Understanding access to sexual and reproductive health in general practice using an adapted Candidacy Framework; a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis.

Background General practice has a key role in reducing inequity in access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Unplanned pregnancy, abortion and STIs are increasing and disproportionately affects deprived communities and ethnic minority groups. The candidacy framework offers a practical, theoretical framework for understanding the complex interactional processes of access to SRH in general practice.

Parental migration, socioeconomic deprivation and hospital admissions in preschool children in England: national birth cohort study, 2008 to 2014.

Background: A third of children born in England have at least one parent born outside the United Kingdom (UK), yet family migration history is infrequently studied as a social determinant of child health. We describe rates of hospital admissions in children aged up to 5 years by parental migration and socioeconomic group.

Methods: Birth registrations linked to Hospital Episode Statistics were used to derive a cohort of 4,174,596 children born in state-funded hospitals in England between 2008 and 2014, with follow-up until age 5 years.

Scaling up the "24/7 BHU" strategy to provide round-the-clock maternity care in Punjab, Pakistan: a theory-driven, coproduced implementation study.

Background: Pakistan's maternal mortality rate remains persistently high at 186/100,000 live births. The country's government-run first-level healthcare facilities, the basic health units (BHUs), are an important source of maternity care for rural women. However,BHUsonly operate on working days from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.