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The Impact of Welfare Conditionality on Experiences of Job Quality (2024)
Journal Article
Jones, K., Wright, S., & Scullion, L. (in press). The Impact of Welfare Conditionality on Experiences of Job Quality. Work, Employment and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170231219677

This article contributes to emerging debates about how behavioural conditionality within welfare systems influences job quality. Drawing upon analysis of unique data from three waves of qualitative longitudinal interviews with 46 UK social security r... Read More about The Impact of Welfare Conditionality on Experiences of Job Quality.

Do extreme temperatures affect cognition? A short review of the impact of acute heat stress on cognitive performance of firefighters (2024)
Journal Article
Thompson, C., Ferrie, L., Pearson, S. J., Highlands, B., & Matthews, M. J. (in press). Do extreme temperatures affect cognition? A short review of the impact of acute heat stress on cognitive performance of firefighters. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1270898. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1270898

Research shows that exposure to high environmental temperatures can affect task performance. Theoretical explanations outline that heat is a source of stress that competes for limited-capacity resources, therefore if a task is resource-intensive, and... Read More about Do extreme temperatures affect cognition? A short review of the impact of acute heat stress on cognitive performance of firefighters.

Use of removable support boot versus cast for early mobilisation after ankle fracture surgery: cost-effectiveness analysis and qualitative findings of the Ankle Recovery Trial (ART). (2024)
Journal Article
Baji, P., Barbosa, E. C., Heaslip, V., Sangar, B., Tbaily, L., Martin, R., …Marques, E. M. R. (2024). Use of removable support boot versus cast for early mobilisation after ankle fracture surgery: cost-effectiveness analysis and qualitative findings of the Ankle Recovery Trial (ART). BMJ Open, 14(1), e073542. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073542

To estimate the cost-effectiveness of using a removable boot versus a cast following ankle fracture from the National Health Service and Personal Social Services (NHS+PSS) payer and societal perspectives and explore the impact of both treatments on p... Read More about Use of removable support boot versus cast for early mobilisation after ankle fracture surgery: cost-effectiveness analysis and qualitative findings of the Ankle Recovery Trial (ART)..

Modern welfare in the United Kingdom is a universal (dis)credit to Beveridge. Is it time for a basic income? (2024)
Journal Article
Beck, D., Peters, R., Bridge, G., Poitier, F., & Pearson, B. (2024). Modern welfare in the United Kingdom is a universal (dis)credit to Beveridge. Is it time for a basic income?. Social Policy and Administration, https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13002

Universal Credit signalled a revolution in the delivery and costs of welfare provisioning. UC aimed to reduce spending on welfare, but in doing so now threatens the stability of a functioning and cohesive society. Over recent years, and most notably... Read More about Modern welfare in the United Kingdom is a universal (dis)credit to Beveridge. Is it time for a basic income?.

Student midwives' lived experiences of caring for bereaved parents following perinatal loss using actor-based simulation: A phenomenological study. (2024)
Journal Article
Leyland, A., & Choucri, L. (in press). Student midwives' lived experiences of caring for bereaved parents following perinatal loss using actor-based simulation: A phenomenological study. Midwifery, 130, 103913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103913

Student midwives frequently encounter bereaved parents in clinical practice; however, the experience of caring for bereaved parents can be a significant source of traumatic stress. Although the use of simulation to teach bereavement care is considere... Read More about Student midwives' lived experiences of caring for bereaved parents following perinatal loss using actor-based simulation: A phenomenological study..

Midwives’ experiences of discussing health behaviour change within routine maternity care: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis (2024)
Journal Article
Talbot, H., Peters, S., Furber, C., & Smith, D. M. (2024). Midwives’ experiences of discussing health behaviour change within routine maternity care: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis. Women and Birth, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2024.01.002

Problem Behaviours, such as smoking, alcohol use, unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity and vaccination non-adherence may lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes. Background Pregnancy has been identified as an opportune time for midwives to suppo... Read More about Midwives’ experiences of discussing health behaviour change within routine maternity care: A qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.

The four-day working week (2024)
Book Chapter
Frayne, D., Kamerade, D., & Burchell, B. (in press). The four-day working week. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Occupational Health Psychology. Edward Elgar Publishing

The four-day working week is an organisational practice that involves reducing the standard full-time working week by the equivalent of one working day, usually with no reduction in pay. The policy has been tested across a number of national pilots,... Read More about The four-day working week.

Population-based interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people. (2024)
Journal Article
Lewis, S. R., McGarrigle, L., Pritchard, M. W., Bosco, A., Yang, Y., Gluchowski, A., …Todd, C. (in press). Population-based interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people. Cochrane Library, 1(1), CD013789. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013789.pub2

Around one-third of older adults aged 65 years or older who live in the community fall each year. Interventions to prevent falls can be designed to target the whole community, rather than selected individuals. These population-level interventions may... Read More about Population-based interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people..