Martha ’s rule: a new policy to amplify patient voice and improve safety in hospitals
This report is a response to a call from Martha Mills ’s parents to rebalance the power between patients and medics to improve patient safety. It outlines evidence that shows that failing to properly listen to patients and their families contributes to safety problems in the NHS, along with public awareness among citizens that the NHS can feel unresp onsive at times.ReportDemos - publications
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Patient safety Source Type: news

Watching the fall of Roe v. Wade: media exposure relates to U.S. women's alcohol use intentions - Post SM, Jobe MC, Malekzadeh AN, AuBuchon KE, Hoffman RK, Stock ML, Bowleg L.
OBJECTIVE: The Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in June 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade and ended federal protection of abortion rights. Given the drastic policy changes as a result of the ruling and ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Preventable Cancers Could Cost The U.K. $1.5 Trillion Over 25 Years
Some 40 percent of cancer diagnoses are thought to be linked to risk factors like obesity, UV exposure, alcohol and smoking.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 12, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katherine Hignett, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news

Opposites Don ’ t Attract: Why You and Your Spouse Are So Much Alike
We all know couples who, on the surface at least, seem incompatible. One person is an introvert, the other an extravert; one likes fine wine, the other never drinks; one is deeply religious, the other doesn’t believe. It’s those pairs who give rise to the idea that opposites attract. But that notion appears to be mistaken. According to a new study in the journal Nature Human Behavior, most partners tend to be profoundly similar—sharing up to 89% of the traits the researchers analyzed, including not just religiosity, alcohol consumption and introversion or extraversion, but also political values, IQ, level...
Source: TIME: Science - September 11, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Psychology Source Type: news

Miami Medical Clinic Owner and Pharmacist Convicted for Clinical Trial Fraud Scheme
FDA OCI, Miguel Angel Montalvo Villa, Ivette Maria Portela Martinez, Miami, FL, guilty, falsification, fabrication, clinical trial, data, conspiracy, wire fraud, jury, convict, verdict, AMB Research Center, AMB, pharmacist, data entry specialist, treat, Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, CDA
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - September 11, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

A community-centred approach to musculoskeletal care
NHS Confederation - Sussex MSK Partnership has successfully developed a community-centred approach to musculoskeletal (MSK) care through the use of community appointment days (CADs). Over two days in different locations, the parnership delivered a personalised approach to care, increasing staff morale and improving outcomes for their patients. Case study
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Primary and community care Source Type: news

Suicide prevention in England: 5-year cross-sector strategy
Department of Health and Social Care - This strategy sets out the government ’s ambitions over the next five years to: reduce suicide rates; improve support for people who have self-harmed; and improve support for people bereaved by suicide. The strategy was informed by the mental health call for evidence launched in 2022, and was developed to identify priority groups, sui cide risk factors and steps we need to take. It includes steps and actions from across government and a wide range of organisations to achieve these ambitions.StrategyMore detailPress release
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Quality and safety of maternity care (England)
House of Commons Library - This briefing details government and NHS policies on the quality and safety of maternity care in England.BriefingMore detail
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient safety Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news

The societal and economic costs of preventable cancers in the UK
This study was undertaken by Frontier Economics for the Gu ardian.StudyMore detail
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data NHS finance Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

Working together to prevent suicide in the NHS workforce: a national suicide prevention toolkit for England
NHS England - This toolkit has been designed to help NHS organisations reduce the risk of suicide in their workforce. It will assist organisations to embed suicide prevention strategies in the organisation ’s health and wellbeing policies and guide the approach to supporting those at risk of suicide within the workforce.ToolkitMore detail
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental health Workforce and employment Source Type: news

A cross-sectional study on resilience, anxiety, depression, and psychoactive substance use among heterosexual and sexual minority adolescents in Nigeria - Ibigbami OI, Oginni OA, Bradley C, Lusher J, Sam-Agudu NA, Folayan MO.
BACKGROUND: Mental health-related problems predispose alcohol and other psychoactive substances use as coping strategies. We assessed associations between resilience and anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, problematic alcohol, and multiple psychoactive ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Childhood emotional abuse and alcohol use disorders in a national Nepali women sample: the mediating role of borderline personality traits - Xie W, Emery CR, Liu AY, Ng SM, Choi AWM, Chui CHK.
While many studies have found an association between childhood emotional abuse and alcohol use disorders (AUD) during adulthood, underlying psychological mechanisms linking the two remain inadequately understood. Drawing on the developmental psychopatholog...
Source: SafetyLit - September 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Driver alcohol detection system for safety (DADSS) – a vehicle safety technology approach to reducing alcohol-impaired driving – a status update. - Zaouk AK, Willis M, Traube EC, Strassburger R, Ferguson SA.
27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV): Enhanced and Equitable Vehicle Safety for All: Toward the Next 50 Years https://www-esv.nhtsa.dot.gov/Proceedings/27/27ESV-000293.pdf Alcohol-impaired driving continues...
Source: SafetyLit - September 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Family history, childhood maltreatment, and adolescent binge drinking exert synergistic effects on delay discounting and future alcohol use - Liao J, Allen JH, Yorke M, Boettiger CA, Elton A.
BACKGROUND: The transition to college is associated with a sharp increase in alcohol binge drinking. Family history (FH) of alcohol use disorder (AUD), childhood maltreatment (CM), and adolescent binge drinking are each associated with heightened impulsivi...
Source: SafetyLit - September 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Perceived problematic alcohol use in the family and adolescents' stress-related complaints: examining the buffering role of the school's degree of student focus as rated by its teachers - L åftman SB, Magnusson C, Olsson G, Wahlström J, Modin B.
BACKGROUND: A non-negligible proportion of children grow up with problematic alcohol use in the family. Problematic familial drinking can be regarded as a stressor, and prior studies have consistently reported poorer mental health among adolescents who are...
Source: SafetyLit - September 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

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