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An exploration of midwives' attitudes to health promotion (2000)
Journal Article
Furber, C. M. (2000). An exploration of midwives' attitudes to health promotion. Midwifery, 16(4), 314-322. https://doi.org/10.1054/midw.2000.0219

Objective: to explore midwives' attitudes to health promotion.

Design:quantitative study, data collected using self-completed postal questionnaires in 1996.

Setting: the North West of England, UK.

Participants: 182 senior midwives who were w... Read More about An exploration of midwives' attitudes to health promotion.

The joint protection behavior assessment: A reliability study (2000)
Journal Article
Klompenhouwer, P. J., Lysack, C., Dijkers, M., & Hammond, A. (2000). The joint protection behavior assessment: A reliability study. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54(5), 516–524. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.54.5.516

Objective
Of the various measures developed for studying persons with rheumatoid arthritis, only one that focuses on joint protection has undergone extensive testing, the Joint Protection Behavior Assessment (JPBA). The purpose of the present study... Read More about The joint protection behavior assessment: A reliability study.

Anxiety management: a distinct nursing role in day surgery (2000)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2000). Anxiety management: a distinct nursing role in day surgery. Ambulatory Surgery, 8(3), 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0966-6532%2899%2900061-X

Improved anaesthetic techniques and the increase in minimal access surgery over the past 20 years has had a considerable impact upon the pattern of nursing care required by the surgical patient. In order to adapt to these changes some day surgery nur... Read More about Anxiety management: a distinct nursing role in day surgery.

The "Etcheton" model: how working in partnership with learning disabled people can effect environment and the development of advocacy skills (2000)
Report

The project team have a background in social work within learning disabilities practice
and it has become evident to them, from that experience, that there is little existence of
learning resource material which supports the development of empoweri... Read More about The "Etcheton" model: how working in partnership with learning disabled people can effect environment and the development of advocacy skills.

The use of an integrated CD-ROM/workbook package to improve clinical reasoning in preparation for practice-based learning as part of a vocational degree programme (2000)
Report

This project aims to produce two video and workbook packages to enhance student learning and skill acquisition within two core areas of the B.Sc. (Hons,) Physiotherapy degree. Assessments for both of these modules is complex and require integration... Read More about The use of an integrated CD-ROM/workbook package to improve clinical reasoning in preparation for practice-based learning as part of a vocational degree programme.

Empowering learners through open (distance) programmes : an evaluation of a practice teaching programme (2000)
Journal Article
Horwath, J., & Shardlow, S. (2000). Empowering learners through open (distance) programmes : an evaluation of a practice teaching programme. Social Work Education, 19(2), 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615470050003502

Changes to social work practice in many parts of the world and the introduction of social work in other parts of the world have raised many issues for educators. One particular area of difficulty is setting up flexible systems for social work educati... Read More about Empowering learners through open (distance) programmes : an evaluation of a practice teaching programme.

The effectiveness of physiotherapy to enable an elderly person to get up from the floor: a single case study (2000)
Journal Article
Adams, J., & Tyson, S. (2000). The effectiveness of physiotherapy to enable an elderly person to get up from the floor: a single case study. Physiotherapy, 86(4), 185-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9406%2805%2960962-5

The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of teaching an elderly person to get up from the floor using a backward chaining method. A single case (A-B) design was used. The subject was a 79-year-old woman who had previously fallen and suff... Read More about The effectiveness of physiotherapy to enable an elderly person to get up from the floor: a single case study.

Acquiring qualitative skills for primary care research. Review and reflections on a three-stage workshop. Part 1: using interviews to generate data (2000)
Journal Article

This paper reflects on one Primary Care Research Network's (WoReN's) experience of running a workshop on generating interview data, provided as the first of a three-part workshop concerned with acquiring qualitative interviewing skills. It discusses... Read More about Acquiring qualitative skills for primary care research. Review and reflections on a three-stage workshop. Part 1: using interviews to generate data.