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A feasible,acceptable and effective way to teach healthcare workers in low-and middle-income countries a method to manage acutely ill obstetric women (2014)
Journal Article
McCarthy, R., Byrne Davis, L., Hart, J., Yuill, G., Slattery, H., Jackson, M., & byrne, G. (2015). A feasible,acceptable and effective way to teach healthcare workers in low-and middle-income countries a method to manage acutely ill obstetric women. Midwifery, 31(1), 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2014.04.009

Maternal mortality is unacceptably high in SubSaharan Africa,which accounts for 56% of all maternal deaths (WHO, 2012). Most maternal deaths are avoidable but with prompt recognition and timely intervention it is not inevitable that acute or critic... Read More about A feasible,acceptable and effective way to teach healthcare workers in low-and middle-income countries a method to manage acutely ill obstetric women.

Developing and validating a psychometric scale for image quality assessment (2014)
Journal Article
Mraity, H., England, A., & Hogg, P. (2014). Developing and validating a psychometric scale for image quality assessment. Radiography, 20(4), 306-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.04.002

Purpose Using AP pelvis as a catalyst, this paper explains how a psychometric scale for image quality assessment can be created using Bandura's theory for self-efficacy. Background Establishing an accurate diagnosis is highly dependent upon... Read More about Developing and validating a psychometric scale for image quality assessment.

How potentially serious symptom changes are talked about and managed in COPD clinical review consultations (2014)
Journal Article
Chatwin, J., Kennedy, A., Firth, A., Povey, A., Rogers, A., & Saunders, C. (2014). How potentially serious symptom changes are talked about and managed in COPD clinical review consultations. Social Science and Medicine, 113, 120-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.048

People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are at heightened risk of developing lung cancer. Recent research has suggested that in people who have the disease, the time between symptom onset and consultation can be long enough to signif... Read More about How potentially serious symptom changes are talked about and managed in COPD clinical review consultations.

Domestic fire risk : a narrative review of social science literature and implications for future research (2014)
Journal Article
Clark, A., Smith, J., & Conroy, C. (2015). Domestic fire risk : a narrative review of social science literature and implications for future research. Journal of Risk Research, 18(9), 1113-1129. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2014.913660

In this paper, we make the case for more social science research into fire incidents and fire-related risk behaviour. Unlike other vulnerabilities, such as crime, illness or risk-associated activities such as smoking, or accident avoidance, remarkabl... Read More about Domestic fire risk : a narrative review of social science literature and implications for future research.

The association of ADHD symptoms to self-harm behaviours : a systematic PRISMA review (2014)
Journal Article
Allely, C. (2014). The association of ADHD symptoms to self-harm behaviours : a systematic PRISMA review. BMC Psychiatry, 14(1), 133. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-14-133

Background Self-harm is a major public health issue in young people worldwide and there are many challenges to its management and prevention. Numerous studies have indicated that ADHD is associated with completed suicides and other suicidal behavio... Read More about The association of ADHD symptoms to self-harm behaviours : a systematic PRISMA review.

A method of teaching critical care skills to undergraduate student midwives using the maternal-acute illness management (M-AIM)training day (2014)
Journal Article
McCarthy, R., Nuttall, J., Smith, J., & Hollins-Martin, C. (2014). A method of teaching critical care skills to undergraduate student midwives using the maternal-acute illness management (M-AIM)training day. Nurse Education in Practice, 14(6), 747-751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2014.04.001

The most recent Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CMACE, 2011) identified human errors, specifically those of midwives and obstetricians/doctors as a fundamental component in contributing to maternal death in the UK. This paper discusses t... Read More about A method of teaching critical care skills to undergraduate student midwives using the maternal-acute illness management (M-AIM)training day.

Effects of kilovoltage, milliampere seconds, and focal spot size on image quality (2014)
Journal Article
Ma, W., Norton, S., & Hogg, P. (2014). Effects of kilovoltage, milliampere seconds, and focal spot size on image quality. Radiologic technology, 85(5), 479-485

Purpose To determine how kilovoltage (kV), milliampere seconds (mAs), and focal spot size affect perceptual image quality using a hand phantom. Methods Using computed radiography, 70 images of a posteroanterior (PA) oblique hand phantom were acquir... Read More about Effects of kilovoltage, milliampere seconds, and focal spot size on image quality.

Physiology and care in the Puerperium (2014)
Book Chapter
Wray, J., & Steen, M. (2014). Physiology and care in the Puerperium. In M. MD, & R. JE (Eds.), Myles Textbook for Midwives (499-514). Churchill Livingstone

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The narratives of ‘troubled families’- a troubling context (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Shannon, M. (2014, May). The narratives of ‘troubled families’- a troubling context. Presented at Troubling Narratives, University of Huddersfield

The discourse around families perceived to have complex needs has developed at a policy level, very much reinforced by media representations. The notion of the troubled family has recently been generated as a result of Coalition Government policy-thi... Read More about The narratives of ‘troubled families’- a troubling context.

Intrapartum Acupuncture (2014)
Journal Article
Carr, D., & Lythgoe, J. (2014). Intrapartum Acupuncture. Practising Midwife, May, 10-14

Acupuncture is becoming widely recognised as an effective method of pain relief and is being increasingly integrated within the NHS, particularly for the treatment of tension-type headache, migraine and low back pain. Acupuncture during labour has... Read More about Intrapartum Acupuncture.

Infant and adult visual attention during an imitation demonstration (2014)
Journal Article
Taylor, G., & Herbert, J. (2014). Infant and adult visual attention during an imitation demonstration. Developmental Psychobiology, 56(4), 770-782. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21147

Deferred imitation tasks have shown that manipulations at encoding can enhance infant learning and memory performance within an age, suggesting that brain maturation alone cannot fully account for all developmental changes in early memory abilities.... Read More about Infant and adult visual attention during an imitation demonstration.

Validity and reliability of 3D marker based scapular motion analysis : a systematic review (2014)
Journal Article
Lempereur, M., Brochard, S., Leboeuf, F., & Rémy-Néris, O. (2014). Validity and reliability of 3D marker based scapular motion analysis : a systematic review. Journal of Biomechanics, 18, 2219-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.04.028

Methods based on cutaneous markers are the most popular for the recording of three dimensional scapular motion analysis. Numerous methods have been evaluated, each showing different levels of accuracy and reliability. The aim of this review was to re... Read More about Validity and reliability of 3D marker based scapular motion analysis : a systematic review.

An electronic Delphi study to establish pediatric intensive care nursing research priorities in 20 European countries (2014)
Journal Article
European countries. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 15(5), e206-e213. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000000109

Objectives: To identify and to establish research priorities for pediatric intensive care nursing science across Europe. Design: A modified three-round electronic Delphi technique was applied. Questionnaires were translated into seven different la... Read More about An electronic Delphi study to establish pediatric intensive care nursing research priorities in 20 European countries.

Healing the wounds of trauma shame and grief (2014)
Journal Article
Beaumont, E. (2014). Healing the wounds of trauma shame and grief. Healthcare counselling and psychotherapy journal, 14(2), 14-19

Compassion-focused eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) can play a role in healing the wounds of repressed trauma memories, shame and grief. No one therapy is a panacea for all, and the developments of approaches such as compassi... Read More about Healing the wounds of trauma shame and grief.

Benefits of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for spastic subjects : clinical, functional and biomechanical parameters for lower limb and walking in five hemiparetic patients (2014)
Journal Article
Terreaux, L., Gross, R., Leboeuf, F., Desal, H., Hamel, O., Nguyen, J., …Buffenoir, K. (2014). Benefits of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for spastic subjects : clinical, functional and biomechanical parameters for lower limb and walking in five hemiparetic patients. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/389350

Introduction. Spasticity is a disabling symptom resulting from reorganization of spinal reflexes no longer inhibited by supraspinal control. Several studies have demonstrated interest in repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in spastic patient... Read More about Benefits of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for spastic subjects : clinical, functional and biomechanical parameters for lower limb and walking in five hemiparetic patients.

Migrant Roma in the United Kingdom and the need to estimate population size (2014)
Journal Article
Brown, P., Martin, P., & Scullion, L. (2014). Migrant Roma in the United Kingdom and the need to estimate population size. People, Place and Policy, 8(1), 19-33. https://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.0008.0001.0003

Within the political framework of the European Union (EU), there has been long standing recognition that the on-going exclusion of Roma represents a key challenge for human rights, justice and social inclusion agendas. By introducing a requirement fo... Read More about Migrant Roma in the United Kingdom and the need to estimate population size.

Addressing older people's mental health needs in the community setting (2014)
Journal Article
Barker, S., Heaslip, V., & Chelvanayagam, S. (2014). Addressing older people's mental health needs in the community setting. British Journal of Community Nursing, 19(5), 234-238. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2014.19.5.234

It is estimated that more than one third of older people may experience problems with their mental health. While, in some of these cases, people will be able to self-manage with little or no support, individuals who are socially isolated or physicall... Read More about Addressing older people's mental health needs in the community setting.