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The impact of information, education and communication (IEC) strategies in malaria prevention and control during pregnancy in Africa. (2013)
Thesis
MALOREH-NYAMEKYE, T. 2013. The impact of information, education and communication (IEC) strategies in malaria prevention and control during pregnancy in Africa. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Background: Malaria continues to pose a complex public health problem amongst pregnant women in Africa (Schantz-Dunn & Nour 2009; Antwi 2010), accounting for over 90% of the global malaria burden (WHO 2002; Morel et al. 2005; Schantz-Dunn & Nour 2009... Read More about The impact of information, education and communication (IEC) strategies in malaria prevention and control during pregnancy in Africa..

Cooperación internacional para el desarrollo desde la teoría de autocuidado de D. Orem. (2013)
Journal Article
VELO HIGUERAS, M., FAJARDO GALVÁN, D., CRUCES GONZÁLEZ, M., SÁNCHEZ MERINO, B. and SANTOS MUÑIZ, A. 2013. Cooperación internacional para el desarrollo desde la teoría de autocuidado de D. Orem. Revista ROL de enfermería [online], 36(5), pages 48-51. Available from: https://e-rol.es/producto/mayo-2013/

The aim of this article is to analyze the performance of Spanish co-operation from the perspective of Orem self-care theory, working from the hypothesis that international co-operation programmes function as total compensation systems. This was a des... Read More about Cooperación internacional para el desarrollo desde la teoría de autocuidado de D. Orem..

Services just for men? Insights from a national study of the well men services pilots. (2013)
Journal Article
DOUGLAS, F.C.G., GREENER, J., VAN TEIJLINGEN, E. and LUDBROOK, A. 2013. Services just for men? Insights from a national study of the well men services pilots. BMC public health [online], 13, article 425. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-425

Background: Men continue to have a lower life expectancy in most countries compared to women. Explanations of this gendered health inequality tend to focus on male risk taking, unhealthy lifestyle choices and resistance to seeking help from health se... Read More about Services just for men? Insights from a national study of the well men services pilots..

A qualitative study of primary care professionals' views of case finding for depression in patients with diabetes or coronary heart disease in the UK. (2013)
Journal Article
MAXWELL, M., HARRIS, F., HIBBERD, C., DONAGHY, E., PRATT, R., WILLIAMS, C., MORRISON, J., GIBB, J., WATSON, P. and BURTON, C. 2013. A qualitative study of primary care professionals' views of case finding for depression in patients with diabetes or coronary heart disease in the UK. BMC family practice [online], 14, article number 46. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-14-46

Background: Routinely conducting case finding (also commonly referred to as screening) in patients with chronic illness for depression in primary care appears to have little impact. We explored the views and experiences of primary care nurses, doctor... Read More about A qualitative study of primary care professionals' views of case finding for depression in patients with diabetes or coronary heart disease in the UK..

Socio-economic costs of bereavement in Scotland: main study report. (2013)
Report
BIRRELL, J., CORDEN, A., MACDUFF, C., NEWSOM, C., PETRIE, D., SCHUT, H., SKÅR, S., STEPHEN, A., TSENG, F.-M., WANG, S. and WILSON, S. 2013. Socio-economic costs of bereavement in Scotland: main study report. [Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University]

The Socio-Economic Costs of Bereavement in Scotland (SECOB) research study was funded by the Scottish Government Health Directorates in late 2010 as part of ongoing work to inform national policy on bereavement and bereavement care practice. The proj... Read More about Socio-economic costs of bereavement in Scotland: main study report..

Process evaluations for cluster-randomised trials of complex interventions: a proposed framework for design and reporting. (2013)
Journal Article
GRANT, A., TREWEEK, S., DREISCHULTE, T., FOY, R. and GUTHRIE, B. 2013. Process evaluations for cluster-randomised trials of complex interventions: a proposed framework for design and reporting. Trials [online], 14, article number 15. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-15

Background: Process evaluations are recommended to open the 'black box' of complex interventions evaluated in trials, but there is limited guidance to help researchers design process evaluations. Much current literature on process evaluations of comp... Read More about Process evaluations for cluster-randomised trials of complex interventions: a proposed framework for design and reporting..