There has been considerable work done in recent years exploring the value of urban green
space for health and wellbeing. Urban green spaces provide environmental benefits through …

Objectives Globally, the incidence of natural disasters is increasing with developing countries
tending to be worst affected. Implementing best practices in disaster management that are …

Background Global migration from hepatitis B endemic countries poses a significant public
health challenge in receiving low-prevalence countries. In the UK, Chinese migrants are a …

Introduction Globally, there has been an increase in the prevalence and scale of disasters
with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) tending to be more affected. Consequently, …

Communicable diseases as well as maternal and child health in low‐ and middle‐income
countries continue to be the main focus of global attention. There are also rising trends in the …

Spiralling healthcare costs and demand, against a backdrop of financial austerity makes
healthcare commissioning in England a real challenge.‘Financial balance’is a major priority, but…

Introduction: The tobacco epidemic is surging in developing countries. While the determinants
of tobacco use are well known, it is less certain whether they are similar in developed and …

Background In the UK, hepatitis B virus (HBV) incidence is associated with migrants from
particular high-burden countries and population groups deemed ‘hard-to-reach’ by standard …

Consistency reflects the mapping between spelling and sound. That is, a word is feedforward
consistent if its pronunciation matches that of similarly spelled words, and feedback …

Background Language support for linguistic minorities can improve patient safety, clinical
outcomes and the quality of health care. Most chronic hepatitis B/C infections in Europe are …