The delay between the WHO being made aware of the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa and declaring it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) has been the subject of some considerable criticism in the literature, as well as in the Report of the Ebola Interim Assessment Panel commissioned by the WHO, which…Continue Reading The Law of Responsibility and the World Health Organisation: A Case Study on the West African Ebola Outbreak
Category: Health and Social Care
What is known about the role of rural-urban residency in relation to self-management in people affected by cancer who have completed primary treatment? A scoping review
Purpose Despite wide acknowledgement of differences in levels of support and health outcomes between urban and rural areas, there is a lack of research that explicitly examines these differences in relation to self-management in people affected by cancer following treatment. This scoping review aimed to map the existing literature that examines self-management in people affected…Continue Reading What is known about the role of rural-urban residency in relation to self-management in people affected by cancer who have completed primary treatment? A scoping review
The role of spatial selective attention in the processing of affective prosodies in congenitally blind adults: An ERP study
The question whether spatial selective attention is necessary in order to process vocal affective prosody has been controversially discussed in sighted individuals: whereas some studies argue that attention is required in order to process emotions, other studies conclude that vocal prosody can be processed even outside the focus of spatial selective attention. Here, we asked…Continue Reading The role of spatial selective attention in the processing of affective prosodies in congenitally blind adults: An ERP study
Challenges of recruiting emergency department patients to a qualitative study: a thematic analysis of researchers’ experiences
At times of increasing pressure on emergency departments, and the need for research into different models of service delivery, little is known about how to recruit patients for qualitative research in emergency departments. We report from one study which aimed to collect evidence on patients’ experiences of attending emergency departments with different models of using…Continue Reading Challenges of recruiting emergency department patients to a qualitative study: a thematic analysis of researchers’ experiences
Supporting People Affected by Cancer: Partnership Working with Macmillan Cancer Support and the College of Social Science, University of Lincoln
Macmillan Cancer Support is the UK’s leading cancer charity and comprises a network of millions of professionals, volunteers, campaigners and people affected by cancer. In November 2013, the university signed a formal partnership with Macmillan and from the outset Ros Kane was a member of the steering group to direct and co-ordinate activities across three…Continue Reading Supporting People Affected by Cancer: Partnership Working with Macmillan Cancer Support and the College of Social Science, University of Lincoln
Building an Evidence Base to Support Polish Women Victims of Domestic Abuse in the UK
This 21-month research project will generate a robust evidence base to improve support for Polish migrant women in violent relationships living in the UK. It seeks to understand the reasons for the very low rate of referrals by Polish residents to domestic abuse services and thus enhance knowledge about how migration and transnational factors shape…Continue Reading Building an Evidence Base to Support Polish Women Victims of Domestic Abuse in the UK
Global Health
Prof Frank Tanser, Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health Prof Mark Gussy, Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health Prof Niro Siriwardena, Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health Dr Ffion Curtis, Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health Dr Agnes Nanyonjo, Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health…Continue Reading Global Health
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Pregnancy: Importance of Analyzing Temporal Profiles to Understand Clinical Outcomes
Maternal glucose is the major determinant of fetal growth, predicting large for gestational age (LGA) infants and neonatal outcomes (1). However, maternal glucose is dynamic, with glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity varying across the 24-h day with a circadian rhythmicity (2,3). Superimposed upon this, there are the peaks and troughs in glucose that are determined…Continue Reading Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Pregnancy: Importance of Analyzing Temporal Profiles to Understand Clinical Outcomes