Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (5)

Incentivizing preventive services in primary care: perspectives on Local Enhanced Services (2011)
Journal Article
Marks, L., Cave, S., Wallace, A., Mason, A., Hunter, D. J., Mason, J., & Peckham, S. (2011). Incentivizing preventive services in primary care: perspectives on Local Enhanced Services. Journal of Public Health, 33(4), 556-564. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr016

Background: General practitioners in the UK play a key role in prevention but provision of preventive services is variable. The 2004 General Medical Services contract allows Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to address health needs through providing locally... Read More about Incentivizing preventive services in primary care: perspectives on Local Enhanced Services.

Do Facial Expressions Develop before Birth? (2011)
Journal Article
Reissland, N., Francis, B., Mason, J., & Lincoln, K. (2011). Do Facial Expressions Develop before Birth?. PLoS ONE, 6(8), Article e24081. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024081

Background: Fetal facial development is essential not only for postnatal bonding between parents and child, but also theoretically for the study of the origins of affect. However, how such movements become coordinated is poorly understood. 4-D ultras... Read More about Do Facial Expressions Develop before Birth?.

Governance for health and well-being in the English NHS (2011)
Journal Article
Marks, L., Cave, S., Hunter, D. J., Mason, J., Peckham, S., & Wallace, A. (2011). Governance for health and well-being in the English NHS. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 16(S1), 14-21. https://doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2010.010082

Objectives: Shifting the focus of health-care systems towards prevention has proved difficult to achieve. Governance structures are complex, incentives may conflict and there are many competing priorities. We explored the influence of governance and... Read More about Governance for health and well-being in the English NHS.

Public health governance and primary care delivery : a triangulated study (2011)
Report
Marks, L., Cave, S., Hunter, D., Mason, J., Peckham, S., Wallace, A., …Melvin, K. (2011). Public health governance and primary care delivery : a triangulated study. [No known commissioning body]

The government is committed to improving health and well-being and tackling health inequalities. PCTs and other commissioners are charged with maximising health improvement for their local populations, working in partnership. However, the effectivene... Read More about Public health governance and primary care delivery : a triangulated study.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the use of tranexamic acid in total hip replacement (2011)
Journal Article
Sukeik, M., Alshryda, S., Haddad, F., & Mason, J. (2011). Systematic review and meta-analysis of the use of tranexamic acid in total hip replacement. Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 93-B(1), 39-46. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.93b1.24984

We report a systematic review and meta-analysis of published randomised controlled trials evaluating the efficacy of tranexamic acid (TXA) in reducing blood loss and transfusion in total hip replacement (THR). The data were evaluated using the generi... Read More about Systematic review and meta-analysis of the use of tranexamic acid in total hip replacement.