Primary stroke prevention worldwide: translating evidence into action

MO Owolabi, AG Thrift, A Mahal, M Ishida… - The Lancet Public …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability
worldwide and its burden is increasing rapidly in low-income and middle-income countries …

The global burden of neurological disorders: translating evidence into policy

VL Feigin, T Vos, E Nichols, MO Owolabi… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Neurological disorders are the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of
death worldwide. In the past 30 years, the absolute numbers of deaths and people with …

A rapid evidence review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alcohol control policies: an English perspective

R Burton, C Henn, D Lavoie, R O'Connor, C Perkins… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
This paper reviews the evidence for the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of policies to
reduce alcohol-related harm. Policies focus on price, marketing, availability, information and …

[HTML][HTML] Using cost-effectiveness analysis to address health equity concerns

R Cookson, AJ Mirelman, S Griffin, M Asaria… - Value in Health, 2017 - Elsevier
This articles serves as a guide to using cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to address health
equity concerns. We first introduce the" equity impact plane," a tool for considering trade-offs …

Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland and Wales: controlled interrupted time series analyses

P Anderson, A O'Donnell, E Kaner, EJ Llopis… - The Lancet Public …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background As a policy option to reduce consumption of alcohol and the harm it does, on
May 1, 2018, Scotland introduced a minimum price of 50 British pence (p) per unit of alcohol …

Prevention of stroke: a strategic global imperative

VL Feigin, B Norrving, MG George, JL Foltz… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
The increasing global stroke burden strongly suggests that currently implemented primary
stroke prevention strategies are not sufficiently effective, and new primary prevention …

Epidemiology of alcohol consumption and societal burden of alcoholism and alcoholic liver disease

PD Axley, CT Richardson, AK Singal - Clinics in liver disease, 2019 - liver.theclinics.com
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Immediate impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland: controlled interrupted time series analysis for 2015-18

A O'Donnell, P Anderson, E Jané-Llopis, J Manthey… - bmj, 2019 - bmj.com
Objective To assess the immediate impact of the introduction of minimum unit pricing in
Scotland on household alcohol purchases. Design Controlled interrupted time series …

Inequalities in the burden of non-communicable diseases across European countries: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study

CAS Andrade, N Mahrouseh, J Gabrani… - International journal for …, 2023 - Springer
Background Although overall health status in the last decades improved, health inequalities
due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) persist between and within European countries …

[HTML][HTML] Cancers due to smoking and high alcohol consumption: estimation of the attributable cancer burden in Germany

U Mons, T Gredner, G Behrens, C Stock… - Deutsches Ärzteblatt …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Tobacco and alcohol consumption are known causes of cancer. We set out to
estimate the absolute numbers and proportions of cancer attributable to smoking and high …