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Methods to support evidence-informed decision-making in the …

WebThe COVID-19 public health crisis has produced an immense and quickly evolving body of evidence. This research speed and volume, along with variability in …

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Time and change: a typology for presenting research findings in

WebQualitative longitudinal research (QLR) is an emerging methodology that is currently being applied in many fields of health research [1,2,3].QLR (also called …

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How to specify healthcare process improvements collaboratively …

WebBackground Practical methods for facilitating process improvement are needed to support high quality, safe care. How best to specify (identify and define) process improvements – the changes that need to be made in a healthcare process – remains a key question. Methods for doing so collaboratively, rapidly and remotely offer much potential, …

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Human biomonitoring without in-person interaction: public health

WebPublic health initiatives, including human biomonitoring, have been impacted by unique challenges since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, compounding a …

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Identifying the fundamental structures and processes of care

WebIn the 1960s, physician-researcher Avedis Donabedian proposed a framework for assessing the quality of health care by evaluating three elements—structure, process, and outcomes [].]. “Structure” refers to the setting in which care occurs; “process” refers to how care is delivered; and “outcomes” refers to the effects of care on the health of the …

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Reaching the hard-to-reach: a systematic review of strategies for

WebBackground This study aims to review the literature regarding the barriers to sampling, recruitment, participation, and retention of members of socioeconomically …

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Real-world data: a brief review of the methods, applications

WebBackground The increased adoption of the internet, social media, wearable devices, e-health services, and other technology-driven services in medicine and healthcare has led to the rapid generation of various types of digital data, providing a valuable data source beyond the confines of traditional clinical trials, epidemiological studies, and lab …

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Explainable statistical learning in public health for policy

WebIn recent years, the availability of publicly available data related to public health has significantly increased. These data have substantial potential to develop …

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Machine learning in medicine: a practical introduction

WebFollowing visible successes on a wide range of predictive tasks, machine learning techniques are attracting substantial interest from medical researchers and clinicians. We address the need for capacity development in this area by providing a conceptual introduction to machine learning alongside a practical guide to developing …

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The case study approach

WebThe case study approach allows in-depth, multi-faceted explorations of complex issues in their real-life settings. The value of the case study approach is well …

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The null hypothesis significance test in health sciences research …

WebThe null hypothesis statistical testing (NHST) has been the most widely used statistical approach in health research over the past 80 years. Its origins dates back to …

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Multiple dimensions of health locus of control in a representative

WebHealth locus of control (HLOC) is a psychological concept concerning control beliefs in relation to illness, sickness and health. This concept is based on the general …

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Ethnographic research as an evolving method for supporting …

WebThe relationship between ethnography and healthcare improvement has been the subject of methodological concern. We conducted a scoping review of ethnographic …

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Primary Prevention from the Epidemiology Perspective: Three …

WebPrimary prevention programmes are of increasing importance to reduce the impact of chronic diseases on the individual, institutional and societal level. However, …

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Advancing complexity science in healthcare research: the logic of …

WebA Typology of Logic Models in Healthcare Research. Figure 2 describes logic models as having two key characteristics: firstly, whether they list model factors only or …

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A Spoonful of Math Helps the Medicine Go Down: An Illustration …

WebA recent joint report from the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering, highlights the benefits of--indeed, the need for--mathematical analysis of …

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Bayesian parametric models for survival prediction in medical

WebBackground Evidence-based treatment decisions in medicine are made founded on population-level evidence obtained during randomized clinical trials. In an era …

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Application of machine learning in predicting survival outcomes

WebBackground Despite the interest in machine learning (ML) algorithms for analyzing real-world data (RWD) in healthcare, the use of ML in predicting time-to-event …

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