Nick Black
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 247445 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Nick Black |
| PRENOMES | Nick |
| SOBRENOME | Black |
| ASSINATURA | BLACK N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4771-3481 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 99 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1982 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Promoting Men’s Health With the “Don’t Change Much” e-Program
Men’s e-health promotion programs can offer end-user anonymity and autonomy that provide avenues for supporting positive health behavior change. The twofold purpose of the current study was to use a benchmark cohort as a reference group to: (1) describe associations between men’s usage levels of the e-health program Don’t Change Much (DCM) and their recent and intended health behavior changes, and (2) report an exploratory analysis of the moderat…
Views of health care professionals and policy-makers on the use of surveillance data to combat antimicrobial resistance
There is a need to raise awareness of data availability and the potential value of these data, and to ensure that data systems are more accessible. Any skills gap at local level in how to process and use data needs to be addressed. This requires an identification of the best methods to improve support and education relating to AMR data systems
Agreement between retrospectively and contemporaneously collected patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in hip and knee replacement patients
Retrospective PROMs can be used to obtain a baseline assessment of health status when contemporary collection is not feasible or cost effective. Research is needed to determine the feasibility of retrospective PROMs in emergency admissions
A mixed-methods study of the health-related masculine values among young Canadian men
Masculinity frameworks in men’s health research have focused on masculine ideals and norms to describe men’s health practices. However, little attention has been paid to inductively deriving insights about what constitutes health-related masculine values among young men. A sequential exploratory mixed-methods design, comprising a qualitative lead to derive health-related masculine values with a follow-up quantitative arm to test the items, was us…
Stigma in Male Depression and Suicide
Stigma in men's depression and suicide can restrict help-seeking, reduce treatment compliance and deter individuals from confiding in friends and family. In this article we report sex comparison findings from a national survey of English-speaking adult Canadians about stigmatized beliefs concerning male depression and suicide. Among respondents without direct experience of depression or suicide (n = 541) more than a third endorsed the view that m…
Patients' and clinicians' views of comparing the performance of providers of surgery
OBJECTIVES: Comparison of providers' outcomes is intended to encourage patient choice and stimulate clinicians to improve the quality of their services. Given that success will depend on how patients and clinicians respond, our aim was to explore their views of using outcome data to compare providers. METHOD: Qualitative data from six focus groups with patients (n = 45) and seven meetings with surgical clinicians (n = 107) were collected during a…
Patient-reported outcomes
Relationship Between Patient-reported Outcomes of Elective Surgery and Hospital and Consultant Volume
OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to analyze the relationship for 3 elective operations between outcome [patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for functional status, health-related quality of life, and postoperative complications] and both hospital and consultant volume. METHODS: Hospitals (NHS and independent) and consultants undertaking at least 10 NHS-funded procedures during 2011/2012 were included (230 hospitals for hip and knee replacement, 257 fo…
Patient reported outcome measures could help transform healthcare
Routine use of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) has the potential to help transform healthcare, SAYS NICK BLACK: . Not only can PROMs help patients and clinicians make better decisions, but they can also enable comparisons of providers' performances to stimulate improvements in services.
Using Patient-reported Outcomes (PROs) to Compare the Providers of Surgery
BACKGROUND: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are being used to compare health care providers with little knowledge of how the choice of measure affects such comparisons. OBJECTIVES: To assess how much difference the choice of PRO makes to a provider's adjusted outcome and whether the choice affects a provider's rating. RESEARCH DESIGN: PROs collected in England from patients undergoing: hip replacement (243 providers; 52,692 patients); knee repla…
Donna Lamping (1953–2011)
Donna Lamping, who has died at age 58, was an international expert in the field of health psychology, health status and quality of life assessment.Educated and trained in centres of excellence in Canada and the USA, she brought her cutting-edge knowledge to the UK in 1992.Despite her early death, the cadre of young scientists she nurtured and developed over the past two decades will sustain her impact
Modernisation as a professionalising strategy
There has been broad agreement about how to characterise the processes of 'modernisation' of the public sector in welfare societies, but rather less consensus on the impact of this modernisation on professionals. This paper takes critical care in England as a case study to explore how professionals in one setting account for the changes associated with modernisation. In contrast to reports from other arenas, critical care professionals were posit…
The impact of context on evidence utilization
Evidence based policy
Does GP fundholding affect the use of tertiary services in the UK
Why we need observational studies to evaluate the effectiveness of health care
The view is widely held that experimental methods (randomised controlled trials) are the "gold standard" for evaluation and that observational methods (cohort and case control studies) have little or no value. This ignores the limitations of randomised trials, which may prove unnecessary, inappropriate, impossible, or inadequate. Many of the problems of conducting randomised trials could often, in theory, be overcome, but the practical implicatio…
Does a shorter length of hospital stay affect the outcome and costs of hysterectomy in southern England
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To see whether a shorter postoperative length of stay (LOS) for a major procedure, abdominal hysterectomy for benign conditions, was associated with health outcome, the use of formal and lay care after discharge, cost, and satisfaction. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Three hospitals in London and three in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. PATIENTS: A total of 363 women undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy with or wit…
The impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on general health status and on the use of prostatectomy
Surgery for glue ear
OBJECTIVES--To describe the progress of the epidemic of surgery for glue ear since 1983 and trends in the use of different operative procedures. DESIGN--Analysis of routine hospital data. SETTING--Thirteen health districts in the Oxford and East Anglian regions. MAIN MEASURES--Annual rates of surgery in children under 10 years of age. RESULTS--The rate of surgery for glue ear reached a peak in 1986 since when it has declined by 12.6%. The rate pe…
Why we need qualitative research
Researching health care. Designs, dilemmas, disciplines
Obstacles to medical audit
Does the current use of junior doctors in the United Kingdom affect the quality of medical care
Reliability of questionnaire responses as compared with interview in the elderly
Hazards in hospital care. Ensuring patient safety (Book)
The impact of context on evidence utilization
Why we need qualitative research
Stigma in Male Depression and Suicide
Stigma in men's depression and suicide can restrict help-seeking, reduce treatment compliance and deter individuals from confiding in friends and family. In this article we report sex comparison findings from a national survey of English-speaking adult Canadians about stigmatized beliefs concerning male depression and suicide. Among respondents without direct experience of depression or suicide (n = 541) more than a third endorsed the view that m…
Obstacles to medical audit
Does the current use of junior doctors in the United Kingdom affect the quality of medical care
A mixed-methods study of the health-related masculine values among young Canadian men
Masculinity frameworks in men’s health research have focused on masculine ideals and norms to describe men’s health practices. However, little attention has been paid to inductively deriving insights about what constitutes health-related masculine values among young men. A sequential exploratory mixed-methods design, comprising a qualitative lead to derive health-related masculine values with a follow-up quantitative arm to test the items, was us…
Modernisation as a professionalising strategy
There has been broad agreement about how to characterise the processes of 'modernisation' of the public sector in welfare societies, but rather less consensus on the impact of this modernisation on professionals. This paper takes critical care in England as a case study to explore how professionals in one setting account for the changes associated with modernisation. In contrast to reports from other arenas, critical care professionals were posit…
Reliability of questionnaire responses as compared with interview in the elderly
Surgery for glue ear
OBJECTIVES--To describe the progress of the epidemic of surgery for glue ear since 1983 and trends in the use of different operative procedures. DESIGN--Analysis of routine hospital data. SETTING--Thirteen health districts in the Oxford and East Anglian regions. MAIN MEASURES--Annual rates of surgery in children under 10 years of age. RESULTS--The rate of surgery for glue ear reached a peak in 1986 since when it has declined by 12.6%. The rate pe…
Tales of the expected
The Human Cost of Nuclear War (Book)
Monitoring Child Health in the United States
Hazards in hospital care. Ensuring patient safety (Book)
Society for Social Medicine
Changing ideas in health care
Reliability of questionnaire responses as compared with interview in the elderly
Does the current use of junior doctors in the United Kingdom affect the quality of medical care
Researching health care. Designs, dilemmas, disciplines
Obstacles to medical audit
Why we need qualitative research
The impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on general health status and on the use of prostatectomy
Surgery for glue ear
OBJECTIVES--To describe the progress of the epidemic of surgery for glue ear since 1983 and trends in the use of different operative procedures. DESIGN--Analysis of routine hospital data. SETTING--Thirteen health districts in the Oxford and East Anglian regions. MAIN MEASURES--Annual rates of surgery in children under 10 years of age. RESULTS--The rate of surgery for glue ear reached a peak in 1986 since when it has declined by 12.6%. The rate pe…
Why we need observational studies to evaluate the effectiveness of health care
The view is widely held that experimental methods (randomised controlled trials) are the "gold standard" for evaluation and that observational methods (cohort and case control studies) have little or no value. This ignores the limitations of randomised trials, which may prove unnecessary, inappropriate, impossible, or inadequate. Many of the problems of conducting randomised trials could often, in theory, be overcome, but the practical implicatio…
Does a shorter length of hospital stay affect the outcome and costs of hysterectomy in southern England
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To see whether a shorter postoperative length of stay (LOS) for a major procedure, abdominal hysterectomy for benign conditions, was associated with health outcome, the use of formal and lay care after discharge, cost, and satisfaction. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Three hospitals in London and three in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. PATIENTS: A total of 363 women undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy with or wit…
Does GP fundholding affect the use of tertiary services in the UK
Evidence based policy
The impact of context on evidence utilization
Donna Lamping (1953–2011)
Donna Lamping, who has died at age 58, was an international expert in the field of health psychology, health status and quality of life assessment.Educated and trained in centres of excellence in Canada and the USA, she brought her cutting-edge knowledge to the UK in 1992.Despite her early death, the cadre of young scientists she nurtured and developed over the past two decades will sustain her impact
Modernisation as a professionalising strategy
There has been broad agreement about how to characterise the processes of 'modernisation' of the public sector in welfare societies, but rather less consensus on the impact of this modernisation on professionals. This paper takes critical care in England as a case study to explore how professionals in one setting account for the changes associated with modernisation. In contrast to reports from other arenas, critical care professionals were posit…
Patient reported outcome measures could help transform healthcare
Routine use of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) has the potential to help transform healthcare, SAYS NICK BLACK: . Not only can PROMs help patients and clinicians make better decisions, but they can also enable comparisons of providers' performances to stimulate improvements in services.
Using Patient-reported Outcomes (PROs) to Compare the Providers of Surgery
BACKGROUND: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are being used to compare health care providers with little knowledge of how the choice of measure affects such comparisons. OBJECTIVES: To assess how much difference the choice of PRO makes to a provider's adjusted outcome and whether the choice affects a provider's rating. RESEARCH DESIGN: PROs collected in England from patients undergoing: hip replacement (243 providers; 52,692 patients); knee repla…
Patients' and clinicians' views of comparing the performance of providers of surgery
OBJECTIVES: Comparison of providers' outcomes is intended to encourage patient choice and stimulate clinicians to improve the quality of their services. Given that success will depend on how patients and clinicians respond, our aim was to explore their views of using outcome data to compare providers. METHOD: Qualitative data from six focus groups with patients (n = 45) and seven meetings with surgical clinicians (n = 107) were collected during a…
Patient-reported outcomes
Relationship Between Patient-reported Outcomes of Elective Surgery and Hospital and Consultant Volume
OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to analyze the relationship for 3 elective operations between outcome [patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for functional status, health-related quality of life, and postoperative complications] and both hospital and consultant volume. METHODS: Hospitals (NHS and independent) and consultants undertaking at least 10 NHS-funded procedures during 2011/2012 were included (230 hospitals for hip and knee replacement, 257 fo…
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