Karen Saunders
Biographic Data
| ID | 6817067 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Saunders |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Saunders |
| SIGNATURE | SAUNDERS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Public Health England |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0626-2477 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Living With Spasticity During the Covid‐19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Patient, Carer and Physician Experiences
BACKGROUND: Approximately 4.4 million people in England (8% of the total population) are living with a long-term neurological condition. Within this group of vulnerable individuals, there will be individuals living with severe spasticity that requires regular outpatient treatment with botulinum toxin injection. The closure of outpatient spasticity services during the pandemic impacted individuals who required spasticity treatment and their carers…
Co‐creating system‐wide improvement for people with traumatic brain injury across one integrated care system in the United Kingdom to initiate a transformation journey through co‐production
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: There is a need for better integration of services across communities and sectors for people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI) to meet their complex needs. Building on insights gained from earlier pilot work, here we report the outcomes of a participatory workshop that sought to better understand the challenges, barriers and opportunities that currently exist within the care pathway for survivors of TBI. METHODS: …
Prevalence of Long Covid symptoms in Bangladesh: A prospective Inception Cohort Study of Covid-19 survivors
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence of long COVID symptoms in a large cohort of people living with and affected by long COVID and identify any potential associated risk factors. METHODS: A prospective survey was undertaken of an inception cohort of confirmed people living with and affected by long COVID (aged 18-87 years). 14392 participants were recruited from 24 testing facilities across Bangladesh between Jun…
Research priorities in healthcare of persons experiencing homelessness: Outcomes of a national multi-disciplinary stakeholder discussion in the United Kingdom
Maximising access to services, prevention of early deaths linked to drugs and alcohol, and identifying effective and ineffective policies and programmes were identified as priority research areas in relation to healthcare of PEH. The outcomes of this discussion will enable design and conduct of interdisciplinary research programmes to address the syndemics of homelessness and linked adverse health outcomes. Priorities identified here are likely t…
Setting up a community genetic service for families in Walsall at higher genetic risk of infant mortality and morbidity
Health inequalities exist between ethnic groups, an important example of this being infant mortality with babies of mothers born in Pakistan having double and babies of mothers born in the Caribbean having 63% higher rates than the national average. West Midlands Ethnic Minority Liaison Committee (WELCOME) and partners organised a conference to arrive at consensus among experts and stakeholders and to make recommendations around reducing infant m…
Behaviour change, social marketing and black and minority ethnic groups
Increasingly, the potential of a social marketing approach to tackle complex and challenging health priorities is being realised for black and minority ethnic (BME) groups. Social marketing is the application of marketing concepts and techniques to achieve behavioural goals for social good. For BME groups, which often have worse health outcomes than the general population, social marketing can be an effective method to support targeted interventi…
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Setting up a community genetic service for families in Walsall at higher genetic risk of infant mortality and morbidity
Health inequalities exist between ethnic groups, an important example of this being infant mortality with babies of mothers born in Pakistan having double and babies of mothers born in the Caribbean having 63% higher rates than the national average. West Midlands Ethnic Minority Liaison Committee (WELCOME) and partners organised a conference to arrive at consensus among experts and stakeholders and to make recommendations around reducing infant m…
Behaviour change, social marketing and black and minority ethnic groups
Increasingly, the potential of a social marketing approach to tackle complex and challenging health priorities is being realised for black and minority ethnic (BME) groups. Social marketing is the application of marketing concepts and techniques to achieve behavioural goals for social good. For BME groups, which often have worse health outcomes than the general population, social marketing can be an effective method to support targeted interventi…
Research priorities in healthcare of persons experiencing homelessness: Outcomes of a national multi-disciplinary stakeholder discussion in the United Kingdom
Maximising access to services, prevention of early deaths linked to drugs and alcohol, and identifying effective and ineffective policies and programmes were identified as priority research areas in relation to healthcare of PEH. The outcomes of this discussion will enable design and conduct of interdisciplinary research programmes to address the syndemics of homelessness and linked adverse health outcomes. Priorities identified here are likely t…
Prevalence of Long Covid symptoms in Bangladesh: A prospective Inception Cohort Study of Covid-19 survivors
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence of long COVID symptoms in a large cohort of people living with and affected by long COVID and identify any potential associated risk factors. METHODS: A prospective survey was undertaken of an inception cohort of confirmed people living with and affected by long COVID (aged 18-87 years). 14392 participants were recruited from 24 testing facilities across Bangladesh between Jun…
Co‐creating system‐wide improvement for people with traumatic brain injury across one integrated care system in the United Kingdom to initiate a transformation journey through co‐production
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: There is a need for better integration of services across communities and sectors for people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI) to meet their complex needs. Building on insights gained from earlier pilot work, here we report the outcomes of a participatory workshop that sought to better understand the challenges, barriers and opportunities that currently exist within the care pathway for survivors of TBI. METHODS: …
Living With Spasticity During the Covid‐19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Patient, Carer and Physician Experiences
BACKGROUND: Approximately 4.4 million people in England (8% of the total population) are living with a long-term neurological condition. Within this group of vulnerable individuals, there will be individuals living with severe spasticity that requires regular outpatient treatment with botulinum toxin injection. The closure of outpatient spasticity services during the pandemic impacted individuals who required spasticity treatment and their carers…
Medicine (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works)