Community and Health Research Unit
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Dr Julie Pattinson from the Community and Health Research Unit (CaHRU) at University of Lincoln, recently published an article in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. The article, entitled ‘Age-related physical and psychological vulnerability as pathways to problem gambling in older Continue reading New study on health-related causes of gambling in older adults
An interview study exploring the experiences of Community First Responders (CFRs) in Lincolnshire as well as their relationship with patients and the ambulance service (http://rdcu.be/GkCl) was published this month in the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine The Continue reading New CaHRU study on Community First Responders in Lincolnshire published
People living with a long-term condition often have more than one condition to contend with. This is known as ‘multimorbidity’, commonly defined as the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions within one person. In this situation it is important Continue reading Comparing national multimorbidity policies and guidelines
The latest edition of the CaHRU Newsletter (Summer 2017) was published in September 2017. The newsletter presents the work of the research centre over the previous three months and includes articles from the CaHRU blog covering publications, conferences and funding. Continue reading CaHRU newsletter (Summer 2017)
Two key articles on development and prioritization of new ambulance performance measures were published this autumn 2017 in Health Expectations. The studies come from, Prehospital Outcomes for Evidence Based Evaluation (PhOEBE), funded by a five year National Institute for Health Research Continue reading Spotlight on new ambulance performance measures