Delivering the National Programme for IT in the NHS is proving to be an enormous challenge. All elements of the Programme are advancing and some are complete, but the original timescales for the electronic Care Records Service, one of the central elements of the Programme, turned out to be unachievable, raised unrealistic expectations and put confidence in the Programme at risk.

• Executive Summary

• The National Programme for IT in the NHS: Progress since 2006: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General: HC 484-I Session 2007-2008: Volume 1

• The National Programme for IT in the NHS: Progress since 2006: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General: HC 484-I Session 2007-2008: Volume 2

The progress report on the Programme by the National Audit Office concludes that the original vision remains intact and still appears feasible. However, it is likely to take until 2014-15 before every NHS Trust in England has fully deployed the care records systems, four years later than planned. In the North, Midlands and East area, the software has taken much longer to develop than planned, so some Trusts have had to take an interim system. Completing the development of the system and introducing it in this area are significant challenges still to be addressed.

Summary Care Record Early Adopter programme: An independent evaluation by University College London (Executive Summary) has found found that although the SCR offers real benefits for treating patients in emergency and unscheduled care settings, the ‘complicated’ technical system needs to be refined before being rolled out. NHS staff and patients are positive in regards to the programme, with most people valuing the benefits of instant access to medical records over the small risk of data loss or breach.

The Statement of Financial Entitlements (Amendment) (No 2) Directions 2008 were signed on 21 April 2008 and come into effect from 1 April 2008. The Directions amend Section 7C to roll forward the existing IM&T DES to allow PCTs to continue to make payments until 31 March 2009.

It was fairly inevitable that the new piece of CAS Post It Notes would turn into a podcast!

• Updated Child Health Promotion Programme
• Towards World Class Commissioning Competency
• Education Commissioning Briefing
• National Dementia Strategy
• More strategic, timely information needed in primary healthcare
• Putting you in the picture
• Choice at referral
• Refocusing the care programme approach: Policy and positive practice guidance
• National Primary Care Research & Development Centre: Practice Based Commissioning
• Other documents and conferences

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We got asked to pull some current awareness together for our clinical reference group who wanted to keep up to date with policy etc.  We could have pointed them here but they might have found it a bit rambling.  The result was Post It Notes on Letterpop.

The Specialist Libraries Resource are collections of information aimed at health professionals containing clinical and non-clinical resources. A team of clinicians and information professionals build the collection of materials so that you can rely on the quality and know that information is kept up-to-date. Most of the links within the Libraries provide access to full text documents.

The Content

The Specialist libraries fall into four general categories and overall there is a specialist library for everyone! Thh Specialist Libraries host National Knowledge Weeks - which highlight the best current evidence for selected healthcare topics from Annual Evidence Updates, provide user-friendly summaries written by relevant experts, and links to guidelines, secondary research and primary research. Specialist libraries available are:

Specialist Libraries by Health Condition

• Cancer
• Cardiovascular
• Diabetes
• ENT & Audiology
• Eyes & Vision
• Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases
• Genetic Conditions
• Infection
• Kidney Diseases
• Learning Disabilities
• Mental Health
• Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Neurological Conditions
• Oral Health
• Respiratory
• Skin Disorders
• Stroke
• Trauma & Orthopaedics

Specialist Libraries by Type of Health Service

• Complementary & Alternative Medicine
• Emergency Care
• Health Management
• Palliative & Supportive Care
• Screening
• Surgery, Theatres & Anaesthesia

Specialist Health Libraries for Particular Patient Groups

• Child Health
• Ethnicity & Health
• Later Life
• Women’s Health

Specialist Libraries with a Knowledge Focus

• Knowledge Management
• Patient and Public Involvement

Searching for content in the Specialist Libraries

You can search across the range of specialist libraries by clicking on the Specialist Library link (illustrated to the right) on the NLH homepage.

This will list all the libraries from which you can select the specialist libraries that you want to search and you can run your search in the search box.

The usual range of search operators can be applied to search for precisely the material you are after:

• AND - to make sure the words used appear in the results - this will limit your search results.

• OR - to create an either/or link to expand your search

• NOT - to exclude a word from a search (this will limit your search).

• EXACT PHRASE - by putting your search in “speech marks” you will search for the phrase as you type it. This technique also works with Google and other search engines and is a Fade top tip to find relevant material on the internet.

Advanced Search - Top tip, remember to deselect the resources you don’t want to search this search defaults to searching across the entire NLH.

Saving Search Results

To save results requires you to be logged into Athens (which you can get from the NHS here, providing you work for the NHS). Check the check boxes of the items you want to save and then click the button. Alternatively just click on Save Search Result for individual items.

To retrieve items you’ve saved when you’ve logged in with your Athens password jsut click on the Saved Search Results link in the MY SEARCH section of the page.

This is also where you can find Saved Search Histories, Saved Search Criteria and your Search Profiles.

E-Mailing Search Results

You can e-mail individual search results by clicking on the More Details link. This will then bring up an e-mail form (shown below) which you can mail to yourself or a colleague you think will be interested in the item. It has space for you to add your own message.

Browsing Resources in Specialist Libraries

If you click on any of the blue links to browse a specialist library you will be able to browse content by looking at teh browse tool on the left hand side of the screen. Just click on the plus sign to reveal further lower levels of information and click on the level you want to see. Information will be categorised as:

• Guidance and Pathways
• Evidence
• Reference
• Education/CPD
• Patient Information

Safer Children in a Digital World (Executive Summary) focus’ on issues including cyberbullying, violent games and web predators. Recommendations includ:

• Establishment of a UK Council for Child Internet Safety

• A clearer ratings system for video games using the recognised BBFC symbols U, 12, 15 and 18,

• A public information campaign to educate parents and children in online safety

• Strengthening the law against assisting suicides. Social networking sites should monitor discussions and intervene where young users are discussing suicide, by providing useful advice and support to people who may be looking for help.

If you are looking for a national or international clinical guideline, a protocol or a care pathway it’s worth remembering that Search 2.0 will search the National Library of Guidelines for guidelines published by NICE and professional bodies, both in the UK and around the world.

The Content

• National Library of Guidelines (includes NICE Guidance) - The National Library of Guidelines (the resource formerly known as the Guidelines Finder) indexes over 2000 selected care guidelines available in fulltext format online. These are mainly fom the UK but there are some international guidelines included.

• NICE Guidance (only) -National guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill-health, produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

• Protocols and Care Pathways Library - The NLH Protocols and Care Pathways Library holds over 250 Integrated Care Pathways (ICPs) submitted by NHS organisations, as well as useful material related to ICP development and appraisal.

• Clinical Knowledge Summaries (search of this service will be available soon) - Provides an up-to-date source of clinical knowledge, incorporating PRODIGY resources, that can help healthcare professional and patients in managing the common conditions generally seen in primary and first-contact care.

• International Guidelines (NEW! Now searchable along with UK Guidelines) - Guidelines from the US National Guidelines Clearing House, New Zealand Guidelines Group - Guidelines Library and Australian National Health and Medical Research Council: Clinical Practice Guidelines

Simple Search

The easiest way to search is to use the search box at the top of the National Library for Health home page (illustrated to the left).

From here you can use the usual linking terms to define your search:

• AND - to make sure the words used appear in the results - this will limit your search results.
• OR - to create an either/or link to expand your search
• NOT - to exclude a word from a search (this will limit your search).
• EXACT PHRASE - by putting your search in “speech marks” you will search for the phrase as you type it. This technique also works with Google and other search engines and is a Fade top tip to find relevant material on the internet.

Limiting Your Search to Particular Resources

If you click on the Guidance (see right) link on the home page of the National Library for Health you’ll be able to select particular resources to search (illustrated below)

Advanced searches

Advanced search allows you to search for keywords in specific fields: Title; Author; Publisher; Date; Any (field); ISBN and ISSN, combine search terms using Boolean operators (and, or, not) and limit your searches by date.

To search just for guidelines, don’t forget to deselect all other resources in the section.

Saving Search Results

To save results requires you to be logged into Athens (which you can get from the NHS here, providing you work for the NHS). Check the check boxes of the items you want to save and then click the button. Alternatively just click on Save Search Result for individual items.

To retrieve items you’ve saved when you’ve logged in with your Athens password jsut click on the Saved Search Results link in the MY SEARCH section of the page.

This is also where you can find Saved Search Histories, Saved Search Criteria and your Search Profiles.

E-Mailing Search Results

You can e-mail individual search results by clicking on the More Details link. This will then bring up an e-mail form (shown below) which you can mail to yourself or a colleague you think will be interested in the item. It has space for you to add your own message.

Today’s post based on the excellent material from the NLH Search 2.0 SHA Representatives group.

When to use them?

Whenever you need ready done quality synthesised reviews of the best available evidence.

The Content

• Bandolier - advice about particular treatments for health professionals and consumers based on primary and secondary research.
• Cochrane Library Database of Systematic Reviews - systematic reviews and protocols for future reviews.
• Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects - abstracts of systematic reviews published in places other than the Cochrane Library Database of Systematic Reviews.
• NHS Economic Evaluation Database - structured economic evaluations of health care interventions.
• Health Technology Assessment Database - focussing on prevention and rehabilitation, vaccines, pharmaceuticals and devices, medical and surgical procedures and the systems within which health is protected and maintained.

Searching Evidence Based Reviews

Check the Evidence Based Reviews check box in the search box at the top of the NLH page.

This will allow you to conduct a simple search across all of the evidence based review databases and materials.

As yesterday’s post suggested there are key linking phrases available to allow you to define the relationship between concepts in your search. As a reminder we’ve detailed them again below.

• AND - to make sure the words used appear in the results - this will limit your search results.
• OR - to create an either/or link to expand your search
• NOT - to exclude a word from a search (this will limit your search).
• EXACT PHRASE - by putting your search in “speech marks” you will search for the phrase as you type it. This technique also works with Google and other search engines and is a Fade top tip to find relevant material on the internet.

Searching indivdual or Multiple Evidence Based Reviews Whilst Ignoring Others

If you click on the Evidence Based Reviews Link (as illustrated below)

You will be taken to a specific Evidence Based Reviews Search where you can use the check boxes to select the resources as illustrated below. The usual range of linking terms are available to design your search to bring back optimum results (as detailed above).

Advanced searches can also be run using the same set of parameters as described yesterday.

Saving Search Results

To save results requires you to be logged into Athens (which you can get from the NHS here, providing you work for the NHS). Check the check boxes of the items you want to save and then click the button. Alternatively just click on Save Search Result for individual items.

To retrieve items you’ve saved when you’ve logged in with your Athens password jsut click on the Saved Search Results link in the MY SEARCH section of the page.

This is also where you can find Saved Search Histories, Saved Search Criteria and your Search Profiles.

E-Mailing Search Results

You can e-mail individual search results by clicking on the More Details link. This will then bring up an e-mail form (shown below) which you can mail to yourself or a colleague you think will be interested in the item. It has space for you to add your own message.

OK it’s 7 days to go to the implementation of Search 2.0 the new route to literature searching in the NHS from the National Library for Health. So we thought we dust off the guides from the NLH Search 2.0 SHA Representatives group (this post is from Resource Guide 1: Overview), adapt the guides where we felt we needed to and give you seven days worth of tip off of the goodness to come. Never fear though, if things aren’t as smooth as we hope, the Dialog databases haven’t gone anywhere for the moment (as for the red spot search logo we don’t know the reasons behind it either but any excuse to get in a few minutes practice for this year’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Clearly red is the new black!)

Searching the National Library for Health

Currently there are six elements (with a seventh in development) of the library that you can search:

1. Evidence based reviews - synthesising known evidence, these secondary sources e.g. the Cochrane Library should be used when you want a quality review of the best available evidence.
2. Guidance - if you are looking for international, national guidelines or care pathways, start here.
3. Specialist Libraries - offering rapid access to the latest quality evidence by patient group or type of service.
4. Books, Journals and Healthcare Databases (Bibliographic Databases) - use them when you need to search the literature (these will need an Athens password which you can get from the NHS here, providing you work for the service).
5. Images - quality medical images/photos/graphics.
6. For Patients - quality assured information for patients.
7. Drugs Resource - is under development… as soon as we can tell you about it, we will.

Searching the Resources

Easy Search

The search box appears at the top of the National Library for Health page. You can use the check boxes to select the types of resources you want to search.

you can construct your search using the following linking terms:

• AND - to make sure the words used appear in the results - this will limit your search results.
• OR - to create an either/or link to expand your search
• NOT - to exclude a word from a search (this will limit your search).
• EXACT PHRASE - by putting your search in “speech marks” you will search for the phrase as you type it. This technique also works with Google and other search engines and is a Fade top tip to find relevant material on the internet.

Advanced Search

The advanced search option allows you to select from the range of NLH resources for inclusion in your search. It also allows you to limit a search to materials from discrete date ranges and to particular elements of a record.

If you are logged into the library you can search accross the range of journals and e-resources available to you through your Athens password.

Just hit the search button when you’re ready to search.

Search results will be displayed by type in a results bar accross the top of the page.

The added advantage with logging in is you can of course save your search to return to at any point you log-in to NLH.

Saving Search Results

To save results requires you to be logged into Athens (which you can get from the NHS here, providing you work for the NHS). Check the check boxes of the items you want to save and then click the button. Alternatively just click on Save Search Result for individual items.

To retrieve items you’ve saved when you’ve logged in with your Athens password jsut click on the Saved Search Results link in the MY SEARCH section of the page.

This is also where you can find Saved Search Histories, Saved Search Criteria and your Search Profiles.

E-Mailing Search Results

You can e-mail individual search results by clicking on the More Details link. This will then bring up an e-mail form (shown below) which you can mail to yourself or a colleague you think will be interested in the item. It has space for you to add your own message.

Extensively discussed in the mass media Choice at referral: guidance framework for 2008/9  provides best practice guidance and information for referrers, providers and commissioners on how the roll-out of free choice in elective care in 2008/9 will operate.  It is supplemented by the Impact of Free Choice policy in Choose and Book R4.0.

Science Watch from Thomson combines newsletter, regularly updated data, analysiscommentary and interviews on latest scientific developments.  Keep an eye on What’s hot in medicine - to keep up to date with the latest hot topics in the field.  Feeds and podcasts are available and planned on this open web resource.

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In this Issue 

In this issue
Carlos Alvarez-Dardet and John Ashton
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 281. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Aphorism of the Month 

“There is more than one way to skin a cat”
JRA
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 283. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Speakers Corner 

Welfare regime types and global health: an emerging challenge
Haejoo Chung and Carles Muntaner
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 282-283. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057778 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Public Health Past and Present 

Debates about cervical screening: an historical overview
L Bryder
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 284-287. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.059246 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Evidence-based Policy and Practice

Neighbourhood environment as a predictor of television watching among girls
K E MacLeod, G C Gee, P Crawford, and M C Wang
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 288-292. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061424 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Home ownership and mortality: a register-based follow-up study of 300 000 Finns
M Laaksonen, P Martikainen, E Nihtilä, O Rahkonen, and E Lahelma
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 293-297. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061309 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Tackling inequalities in health: evaluating the New Deal for Communities initiative
M Stafford, J Nazroo, J M Popay, and M Whitehead
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 298-304. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058628 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Correlates of hepatitis C virus seropositivity in prison inmates: a meta-analysis
M F Vescio, B Longo, S Babudieri, G Starnini, S Carbonara, G Rezza, and R Monarca
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 305-313. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.051599 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Using national health weeks to deliver deworming to children: lessons from Mexico
A Flisser, J L Valdespino, L García-García, C Guzman, M T Aguirre, M L Manon, G González-González, and T W Gyorkos
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 314-317. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.066423 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Meaningful differences in maternal smoking behaviour during pregnancy: implications for infant behavioural vulnerability
K E Pickett, C Wood, J Adamson, L DeSouza, and L S Wakschlag
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 318-324. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058768 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Social inequality in fetal growth: a comparative study of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the period 1981–2000
L H Mortensen, F Diderichsen, A Arntzen, M Gissler, S Cnattingius, O Schnor, G Davey-Smith, and A-M Nybo Andersen
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 325-331. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061473 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Job loss from poor health, smoking and obesity: a national prospective survey in France
F Jusot, M Khlat, T Rochereau, and C Serme
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 332-337. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.060772 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

When does work stress hurt? Testing the interaction with socioeconomic position in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study
N Wege, N Dragano, R Erbel, K-H Jockel, S Moebus, A Stang, and J Siegrist
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 338-341. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.062315 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Physical activity in older women: associations with area deprivation and with socioeconomic position over the life course: observations in the British Women’s Heart and Health Study
M Hillsdon, D A Lawlor, S Ebrahim, and J N Morris
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 344-350. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.058610 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Research Reports

Childhood socioeconomic circumstances and adult height and leg length in central and eastern Europe
E Webb, D Kuh, A Peasey, A Pajak, S Malyutina, R Kubinova, R Topor-Madry, D Denisova, N Capkova, M Marmot, and M Bobak
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 351-357. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.056457 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Perineal use of talc and risk of ovarian cancer
H Langseth, S E Hankinson, J Siemiatycki, and E Weiderpass
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 358-360. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.047894 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Cost effectiveness of the Expert Patients Programme (EPP) for patients with chronic conditions
G Richardson, A Kennedy, D Reeves, P Bower, V Lee, E Middleton, C Gardner, C Gately, and A Rogers
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 361-367. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.057430 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Electronic Pages

Use of surface water in drinking water production associated with municipal Legionnaires’ disease incidence
J W Den Boer, R A Coutinho, E P F Yzerman, and M A B van der Sande
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e1. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.061598 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Recreational values of the natural environment in relation to neighbourhood satisfaction, physical activity, obesity and wellbeing
J Björk, M Albin, P Grahn, H Jacobsson, J Ardö, J Wadbro, P-O Östergren, and E Skärbäck
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e2. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.062414 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Apolipoprotein E polymorphism, life stress and self-reported health among older adults
F Zhang, M Lewis, G Yang, J Iriondo-Perez, Y Zeng, and J Liu
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e3. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063917 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

The changing regional pattern of ischaemic heart disease mortality in southern Europe: still healthy but uneven progress
L Hirte, E Nolte, E Mossialos, and M McKee
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e4. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.067637 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Chernobyl exposure as stressor during pregnancy and hormone levels in adolescent offspring
A C Huizink, M Bartels, R J Rose, L Pulkkinen, C J P Eriksson, and J Kaprio
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: e5. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.060350 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Theory and Methods

Measuring the health effects of gender
S P Phillips
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 368-371. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.062158 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Job strain and ischaemic disease: does the inclusion of older employees in the cohort dilute the association? The WOLF Stockholm Study
M Kivimäki, T Theorell, H Westerlund, J Vahtera, and L Alfredsson
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 372-374. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063578 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Postscript

Placing Health: Neighbourhood Renewal, Health Improvement and Complexity
Ritesh Mistry
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 375. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.067439 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

New malignancies among cancer survivors: SEER cancer registries, 1973–2000
Rajah Supramaniam
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 375-376. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.063560 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Constructive conversations about health: policy and values
Sanjoy Bhattacharya
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 376. doi:10.1136/jech.2007.059527 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Correction
J Epidemiol Community Health 2008; 62: 376. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

The latest issue of Tobacco Control is now available via your Athens passsword from any North West NHS organisation (If you don’t have an Athens password and are eligible you can get one here). Content in this issue is detailed below:

Editorial

International tobacco control should repudiate Jekyll and Hyde health philanthropy
Simon Chapman
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 1. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.024562 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News analysis

CZECH REPUBLIC: POTENT SMOKING AND IMPOTENCE CAMPAIGN
Eva Kralikova
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 2. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

SOUTH AFRICA: SNUS “NOT A TOBACCO PRODUCT”
Yussuf Saloojee
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 2-3. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

TURKEY: NEW FEARS, NEW HOPES
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 3. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

JAPAN: REVOLUTION ON THE STREETS
Mark Levin
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 3-4. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

JAPAN: REVOLUTION BESIDE THE STREETS
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 4. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 4. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

EUROPE: AGREEMENT ON REDUCING CIGARETTE FIRES
Deborah Arnott and Florence Berteletti
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 4-5. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

SRI LANKA: BAT’S CSR AWARD
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 5. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

WORLD: STRONGER LINE FOR WORLD’S MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 5. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

UK: BAD NEWS, GOOD PROGRESS
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 5. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Research papers

Quantitative and qualitative estimates of cross-border tobacco shopping and tobacco smuggling in France
C Ben Lakhdar
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 12-16. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.020891 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Relation between newspaper coverage of tobacco issues and smoking attitudes and behaviour among American teens
K Clegg Smith, M A Wakefield, Y Terry-McElrath, F J Chaloupka, B Flay, L Johnston, A Saba, and C Siebel
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 17-24. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.020495 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Markers of the denormalisation of smoking and the tobacco industry
S Chapman and B Freeman
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 25-31. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.021386 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Smoking in the home and children’s health
S C Hill and L Liang
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 32-37. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.020990 [Abstract] [Full text] [web only table] [PDF]

Paternal smoking and increased risk of child malnutrition among families in rural Indonesia
C M Best, K Sun, S de Pee, M Sari, M W Bloem, and R D Semba
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 38-45. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.020875 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Levels and correlates of awareness of tobacco promotional activities among adult smokers in Malaysia and Thailand: findings from the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia (ITC-SEA) Survey
H-H Yong, R Borland, D Hammond, B Sirirassamee, B Ritthiphakdee, R Awang, M Omar, F Kin, Z bt M Zain, W B Lee, M Siahpush, and G T Fong
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 46-52. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.021964 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

The role of tobacco control policies in reducing smoking and deaths in a middle income nation: results from the Thailand SimSmoke simulation model
D T Levy, S Benjakul, H Ross, and B Ritthiphakdee
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 53-59. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.022319 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Crossing geographical, legal and moral boundaries: the Belgian cigarette black market
T Vander Beken, J Janssens, K Verpoest, A Balcaen, and F Vander Laenen
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 60-65. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.022749 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Brief report

Tobacco control indicators and lung cancer rates in young adults by state in the United States
A P Polednak
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 66-69. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.020925 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Advocacy in action

Survivors of tobacco-related diseases and advocacy for tobacco control
M Mathew, A O Goldstein, and K Hampton
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 6-11. doi:10.1136/tc.2006.019612 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

Ad Watch

An Argentinean icon as a useful tool to sell BAT’s cigarettes
S Braun, R M Mejía, and R Jaganath
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 70. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.023143 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Electronic pages

Mapping tobacco industry strategies in South East Asia for action planning and surveillance
F Stillman, M Hoang, R Linton, B Ritthiphakdee, and W Trochim
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: e1. doi:10.1136/tc.2006.017988 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

After the smoke has cleared: evaluation of the impact of a new national smoke-free law in New Zealand
R Edwards, G Thomson, N Wilson, A Waa, C Bullen, D O’Dea, H Gifford, M Glover, M Laugesen, and A Woodward
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: e2. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.020347 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

PostScript

Home smoking policy and environmental tobacco smoke exposure among Koreans in Seoul
S C Hughes, M F Hovell, C R Hofstetter, V L Irvin, H R Park, and H Y Paik
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 71-72. doi:10.1136/tc.2007.022244 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Miscellanea

Tobacco Control Online: http://tc.bmj.com
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 37. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Tobacco Control Online: http://tc.bmj.com
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 45. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

The Lighter Side
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 52. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

The Lighter Side
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 65. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

The Lighter Side
Tobacco Control 2008; 17: 72. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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Journal of Communication in Healthcare is new electronic journal available via your Athens passsword from Liverpool PCT (If you don’t have an Athens password and are eligible you can get one here).  Content in this issue is detailed below:

• Editorial

• The paradigm shift in healthcare — Overcoming challenges in giving patients access to their electronic records

• Alcohol screening and brief intervention by community pharmacists: Benefits and communication methods

• How Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida use Personal Health Reports to inform and educate its members

• Using videotaped objective structured clinical examination as a tool for reflection on communication skills

• Educating a new profession: Developing the communication and information management skills of health information specialists

• Engaging patients to understand and improve their experience of attending hospital

• Understanding and defining roles in the pharmacist–patient relationship

• NHS Direct — What challenges has it faced and how have they been overcome?

• Educating older adults to avoid harmful self-medication

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The Commissioner Volume 3 Issue 3 from the North West Primary Care Librarian’s Group was published today with its podcast ( Standard Podcasts [6:22m]) contents are:

• PBC: Personalise your Improvement with the No Delays Achiever

• Dental Commissioning and Contract Monitoring - Tendering, Procurement & Contracting

• Evaluation of One-Stop Shop (Oss) Models of Sexual Health Provision

• Improving Access to Psychological Therapies implementation plan

• National Infarct Angioplasty Project (NIAP) interim report

• Practice-based commissioning : tips for preparing and pitching a proposal

• Strategic commissioning for older people

• Apply for Beacon Status

• Other documents and conferences

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We get asked about places to search for grey literature and haven’t yet blogged about the OpenSIGLE - System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe which provides open access to SIGLE bibliographical references of reports and other grey literature (GL) produced in Europe.
OpenSIGLE combines the ressources of major European information and document supply centres who have joined together in an association known as EAGLE : European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation.  It’s worth noting that the British Library resigned from EAGLE in 2003.

Each centre is responsible for collecting grey literature produced in its own country and for providing details of it

The end of the week has seen us finally get the new Fade Library Website up and running. We’ve had the highs and lows of installing MySQL and PHP. The swear box has earned a few bob. Kudos to Paul at IIS Admin Blog for the clear guidance. Anyway slip over to the site and let us know what you think.