R J Madeley
Biographic Data
| ID | 6160234 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R J Madeley |
| GIVEN NAMES | R J |
| FAMILY NAME | Madeley |
| SIGNATURE | MADELEY R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Quality of tuberculosis care and its association with patient adherence to treatment in eight Ethiopian districts
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the quality of tuberculosis (TB) service delivery in public health facilities in Ethiopia and its association with patients' non-adherence to TB treatment. This study assessed the organization, management and processes of TB care delivery, and their effects on patients' adherence to TB treatment. METHODS: The quality of TB care was investigated in 44 public health facilities from three perspectives: structure, pr…
Is smoking a communicable disease? Effect of exposure to ever smokers in school tutor groups on the risk of incident smoking in the first year of secondary school
The risk of incident smoking in children entering secondary education is independently increased by exposure to other ever smokers in school tutor groups. Incident smoking in adolescents is thus to some extent a communicable disorder, and may be partly preventable by policies that reduce exposure to smoking at school
Unemployment and health
OBJECTIVE: To examine the quality of social support among unemployed residents in Trent, England. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of data generated by those of working age drawn from a postal lifestyle survey of the adult population of Trent region. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: Subjects were 6987 individuals (males 16-64 years and females 16-59 years of age), of whom 9.9% (689/6987) were unemployed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Responses about the quality of socia…
Stress, social support, and stopping smoking after myocardial infarction in England
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To examine the effect on mortality of stopping smoking after myocardial infarction and the psychosocial factors that influence the decision to stop. DESIGN--Analysis of smokers in a large prospective study. Self completed questionnaires provided information on psychosocial factors. SETTING--Coronary care units at six English hospitals participating in a multicentre clinical trial. SUBJECTS--These comprised consenting myocardial i…
Postneonatal mortality
Postneonatal mortality SIR-The article "Why did postperinatal mortality rates fall in the 1970s?", 1986, 40, 228-31, by Sunderland, Gardner, and Gordon, is an important contribution.The strong relation between the fall in the birth rate and the death rate from infections during the postperinatal period confirms the clinical impressions of many doctors.A similar analysis of postneonatal mortality rates and birth rates during the period 1968-82 in …
Research in epidemiology and community health in the medical curriculum
Medical students in Nottingham all complete an honours Bachelor of Medical Sciences course in one department including a research project. The honours programme in community health is described, with results from a survey of the 122 graduates since the medical school started. The 98 (80%) responses showed high levels of satisfaction and gain from the programme, the great majority regarding the course as valuable, enjoyable, and giving both resear…
Antenatal care in Maputo, Mozambique
Mozambique, within its plan for overall social and economic change, has given priority to primary health care with a principal focus on maternal and child health. In 1980 an antenatal control form was introduced into all Maputo's antenatal clinics to monitor pregnancies and to help direct specialist care to mothers at greatest risk--a strategy known by WHO as the "risk approach." In this study three health centres were selected from contrasting a…
Antenatal care in Maputo, Mozambique
Mozambique, within its plan for overall social and economic change, has given priority to primary health care with a principal focus on maternal and child health. In 1980 an antenatal control form was introduced into all Maputo's antenatal clinics to monitor pregnancies and to help direct specialist care to mothers at greatest risk--a strategy known by WHO as the "risk approach." In this study three health centres were selected from contrasting a…
Unemployment and health
OBJECTIVE: To examine the quality of social support among unemployed residents in Trent, England. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of data generated by those of working age drawn from a postal lifestyle survey of the adult population of Trent region. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: Subjects were 6987 individuals (males 16-64 years and females 16-59 years of age), of whom 9.9% (689/6987) were unemployed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Responses about the quality of socia…
Quality of tuberculosis care and its association with patient adherence to treatment in eight Ethiopian districts
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the quality of tuberculosis (TB) service delivery in public health facilities in Ethiopia and its association with patients' non-adherence to TB treatment. This study assessed the organization, management and processes of TB care delivery, and their effects on patients' adherence to TB treatment. METHODS: The quality of TB care was investigated in 44 public health facilities from three perspectives: structure, pr…
Antenatal care in Maputo, Mozambique
Mozambique, within its plan for overall social and economic change, has given priority to primary health care with a principal focus on maternal and child health. In 1980 an antenatal control form was introduced into all Maputo's antenatal clinics to monitor pregnancies and to help direct specialist care to mothers at greatest risk--a strategy known by WHO as the "risk approach." In this study three health centres were selected from contrasting a…
Research in epidemiology and community health in the medical curriculum
Medical students in Nottingham all complete an honours Bachelor of Medical Sciences course in one department including a research project. The honours programme in community health is described, with results from a survey of the 122 graduates since the medical school started. The 98 (80%) responses showed high levels of satisfaction and gain from the programme, the great majority regarding the course as valuable, enjoyable, and giving both resear…
Postneonatal mortality
Postneonatal mortality SIR-The article "Why did postperinatal mortality rates fall in the 1970s?", 1986, 40, 228-31, by Sunderland, Gardner, and Gordon, is an important contribution.The strong relation between the fall in the birth rate and the death rate from infections during the postperinatal period confirms the clinical impressions of many doctors.A similar analysis of postneonatal mortality rates and birth rates during the period 1968-82 in …
Stress, social support, and stopping smoking after myocardial infarction in England
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To examine the effect on mortality of stopping smoking after myocardial infarction and the psychosocial factors that influence the decision to stop. DESIGN--Analysis of smokers in a large prospective study. Self completed questionnaires provided information on psychosocial factors. SETTING--Coronary care units at six English hospitals participating in a multicentre clinical trial. SUBJECTS--These comprised consenting myocardial i…
Unemployment and health
OBJECTIVE: To examine the quality of social support among unemployed residents in Trent, England. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of data generated by those of working age drawn from a postal lifestyle survey of the adult population of Trent region. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: Subjects were 6987 individuals (males 16-64 years and females 16-59 years of age), of whom 9.9% (689/6987) were unemployed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Responses about the quality of socia…
Is smoking a communicable disease? Effect of exposure to ever smokers in school tutor groups on the risk of incident smoking in the first year of secondary school
The risk of incident smoking in children entering secondary education is independently increased by exposure to other ever smokers in school tutor groups. Incident smoking in adolescents is thus to some extent a communicable disorder, and may be partly preventable by policies that reduce exposure to smoking at school
Quality of tuberculosis care and its association with patient adherence to treatment in eight Ethiopian districts
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the quality of tuberculosis (TB) service delivery in public health facilities in Ethiopia and its association with patients' non-adherence to TB treatment. This study assessed the organization, management and processes of TB care delivery, and their effects on patients' adherence to TB treatment. METHODS: The quality of TB care was investigated in 44 public health facilities from three perspectives: structure, pr…
Medicine (7 works) · Demography (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Odds ratio (2 works)