Department of Health and Social Care

Recent papers from Department of Health and Social Care

1. ‘I don’t want more children…’: risk, trust, agency, and the negotiation of family planning in NigeriaCogent Social Sciences · 2026
2. Perceptions and Barriers to Provision of Post-abortion Services Among Healthcare Workers in Osogbo, Nigeria: A Qualitative StudyCureus · 2026
3. Obstructive sleep apnoea and cardiovascular risk in atrial fibrillation: a health system-based cohort studyHeart · 2026
4. Measures of physical fitness and postoperative mortality in patients with colorectal cancer: national cohort studyBJS Open · 2026
5. Healthcare‐Related Predictors of Postnatal Contraception Uptake: A Cross‐Sectional StudyReproductive Female and Child Health · 2026
6. Concordance of Microbiological and Histopathological Examination of Bone Biopsies in Diagnosing Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis, a Systematic ReviewJournal of Foot and Ankle Research · 2026
7. Group Poetry and Quilt‐Making –Creative Public Involvement Approaches to Contentious Concepts in Frailty ResearchHealth Expectations · 2026
8. Multisectoral integrated care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions: A realist reviewPalliative Medicine · 2026
9. Experiences and Perspectives of People with Stroke, Carers, and Physiotherapists Toward Telerehabilitation Implementation Following Stroke in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative StudyHealthcare · 2026
10. A quick win for neighbourhood working in England: the Lindsay Leg Club Model delivering for local populationsBritish Journal of Community Nursing · 2026
11. Safety and Efficacy of Rational Polytherapy with Sodium Valproate and Lamotrigine for Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisNeuroglia · 2026
12. Staged, life-cycle approach to evidence generation for digital health interventions in low- and middle-income countriesBMJ Digital Health & AI · 2026
13. Social Connection and Epigenetic Aging: Insights from DNA Methylation ClocksAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026
14. EP464 - ECE_2010 - Hyperphagia severity in adult patients with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome-a mixed-methods cross-sectional study in the United Kingdom2026
15. The role of a deployed British Army dental team on exercise Immediate Response 24BDJ · 2026
16. Embedding the MapMe intervention into the English National Child Measurement Programme: a within-trial cost utility analysisHealth Economics Review · 2026
17. Case Report: Two cases of pathologic complete response after upfront chemoimmunotherapy for initially unresectable gastric cancerFrontiers in Oncology · 2026
18. Open Dialogue versus treatment as usual for adults presenting in crisis to mental health services in England (the ODDESSI Trial): a multisite cluster-randomised trialThe Lancet Psychiatry · 2026
19. Reducing Emotional Burden Carried by Neurodivergent Students in School: Perspectives From Students and School StaffJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · 2026
20. Awareness and use of open research practices: an international survey of researchers across disciplinesRoyal Society Open Science · 2026