Articles

Elsevier,

eClinicalMedicine, Volume 63, September 2023

This Article supports SDGs 3 and 10 by showing, across a range of indicators, that in the north of England, primary health care delivered in prisons is generally worse than that delivered in the community. There have been some areas of improvement and some areas of worsening, but overall there is substantial scope for improvement.
Elsevier,

One Earth, Volume 6, 15 September 2023

The paper highlights the increasing importance of multiple-use protected areas in achieving global conservation targets, emphasizing their effectiveness in conserving biodiversity and socio-economic benefits, and calling for closing knowledge gaps to ensure their continued contribution to meeting policy goals such as the 2030 target to protect 30% of Earth's surface.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Healthy Longevity, Volume 4, September 2023

This Article supports SDG 3 by examining the possible effects of hypertension prevention strategies on future dementia and disability occurence. The results suggest that the decrease in dementia and disability due to these interventions is likely to be offset by an increase in the susceptible poulation due to the increase in life expectancy.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Rheumatology, Volume 5, September 2023

This Article supports SDG 3 by estimating the burden of osteoarthritis, a major cause of adult disability. The study found that osteoarthritis is the seventh leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide among people older than 70 years. Years lived with disability attributable to osteoarthritis are likely to continue to rise, posing a large challenge to health systems, and necessitating increased focus on preventive and treatment measures.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Psychiatry, Volume 10, September 2023

This Article supports SDG 3 by showing that a broad range of interventions for behaviours that challenge are efficacious for people with intellectual disability, but that effect sizes are small
Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Volume 38, September 2023

This study supports SDG 3 by examining the incidence of stroke among people with disabilities, a group who are more likely to have risk factors for stroke. The incidence was found to be almost 2.5 times higher than in non-disabled people, and occuring 20 years earlier. Public health measures are urgently needed to address this problem.
Elsevier,

Heliyon, Volume 9, September 2023

The study evaluates the microbial quality of lettuce irrigated with wastewater from the Onyasia River.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Psychiatry, Available online 12 September 2023

Advance directives give people the right and agency to determine what treatment they should receive when they are unable to make such decisions during an episode of illness
Elsevier,

Arts in Psychotherapy, Volume 85, September 2023

Training interventions with psychodrama for formal caregivers of those with dementia

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