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Dose optimisation in paediatric radiography - using regression models to investigate the relative impact of acquisition factors on image quality and radiation dose (2019)
Journal Article
Ali, M., Hogg, P., & England, A. (2019). Dose optimisation in paediatric radiography - using regression models to investigate the relative impact of acquisition factors on image quality and radiation dose. Physica Medica, 68, 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.10.034

Objective: To investigate the optimum pelvis X-ray acquisition factors for a 10-year-old child. Secondly, to evaluate the impact of each acquisition factor on image quality (IQ) and radiation dose.

Method: Images were acquired using a pelvis phan... Read More about Dose optimisation in paediatric radiography - using regression models to investigate the relative impact of acquisition factors on image quality and radiation dose.

Optimising paediatric afferent component early warning systems : a hermeneutic systematic literature review and model development (2019)
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Jacob, N., Moriarty, Y., Lloyd, A., Mann, M., Tume, L., Sefton, G., …Allen, D. (2019). Optimising paediatric afferent component early warning systems : a hermeneutic systematic literature review and model development. BMJ Open, 9(11), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028796

Objective: To identify the core components of successful early warning systems for detecting and initiating action in response to clinical deterioration in paediatric inpatients.

Methods: A hermeneutic systematic literature review informed by tra... Read More about Optimising paediatric afferent component early warning systems : a hermeneutic systematic literature review and model development.

Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014 (2019)
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Wilding, M., Madoc-Jones, I., Ahmed, A., Gibbons, A., Jones, K., & Rogers, M. (2020). Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 171-182. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000344

Part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014and its implementation has been keenly observed by governments outside of Wales, as they continue to search for policy solutions to help address the homelessness crisis.This paper examines the extent to whichther... Read More about Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014.

Experiences of rural life among community-dwelling older men with dementia and their implications for social inclusion (2019)
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Hicks, B., Innes, A., & Nyman, S. (2021). Experiences of rural life among community-dwelling older men with dementia and their implications for social inclusion. Dementia, 20(2), 444-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301219887586

Current international dementia care policies focus on creating ‘dementia-friendly’ communities that aim to support the social inclusion of people with dementia. Although it is known that the geo-socio-cultural rural environment can impact on the expe... Read More about Experiences of rural life among community-dwelling older men with dementia and their implications for social inclusion.

A clinimetric analysis of the Pressure Ulcer Risk Primary or Secondary Evaluation Tool : PURPOSE-T (2019)
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Wynn, M., & Holloway, S. (2019). A clinimetric analysis of the Pressure Ulcer Risk Primary or Secondary Evaluation Tool : PURPOSE-T. British Journal of Nursing, 28(20), S4-S8. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.20.s4

The assessment of patients' risk for developing pressure ulcers is a routine and fundamental nursing process undertaken to prevent avoidable harm to patients in all care settings. Many risk assessment tools are currently used in clinical practice, ho... Read More about A clinimetric analysis of the Pressure Ulcer Risk Primary or Secondary Evaluation Tool : PURPOSE-T.

Sedation AND Weaning In Children (SANDWICH) : protocol for a cluster randomised stepped wedge trial. (2019)
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Blackwood, B., Agus, A., Boyle, R., Clarke, M., Hemming, K., Jordan, J., …Walsh, T. (2019). Sedation AND Weaning In Children (SANDWICH) : protocol for a cluster randomised stepped wedge trial. BMJ Open, 9, e031630. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031630

Introduction: Weaning from ventilation is a complex process involving several stages that include recognition of patient readiness to begin the weaning process; steps to reduce ventilation while optimising sedation in order not to induce distress; an... Read More about Sedation AND Weaning In Children (SANDWICH) : protocol for a cluster randomised stepped wedge trial..

Imaginary homelessness prevention with prison leavers in Wales (2019)
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Madoc-Jones, I., Ahmed, A., Hughes, C., Dubberley, S., Gorden, C., Washington-Dyer, K., …Lockwood, K. (2020). Imaginary homelessness prevention with prison leavers in Wales. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 145-155. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000356

Despite a move towards more preventative practices, we have reported that policy objectives to help prison leavers find accommodation on release in Wales have not translated into improved outcomes for this group. In this article we engage in a critic... Read More about Imaginary homelessness prevention with prison leavers in Wales.