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Mental health in early life (2021)
Book Chapter
Foster, C., & Ayodeji, E. (2021). Mental health in early life. In A. Chadwick, & N. Murphy (Eds.), Mental Health, A non-specialist introduction for nursing and health care. Lantern Publishing

After reading this chapter you will be able to:
Understand the relationship between mental health problems and child development

Describe the legal framework that guides working with children and young people who have mental health needs

Be... Read More about Mental health in early life.

The benefits and harms of cleansing for acute traumatic wounds : a narrative review (2021)
Journal Article
Wynn, M. (2021). The benefits and harms of cleansing for acute traumatic wounds : a narrative review. Advances in skin & wound care, 34(9), 488-492. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASW.0000767348.38107.ac

Acute traumatic wound cleansing is currently a controversial issue demonstrated by the variability in solutions and techniques used to clean wounds in clinical practice. Although there is evidence of improved infection outcomes in wounds cleansed wit... Read More about The benefits and harms of cleansing for acute traumatic wounds : a narrative review.

Dynamic characteristics of foot development : a narrative synthesis of plantar pressure data during infancy and childhood (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose: Quantifying plantar pressure throughout childhood enables clinicians to enhance knowledge of typical changes in foot function. This narrative review aims to describe existing research reporting plantar pressure analysis in typically developi... Read More about Dynamic characteristics of foot development : a narrative synthesis of plantar pressure data during infancy and childhood.

Creating a transformative space for change : a qualitative evaluation of the RHS Wellbeing Programme for people with long-term conditions (2021)
Journal Article
Howarth, M., Lawler, C., & Da Silva, A. (2021). Creating a transformative space for change : a qualitative evaluation of the RHS Wellbeing Programme for people with long-term conditions. Health and Place, 71, 102654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102654

Purpose: Our research aimed to evaluate the impact of the RHS Wellbeing (WB) Programme on people with long-term conditions.
Findings: A thematic analysis identified how the WB programme facilitated improved social connectivity, sense of wellbeing... Read More about Creating a transformative space for change : a qualitative evaluation of the RHS Wellbeing Programme for people with long-term conditions.

No change in foot soft tissue morphology and skin sensitivity after three months of using foot orthoses that alter plantar pressure (2021)
Journal Article

Altering plantar load using foot orthoses (FOs) may alter the mechanical work required of internal structures and change the size of muscle and connective tissues. Skin sensitivity might also change as a result of altering mechanoreceptor stimulation... Read More about No change in foot soft tissue morphology and skin sensitivity after three months of using foot orthoses that alter plantar pressure.

Perspectives of people living with dementia and their care partners about the impact on social health when participating in a co‐designed Dementia café (2021)
Journal Article

Those diagnosed with dementia and those who provide care and support often feel
socially isolated with limited opportunities for social engagement, increasing the potential for loneliness and further isolation that is detrimental to social health.... Read More about Perspectives of people living with dementia and their care partners about the impact on social health when participating in a co‐designed Dementia café.

“It's just so important that people's voices are heard” : the dementia associate panel (2021)
Journal Article
Innes, A., Smith, S., Wyatt, M., & Bushell, S. (2021). “It's just so important that people's voices are heard” : the dementia associate panel. Journal of Aging Studies, 59, 100958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100958

Including the views and experiences of people living with dementia in research and wider decision making is vital. The impact for the subjective wellbeing of its members of an approach known as The Dementia Associate Panel (DAP) is explored. The pane... Read More about “It's just so important that people's voices are heard” : the dementia associate panel.

Dementia friendly care : methods to improve stakeholder engagement and decision making (2021)
Journal Article
Innes, A., Smith, S., & Bushell, S. (2021). Dementia friendly care : methods to improve stakeholder engagement and decision making. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 13, 183-197. https://doi.org/10.2147/JHL.S292939

Dementia friendly (DF) is a term that has been increasingly used in the international literature to describe approaches that include and involve people living with dementia within their communities and wider society. How to support the involvement of... Read More about Dementia friendly care : methods to improve stakeholder engagement and decision making.

Progressive exercise compared with best-practice advice, with or without corticosteroid injection, for rotator cuff disorders: the GRASP factorial RCT. (2021)
Journal Article

Background: Rotator cuff-related shoulder pain is very common, but there is uncertainty regarding which modes of exercise delivery are optimal and the long-term benefits of corticosteroid injections.

Objectives: To assess the clinical effectivene... Read More about Progressive exercise compared with best-practice advice, with or without corticosteroid injection, for rotator cuff disorders: the GRASP factorial RCT..

The loci of Stroop effects: a critical review of methods and evidence for levels of processing contributing to color-word Stroop effects and the implications for the loci of attentional selection (2021)
Journal Article
Parris, B. A., Hasshim, N., Wadsley, M., Augustinova, M., & Ferrand, L. (2021). The loci of Stroop effects: a critical review of methods and evidence for levels of processing contributing to color-word Stroop effects and the implications for the loci of attentional selection. Psychological Research, 86, 1029--1053. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01554-x

Despite instructions to ignore the irrelevant word in the Stroop task, it robustly influences the time it takes to identify the color, leading to performance decrements (interference) or enhancements (facilitation). The present review addresses two q... Read More about The loci of Stroop effects: a critical review of methods and evidence for levels of processing contributing to color-word Stroop effects and the implications for the loci of attentional selection.

Clinical and Biomechanical Effects of the Traditional Chinese Medical Treatments in Individuals with Medial Knee Osteoarthritis (2021)
Thesis
Zhang, M. Clinical and Biomechanical Effects of the Traditional Chinese Medical Treatments in Individuals with Medial Knee Osteoarthritis. (Thesis). Univeristy of Salford

Background: Knee otesoarthritis (OA) is the most common of the arthritises, affecting an estimated over 300 million people worldwide. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies have been widely used in the management of knee OA in China, however, t... Read More about Clinical and Biomechanical Effects of the Traditional Chinese Medical Treatments in Individuals with Medial Knee Osteoarthritis.

Post-pandemic futures: Social security reimagined (2021)
Report
Kaufman, J., Patrick, R., & Power, M. (2021). Post-pandemic futures: Social security reimagined. Covid Realities

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the shortcomings of the UK’s social security system. As we move out of the pandemic, there is a need to grasp this opportunity to debate and start planning for a new and better social security settlem... Read More about Post-pandemic futures: Social security reimagined.

Rethinking housing supply and design : Feminist Green New Deal policy paper (2021)
Other
Gibbons, A. (2021). Rethinking housing supply and design : Feminist Green New Deal policy paper

Housing is fundamental to life, security and wellbeing as well as tackling climate change and working towards a zero-carbon future. It also remains a key site of gender and intersectional inequality, with design that does not accommodate diverse need... Read More about Rethinking housing supply and design : Feminist Green New Deal policy paper.

Investigating facilitatory versus inhibitory effects of dynamic social and non-social cues on attention in a realistic space (2021)
Journal Article
Gregory, S. (2021). Investigating facilitatory versus inhibitory effects of dynamic social and non-social cues on attention in a realistic space. Psychological Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01574-7

This study aimed to investigate the facilitatory versus inhibitory effects of dynamic non-predictive central cues presented in a realistic environment. Realistic human-avatars initiated eye contact and then dynamically looked to the left, right or ce... Read More about Investigating facilitatory versus inhibitory effects of dynamic social and non-social cues on attention in a realistic space.

Stroke survivors’ perceptions of participating in a high repetition arm training trial early after stroke (2021)
Journal Article
Hammerbeck, U., Hargreaves, M., Hollands, K., & Tyson, S. (2021). Stroke survivors’ perceptions of participating in a high repetition arm training trial early after stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1955984

Purpose
The study explored the acceptability of high repetition arm training as part of a randomised controlled trial, early after stroke, when fatigue levels and emotional strain are often high.

Materials and methods
36 sub-acute stroke surviv... Read More about Stroke survivors’ perceptions of participating in a high repetition arm training trial early after stroke.

Working, living and dying in COVID times : perspectives from frontline adult social care workers in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Briggs, D., Telford, L., Lloyd, A., & Ellis, A. (2021). Working, living and dying in COVID times : perspectives from frontline adult social care workers in the UK. Safer Communities, 20(3), 208-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/SC-04-2021-0013

Purpose
This paper aims to explore 15 UK adult social care workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper’s 15 open-ended interviews with adult social care workers are complemented by digital ethnograp... Read More about Working, living and dying in COVID times : perspectives from frontline adult social care workers in the UK.