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Culture and mental health (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter focuses on the following issues: concepts of normality and abnormality, transcultural psychiatry; culture-bound syndromes; cultural competency skills for mental health practitioners; culture in care and treatment; intercultural communica... Read More about Culture and mental health.

Data cultures of mobile dating and hook-up apps : emerging issues for critical social science research (2017)
Journal Article
Albury, K., Burgess, J., Light, B., Race, K., & Wilken, R. (2017). Data cultures of mobile dating and hook-up apps : emerging issues for critical social science research. Big Data and Society, 4(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951717720950

The ethical and social implications of data mining, algorithmic curation and automation in the context of social media have been of heightened concern for a range of researchers with interests in digital media in recent years, with particular concern... Read More about Data cultures of mobile dating and hook-up apps : emerging issues for critical social science research.

Stakeholder perspectives of an approach to healthcare leadership development through use of a multidimensional leadership development conceptual model (2017)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., Rutherford, J., & Williamson, T. (2017). Stakeholder perspectives of an approach to healthcare leadership development through use of a multidimensional leadership development conceptual model. International journal of practice-based learning in health and social care, 5(1), 77-96. https://doi.org/10.18552/ijpblhsc.v5i1.381

Leadership is often the driver used to transform healthcare services. Healthcare leadership development is often situated around conceptual frameworks or leadership development models. The aim of the study reported here was to evaluate multistakehold... Read More about Stakeholder perspectives of an approach to healthcare leadership development through use of a multidimensional leadership development conceptual model.

Job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis (WORK-IA) : a feasibility randomized controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 18, 315. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1671-5

Background: Inflammatory arthritis leads to work disability, absenteeism and presenteeism (i.e. at-work productivity loss) at high cost to individuals, employers and society. A trial of job retention vocational rehabilitation (VR) in the United State... Read More about Job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis (WORK-IA) : a feasibility randomized controlled trial.

Improving service responses for people with learning disabilities who have been sexually assaulted : an audit of forensic services (2017)
Journal Article

Background: People with learning disabilities are more likely to experience sexual abuse and less likely to access support than the general population, this is due to a range of variables at the individual, societal and service-delivery level. This p... Read More about Improving service responses for people with learning disabilities who have been sexually assaulted : an audit of forensic services.

Trust your patients to be able to help you (2017)
Journal Article
Rowland, A. (2017). Trust your patients to be able to help you

How can you demonstrate true leadership when engaging with patients, members of the public and, in particular, children and young people?

‘Do, or do not. There is no try.’ (Master Yoda 896 BBY – 4 ABY)

The effects of ankle protectors on lower limb kinematics in male football players : a comparison to braced and unbraced ankles (2017)
Journal Article

Football (Soccer) players have a high risk of injuring the lower extremities. To reduce the risk of ankle inversion injuries ankle braces can be worn. To reduce the risk of ankle contusion injuries ankle protectors can be utilized. However, athletes... Read More about The effects of ankle protectors on lower limb kinematics in male football players : a comparison to braced and unbraced ankles.

The influence of staff training and education on prosthetic and orthotic service quality : a scoping review (2017)
Journal Article
Forghany, S., Sadeghi-Demneh, E., Trinler, U., Onmanee, P., Dillon, M., & Baker, R. (2017). The influence of staff training and education on prosthetic and orthotic service quality : a scoping review. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 42(3), 258-264. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364617718412

Background:
Education and training in prosthetics and orthotics typically comply with International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics standards based on three categories of prosthetic and orthotic professionals.


Objective:
This scoping... Read More about The influence of staff training and education on prosthetic and orthotic service quality : a scoping review.

The effect of nurse-to-patient ratios on nurse-sensitive patient outcomes in acute specialist units : a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Nurses are pivotal in the provision of high quality care in acute hospitals. The impact that nursing shortages have on the quality of care provided to patients in hospital can have disastrous consequences. In light of this, a review of th... Read More about The effect of nurse-to-patient ratios on nurse-sensitive patient outcomes in acute specialist units : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of progressive exercise compared with best practice advice, with or without corticosteroid injection, for the treatment of rotator cuff disorders: Protocol for a 2x2 factorial randomised controlled trial (the GRASP trial) (2017)
Journal Article

Introduction: Shoulder pain is very common, with around 70% of cases due to disorders of the rotator cuff. Despite widespread provision of physiotherapy, there is uncertainty about which type of exercise and delivery mechanisms are associated with be... Read More about Clinical and cost-effectiveness of progressive exercise compared with best practice advice, with or without corticosteroid injection, for the treatment of rotator cuff disorders: Protocol for a 2x2 factorial randomised controlled trial (the GRASP trial).

Comparison of methods of calculating dynamic strength index (2017)
Journal Article
Comfort, P., Thomas, C., Dos'Santos, T., Jones, P., Suchomel, T., & McMahon, J. (2017). Comparison of methods of calculating dynamic strength index. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 13(3), 320-325. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2017-0255

Purpose: To determine the reliability and variability of dynamic strength index (DSI) calculated from squat jump (SJ) (DSI-SJ) versus countermovement jump (CMJ) (DSI-CMJ) peak force (PF) and to compare DSI values between methods. Methods: Male youth... Read More about Comparison of methods of calculating dynamic strength index.

Does intentional rounding practice improve patient safety and experience? (2017)
Journal Article
Langley, S., Ormandy, P., & Wray, J. (2017). Does intentional rounding practice improve patient safety and experience?. Nursing Times, 113(8), 36-40

Although widely used in UK hospitals, rounding is still a relatively new concept and the available literature fails to capture what it means from the perspective of patients and nurses. This article describes a study conducted to increase understandi... Read More about Does intentional rounding practice improve patient safety and experience?.

“Just get on with it’: implementing the Prevent duty in higher education and the role of academic expertise’ (2017)
Journal Article
Qurashi, F. (2017). “Just get on with it’: implementing the Prevent duty in higher education and the role of academic expertise’. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 12(3), 197-212

The Prevent policy was introduced in 2003 as part of the UK counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) with the aim of preventing the radicalisation of people to terrorism. In 2015 it was given a statutory footing in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act... Read More about “Just get on with it’: implementing the Prevent duty in higher education and the role of academic expertise’.

Research informed teaching experience in diagnostic radiography : the perspectives of academic tutors and clinical placement educators (2017)
Journal Article
Higgins, R., Hogg, P., & Robinson, L. (2017). Research informed teaching experience in diagnostic radiography : the perspectives of academic tutors and clinical placement educators. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 48(3), 226-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2017.06.002

Introduction: This small scale qualitative research study investigated the perceptions by both academic tutors and clinical placement educators of integrating the research-informed teaching experience (RiTe) within an undergraduate radiography curric... Read More about Research informed teaching experience in diagnostic radiography : the perspectives of academic tutors and clinical placement educators.

The role of diet and nutrition on mental health and wellbeing (2017)
Journal Article
Owen, L., & Corfe, B. (2017). The role of diet and nutrition on mental health and wellbeing. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 76(4), 425-426. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665117001057

Mental, neurological and substance-use disorders presently represent the greatest global burden of disease. Likewise, depression and other psychopathologies are elevated risk comorbidities of other health hazards, such as obesity. Nutrition has been... Read More about The role of diet and nutrition on mental health and wellbeing.