Recent summer projects completed by MSc Public Health
The project titles are listed alphabetically within each stream.
Public Health stream
A qualitative appraisal of regeneration partnerships
A review of the literature on the status and availability of morphine as analgesia for palliative care in resource-poor countries
A systematic review of interventions to promote walking to School
A systematic review of the literature: how will the nursing shortage in the United States effect the public's health?
An assessment of the provision of sexual health services in Bedford Primary Care Trust
Are the factors influencing risk perception related to smoking different between migrant and native populations?
Assessing the feasibility and likely effectiveness of conducting Chlamydia screening in general practice in City and Hackney
Assessing the Health and Health care needs of the Chinese Community in Exeter , Devon : Methodological Concerns
Care for the severe head injury – Should patients be admitted directly to specialised care or secondarily transferred after reassessment?
Comparative Analysis: Public Health responses to the Global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in the United Kingdom and Japan
Coronary artery bypass surgery on the beating heart
Describe the prevalence of STIs and the risk factors amongst migrant sex workers participating in the European study of Health and infection risks in female sex workers
End of life care at home in the United Kingdom : What do we know about it?
Factors influencing the sustainability and feasibility of effective antiretroviral therapy (ARVT) programmes in resource-limited settings: a review of the literature with a focus on Ghana , South Africa and Uganda
How might the scale of up Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) impact existing national malaria prevention & treatment policies?
How should Islington Primary Care Trust implement screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis in general practice?
How to measure access to health services?
Implications for policy making from the reduction of uptake in pertussis vaccine in the 1970s and measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in the 1990s
Improving HIV/AIDS services to persons displaced by complex emergencies: The role of the Global Fund to Figs AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Individualised caseloads versus team skill mix approaches in British visiting practice
Mandatory HIV testing of prospective immigrants to the UK : are current proposals in the interest of Public Health?
Prognostic factors that influence outcomes of hernia repair: a systematic review
Recommendations on the use and safety of inactivated influenza vaccines during pregnancy
Reducing the caesarean section rate in the United Kingdom . A review of the relationship between organisational factors and the recruitment and retention of midwives
Reducing the number of excess winter deaths in England : the policy implications of the findings from the warm front evaluation
Refugees
Review of the implementation of the antiretroviral treatment program for HIV/AIDS patients in Thailand in relation to the World Health Organisation ‘3 by 5' initiative.
School-based intervention strategies to combat childhood obesity in Arkansas
Screening for tuberculosis of immigrants in the United Kingdom – a review of the policy
Serious Bacillus infections in Humans and their reporting in England and Wales , 1989-2003
Shedding light on the “sunrise project”
Social capital, health, and long-term care residence among older adults: A secondary analysis of the Health Survey for England 2000
Socio-economic inequalities and inequities in common mental disorder (depression) and care in UK compared to other developed countries
Southampton – A smoke free city
Stewardship in blindness and visual impairment in the United Kingdom
Support for Breastfeeding adolescents. A critical review of the scientific literature
The drowning crisis in eastern Europe: trends, contributing factors, and strategies for prevention
The effectiveness of Artemisinin and its derivatives in the treatment of malaria: the way forward in combating multidrug resistance?
The impact of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) of HIV/AIDS in the east African country, Tanzania : - How did/does it work and how should it be improved?
The lack of current physician workforce policy in the United States and its public health implications
The national school fruit scheme implemented by the Department of Health: a useful intervention or a placebo?
Trends and socioeconomic inequalities in cancer survival of patients with Hodgkin's disease diagnosed in England and Wales between 1986 and 1999
Trends of contraception use and abortion rates in Russia during the period 1992-2002.
What are the important factors that need to be considered at an English regional level in achieving and maintaining preparedness for a potential ‘deliberate release' of smallpox?
What impact will European Union accession have on tobacco control in Hungary ?
What is the best way of providing Chlamydia screening services in South West Kent PCT?
What is the potential for pre-retirement health checks to reduce health inequalities in older people?
What should be the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 's policy regarding the role of community pharmacists in tackling inequalities in health through influencing the wider determinants of health?
Whooping cough in Argentina and review on control strategies
Health Services Management stream
A review of risk management and critical incident reporting in anaesthesia (with policy recommendation for The Singapore General Hospital)
A shared service centre for the Royal Netherlands Navy Medical Service: an assessment of the impact of the implementation of the military medical support and supply agency on the Navy medical service
An effective nutrition policy for primary schools in Saudi Arabia : How can we change children's eating habits?
Analysis of the implantation of Cambodia 's Health Sector strategic plan, 2003 – 2007: The case of the Birth spacing/safe motherhood project
Appropriateness of human resource management strategies for medical expatriates in the NGO sector: the care of “Medecins Sans Frontieres”
Chinese social health insurance reform: What are the implications for policies?
Critical challenges to reduce an ever increasing attrition rate of public sector health professionals in Ethiopia : What can be learned from other countries' experiences?
Defining appropriate nurse staffing levels for surgical wards
Development of a Modular Masters Degree for Healthcare Managers within the Army Medical Services in Accordance with the Review of Officer Career Courses
Do differences in services delivery models for palliative care have an impact on the quality of care of terminally ill patients? A comparison between Germany and the UK
Evaluation and promoting the health care protocol 1/2001 on domestic violence in Kosovo: How UNMIK can influence domestic violence uptake in the health sector
Exploring the feasibility and potential benefits of establishing (community and hospital) health information system in rural China
Female health workforce in Nor Afghanistan, Province Takhar: Recommendations for further development
Gathering epidemiological data from war settings
Securing equity: Ethnic variations in access to secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD)
Strategies implemented by Brazil to secure antiretrovirals treatments for its HIV/AIDS populations: Lessons for the English speaking Caribbean countries?
Tackling antimicrobial resistance international policies and local implementation
Tackling inequalities in access to Health Care in Tajikistan
The use of competition in the Danish National Health System – an analysis based on international experience & stakeholder interviews
Why are midwives reluctant to work in a midwife-led unit?
Health Promotion stream
A review of the burden of Diarrhoeal Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa using appropriate theories and approaches of health promotion.
An examination of the role of school-based peer sex education in England .
Assessing the effectiveness of condom social marketing (CSM) interventions in Kampala , Uganda . Is Marie Stopes International Uganda (MSIU)'s Lifeguard brand of condoms being promoted effectively? Recommendations for future condom social marketing interventions.
Assessment of a diabetes prevention approach: the case of the US-Mexico Border Diabetes Project in El Paso , Texas (US) - Ciudad Juarez , Chihuahua (Mex).
Health promotion interventions aimed at increasing physical activity of elderly people: a literature review and recommendations to "Health First".
Islamic nutritional principles and their application in school health programs for nutrition education, in Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia .
Mental Health Promotion : the future role of the Afya Trust with the black and minority ethnic (BME) population in London , aged 15-24.
Promoting adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Uganda : overcoming challenges and barriers.
Recommendations on interventions promoting breast feeding amongst pregnant women in Central and South America to inform best practice
Should district health management teams introduce a social marketing package involving community for sustainable malaria control with use of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) in Tanzania ?
The community-based terrorist attack preparedness in the UK : Should we involve non-professionals?
The role of Health Promotion in reducing the barriers to the effective control of STI and HIV infections amongst the Caribbean community in South London boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham (LSL).
To evaluate "Croydon's Condom Distribution Scheme" and inform future policy.
To investigate gaps in the current Health Promotion initiatives aimed at reducing the incidence of road traffic accidents in Swaziland .
What mass communicational approaches should be adopted in Cambodia to reach young people for HIV/AIDS prevention? Recommendations to UNAIDS.
What should a school based mental health and well-being programme consist of? Example of "Emotivations" - emotional health and well-being in schools programme.
Working with the free mass media: recommendations for sexual and reproductive health promotion workers.
Environment & Health stream (previously MSc Environmental Epidemiology & Policy)
A systematic review of the evidence of the impact of hygiene interventions on intestinal worm infections in low- and middle-income countries
Cross-sectional study investigating the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and childhood obesity in 6 Eastern European countries
Environmental Management for Controlling Malaria in Developing Countries
Neuro-developmental effects in children as a result of chronic exposure to Manganese in drinking water
Overall assessment of the nature and scale of the Health Risks from environmental exposure to Silica Dust on a global scale, with particular emphasis on Non-Occupational Silicosis (pneumoconiosis)
Risk assessment of acrylamide and comparison of policies
Health Services Research stream
Blood cultures in the intensive care unit
How do non-principals in general practice in the United Kingdom understand and organise their work?
Macroeconomics and health: the relationship between health and wealth in industrialized economies
Narratives of self-harm
Social isolation, ethnicity and psychosis: a case-control study
The effectiveness of dietary intervention strategies (as part of primary health care) aimed at reducing obesity prevalence amongst adults
