Helen Noble, Joanna Smith
Evaluating the quality of research is essential if findings are to be utilised in practice and incorporated into care delivery. In a previous article we explored 'bias' across research designs and outlined strategies to minimise bias. Concepts such as reliability, validity and generalisability typic...
Naila Kabeer
* Foreword - John Gaventa * INTRODUCTION * 1. The search for inclusive citizenship: Meanings and expressions in an interconnected world.- Naila Kabeer * CITIZENSHIP AND RIGHTS * 2. Towards an actor-oriented Perspective on human rights - Celestine Nyamu-Musembi * 3. The emergence of human rights in t...
Mohammad Hossain, Robert J. Commons, Nicola Davies, Kamala Thriemer et al.
BACKGROUND: There is a high risk of Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia following treatment of falciparum malaria. Our study aimed to quantify this risk and the associated determinants using an individual patient data meta-analysis in order to identify populations in which a policy of universal radical cu...
Louise Waite, Gary Craig, Hannah Lewis, Klára Skrivánková
Editorial Introduction. Vulnerability, exploitation and migrants: Insecure work in a globalised economy Louise Waite Gary Craig Hannah Lewis Klara Skrivankova I. THE GLOBALISATION OF VULNERABILITY 1. Private governance and the problem of trafficking and slavery in global supply chains Nicola Phillip...
Joanna E Cohen, Kevin Welding, Olufemi Erinoso, Sejal Saraf et al.
INTRODUCTION: Flavors and depictions of flavors are attractive and facilitate initiation and use of tobacco products. However, little is known about the types of flavored products on the market, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. We describe the nature and extent of flavored cigarette...
Jennifer Brown, Kevin Welding, Joanna E Cohen, Rajeev Cherukupalli et al.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: To estimate and compare price differences between legal and illicit cigarettes in 14 low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). DESIGN: A cross-sectional census of all packs available on the market was purchased. SETTING: Cigarette packs were purchased in formal retail settings in thr...
Maha Alsubhi, Lydia Aston, Julie Ayre, Saadia A. Aziz et al.
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Jennifer Brown, Katherine Clegg Smith, Kevin Welding, Joanna E Cohen
Objectives: In this paper, we assess compliance of cigarette packaging with policies in 9 countries that ban misleading descriptors, assess the presence of other packaging design elements that are misleading to consumers, and identify policy loopholes. Methods: Cigarette packages were systematically...
Katherine Clegg Smith, Kevin Welding, Cerise Kleb, Carmen Washington et al.
OBJECTIVES: Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are vital to the global tobacco market. The pack is key to cigarette branding, and review of cigarette packs revealed English as a common feature. The prevalence of English and its potential branding utility is explored. METHODS: Every available u...
Olufemi Erinoso, Kevin Welding, Katherine Clegg Smith, Joanna E Cohen
INTRODUCTION: Cigarettes designed to have less smoke smell were developed by the tobacco industry to supposedly reduce negative qualities. Cigarettes with marketing claims communicating these designs have been sold in high-income countries and marketing of "less smoke smell" terms on cigarette packa...
Katherine Clegg Smith, Kevin Welding, Michael Iacobelli, Sejal Saraf et al.
The appeal of smoking and specific brands has long been promoted through carefully crafted, aspirational characters that are highlighted in tobacco marketing.1 2 The Marlboro Man is the archetypal fictional character that associated smoking with aspirational personal and lifestyle attributes in orde...
Michael Greenberg, Karen Lowrie
The June 2010 issue emphasizes policy decision tools with papers from many nations, and features another in our series of biographical profiles of leaders in the risk field. First, Barry Ezell and Andrew Collins write a letter responding to a paper by Gregory Parnell, Christopher Smith, and Frederic...
Alexandre Abizaid, R. Mehran, Angelo Oliva, Daniel Chamié et al.
BACKGROUND In patients with coronary artery disease, diabetes increases the risk of restenosis and adverse cardiovascular events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The Abluminus DES+ is a thin-strut cobalt-chromium sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) with abluminal and balloon-surface coating...
Martin J. McMahon, Andrew Wormald, Shauna Walsh, Jessica Eustace‐Cook et al.
BACKGROUND: The epidemiology and pattern of cancer in people with an intellectual disability is poorly documented. Emerging evidence reports that a different profile and trajectory of cancer burden is experienced in this population. The prevalence and incidence of cancer in this group have not been ...
Michael Iacobelli, Kevin Welding, Carmen Washington, Katherine HT Smith et al.
Background Two agents are responsible for producing effective cigarette health warning labels (HWLs): governments ensure HWL legislation is comprehensive with clear implementing rules, and tobacco companies are responsible for implementation. We determined what factors contribute to noncompliance wi...