Aim This paper examines the topic of sickness absence management in the context of the
healthcare sector. Background National Health Service (NHS) employee absenteeism is an …

Background The English network of stop-smoking services (SSSs) is among the best-value
life-preserving clinical intervention in the UK NHS and is internationally renowned. However …

Objectives To analyse the performance of the English Stop Smoking Services from 2001/02
to 2010/11. Design Analysis of national service monitoring data. Setting England …

Background. In the UK, school nursing has recently been at the forefront of policy change,
with school nurses being considered pivotal to child‐centred public health practice. There is …

Objectives. To examine whether, as predicted by the transtheoretical model (TTM), stage‐
matched interventions will be more effective than stage‐mismatched interventions. Design …

Objective: To discover the importance of social sources of tobacco to young people as
opposed to commercial sources; to describe the peer market for cigarettes in schools and …

Background Smoking cessation services are available in England to provide assistance to
those wishing to quit smoking. Data from one such service were analysed in order to …

Aims To evaluate the effect on quitting smoking at 18 months postpartum of smoking
cessation interventions based on the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) delivered in pregnancy …

The 12-month clinical outcomes of nursing home patients who underwent videofluoroscopic
swallowing evaluation was determined. A retrospective review of 40 patients in a teaching …

Aims To describe the pattern of self‐reported cigarette consumption and nicotine
consumption, measured by urinary cotinine concentration, in a cohort of pregnant women …