Kath Wright

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify systematic reviews (from 2000 to 2007, developed countries only) that described the health effects of any intervention based on the wider social determinants of health: water and sanitation, agriculture and food, access to health and social care services, unemployment and welfare, working conditions, housing and living environment, education, and transport.

TL;DR: A systematic review of social prescribing programmes being widely promoted and adopted in the UK National Health Service found current evidence fails to provide sufficient detail to judge either success or value for money.

TL;DR: Intervention studies that address inequalities in health are a priority area for future public health research and there is suggestive systematic review evidence that certain categories of intervention may impact positively on inequalities or on the health of specific disadvantaged groups.

TL;DR: The MTC found that there is a decrease in 24 h morphine consumption when paracetamol, NSAID, or COX-2 inhibitors are given in addition to PCA morphine after surgery, with no clear difference between them.

TL;DR: Among general adult populations, alcohol misuse and smoking was the most commonly identified risk behaviour cluster and among young adults, there was consistent evidence of clustering found between sexual risk behaviour and substance misuse.