Measles, mumps, rubella prevention: how can we do better?

Introduction: Measles, mumps, and rubella incidence decreased drastically following vaccination programs' implementation. However, measles and mumps' resurgence was recently reported, outbreaks still occur, and challenges remain to control these diseases.

Areas Covered: This qualitative narrative review provides an objective appraisal of the literature regarding current challenges in controlling measles, mumps, rubella infections, and interventions to address them.

Delivering routine immunisations in London during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for future vaccine delivery. A mixed-methods study.

Background: General practices in England have continued to care for patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by instigating major changes to service delivery. Immunisations have continued, although the number of vaccines delivered initially dropped in April 2020.

Aim: To evaluate how COVID-19 impacted the delivery of immunisations in London and identify innovative practices to inform future delivery, including for COVID-19 vaccines.

Influences on childhood immunisation decision-making in London's Gypsy and Traveller communities.

Aims: Uptake of childhood immunisations is lower among Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities than in the general UK population. This small-scale study aimed to elicit insights from GRT mothers on their interaction with health services in London around childhood immunisations. The purpose was to inform a larger piece of work by the NHS England and Improvement (London) Public Health Commissioning Team to inform their planning to improve access to vaccination services for GRT communities in London.

Is partnership the answer? Delivering the national immunisation programme in the new English health system: a mixed methods study.

Background: The English national health system experienced a major reorganisation in April 2013. This mixed methods study examined how staff managed to deliver the national immunisation programme within a new health infrastructure and explored the role and contribution of 'partnership working' to programme implementation.

Methods: A cross-sectional online questionnaire survey and a qualitative evaluation of an urban immunisation board were conducted in 2016.

Factors Affecting Delivery of the HPV Vaccination: A Focus Group Study With NHS School-Aged Vaccination Teams in London.

This study sought to identify barriers and facilitators to delivery of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in schools. Four focus groups were conducted with 28 staff members, from four National Health Service school-aged vaccination (SAV) teams in London. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis.

Using social media as a strategy to address 'sophomore slump' in second year nursing students: A qualitative study.

Introduction: An important contributing factor to the shortfall in the nursing workforce is the high attrition rate of students from nursing programmes. Recently, researchers have begun to examine the 'sophomore slump' phenomenon, related to students' sense of low self-efficacy associated with learning in their second year of study, that may be related to attrition.

Background: Academic success is heavily influenced by self-efficacy, or a student's belief in their ability to be successful.

Educational and skills-based interventions for preventing relationship and dating violence in adolescents and young adults.

Background: Educational and skills-based interventions are often used to prevent relationship and dating violence among young people.

Objectives: To assess the efficacy of educational and skills-based interventions designed to prevent relationship and dating violence in adolescents and young adults.

Search Methods: We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, six other databases and a trials register on 7 May 2012.

Effective smoking cessation interventions for COPD patients: a review of the evidence.

Objectives: To review the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions offered to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, and identify barriers to quitting experienced by them, so that a more effective service can be developed for this group.

Design: A rapid systematic literature review comprising computerized searches of electronic databases, hand searches and snowballing were used to identify both published and grey literature.

Setting: A review of studies undertaken in north-western Europe (defined as: United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Benelux and Nordic countries).

Opportunistic screening for Chlamydia: a pilot study into male perspectives on provision of Chlamydia screening in a UK university.

Background: Since 2003, the University of Leeds has been a pilot site for the National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP), which offers opportunistic screening to asymptomatic people under the age of 25. Uptake among men is low. The purpose of this study is to explore perceptions and acceptability of the provision of Chlamydia screening in the University of Leeds among 18-25-year-old male students.

After 'Unit 1421': an exploratory study into female students' attitudes and behaviours towards binge drinking at Leeds University.

Background: Binge drinking has been highlighted as a growing problem in the UK, particularly amongst females aged 18-25 years. University of Leeds is situated within a population that has one of the highest reported statistics of binge drinking in the UK. In September 2006, the 'Unit 1421' campaign was launched at University of Leeds with the aim to promoted sensible drinking amongst students.

Measuring outcomes for neurological disorders: a review of disease-specific health status instruments for three degenerative neurological conditions.

Health-related quality-of-life measures have been increasingly used in research into neurological disorders in recent years. The aim of this paper is to provide an objective appraisal of the evidence in regard to disease-specific quality-of-life measures used in research on health interventions for three degenerative neurological disorders: multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. A comprehensive search strategy was developed to include nine relevant electronic databases.

The Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39): evidence for a method of imputing missing data.

Background: The Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) is the most widely used Parkinson's specific measure of health status. It is increasingly used in treatment trials, sometimes as a primary end-point, where any missing data can potentially cause difficulties in analyses.

Objectives: The purpose of this article is to evaluate the Expectation Maximisation (EM) algorithm for the imputation of missing dimension scores on the 39-item PDQ-39.

Management of respiration in MND/ALS patients: an evidence based review.

This systematic review comprises an objective appraisal of the evidence in regard to the management of respiration in patients with motor neuron disease (MND/ALS). Studies were identified through computerised searches of 32 databases. Internet searches of websites of drug companies and MND/ALS research web sites, 'snow balling' and hand searches were also employed to locate any unpublished study or other 'grey literature' on respiration and MND/ALS.