Laura A.V. Marlow, Jo Waller, Jane Wardle
BACKGROUND: Ethnic minority women are less likely to attend cervical screening. AIM: To explore self-perceived barriers to cervical screening attendance among ethnic minority women compared to white British women. DESIGN: Qualitative interview study. SETTING: Community groups in ethnically diverse L...
Samir K. Saha, Stephanie J. Schrag, Shams El Arifeen, Luke C. Mullany et al.
BACKGROUND: More than 500 000 neonatal deaths per year result from possible serious bacterial infections (pSBIs), but the causes are largely unknown. We investigated the incidence of community-acquired infections caused by specific organisms among neonates in south Asia. METHODS: From 2011 to 2014, ...
Allan W. Taylor, Dianna M. Blau, Quique Bassat, Dickens Onyango et al.
BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia contributed 81% of 5·9 million under-5 deaths and 77% of 2·6 million stillbirths worldwide in 2015. Vital registration and verbal autopsy data are mainstays for the estimation of leading causes of death, but both are non-specific and focus on a single un...
Laura A.V. Marlow, J Wardle, Alice S. Forster, Jo Waller
BACKGROUND: Studies of human papillomavirus (HPV) awareness and HPV vaccine acceptability have included few non-white participants, making it difficult to explore ethnic differences. This study assessed HPV awareness and HPV vaccine acceptability in a sample of women representing the major UK ethnic...
Jo Waller, Kathryn A. Robb, S Stubbings, Antonio J. Ramírez et al.
OBJECTIVE: Little is known about ethnic differences in awareness of cancer-warning signs or help-seeking behaviour in Britain. As part of the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative (NAEDI), this study aimed to explore these factors as possible contributors to delay in cancer diagnosis. ME...
Laura A.V. Marlow, J Wardle, Jo Waller
BACKGROUND: Women from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are less likely to attend cervical screening than White British women. This study explored sociodemographic and attitudinal correlates of cervical screening non-attendance among BAME women. METHODS: Women (30-60 years) were r...
Beatrice R Egid, María Roura, Bachera Aktar, Jessica Amegee Quach et al.
INTRODUCTION: Power relations permeate research partnerships and compromise the ability of participatory research approaches to bring about transformational and sustainable change. This study aimed to explore how participatory health researchers engaged in co-production research perceive and experie...
Maureen H. Diaz, Jessica L. Waller, Rebecca A. Napoliello, Mohammad Shahidul Islam et al.
Identification of etiology remains a significant challenge in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, particularly in resource-poor settings. Viral, bacterial, and fungal pathogens, as well as parasites, play a role for many syndromes, and optimizing a single diagnostic system to detect a range of pat...
Kathryn A. Robb, Jane Wardle, S Stubbings, Amanda Ramirez et al.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to examine awareness of the three National Cancer Screening Programmes (breast, cervical, bowel) among white and ethnic minority groups in the UK. SETTING: Data were from two surveys in which the screening questions were added: (i) the Office of National Statistic...
Dianna M. Blau, Vicky L. Baillie, Toyah Els, Sana Mahtab et al.
BACKGROUND: Lower respiratory tract infections are a leading cause of death in young children, but few studies have collected the specimens needed to define the role of specific causes. The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) platform aims to investigate causes of death in ch...
M. J. Uddin, Peter S. Hooda, A.S.M. Mohiuddin, M. Ershadul Haque et al.
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a key soil quality indicator, as it is a source and storage of plant nutrients and plays a vital role in soil fertility and productivity maintenance. Intensification of agriculture is known to cause SOC decline; however, much of the evidence stems from field-scale experi...
Josefien van Olmen, Bart Criel, Narayanan Devadasan, George Pariyo et al.
International health debates often confront enduring values with new realities. The events and publications surrounding the 30th anniversary of Alma Ata,1 the Primary Health Care (PHC) focus of the 2008 World Health Report and the report(s) of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health illustra...
Eva Ramírez-Llodra, Heidi Kristina Meyer, Bodil A. Bluhm, Saskia Brix et al.
Interest in the deep Arctic Ocean is rapidly increasing from governments, policy makers, industry, researchers, and conservation groups, accentuated by the growing accessibility of this remote region by surface vessel traffic. In this review, our goal is to provide an updated taxonomic inventory of ...
Michael Mira, Jane Causer, Jason Bawden‐Smith, Margaret Karr et al.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of elevated blood lead concentrations in preschool children in central and southern Sydney. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Children aged from 9 months to 5 years living in 32 randomly selected geographical areas in Central and southern Sydney. METHODS: Venous blood...
Katie E. J. Hann, Nasreen Ali, Sue Gessler, Lindsay Fraser et al.
OBJECTIVE: Population-based risk assessment, using genetic testing and the provision of appropriate risk management, could lead to prevention, early detection and improved clinical management of ovarian cancer (OC). Previous research with mostly white British participants found positive attitudes to...