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Self-reported knowledge attitude and practice of healthcare professionals in the management of infection and antimicrobial stewardship: a systematic review Open

Iman Ghosh, Adebisi Adedunmola, Erkan Alkan, Victoria O. Adetunji, Charlotte Webb , et al. · 2025

Objectives This review synthesizes studies on health and social care professionals’ (HCPs) knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) related to infection management, prevention, antimicrobial use, stewardship and resistance, to inform futur…

Design, Manufacture and Validation of a Spirometry Device aimed for Low-Resource Settings Open

James Wallace, Pedro Checa Rifà, Thanusan Kannathasan, Charles Hayfron‐Benjamin, Philip Anyanwu , et al. · 2025

Background: Medical devices are essential for maintaining resilient health systems worldwide. However, their distribution does not reflect this, with as many as 76% of devices being used by 13% of the world’s population. Most devices, bein…

Self-reported knowledge attitude and practice of healthcare professionals in the management of infection and antimicrobial stewardship: a systematic review Open

Iman Ghosh, Adebisi Adedunmola, Erkan Alkan, Victoria O. Adetunji, Charlotte Web , et al. · 2025

Objectives This review aims to synthesise studies on health and social care professionals (HCPs) knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding infection management, infection prevention and control, antimicrobial use, stewardship, an…

Co-Producing an Engagement Guide Framework to Enhance Awareness, Knowledge, and Behaviour Change on Antimicrobial Resistance<span></span> Open

Abimbola Ayorinde, Philip Anyanwu, Iman Ghosh, Samantha Johnson, Adedunmola Adebisi , et al. · 2025

How, why and when are delayed (back-up) antibiotic prescriptions used in primary care? A realist review integrating concepts of uncertainty in healthcare Open

Monsey McLeod, Anne Campbell, Benedict Hayhoe, Aleksandra Borek, Sarah Tonkin‐Crine , et al. · 2024

Organisational factors associated with healthcare workforce development, recruitment, and retention in the United Kingdom: a systematic review Open

Erkan Alkan, Noreen Cushen-Brewster, Philip Anyanwu · 2024

The complex and context-dependent impacts of these organisational factors on the UK healthcare workforce underscore the need for tailored interventions. The review acknowledges limitations, including bias from excluding qualitative studies…

Overcoming challenges in the economic evaluation of interventions to optimise antibiotic use Open

Laurence Roope, Liz Morrell, James Buchanan, Alice Ledda, Amanda Adler , et al. · 2024

Investigating healthcare workforce recruitment and retention: a mixed-methods study protocol Open

Erkan Alkan, Noreen Cushen-Brewster, Philip Anyanwu · 2024

Introduction Although the sustainability of the health workforce has been identified as essential to achieving health and wider development objectives, challenges with securing and retaining the healthcare workforce persist. In the UK, the…

Assessing, updating and utilising primary care smoking records for lung cancer screening Open

Grace McCutchan, Jean S Engela-Volker, Philip Anyanwu, Kate Brain, Nicole Abel , et al. · 2023

Assessing, updating and utilising primary care smoking records for lung cancer screening Open

Grace McCutchan, Jean S Engela-Volker, Philip Anyanwu, Kate Brain, Nicole Abel , et al. · 2023

Background. Lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography for high-risk populations is being implemented in the UK. However, inclusive identification and invitation of the high-risk population is a major challenge for equitable l…

Implementing antibiotic stewardship in high-prescribing English general practices: a mixed-methods study Open

Sarah Tonkin‐Crine, Monsey McLeod, Aleksandra Borek, Anne Campbell, Philip Anyanwu , et al. · 2022

Background Trials have identified antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) strategies that effectively reduce antibiotic use in primary care. However, many are not commonly used in England. The authors co-developed an implementation intervention to…

Health behaviour change among UK adults during the pandemic: findings from the COVID-19 cancer attitudes and behaviours study Open

Philip Anyanwu, Yvonne Moriarty, Grace McCutchan, Detelina Grozeva, Mark Goddard , et al. · 2022

Development of an intervention to support the implementation of evidence-based strategies for optimising antibiotic prescribing in general practice Open

Aleksandra Borek, Anne Campbell, Elle Dent, Michael Moore, Christopher Butler , et al. · 2021

Effect of antibiotic stewardship interventions in primary care on antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli bacteraemia in England (2013–18): a quasi-experimental, ecological, data linkage study Open

Shirin Aliabadi, Philip Anyanwu, Elizabeth Beech, Elita Jauneikaite, Peter Wilson , et al. · 2021

Social and Contextual Influences on Antibiotic Prescribing and Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Qualitative Study with Clinical Commissioning Group and General Practice Professionals Open

Aleksandra Borek, Sibyl Anthierens, Rosalie Allison, Cliodna McNulty, Philip Anyanwu , et al. · 2020

Antibiotic prescribing in England varies considerably between Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and general practices. We aimed to assess social and contextual factors affecting antibiotic prescribing and engagement with antimicrobial s…

Patient Portal Functionalities and Patient Outcomes Among Patients With Diabetes: Systematic Review Open

Abrar Alturkistani, Ambar Qavi, Philip Anyanwu, Geva Greenfield, Felix Greaves , et al. · 2020

Background Patient portal use could help improve the care and health outcomes of patients with diabetes owing to functionalities, such as appointment booking, electronic messaging (e-messaging), and repeat prescription ordering, which enab…

Investigating the mechanism of impact and differential effect of the Quality Premium scheme on antibiotic prescribing in England: a longitudinal study Open

Philip Anyanwu, Koen B. Pouwels, Anne Sarah Walker, Michael Moore, Azeem Majeed , et al. · 2020

Background In 2017, approximately 73% of antibiotics in England were prescribed from primary care practices. It has been estimated that 9%–23% of antibiotic prescriptions between 2013 and 2015 were inappropriate. Reducing antibiotic prescr…

Impact of UK Tobacco Control Policies on Inequalities in Youth Smoking Uptake: A Natural Experiment Study Open

Philip Anyanwu, Peter Craig, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Michael J. Green · 2020

Introduction UK countries implemented smoke-free public places legislation and increased the legal age for tobacco purchase from 16 to 18 years between 2006 and 2008. We evaluated the immediate and long-term impacts of these UK policy chan…

Patient Portal Functionalities and Patient Outcomes Among Patients With Diabetes: Systematic Review (Preprint) Open

Abrar Alturkistani, Ambar Qavi, Philip Anyanwu, Geva Greenfield, Felix Greaves , et al. · 2020

BACKGROUND Patient portal use could help improve the care and health outcomes of patients with diabetes owing to functionalities, such as appointment booking, electronic messaging (e-messaging), and repeat prescription ordering, which ena…

Do variations in primary care practice characteristics explain the effect of a financial incentive scheme on antibiotic prescribing? A longitudinal study of the Quality Premium intervention in NHS England. Open

Koen B. Pouwels, Philip Anyanwu, A. Sarah Walker, Melissa Moore, Azeem Majeed , et al. · 2020

Estimating the Effect of Healthcare-Associated Infections on Excess Length of Hospital Stay Using Inverse Probability–Weighted Survival Curves Open

Koen B. Pouwels, Stijn Vansteelandt, Rahul Batra, Jonathan Edgeworth, Sarah Wordsworth , et al. · 2020

Background Studies estimating excess length of stay (LOS) attributable to nosocomial infections have failed to address time-varying confounding, likely leading to overestimation of their impact. We present a methodology based on inverse pr…

Impact of banning smoking in cars with children on exposure to second-hand smoke: a natural experiment in England and Scotland Open

Anthony A Laverty, Thomas Hone, Eszter P. Vamos, Philip Anyanwu, David Taylor‐Robinson , et al. · 2020

England banned smoking in cars carrying children in 2015 and Scotland in 2016. We used survey data from 3 years for both countries (N England =3483–6920, N Scotland =232–319) to assess effects of the English ban using logistic regression w…

Conceptualising the Integration of Strategies by Clinical Commissioning Groups in England towards the Antibiotic Prescribing Targets for the Quality Premium Financial Incentive Scheme: A Short Report Open

Philip Anyanwu, Aleksandra Borek, Sarah Tonkin‐Crine, Elizabeth Beech, Céire Costelloe · 2020

Background: In order to tackle the public health threat of antimicrobial resistance, improvement in antibiotic prescribing in primary care was included as one of the priorities of the Quality Premium (QP) financial incentive scheme for Cli…

Does practice characteristics explain the impact of a financial incentive on antibiotic prescribing? Open

Philip Anyanwu, Céire Costelloe · 2019

Background About 80% of the antibiotics prescribed in England are from primary care practices. The Quality Premium (QP) initiative that offers financial rewards on the quality of specific health services commissioned is one of the NHS Engl…

Impact of banning smoking in cars with children on exposure to second-hand smoke: a natural experiment in England and Scotland Open

Anthony A Laverty, Thomas Hone, Philip Anyanwu, David Taylor‐Robinson, Frank de Vocht , et al. · 2019

A ban on smoking in cars with children was implemented in April 2015 in England and December 2016 in Scotland. With survey data from both countries (N England =3,483-6,920 and N Scotland =232-319), we used this natural experiment to assess…

Investigating the mechanism of impact of the Quality Premium initiative on antibiotic prescribing in primary care practices in England: a study protocol Open

Philip Anyanwu, Sarah Tonkin‐Crine, Aleksandra Borek, Céire Costelloe · 2019

Introduction The persistent development and spread of resistance to antibiotics remain an important public health concern in the UK and globally. About 74% of antibiotics prescribed in England in 2016 was in primary care. The Quality Premi…

Socioeconomic inequalities in the adoption of antimalarial resistance-promoting behaviours: a quantitative study of the use of mixed drugs for malaria treatment Open

Philip Anyanwu, John Fulton, Etta Evans · 2018

Antimalarial drug use behaviours remain critical drivers of drug resistance as they can affect some of the other important factors implicated in the development of resistance. The overall aim of this study is to investigate the use of mixe…

Impacts of smoke-free public places legislation on inequalities in youth smoking uptake: study protocol for a secondary analysis of UK survey data Open

Philip Anyanwu, Peter Craig, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Michael J. Green · 2018

Introduction Smoke-free public places legislation has been introduced in many countries to protect the public from the harmful effects of secondhand smoking. While evaluations of smoke-free policies have demonstrated major public health be…

Exploring the role of socioeconomic factors in the development and spread of anti-malarial drug resistance: a qualitative study Open

Philip Anyanwu, John Fulton, Etta Evans, Timothy A. Paget · 2017

Socioeconomic Determinants of Antimalarial Drug Use Behaviours: A Systematic Review Open

Philip Anyanwu, John Fulton · 2016

Introduction: Malaria has been a major global health issue for centuries. Presently, the Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACTs) is the most effective antimalarial drug and the recommended first line treatment by the WHO for uncomplic…

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