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Breaking the silence on incontinence

 

 

A team of academics from across The University of Leeds are working to ‘break the silence’ around incontinence in high and low-income settings. See their official project website here, or read about their ongoing work through other fora:

 

Project Reports

Breaking the silence on women’s experiences of urinary incontinence: first project report

 

Editorials

Why we need to talk about incontinence on The Conversation

 

Blog Posts

Breaking the silence on women’s experiences of incontinence

Conquering the world of incontinence – Oui, oui!

 

You can also follow our project on ResearchGate.

 

For other incontinence research being conducted at University of Leeds, check out:

An evidence-based self-management package for urinary incontinence in older women: a mixed methods feasibility study in BMC Urology

Guidance on supporting people with incontinence in humanitarian and low- and middle-income contexts

Incontinence affects more than 200m people worldwide, so why isn’t more being done to find a cure? on The Conversation

Multifaceted self-management interventions for older women with urinary incontinence: a systematic review and narrative synthesis in BMJ Open

My PhD Journey Part 1: Why a Phd … at Leeds … researching incontinence?

Talking to women about urinary incontinence on the BMJ Blog

Technology for incontinence hasn’t developed that much since ancient Egyptian times on The Conversation

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