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Is hypnosis easier or more difficult for children? 🤔In this interesting video, Miranda van Tilburg discusses using #hypnosis to treat #DGBIs in pediatric patients! https://loom.ly/LZU_-y4

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How to ensure an appropriate oral health workforce? - Modelling future scenarios for the Netherlands If the percentage of people having all natural teeth increases by 20% in 2032, 68 additional full-time equivalent (FTE) dentists will be required, respectively, compared to the base case scenario. In the skill-mix scenario, the model indicates that prioritising oral hygienists for check-ups and shifting dentists’ focus to primarily complex care could address population needs more efficiently. Among the student intake and training duration scenarios, increasing intake to 375 and, to a lesser extent, reducing training to 5 years is projected to most effectively close the provider gap. 📝https://lnkd.in/gAHvt6Yp by Janssen et al.

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🎯 The Art of Public Health Campaigns: Using Visuals to Educate and Inspire Public health campaigns have the potential to change behaviors and improve health outcomes, but to make an impact truly, they need to do more than just inform—they need to inspire action. Visual communication, with its power to transform complex health messages into something that resonates deeper, is a key tool for achieving this. 🎨 Think about the last public health campaign that grabbed your attention. Was it an anti-smoking ad with powerful imagery 🚭 or a vaccination campaign with clear, relatable visuals? The right image can make a message not only memorable but also actionable. Visuals can uniquely simplify complex concepts, evoke emotions, and create connections that motivate people to change behaviors. 🔄 But visuals in public health campaigns are not just about making information accessible—they're about making it impactful. A well-crafted video that shares personal stories can create empathy and urgency 💬. At the same time, an infographic that distills complicated data into an easy-to-understand format 📊 can empower individuals to make informed decisions. These tools help turn health information into something tangible and actionable, especially for those with lower health literacy or language barriers. As public health professionals, communicators, and advocates, it’s important to continually innovate and push the boundaries of how we use visuals in our campaigns. This means embracing new technologies and platforms and tailoring our visuals to the specific needs and cultural contexts of our audience 🌍. What resonates with one group may not work with another, so adaptability and creativity are key in this dynamic field. Let's ensure our public health campaigns are seen and felt, driving the change we want to see. As the saying goes, "A picture is worth a thousand words," in public health, it could be worth much more—like lives saved. 💡 #PublicHealth #Education #VisualCommunication #HealthCampaigns #InspirationInAction

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Social participation is key to health system governance. That’s why WHO/Europe has launched two new policy briefs showcasing country case studies, documenting policy lessons from across our Region. 1️⃣ The first is about making social participation central to health system governance, with policy lessons from the field: https://bit.ly/3ZpXJ6h 2️⃣ The second is about how we can institutionalize social participation in health policy: https://bit.ly/4151Ky2

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Achieving UHC by 2030 requires health systems that are equitable, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of all people. Social participation isn’t just a tool—it’s a fundamental principle of good governance. It ensures that communities, especially those most marginalized, have a voice in shaping the policies that affect their lives. WHO Regional Office for Europe’s latest policy briefs highlight innovative approaches and actionable insights to make this a reality, including ways to institutionalize social participation and ensure it is embedded at all levels of the health system.

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How to translate documents for National Health Service (NHS) https://lnkd.in/dpSitdsY #howtotranslatedocumentsfornationalhealthservice

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🏥 Addressing Gaps in Homeless Healthcare: Insights from Specialist Professionals 🏥 Recent research sheds light on the critical challenges faced in homeless healthcare, particularly regarding service delivery and integration with mainstream health systems. Key findings from a study involving 22 health professionals reveal: 🔍 Integration Issues: A significant disconnect exists between homeless healthcare and mainstream services, creating barriers to effective care. 🩺 Expanding Nursing Roles: By formalizing a specialty in homeless health nursing, we can equip nurses with essential skills for comprehensive care—focusing on preventative measures and crisis management. 💡 Policy Implications: Enhancing nursing practices could inform policy changes and resource allocation, ultimately improving access to care for vulnerable populations. This study emphasizes the urgent need for specialized training within nursing to bridge existing gaps. Discover more about how we can transform healthcare delivery for our homeless communities by clicking the link! 🔗 #HealthTechnologyAssessment #HealthcareIntegration #HomelessHealthcare #NursingSpecialization #PublicHealth #Publications #ResearchInsights #MarketAccess #MarketAccessToday

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Our recent scoping review identified 17 different barriers and enablers to primary care access. Language barriers are a significant barrier for many communities. Find out more: https://buff.ly/3zFsJoz

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Health literacy is a crucial but often overlooked driver of health outcomes and a major factor in tackling health inequalities. Promoting health literacy in communication makes healthcare more accessible, which improves treatment adherence, service access and patient outcomes.     Join this workshop on 13 Nov with health psychology expert Dr Mike Oliver, when the Personalised Care Institute will explore how organisations can foster health literacy through clear and effective communication.      https://lnkd.in/euCjxqg4 #HealthLiteracy

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The World Medical Association (WMA) Declaration of Helsinki Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participants was adopted by the 18th WMA General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, June 1964 and the most recent amendment came into effect on 19 October 2024. 📢 A summary of the major changes is listed below: ✔ “Individual autonomy": Emphasis has been placed on voluntary participation in research through free and informed consent ✔Replaced the term subjects with participants to be more inclusive ✔Included the phrase "physicians and researchers" to broaden the horizon of the healthcare community involved in research ✔Emphasis on vulnerable populations with regard to inclusion in a clinical trial. The negative effect of inclusion must be weighed against the negative effect of exclusion ✔In the event of international collaborative research, the study protocol must be approved by the sponsoring and host countries’ IRB/ethics committee ✔The structural inequities of medical research should be addressed by "carefully considering how the benefits, risks, and burdens are distributed" Greater importance has been placed on protecting participants' privacy and confidentiality. At GreenLight Clinical (GLC), a solution focussed clinical contract research organisation, we recognise that ethical integrity forms the foundation of all clinical research. In the evolving landscape of medical innovation, upholding ethical standards is not just a regulatory requirement, but our responsibility to communities and future medical advancements. ⚕ #GreenLightClinical #ClinicalTrial #Ethics #MedicalResearch

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🤖 What might the future Health Workforce look like? Call for expressions of interest: WHO is seeking partners to help us imagine the future of modelling for the health workforce in Europe. Health systems face unprecedented challenges, from growing and ageing populations to global workforce shortages and increasing demands for flexible, resilient health services. Planning how the health workforce should be structured to meet these challenges is vital to health system resilience, as well as workforce sustainability and deployment. WHO/Europe is convening a diverse group of experts for a 2.5-day Symposium on Health Workforce Modelling for Action at UN City, Copenhagen, 28–30 April 2025, where they will explore ways to advance innovative practices in health workforce modelling to support Member States as they seek to build sustainable, capable workforces for the future. To prompt this exciting discussion, we are inviting participants j to submit an abstract on one of the following panel themes, outlining how the field you are working in relates to healthcare and workforce delivery:  • Complexity and systems thinking - how do we identify and explore uncertainty and areas of perma-crisis?  • Intersectoral approaches to modelling: Health systems as a ‘safety critical’ service industry  • Moving from information to intelligence; Integrating qualitative and quantitative data  • Leadership and systemic change: Modelling in the realm of professionalisation, power structures, hierarchy and incentives  • Or other novel ways of modelling the health workforce of the future The deadline for abstract submissions is 31 January 2025. To register your attendance at the Symposium and to express your interest in submitting an abstract, please complete our registration form: https://lnkd.in/dTzqBRye Natasha Azzopardi Muscat Cris Scotter Åsa Olsson Eszter Kovacs Hughes, Janette Tomas Zapata Alison Leary Brian Castellani Hans Winberg

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One of the key changes to the health technology assessment (HTA) guidance in the Netherlands is greater acceptance of structured expert elicitation (SEE) and clearer guidelines on what is and is not appropriate in submissions. In our article, published earlier this year, our team summarizes the key changes and delves into the guidelines around SEE – key reading for health technology manufacturers seeking reimbursement in the Netherlands. Read our article here: https://buff.ly/4ch8FXm #LumanityPerspectives #HEOR #HealthEconomics #HTA #ZIN #SEE

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Can monitoring the X/Twitter social network serve as an early warning system for medicine shortages? Early identification is critical for mitigating the impact of medicine shortages on patients. Doerine Postma and colleagues have explored whether a routine analysis of data from the Twitter social network can detect signals of a medicine shortage and serve as an early warning system. The researchers collected Twitter posts about medicine shortages reported between January and December 2019. The first posts per shortage were analyzed for their timing versus the national catalog Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association (KNMP) Farmanco. Of the 341 medicine shortages included in the research, 102 (29.9%) were mentioned on Twitter. However, only 4 (1.2%) of these were mentioned on Twitter more than 14 days before publication by KNMP Farmanco. On average, posts were published with a median delay of 37 days to publication by KNMP Farmanco. The researchers therefore concluded that the Twitter social network is not a suitable early warning system for medicine shortages. Twitter primarily echoes already-known information rather than spreads new information. However, Twitter or potentially any other social media platform provides the opportunity for future qualitative research in the increasingly important field of medicine shortages that investigates how a larger population of patients is affected by shortages. Read the full paper: https://lnkd.in/eBTmNY7n Doerine Postma, Magali Heijkoop, Peter De Smet, Kim Notenboom🇨🇭, Bert Leufkens, Aukje Mantel-Teeuwisse #medicineshortage #shortage #farmanco #Twitter #socialmedia

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