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It takes a community to care for the sick and disabled (2019)
Journal Article
MacVane Phipps, F. (2019). It takes a community to care for the sick and disabled. International Journal of Health Governance, 24(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-09-2019-0065

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad overview of the articles published in the current issue.

Design/methodology/approach
The review editor reads all articles accepted for the current issue of IJHG, identifying common theme... Read More about It takes a community to care for the sick and disabled.

Engaging stakeholders to refine an activity pacing framework for chronic pain/fatigue : a nominal group technique (2019)
Journal Article
Antcliff, D., Keenan, A., Keeley, P., Woby, S., & McGowan, L. (2019). Engaging stakeholders to refine an activity pacing framework for chronic pain/fatigue : a nominal group technique. Musculoskeletal Care, 17(4), 354-362. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1430

Due to the current absence of a standardized guide for activity pacing, the concept of pacing is interpreted in various ways by healthcare professionals, patients and researchers. Consequently, the effects of pacing across different conditions are un... Read More about Engaging stakeholders to refine an activity pacing framework for chronic pain/fatigue : a nominal group technique.

Research-informed teaching in radiography education (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Higgins, R. (2019, November). Research-informed teaching in radiography education. Presented at "Health in Our Hands" 2nd International Student Conference, Tartu Health Care College (Nooruse 5, Tartu, Estonia)

One-day Workshop delivered to academics and clinical tutors as part of the International student conference in health sciences "Health in our Hands" held at Tartu Healthcare College, Estonia.

A realist evaluation of the implementation of open visiting in an acute care setting for older people (2019)
Journal Article
Hurst, H. (2019). A realist evaluation of the implementation of open visiting in an acute care setting for older people. BMC Health Services Research, 19, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4653-5

Background
Open visiting refers to the principle of unrestricted visiting hours in the hospital setting to enable relatives, families and carers to visit at any time. There has been recognition that open visiting supports the principle of patient an... Read More about A realist evaluation of the implementation of open visiting in an acute care setting for older people.

The accuracy of Cobb angle measurement on CT scan projection radiograph images (2019)
Journal Article
Alrehily, F., Hogg, P., Twiste, M., Johansen, S., & Tootell, A. (2020). The accuracy of Cobb angle measurement on CT scan projection radiograph images. Radiography, 26(2), e73-e77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.11.001

Introduction: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a spinal deformity that can affect young children. It requires frequent exposure to X-rays to monitor the deformity, which can lead to the development of radiation-induced cancer later in life. T... Read More about The accuracy of Cobb angle measurement on CT scan projection radiograph images.

Work, welfare and wellbeing? The impacts of welfare conditionality on people with mental health impairments in the UK (2019)
Journal Article

The personal, economic and social costs of mental ill-health are increasingly acknowledged by many governments and international organisations. Simultaneously, in high income nations the reach of welfare conditionality has extended to encompass many... Read More about Work, welfare and wellbeing? The impacts of welfare conditionality on people with mental health impairments in the UK.

Passing (2019)
Book Chapter
Smith, G. (2019). Passing. In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (1-2). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosp006.pub2

The concept of passing originates in popular and legal discourses of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries about relations between black and white people in the United States. Passing as an analytic concept in sociology owes much to the work o... Read More about Passing.

The need for a structured approach to violence risk assessment in autism (2019)
Journal Article
Westphal, A., & Allely, C. (2019). The need for a structured approach to violence risk assessment in autism. ˜The œjournal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 47(4), https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.003896-19

The relationship between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and violence is poorly understood. Several violence risk factors are either modified by or are unique to ASD; clinicians conducting violence risk assessment of people with ASD must consider thes... Read More about The need for a structured approach to violence risk assessment in autism.

Correlational analysis between joint-level kinetics of countermovement jumps and weightlifting derivatives (2019)
Journal Article
Kipp, K., Suchomel, T., & Comfort, P. (2019). Correlational analysis between joint-level kinetics of countermovement jumps and weightlifting derivatives. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 18(4), 663-668

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanical similarity between net joint moments (NJM) of the countermovement jump (CMJ) and the hang power clean (HPC) and jump shrug (JS). Twelve male Lacrosse players performed three maximal effort C... Read More about Correlational analysis between joint-level kinetics of countermovement jumps and weightlifting derivatives.

Dose optimisation in paediatric radiography - using regression models to investigate the relative impact of acquisition factors on image quality and radiation dose (2019)
Journal Article

Objective: To investigate the optimum pelvis X-ray acquisition factors for a 10-year-old child. Secondly, to evaluate the impact of each acquisition factor on image quality (IQ) and radiation dose.

Method: Images were acquired using a pelvis phan... Read More about Dose optimisation in paediatric radiography - using regression models to investigate the relative impact of acquisition factors on image quality and radiation dose.

Optimising paediatric afferent component early warning systems : a hermeneutic systematic literature review and model development (2019)
Journal Article

Objective: To identify the core components of successful early warning systems for detecting and initiating action in response to clinical deterioration in paediatric inpatients.

Methods: A hermeneutic systematic literature review informed by tra... Read More about Optimising paediatric afferent component early warning systems : a hermeneutic systematic literature review and model development.

Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014 (2019)
Journal Article
Wilding, M., Madoc-Jones, I., Ahmed, A., Gibbons, A., Jones, K., & Rogers, M. (2020). Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 171-182. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000344

Part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014and its implementation has been keenly observed by governments outside of Wales, as they continue to search for policy solutions to help address the homelessness crisis.This paper examines the extent to whichther... Read More about Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014.

Experiences of rural life among community-dwelling older men with dementia and their implications for social inclusion (2019)
Journal Article

Current international dementia care policies focus on creating ‘dementia-friendly’ communities that aim to support the social inclusion of people with dementia. Although it is known that the geo-socio-cultural rural environment can impact on the expe... Read More about Experiences of rural life among community-dwelling older men with dementia and their implications for social inclusion.

A clinimetric analysis of the Pressure Ulcer Risk Primary or Secondary Evaluation Tool : PURPOSE-T (2019)
Journal Article
Wynn, M., & Holloway, S. (2019). A clinimetric analysis of the Pressure Ulcer Risk Primary or Secondary Evaluation Tool : PURPOSE-T. British Journal of Nursing, 28(20), S4-S8. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.20.s4

The assessment of patients' risk for developing pressure ulcers is a routine and fundamental nursing process undertaken to prevent avoidable harm to patients in all care settings. Many risk assessment tools are currently used in clinical practice, ho... Read More about A clinimetric analysis of the Pressure Ulcer Risk Primary or Secondary Evaluation Tool : PURPOSE-T.