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A women's worker in court: a more appropriate service for women defendants with mental health issues? (2010)
Journal Article
Hean, S., Heaslip, V., Warr, J., Bell, H., & Staddon, S. (2010). A women's worker in court: a more appropriate service for women defendants with mental health issues?. Perspectives in Public Health, 130(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913909360455

Aims: Court liaison services aim to reduce mental illness in prison through early treatment and/or diversion into care of defendants negotiating their court proceedings. However, liaison services may inadvertently contribute to gender inequalities in... Read More about A women's worker in court: a more appropriate service for women defendants with mental health issues?.

Tweaking, bombing, dabbing and stockpiling : the emergence of mephedrone and the perversity of prohibition (2010)
Journal Article
Measham, F., Moore, K., & Newcombe, R. (2010). Tweaking, bombing, dabbing and stockpiling : the emergence of mephedrone and the perversity of prohibition. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 10(1), 14-21. https://doi.org/10.5042/daat.2010.0123

Significant changes in British recreational drug use were seen throughout 2009, with the emergence and rapid growth in the availability and use of substituted cathinones or ‘M‐Cats’ (most notably mephedrone and methylone), a group of psychoactive dru... Read More about Tweaking, bombing, dabbing and stockpiling : the emergence of mephedrone and the perversity of prohibition.

Measuring the quality of peer-reviewed publications in social work : impact factors - liberation or liability (2010)
Journal Article
Blyth, E., Shardlow, S., Masson, H., Lyons, K., Shaw, I., & White, S. (2010). Measuring the quality of peer-reviewed publications in social work : impact factors - liberation or liability. Social Work Education, 29(2), 120-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615470902856705

Systems for measuring the quality of publications in peer-reviewed academic journals have achieved importance in the 'audit culture' to which academia worldwide has become increasingly subjected. In the United Kingdom this debate has focused on gover... Read More about Measuring the quality of peer-reviewed publications in social work : impact factors - liberation or liability.

Podiatry services for patients with arthritis: an unmet need (2010)
Journal Article
Rome, K., Chapman, J., Williams, A., Gow, P., & Dalbeth, N. (2010). Podiatry services for patients with arthritis: an unmet need. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1310), 91-97

Foot problems are extremely common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
There is ample evidence that foot pain, either alone or as a comorbidity, contributes
significantly to disability. Despite the high prevalence of foot disease in RA, thi... Read More about Podiatry services for patients with arthritis: an unmet need.

El desempeño penal y el régimen abierto en las regiones Capital y Andina de Venezuela, 1981-2005. (Penal performance in open prisons in the Capital and Andean regions of Venezuela, 1981-2005.) (2010)
Journal Article

The penal performance of offenders assigned to halfway houses is examined for a sample of 1,253 residents between 1981 and 2005 in the Capital and Andean Regions of Venezuela. Contrary to the notion of progression outlined in prison legislation, only... Read More about El desempeño penal y el régimen abierto en las regiones Capital y Andina de Venezuela, 1981-2005. (Penal performance in open prisons in the Capital and Andean regions of Venezuela, 1981-2005.).

Age-related differences in visual sampling requirements during adaptive locomotion (2010)
Journal Article
Chapman, G., & Hollands, M. (2010). Age-related differences in visual sampling requirements during adaptive locomotion. Experimental Brain Research, 201(3), 467-478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-009-2058-0

This study investigates if there are age- and falls-risk related differences in the length of time individuals need following fixation of a stepping target in order to step accurately onto it. This aim was achieved by manipulating the timing and loca... Read More about Age-related differences in visual sampling requirements during adaptive locomotion.

Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) critique of 'The London Project : a confidential enquiry into a series of term babies born in an unexpectedly poor condition' by the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE Report) (2010)
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and Child Enquiries (CMACE Report)

The AIMS critique of the CMACE Report includes the following concerns:
why the report was requested by King’s College Hospital
the selection of cases that were sent to be reviewed
the methods used to review them
the validity of the conclusions th... Read More about Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) critique of 'The London Project : a confidential enquiry into a series of term babies born in an unexpectedly poor condition' by the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE Report).

CMACE (2010)
Journal Article

Nadine Edwards and Sarah Davies present a summary of their critique of the CMACE Report on the Albany Midwifery Practice.

Accessible article: involving people with learning disabilities in research (2010)
Journal Article
Garbutt, R., Boycott-Garnett, R., Tattersall, J., & Dunn, J. (2010). Accessible article: involving people with learning disabilities in research. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38(1), 21-34

• This is an article that talks about our research about sex and relationships for people with learning disabilities.

• It talks about how people with learning disabilities have been fully involved in the research.

Change and the NHS workforce : ambivalence, anxiety and anger (2010)
Journal Article
Ball, E., & Regan, P. (2010). Change and the NHS workforce : ambivalence, anxiety and anger. Nurse Education in Practice, 10(3), 113-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2010.01.001

Working in a healthcare system defined by change necessitates, at the least, some degree of intermittent observation. Being commited to change to ensure delivery of 21st century care asks for much more. It means trusting and believing in change. Yet... Read More about Change and the NHS workforce : ambivalence, anxiety and anger.

Forensic nurses' perceptions of labels of mental illness and personality disorder: clinical versus management issues (2010)
Journal Article
MASON, T., HALL, R., CAULFIED, M., & MELLING, K. (2010). Forensic nurses' perceptions of labels of mental illness and personality disorder: clinical versus management issues. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 17(2), 131-140. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01483.x

Accessible summary
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We often use labels to describe how a person might be expected to behave.

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Our shared understanding of the behaviours that are circumscribed by the labels may lead us to anticipate those behaviours.

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Those that are la... Read More about Forensic nurses' perceptions of labels of mental illness and personality disorder: clinical versus management issues.

Focus groups with young people: a participatory approach to research planning (2010)
Journal Article
Bagnoli, A., & Clark, A. (2010). Focus groups with young people: a participatory approach to research planning. Journal of Youth Studies, 13(1), 101-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676260903173504

In this paper we present our experiences of conducting focus groups with young people as part of a participatory approach to research design and participant recruitment. The research is a prospective, 10-year, qualitative, longitudinal project invest... Read More about Focus groups with young people: a participatory approach to research planning.

Fitness for practice in nursing and midwifery education in Scotland, United Kingdom (2010)
Journal Article
Holland, K., Roxburgh, M., Johnson, M., Topping, K., Watson, R., Lauder, W., & Porter, M. (2010). Fitness for practice in nursing and midwifery education in Scotland, United Kingdom. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19, 461-469. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03056.x

Aim. The aim of this paper is to report findings from a major study that evaluated the Fitness for Practice nursing and midwifery
curriculum in Scotland, UK.
Background. The competence of student nurses and midwives at the point of registration has... Read More about Fitness for practice in nursing and midwifery education in Scotland, United Kingdom.

Calculation of joint moments following foot contact across two force plates (2010)
Journal Article
Wong, A., Sangeux, M., & Baker, R. (2010). Calculation of joint moments following foot contact across two force plates. Gait & Posture, 31(2), 292-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.11.004

This study aimed to quantify the effect of combining the measurements from force plates when a subject’s foot comes in contact with more than one force plate. A 3-Dimensional Gait Analysis (3DGA) was performed on a subject walking barefoot. Ten gait... Read More about Calculation of joint moments following foot contact across two force plates.

Evaluation of shoulder joint position sense in both asymptomatic and rehabilitated professional rugby players and matched controls (2010)
Journal Article
Herrington, L., Horsley, I., & Rolf, C. (2010). Evaluation of shoulder joint position sense in both asymptomatic and rehabilitated professional rugby players and matched controls. Physical Therapy in Sport, 11(1), 18-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2009.10.001

Objective: To assess if joint position sense (JPS) in the shoulder differed between un-injured rugby players, matched control subjects and previously injured rehabilitated rugby players.
Design: Mixed design.
Setting: University biomechanics labora... Read More about Evaluation of shoulder joint position sense in both asymptomatic and rehabilitated professional rugby players and matched controls.