The technology in smartwatches and fitness trackers that can monitor our heart rate could be used to transform health and fitness monitoring in daily life and directly inform clinical decision making, according to a comprehensive new ‘Roadmap’ published today. The full potential of the sensing technology, called wearable photoplethysmography, is explored in the ‘2023 Wearable […]
The contribution of behavioural science to addressing the social and wider determinants of health
The differences and similarities between two traditional approaches to health equity and inequalities are analysed in a new report for the World Health Organisation. Health inequalities in early mortality and patterns of illness within and between countries remain a major problem and are a significant global social injustice. This is despite the extensive literature and […]
Five things I valued most during my placement year with the University of Cambridge
This blog was written by Dihini Pilimatalawwe, a final year undergraduate student at the University of Bath studying psychology. Dihini spent her placement year working with the Applied Social Science Group at the PCU. With my return to the final year of my undergraduate psychology degree at the University of Bath, I have been spending […]
First analysis of costs of anticipatory medicines to relieve end-of-life symptoms
The costs of anticipatory medications for patients approaching the end-of-life at home or in care homes are modest but most of the drugs are never used, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge’s Primary Care Unit. The study is the first detailed analysis of the prescription, usage and wastage costs of these injectable end-of-life […]
Research Alert: Anticipatory Prescribing in end-of-life symptom control for patients in the community
New evidence indicates the need to rethink anticipatory prescribing This Research Alert brings together new evidence on anticipatory prescribing, a widely used resource for healthcare professionals to help control distressing symptoms for people dying in the community. The evidence identifies important problems with current practice in the UK and suggests system-level changes to tackle four […]
Laura Mucha is new Children’s Author in Residence at the Primary Care Unit
Poet, author and children’s advocate Laura Mucha is joining Professor Robbie Duschinsky and the Applied Social Science Group as Children’s Author in Residence at the Primary Care Unit, starting this month. Laura is a past winner of the Caterpillar Poetry Prize, the YorkMix Poems for Children, and the NSTBA Award for Poetry, and has been shortlisted for the […]
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