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UKHSA (UK) · Jun 22, 2026

Guidance: UKHSA privacy notice

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MedCity News · Jun 22, 2026

Alternative Health Plan Designs Are Reshaping Employer Benefits

Alternative health plan designs represent much more than a passing trend. They are actively testing long-standing assumptions about how benefits should be structured, delivered, and experienced. The post Alternative Health Plan Designs Are Reshaping Employer Benefits appeared first on MedCity News .

BMJ Open · Jun 22, 2026

Trends in the use of adult-specific preference-weighted health-related quality of life instruments in clinical trials over the past 50 years: a protocol for a meta-research study using deep learning-based natural language processing and large language models

Background Health technology assessment bodies increasingly emphasise the importance of preference-weighted health-related quality of life (HRQoL) evidence. However, such measures are often absent in clinical trial publications. It is not yet clear how frequently clinical trials have incorporated these measures over the past five decades, how the use of preference-weighted HRQoL instruments has evolved over time, and how trends differ across disease areas, countries and global regions. This study aims to (1) assess changes over time in the proportions of clinical trials using each…

BMJ Open · Jun 22, 2026

Skin tone and diagnostic equity in contactless blood pressure screening: a prospective observational field evaluation of remote photoplethysmography in Nigeria

Objectives To evaluate diagnostic equity, feasibility and acceptability of a remote photoplethysmography-based blood pressure screening application among adults with darker skin tones in Nigeria. Design Prospective observational multisite field evaluation. Setting Three hospitals in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Participants Adults with Fitzpatrick skin types V–VI. Outcome measures Feasibility, agreement, diagnostic accuracy, acceptability, and equity relevant factors including facial tribal markings and internet bandwidth, using automated cuff measurements as the reference standard and a 140 over 90…

BMJ Open · Jun 22, 2026

Narrative exposure therapy in early intervention in psychosis services (NETp): protocol of a multi-site feasibility randomised controlled trial study

Introduction Cumulative interpersonal traumatisation increases the risk of psychosis and is linked to psychotic symptom severity and reduced recovery rates. Psychosis and treatment themselves can also be traumatising, with a first episode of psychosis posing challenges to one’s identity. Despite a growing evidence base for the safety and effectiveness of trauma therapies for psychosis, implementation remains poor in early intervention for psychosis (EIP) services, partly due to resource constraints. Narrative exposure therapy (NET) is an effective intervention for post-traumatic stress…

BMJ Open · Jun 22, 2026

Korean Medicine for Aging Cohort (KoMAC) study--a prospective multicentre cohort in urban and rural Korea: cohort profile

Purpose The KoMAC (Korean Medicine for Aging Cohort) study investigates health characteristics related to ageing from both conventional and Korean medicine (KM) perspectives through a prospective, multicentre cohort study that also serves as a platform for future embedded intervention studies. Participants This study aimed to recruit 1000 adults aged 50–65 years from both urban (Iksan and surrounding areas, Jeonbuk Province) and rural (Jangheung and surrounding areas, Jeonnam Province) regions in Korea. Recruitment began in August 2023. The inclusion criteria were residence in the target…

BMJ Open · Jun 22, 2026

Type 2 diabetes and the risk of hospitalisation and mortality from seasonal influenza: an observational register-based study in Sweden

Objectives To compare influenza-related hospitalisation, mortality and effects of background factors in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and age-matched and sex-matched controls. To explore associations between clinical variables and the risk of severe influenza outcomes. Design Register-based nationwide cohort study. Settings Data from the National Diabetes Register are cross-linked to the Swedish Population Register, Statistics Sweden and the Swedish Patient Register. Participants 371 811 patients with T2D from the Swedish National Diabetes Register and 1 728 856 matched control individuals…

BMJ Open · Jun 22, 2026

Interventions to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

Objective Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) face barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, negatively affecting their health and quality of life. These challenges are particularly pronounced in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where HIV prevalence, unintended pregnancies and child marriage remain high. This review aimed to map interventions designed to improve SRH access for ALHIV in SSA, applying Levesque’s framework to identify facilitators and barriers from supply-side and demand-side perspectives. Design Review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic…

BMJ Open · Jun 22, 2026

Childhood socio-emotional and cognitive development and adolescents NEET (not in education, employment or training): findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study

Background There is a growing concern about the increasing number of young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) globally. This study investigates the impact of concurrent cognitive and socio-emotional development trajectories in childhood on NEET status in adolescence in a UK cohort. Method We analysed longitudinal data on 8368 children from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Exposure trajectories of cognitive and socio-emotional development from age 3 to 14 years were characterised using group-based multi-trajectory models. We used Poisson regression to examine…

BMJ Open · Jun 22, 2026

Long-term disparities and mediators of psychological distress in mothers with and without out-of-home care experience: analysis of prospective cohort data

Objectives Care-experienced individuals are at elevated risk of mental health difficulties, yet less is known about their mental health needs in motherhood. This study aims to explore (a) disparities in trajectories of psychological distress in care-experienced versus non-care-experienced mothers as they raise their child from age 3 to 14, and (b) putative postpartum-associated pathways shaping disparities in maternal distress at child age 14. Design and setting We conducted longitudinal secondary data analysis using the prospective United Kingdom Millennium Cohort Study data. Participants 11…

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