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Chapter 17 : Lighting (2013)
Book Chapter
Collins, B. (2013). Chapter 17 : Lighting. In AOTI Housing Design Guidelines for Occupational Therapists (2nd ed.). Dublin: The Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI)

Effect of a six-week combined hip and knee neuromuscular exercise programme on joint loading and muscle co-contraction in individuals with medial knee osteoarthritis (2013)
Journal Article
Al-Khlaifat, L., Herrington, L., Hammond, A., & Jones, R. (2013). Effect of a six-week combined hip and knee neuromuscular exercise programme on joint loading and muscle co-contraction in individuals with medial knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 21(Sup.), S98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2013.02.209

Purpose: Medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a mechanical condition affected by the amount of load on the knee joint. This load is determined by the magnitude of the external knee adduction moment (EKAM). Moreover, increased muscle co-contraction of t... Read More about Effect of a six-week combined hip and knee neuromuscular exercise programme on joint loading and muscle co-contraction in individuals with medial knee osteoarthritis.

Using Framework Analysis in nursing research: a worked example (2013)
Journal Article
Ward, D. J., Furber, C., Tierney, S., & Swallow, V. (2013). Using Framework Analysis in nursing research: a worked example. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69(11), 2423-2431. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12127

Aims To demonstrate Framework Analysis using a worked example and to illustrate how criticisms of qualitative data analysis including issues of clarity and transparency can be addressed. Background Critics of the analysis of qualitative data som... Read More about Using Framework Analysis in nursing research: a worked example.

A method to measure paddle and detector pressures and footprints in mammography (2013)
Journal Article
Hogg, P., Szczepura, K., Darlington, A., & Maxwell, A. (2013). A method to measure paddle and detector pressures and footprints in mammography. Medical Physics, 40(4), 041907. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4792720

Purpose: Compression is necessary in mammography to improve image quality and reduce radiation burden. Maximizing the amount of breast in contact with the image receptor (IR) is important. To achieve this, for the craniocaudal projection, there is n... Read More about A method to measure paddle and detector pressures and footprints in mammography.

Tidy's Physiotherapy: 15th Edition (2013)
Book
Porter, S. (Ed.). (2013). Tidy's Physiotherapy: 15th Edition. Elsevier

A classic textbook and a student favourite, Tidy's Physiotherapy aims to reflect contemporary practice of physiotherapy and can be used as a quick reference by the physiotherapy undergraduate for major problems that they may encounter throughout thei... Read More about Tidy's Physiotherapy: 15th Edition.

Could introducing vacuum delivery into the education curriculum of community midwives in Yemen improve maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity outcomes? (2013)
Journal Article
Kizler, R., & Hollins-Martin, C. (2013). Could introducing vacuum delivery into the education curriculum of community midwives in Yemen improve maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity outcomes?. Nurse Education in Practice, 13(2), 73-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2012.10.008

At present in Yemen the neonatal mortality rate stands at 12%. A contributing factor is that when abnormalities arise during labour in rural areas, there is an absence of trained medical staff to manage complications. Consequently, childbearing women... Read More about Could introducing vacuum delivery into the education curriculum of community midwives in Yemen improve maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity outcomes?.

The visual fix : the seductive beauty of images of violence (2013)
Journal Article
Kilby, J. (2013). The visual fix : the seductive beauty of images of violence. European Journal of Social Theory, 16(3), 326-341. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431013476539

This article questions the value of photographs of violence and suffering. Taking Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Philippe Bourgois’ anthology Violence in War and Peace (2004) as a point of departure and return, it will explore the significance of the inclu... Read More about The visual fix : the seductive beauty of images of violence.

A pilot quasi-experimental study to determine the feasibility of implementing a partograph e-learning tool for student midwife training in Nairobi (2013)
Journal Article
Lavender, T., Omoni, G., Lee, K., Wakasiaki, S., Campbell, M., Watiti, J., & Mathai, M. (2013). A pilot quasi-experimental study to determine the feasibility of implementing a partograph e-learning tool for student midwife training in Nairobi. Midwifery, 29(8), 876-884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2012.10.003

Objective: the partograph is a tool used globally to record labour progress. Although it has the potential to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes, some midwives struggle with using it in practice. Training in partograph use is limited, and the the... Read More about A pilot quasi-experimental study to determine the feasibility of implementing a partograph e-learning tool for student midwife training in Nairobi.

Improving understanding of teaching strategies perceived by inter Professional Learning (IPL) lecturers to enhance students’ formulation of multidisciplinary roles: An exploratory qualitative study (2013)
Journal Article
Dalrymple, L., Hollins-Martin, C., & Smith, W. (2013). Improving understanding of teaching strategies perceived by inter Professional Learning (IPL) lecturers to enhance students’ formulation of multidisciplinary roles: An exploratory qualitative study. Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education, 3(1), 78-91

Background: Inter Professional Learning (IPL) is an educational process intended to equip health and social care students with appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes for effective inter-professional working. By and large literature on IPL highli... Read More about Improving understanding of teaching strategies perceived by inter Professional Learning (IPL) lecturers to enhance students’ formulation of multidisciplinary roles: An exploratory qualitative study.

The Patchwork text assessment - an integral component of constructive alignment curriculum methodology to support healthcare leadership development (2013)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., Rutherford, J., Wild, J., Cappleman, J., & Hynes, C. (2013). The Patchwork text assessment - an integral component of constructive alignment curriculum methodology to support healthcare leadership development. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 1(1), 139-150. https://doi.org/10.11114/jets.v1i1.83

Background: A responsive and innovative postgraduate programme curriculum that produces an effective and competent multi professional healthcare leader whom can lead within the United Kingdom (UK) and international healthcare context offers a promisi... Read More about The Patchwork text assessment - an integral component of constructive alignment curriculum methodology to support healthcare leadership development.

Structural narrative analysis: Understanding experiences of lifestyle migration through two plot typologies (2013)
Journal Article
Ahmed, A. (2013). Structural narrative analysis: Understanding experiences of lifestyle migration through two plot typologies. Qualitative Inquiry, 19(3), 232-243. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800412466050

U.K. retirees who move to the Costa Blanca in Spain can be described as “lifestyle migrants.” “Lifestyle migration” has recently been conceptualised as “a quest” for a better life and migrants reflect and construct their experiences through common qu... Read More about Structural narrative analysis: Understanding experiences of lifestyle migration through two plot typologies.

Anaesthesia type, gender and anxiety (2013)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2013). Anaesthesia type, gender and anxiety. Journal of Perioperative Practice, 23(3), 41-46

Elective day-case surgery undertaken in the UK is growing. Patient pre-operative anxiety can be considerable although the opportunity to help reduce fears is minimal. Day surgery patients (n=674) were surveyed and 82% were found to be anxious. Genera... Read More about Anaesthesia type, gender and anxiety.

The abandoned illness: Where is the voice of older adults? (2013)
Journal Article
Collier, E., & Edwards, S. (2013). The abandoned illness: Where is the voice of older adults?. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2(1), 15

This short article highlights an often neglected issue, that of hearing the voice of older people. It is in this context that the article provides a commentary on the recently published document, The Abandoned Illness (Schizophrenia Commission, 2012... Read More about The abandoned illness: Where is the voice of older adults?.

Older people (2013)
Book Chapter
Haworth-Lomax, R. (2013). Older people. In P. Dwyer, & S. Shaw (Eds.), An introduction to social policy (100-112). London: Sage publications limited

This chapter provides an overview of the impact of social policy on the lives of older people in the following area's. Housing, health and social care and pension policy.

‘What’s working?’: Promoting the inclusion of Roma in and through education : Transnational policy review and research report (2013)
Report
Scullion, L., & Brown, P. (2013). ‘What’s working?’: Promoting the inclusion of Roma in and through education : Transnational policy review and research report

As part of an increasing focus on Roma communities the European Commission’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) commissioned a ‘Policy Cooperation and Innovation Roma Multilateral project’ through the Lifelong Learning Pro... Read More about ‘What’s working?’: Promoting the inclusion of Roma in and through education : Transnational policy review and research report.

The limits of inclusion? Exploring the views of Roma and non Roma in six European union member states (2013)
Report
Brown, P., Dwyer, P., & Scullion, L. (2013). The limits of inclusion? Exploring the views of Roma and non Roma in six European union member states

This final research report for the Roma SOURCE project presents an analysis of new qualitative data generated in 24 focus groups with members of both Roma and non Roma populations resident in the six Member States in which the Roma SOURCE partners ar... Read More about The limits of inclusion? Exploring the views of Roma and non Roma in six European union member states.