Sunday 6 September 2015

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Short Courses as HEDS and ScHARR
Evidence Synthesis of Qualitative Research in Europe (ESQUIRE) 20152.5 day course: Monday 24th - Wednesday 26th, August 2015Remixing Research - Methods for Increasing and Measuring your Scholarly Output on the Web1 day course: Thursday, 15th October 2015Rapid Review Methods1 day course: Wednesday, 11th November 2015The Application of Psychometrics for Health MeasurementMonday 23rd - Friday 27th, N
Technology and Disability - special edition available now!
Dr Peter Cudd (lead editor), Simon Judge and Donna Cowan put together a special issue of the journal "Technology and Disability", which was dedicated to the RAATE 2013 conference that Simon is involved in organising. The editorial discusses the development  of the conference related to assistive technology research and practice over the past 10 years.Journal Edition available here.Editor

SEP 04

Drinking guidelines are a poor fit with Britain's heavy drinking habits
...rs from the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, which includes the University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) and the Institute for Social Marketing at the University of Stirling, conducted focus ...Official alcohol guidelines are a poor fit with the nation's heavy drinking ...Herald Scotlandall 44 news articles 
Drinking guidelines are a poor fit with Britain's heavy drinking habits
Drinking guidelines are a poor fit with Britain's heavy drinking habitsCare AppointmentsLeading researchers from the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, which includes the University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) and the Institute for Social Marketing at the University of Stirling, conducted focus ...and more »
A retrospective cross-sectional study on the association between tobacco smoking and incidence of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and cardiovascular risk factors
Author(s):Steele, L. | Lloyd, A. | Fotheringham, J. | Sultan, A. | Iqbal, J. | Grech, E.D.Publication year: 2015Journal / Book title: Postgraduate Medical JournalAccess all results for your search in Scopus
10 best back to school apps for kids
Intrigued? Then why not have a nosey at the Guardian's article and click here!

SEP 03

For what it’s worth – the open peer review landscape
The topic of open peer review has been gaining some traction for some time. It's been a slow burner in the academic community for many years and through the increasing use of social media in research it continues to polarise academic communities. With open research and access increasingly attracting more support, it is inevitable that open peer review will follow that trajectory. How quickly, and
New project
ScHARR-TAG has been allocated the following MTA topic:Dexamethasone intravitreal implant and sirolimus for treating chronic non-infectious posterior segment uveitis (15/64/07).
Telehealth implementation: what makes it successful?
It is difficult to implement telehealth into healthcare services. Fact. Have you ever wondered why? A number of attempts have been made to make this process easier. One of those is the invention of telehealth implementation toolkits. In short; a number of people have written documents outlining what they think will make the telehealth implementation easier.So, in light of this, why is implementati

SEP 02

Increasing access to mental health care event
What? King's Fund conference entitled "Increasing access to mental health care"Where? King's Fund, London, W1G 0AN 0900-1700Who? Commissioners, mental health care providers across all settings and of interest to clinicians, academics, mental health charities, mental health service users and those concerned with improving access to mental health care. Context: The NHS has a five year plan
Recently published CEAs
Twice each month the CEA Registry Blog lists recently published cost utility studies and associated papers.  From the ones listed this time, here's a few in our areas of research interest:Pandya A, Sy S, Cho S, et. al. Cost-effectiveness of 10-Year Risk Thresholds for Initiation of Statin Therapy for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. JAMA. 2015 Jul 14;314(2):142-50. Vallejo-Torres L, C

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