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  1. There are currently no national measures in England reporting the experiences of people who have been involved with adult safeguarding services following concerns that they may be at risk of abuse or neglect. ...

    Authors: Caroline Norrie, Jill Manthorpe, Cher Cartwright and Pritpal Rayat
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:209
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  2. Preterm birth is a worldwide challenge with the highest burden in low- and middle-income countries. Despite availability of low-cost interventions to decrease mortality of preterm, low birth weight, and sick n...

    Authors: Abubeker Kedir Usman, Eskinder Wolka, Yared Tadesse, Abraham Tariku, Abate Yeshidinber, Alula M. Teklu, Kirsten Senturia, Wendemaghen Gezahegn and James A. Litch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:860
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  3. Two striking demographic shifts evident in today's workforce are also apparent in the medical profession. One is the entry of a new generation of physicians, Gen Xers, and the other is the influx of women. Bot...

    Authors: Emily Jovic, Jean E Wallace and Jane Lemaire
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:55
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  4. Integrated care has the potential to ease the increasing pressures faced by health and social care systems, however, challenges around measuring the benefits for providers, patients, and service users remain. ...

    Authors: Helen Crocker, Laura Kelly, Jenny Harlock, Ray Fitzpatrick and Michele Peters
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:515
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  5. To assess the impacts of changing a model of care and employing general practitioners (GPs) within residential aged care facilities (RACFs) on costs to the aged care provider (ACP) and state and federal govern...

    Authors: Lei Si, Andrew Robinson, Terry P. Haines, Petra Tierney and Andrew J. Palmer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:374
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  6. Healthcare organizations worldwide face persistent challenges relating to turnover and intention to leave the nursing profession among registered nurses. Factors contributing to their retention and well-being ...

    Authors: Stina Kallerhult Hermansson, Fredrik Norström, Yvonne Hilli, Jonas Rennemo Vaag and Karin Bölenius
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:734
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  7. The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic increased use of telehealth for the management of opioid use disorder and chronic non-cancer pain in primary care safety net clinical systems. Significant barriers to telehea...

    Authors: Alexis Cooke, Stacy Castellanos, Celeste Enriquez, Pamela Olsen, Christine Miaskowski, Margot Kushel and Kelly Ray Knight
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:325
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  8. Refugee and migrant women are at higher risk of childbirth complications and generally poorer pregnancy outcomes. They also report lower satisfaction with pregnancy care because of language barriers, perceived...

    Authors: Katarzyna Olcoń, Delia Rambaldini-Gooding and Chris Degeling
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:42
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  9. Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa are rapidly scaling up “differentiated service delivery” (DSD) models for HIV treatment to improve the quality of care, increase access, reduce costs, and support the conti...

    Authors: Sophie Pascoe, Amy Huber, Idah Mokhele, Nkgomeleng Lekodeba, Vinolia Ntjikelane, Linda Sande, Timothy Tchereni, Prudence Haimbe and Sydney Rosen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:891
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  10. Male involvement (MI) along the continuum of HIV healthcare services has been promoted as a critical intervention in low-income countries and represents one of the reasons for dropout and low retention of wome...

    Authors: Isotta Triulzi, Ilaria Palla, Fausto Ciccacci, Stefano Orlando, Leonardo Palombi and Giuseppe Turchetti
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:943
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  11. A shortage of doctors is currently one of the biggest challenges faced by the healthcare workforce in the United Kingdom (UK). While plans are in place to increase the number of medical school places, in the s...

    Authors: N. Brennan, N. Langdon, T. Gale, N. Humphries, A. Knapton and M. Bryce
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1204
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  12. Globally, men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs remain disproportionately affected by HIV, but they have not been the focus of prevention and treatment interventions in many resource-limited se...

    Authors: Sunil S. Solomon, Gregory M. Lucas, David D. Celentano, Allison M. McFall, Elizabeth Ogburn, Lawrence H. Moulton, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, M. Suresh Kumar, Santhanam Anand, Suniti Solomon and Shruti H. Mehta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:652
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  13. Integrated mental health care models that provide rapid access to video consultations with mental health specialists for primary care patients are a promising short-term, low-threshold treatment option and may...

    Authors: Markus W. Haun, Lydia Oeljeklaus, Mariell Hoffmann, Justus Tönnies, Michel Wensing, Joachim Szecsenyi, Frank Peters-Klimm, Regina Krisam, Dorothea Kronsteiner, Mechthild Hartmann and Hans-Christoph Friederich
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:9
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  14. Although transition programs have been evaluated for adolescents with chronic conditions, these have rarely involved process evaluations. Indeed, outcomes of complex interventions are dependent on how the inte...

    Authors: Markus Saarijärvi, Lars Wallin, Philip Moons, Hanna Gyllensten and Ewa-Lena Bratt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:153
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  16. Empowerment approaches are essential for building the capacity of individuals with chronic disease to be in control of their health. Reviews of empowerment interventions have been focused on specific chronic d...

    Authors: Natalie Stepanian, Marie Hamilton Larsen, Joshua B. Mendelsohn, Kari L. Mariussen and Kristin Heggdal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:911
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  17. Prehabilitation services assist patients in preparing for surgery, yet access to these services are often limited by geographical factors. Enabling rural and regional patients to access specialist surgical pre...

    Authors: Jamie L. Waterland, Rani Chahal, Hilmy Ismail, Catherine Sinton, Bernhard Riedel, Jill J. Francis and Linda Denehy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:443
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  18. Midwives have long workdays and work many weeks on call. There is a concern that these extended work schedules can negatively affect their intention to stay in the profession.

    Authors: Isik U. Zeytinoglu, Firat K. Sayin, Elena Neiterman, Farimah HakemZadeh, Johanna Geraci, Jennifer Plenderleith and Derek Lobb
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:950
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  19. Multi-month dispensing (MMD) of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is an integral component of differentiated HIV service delivery for people living with HIV (PLHIV). Although many countries have scaled up ART dispe...

    Authors: Joanne E. Mantell, Jennifer M. Zech, Tsitsi B. Masvawure, Tamrat Assefa, Mitike Molla, Laura Block, Dereje Duguma, Zenebe Yirsaw and Miriam Rabkin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:563
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  20. The literature on interventions addressing the intersection of homelessness, mental illness and race is scant. The At Home/Chez Soi research demonstration project is a pragmatic field trial investigating a Hou...

    Authors: Vicky Stergiopoulos, Patricia O’Campo, Agnes Gozdzik, Jeyagobi Jeyaratnam, Simon Corneau, Aseefa Sarang and Stephen W Hwang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:345
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Frequent users of hospital emergency departments (EDs) are a medically and socially vulnerable population. This article describes the rationale for a brief case management intervention for frequent ED users wi...

    Authors: Vicky Stergiopoulos, Agnes Gozdzik, Jason Tan de Bibiana, Tim Guimond, Stephen W. Hwang, Donald A. Wasylenki and Molyn Leszcz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:432
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. The home and community care sector is one of the fastest growing sectors globally and most prominently in mature industrialized countries. Personal support workers (PSWs) are the largest occupational group in ...

    Authors: Isik U. Zeytinoglu, Margaret Denton, Catherine Brookman, Sharon Davies and Firat K. Sayin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:427
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. The relationship between nurse staffing levels and patient safety is well recognised. Inadequate provision of nursing staff is associated with increased medical error, as well as higher morbidity and mortality...

    Authors: Hannah Hegarty, Thomas Knight, Catherine Atkin, Tash Kelly, Chris Subbe, Daniel Lasserson and Mark Holland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:493
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  24. Several frameworks now exist to guide intervention development but there remains only limited evidence of their application to health interventions based around use of mobile phones or devices, particularly in...

    Authors: Kirsten Bobrow, Andrew Farmer, Nomazizi Cishe, Ntobeko Nwagi, Mosedi Namane, Thomas P. Brennan, David Springer, Lionel Tarassenko and Naomi Levitt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:33
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Symptoms in patients with advanced cancer are often inadequately captured during encounters with the healthcare team. Emerging evidence demonstrates that weekly electronic home-based patient-reported symptom m...

    Authors: Gabrielle B. Rocque, J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, Angela M. Stover, Casey L. Daniel, Andres Azuero, Chao-Hui Sylvia Huang, Stacey A. Ingram, Jeffrey A. Franks, Nicole E. Caston, D’ Ambra N. Dent, Ethan M. Basch, Bradford E. Jackson, Doris Howell, Bryan J. Weiner and Jennifer Young Pierce
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:538
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  26. Mental health acute and crisis care consumes a large share of mental health budgets internationally but is often experienced as unsatisfactory and difficult to access. As a result, there is an increasing move ...

    Authors: Una Foye, Rebecca Appleton, Patrick Nyikavaranda, Natasha Lyons, Ceri Dare, Chris Lynch, Karen Persaud, Nafiso Ahmed, Ruth Stuart, Merle Schlief, Xia Huong, Nick Sevdalis, Luke Sheridan-Rains, Antonio Rojas-Garcia, Martin Stefan, Jeremy Clark…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1106
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  27. Midwifery group practice (MGP) has consistently demonstrated optimal health and wellbeing outcomes for childbearing women and their babies. In this model, women can form a relationship with a known midwife, im...

    Authors: Leonie Hewitt, Ann Dadich, Donna L. Hartz and Hannah G. Dahlen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1203
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  29. In Canada, access to palliative care is a growing concern, particularly in rural communities. These communities have constrained health care services and accessing local palliative care can be challenging. The...

    Authors: Nadine Schuurman, Michael E. Martin, Valorie A. Crooks and Ellen Randall
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:168
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Patient-powered research networks (PPRNs) have been employing and exploring different methods to engage patients in research activities specific to their conditions. One way to intensify patient engagement is ...

    Authors: Xiaoxue Chen, Abiy Agiro, W. Benjamin Nowell, Sara Loud, Robert McBurney, Kalen Young, Rebecca Sutphen, Elizabeth Bourquardez Clark, Cristina M. Burroughs, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Antoine G. Sreih, Peter A. Merkel and Kevin Haynes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:462
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  31. There are well-established guidelines for treating hypertension (HTN), yet only half of patients with HTN meet the defined target of < 140/90. Team-based care (TBC) is an evidence-based strategy for improving ...

    Authors: Donna R. Shelley, Dominique Brown, Charles M. Cleland, Hang Pham-Singer, Dina Zein, Ji Eun Chang and Winfred Y. Wu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:560
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  32. Provider recognition of level of functioning may be suboptimal in the dialysis setting, and this lack of recognition may lead to less patient-centered care. We aimed to assess whether delivery of an app-based,...

    Authors: Laura C. Plantinga, Brian Jones, Jeremy Johnson, Amelia Lambeth, Janice P. Lea, Leigh Nadel, Ann E. Vandenberg and C. Barrett Bowling
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:891
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. In South Africa, 60% of female sex workers (FSW) are living with HIV, many of whom experience structural and individual barriers to antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and adherence. Community-based decent...

    Authors: Carly A. Comins, Vijayanand Guddera, Lauren E. Parmley, Katherine Young, Mfezi Mcingana, Ntambue Mulumba, Sharmistha Mishra, Deliwe R. Phetlhu, Harry Hausler, Sheree Schwartz and Stefan Baral
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1166
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, heart failure (HF) disease management programmes were predominantly delivered in-person, with telemedicine being uncommon. Covid-19 resulted in a rapid shift to “remote-by-defau...

    Authors: Arvind Singhal, Jillian P. Riley and Martin R. Cowie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:847
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Although interprofessional practice (IPP) offers the potential to enhance rural health services and provide support to rural clinicians, IPP may itself be problematic due to workforce limitations and service f...

    Authors: Vicki Parker, Karen McNeil, Isabel Higgins, Rebecca Mitchell, Penelope Paliadelis, Michelle Giles and Glenda Parmenter
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:500
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Community health worker (CHW) programs are an important resource in the implementation of universal health coverage (UHC) in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, in countries with decentrali...

    Authors: Warren Dodd, Amy Kipp, Bethany Nicholson, Lincoln Leehang Lau, Matthew Little, John Walley and Xiaolin Wei
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:451
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Student midwives deliver care for women under challenging job demands, which may affect their mental health– thus creating a high need for health promotion. Given the lack of research addressing this topic, th...

    Authors: Ilona Efimov, Caroline Johanna Agricola, Albert Nienhaus, Volker Harth, Birgit-Christiane Zyriax and Stefanie Mache
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:594
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic recession has increased parental psychosocial stress and mental health challenges. This has adversely impacted child development and wellbeing, particularly fo...

    Authors: V. Eapen, S. Woolfenden, V. Schmied, B. Jalaludin, K. Lawson, S. T. Liaw, R. Lingam, A. Page, S. Cibralic, T. Winata, A. Mendoza Diaz, C. Lam-Cassettari, J. Burley, K. Boydell, P. Lin, A. Masi…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1240
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  39. Contracting-out non-state providers to deliver a minimum package of essential health services is an increasingly common health service delivery mechanism in conflict-affected settings, where government capacit...

    Authors: Natasha Howard, Aniek Woodward, Dhrusti Patel, Ahmad Shafi, Lisa Oddy, Annemarieter Veen, Nooria Atta, Egbert Sondorp and Bayard Roberts
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:359
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Interventions aiming to coordinate services for the community-based dementia population vary in components, organisation and implementation. In this review we aimed to investigate the views of stakeholders on ...

    Authors: Amy Backhouse, David A. Richards, Rose McCabe, Ross Watkins and Chris Dickens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:767
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Nearly 30 years post legalisation and introduction, midwifery is still not optimally integrated within the health system of Canada’s largest province, Ontario. Funding models have been identified as one of the...

    Authors: Elizabeth K. Darling, Sylvie B. Lemay, ‘Remi Ejiwunmi, Katherine J. Miller, Ann E. Sprague and Rohan D’Souza
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1087
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. Men surviving prostate cancer report a wide range of unmet needs. Holistic needs assessments (HNA) are designed to capture these, but are traditionally paper-based, generic, and only carried out in secondary c...

    Authors: Amy L. Clarke, Julia Roscoe, Rebecca Appleton, Jeremy Dale and Veronica Nanton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:115
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Differentiated service delivery (DSD) models for female sex workers (FSWs) continue to be scaled up with the goal of expanding access to HIV services and treatment continuity. However, little is known about FS...

    Authors: Lydia Atuhaire, Constance S. Shumba and Peter S. Nyasulu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:146
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. Correctional settings in South Africa have disproportionately high rates of HIV infection; a large number of inmates living with HIV return to the community each year. The transition community adherence club (...

    Authors: Yangxi An, Nasiphi Ntombela, Christopher J. Hoffmann, Tolulope Fashina, Tonderai Mabuto and Jill Owczarzak
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1092
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. For patients receiving daily opioid agonist treatment (OAT) for opioid dependence, several countries relaxed treatment guidelines at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This involved longer take-home inter...

    Authors: Rebecca McDonald, Anne Berit Bech and Thomas Clausen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:965
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. In Rwanda, maternal community health workers (M-CHWs) are involved in the country’s overall health system. In maternal health, their role includes the provision of preventive and promotional health services at...

    Authors: Germaine Tuyisenge, Celestin Hategeka, Isaac Luginaah, David F. Cechetto and Stephen Rulisa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:524
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Evidence-based programs (EBPs) for older adults effectively improve health outcomes. However, there is a limited understanding of the unique needs of service providers as they consider adopting, implementing, ...

    Authors: Yelba Castellon-Lopez, Savanna L. Carson, Katherine T. Ward, Karina D. Ramirez, Lynn Phan Vo, Tony Kuo, Teresa Seeman, Stefanie D. Vassar, Laura Trejo, Ellen Eidem, María P. Aranda and Arleen F. Brown
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:466
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. A policy statement recommending that healthcare providers (HCPs) encourage cardiac patients to enroll in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) was recently endorsed by 23 medical societies. This study describes the deve...

    Authors: Carolina Santiago de Araújo Pio, Anna Gagliardi, Neville Suskin, Farah Ahmad and Sherry L. Grace
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:768
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. The health workforce in Australia is ageing, particularly in rural areas, where this change will have the most immediate implications for health care delivery and workforce needs. In rural areas, the sustainab...

    Authors: Lyn J Fragar and Julie C Depczynski
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:42
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Families with low incomes experience an array of health and social challenges that compromise their resilience and lead to negative family outcomes. Along with financial constraints, there are barriers associa...

    Authors: Jane Drummond, Laurie Schnirer, Sylvia So, Maria Mayan, Deanna L Williamson, Jeffrey Bisanz, Konrad Fassbender and Natasha Wiebe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:223
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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