Community and Health Research Unit
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On the 3rd April 2014 three PhD students from CaHRU, Fiona Togher, Mohammad Iqbal and Jolien Vos attended the eighth Annual Postgraduate Student Conference at University of Lincoln’s Riseholme Park Conference Centre at which Jolien won a prize for the Continue reading Best poster for CaHRU student at the 2014 Postgraduate Student Conference
The recently published ‘IPVASTIA’ study (Siriwardena AN, Asghar Z, Coupland C. Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination and risk of stroke or transient ischaemic attack – matched case control study. Vaccine 2014;32 (12): 1354-1361. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.029) was one of the case studies Continue reading NIHR ‘Focus on Stroke’ features IPVASTIA study
The SAFER 2 study is a randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of new protocols for emergency ambulance personnel to assess and refer older people who fall to appropriate community based care. The protocol for the study, Continue reading SAFER 2 (Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals) trial protocol published