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Evaluation of an exercise referral scheme in the United Kingdom : medium term outcomes (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Prior, F., Coffey, M., Robins, A., & Cook, P. (2017, November). Evaluation of an exercise referral scheme in the United Kingdom : medium term outcomes. Presented at 13th Annual Meeting and 8th Conference of HEPA Europe, Zagreb, Croatia

Introduction: Exercise referral schemes (ERS) aim to increase the physical activity (PA) levels of people with chronic health conditions. To date, the efficacy of ERS has been inconclusive due to the variable nature of scheme characteristics and eval... Read More about Evaluation of an exercise referral scheme in the United Kingdom : medium term outcomes.

‘There is a Fracture, We Need to Fix It’ : the use of high fidelity simulation to improve student nurses’ confidence when caring for patients with complications of fracture (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Pennington, N., & Klunder-Rosser, J. (2017, November). ‘There is a Fracture, We Need to Fix It’ : the use of high fidelity simulation to improve student nurses’ confidence when caring for patients with complications of fracture. Presented at RCN Orthopaedics and Trauma Conference, Chester

When voluntary work makes you sick (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Kamerāde, D., & Bennett, M. (2017, November). When voluntary work makes you sick. Presented at Social (In)Security: Lived Experiences of the Benefits System, Manchester Museum of Industry and Science

Due to growing labour market deregulation and flexibilisation an increasing number of people are likely to experience unemployment and declining mental health and well-being associated with it. This article explores whether engagement in voluntary wo... Read More about When voluntary work makes you sick.

Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of Pulmonary Rehabilitation as a Management Strategy for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Swift, E., R O'Brien, M., Peters, S., & Kelly, C. (2017, September). Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of Pulmonary Rehabilitation as a Management Strategy for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Poster presented at The BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, Cardiff

This poster displays the initial findings of a study conducted to establish healthcare professionals’ perceptions of pulmonary rehabilitation as a management strategy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The study encompass... Read More about Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of Pulmonary Rehabilitation as a Management Strategy for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease..

Observing the observer : experiences with contextual inquiry to design a horse rider assessment interface (2017)
Presentation / Conference
interface. Presented at BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2017) : Digital Make Believe, Sunderland University, UK

Current approaches to the postural assessment of horse riders is highly subjective, with a lack of consistency between practitioners. A technology based solution would remove the human perspective and enable a more consistent, accurate and objecti... Read More about Observing the observer : experiences with contextual inquiry to design a horse rider assessment interface.

The distribution of activPAL postural and stepping classifications within ActiGraph activity classifications (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Clarke-Cornwell, A., Cook, P., & Granat, M. (2017, June). The distribution of activPAL postural and stepping classifications within ActiGraph activity classifications. Presented at International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement, Bethesda, USA

Objective: Guidelines of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) are dependent on how we define and quantify physical behaviour. It is therefore important to understand the validity of objective measures of PA and SB. This study aimed to... Read More about The distribution of activPAL postural and stepping classifications within ActiGraph activity classifications.