WHAT IS THE NIN, AND WHAT CAN IT DO FOR YOU?

2015 ◽  
Vol 86 (11) ◽  
pp. e4.159-e4
Author(s):  
Paul Morrish
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Emergency Admission ◽  
Reliable Data ◽  
Information Network ◽  
Health Profile ◽  
Neurological Condition ◽  
Neurological Conditions ◽  
Future Work

The Neurology Information Network (NIN) is jointly sponsored by Public Health England and NHS England, and identifies, collates and interprets nationally available indicators on all adult neurological conditions. Its priorities are to: ▸ address health inequalities in England ▸ collect and make publicly available national neurology data, in one place ▸ identify gaps in the data and promote research to address these deficits ▸ improve the quality of commissioning by providing relevant data and evidence ▸ promote research to improve the quality of neurological care throughout EnglandResources Available Now: 1. Neurology profiles: http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/mental-health/profile/neurology/data. Download and compare figures for: 18 different measures of epilepsy care in 4 Clinical Commissioning Regions and 211 Clinical Commissioning Areas in England. 21 different measures concerning emergency admission to hospital with a neurological condition in 4 Clinical Commissioning Regions and 211 Clinical Commissioning Regions. 2. Compendium of neurology data England 2012–13: The Compendium of Neurological Data, England 2012–3 http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB13776. Download and compare hundreds more tables concerning neurological care in hospitals and in the community.And in the future? The NIN hopes to offer information on every neurological condition where reliable data can be collected. It will involve clinicians, commissioners, clinical networks, providers, charity groups and other stakeholders in discussions about its future work.

scholarly journals Using Mendelian randomization analysis to better understand the relationship between mental health and substance use: a systematic review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Jorien L. Treur ◽  
Marcus R. Munafò ◽  
Emma Logtenberg ◽  
Reinout W. Wiers ◽  
Karin J. H. Verweij
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Alcohol Drinking ◽  
Mendelian Randomization ◽  
Higher Educational Attainment ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background Poor mental health has consistently been associated with substance use (smoking, alcohol drinking, cannabis use, and consumption of caffeinated drinks). To properly inform public health policy it is crucial to understand the mechanisms underlying these associations, and most importantly, whether or not they are causal. Methods In this pre-registered systematic review, we assessed the evidence for causal relationships between mental health and substance use from Mendelian randomization (MR) studies, following PRISMA. We rated the quality of included studies using a scoring system that incorporates important indices of quality, such as the quality of phenotype measurement, instrument strength, and use of sensitivity methods. Results Sixty-three studies were included for qualitative synthesis. The final quality rating was ‘−’ for 16 studies, ‘– +’ for 37 studies, and ‘+’for 10 studies. There was robust evidence that higher educational attainment decreases smoking and that there is a bi-directional, increasing relationship between smoking and (symptoms of) mental disorders. Another robust finding was that higher educational attainment increases alcohol use frequency, but decreases binge-drinking and alcohol use problems, and that mental disorders causally lead to more alcohol drinking without evidence for the reverse. Conclusions The current MR literature increases our understanding of the relationship between mental health and substance use. Bi-directional causal relationships are indicated, especially for smoking, providing further incentive to strengthen public health efforts to decrease substance use. Future MR studies should make use of large(r) samples in combination with detailed phenotypes, a wide range of sensitivity methods, and triangulate with other research methods.

The Real-World Writing Project for Public Health Students: A Description and Evaluation

2020 ◽  
pp. 237337992092809
Author(s):  
Olivia S. Anderson ◽  
Ella August
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Real World ◽  
Community Partner ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
The Real ◽  
Writing Project ◽  
Online Evaluation ◽  
Midwestern University ◽  
Future Work

Writing is a key skill for Public Health students, but instructors are not necessarily trained in how to teach writing. The Real-World Writing Project requires students to produce a writing project proposed by a community partner, for example, a report. The project includes multiple assignments that incorporate recommended characteristics for effective assigned writing. This article describes implementation of this project in two Public Health undergraduate courses at a large Midwestern University, including the type of products students produced, the number and type of community partners who participated, and student and community partner evaluations. Anonymous online evaluation surveys were distributed to community partners and students. We received responses from 19 community partners and 53 students. Partners were satisfied with the quality of 94% of the student products and were satisfied with their overall experience with the Real-World Writing Project (mean rating 5.14 on 6-point Likert-type scale, where 6 = extremely satisfied). Partners rated 85% of students as having satisfactory communication with them and were satisfied with the professionalism of 94% of students. Ninety-four percent of students reported being satisfied with the final product they produced and 84% of students indicated that working with their community partner was “very easy.” Students reported that the Real-World Writing Project was beneficial to them versus a more traditional assignment (mean response of 8.0 [ SD 2.3], where 1 represented the least and 10 represented the most satisfaction). Future work will include an evaluation of the project within graduate-level courses.

THU0613-HPR ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION OF THE MINI OSTEOARTHRITIS KNEE AND HIP QUALITY OF LIFE (MINI-OAKHQOL) QUESTIONNAIRE IN TURKISH POPULATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 548.1-548
Author(s):  
M. T. Duruöz ◽  
S. Acer Kasman ◽  
H. H. Gezer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Disease Duration ◽  
Hip Osteoarthritis ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Health Profile ◽  
Turkish Version ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
The Mean

Background:The 20-item Mini-OAKHQOL was derived from the 40-item OAKHQOL questionnaire which was developed to assess the quality of life in subjects with osteoarthritis of the lower limbs. It has 5 subscales containing physical activities, mental health, pain, social support, social functioning; and two independent items addressing sex life and professional life (1). The Mini-OAKHQOL’s good psychometric properties have recently been shown and validation studies have been done in several populations (1,2).Objectives:We aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Mini-OAKHQOL in patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis.Methods:Patients diagnosed with knee or hip osteoarthritis clinically and radiologically were included in the study. Demographic data were noted. The French version of Mini-OAKHQOL was used for translation and adaptation. Translation-back translation methodology was applied and cross-cultural adaptation of the Mini-OAKHQOL into Turkish was done. Face and content validities were evaluated by cognitive information interviews with patients and expert committee. Internal consistency of the scale was made with Cronbach alpha coefficient. Convergent validity was evaluated by the correlations of Mini-OAKHQOL with Nothingam Health Profile (NHP), subscales of Short form 36 (SF-36), and VAS of the quality of life. The relations of the Mini-OAKHQOL with age, BMI, disease duration, VAS of the pain, WOMAC, and Lequesne Index were assessed for divergent validity. P <0.05 was considered significant.Results:Seventy-three patients (63 female, 10 male) with the mean age of 57.22 (SD: 9.91) years were recruited. The main site of the symptomatic lower limb osteoarthritis was knee in 44, hip in 25, and both in 4 patients. The mean BMI was 31.69 (SD: 11.06) and the median disease duration was 36 months (IQR: 12–72). Turkish version of Mini- OAKHQOL had a good face and content validity. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the subscales for internal consistency were 0.927, 0.841, 0.867, 0.771, and 0.677. Physical activities, mental health, pain dimensions of Mini-OAKHQOL had moderate to high correlations with Nottingham Health Profile and the physical functioning, physical role limitations, energy/fatigue, social functioning, pain, and general health subscales of SF-36 (rho between 0.484-0.748). The social function subscale of Mini-OAKHQOL had mild significant correlations with emotional well-being (rho: 0.239) and general health (rho: 0.315) subscales of SF36. The subscales of Mini-OAKHQOL had no correlation with disease duration, BMI, and age; and had generally moderate correlations with VAS-pain, Lequesne Index, and the WOMAC subscales. These data show good convergent and divergent validities of Mini-OAKHQOL.Conclusion:The Turkish version of the Mini-OAKHQOL is a valid and reliable instrument to assess the quality of life in patients with knee/hip osteoarthritis. In addition, it is a simple, accurate, disease-specific, and not time-consuming self-report instrument.References:[1]Guillemin F, Rat AC, Goetz C, Spitz E, Pouchot J, Coste J. The Mini-OAKHQOL for knee and hip osteoarthritis quality of life was obtained following recent shortening guidelines. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016;[2]Gonzalez Sáenz de Tejada M, Bilbao A, Herrera C, García L, Sarasqueta C, Escobar A. Validation of the Mini-OAKHQOL for use in patients with osteoarthritis in Spain. Clin Rheumatol. 2017;Disclosure of Interests:None declared

Homelessness

Pained ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 171-174
Author(s):  
Michael D. Stein ◽  
Sandro Galea
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Housing First ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Supportive Services ◽  
Housing Stability ◽  
One Step

This chapter assesses the effects of homelessness on public health. Homelessness has the power to move people to action like few other issues. Unfortunately, efforts to tackle homelessness have fallen short. Historically, making housing contingent on sobriety and employment has imperiled millions. Encouragingly, Housing First—a program that provides housing and support services without requiring employment or pretreatment for mental health conditions and substance use disorders—has started to gain traction. The program has led to improvements in housing stability, reduced hospitalizations and use of emergency departments, and better quality of life. Adding to the challenge, however, is the fact that over 8 million more Americans are just one step away from homelessness. Unlike the homeless, they are often invisible. Preventing homelessness in these lower income households requires the creation of a living wage. Prevention is also about identifying risk and providing supportive services when an individual or family is on the brink.

scholarly journals Status report - Individual, programmatic and systemic indicators of the quality of mental health care using a large health administrative database: an avenue for preventing suicide mortality

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 295-304
Author(s):  
Lise Thibodeau ◽  
Elham Rahme ◽  
James Lachaud ◽  
Éric Pelletier ◽  
Louis Rochette ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Disease Surveillance System

Suicide is a major public health issue in Canada. The quality of health care services, in addition to other individual and population factors, has been shown to affect suicide rates. In publicly managed care systems, such as systems in Canada and the United Kingdom, the quality of health care is manifested at the individual, program and system levels. Suicide audits are used to assess health care services in relation to the deaths by suicide at individual level and when aggregated at the program and system levels. Large health administrative databases comprise another data source used to inform population- based decisions at the system, program and individual levels regarding mental health services that may affect the risk of suicide. This status report paper describes a project we are conducting at the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) with the Quebec Integrated Chronic Disease Surveillance System (QICDSS) in collaboration with colleagues from Wales (United Kingdom) and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. This study describes the development of quality of care indicators at three levels and the corresponding statistical analysis strategies designed. We propose 13 quality of care indicators, including system-level and several population-level determinants, primary care treatment, specialist care, the balance between care sectors, emergency room utilization, and mental health and addiction budgets, that may be drawn from a chronic disease surveillance system.

scholarly journals Relevance of well-being, resilience, and health-related quality of life to mental health profiles of European adolescents: results from a cross-sectional analysis of the school-based multinational UPRIGHT project

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlota Las-Hayas ◽  
Maider Mateo-Abad ◽  
Itziar Vergara ◽  
Irantzu Izco-Basurko ◽  
Ana González-Pinto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Health Profile ◽  
School Based ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Health Profiles

Abstract Purpose The existing evidence suggests that a complete evaluation of mental health should incorporate both psychopathology and mental well-being indicators. However, few studies categorize European adolescents into subgroups based on such complete mental health data. This study used the data on mental well-being and symptoms of mental and behavioral disorders to explore the mental health profiles of adolescents in Europe. Methods Data collected from adolescents (N = 3767; mean age 12.4 [SD = 0.9]) from five European countries supplied the information on their mental well-being (personal resilience, school resilience, quality of life, and mental well-being) and mental and behavioral disorder symptoms (anxiety, depression, stress, bullying, cyber-bullying, and use of tobacco, alcohol, or cannabis). Multiple correspondence analysis and cluster analysis were combined to classify the youths into mental health profiles. Results Adolescents were categorized into three mental health profiles. The "poor mental health" profile (6%) was characterized by low levels of well-being and moderate symptoms of mental disorders. The "good mental health" profile group (26%) showed high well-being and few symptoms of mental disorders, and the "intermediate mental health" profile (68%) was characterized by average well-being and mild-to-moderate symptoms of mental disorders. Groups with higher levels of well-being and fewer symptoms of mental disorders showed lower rates of behavioral problems. Mental well-being indicators strongly contributed to this classification. Conclusion Adolescents with the "intermediate" or "poor" mental health profiles may benefit from interventions to improve mental health. Implications for school-based interventions are discussed. Trial registration number (TRN) and date of registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03951376. Registered 15 May 2019.

scholarly journals Chilean Digital Press Coverage of the Relation between Diet and Mental Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2273
Author(s):  
Ruben Sanchez-Sabate ◽  
Esteban Zunino ◽  
Yasna Badilla-Briones ◽  
Natalia Celedon Celis ◽  
Daniel Caro Saldías
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Dietary Quality ◽  
Health News ◽  
Online Newspapers

Chile has a serious public health problem due to the high prevalence of both unhealthy dietary patterns and mental illnesses. Given that dietary quality is positively associated with the quality of mental health, it is urgent that healthy dietary patterns be promoted among Chileans. The WHO recommends the use of mass media for the dissemination of knowledge about mental health. Since health news affect people’s attitudes and health behaviors, this study analyzed the coverage by three Chilean online newspapers with the largest readership regarding the relation between diet and mental health in 2016. A previously constructed corpus of 2551 news items about food was analyzed quantitatively. The results show that the relevance of the topic diet and mental health was low in all three newspapers. The most frequent type of information was on “foods” and not “nutrients” that “benefit”—not that “damage”—mental health. The quality of the news was poor as a narrow range of sources was found. An individual responsibility frame predominated in the information to the detriment of a public health frame.

Qualifying Quality of Life in Mental Health

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (33) ◽  
Author(s):  
Itai Danovitch
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health
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