Jessica Sheringham

TL;DR: It is suggested that social connectedness could also improve participation in a wide range of preventive health services, and hence could improve use of the health-care system and population health.

TL;DR: Qualitative research on decision-making practices that highlights how and why different types of evidence come to count during decisions, and tracks the political aspects of decisions about innovation, is needed.

TL;DR: A greater understanding of who engages with social media interventions is needed to know whether social media can be used to reduce some health inequalities in cancer screening and early diagnosis, and to help researchers plan more robust evaluations that measure behavior change.

TL;DR: It is shown that the typical experience of patients diagnosed through an emergency presentation diverges significantly from normative pathways even when there is no evidence of serious service failures, and a stronger emphasis is needed on diagnostic uncertainty in discussions between patients and doctors in both primary and secondary care.

TL;DR: Improving understanding of broader social determinants of multimorbidity—particularly at the household level—could help inform strategies to tackle multimOrbidity.