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Public health and climate change: a One Health approach
WEBThis POSTnote summarises how the One Health approach can be used to tackle key impacts of climate change and threats to public health. It outlines the key features, challenges and opportunities of implementation. This briefing takes a global perspective on implementing the approach, with areas of focus on UK policy.
Actived: 9 days ago
URL: https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0701/
Diet-related Health Inequalities
WEBPoor diet is one of the biggest preventable risk factors for ill-health. Inequalities in diets contribute to overall inequalities in health. The recent cost-of-living crisis and food price increases have drawn attention to wider inequalities in access to healthy food across the population. This POSTnote gives an overview of the population …
Children's Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic
WEBA POSTnote describing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's mental health. This briefing summarises the latest understanding from research about the effects on children throughout the pandemic, and the factors that increase vulnerability to poor mental health. It also reviews policy approaches that seek to protect children's …
Climate Change and Vector-Borne Disease in Humans in the UK
WEBVBDs are diseases that are transmitted by vectors, organisms that carry and transmit diseases between humans, animals and plants. VBDs account for 17% of infectious diseases and have a significant health impact globally. Vectors vary in the diseases they transmit. Mosquitoes and ticks are the vectors most concerning to the UK.
Inequalities in education, and attainment gaps
WEBOverview of change. There has been a substantial amount of research on educational inequality in the UK, including access to high-quality teaching, expectations and attainment. 1,2 Factors associated with inequality and attainment gaps include economic disadvantage, ethnicity, disability, gender, and whether a child has been in care or has …
Reforming the Mental Health Act – Approaches to Improve
WEBThe Government’s Draft Mental Health Bill proposes reforms to improve patient choice. A joint parliamentary committee report on the draft Bill recommended further changes to enhance choice, including a statutory duty to offer patients advance choice documents. Reports to date suggest that advance care planning could offer some …
Plant biosecurity in Great Britain
WEBPlant biosecurity in Great Britain. Research Briefing. Published Tuesday, 04 July, 2023. POSTbrief. Environment. Food security. Security and defence. Jonathan Wentworth. Plant biosecurity refers to measures to prevent the introduction and spread of pests and pathogens via trade and natural pathways that pose plant health risks.
Palliative and end of life care
WEBPalliative and end of life care are increasingly in demand as people are living longer and with multiple long-term conditions. However, an estimated 100,000 people in the UK that could benefit from palliative care die without receiving it each year. There is substantial evidence that inequalities in access to palliative and end of life care relate to …
Early Childhood Education and Care
WEBEarly Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) refers to education and childcare provided in regulated settings from birth to the start of primary school. This POSTnote summarises the evidence on the association between ECEC and children’s development in England and the key factors that affect this. It also covers the impact of …
Mental Health Act reform
WEBThe Government published its response in March 2024. This POSTnote highlights research evidence and stakeholder perspectives on how autistic people and people with a learning disability may be affected by proposed reforms. It complements three other POSTnotes which deal with other aspects of reform: Mental Health Act Reform – …
Invasive non-native species
WEBResearch suggests that the threat from invasive non-native species (INNS) is growing. Biological invasions by INNS harm native species and habitats and can have economic impacts. Biosecurity measures can be adopted to prevent the introduction and spread of INNS. This POSTnote summarises the drivers and impacts of INNS and the …
Short and long term health effects of COVID-19
WEBThere is emerging evidence on the long-term health effects of COVID-19. These include long-term respiratory complications, thrombosis, heart failure, kidney injury, fatigue, joint and muscle pain, and metabolic abnormalities. Long-term cohort studies are needed to better understand long-term disease consequences in COVID-19 patients.
Water fluoridation and dental health
WEBThe National Health and Medical Research Council (2016) review in Australia found that water fluoridation reduces the incidence of dental caries in primary teeth by approximately 35% compared to un-fluoridated water and increases the proportion of children who have no dental caries by approximately 15%.
Outward medical tourism
WEBPOSTbrief 38 Outward medical tourism (480 KB , PDF) Download full report. Medical tourism refers to when people seek medical treatment in a different country than the one they reside. In the context of this brief it refers to UK residents seeking elective, non-emergency medical treatment abroad. Some writers have objected to the use of the term
Living organ donation
WEBLiving organ donation refers to the transplant of an organ (such as a kidney or a lobe of liver) from a living donor. Kidneys are the most donated organ, accounting for 98% of living organ donations in 2019/20. As of March 2020, 4,960 patients were waiting for a kidney transplant. The average waiting time for a deceased donation was 2.5-3 years.
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