School of Health & Society

A signs of safety approach to assessing children with sexually concerning or harmful behaviour (2005)
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Myers, J. (2005). A signs of safety approach to assessing children with sexually concerning or harmful behaviour. Child Abuse Review, 14(2), 97-112. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.887

The Junction is a Barnardo's children's service based in northern England that provides assessment and intervention in the lives of children and young people who have sexually concerning or harmful behaviour. It is developing methods of assessment th... Read More about A signs of safety approach to assessing children with sexually concerning or harmful behaviour.

A qualitative study of GPs' and PCO stakeholders' views on the importance and influence of cost on prescribing (2005)
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Prosser, H., & Walley, T. (2005). A qualitative study of GPs' and PCO stakeholders' views on the importance and influence of cost on prescribing. Social Science and Medicine, 60(6), 1335-1346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.07.013

With prescribing expenditure rising and evidence of prescribing costs variation, general practitioners (GPs) in the UK are under increasing pressure to contain spending. The introduction of cash-limited, unified budgets and increased monitoring of pr... Read More about A qualitative study of GPs' and PCO stakeholders' views on the importance and influence of cost on prescribing.

Explanatory models of diabetes among Asian and Caucasian participants (2005)
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Meetoo, D., & Meetoo, L. (2005). Explanatory models of diabetes among Asian and Caucasian participants. British Journal of Nursing, 14(3), 154-159

Difference in explanatory models (EMs) between the person and the healthcare professional has been suggested as one reason for non-adherence to a recommended treatment regimen. The aim of this study was to explore the EMsof diabetes by a group of Asi... Read More about Explanatory models of diabetes among Asian and Caucasian participants.

Inequity in recording of risk in a local population-based screening programme for cardiovascular disease (2005)
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Bartys, S., Baker, D., Lewis, P., & Middleton, E. (2005). Inequity in recording of risk in a local population-based screening programme for cardiovascular disease. https://doi.org/10.1097/00149831-200502000-00010

Background: Screening for cardiovascular disease is an important primary preventive measure, yet research has documented that not all population groups receive the same quality of preventive healthcare. Design: Longitudinal analysis of cardiovascu... Read More about Inequity in recording of risk in a local population-based screening programme for cardiovascular disease.

Square pegs and round holes? A review of economic evaluation in complementary and alternative medicine (2005)
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Hulme, C., & Long, A. (2005). Square pegs and round holes? A review of economic evaluation in complementary and alternative medicine. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2005.11.179

INTRODUCTION: Economic evaluation, linking the costs and consequences of an intervention to indicate the potential benefits of alternative interventions, is becoming established as one of the core tools for decision making in health care. As knowledg... Read More about Square pegs and round holes? A review of economic evaluation in complementary and alternative medicine.

The use of patient reported outcome measures in routine clinical practice: lack of impact or lack of theory? (2005)
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Greenhalgh, J., Long, A., & Flynn, R. (2005). The use of patient reported outcome measures in routine clinical practice: lack of impact or lack of theory?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.06.022

This paper applies a theory-driven approach to explore why the use of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures in clinical practice, in particular, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instruments, has little or no apparent influence on clinical dec... Read More about The use of patient reported outcome measures in routine clinical practice: lack of impact or lack of theory?.

Aspects of the external frame: psychodynamic psychotherapy and the law (2005)
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Jenkins, P. (2005). Aspects of the external frame: psychodynamic psychotherapy and the law. Psychodynamic Practice, 11(1), 41-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/14753630400030171

This piece considers some key aspects of the particular relationship of psychodynamic psychotherapy, as a distinct therapeutic modality, to the law in the UK and US. Acknowledging the crucial importance of maintaining a secure frame for the effective... Read More about Aspects of the external frame: psychodynamic psychotherapy and the law.

A longitudinal study exploring Liverpool primary schoolchildren's perspectives on smoking (2005)
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Porcellato, L., Dugdill, L., & Springett, J. (2005). A longitudinal study exploring Liverpool primary schoolchildren's perspectives on smoking. Childhood, 12(4), 425-443. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568205058601

A cohort study was designed to explore over 200 primary schoolchildren's (ages 4–7) perspectives on smoking in the context of their own lives and subsequently, to assess any changes in these perspectives over time. Results showed that, in general, t... Read More about A longitudinal study exploring Liverpool primary schoolchildren's perspectives on smoking.

Nursing informatics: a personal review of the past, the present and the future (2005)
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Hardiker, N., & Hyeoun-Ae, P. (2005). Nursing informatics: a personal review of the past, the present and the future

There is evidence that nurses have been involved in, or have been affected by health- related computer projects since the mid-1960's. Since those early years nurses have made many significant contributions to the wider bio-health informatics agenda.... Read More about Nursing informatics: a personal review of the past, the present and the future.

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