Thursday, 6 February 2014

ScHARRNews - Thursday 6th February 2014

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MSc placements
We are currently identifying dissertation hosts for our MSc Health Economics & Decision Modelling students, because we encourage their dissertations to be conducted as part of a placement (academic, industry, consultancy, NHS etc). MSc HEDM has been established for 5 years, and we have organised UK and international placements for our students which has led to high quality and valuable research. Many of our alumni are now professional health economists, and several have taken up full time positions with their student placement hosts.The students will be ideally suited to undertake a cost-e
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Prevalence of visits to massage therapists by the general population: Asystematic review
Author(s):Harris, P.E. | Cooper, K.L. | Relton, C. | Thomas, K.J.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: Complementary Therapies in Clinical PracticeAccess all results for your search in Scopus
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Will Telehealth Come of Age in 2014?
 Image from The GuardianInteresting article written by David Furniss, portfolio and practice director at BT Global Health regarding problems faced by today's healthcare system and how telehealth and agile working could be the way forward. Article can be viewed here.
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TODAY

HRI Barcelona 2013: Inaugural conference brings homeopathy research into the spotlight
Author(s):Roberts, E.R. | Baumgartner, S. | Mathie, R.T. | Relton, C. | Thompson, E. | Tournier, A.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: HomeopathyAccess all results for your search in Scopus
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YESTERDAY

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
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ISPOR Educational Videos Series
The ISPOR Educational Video Series is a collection of streaming videos from past ISPOR Meetings and Congresses, focusing on trending topics from the perspective of leading health care experts. Three new topic areas have been added recently:Health Care Decisions in Europe – Early Scientific AdviceThe Patient – What Outcomes are Important to the Patient in Health Care?Use of Multi-Criteria Decision
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Wednesday, 5 February 2014

ScHARRNews - Wednesday 5th February 2014

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ISPOR Educational Videos Series
The ISPOR Educational Video Series is a collection of streaming videos from past ISPOR Meetings and Congresses, focusing on trending topics from the perspective of leading health care experts. Three new topic areas have been added recently:Health Care Decisions in Europe – Early Scientific AdviceThe Patient – What Outcomes are Important to the Patient in Health Care?Use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) in Health Care Decisions Other topics in the series are:Assessing Evidence for Health Care DecisionsComparative Effectiveness ResearchEuropean Pricing and ReimbursementHealth Care Pref
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Below-cost alcohol rules take aim at super-discounting - The Grocer
The GrocerBelow-cost alcohol rules take aim at super-discountingThe GrocerAfter 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 would fall below the proposed ...
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Below-cost alcohol rules take aim at super-discounting - The Grocer
The GrocerBelow-cost alcohol rules take aim at super-discountingThe GrocerAfter 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 would fall below the proposed ...
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YESTERDAY

Impact of a GP-led walk-in centre on NHS emergency departments
Author(s):Arain, M. | Campbell, M.J. | Nicholl, J.P.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: Emergency Medicine JournalAccess all results for your search in Scopus
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Trend analysis and modelling of gender-specific age, period and birth cohort effects on alcohol abstention and consumption level for drinkers in Great Britain using the General Lifestyle Survey 1984-2009
Author(s):Meng, Y. | Holmes, J. | Hill-Mcmanus, D. | Brennan, A. | Meier, P.S.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: AddictionAccess all results for your search in Scopus
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Monday, 3 February 2014

ScHARRNews - Tuesday 4th February 2014

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Trend analysis and modelling of gender-specific age, period and birth cohort effects on alcohol abstention and consumption level for drinkers in Great Britain using the General Lifestyle Survey 1984-2009
Author(s):Meng, Y. | Holmes, J. | Hill-Mcmanus, D. | Brennan, A. | Meier, P.S.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: AddictionAccess all results for your search in Scopus
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Visitors to HEDS
Jan Abel Olsen and Thor Klaussen are visiting HEDS from 3rd-5th February.  During this time they will be discussion possible collaborations and presenting a seminar entitled:"Health and wellbeing: Comparing four health state utility instruments and two measures of wellbeing".Jan is a Professor of health economics and Chair of the health services research unit at the Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway and an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Australia. Thor is a PhD student and a member of the Health Service Research un
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Key to sustainable nutrition in Africa is prevention not treatment - Medical Xpress
Key to sustainable nutrition in Africa is prevention not treatmentMedical XpressMichelle 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 deficiencies and obesity ...
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YESTERDAY

Cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of depression in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s):Hind, D. | Cotter, J. | Thake, A. | Bradburn, M. | Cooper, C. | Isaac, C. | House, A.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: BMC PsychiatryAccess all results for your search in Scopus
ScHARR NewPubs / 15h 
Interesting Post About Microsoft Kinect and Stroke Recovery
Take a look at the Research Connections blog to read about how the Microsoft Kinect could aid stroke recovery.The post can be viewed here.
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Health Utilities Database (HUD)
ScHARRHUD is an innovative database aimed at improving access to health utilities evidence.  It was developed and is managed by the Information Resources Group (IRG) within HEDS at ScHARR.  ScHARRHUD is a free, searchable web-based resource. The database holds bibliographic details of studies reporting health state utility values. ScHARRHUD is searchable by the names of health state valuation inst
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A comparison of psychological stress among women with and without reproductive failure
Author(s):Coughlan, C. | Walters, S. | Ledger, W. | Li, T.C.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: International Journal of Gynecology and ObstetricsAccess all results for your search in Scopus
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ScHARRNews - Monday 3rd February 2014

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Health Utilities Database (HUD)
ScHARRHUD is an innovative database aimed at improving access to health utilities evidence.  It was developed and is managed by the Information Resources Group (IRG) within HEDS at ScHARR.  ScHARRHUD is a free, searchable web-based resource. The database holds bibliographic details of studies reporting health state utility values. ScHARRHUD is searchable by the names of health state valuation instruments used in each study. In providing this level of indexing, ScHARRHUD aims to make the retrieval of health utilities evidence both more efficient and effective. Whilst the focus of ScHARRHUD is o
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A comparison of psychological stress among women with and without reproductive failure
Author(s):Coughlan, C. | Walters, S. | Ledger, W. | Li, T.C.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: International Journal of Gynecology and ObstetricsAccess all results for your search in Scopus
ScHARR NewPubs / 4h 


Key to sustainable nutrition in Africa is prevention not treatment
Interventions to prevent, rather than treat nutritional problems, are needed to alleviate malnutrition and hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa according to new research.
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