OBJECTIVE We describe the development of a community and academic research partnership, share reflections on processes for collaborations, and identify key factors for establishing strong and effective relationships to foster high-quality research. BACKGROUND A community-based participatory research (CBPR) effort evaluating a community-based patient navigation program assisting Chamorro women...

The trials in this paper have been devised, led and delivered by Michael Sanders, a member of the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), and a former BIT Research Fellow from the University of Bristol. We would like to thank those organisations who have partnered with us in the production of this report. In particular, we would like to thank the Charities Aid Foundation, which has supported the resea...

Longstanding gaps between research and practice, research and policy, and policy and practice impede the sustainability of high-quality health services delivery and often inadvertently contribute to disparities in healthcare access, processes, and outcomes. Why do these gaps exist? Explanations embrace multiple reasons and acknowledge the interactions between factors such as financing and organ...

Inequities in marriage laws and domestic partnership benefits may have implications for who bears the burden of health care costs. We examined a recent period in California to illuminate disparities in health insurance coverage faced by same-sex couples. Partnered gay men are less than half as likely (42 percent) as married heterosexual men to get employer-sponsored dependent coverage, and part...

Pankaj Sharma is Professor of Neurology at Royal Holloway University of London and Director of its Institute of Cardiovascular Research (ICR2UL) which is closely partnered with local hospitals Ashford & St Peters NHS Foundation Trust. PS is also consultant neurologist at Imperial College London, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Cardiovascular Disease and Hon. Medi...

The aim of this study was to examine whether young adults in nonmarital romantic relationships experience better mental health and lower levels of mental health problems compared to single young adults. In addition, the current study also tested the hypothesis that perceived social support mediates the association between relationship status (single vs. partnered) and mental health, and mental ...

AIM To test alternatives to the current research and clinical practice of assuming that married or partnered status is a proxy for positive social support. BACKGROUND Having a partner is assumed to relate to better health status via the intermediary process of social support. However, women's health research indicates that having a partner is not always associated with positive social support...