Background: Communities play an increasingly significant role in their own health and social
care, and evidence demonstrates the positive impact of this work on a range of health …

Plain English summary The paper discusses engaging older adults living with frailty and
their family caregivers. Frailty is a state that puts an individual at a higher risk for poor health …

The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third
edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in …

Palliative care, since its inception over 60 years ago, has set the standard of how to care for
people who are dying. Key features among these standards have been the professional …

Although patient and public involvement in research is a requirement for research funding in
many countries, the knowledge base for how to effectively involve people—and evidence of …

There have been growing calls for service providers to seek greater community engagement
in the design and delivery of services. However there is no consensus as to what this …

Walking groups have known health benefits but may not operate in communities with the
greatest health needs, leading to the potential for increasing health inequity. This study …

Cardiovascular health disparities persist despite decades of recognition and the availability
of evidence-based clinical and public health interventions. Racial and ethnic minorities and …

Introduction: Public health approaches offer the opportunity to move beyond clinical and
health services approaches to end-of-life (EoL) care, to focus on whole populations …

Support for producing systematic reviews about health systems is less well developed than
for those about clinical practice. From interviewing policy makers and systematic reviewers …