School of Health & Society

Stitch wise: strategic knowledge management for pro-poor enterprise on South Africa’s goldfields (2008)
Book Chapter

A reflective analysis of the development of a regional workplace health strategy in the North West of England (2008)
Journal Article
Dooris, M., Dugdill, L., & Sedgley, L. (2008). A reflective analysis of the development of a regional workplace health strategy in the North West of England. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 1(3), 209-218. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538350810926552

Purpose – This paper sets out to provide an overview of the development processes, key drivers
and the impact of a workplace health strategy developed in the North West of England, between
2005 and 2007. The strategy is led by a Regional Workplace... Read More about A reflective analysis of the development of a regional workplace health strategy in the North West of England.

Workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic review (2008)
Journal Article
Dugdill, L., Brettle, A., Hulme, C., McCluskey, S., & Long, A. (2008). Workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic review. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 1(1), 20-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538350810865578

Purpose – This paper aims to report a synopsis of a recent systematic review of the literature
regarding the effectiveness of workplace physical activity interventions, commissioned by the
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE... Read More about Workplace physical activity interventions: a systematic review.

Starting young? children’s experiences of trying smoking during pre-adolescence (2008)
Journal Article
Milton, B., Woods, S., Dugdill, L., Porcellato, L., & Springett, R. (2008). Starting young? children’s experiences of trying smoking during pre-adolescence. Health Education Research, 23(2), 298-309. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cym027

Although the risks smoking poses to health are now well known, many young people continue to take up the habit. While numerous crosssectional studies of adolescents have identified correlates of smoking initiation, much less prospective, longitudinal... Read More about Starting young? children’s experiences of trying smoking during pre-adolescence.

“It’s hard to tell”. The challenges of scoring patients on standardised outcome measures by multidisciplinary teams: a case study of Neurorehabilitation (2008)
Journal Article
Greenhalgh, J., Long, A., Flynn, R., & Tyson, S. (2008). “It’s hard to tell”. The challenges of scoring patients on standardised outcome measures by multidisciplinary teams: a case study of Neurorehabilitation. BMC Health Services Research, 8(217), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-217

Background

Interest is increasing in the application of standardised outcome measures in clinical practice. Measures designed for use in research may not be sufficiently precise to be used in monitoring individual patients. However, little is know... Read More about “It’s hard to tell”. The challenges of scoring patients on standardised outcome measures by multidisciplinary teams: a case study of Neurorehabilitation.

Gender differences in amputation outcome (2008)
Journal Article
Singh, R., Hunter, J., Philip, A., & Tyson, S. (2008). Gender differences in amputation outcome. Disability and Rehabilitation, 30(2), 122-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638280701254095

Purpose. To assess the influence of gender on the success of limb-fitting after amputation.
Methods. One-hundred and five successive in-patients admitted to an amputee rehabilitation ward were followed to assess
the success of limb-fitting at disch... Read More about Gender differences in amputation outcome.

The reliability, responsiveness and clinical utility of the Proximat: a new tool for measuring hip range of movement in children with cerebral palsy (2008)
Journal Article
Pott, P., Selley, A., & Tyson, S. (2008). The reliability, responsiveness and clinical utility of the Proximat: a new tool for measuring hip range of movement in children with cerebral palsy. Physiotherapy Research International, 13(4), 223-230. https://doi.org/10.1002/pri.420

Background and Purpose. Monitoring range of movement is a key aspect of managing hip problems in children with cerebral palsy. The aim of this study was to assess
the clinical utility, reliability and responsiveness of a new measurement tool, the Pr... Read More about The reliability, responsiveness and clinical utility of the Proximat: a new tool for measuring hip range of movement in children with cerebral palsy.

Sensory loss in hospital-admitted people with stroke: characteristics, associated factors, and relationship with function (2008)
Journal Article
relationship with function. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 22(2), 166-172. https://doi.org/10.1177/1545968307305523

Objective: To characterize the nature of sensory impairments
after stroke, identify associated factors, and assess the relationships
between sensory impairment, disability, and recovery.
Methods: Prospective cross-sectional survey of 102 people wi... Read More about Sensory loss in hospital-admitted people with stroke: characteristics, associated factors, and relationship with function.

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