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‘A priori’ external contextual factors and relationships with process indicators: a mixed methods study of the pre-implementation phase of ‘Communities in Charge of Alcohol’ (2022)
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Burns, E., Hargreaves, S., Ure, C., Hare, S., Coffey, M., Hidajat, M., …Cook, P. (2022). ‘A priori’ external contextual factors and relationships with process indicators: a mixed methods study of the pre-implementation phase of ‘Communities in Charge of Alcohol’. BMC Public Health, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14411-2

Background It is widely recognised that complex public health interventions roll out in distinct phases, within which external contextual factors influence implementation. Less is known about relationships with external contextual factors identified... Read More about ‘A priori’ external contextual factors and relationships with process indicators: a mixed methods study of the pre-implementation phase of ‘Communities in Charge of Alcohol’.

Homes and health in the Outer Hebrides: A social prescribing framework for addressing fuel poverty and the social determinants of health (2022)
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Lawler, C., Sherriff, A., Brown, P., Butler, D., Gibbons, A., Martin, P., & Probin, M. (in press). Homes and health in the Outer Hebrides: A social prescribing framework for addressing fuel poverty and the social determinants of health. Health and Place, 79, 102926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102926

Health services are increasingly being reshaped with reference to addressing social determinants of health (SDoH), with social prescribing a prominent example. We examine a project in the Outer Hebrides that reshaped and widened the local health serv... Read More about Homes and health in the Outer Hebrides: A social prescribing framework for addressing fuel poverty and the social determinants of health.

Accessing and sustaining work after service: the role of active labour market policies (ALMP) and implications for HRM (2022)
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Jones, K., Scullion, L., Hynes, C., & Martin, P. (2022). Accessing and sustaining work after service: the role of active labour market policies (ALMP) and implications for HRM. International Journal of Human Resource Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2022.2133574

This article considers the extent to which active labour market policies (ALMPs) support the sustained inclusion of veterans in the civilian labour market. Drawing on the first in-depth research into veteran’s interactions with the UK’s public employ... Read More about Accessing and sustaining work after service: the role of active labour market policies (ALMP) and implications for HRM.

Getting lost with dementia: encounters with the time-space of not knowing (2022)
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Ward, R., Rummery, K., Odzakovic, E., Manji, K., Keady, J., Kullberg, A., …Campbell, S. (2022). Getting lost with dementia: encounters with the time-space of not knowing. Health and Place, 78, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102940

In this paper we explore the experience and implications of getting lost with dementia. While getting lost has become culturally emblematic of dementia, speaking as it does to a widespread fear of losing our place in the world, it is marked by an ove... Read More about Getting lost with dementia: encounters with the time-space of not knowing.

“Just the freedom to get good at things and stuff like that”: why spending less time at work would be good for individual, social and environmental wellbeing (2022)
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Balderson, U., Burchell, B., Kamerāde, D., Coutts, A., & Wang, S. (2022). “Just the freedom to get good at things and stuff like that”: why spending less time at work would be good for individual, social and environmental wellbeing. Futures, 143, 103035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2022.103035

A reduction in the average length of the working week is a policy response which is gaining increasing political and popular support for its potential help to address a number of key societal challenges, particularly the declining health and wellbein... Read More about “Just the freedom to get good at things and stuff like that”: why spending less time at work would be good for individual, social and environmental wellbeing.

Taking time: the temporal politics of dementia, care and support in the neighbourhood (2022)
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Ward, R., Rummery, K., Odzakovic, E., Manji, K., Kullberg, A., Keady, J., …Campbell, S. (2022). Taking time: the temporal politics of dementia, care and support in the neighbourhood. Sociology of Health and Illness, 44(9), 1427-1444

Dementia is a global health challenge and currently the focus of a coordinated international response articulated through the notion of ‘dementia-friendly communities and initiatives’ (DFCIs). Yet, while increasing research attention has been paid to... Read More about Taking time: the temporal politics of dementia, care and support in the neighbourhood.

The same but different: a comparison between family volunteers, other formal volunteers and non-volunteers (2022)
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Kamerade, D. (2022). The same but different: a comparison between family volunteers, other formal volunteers and non-volunteers. Voluntary Sector Review, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1332/204080521X16572238373614

Extensive research has examined how family status, composition and dynamics affect volunteering, but not how family members volunteer as a group. This research note explores family volunteering – two or more members of a family volunteering together.... Read More about The same but different: a comparison between family volunteers, other formal volunteers and non-volunteers.

How does race work in social work education? Everyday racial logics, distinctions and practices in social work qualifying programmes in England. (2022)
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Morton, J., Jeyasingham, D., Vindegg, J., & Fjeldheim, S. (2022). How does race work in social work education? Everyday racial logics, distinctions and practices in social work qualifying programmes in England. British Journal of Social Work, 53(1), 552-569. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcac120

This article presents findings from a study which explored the everyday ways race works on social work programmes in England. The study focused on how race was spoken about and conceptualised, how people were categorised and ordered according to race... Read More about How does race work in social work education? Everyday racial logics, distinctions and practices in social work qualifying programmes in England..

The association between temperature, heart rate, and respiratory rate in children aged under 16 years attending urgent and emergency care settings (2022)
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Heal, C., Harvey, A., Brown, S., Rowland, A. G., & Roland, D. (2022). The association between temperature, heart rate, and respiratory rate in children aged under 16 years attending urgent and emergency care settings. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 29(6), 413-416. https://doi.org/10.1097/mej.0000000000000951

Background and importance Body temperature is considered an independent determinant of respiratory rate and heart rate; however, there is limited scientific evidence regarding the association. This study aimed to assess the association between temper... Read More about The association between temperature, heart rate, and respiratory rate in children aged under 16 years attending urgent and emergency care settings.

Volunteering together : inclusive volunteering and disabled people. (2022)
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Donahue, K., Goodall, C., Jochum, V., & Kamerāde, D. (2022). Volunteering together : inclusive volunteering and disabled people

This research project is funded by Spirit of 2012 as part of its incubation fund to support inclusive volunteering and understand more about volunteering for disabled people. Disability is a common experience in the UK, two out of every five adults (... Read More about Volunteering together : inclusive volunteering and disabled people..

The lived experience of people with upper limb absence living in Uganda : a qualitative study (2022)
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Morgado-Ramirez, D., Nakandi, B., Ackers, H., Ssekitoleko, R., Mwaka, E., Kenney, L., …Donovan-Hall, M. (2022). The lived experience of people with upper limb absence living in Uganda : a qualitative study. African journal of disability, 11, 890. https://doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v11i0.890

Background: The impact of upper limb absence on people’s lived experiences remains severely under-explored, particularly in African countries, with implications for policy and service design. Objectives: explore the lived experiences of people wit... Read More about The lived experience of people with upper limb absence living in Uganda : a qualitative study.

Moral work in victim–offender meetings (2022)
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Birkbeck, C., & Smith, G. (2022). Moral work in victim–offender meetings. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 24(1), 59-78. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958221095976

Although many studies of restorative justice touch on its moral dimensions, they provide a rather fragmentary view of the moral work that takes place in meetings between victims and offenders. We treat moral work as a discursive phenomenon that emerg... Read More about Moral work in victim–offender meetings.

‘The reduction of fuel poverty may be lost in the rush to decarbonise’: Six research risks at the intersection of fuel poverty, climate change and decarbonisation (2022)
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Sherriff, G., Butler, D., & Brown, P. ‘The reduction of fuel poverty may be lost in the rush to decarbonise’: Six research risks at the intersection of fuel poverty, climate change and decarbonisation. https://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.2022.3776894798

As energy justice research develops and becomes increasingly international in reach and perspective, the climate emergency is an important layer of focus. Fuel poverty alleviation, climate change adaptation and decarbonisation are prominent agendas t... Read More about ‘The reduction of fuel poverty may be lost in the rush to decarbonise’: Six research risks at the intersection of fuel poverty, climate change and decarbonisation.

Nurses' strategies for overcoming barriers to fundamental nursing care in patients with COVID-19 caused by infection with the SARS-COV-2 virus: Results from the 'COVID-NURSE' survey (2022)
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Sugg, H. V. R., Richards, D. A., Russell, A., Burnett, S. B., Cockcroft, E. J., Thompson Coon, J., …Whear, R. (2022). Nurses' strategies for overcoming barriers to fundamental nursing care in patients with COVID-19 caused by infection with the SARS-COV-2 virus: Results from the 'COVID-NURSE' survey. Journal of Advanced Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15261

Aims To identify strategies used by registered nurses and non-registered nursing care staff in overcoming barriers when providing fundamental nursing care for non-invasively ventilated inpatients with COVID-19. Design Online survey with open-end... Read More about Nurses' strategies for overcoming barriers to fundamental nursing care in patients with COVID-19 caused by infection with the SARS-COV-2 virus: Results from the 'COVID-NURSE' survey.

Validation of a generic impact survey for use by health library services indicates the reliability of the questionnaire (2022)
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Urquhart, C., & Brettle, A. (2022). Validation of a generic impact survey for use by health library services indicates the reliability of the questionnaire. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 39(4), 323-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12427

Background. A validated generic impact questionnaire can demonstrate how individual, and groups of health libraries contribute to continuing education and patient care outcomes. Objectives. To validate an existing generic questionnaire for Knowledg... Read More about Validation of a generic impact survey for use by health library services indicates the reliability of the questionnaire.

Children in custody during the pandemic and beyond (2022)
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Hazel, N., & Bennett, J. (2022). Children in custody during the pandemic and beyond. Prison service journal, 54-59

Neal Hazel is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at University of Salford, and also a member of the Youth Justice Board. He is interviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett who is a Deputy Director in HMPPS. The interview took place in December 2021.

Pressure redistributing static chairs for preventing pressure ulcers (2022)
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Stephens, M., Bartley, C., & Dumville, J. (2022). Pressure redistributing static chairs for preventing pressure ulcers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022(2), CD013644. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013644.pub2

Background Sitting can be viewed as a therapeutic intervention and an important part of a person's recovery process; but the risk of ulceration must be mitigated. Interventions for ulcer prevention in those at risk from prolonged sitting include th... Read More about Pressure redistributing static chairs for preventing pressure ulcers.

Valuing the role of educators in practice : Greater Manchester's framework (2022)
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Williams, C., Leigh, J., Burns, D., Halse, J., Haydri, S., Collins, S., …Le Blanc, C. (2022). Valuing the role of educators in practice : Greater Manchester's framework. British Journal of Nursing, 31(3), 174-175. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2022.31.3.174

The correlation between enabling high quality practice learning environments for health and care learners and their ability to deliver quality person-centred care is not a new concept. Indeed, Health Education England (HEE) outlined the importance of... Read More about Valuing the role of educators in practice : Greater Manchester's framework.