Background: Acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is one of the most common conditions managed internationally and is costly to health services and patients. Despite good evidence that antibiotics are not effective for improving the symptom... Read More about Can oral corticosteroids reduce the severity or duration of an acute cough, and the associated National Health Service and societal costs, in adults presenting to primary care?: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
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Persistence of health inequalities in childhood injury in the UK: a population-based cohort study of children under 5 (2014)
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BACKGROUND: Injury is a significant cause of childhood death and can result in substantial long-term disability. Injuries are more common in children from socio-economically deprived families, contributing to health inequalities between the most and... Read More about Persistence of health inequalities in childhood injury in the UK: a population-based cohort study of children under 5.
Risk factors for scald injury in children under 5 years of age: a case–control study using routinely collected data (2013)
Journal Article
Scald injury is common, accounting for half of all burns in pre-school children. Most scalds are preventable and health professionals can play an important role in targeting interventions to those at greatest risk. However, the potential for routinel... Read More about Risk factors for scald injury in children under 5 years of age: a case–control study using routinely collected data.
Equity of uptake of a diabetic retinopathy screening programme in a geographically and socio-economically diverse population (2013)
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Objectives At the time of undertaking the audit, the uptake of diabetic retinopathy screening in Derbyshire was 73%, below the national standard of 80%. To assess equity of access to diabetic retinopathy screening in a geographically and ethnically... Read More about Equity of uptake of a diabetic retinopathy screening programme in a geographically and socio-economically diverse population.
Independent risk factors for injury in pre-school children: three population-based nested case-control studies using routine primary care data (2012)
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Background: Injuries in childhood are largely preventable yet an estimated 2,400 children die every day because of injury and violence. Despite this, the factors that contribute to injury occurrence have not been quantified at the population scale us... Read More about Independent risk factors for injury in pre-school children: three population-based nested case-control studies using routine primary care data.