreamed or marginalised? (2008)
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This paper critically examines the public policy environment that underpins the politics of health promotion in England. English health policy from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s was not receptive to health promotion. The new Labour government elect... Read More about Politics and prospects for health promotion in England: Mainstreamed or marginalised?.

Patient advice and liaison services: Results of an audit survey in England (2008)
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Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Results of an audit survey in England (2008)
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Objective: To assess the extent national standards for Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) were achieved across England. Context: PALS are an important element of patient and public involvement strategy in England. Seven national standards for... Read More about Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Results of an audit survey in England.

Through the glass ceiling-and back again: The experiences of two of the first non-medical directors of public health in England (2007)
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In 2001, the English Department of Health announced a radical re-organisation of the NHS under the banner of 'shifting the balance of power'. As part of this re-organisation health authorities were abolished and the main NHS public health responsibil... Read More about Through the glass ceiling-and back again: The experiences of two of the first non-medical directors of public health in England.

Guest editorial: UKPHA mini symposium (2006)
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Public health leadership in the real world: The role of the director of public health (2006)
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Shifting the balance of power?: UK public health policy and capacity building (2004)
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A new Labour government was elected in the UK in May 1997 with a strongly stated commitment to improving public health and tackling inequalities. This focus on public health was part of a concerted attempt to tackle poverty and social exclusion throu... Read More about Shifting the balance of power?: UK public health policy and capacity building.

The Evaluation of Complex Health Policy: Lessons from the UK Total Purchasing Experiment (2001)
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© 2001, SAGE Publications (London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi). The last five years have witnessed the increasing use of evaluated pilot programmes as a way of developing health services policy in the UK. Total purchasing was the first major quasi-m... Read More about The Evaluation of Complex Health Policy: Lessons from the UK Total Purchasing Experiment.

Achieving health improvements through interprofessional learning in south west England (2000)
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The NHS Executive South West, part of the Department of Health for England, has developed a programme of action to demonstrate that health improvements can be achieved through interprofessional learning. The NHS Executive South West has funded three... Read More about Achieving health improvements through interprofessional learning in south west England.