2014
Prospective evaluation of a complex public health intervention: lessons from an initial and follow-up cross-sectional survey of the tuberculosis strain typing service in England
Mears J, Abubakar I, Crisp D, Maguire H, Innes JA, Lilley M, Lord J, Cohen T, Borgdorff MW, Vynnycky E, McHugh TD, Sonnenberg P. Prospective evaluation of a complex public health intervention: lessons from an initial and follow-up cross-sectional survey of the tuberculosis strain typing service in England. BMC Public Health 2014, 14: 1023. PMID: 25273511, PMCID: PMC4194411, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttitude of Health PersonnelBacterial Typing TechniquesClinical CompetenceCost-Benefit AnalysisCross-Sectional StudiesEnglandFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth ServicesHumansMaleMolecular EpidemiologyMycobacteriumPopulation SurveillanceProgram EvaluationProspective StudiesPublic HealthSurveys and QuestionnairesTuberculosisConceptsPublic health interventionsComplex public health interventionsCross-sectional surveyHealth interventionsNational public health interventionsStrain typingPublic health staffRepeated cross-sectional surveySignificant increaseMIRU-VNTR typingProportion of respondentsTB patientsSelf-rated knowledgeTB controlProspective evaluationMixed-method evaluationHealth staffProspective identificationMajority of respondentsService users' perceptionsMethodsAn onlineInterventionTypingFuture evaluationProfessional groups
2008
Latent Coinfection and the Maintenance of Strain Diversity
Colijn C, Cohen T, Murray M. Latent Coinfection and the Maintenance of Strain Diversity. Bulletin Of Mathematical Biology 2008, 71: 247. PMID: 19082663, PMCID: PMC2652765, DOI: 10.1007/s11538-008-9361-y.Peer-Reviewed Original Research