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Are interventions to reduce the impact of arsenic contamination of groundwater on human health in developing countries effective?: A systematic review protocol (2011)
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Pearson, M., Jones-Hughes, T., Whear, R., Cooper, C., Peters, J., Evans, E., & Depledge, M. (2011). Are interventions to reduce the impact of arsenic contamination of groundwater on human health in developing countries effective?: A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence, 1(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2382-1-1

© 2011 Pearson et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: Chronic arsenic pollution is now recognised as a worldwide problem, with 21 countries experiencing arsenic groundwater contamination. It is a particularly important issue in developing co... Read More about Are interventions to reduce the impact of arsenic contamination of groundwater on human health in developing countries effective?: A systematic review protocol.

Preventing unintentional injuries to children under 15 years in the outdoors: A systematic review of the effectiveness of educational programs (2011)
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Pearson, M., Hunt, H., Garside, R., Moxham, T., Peters, J., & Anderson, R. (2012). Preventing unintentional injuries to children under 15 years in the outdoors: A systematic review of the effectiveness of educational programs. Injury Prevention, 18(2), 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040043

Introduction Unintentional injuries to children in the outdoors have a significant impact on child mortality, development and healthcare costs. This paper presents the findings of a systematic review about the effectiveness of programs that provided... Read More about Preventing unintentional injuries to children under 15 years in the outdoors: A systematic review of the effectiveness of educational programs.

Short-term opioids for breathlessness in stable chronic heart failure: A randomized controlled trial (2011)
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Oxberry, S. G., Torgerson, D. J., Bland, J. M., Clark, A. L., Cleland, J. G. F., & Johnson, M. J. (2011). Short-term opioids for breathlessness in stable chronic heart failure: A randomized controlled trial. European journal of heart failure, 13(9), 1006-1012. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjhf/hfr068

Aims To assess the effect of oral opioids vs. placebo on breathlessness in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods and results Oral morphine (Oramorph), oral oxycodone (Oxynorm), and placebo were studied in an outpatient setting. Once rand... Read More about Short-term opioids for breathlessness in stable chronic heart failure: A randomized controlled trial.

Outcome reporting bias in evaluations of public health interventions: Evidence of impact and the potential role of a study register (2011)
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Pearson, M., & Peters, J. (2012). Outcome reporting bias in evaluations of public health interventions: Evidence of impact and the potential role of a study register. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 66(4), 286-289. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2010.122465

Background: Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of interventions are increasingly used to inform recommendations for public health policy and practice, but outcome reporting bias is rarely assessed. Methods: Studies excluded at full-text stage sc... Read More about Outcome reporting bias in evaluations of public health interventions: Evidence of impact and the potential role of a study register.

Generalizing applied qualitative research on harm reduction: the example of a public injecting typology (2011)
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Pearson, M., Parkin, S., & Coomber, R. (2011). Generalizing applied qualitative research on harm reduction: the example of a public injecting typology. Contemporary Drug Problems, 38(1), 61-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/009145091103800104

The small sample sizes and context-bound findings of qualitative research are commonly viewed as significant factors that limit its use (or “transferability”) in settings other than those in which the research was originally conducted. This perceived... Read More about Generalizing applied qualitative research on harm reduction: the example of a public injecting typology.

Why do health professionals refer individual patients to specialist day hospice care? (2011)
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Bradley, S. E., Frizelle, D., & Johnson, M. (2011). Why do health professionals refer individual patients to specialist day hospice care?. Journal of palliative medicine, 14(2), 133-138. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.0372

Background: There are no nationally agreed criteria for admission to specialist palliative day care (SPDC). Previous work has called for future research to qualitatively examine why health and social professionals make referrals to day care. Therefor... Read More about Why do health professionals refer individual patients to specialist day hospice care?.

Patients' psychosocial experiences of attending specialist palliative day care: a systematic review (2011)
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Bradley, S. E., Frizelle, D., & Johnson, M. (2011). Patients' psychosocial experiences of attending specialist palliative day care: a systematic review. Palliative medicine, 25(3), 210-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216310389222

Recent reviews conclude that the benefits of attending Specialist Palliative Day Care (SPDC) are likely to be in social, psychological and spiritual domains. However, these areas are not easily identified, leaving researchers and practitioners unclea... Read More about Patients' psychosocial experiences of attending specialist palliative day care: a systematic review.

Effectiveness of search strategies for qualitative research about barriers and facilitators of program delivery (2011)
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Pearson, M., Moxham, T., & Ashton, K. (2011). Effectiveness of search strategies for qualitative research about barriers and facilitators of program delivery. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 34(3), 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163278710388029

Electronic database search strategies have developed substantially over the course of the past two decades, but their optimal use within a broader search strategy remains unclear. This article evaluates the use of a range of search strategies to iden... Read More about Effectiveness of search strategies for qualitative research about barriers and facilitators of program delivery.