All Outputs (119)

A new role for the general practitioner? Reframing ‘inappropriate attenders’ to inappropriate services (2004)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham, C., Rogers, A., May, C., Sheaf, R., & Ball, E. (2004). A new role for the general practitioner? Reframing ‘inappropriate attenders’ to inappropriate services. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 5, 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1191/1463423604pc188oa

This qualitative study describes the impact of deploying general practitioners (GPs) as primary care physicians (PCPs) in three Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments in Greater Manchester as part of a Health Action Zone initiative to promote integ... Read More about A new role for the general practitioner? Reframing ‘inappropriate attenders’ to inappropriate services.

The seven year itch: A comprehensive exercise to assess the usefulness of WoReN’s qualitative methods training programme (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Featherstone, V., Barbour, R., & Garner, J. (2004, January). The seven year itch: A comprehensive exercise to assess the usefulness of WoReN’s qualitative methods training programme. Presented at UK Federation of Primary Care Organisations, 7th Annual Conference. Mapping the Future. The changing world of primary care research, York

The long-term outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of an educational–behavioural joint protection programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis (2004)
Journal Article
Hammond, A., & Freeman, K. (2004). The long-term outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of an educational–behavioural joint protection programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 18(5), 520. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215504cr766oa

Objective: To evaluate the long-term effects of joint protection on health status of people with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Design: A four-year follow-up of a randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded trial was conducted. Setting: Two rheu... Read More about The long-term outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of an educational–behavioural joint protection programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Correlation between upper limb functional ability and structural hand impairment in an early rheumatoid population (2004)
Journal Article
Adams, J., Burridge, J., Mullee, M., Hammond, A., & Cooper, C. (2004). Correlation between upper limb functional ability and structural hand impairment in an early rheumatoid population. Clinical Rehabilitation, 18(4), 405. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215504cr732oa

Objective: To explore the relationship in individuals with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) between self-report upper limb function, therapist-assessed upper limb function and therapist-assessed measures of structural impairment (handgrip, active hand... Read More about Correlation between upper limb functional ability and structural hand impairment in an early rheumatoid population.

Focusing on care research: A challenge and an opportunity (2004)
Journal Article
Li, L., Backman, C., Bombardier, C., Hammond, A., Hill, J., Iversen, M., …Vlieland, T. (2004). Focusing on care research: A challenge and an opportunity. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 51(6), 874. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.20826

An international standard for nursing terminologies (2004)
Book Chapter
Hardiker, N. (2004). An international standard for nursing terminologies. In J. Bryant (Ed.), Current Perspectives in Healthcare Computing Conference (212-219). Swindon: BCS HIC

The plethora of nursing terminologies in use across the world has motivated the development of an International Standard (ISO FDIS 18104) for statements describing nursing diagnoses and nursing actions. The Standard has the potential to enhance the q... Read More about An international standard for nursing terminologies.

Requirements of tools and techniques to support the entry of structured nursing data (2004)
Book Chapter
Hardiker, N., & Bakken, S. (2004). Requirements of tools and techniques to support the entry of structured nursing data. In M. Fieschi, E. Coiera, & J. Yu-Chan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Medical Informatics (621-625). Amsterdam: IOS Press

The benefits of structured data are widely accepted within the nursing informatics community. However, despite the exis-tence of structured data in the form of well-established nurs-ing terminologies, computer-based nursing record systems are yet to... Read More about Requirements of tools and techniques to support the entry of structured nursing data.

A cam-displacement transducer device for measuring bi plane prosthetic motion (2004)
Journal Article
Twiste, M., Rithalia, S., & Kenney, L. (2004). A cam-displacement transducer device for measuring bi plane prosthetic motion. Medical Engineering and Physics, 26(4), 335-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.01.002

An electromechanical system is described that comprises a cam and two linear displacement transducers for measuring two-degree of freedom. This is aimed at quantifying the extent and pattern of both transverse rotation and longitudinal translation... Read More about A cam-displacement transducer device for measuring bi plane prosthetic motion.

A comparison of gait characteristics between older women with and without peripheral neuropathy on smooth and unlevel surfaces (2004)
Journal Article
Richardson, J., Thies, S., DeMott, T., & Ashton-Miller, J. (2004). A comparison of gait characteristics between older women with and without peripheral neuropathy on smooth and unlevel surfaces. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52(9), 1532-1537. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52418.x

OBJECTIVES: To compare gait patterns in older women with and without peripheral neuropathy (PN) in standard (smooth surface, normal lighting) and challenging environments (CE) (irregular surface, low lighting). DESIGN: Observational, controlled st... Read More about A comparison of gait characteristics between older women with and without peripheral neuropathy on smooth and unlevel surfaces.

The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes (2004)
Journal Article
Challis, D., Clarkson, P., Williamson, J., Hughes, J., Venables, D., Burns, A., & Weinberg, A. (2004). The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes. Age and ageing, 33(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afh007

Objective: to ascertain the value of employing a specialist clinician’s contribution to the assessment of older people prior to care home entry. Design: randomised controlled trial. Method: 256 older people at risk of care home entry were rando... Read More about The value of specialist clinical assessment of older people prior to entry to care homes.

Understanding social citizenship: Themes and perspectives for policy and practice (2004)
Book
Dwyer, P. (2004). Understanding social citizenship: Themes and perspectives for policy and practice. Bristol: Policy Press

Creeping conditionality in the UK: From welfare rights to conditional entitlements? (2004)
Journal Article
Dwyer, P. (2004). Creeping conditionality in the UK: From welfare rights to conditional entitlements?. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 29(2), 265-287. https://doi.org/10.1353/cjs.2004.0022

A widely recognised central tenet of New Labour's "Third Way" is no rights without responsibilities. The extent to which this idea underpins the British government's approach to welfare reform has been extensively commented upon. Initially, the artic... Read More about Creeping conditionality in the UK: From welfare rights to conditional entitlements?.

Fixed laws, fluid lives: the citizenship status of post-retirement migrants in the European Union (2004)
Journal Article
Ackers, L., & Dwyer, P. (2004). Fixed laws, fluid lives: the citizenship status of post-retirement migrants in the European Union. Ageing and society, 24(3), 451-475. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X0300165X

This paper presents key findings of a recently completed socio-legal study of international retirement migration in the European Union (EU).1 It highlights the diverse nature of retirement migration and the differential citizenship status that is... Read More about Fixed laws, fluid lives: the citizenship status of post-retirement migrants in the European Union.

Agency, dependency, and welfare: beyond issues of claim and contribution (2004)
Book Chapter
Dwyer, P. (2004). Agency, dependency, and welfare: beyond issues of claim and contribution. In H. Dean (Ed.), The ethics of welfare: Human rights, dependency and responsibility (135-154). Bristol: Policy Press

Angst Essen Seele auf…but it keeps away the burglars! Private security, Neighbourhood Watch and the social reaction to crime (2004)
Journal Article
Private security, Neighbourhood Watch and the social reaction to crime

This paper explores the micro-level consequences for citizens’ private security of the crime governance strategy of ‘responsibilisation’. Specifically, it analyses data from the British Crime Survey and the UK Census to identify the correlates of th... Read More about Angst Essen Seele auf…but it keeps away the burglars! Private security, Neighbourhood Watch and the social reaction to crime.

Strengthening decision-making within shared governance : an action research study (2004)
Thesis
Williamson, T. Strengthening decision-making within shared governance : an action research study. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis presents an action research study concerned with strengthening decision-making within a councillor model of shared governance in a UK hospital trust. Shared governance seeks to flatten traditional hierarchies by empowering clinical staf... Read More about Strengthening decision-making within shared governance : an action research study.

Gait analysis (2004)
Book Chapter
Baker, R. (2004). Gait analysis. In G. Winek, & G. Bowlin (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (1129-1142). Dekker

Two methods of calculating thorax kinematics in children with myelomeningocele (2004)
Journal Article
Nguyen, T., & Baker, R. (2004). Two methods of calculating thorax kinematics in children with myelomeningocele. Clinical Biomechanics, 19(10), 1060-1065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.07.004

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of model and cardan angle sequence for calculating thorax kinematics. Background: Patients with myelomeningocele often show a significant lateral bending and large trunk rotation... Read More about Two methods of calculating thorax kinematics in children with myelomeningocele.

Policing football in Scotland: the forgotten team (2004)
Journal Article
O'Neill, M. (2004). Policing football in Scotland: the forgotten team. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 39(1), 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690204040525

Shaping the future for primary care education and training project. Finding the evidence for education & training to deliver integrated health & social care: A systematic review of the literature (2004)
Report
to deliver integrated health & social care: A systematic review of the literature

This literature review is one of series of outputs from Shaping the Future in Primary Care Education and Training project (www.pcet.org.uk) which is funded by the North West Development Agency (NWDA). It is the result of a collaborative initiative... Read More about Shaping the future for primary care education and training project. Finding the evidence for education & training to deliver integrated health & social care: A systematic review of the literature.