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The GuardianMinimum pricing for alcohol effectively targets high risk drinkersMedical XpressAccording to the study's lead author, Dr John Holmes from University's School of Health and Related Research, "Overall, the impact of a minimum unit price policy on moderate drinkers would be very small, irrespective of income. "The policy would mainly ...Minimum pricing would have negligible effect on moderate drinkers, says study
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Using the University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) model, the government's impact assesment estimates that approximately 900 crimes could be prevented per year at a benefit of £3.6m.
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Below-cost alcohol rules take aim at super-discounting - The Grocer
After the government's decision to withdraw from minimum pricing, a report by experts from the University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) estimated that just 1.3% of all units of alcohol sold ...
Key to sustainable nutrition in Africa is prevention not treatment
Michelle Holdsworth, Professor of Public Health at the School of Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield said: "Africa faces huge problems of malnutrition in all its forms, including hunger, micronutrient ...
Interview: Paul Bissell & Padam Simkhada, School of Health ...
Paul Bissell is currently professor of public health and director of the public health section and a member of the senior management team in the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield, ...
90% of food displayed to children at checkouts unhealthy, study ...
The team from the university's school of health and related research found that 90% of the products children saw as their parents queued to pay were unhealthy, according to the Food Standards Agency's definition. They were ...
HQLO | Full text | Quality of life impact of mental health conditions in ...
2 School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. For all author emails, please log on. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2014, 12:6 doi:10.1186/1477-7525-12-6. The electronic version of this ...
Minimum pricing would have negligible effect on moderate drinkers, says study - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review
Minimum pricing would have negligible effect on moderate drinkers, says studyHarpers Wine & Spirit Trade ReviewDr John Holmes from University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research, and the report's lead author, said: “Overall, the impact of a minimum unit price policy on moderate drinkers would be very small, irrespective of income. “The policy ...
Do certain factors influence whether or not hospitals adopt telehealth services?
Image from the Health Affairs WebsiteUS Research suggests that teaching hospitals, hospitals equipped with additional advanced medical technology, those that are members of a "larger system" and non profit institutions are more likely to adopt telehealth services. You can read more about this paper via this link in Julia Adler-Milstein et al's paper published in the Journal of Health Af
Minimum pricing for alcohol effectively targets high risk drinkers
Minimum pricing for alcohol of 45p per unit [1] would reduce deaths and hospital admissions among high risk drinkers who purchase large quantities of low cost alcohol, but would have negligible effects on low income moderate drinkers’ alcohol consumption and spending, according to a new modelling study from the University of Sheffield.
Latest journal articles from HEDS
The following articles were published by researchers within HEDS in January.Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.Paravastu SC, Jayarajasingam R, Cottam R, Palfreyman SJ, Michaels JA, Thomas SMCochrane Database Syst Rev 1:CD004178 23 Jan 2014 Adjusting Survival Time Estimates to Account for Treatment Switching in Randomized Controlled Trials--an Economic Evaluation Context: Methods, Lim
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