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Effectiveness of Community-Links Practitioners in Areas of High Socioeconomic Deprivation

Stewart W. Mercer, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Lesley Grant, Nai Rui Chng, Alex McConnachie, Andisheh Bakhshi, Greg James-Rae, Catherine A. O’Donnell and Sally Wyke
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2019, 17 (6) 518-525; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2429
Stewart W. Mercer
1Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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  • For correspondence: Stewart.Mercer@ed.ac.uk
Bridie Fitzpatrick
2Institute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Lesley Grant
2Institute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Nai Rui Chng
3College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Alex McConnachie
4Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Andisheh Bakhshi
4Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Greg James-Rae
4Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Catherine A. O’Donnell
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Sally Wyke
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vol. 17 no. 6 518-525
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2429
PubMed 
31712290

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication November 30, 2018
  • Revision received February 23, 2019
  • Accepted for publication March 26, 2019
  • Published online November 11, 2019.

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  1. Stewart W. Mercer1⇑,
  2. Bridie Fitzpatrick2,
  3. Lesley Grant2,
  4. Nai Rui Chng3,
  5. Alex McConnachie4,
  6. Andisheh Bakhshi4,
  7. Greg James-Rae4,
  8. Catherine A. O’Donnell2 and
  9. Sally Wyke3
  1. 1Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  2. 2Institute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  3. 3College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  4. 4Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Professor Stewart W. Mercer, Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute of Population Health, Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Stewart.Mercer{at}ed.ac.uk

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