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Peter Baker
Researcher at Imperial College London
Publications - 19
Citations - 209
Peter Baker is an academic researcher from Imperial College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social determinants of health & Public health. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 16 publications receiving 143 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Baker include University of Manchester & Center for Global Development.
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Going upstream – an umbrella review of the macroeconomic determinants of health and health inequalities
Yannish Naik,Yannish Naik,Peter Baker,Sharif Ismail,Sharif Ismail,Taavi Tillmann,Kristin Bash,Darryl Quantz,Frances Hillier-Brown,Wikum Jayatunga,Gill Kelly,Michelle Black,Anya Gopfert,Peter Roderick,Ben Barr,Clare Bambra +15 more
TL;DR: Evidence suggests that action to promote employment and improve working conditions can help improve health and reduce gender-based health inequalities, and market regulation of tobacco, alcohol and food is likely to be effective at improving health and reducing inequalities in health.
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Strengthening health technology assessment systems in the global south: a comparative analysis of the HTA journeys of China, India and South Africa
Kim MacQuilkan,Peter Baker,Laura Downey,Francis Ruiz,Kalipso Chalkidou,Shankar Prinja,Kun Zhao,Thomas Wilkinson,Amanda Glassman,Karen Hofman +9 more
TL;DR: This collaborative paper aimed to share knowledge on strengthening HTA systems to enable enhanced evidence-based decision-making in the Global South by identifying common barriers and enablers in three BRICS countries in theGlobal South and exploring how South-South collaboration can strengthen HTA capacity and utilisation for better healthcare decision- making.
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A pilot randomized controlled trial of sleep therapy in Parkinson's disease: effect on patients and caregivers.
TL;DR: By means of a controlled trial, to investigate the efficacy, tolerability and feasibility of a multi‐component sleep therapy intervention versus basic sleep hygiene education in PD patients with sleep disturbances and their live‐in carers.
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The macro-economic determinants of health and health inequalities—umbrella review protocol
Yannish Naik,Peter Baker,Ian Walker,Taavi Tillmann,Kristin Bash,Darryl Quantz,Frances Hillier-Brown,Clare Bambra +7 more
TL;DR: This protocol details the methods for an umbrella review to explore the macro-economic factors, strategies, policies and interventions that affect health outcomes and health inequalities and provides a robust method to systematically appraise the evidence in this field.
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Shortage of public health independence and advocacy in the UK.
TL;DR: Criticism is not aimed at any individuals, but at the institutional restrictions preventing bolder analysis of public health issues that give out harmful messages that can be easily misinterpreted.