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Service evaluation of a UK primary care-based allergy clinic: quality improvement report | December 2009 | ||
Written by Levy M, Walker S, Woods A, Sheikh A Categories: Education for Health research Allergic diseases are common, increasing, and associated with significant morbidity and occasional, but potentially avoidable, mortality. There is widespread public, professional and government agreement about the poor quality of care received by many patients with allergic diseases in the UK. | ||||
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Assessment of key influences on asthma inhaler device selection |  | February 2009 | |
Written by Madoc-Sutton H, Hardy A, Fletcher M, Walker S Categories: Education for Health research To identify factors that influence trained asthma practice nurses’ inhaler device selection and the relative importance they placed on these factors in clinical practice. | ||||
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National Survey on the roles and training of primary care respiratory nurses in the UK in 2006: are we making a difference? | | October 2007 | |
Written by Upton J, Madoc-Sutton H, Sheikh A, Frank TL, Walker SM & Fletcher MF Categories: Education for Health research, Evidence for education as a lever Describes nurse-led UK general practice asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care, and the training undertaken to support it, and finds many nurses with an advanced role did not have accredited training and are under-supervised, particularly those working with COPD patients. | ||||
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Seasonal allergic rhinitis is associated with a detrimental impact on exam performance in UK teenagers: case-control study | | July 2007 | |
Written by Walker S, Khan-Wasti S, Fletcher M, Cullinan P, Harris J & Sheikh A Categories: Education for Health research Seasonal allergic rhinitis is common globally, and symptoms have been shown to impair learning ability in children in laboratory conditions. | ||||
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Structured allergy training for health professionals improves quality of life in patients with perennial rhinitis: randomised controlled trial | | December 2006 | |
Written by Sheikh A, Khan-Wasti S, Price D, Smeeth L, Fletcher M & Walker S Categories: Education for Health research Background Perennial rhinitis is common and often results in substantial, potentially avoidable, impairment of quality of life. Quality of rhinitis care has been shown to be sub-optimal in general practice. Rigorous evaluation of educational interventions for healthcare professionals using randomized controlled trials is very uncommon... | ||||
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Ethnic Variations in UK asthma frequency, morbidity, and health-service use: a systematic review and meta-analysis | January 2005 | ||
Written by Netuveli G, Hurwitz B, Levy M, Fletcher M, Barnes G, Durham SR, Sheikh A Categories: Education for Health research The frequency of asthma varies between countries, and may also vary between ethnic groups in more geographically confined areas. We sought evidence of such ethnic variations in the UK for asthma frequency, morbidity, and health-services use, and to understand possible reasons for any differences. | ||||
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