Social determinants of health and the double burden of disease in Nepal: a secondary analysis.

Background: As the global burden of disease evolves, lower-resource countries like Nepal face a double burden of non-communicable and infectious disease. Rapid adaptation is required for Nepal's health system to provide life-long, person-centred care while simultaneously improving quality of infectious disease services. Social determinants of health be key in addressing health disparities and could direct policy decisions to promote health and manage the disease burden.

Siblings of children with disabilities: improving health well-being through creativity.

The siblings of disabled children have been the subject of considerable research since the 1980s, when they were first identified as possessing health inequalities relative to their peers. There has been limited provision of services in the UK to address this imbalance. Many families experience feelings of guilt over the varied levels of attention they are able to dedicate to each child and anxiety about the effects this may have on the well-being and emotional growth of non-disabled siblings.