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  1. The intersection of HIV-related health outcomes and problem substance use has been well documented. New York City continues to be a focal point of the U.S. HIV epidemic. In 2011, the NYC Department of Health a...

    Authors: Aimee N. C. Campbell, Don Des Jarlais, Cooper Hannah, Sarah Braunstein, Susan Tross, Laura Kersanske, Christine Borges, Martina Pavlicova, Kevin Jefferson, Howard Newville, Laurel Weaver and Margaret Wolff
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:341
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  2. A large number of information and communication technology (ICT) based interventions exist for suicide prevention. However, not much is known about which of these ICTs are implemented in clinical settings and ...

    Authors: Hwayeon Danielle Shin, Keri Durocher, Lydia Sequeira, Juveria Zaheer, John Torous and Gillian Strudwick
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:281
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  3. Diabetes is the third most common chronic condition in childhood and poor glycaemic control leads to serious short-term and life-limiting long-term complications. In addition to optimal medical management, it ...

    Authors: Rachel McNamara, Mike Robling, Kerenza Hood, Kristina Bennert, Susan Channon, David Cohen, Elizabeth Crowne, Helen Hambly, Kamila Hawthorne, Mirella Longo, Lesley Lowes, Rebecca Playle, Stephen Rollnick and John W Gregory
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:36
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  4. Maternal morbidity and mortality is most prevalent in resource-poor settings such as sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. In sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana is one of the countries still facing particular challenge...

    Authors: Minerva Kyei-Onanjiri, Mary Carolan-Olah, John Koku Awoonor-Williams and Terence V. McCann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:184
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  5. The most important and contested element of nursing identity may be the patient-centredness of nursing, though this concept is not well-treated in the nursing identity literature. More conceptually-based mappi...

    Authors: Erica Bell, Steve Campbell and Lynette R Goldberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:3
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  6. National cancer policies identify the improvement of care coordination as a priority to improve the delivery of health services for people with cancer. Identification of the current barriers to effective cance...

    Authors: Jennifer Walsh, James D Harrison, Jane M Young, Phyllis N Butow, Michael J Solomon and Lindy Masya
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:132
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  7. Job satisfaction is an important predictor of an individual’s intention to leave the workplace. It is increasingly being used to consider the retention of health workers in low-income countries. However, the d...

    Authors: Neha Batura, Jolene Skordis-Worrall, Rita Thapa, Regina Basnyat and Joanna Morrison
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:308
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  8. Job satisfaction is a predictor of intention to stay and turnover among allied healthcare providers. However, there is limited research examining job satisfaction among allied health professionals, specificall...

    Authors: Laura D. Aloisio, Wendy A. Gifford, Katherine S. McGilton, Michelle Lalonde, Carole A. Estabrooks and Janet E. Squires
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:491
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  9. Effective Prevention of Mother to child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) relies heavily on follow-up of HIV-infected women and infants from antenatal, through postnatal, to the end of the breastfeeding period. In U...

    Authors: Zikulah Namukwaya, Linda Barlow-Mosha, Peter Mudiope, Adeodata Kekitiinwa, Joyce Namale Matovu, Ezra Musingye, Jane Ntongo Ssebaggala, Teopista Nakyanzi, Jubilee John Abwooli, Dorothy Mirembe, Juliane Etima, Edward Bitarakwate, Mary Glenn Fowler and Philippa Martha Musoke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:555
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  10. ED overcrowding represents a significant public health problem in developed countries. Frequent users of the emergency departments (FUEDs; reporting 5 or more ED visits in the past year) are often affected by ...

    Authors: Véronique S. Grazioli, Joanna C. Moullin, Miriam Kasztura, Marina Canepa-Allen, Olivier Hugli, Judy Griffin, Francis Vu, Catherine Hudon, Yves Jackson, Hans Wolff, Bernard Burnand, Jean-Bernard Daeppen and Patrick Bodenmann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:28
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  11. Despite the proven efficacy of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) in promoting primary healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), they are not adequately financed and compensated. The latter contr...

    Authors: Roselyter Monchari Riang’a, Njeri Nyanja, Adelaide Lusambili, Eunice Muthoni Mwangi, Joshua R. Ehrlich, Paul Clyde, Cyprian Mostert and Anthony Ngugi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:132
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  12. Foundations and public agencies commonly fund focused initiatives for individual grantees. These discrete, stand-alone initiatives can risk failure by being carried out in isolation. Fostering synergy among gr...

    Authors: Donald E Pathman, Emmeline Chuang and Bryan J Weiner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:263
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  13. The lack of availability of skilled providers in low- and middle- income countries is considered to be an important barrier to achieving reductions in maternal and child mortality. However, there is limited re...

    Authors: Edward N. Okeke, Emma Pitchforth, Josephine Exley, Peter Glick, Isa Sadeeq Abubakar, Amalavoyal V. Chari, Usman Bashir, Kun Gu and Obinna Onwujekwe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:356
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  14. The failure of high-income countries, such as Ireland, to achieve a self-sufficient medical workforce has global implications, particularly for low-income, source countries. In the past decade, Ireland has dou...

    Authors: Niamh Humphries, Sophie Crowe and Ruairí Brugha
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:144
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  15. Severe shortages of qualified health workers and geographical imbalances in the workforce in many low-income countries require the national health sector management to closely monitor and address issues relate...

    Authors: Nils Gunnar Songstad, Karen Marie Moland, Deodatus Amadeus Massay and Astrid Blystad
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:92
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  16. Non-professional involvement in delivering health and social care support in areas of socio-economic deprivation is considered important in attempting to reduce health inequalities. However, trials of peer men...

    Authors: Christine A Murphy, Margaret E Cupples, Andrew Percy, Henry L Halliday and Moira C Stewart
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:46
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  17. Roughly 40% of those with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) have mental health needs, twice the national average. Unfortunately, outpatient mental health services are often inaccessible, increasing...

    Authors: Luther G. Kalb, Jessica M. Kramer, Tawara D. Goode, Sandra J. Black, Susan Klick, Andrea Caoili, Samantha Klipsch, Ann Klein, Micah P. Urquilla and Joan B. Beasley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:795
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  18. One practice in healthcare implementation is patient engagement in quality improvement and systems redesign. Implementers in healthcare systems include clinical leadership, middle managers, quality improvement...

    Authors: Eva N. Woodward, Andrea Isabel Melgar Castillo, Gala True, Cathleen Willging and JoAnn E. Kirchner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:29
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  19. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) programs have been taken up widely by Indigenous primary health care (PHC) services in Australia and there has been national policy commitment to support this. However, int...

    Authors: Karen Gardner, Beverly Sibthorpe, Mier Chan, Ginny Sargent, Michelle Dowden and Daniel McAullay
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:541
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Identifying occupational health hazards among Registered Nurses (RNs) and other health personnel and implementing effective preventive measures are crucial to the long-term sustainability of health services. T...

    Authors: Solveig Osborg Ose, Signe Lohmann-Lafrenz, Silje L. Kaspersen, Hanne Berthelsen and Gunn Hege Marchand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1272
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  21. With professional midwives being introduced in Bangladesh in 2013, the aim of this study was to describe midwifery students perceptions on midwives’ realities in Bangladesh, based on their own experiences.

    Authors: Malin Bogren, Kerstin Erlandsson and Ulrika Byrskog
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:639
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  22. The introduction of Integrated Care Systems (ICS) in England aimed to increase joint planning and delivery of health and social care, and other services, to better meet the needs of local communities. There is...

    Authors: Christopher J. Gidlow, Lorna Sams, Kim Buckless, Naomi J. Ellis, Helen C. Duffy, Ruth Lambley-Burke, Paul Campbell, Alison Cooke, Krysia Dziedzic, Matthew Brookes, Nachiappan Chockalingam, Pam Devall and Christian Mallen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:264
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  23. Mental health is linked to HIV outcomes, including linkage into care and adherence to medication. Integrated care for mental and physical health is recommended. HIV testing and counselling sessions represent a...

    Authors: Faith Martin, Winfred Nalukenge, Oucul Lazarus, Josephine Birungi and Janet Seeley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1027
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  24. Rural emergency departments (EDs) constitute crucial safety nets for the 20 % of Canadians who live in rural areas. Pilot data suggests that the province of Québec appears to provide more comprehensive access ...

    Authors: Richard Fleet, Julien Poitras, Patrick Archambault, Fatoumata Korika Tounkara, Jean-Marc Chauny, Mathieu Ouimet, Josée Gauthier, Gilles Dupuis, Alain Tanguay, Jean-Frédéric Lévesque, Geneviève Simard-Racine, Jeannie Haggerty and France Légaré
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:572
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  25. This study aimed to achieve expert consensus regarding key items to be addressed by non-clinical operators using computer-software integrated medical dispatch protocols to manage out-of-hours telephone triage ...

    Authors: Farah Islam, Pieter Heeren, Kelu Yang, Koen Milisen and Marc Sabbe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:189
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  26. The period following hospital discharge is a vulnerable time for patients when errors and poorly coordinated care are common. Suboptimal care transitions for patients admitted with cardiovascular conditions ca...

    Authors: Abby G Meyers, Amanda Salanitro, Kenneth A Wallston, Courtney Cawthon, Eduard E Vasilevskis, Kathryn M Goggins, Corinne M Davis, Russell L Rothman, Liana D Castel, Katharine M Donato, John F Schnelle, Susan P Bell, Jonathan S Schildcrout, Chandra Y Osborn, Frank E Harrell and Sunil Kripalani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:10
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  27. This study included Community Health Workers and their supervisors from HIV clinical care teams who participated in the Healthy Choices intervention program. Healthy Choices is a Motivational Interviewing-based i...

    Authors: Karen MacDonell, Veronica Dinaj-Koci, Juline Koken and Sylvie Naar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1098
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  28. Indigenous Australians experience disproportionately high prevalence of, and morbidity and mortality from chronic illness such as diabetes, renal disease and cardiovascular disease. Improving the understanding...

    Authors: Damin Si, Ross Bailie, Joan Cunningham, Gary Robinson, Michelle Dowden, Allison Stewart, Christine Connors and Tarun Weeramanthri
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:112
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  29. Uganda has high maternal, neonatal, and under-five mortality rates. This study documents stakeholder perspectives on best practices in a maternal and newborn health (MNH) quality-improvement programme implemen...

    Authors: Simon Muhumuza, Xavier Nsabagasani, Cinderella Ngonzi Muhangi, Grace Latigi, Patricia Pirio, Chimwemwe Msukwa, Fabian Mwanyumba, Fatima Gohar, Tedbabe Degefie Hailegebriel, Atnafu Getachew Asfaw and Anne-Marie Bergh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:473
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  30. Community advisory groups (CAGs) have been shown to be catalysts who bridge the gap between communities and primary health care facilities by sustaining good working relationships through community engagement ...

    Authors: Thoko Ndaba, Myra Taylor and Musawenkosi Mabaso
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:392
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  31. The aging of rural populations contributes to growing numbers of people with dementia in rural areas. Despite the key role of primary healthcare in rural settings there is limited research on effective models ...

    Authors: Debra Morgan, Julie Kosteniuk, Megan E. O’Connell, Dallas Seitz, Valerie Elliot, Melanie Bayly, Amanda Froehlich Chow and Chelsie Cameron
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:148
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:203

  32. Mental health professionals usually decide patients’ access to inpatient care to ensure the rational and fair distribution of care based on need and prognosis. The purpose of the current study is to investigat...

    Authors: Olav Nyttingnes and Torleif Ruud
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:229
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  33. Human resources for health consume a substantial share of healthcare resources and determine the efficiency and overall performance of health systems. Under Kenya’s devolved governance, human resources for hea...

    Authors: Lizah Nyawira, Benjamin Tsofa, Anita Musiega, Joshua Munywoki, Rebecca G. Njuguna, Kara Hanson, Andrew Mulwa, Sassy Molyneux, Isabel Maina, Charles Normand, Julie Jemutai and Edwine Barasa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1046
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  34. Community-based HIV-prevention services are a key approach to prevent HIV transmission among key population representatives. Transgender people have multiple specific needs and it is crucial to use prevention ...

    Authors: Oleksandr Neduzhko, Tetiana Saliuk, Oksana Kovtun, Nadiia Semchuk and Olga Varetska
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:631
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  35. The social gradient in chronic disease (CD) is well-documented, and the ability to effectively self-manage is crucial to reducing morbidity and mortality from CD. This systematic review aimed to assess the mod...

    Authors: Ruth Hardman, Stephen Begg and Evelien Spelten
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:150
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  36. There is growing interest in the role of patients in improving patient safety. One such role is providing feedback on the safety of their care. Here we describe the development and feasibility testing of an in...

    Authors: Jane K. O’Hara, Rebecca J. Lawton, Gerry Armitage, Laura Sheard, Claire Marsh, Kim Cocks, Rosie R. C. McEachan, Caroline Reynolds, Ian Watt and John Wright
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:676
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  37. Turnover intention is a major cause of reduced team morale and low work efficiency. It hinders work performance and reduces the quality of medical services. This study aimed to investigate the relationship bet...

    Authors: Huosheng Yan, Lingzhi Sang, Hongzhang Liu, Cancan Li, Zijing Wang, Ren Chen, Hong Ding, Zhi Hu and Guimei Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:252
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  38. Deciding what health services are provided is a key consideration in delivering appropriate and accessible health care for rural and remote populations. Despite residents of rural communities experiencing poor...

    Authors: Robyn Adams, Anne Jones, Sophie Lefmann and Lorraine Sheppard
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:121
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  39. Globally, about 150 million people experience catastrophic healthcare expenditure services annually. Among low and middle income countries, out-of-pocket expenditure pushes about 100 million people into povert...

    Authors: Barnabas Africanus Mbogo and Deborah McGill
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:413
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  40. The COVID-19 pandemic thrust people living with HIV (PLWH) and HIV/AIDS service organizations into an environment ripe with uncertainty. This study examined Indiana HIV/AIDS service provider perceptions of how...

    Authors: Justin J. MacNeill, Jacqueline C. Linnes, Randolph D. Hubach and Natalia M. Rodriguez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:622
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  41. Substantial government funding has been invested to support the training of General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia to serve rural communities. However, there is little data on the impact of this expanded tra...

    Authors: Katerina Kanakis, Louise Young, Carole Reeve, Richard Hays, Tarun Sen Gupta and Bunmi Malau-Aduli
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:812
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  42. The standard face-to-face training for the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) continues to be plagued by concerns of low coverage of trainees, the prolonged absence of trainees from the health f...

    Authors: Kahabi Isangula, Esther Ngadaya, Alexander Manu, Mary Mmweteni, Doreen Philbert, Dorica Burengelo, Gibson Kagaruki, Mbazi Senkoro, Godfather Kimaro, Amos Kahwa, Fikiri Mazige, Felix Bundala, Nemes Iriya, Francis Donard, Caritas Kitinya, Victor Minja…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:56
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  43. In low- and middle-income countries, a shortage of properly trained, supervised, motivated and equitably distributed health workers often hinder the delivery of lifesaving interventions. Various health workfor...

    Authors: Linda Vesel, Kathryn Waller, Justine Dowden and Jean Christophe Fotso
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15(Suppl 1):S3
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1

  44. Developing new medicines relies on the successful conduct of clinical trials. As trial protocols become more arduous, it becomes harder to recruit and retain patient volunteers, although recent efforts such as...

    Authors: Pronabesh DasMahapatra, Priya Raja, Jeremy Gilbert and Paul Wicks
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:166
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  45. People living in rural and remote locations are disadvantaged in accessing palliative care. This can be attributed to several factors including the role diversity and the low numbers of patients with specific ...

    Authors: Robin A Ray, Ofra Fried and Daniel Lindsay
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:272
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  46. The Eastern Cape Province reports among the poorest health service indicators in South Africa with some of its districts standing out as worst performing as regards maternal health indicators. To understand ke...

    Authors: Martina Lembani, Helen de Pinho, Peter Delobelle, Christina Zarowsky, Thubelihle Mathole and Alastair Ager
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:912
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  47. Persistent low membership is observed in many community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes in Africa. Causes for low membership have been identified and solutions suggested, but this did not result in incre...

    Authors: Maria-Pia Waelkens, Yves Coppieters, Samia Laokri and Bart Criel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:535
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  48. Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) schemes are recognized as an important health financing pathway to achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Although previous studies have documented CBHIs in low-inco...

    Authors: Christine Nabanoba and Henry Zakumumpa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:89
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  49. Pain is a common and distressing symptom in people with cancer, but is under-recognised and under-treated. Australian guidelines for ‘Cancer Pain Management in Adults’ are available on the Cancer Council Austr...

    Authors: Tim Luckett, Jane Phillips, Meera Agar, Lawrence Lam, Patricia M. Davidson, Nicola McCaffrey, Frances Boyle, Tim Shaw, David C. Currow, Alison Read, Annmarie Hosie and Melanie Lovell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:558
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  50. Family involvement for persons with psychotic disorders is under-implemented in mental health care, despite its firm scientific, economic, legal and moral basis. This appears to be the case in Norway, despite ...

    Authors: Lars Hestmark, Maria Romøren, Kristin Sverdvik Heiervang, Bente Weimand, Torleif Ruud, Reidun Norvoll, Kristiane Myckland Hansson, Irene Norheim, Eline Aas, Elisabeth Geke Marjan Landeweer and Reidar Pedersen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:934
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:
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