Addressing the inequity of access to home Dialysis in Europe: recommendations for action informed by an international consensus exercise by Simon J. Davies, Bert Bammens, Ilaria de Barbieri, Edwina A. Brown, Jan van Cruchten, Dani Gallego, Eric Goffin, Maurizio Gallieni, Sotiroula Gliki, Jeroen P. Kooman, Gert Meeus, May-Britt Moeslund-Hansen, Peter Rutherford, Raymond Vanholder, Martin Wilkie, Wim Van Biesen

“…Three key themes were identified by a steering group prior to the forum: Dialysis Provider Motivation, Patient Empowerment and Training and Workforce Issues. Breakout discussion groups for each theme were asked to prioritise up to three actions per theme. …”
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Improving older people’s experiences and safety at transitions of care: the PACT mixed-methods study including RCT by Jenni Murray, Ruth Baxter, Jane O’Hara, Laura Sheard, Catherine Hewitt, Natasha Hardicre, Charles Vincent, Eirini Oikonomou, Gerry Richardson, Rosie Shannon, Kalpita Baird, Stephen Brealey, Robbie Foy, Laura Mandefield, Sarah Hampton, Ed Breckin, Lubena Mirza, Alfredo Palacios, Sally Moore, Jayne Marran, Jacqui Elliot, Jane Schofield, Alison Cracknell, Beth Woods, Sarah Cockayne, Thomas Mills, Yvonne Birks, Olivia Joseph, Rebecca Lawton

“…Funding This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research programme (NIHR award ref: RP-PG-1214-20017) and is published in full in Programme Grants for Applied Research; Vol. 13, No. 4. …”
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Knowledge on availability of suicide preventive services among undergraduate students at a public university in Ghana by Koduah Amankwah, Apedani Dominic, Azie Aren-enge Reubean, Ankamah Ababio Christian, Odotei Adjei Rose, Brempong Appiah Emmanuel, Okyere Paul

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Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice, Part 3: Lifestyle and chronic respiratory disease by Martin P. Schwellnus, Deepak N. Patel, Craig Nossel, Marieke Dreyer, Simon Whitesman, Wayne E. Derman

“…The main elements of the intervention programme are smoking cessation, exercise training (minimum of three times per week), education, psychosocial support and nutritional support. …”
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Exploring the Feasibility of Service Integration in a Low-Income Setting: A Mixed Methods Investigation into Different Models of Reproductive Health and HIV Care in Swaziland. by Kathryn Church, Alison Wringe, Simon Lewin, George B Ploubidis, Phelele Fakudze, Integra Initiative, Susannah H Mayhew

“…Programmes should move beyond simplistic training and equipment provision if integrated care interventions are to be sustained.…”
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Antimicrobial prophylaxis for endourological procedures in Jordanian hospitals: a multi-centre qualitative study by Oriana Awwad, Sondos Abdaljaleel, Rima Hijazeen, Mariam Abdel Jalil

“…Future stewardship programmes can use insights from this study to develop locally tailored guidelines, targeted clinician training and pharmacist-led audits. …”
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Household coverage, quality and costs of care provided by community health worker teams and the determining factors: findings from a mixed methods study in South Africa by Frances Griffiths, Margaret Thorogood, Yu-hwei Tseng, Julia de Kadt, Nonhlanhla Nxumalo, Teurai Rwafa, Hlologelo Malatji, Olukemi Babalola, Michel Muteba, Jonathan Levin, Emmanuelle Daviaud, Jocelyn Watkins

“…Greater investment in numbers of CHW, supervisors, training and equipment is required for the potential benefits of the programme to be delivered.…”
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Challenges of liver transplantation programs in low‐ and middle‐income countries: An experience from Sri Lanka by M. J. S. Jayarathna, B. K. Dassanayake, Thinley Dorji, Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno III, S. Samarasinghe, Vasanthi Pinto, M. D. Lamawansa

“…In the management of liver diseases in chronic and acute conditions, liver transplant (LT) plays a major role in improving the survival and quality of life of patients. LT programmes require the technical capabilities in performing the pre‐transplant evaluation, transplant surgery and post‐transplant care supported by adequate infrastructure and a set of trained teams. …”
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Can community pharmacists improve tuberculosis case finding? A mixed methods intervention study in India by Amrita Daftary, Madhukar Pai, Srinath Satyanarayana, Nita Jha, Mugdha Singh, Shinjini Mondal, Caroline Vadnais

“…The intervention was integrated into an ongoing public–private mix (PPM) programme, with five added components: pharmacy training in TB screening, referral of patients with TB symptoms for a chest radiograph (CXR) followed by a doctor consultation, incentives for referral completion and TB diagnosis, short message service (SMS) reminders and field support. …”
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Strengthening universities’ response to sexual harassment with an equity approach: the UNI4EQUITY mixed-methods study protocol by Sarah Van de Velde, Stefano Porru, Angela Carta, José Miguel Carrasco, Carmen Vives-Cases, Sofia Neves, Marina Berbegal-Bernabeu, Vanesa Pérez-Martínez, Aitana Muñoz-Haba, Sylwia Jaskulska, Anneleen De Cuyper, Maryna Manchenko, Barbara Jankowiak, Marlies Wallner, Viktoria Stifter

“…These interventions combine online and offline training programmes addressed to students and staff, arrangements with internal and external support services and improvements in access to information and resources, including SH protocols and regulations. …”
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A randomised controlled trial of a faith-based culturally adapted intervention for depression in young Muslim women (IM-Adapted): a multi-site feasibility trial protocol by Megan Smith, Andy Jones, Pashtana Zormati, Louca-Mai Brady, Allan Clark, Atiya Kamal, Farzana Karawalli, Safiya Khan, Silvana E. Mengoni, Ghazala Mir, David Turner, Salman Waqar, David Wellsted, Daksha Trivedi

“…The intervention will be delivered by trained therapists, supported by mental health support workers, once a week for 6 weeks. …”
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Hospital-based caregiver intervention for people following hip fracture surgery (HIP HELPER): multicentre randomised controlled feasibility trial with embedded qualitative study in... by Phillipa Logan, Sally Hopewell, Matthew L Costa, Allan B Clark, Susan Dutton, Sarah Lamb, Sarah Hanson, Toby O Smith, Opinder Sahota, Melissa Taylor, Alex Herring, Yan Cunningham, Maninderpal Matharu, Diane Williams, Maria Crotty, K PFEIFFER, Helen Jowett, Polly-Anna Ashford, Reema Khoury, Allie Welsh, Kelly Grant, Rene Gray, Penny Clifford, Lis Freeman, Sarah Langford, Dr Mark Baxter, Jessica Pawson, Anna Mellows, Kate Lacey, Anna Cromie, Gail Menton, Warren Corbett, Vishwanath Joshi, Maria Baggot, Katie Sheehan

“…Objectives To assess the feasibility of conducting a pragmatic, multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) to test the clinical and cost-effectiveness of an informal caregiver training programme to support the recovery of people following hip fracture surgery.Design Two-arm, multicentre, pragmatic, open, feasibility RCT with embedded qualitative study.Setting National Health Service (NHS) providers in five English hospitals.Participants Community-dwelling adults, aged 60 years and over, who undergo hip fracture surgery and their informal caregivers.Intervention Usual care: usual NHS care. …”
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Cost of delivering childhood RSV prevention interventions to the health system in Kenya: a prospective analysis by Ranju Baral, Clint Pecenka, Rose E Jalang'o, Elkanah Otiang, Joseph Odiyo, Bryan O Nyawanda, Joyce U Nyiro, Patrick Munywoki

“…Cost differences between the two interventions are driven by the anticipated baseline coverage. Health worker training, service delivery and programme planning and coordination were major cost drivers.Conclusion This study presents the prospective cost of new RSV intervention introduction and delivery in low-income and middle-income country settings, which is largely unknown. …”
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EXamining the feasibility of exerCisE to manage symptoms of Lupus (EXCEL): a protocol for a randomised controlled pilot study by John Reynolds, Katie Hesketh, Matthew Cocks, Megan Quickfall, Alex J Wadley, Scott Green, Jet Veldhuijzen Van Zanten

“…EXCEL will examine the feasibility of conducting a large-scale randomised controlled trial comparing the effects of a remotely monitored, home-based, exercise programme with standard of care for individuals with SLE.Methods and analysis 30 females with SLE will be recruited, and those randomised into Exercise (SLE-Ex) will codesign a progressive training plan with support from the research team. …”
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A comparison of the referral rates of trainees and trainers in an academic teaching practice by R.F. Ingle, J.B. Levin

“…Results: Adjusted referral rates per thousand problem encounters were 97.7 for junior registrars (95% CI 79.4–120.7), 77.1 for senior registrars (95%CI 59.3–99.5) and 73.7 for senior physicians (95% CI 54.4–99.2). …”
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Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components by Marion Henderson, Anja Wittkowski, Katie Buston, Karen Crawford, Alice MacLachlan, Alex McConnachie, Emma McIntosh, Claudia-Martina Messow, Catherine Nixon, Rosaleen O’Brien, Shona Shinwell, Daniel Wight, Yiqiao Xin, Rachel Calam, Ruth Dundas, James Law, Helen Minnis, Lucy Thompson, Philip Wilson

“…Objective(s) THRIVE compared the impact of taking part in one of two antenatal parenting support programmes both incorporating cognitive–behavioural therapy (Enhanced Triple P for Baby or Mellow Bumps) with care-as-usual alone on the mental health and maternal attunement of vulnerable mothers-to-be, as well as the socioemotional and behavioural development of their children. …”
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Assessing barriers to treatment for all: an analysis of resources for PLHA in Cayo and Stann Creek Districts of Belize by Philisha Mesidor, Eva Burgos, Alexis L Green, Heidi Beidinger

“… # Results Our participants composed of 50% civil society and 50% government organizations. 50% of the locations worked less than 45 hours per week and most commonly served the community by providing training, health fairs, and posters. …”
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‘Effects of a home-based bimodal lifestyle intervention in frail patients with end-stage liver disease awaiting orthotopic liver transplantation’: study protocol of a non-randomise... by Hans Blokzijl, Vincent E de Meijer, Rienk Dekker, Joost M Klaase, Coby Annema, Bart C Bongers, Allard G Wijma, Job AM van der Palen, Frans JC Cuperus

“…The programme is patient tailored and comprises high-intensity interval and endurance training, and functional exercises three times per week, combined with nutritional support. …”
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Development of a novel COMPAssion focused online psyChoTherapy for bereaved informal caregivers: the COMPACT feasibility trial protocol by Yuki Kataoka, Akihiko Ozaki, Manabu Muto, Daisuke Fujisawa, Takaomi Kessoku, Kazuhiro Kosugi, Yasuhiro Kotera, Yu Uneno, Nanami Murata, Hirotomo Miyatake

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Successful rhino conservation continues in West Bengal, India by Esmond Martin, Lucy Vigne

“…The central and State governments of India have continued to allocate large sums of money for their protection, with field staff of nearly two per square kilometre who are committed and well motivated. …”
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