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Substance misuse amongst anaesthetists in the United Kingdom and Ireland: The results of a study commissioned by the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (2000)
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Plant, M., Plant, M., Crome, I. B., Berry, C. B., Berry, C., Crome, I., …Plant, M. (2000). Substance misuse amongst anaesthetists in the United Kingdom and Ireland: The results of a study commissioned by the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Anaesthesia, 55(10), 946-952. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01758.x

Three hundred and four departments of anaesthesia in UK and Ireland were sent questionnaires about alcohol and drug abuse in anaesthetists over the preceding 10-year period. Information was sought on the nature and extent of substance problems, their... Read More about Substance misuse amongst anaesthetists in the United Kingdom and Ireland: The results of a study commissioned by the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

Prioritising for healthy schools activities: An initial review exercise (2000)
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Starkey, F., & Orme, J. (2000). Prioritising for healthy schools activities: An initial review exercise. Health Education, 100(4), 161-168. https://doi.org/10.1108/09654280010332331

This paper focuses on one aspect of Health Promotion Service Avon's Schools for Health Project 1997/98, which is the development, implementation, analysis and evaluation of an initial review questionnaire completed by teachers, non-teaching staff, pa... Read More about Prioritising for healthy schools activities: An initial review exercise.

Collaboration and partnership: An effective response to complexity and fragmentation or solution built on sand? (2000)
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Miller, C., & Ahmad, Y. (2000). Collaboration and partnership: An effective response to complexity and fragmentation or solution built on sand?. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 20(5-6), 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330010789151

Posits that collaboration in the UK is either recommended as good practice or enshrined within legislation as a necessity. Chronicles that there has been a sustained growth in the number of formal and informal collaborative relationships between stat... Read More about Collaboration and partnership: An effective response to complexity and fragmentation or solution built on sand?.

The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years (2000)
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Easty, D. L., Sparrow, J. M., Baker, I. A., Spencer, I. C., Easty, D. L., Sparrow, J. M., …Easty, D. (2000). The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 84(5), 456-463. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.84.5.456

Aim - To examine the outcome of care for patients with glaucoma followed up by the hospital eye service compared with those followed up by community optometrists. Methods - A randomised study with patients allocated to follow up by the hospital eye s... Read More about The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years.

Achieving health improvements through interprofessional learning in south west England (2000)
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Annandale, S., McCann, S., Natrass, H., Regan de Bere, S., Williams, S., & Evans, D. (2000). Achieving health improvements through interprofessional learning in south west England. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 14(2), 161-174. https://doi.org/10.1080/jic.14.2.161.174

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.

Tackling health inequalities through partnership working: Learning from a realistic evaluation (2000)
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Evans, D., & Killoran, A. (2000). Tackling health inequalities through partnership working: Learning from a realistic evaluation. Critical Public Health, 10(2), 125-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590050075899

UK government health policy now strongly supports local partnership working as a key mechanism for tackling health inequalities. There is, however, still a lack of evidence based operational guidance for the development of local partnerships in tackl... Read More about Tackling health inequalities through partnership working: Learning from a realistic evaluation.

Primary care decision making in response to psychological complaints: The influence of patient race (2000)
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Moss, T. P., Di Caccavo, A., Fazal-Short, N., & Moss, T. (2000). Primary care decision making in response to psychological complaints: The influence of patient race. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 10(1), 63-67. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291099-1298%28200001/02%2910%3A1%3C63%3A%3AAID-CASP533%3E3.0.CO%3B2-J

Eighteen general practitioners indicated diagnostic and treatment decisions in response to patient vignettes. Results indicated that White patients were more likely to be correctly diagnosed as having anxiety than any other complaint. Asians were jus... Read More about Primary care decision making in response to psychological complaints: The influence of patient race.

Health promotion in the medical curriculum: Enhancing its potential (2000)
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Naidoo, J., & Orme, J. (2000). Health promotion in the medical curriculum: Enhancing its potential. Medical Teacher, 22(3), 282-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/01421590050006269

Summary. The medical profession has a central role in contributing to public health. An expanding role for doctors in terms of health is clearly indicated by their anticipated contributions to health improvement programmes, primary care groups, healt... Read More about Health promotion in the medical curriculum: Enhancing its potential.

Home detoxification for problem drinkers: A female-friendly approach? (2000)
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Plant, M. L., Plant, M. A., Madden, S., Plant, M., Bennie, C., & Plant, M. (2000). Home detoxification for problem drinkers: A female-friendly approach?. Journal of Substance Use, 5(2), 106-111. https://doi.org/10.3109/14659890009053074

The success of a pioneering home detoxification service (HDS) in attracting female clients is discussed. The HDS under consideration was established in central Scotland during 1991, and was introduced to reduce demands by problem drinkers on in-patie... Read More about Home detoxification for problem drinkers: A female-friendly approach?.

Project pro-natal: Population-based study of perinatal and infant mortality in natal, Northeast Brazil (2000)
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Pollock, J. I., Maranhão, T. D., Emond, A. M., Macedo, A. S., Ramos, A. M. O., & Pollock, J. (2000). Project pro-natal: Population-based study of perinatal and infant mortality in natal, Northeast Brazil. Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, 3(1), 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100240050003

The Pro-Natal project is a collaborative initiative that aims to improve maternal and infant health in a deprived community in Natal, Northeast Brazil. To assess the perinatal and infant mortality in this population of 40,000, we have collected over... Read More about Project pro-natal: Population-based study of perinatal and infant mortality in natal, Northeast Brazil.