The 3 week cough campaign

and my concerns about it’s effectiveness and potential harms.

References here.

1)     http://www.3weekcough.org/whattodo.html

2)     Lung C ancer Awareness Campaign Cluster Briefing Slide Pack, 2/4/12, DoH

3)     http://thorax.bmj.com/content/67/5/412.long

4)     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1747254/pdf/v060p01059.pdf

5)     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1747254/pdf/v060p01059.pdf

6)     http://thorax.bmj.com/content/61/11/975.abstract

7)     http://thorax.bmj.com/content/61/11/975.abstract

8)     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16882373

 

4 Responses to “The 3 week cough campaign”

  1. Martin Budden May 31, 2012 at 2:06 pm #

    The “my concerns” link seems to be broken.

  2. margaretmccartney May 31, 2012 at 2:48 pm #

    working on my computer – try this http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/main-content/-/article_display_list/14033555/wake-up-to-perils-of-awareness (free registration)

  3. Martin Budden May 31, 2012 at 3:25 pm #

    Seems to be working now. I think it was a problem with my browser settings rather than the link. Apologies for my error.

  4. margaretmccartney May 31, 2012 at 3:42 pm #

    no problem – there is an error in the piece which I hope has been fixed now – After the campaign rates were 97 per 100,000 in the control group versus 112 in the INTERVENTION group