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Nurses' understanding and experience of applying painful stimuli when assessing components of the Glasgow Coma Scale (2019)
Journal Article
Braine, M., Cook, N., & Trout, R. (2019). Nurses' understanding and experience of applying painful stimuli when assessing components of the Glasgow Coma Scale. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(21-22), 3827-3839. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15011

Aims and Objectives To evaluate nurses' application, understanding and experience of applying painful stimuli when assessing components of the Glasgow Coma Scale. Background The Glasgow Coma Scale has been subjected to much scrutiny and debat... Read More about Nurses' understanding and experience of applying painful stimuli when assessing components of the Glasgow Coma Scale.

First steps : parent health behaviours related to children’s foot health (2019)
Journal Article
Hodgson, L., Growcott, C., Williams, A., Nester, C., & Morrison, S. (2020). First steps : parent health behaviours related to children’s foot health. Journal of Child Health Care, 24(2), 221-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493519864752

Good foot health throughout childhood is important but remains poorly understood with few studies exploring this topic. The aim of this study was to define parents’ knowledge, practices and health-related perceptions of children’s feet. A qualitative... Read More about First steps : parent health behaviours related to children’s foot health.

Social prescribing in Greater Manchester (2019)
Report
Gibbons, A., Howarth, M., & Lythgoe, A. (2019). Social prescribing in Greater Manchester

This report presents key findings from a mapping and research exercise undertaken by the University of Salford and Salford CVS from February to May of 2018. The research was designed to fill an important gap in our knowledge about what social pre... Read More about Social prescribing in Greater Manchester.

Feasibility and Acceptability of Computerised Cognitive Training of Everyday Cognition in Parkinson's Disease (2019)
Journal Article
S. J., S., I., M., I., L., C. L., C., S., B., K. R., M., …E., P. (2019). Feasibility and Acceptability of Computerised Cognitive Training of Everyday Cognition in Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson's Disease, https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/5258493

Objectives. We piloted a computerised cognitive training battery in a group of participants with Parkinson’s disease without dementia to investigate the relevance of the training to daily life and the feasibility and the acceptability of the tasks. P... Read More about Feasibility and Acceptability of Computerised Cognitive Training of Everyday Cognition in Parkinson's Disease.

Clients' perceptions of unhelpful factors in CBT in IAPT serving a deprived area of the UK (2019)
Journal Article
Omylinska‐Thurston, J., McMeekin, A., Walton, P., & Proctor, G. (2019). Clients' perceptions of unhelpful factors in CBT in IAPT serving a deprived area of the UK. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 19(4), 455-464. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12249

Aim/Purpose: Improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) is a main provider of psychological therapy for adults within the NHS. NHS Digital (2016) reported the dropout rate in IAPT to be as high as 43%. Proctor (2014) found that unhelpful fact... Read More about Clients' perceptions of unhelpful factors in CBT in IAPT serving a deprived area of the UK.

Tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria : a 21st century global public health challenge (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Shehu, U. (2019, July). Tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria : a 21st century global public health challenge. Poster presented at International festival of Public health, University of Manchester

This article is a narrative review of the Tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria: a 21st century global public health challenge. Complete research articles related to TB which includes prevalence, incidences, risk factors, mode of transmission, comorbidity, ch... Read More about Tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria : a 21st century global public health challenge.

Impact of acquisition parameters on dose and image quality optimisation in paediatric pelvis radiography - a phantom study (2019)
Journal Article
Mohammed Ali, A., Hogg, P., & England, A. (2019). Impact of acquisition parameters on dose and image quality optimisation in paediatric pelvis radiography - a phantom study. European Journal of Radiology, 118, 130-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2019.07.014

Purpose: Within paediatric pelvis imaging there is a lack of systematic dose optimisation studies which consider age and size variations. This paper presents data from dose optimisation studies using digital radiography and pelvis phantoms representi... Read More about Impact of acquisition parameters on dose and image quality optimisation in paediatric pelvis radiography - a phantom study.

An exploration of providing mental health skills in a generic advanced clinical practice programme (2019)
Journal Article
Chadwick, A., & Murphy, N. (2019). An exploration of providing mental health skills in a generic advanced clinical practice programme. British Journal of Nursing, 28(13), 842-847. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.13.842

Background: advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) are expected to be competent in their holistic assessment and management of individuals, which includes those with both physical and mental health problems. A mental health component was introduced w... Read More about An exploration of providing mental health skills in a generic advanced clinical practice programme.

Assessment of older people 4 : assessing the psychological domain (2019)
Journal Article
Kendall, N., & Wiltjer, H. (2019). Assessment of older people 4 : assessing the psychological domain. Nursing Times, 115(8), 44-48

The multidisciplinary and holistic assessment of older people allows health professionals to gain insight into their individual needs and so provide them with person-centred care. Five key domains need to be explored when assessing older people, incl... Read More about Assessment of older people 4 : assessing the psychological domain.

Barriers and facilitators to screening and treating malnutrition in older adults living in the community : a mixed-methods synthesis (2019)
Journal Article
Harris, P., Morrison, L., Green, S., Ghio, D., Hallett, C., Parsons, E., …Yardley, L. (2019). Barriers and facilitators to screening and treating malnutrition in older adults living in the community : a mixed-methods synthesis. BMC Family Practice, 20(100), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-0983-y

Background Malnutrition (specifically undernutrition) in older, community-dwelling adults reduces well-being and predisposes to disease. Implementation of screen-and-treat policies could help to systematically detect and treat at-risk and malnourish... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to screening and treating malnutrition in older adults living in the community : a mixed-methods synthesis.