Theses - Public Health and Primary Care
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Identifying strategies to inform interventions for the secondary prevention of stroke in UK primary care
(2018-11-24)Stroke is a significant contributor to the global burden of disease in adults. With the risk of recurrent stroke high, preventative medicines aimed at risk factor reduction are the method of choice for addressing the ... -
Human Papillomavirus Infections and Human Papillomavirus Associated Diseases in Nigeria: Distribution, Determinants and Control
(2018-10-03)Background: Persistent infection with high risk HPV is a necessary but insufficient cause of cervical cancer. Behavioural, viral and host factors modulate the risk of HPV persistence. In this thesis, I explore the role of ... -
Genomics of lipid metabolism: Identification of genetic determinants of lipid metabolites and the effect of perturbations of lipid levels on coronary heart disease risk factors
(2018-07-20)Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and global mortality rates are expected to continue to rise over the coming decades. In Pakistan in particular, chronic diseases are ... -
Integrating behavioural science and design thinking: Development and evaluation of a mobile intervention to increase vegetable consumption
(2016-10-05)Poor diet including inadequate vegetable consumption is among the leading causes of death in the US and UK. Mobile applications (apps) have been heralded as a potentially transformative tool for delivering behavioural ...
