Browsing by Author "Atun, Rifat"
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Clinician-identified problems and solutions for delayed diagnosis in primary care: a PRIORITIZE study
Car, Lorainne Tudor; Papachristou, Nikolaos; Bull, Adrian; Majeed, Azeem; Gallagher, Joseph; El-Khatib, Mona; Aylin, Paul; Rudan, Igor; Atun, Rifat; Car, Josip; Vincent, Charles (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Delayed diagnosis in primary care is a common, harmful and costly patient safety incident. Its measurement and monitoring are underdeveloped and underutilised. We created and implemented a novel approach to ... -
Differences in research funding for women scientists: a systematic comparison of UK investments in global infectious disease research during 1997–2010
Head, Michael G; Fitchett, Joseph R; Cooke, Mary K; Wurie, Fatima B; Atun, Rifat (BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)Objectives: There has not previously been a systematic comparison of awards for research funding in infectious diseases by sex. We investigated funding awards to UK institutions for all infectious disease research from ... -
Emergence of multilateral proto-institutions in global health and new approaches to governance: analysis using path dependency and institutional theory
Gómez, Eduardo J; Atun, Rifat (BioMed Central, 2013)The role of multilateral donor agencies in global health is a new area of research, with limited research on how these agencies differ in terms of their governance arrangements, especially in relation to transparency, ... -
Factors Affecting Patient Perceptions of Quality and Health-Seeking Behavior
Ogbuoji, Osondu R. S (2018-01-25)In this dissertation, I address three issues related to patient-perceived quality of care: the impact of switching to the new World Health Organization (WHO) HIV treatment guidelines on patient perception of quality of ... -
Financing Essential HIV Services: A New Economic Agenda
Vassall, Anna; Remme, Michelle; Watts, Charlotte; Hallett, Timothy; Siapka, Mariana; Vickerman, Peter; Terris-Prestholt, Fern; Haacker, Markus; Heise, Lori; Haines, Andy; Atun, Rifat; Piot, Peter (Public Library of Science, 2013)Anna Vassall and colleagues discuss the need for, and challenges facing, innovative and sustainable financing of the HIV response. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary -
Geographic and sociodemographic variation of cardiovascular disease risk in India: A cross-sectional study of 797,540 adults
Geldsetzer, Pascal; Manne-Goehler, Jennifer Michele; Theilmann, Michaela; Davies, Justine I.; Awasthi, Ashish; Danaei, Goodarz; Gaziano, Thomas Andrew; Vollmer, Sebastian; Jaacks, Lindsay; Barnighausen, Till; Atun, Rifat (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018)Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in India. Yet, evidence on the CVD risk of India’s population is limited. To inform health system planning and effective targeting of interventions, ... -
Global health initiative investments and health systems strengthening: a content analysis of global fund investments
Warren, Ashley E; Wyss, Kaspar; Shakarishvili, George; Atun, Rifat; de Savigny, Don (BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Millions of dollars are invested annually under the umbrella of national health systems strengthening. Global health initiatives provide funding for low- and middle-income countries through disease-oriented ... -
Identification of priorities for improvement of medication safety in primary care: a PRIORITIZE study
Tudor Car, Lorainne; Papachristou, Nikolaos; Gallagher, Joseph; Samra, Rajvinder; Wazny, Kerri; El-Khatib, Mona; Bull, Adrian; Majeed, Azeem; Aylin, Paul; Atun, Rifat; Rudan, Igor; Car, Josip; Bell, Helen; Vincent, Charles; Franklin, Bryony Dean (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: Medication error is a frequent, harmful and costly patient safety incident. Research to date has mostly focused on medication errors in hospitals. In this study, we aimed to identify the main causes of, and ... -
Impact of Noncommunicable Disease Multimorbidity on Healthcare Utilisation and Out-Of-Pocket Expenditures in Middle-Income Countries: Cross Sectional Analysis
Lee, John Tayu; Hamid, Fozia; Pati, Sanghamitra; Atun, Rifat; Millett, Christopher (Public Library of Science, 2015)Background: The burden of non-communicable disease (NCDs) has grown rapidly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where populations are ageing, with rising prevalence of multimorbidity (more than two co-existing ... -
Integration of antenatal care services with health programmes in low– and middle–income countries: systematic review
de Jongh, Thyra E; Gurol–Urganci, Ipek; Allen, Elizabeth; Zhu, Nina Jiayue; Atun, Rifat (Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2016)Background: Antenatal care (ANC) presents a potentially valuable platform for integrated delivery of additional health services for pregnant women–services that are vital to reduce the persistently high rates of maternal ... -
Investments in respiratory infectious disease research 1997–2010: a systematic analysis of UK funding
Head, Michael G; Fitchett, Joseph R; Cooke, Mary K; Wurie, Fatima B; Hayward, Andrew C; Lipman, Marc C; Atun, Rifat (BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)Objectives: Respiratory infections are responsible for a large global burden of disease. We assessed the public and philanthropic investments awarded to UK institutions for respiratory infectious disease research to identify ... -
Investments in sexually transmitted infection research, 1997–2013: a systematic analysis of funding awarded to UK institutions
Head, Michael G; Fitchett, Joseph R; Cassell, Jackie A; Atun, Rifat (Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2015)Background: We report the first study that analyses public and philanthropic investments awarded to UK institutions for research related to sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Methods: We systematically searched award ... -
Kangaroo mother care: a systematic review of barriers and enablers
Chan, Grace J; Labar, Amy S; Wall, Stephen; Atun, Rifat (World Health Organization, 2016)Abstract Objective: To investigate factors influencing the adoption of kangaroo mother care in different contexts. Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science and the World Health Organization’s regional ... -
Mapping pneumonia research: A systematic analysis of UK investments and published outputs 1997–2013
Head, Michael G.; Fitchett, Joseph R.; Newell, Marie-Louise; Scott, J. Anthony G.; Harris, Jennifer N.; Clarke, Stuart C.; Atun, Rifat (Elsevier, 2015)Background: The burden of pneumonia continues to be substantial, particularly among the poorest in global society. We describe here the trends for UK pneumonia R&D investment and published outputs, and correlate with 2013 ... -
Offline eLearning for undergraduates in health professions: A systematic review of the impact on knowledge, skills, attitudes and satisfaction
Rasmussen, Kristine; Belisario, José Marcano; Wark, Petra A; Molina, Joseph Antonio; Loong, Stewart Lee; Cotic, Ziva; Papachristou, Nikos; Riboli–Sasco, Eva; Car, Lorainne Tudor; Musulanov, Eve Marie; Kunz, Holger; Zhang, Yanfeng; George, Pradeep Paul; Heng, Bee Hoon; Wheeler, Erica Lynette; Al Shorbaji, Najeeb; Svab, Igor; Atun, Rifat; Majeed, Azeem; Car, Josip (Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2014)Background: The world is short of 7.2 million health–care workers and this figure is growing. The shortage of teachers is even greater, which limits traditional education modes. eLearning may help overcome this training ... -
Preventing delayed diagnosis of cancer: clinicians’ views on main problems and solutions
Car, Lorainne Tudor; Papachristou, Nikolaos; Urch, Catherine; Majeed, Azeem; El–Khatib, Mona; Aylin, Paul; Atun, Rifat; Car, Josip; Vincent, Charles (Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2016)Background: Delayed diagnosis is a major contributing factor to the UK’s lower cancer survival compared to many European countries. In the UK, there is a significant national variation in early cancer diagnosis. Healthcare ... -
Prioritizing problems in and solutions to homecare safety of people with dementia: supporting carers, streamlining care
Tudor Car, Lorainne; Car, Josip; El-Khatib, Mona; Perneczky, Robert; Papachristou, Nikolaos; Atun, Rifat; Rudan, Igor; Vincent, Charles; Majeed, Azeem (BioMed Central, 2017)Background: Dementia care is predominantly provided by carers in home settings. We aimed to identify the priorities for homecare safety of people with dementia according to dementia health and social care professionals ... -
Strengthening health systems in low-income countries by enhancing organizational capacities and improving institutions
Swanson, Robert Chad; Atun, Rifat; Best, Allan; Betigeri, Arvind; de Campos, Francisco; Chunharas, Somsak; Collins, Tea; Currie, Graeme; Jan, Stephen; McCoy, David; Omaswa, Francis; Sanders, David; Sundararaman, Thiagarajan; Van Damme, Wim (BioMed Central, 2015)Background: This paper argues that the global health agenda tends to privilege short-term global interests at the expense of long-term capacity building within national and community health systems. The Health Systems ... -
Systematic analysis of funding awarded for antimicrobial resistance research to institutions in the UK, 1997–2010
Head, Michael G.; Fitchett, Joseph R.; Cooke, Mary K.; Wurie, Fatima B.; Atun, Rifat; Hayward, Andrew C.; Holmes, Alison; Johnson, Alan P.; Woodford, Neil (Oxford University Press, 2013)Objectives: To assess the level of research funding awarded to UK institutions specifically for antimicrobial resistance-related research and how closely the topics funded relate to the clinical and public health burden ... -
Systematic analysis of funding awarded for mycology research to institutions in the UK, 1997–2010
Head, Michael G; Fitchett, Joseph R; Atun, Rifat; May, Robin C (BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)Objectives: Fungal infections cause significant global morbidity and mortality. We have previously described the UK investments in global infectious disease research, and here our objective is to describe the investments ...