Queen Margaret University

The implementability of healthcare professional-led physical activity promotion interventions for people living with multiple sclerosis: A scoping review

Objective To identify healthcare professional-led physical activity promotion interventions for multiple sclerosis care and evaluate their implementability. Data Sources A systematic search was conducted across CINAHL, Scopus, MEDLINE, PEDro, SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, CENTRAL, OpenG...

Protocol: Systematic mapping of recent global research on health system financing using machine learning

Health systems worldwide are facing critical pressures that threaten access to and quality of healthcare, with profound long-term social and economic consequences. In high-income countries, population ageing and declining health sector budgets are already leading to deteriorating...

A Critical Need for Neuro-Affirming Maternity Care: Perinatal Experiences of Autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD Mothers

Abstract Objectives To understand the perinatal experiences of autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD mothers and identify recommendations for neuro-affirming maternity care. Method Data were collected via an online qualitative survey with open-ended questions to capture the perinatal experie...

Cellular, Acellular, and Matrix‐Like Placental Products for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A 12‐Week Randomised‐Trial Meta‐Analysis

ABSTRACT Placental‐derived cellular, acellular, and matrix‐like products (CAMPs) are widely used as adjuncts to standard care for diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), but trials differ in product class, comparator, and healing window. We estimated the effect of adjunctive placental‐deriv...

Political Economy of Budgeting Reforms: A Comparative Analysis of the Adoption and Implementation of Programme‐Based Budgeting in Health Across Seven LMIC Countries

Despite its widespread application in public financial management reforms across low- and middle-income countries, programme-based budgeting (PBB) implementation often remains relatively superficial. The technical weaknesses of the reform have been widely documented; however, the...

Trauma Work with Horses: Compassion and Connection

New ways of working with trauma survivors are being sought with the case being made that dominant trauma therapies have relied too heavily on verbal narration and cognitive processing. Evidence suggests that traumatic experiences are often encoded in sensory, emotional, physiolog...

Effectiveness of Caregiver‐Mediated Spoken Language Interventions for Children Under Five at Risk of Developmental Language Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Caregiver-mediated interventions are commonly used by Speech and Language Therapists to support early language development. Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is associated with reduced quality of life throughout the lifespan. Understanding factors that pr...

One Health and antimicrobial stewardship: a call to multi-sectoral collaboration to prevent the emerging epidemic of antimicrobial resistance

A common misconception is that Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) stems solely from poor treatment management in hospitals and weak health systems. AMR is, however, driven by a multitude of factors, including environmental stressors such as contamination from industrial, agricultural...