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Trzebiński W, Marciniak B, Kulczycka E. Online recommenders' anthropomorphism improves user response to hedonic and benefit-based product appeals through the recommenders' perceived ability to learn. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0287663. [PMID: 37390062 PMCID: PMC10313022 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023] Open
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Previous studies reveal the limited effectiveness of benefit-based and hedonic-based product recommendations provided by online recommenders, and recommender anthropomorphism is considered a remedy. This paper aims to investigate the positive effect of anthropomorphism by involving the online recommender's perceived ability to learn as a mediator. Based on schema congruity theory, perceived benefit/hedonic appeals appropriateness is considered a dependent variable. In Study 1, subtle anthropomorphic cues within an online recommender had a positive effect on perceived benefit-appeals appropriateness through the perceived ability to learn. Study 2 demonstrated the positive relationship between perceived anthropomorphism and perceived hedonic-appeal appropriateness, with the mediating role of the perceived ability to learn. The results advance the knowledge about consumer response to online recommenders from the perspective of anthropomorphism and schema congruity theory. Marketers and consumer organizations are advised on how to deal with online recommender systems providing benefit and hedonic appeals.
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- Wojciech Trzebiński
- Department of Market, Marketing and Quality, Collegium of Management and Finance, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Market, Marketing and Quality, Collegium of Management and Finance, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Market, Marketing and Quality, Collegium of Management and Finance, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
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Cathébras P, Goutte J, Gramont B, Killian M. ["Long-haul COVID": An opportunity to address the complexity of post-infectious functional syndromes]. Rev Med Interne 2021; 42:492-497. [PMID: 34127310 PMCID: PMC8188509 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2021.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In this work, we address the issue of prolonged symptoms following an infection by SARS-CoV-2, labeled "long COVID". This clinically unspecific syndrome must be put in perspective with the post-infectious syndromes known for a long time but ultimately poorly understood and little studied, qualified, for lack of convincing arguments for a unambiguous pathophysiology and better terms, as functional somatic syndromes. The clinical implications for clinical care ("holistic" work-up and care of patients), for research (need for truly "bio-psycho-social" investigations), and the social implications of "long COVID" (social construction of the syndrome through the experiences of patients exposed on social networks, inequalities in the face of the disease and its socioeconomic consequences) are considered. "Long COVID" must be view, because of its expected prevalence, as an opportunity to address the complexity of post-infectious (functional) syndromes, their risk factors, and the biological, psychological and social mechanisms underlying them.
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- P Cathébras
- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 2, France.
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- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 2, France
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- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 2, France
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- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 2, France
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Gaillard S, Roche L, Deschênes G, Morin D, Vianey-Saban C, Acquaviva-Bourdain C, Nony P, Subtil F, Mercier C, Cochat P, Bertholet-Thomas A, Cornu C, Kassai B. Collaboration between academics, small pharmaceutical company and patient organizations in the development of a new formulation of cysteamine in nephropathic cystinosis: A successful story. Therapie 2020; 75:169-173. [PMID: 32248985 DOI: 10.1016/j.therap.2020.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rare diseases usually concern small and disseminated population. Implementing clinical research with the right design, outcomes measures and the recruitment of patients are challenges. Collaborations, training and multidisciplinary approach are often required. In this article, we provide an overview of a successful collaboration in nephropathic cystinosis (NC), focusing on what was the key of success, the interactions between academics, the pharmaceutical company and patients organizations. NC is considered as a very rare disease. In 2010, a new formulation of cysteamine, the only available treatment to improve renal outcome of the disease, was proposed by a small American company. Studies were implemented in France under the coordination of an expert of the disease and the clinical investigation center of Lyon. The collaboration resulted in a good recruitment and retention of the patients in the study and most of all in the availability of the new formulation in France. Patients could have facilitated the research by being involved in the early stages of the studies. Involving patients and public early in the process is particularly important in rare diseases as the patient is a great source of knowledge and has his own expectations. Priorities of research, design, conduct and reporting of clinical trials can be defined in collaboration with adults but also with young patients or public, the first concerned in rare diseases. This concept is still to be developed and improved especially with paediatric patients.
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- Ségolène Gaillard
- Hospices civils de Lyon, EPICIME-CIC 1407 de Lyon, Inserm, department of clinical epidemiology, CHU-Lyon, 69677 Bron, France; Université de Lyon 1, 69000 Lyon, France.
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- Université de Lyon 1, 69000 Lyon, France; CNRS, UMR 5558, laboratoire de biométrie et biologie évolutive, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; Hospices civils de Lyon, service de biostatistiques, 69324 Lyon, France
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- AP-HP, hôpital Robert-Debré, service de néphrologie pédiatrique, 75019 Paris, France
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- CHU Montpellier, service de néphrologie et endocrinologie pédiatrique, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- Hospices civils de Lyon, service biochimie et biologie moléculaire, UF maladies héréditaires du métabolisme, 69500 Bron, France
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- Hospices civils de Lyon, service biochimie et biologie moléculaire, UF maladies héréditaires du métabolisme, 69500 Bron, France
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- Hospices civils de Lyon, EPICIME-CIC 1407 de Lyon, Inserm, department of clinical epidemiology, CHU-Lyon, 69677 Bron, France; Université de Lyon 1, 69000 Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon 1, 69000 Lyon, France; Hospices civils de Lyon, service de biostatistiques, 69324 Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon 1, 69000 Lyon, France; Hospices civils de Lyon, service de biostatistiques, 69324 Lyon, France
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- Hospices civils de Lyon, service de néphrologie pédiatrique, et centre de référence maladies rénales et phosphocalciques rares - Néphrogones - Filière ORKiD, 69500 Bron, France
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- Hospices civils de Lyon, service de néphrologie pédiatrique, et centre de référence maladies rénales et phosphocalciques rares - Néphrogones - Filière ORKiD, 69500 Bron, France
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- Hospices civils de Lyon, EPICIME-CIC 1407 de Lyon, Inserm, department of clinical epidemiology, CHU-Lyon, 69677 Bron, France; Université de Lyon 1, 69000 Lyon, France
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- Hospices civils de Lyon, EPICIME-CIC 1407 de Lyon, Inserm, department of clinical epidemiology, CHU-Lyon, 69677 Bron, France; Université de Lyon 1, 69000 Lyon, France
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- Bethany Bruno
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Office of Patient Experience and Center for Bioethics, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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In the past fifty years, disease advocacy organizations have multiplied and gained political influence, but they have often been reluctant to ask the government to intervene in health care provision. This article asks why. Using original quantitative and qualitative data on the goals and political claims of over one thousand organizations from 1960 through 2014, I find that many early disease advocacy organizations prioritized health care access. But unfavorable political climates discouraged new organizations from focusing on access to treatment. When health care became particularly controversial, even organizations with health care-related missions refrained from pursuing this goal politically. Eventually, politically active organizations began to drop treatment provision from their missions. Over the decades, the troubled politics of health care reshaped the field of disease advocacy, diminishing its focus on medical treatment.
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- Lewis A Grossman
- Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University. Ph.D. (history), Yale University; J.D., Harvard University; B.A., Yale University
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Langston AL, McCallum M, Campbell MK, Robertson C, Ralston SH. An integrated approach to consumer representation and involvement in a multicentre randomized controlled trial. Clin Trials 2016; 2:80-7. [PMID: 16279582 DOI: 10.1191/1740774505cn065oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Although, consumer involvement in individual studies is often limited, their involvement in guiding health research is generally considered to be beneficial. This paper outlines our experiences of an integrated relationship between the organisers of a clinical trial and a consumer organisation. The PRISM trial is a UK multicentre, randomized controlled trial comparing treatment strategies for Paget's disease of the bone. The National Association for the Relief of Paget's Disease (NARPD) is the only UK support group for sufferers of Paget's disease and has worked closely with the PRISM team from the outset. NARPD involvement is integral to the conduct of the trial and specific roles have included: peer-review; trial steering committee membership; provision of advice to participants, and promotion of the trial amongst Paget's disease patients. The integrated relationship has yielded benefits to both the trial and the consumer organisation. The benefits for the trial have included: recruitment of participants via NARPD contacts; well-informed participants; unsolicited patient advocacy of the trial; and interested and pro-active collaborators. For the NARPD and Paget's disease sufferers, benefits have included: increased awareness of Paget's disease; increased access to relevant health research; increased awareness of the NARPD services; and wider transfer of diagnosis and management knowledge to/from health care professionals. Our experience has shown that an integrated approach between a trial team and a consumer organisation is worthwhile. Adoption of such an approach in other trials may yield significant improvements in recruitment and quality of participant information flow. There are, however, resource implications for both parties.
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- Anne L Langston
- Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
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Cross-national comparative analysis of tobacco control strategies can alert health advocates to how opportunities for public health action, types of action, and probabilities for success are shaped by political systems and cultures. This article is based on case studies of tobacco control in the United States, Canada, Britain, and France. Two questions are addressed: (a) To whom were the dangers of smoking attributed? and (b) What was the role of collective action—grassroots level organization—in combating these dangers? Activists in Canada, Britain, and France moved earlier than the United States did to target the tobacco industry and the state. Locally based advocacy centered on passive smoking has been far more important in the United States. The author concludes that U.S.-style advocacy has played a major role in this country’s smoking decline but is insufficient in and of itself to change the corporate practices of a wealthy and politically powerful industry.
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Striley KM, Field-Springer K. Hybrids do it better: Lessons from websites of hybrid organizations in modern health movements. Health Mark Q 2016; 33:15-30. [PMID: 26950536 DOI: 10.1080/07359683.2016.1131577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Hybrid organizations in modern health movements adopt multiple organizational logistics, allowing them to more effectively achieve social change. We conducted an analysis of 152 probreastfeeding organization websites categorized as institutionalized organizations, grassroots organizations, or hybrid organizations. Through a series of ANOVA analyses, we found that hybrid's websites provide significantly more useful health care information, better maintained dialogue with members, more efficiently mobilized members, commoditized health care issues less, and created member identity while maintaining institutional ties. Ultimately, hybrids tended to incorporate the positive elements from both grassroots and institutional organizations, while rejecting many of the negative elements.
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- Katie Margavio Striley
- a Department of Communication , The University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill , North Carolina, USA
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- b Department of Communication Studies, College of Arts and Sciences , Ashland University , Ashland, Ohio, USA
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Hernández‐Encuentra E, Gómez‐Zúñiga B, Guillamón N, Boixadós M, Armayones M. Analysis of patient organizations' needs and ICT use--The APTIC project in Spain to develop an online collaborative social network. Health Expect 2015; 18:2129-42. [PMID: 24592990 PMCID: PMC5810647 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this first part of the APTIC (Patient Organisations and ICT) project is to design and run an online collaborative social network for paediatric patient organizations (PPOs). OBJECTIVE To analyse the needs of PPOs in Spain to identify opportunities to improve health services through the use of ICT. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A convenience sample of staff from 35 PPOs (54.68% response rate) participated in a structured online survey and three focus groups (12 PPOs). RESULTS Paediatric patient organizations' major needs are to provide accredited and managed information, increase personal support and assistance and promote joint commitment to health care. Moreover, PPOs believe in the Internet's potential to meet their needs and support their activities. Basic limitations to using the Internet are lack of knowledge and resources. CONCLUSION The discussion of the data includes key elements of designing an online collaborative social network and reflections on health services provided.
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- Eulàlia Hernández‐Encuentra
- Research group PSiNETInternet Interdisciplinary InstituteUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)BarcelonaSpain
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- Research group PSiNETInternet Interdisciplinary InstituteUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)BarcelonaSpain
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- Research group PSiNETInternet Interdisciplinary InstituteUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)BarcelonaSpain
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- Research group PSiNETInternet Interdisciplinary InstituteUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)BarcelonaSpain
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- Research group PSiNETInternet Interdisciplinary InstituteUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)BarcelonaSpain
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The objective of this study was to create a psychometrically sound measure of family-centered care, the Family-Centered Care Assessment (FCCA), developed through a process led by families in collaboration with maternal and child health leaders. The items for the FCCA scale were initially developed by families of children and youth with special needs in partnership with pediatric providers and researchers. Using an Institutional Review Board-approved research protocol, the questions were revised based on input from focus groups of diverse parents in three states. Parental responses (N = 790) to the revised 59-item survey were collected online from families in 49 states. Item distributions uniformly showed excellent spread. A principal axes factor analysis confirmed the existence of a single factor. Rasch modeling item analyses identified a reduced subset of 24 items that demonstrated excellent psychometric properties. All items met the criteria for a linear Rasch scale. Empirical evidence in support of the construct validity of the 24-item measure was derived: all items had a positive and substantial item-total correlation; person alpha scale reliability was >0.80 and the item reliability was >0.90; both separation indices were >2.0; infit and outfit statistics were within 0.5-1.5; and item difficulties ranged between -2 and +2 logits. Strong rank-ordered associations and large effect sizes were observed for six indicators of quality of care. This study's family-led process produced a tool, the FCCA, to measure families' experience of care with excellent psychometric properties.
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- Nora Wells
- Family Voices, Inc., Albuquerque, NM, USA,
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- Allan M Joseph
- Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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Demicheli V. [Vaccines, what a mess!]. Epidemiol Prev 2015; 39:7-9. [PMID: 25855539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Haroche A. [First edition of Mad Days]. Soins Psychiatr 2014:7. [PMID: 25562906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Barsky E. [HAS referral by patient organizations and users]. Soins 2014:9. [PMID: 25464625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Tanenbaum SJ. Advocating self-advocacy: board membership in a statewide mental health consumer organization. J Health Polit Policy Law 2014; 39:919-927. [PMID: 24842977 DOI: 10.1215/03616878-2744423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Until 2008 Ohio Advocates for Mental Health was a statewide mental health advocacy organization run by mental health consumers and supportive of consumer-run organizations around the state. The author's tenure on the board entailed repeated engagement with questions of identity - self-identity, peer support through personal identification, and negotiation of public identities with provider groups and the state agency. These are fundamental to defining and legitimating the claims of mentally ill people not just for health care resources but for full participation as citizens in the public sphere.
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Baggott R, Jones K. The voluntary sector and health policy: the role of national level health consumer and patients' organisations in the UK. Soc Sci Med 2014; 123:202-9. [PMID: 25085720 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 12/02/2013] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This article explores the policy role of health consumer and patients' organisations (HCPOs), an important subset of the UK voluntary health sector. Based on research findings from two surveys, the article examines the activities, resources and contacts of HCPOs. It also assesses their impact on health policy and reform. There is some evidence that HCPOs can influence policy and reform. However, much depends on the alliances they build with other policy actors (including other HCPOs), their resources and leadership. HCPOs seem to have more impact on the detail of policy than on the direction of travel. In addition, there are potentially adverse consequences for HCPOs that do engage with the policy process, which may partly explain why some are wary of such involvement. For example, it is possible that HCPOs can be manipulated by government and other powerful policy actors such as health professionals and the drugs industry.
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- Rob Baggott
- Health Policy Research Unit, Hugh Aston Building, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK.
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- Health Policy Research Unit, Hugh Aston Building, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK.
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Marshall E. Intellectual property. Historic patent on embryonic stem cells faces scrutiny. Science 2014; 343:359. [PMID: 24458618 DOI: 10.1126/science.343.6169.359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Fleury M. ["Our goal is the awareness of the public"]. Krankenpfl Soins Infirm 2014; 107:12-65. [PMID: 24919317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Limb M. Consumer organisation to fight for overhaul of NHS complaints system. BMJ 2013; 346:f4093. [PMID: 23798740 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Cima G. Organization finds Yersinia enterocolitica in most pork samples. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2013; 242:141. [PMID: 23397636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Tremblay K. In conversation with Sholom Glouberman. Healthc Q 2013; 16:17-20. [PMID: 24034772 DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2013.23506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Kuehn BM. Materials educate patients to make wise choices on tests and procedures. JAMA 2012; 307:2245-6. [PMID: 22706814 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.5341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Gebel E. Products for treating lows. Diabetes Forecast 2012; 65:62-65. [PMID: 22283104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Gebel E. Insulin pens. Diabetes Forecast 2012; 65:56-57. [PMID: 22283102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Gebel E. Aids for insulin users. Diabetes Forecast 2012; 65:58-60. [PMID: 22283103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Wahowiak L. Blood glucose meters. Diabetes Forecast 2012; 65:32-43. [PMID: 22283098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Neithercott T. Insulin pumps. Diabetes Forecast 2012; 65:50-53. [PMID: 22283100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Neithercott T. Infusion sets. Diabetes Forecast 2012; 65:54-55. [PMID: 22283101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Neithercott T. Diabetes Forecast 2012 consumer guide. Diabetes Forecast 2012; 65:27-30. [PMID: 22283097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Neithercott T. Continuous glucose monitors. Diabetes Forecast 2012; 65:44-46. [PMID: 22283099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Sprinks J. Nurse leaders set out their top ten objectives in bid to improve care. Nurs Stand 2011; 26:5. [PMID: 22206159 DOI: 10.7748/ns2011.11.26.10.5.p6863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Waters A. Join our drive to make quality care universal. Nurs Stand 2011; 26:14-15. [PMID: 22206163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Murphy K. Speaking up for change. Nurs Stand 2011; 26:16-17. [PMID: 22206164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Scott G. Join our campaign to enable the best care. Nurs Stand 2011; 26:1. [PMID: 22206158 DOI: 10.7748/ns2011.11.26.10.1.p6887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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SummaryAims – This paper attempts to examine the current state of mental health services in Central and Eastern Europe. Methods – Selected review of available literature has been done with emphasis on information complied by World Health Organization (WHO). Results – The magnitude and burden of mental disorders is high in Europe, the mental health services are inadequate in most Central and Eastern European countries and human rights situation is unsatisfactory. However, there are some positive recent developments worth noting. These include increased attention to human rights, cooperation and collaboration at subregional level and emergence of family and consumer associations. Conclusions – A concerted and systematic attempt needs to be made to respond to the challenge of providing adequate and human rights-based mental health services in Central and Eastern European countries. The framework developed by WHO can assist the countries in their initiatives aimed at improving mental health systems.Declaration of Interest: none
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- Benedetto Saraceno
- Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Lian M, Schootman M, Doubeni CA, Park Y, Major JM, Stone RAT, Laiyemo AO, Hollenbeck AR, Graubard BI, Schatzkin A. Geographic variation in colorectal cancer survival and the role of small-area socioeconomic deprivation: a multilevel survival analysis of the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study Cohort. Am J Epidemiol 2011; 174:828-38. [PMID: 21836166 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Adverse socioeconomic conditions, at both the individual and the neighborhood level, increase the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) death, but little is known regarding whether CRC survival varies geographically and the extent to which area-level socioeconomic deprivation affects this geographic variation. Using data from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-AARP Diet and Health Study, the authors examined geographic variation and the role of area-level socioeconomic deprivation in CRC survival. CRC cases (n = 7,024), identified during 1995-2003, were followed for their CRC-specific vital status through 2005 and overall vital status through 2006. Bayesian multilevel survival models showed that there was significant geographic variation in overall (variance = 0.2, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.1, 0.2) and CRC-specific (variance = 0.3, 95% CI: 0.1, 0.4) risk of death. More socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods had a higher overall risk of death (most deprived quartile vs. least deprived: hazard ratio = 1.2, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.4) and a higher CRC-specific risk of death (most deprived quartile vs. least deprived: hazard ratio = 1.2, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.5). However, neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation did not account for the geographic variation in overall and CRC-specific risks of death. In future studies, investigators should evaluate other neighborhood characteristics to help explain geographic heterogeneity in CRC survival. Such research could facilitate interventions for reducing geographic disparity in CRC survival.
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- Min Lian
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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Veauvy A, Pierron G. [The challenge of talking about mental illness]. Soins Psychiatr 2011:32. [PMID: 21793372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The National Union of friends and families of psychic patients (Unafam) helps families in everyday life when one of its members suffers from psychological disorders. Actions are centred on meetings which help to combat patient stigmatisation and encourage their social, family and professional reintegration.
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Dixon LB, Lucksted A, Medoff DR, Burland J, Stewart B, Lehman AF, Fang LJ, Sturm V, Brown C, Murray-Swank A. Outcomes of a randomized study of a peer-taught Family-to-Family Education Program for mental illness. Psychiatr Serv 2011; 62:591-7. [PMID: 21632725 PMCID: PMC4749398 DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.6.pss6206_0591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The Family-to-Family Education Program (FTF) is a 12-week course offered by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) for family members of adults with mental illness. This study evaluated the course's effectiveness. METHODS A total of 318 consenting participants in five Maryland counties were randomly assigned to take FTF immediately or to wait at least three months for the next available class with free use of any other NAMI supports or community or professional supports. Participants were interviewed at study enrollment and three months later (at course termination) regarding problem- and emotion-focused coping, subjective illness burden, and distress. A linear mixed-effects multilevel regression model tested for significant changes over time between intervention conditions. RESULTS FTF participants had significantly greater improvements in problem-focused coping as measured by empowerment and illness knowledge. Exploratory analyses revealed that FTF participants had significantly enhanced emotion-focused coping as measured by increased acceptance of their family member's illness, as well as reduced distress and improved problem solving. Subjective illness burden did not differ between groups. CONCLUSIONS This study provides evidence that FTF is effective for enhancing coping and empowerment of families of persons with mental illness, although not for reducing subjective burden. Other benefits for problem solving and reducing distress are suggested but require replication.
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- Lisa B Dixon
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 737 West Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Besomi A. [The Friends of Eleanor, "trisomy?! and so!"]. Rev Infirm 2011:54. [PMID: 21469378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Walkup JT, Albano AM. Commentary on the special issue. Anxiety disorders. Depress Anxiety 2011; 28:1-4. [PMID: 21225848 DOI: 10.1002/da.20781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Golder D. Meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR)--the rules are final. Now what? J Okla State Med Assoc 2010; 103:433. [PMID: 21162423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- Dan Golder
- Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, USA
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Voinea-Griffin A, Fellows JL, Rindal DB, Barasch A, Gilbert GH, Safford MM. Pay for performance: will dentistry follow? BMC Oral Health 2010; 10:9. [PMID: 20423526 PMCID: PMC2880362 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-10-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2009] [Accepted: 04/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND "Pay for performance" is an incentive system that has been gaining acceptance in medicine and is currently being considered for implementation in dentistry. However, it remains unclear whether pay for performance can effect significant and lasting changes in provider behavior and quality of care. Provider acceptance will likely increase if pay for performance programs reward true quality. Therefore, we adopted a quality-oriented approach in reviewing those factors which could influence whether it will be embraced by the dental profession. DISCUSSION The factors contributing to the adoption of value-based purchasing were categorized according to the Donabedian quality of care framework. We identified the dental insurance market, the dental profession position, the organization of dental practice, and the dental patient involvement as structural factors influencing the way dental care is practiced and paid for. After considering variations in dental care and the early stage of development for evidence-based dentistry, the scarcity of outcome indicators, lack of clinical markers, inconsistent use of diagnostic codes and scarcity of electronic dental records, we concluded that, for pay for performance programs to be successfully implemented in dentistry, the dental profession and health services researchers should: 1) expand the knowledge base; 2) increase considerably evidence-based clinical guidelines; and 3) create evidence-based performance measures tied to existing clinical practice guidelines. SUMMARY In this paper, we explored factors that would influence the adoption of value-based purchasing programs in dentistry. Although none of these factors were essential deterrents for the implementation of pay for performance programs in medicine, the aggregate seems to indicate that significant changes are needed before this type of program could be considered a realistic option in dentistry.
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- Andreea Voinea-Griffin
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of General Dental Sciences, Birmingham, USA
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of General Dental Sciences, Birmingham, USA
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of General Dental Sciences, Birmingham, USA
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Birmingham, USA
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