Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Nov 2005
Review Meta AnalysisMeta-analysis of randomised trials of monetary incentives and response to mailed questionnaires.
To quantify the increase in mailed questionnaire response attributable to a monetary incentive. ⋯ This meta-analysis of the best available evidence shows that monetary incentives increase mailed questionnaire response. Researchers should include small amounts of money with mailed questionnaires rather than give no incentive at all.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Nov 2005
General practitioners with a special interest in public health; at last a way to deliver public health in primary care.
Primary care and public health both work to improve the population's health. The potential benefits of improved integration between these disciplines have however not been fully seen because of the lack of a structured way to deliver the integration. ⋯ General practitioners with special interests (GPwSI) have now been created and formally recognised in clinical roles in the United Kingdom. It is proposed that the creation of GPwSI in public health offers an ideal model of a way of achieving integration and ensuring public health is delivered in primary care.