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HEDS seminar series
Our spring semester seminar series is about to start.  Those confirmed to date are:Tues 4th March, Thomas Butt, University College London -"Discrete choice experiments (DCE) to measure social values/QALY weights for use in value-based pricing VBP"Tues 18th March, Prof. Barney Reeves, University of Bristol, "Assessing bias in non-randomised studies"Tuesday 1st April, Dr Jean Adams, Newcastle University, "The effectiveness and acceptability of using financial incentives to encourage uptake of health promoting behaviours."All seminars are to be held in Lecture Rooms
Nepalese health workers' migration to the United Kingdom: A qualitative study
Author(s):Sapkota, T.N. | van Teijlingen, E. | Simkhada, P.P.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: Health Science JournalAccess all results for your search in Scopus
Putting 'Adam' in his rightful place in evolutionary history
Our most common male ancestor walked the earth 209,000 years ago – earlier than scientists commonly thought - according to new research from the University of Sheffield.

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Competencies required from public health professionals by health based organisations and the role of academia
Author(s):Abbas, S.M. | Lee, A. | Mubashir, H.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: Journal of the Pakistan Medical AssociationAccess all results for your search in Scopus
Getting the 'blues': the existence, diffusion and influence of pornography on young peoples' sexual health in Sierra Leone
Author(s):Day, A.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: Culture, Health and SexualityAccess all results for your search in Scopus
Examining the impact of 11 long-standing health conditions on health-related quality of life using the EQ-5D in a general population sample
Author(s):Wu, M. | Brazier, J.E. | Kearns, B. | Relton, C. | Smith, C. | Cooper, C.L.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: European Journal of Health EconomicsAccess all results for your search in Scopus
RAT Group Member Mark Jayes NIHR Fellowship
Mark Jayes has been awarded an NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship to carry out research on mental capacity assessment for patients with communication difficulties. Mark works clinically as a Speech and Language Therapist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) and until recently was seconded part-time to South Yorkshire CLAHRC Stroke theme, where he worked alongside Dr Rebecca Palmer. Mark p

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NHS England » The new Congenital Heart Disease review: 15th ...
This programme is contracting with The University of Sheffield, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) who have expertise in academic literature reviews of health care service design and this team, on our behalf, ...
Health Economics and Decision Science Blog @ ScHARR ...
In parallel with the pilot evaluation the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) was commissioned to undertake an analysis of the economic impact of expanding the screening programme. The economic model is ...
Meet our December Advisor of the Month! | Mendeley Blog
In lots of ways, firstly about 4 years ago teaching clinicians research skills and then through formal teaching in various faculties, my own department at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), in the iSchool and ...
Acceptability of NHS 111 the telephone service for urgent health ...
↵*Correspondence to Alicia O'Cathain, Medical Care Research Unit, The School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Street, Sheffield S11 9DA, UK; E-mail: a.ocathain{at}sheffield.ac.uk ...
Clegg opposes Uni of Sheffield vouchers for breastfeeding study ...
Dr. Clare Relton from the University's School of Health and Related Research said: “The NHS recommends that mothers exclusively breastfeed their babies during the first six months. Despite this, only 34 per cent of UK ...
Comment: Breast may be best, but bribing mothers to nurse is not ...
Researchers at Sheffield University's School of Health and Related Research have decided to bribe women into doing something that "they" have decided is best. But no woman in history has ever successfully breastfed ...

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