Publications by authors named "F G Wright"
Objectives: We explored how to improve communication about low-risk lesions including labels, language and other strategies.
Design: Qualitative description and thematic analysis to examine the transcripts of telephone interviews with patients who had low-risk lesions and physicians; and mapping to Communication Accommodation Theory to interpret themes.
Setting: Canada PARTICIPANTS: 15 patients: 6 (40%) bladder, 5 (33%) prostate and 4 (27%) cervix lesions; and 13 physicians: 7 (54%) cervix, 3 (23%) bladder and 3 (23%) prostate lesions.
Background: Days at home after surgery is a promising new patient-centred outcome metric that measures time spent outside of healthcare institutions and mortality. The aim of this scoping review was to synthesize the use of days at home in perioperative research and evaluate how it has been termed, defined, and validated, with a view to inform future use.
Methods: The search was run on MEDLINE, Embase, and Scopus on 30 March 2023 to capture all perioperative research where days at home or equivalent was measured.
The 8020 Campaign in Japan: A Policy Analysis.
Asia Pac J Public Health
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Japan launched the 8020 Campaign in 1989 to encourage citizens to maintain at least 20 teeth by age 80 as part of a nationwide oral health initiative.
- The study used qualitative methods, including literature reviews and Key Informant Interviews, to examine the campaign's content, participants, processes, and broader context.
- Findings highlighted the campaign's comprehensive approach to promoting oral health across all ages, supported by stable funding, local government initiatives, legal frameworks, and a focus on preventive care.
An essential aspect of the EU's "Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals" (REACH) regulation is the European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) evaluation of testing proposals submitted by registrants to address data gaps. Registrants may propose adaptations, such as read-across, to waive standard testing; however, it is widely believed that ECHA often finds justifications for read-across hypotheses inadequate. From 2008 to August 2023, 2,630 testing proposals were submitted to ECHA; of these, 1,538 had published decisions that were systematically evaluated in this study.
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