All Outputs (6)

A rapid systematic review of public responses to health messages encouraging vaccination against infectious diseases in a pandemic or epidemic (2020)
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Lawes-Wickwar, S., Ghio, D., Tang, M., Keyworth, C., Stanescu, S., Westbrook, J., & et al. (2020). A rapid systematic review of public responses to health messages encouraging vaccination against infectious diseases in a pandemic or epidemic

Background: Public health teams need to understand how the public responds to vaccination messages in a pandemic or epidemic to inform successful campaigns encouraging the uptake of new vaccines as they become available.
Methods: A rapid systematic... Read More about A rapid systematic review of public responses to health messages encouraging vaccination against infectious diseases in a pandemic or epidemic.

Thousands of unidentified Zimbabweans lie in secret mass graves – and I want to find them (2020)
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Silika, K. (2020). Thousands of unidentified Zimbabweans lie in secret mass graves – and I want to find them. London

In this piece, I give an outline of my personal and professional journey towards mass grave investigation.

Conspiracy theories and coronavirus: one in four people “endorse unequivocally false ideas about the pandemic” (2020)
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Cummins, I. (2020). Conspiracy theories and coronavirus: one in four people “endorse unequivocally false ideas about the pandemic”

British Valued Life Activities Scale [British VLAs] (2020)
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Prior, Y., Tennant, A., Tyson, S., & Hammond, A. (2020). British Valued Life Activities Scale [British VLAs]

What influences people’s responses to public health messages for managing risks and preventing infectious diseases? A rapid systematic review of the evidence and recommendations (2020)
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Ghio, D., Lawes-Wickwar, S., Tang, M., Epton, T., Howlett, N., Jenkinson, E., & et al. (2020). What influences people’s responses to public health messages for managing risks and preventing infectious diseases? A rapid systematic review of the evidence and recommendations

Background
Population level behaviour change, requiring individual behaviour change such as hand hygiene and physical distancing, are central to reducing transmission of infectious diseases, including COVID-19, but little is known about how best to... Read More about What influences people’s responses to public health messages for managing risks and preventing infectious diseases? A rapid systematic review of the evidence and recommendations.

Venesection best practice : a guide for nurses and healthcare professionals (2020)
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Johnson, M., Francis, Y., & Mortimer, G. (2020). Venesection best practice : a guide for nurses and healthcare professionals. Spalding, Lincs

Historically, venesection or blood-letting has been practised for thousands of years, mostly without helpful effect on the ailments then treated.
However, there are some conditions such as the quite common genetic haemochromatosis which results in t... Read More about Venesection best practice : a guide for nurses and healthcare professionals.