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Human-centred design of a new microneedle-based hormonal contraceptive delivery system. (2021)
Journal Article
Gualeni, B., Hughes, L., Stauber, I., Ackers, H., Gorman, A., Gashuga, D., …Birchall, J. (2021). Human-centred design of a new microneedle-based hormonal contraceptive delivery system. Gates Open Research, 5, 96. https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13233.2

It is estimated that 225 million women worldwide have an unmet need for family planning, and more than half live in low- and middle-income countries. Increasing the choice of contraceptive methods available can reduce this unmet need. Microneedle dru... Read More about Human-centred design of a new microneedle-based hormonal contraceptive delivery system..

Ethics review, reflective equilibrium and reflexivity (2021)
Journal Article
Morton, J. (2022). Ethics review, reflective equilibrium and reflexivity. Nursing Ethics, 29(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330211003252

Background: Research Ethics Committees (RECs) or their equivalent review applications for prospective research with human participants. Reviewers use universally agreed principles to make decisions about whether prospective health and social care... Read More about Ethics review, reflective equilibrium and reflexivity.

Towards a digital football studies : current trends and future directions for football cultures research in the post-Covid-19 moment (2021)
Journal Article
Lawrence, S., & Crawford, G. (2022). Towards a digital football studies : current trends and future directions for football cultures research in the post-Covid-19 moment. Leisure Studies, 41(1), 56-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2021.1948595

As the digital revolution continues apace, emergent technologies and means of communication have presented new challenges and opportunities for the field of football studies. In turn, researchers active across the social sciences and beyond have resp... Read More about Towards a digital football studies : current trends and future directions for football cultures research in the post-Covid-19 moment.

Examining the influence of health on employment and work ability of Saudi haemodialysis patients : a mixed-methods study (2021)
Journal Article
Alquwez, N., & Ormandy, P. (2021). Examining the influence of health on employment and work ability of Saudi haemodialysis patients : a mixed-methods study. International Journal of Nursing Practice, e12993. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12993

To explore the employment, work productivity, activity impairment, and sustainability of work of Saudi patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on haemodialysis (HD). Failure to address CKD-related challenges may cause HD patients to lose their job... Read More about Examining the influence of health on employment and work ability of Saudi haemodialysis patients : a mixed-methods study.

The effect of angle on change of direction biomechanics : comparison and inter-task relationships (2021)
Journal Article
Dos’Santos, T., Thomas, C., & Jones, P. (2021). The effect of angle on change of direction biomechanics : comparison and inter-task relationships. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(22), 2618-2631. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1948258

The aim of this was study to examine the inter-task relationships and compare change of direction (COD) biomechanics between different angles (45°, 90°, and 180°). Twenty-seven men performed three COD tasks, whereby lower-limb and trunk kinematics an... Read More about The effect of angle on change of direction biomechanics : comparison and inter-task relationships.

Community perceptions of private security at a mega-event (2021)
Journal Article
Aitken, A. (2021). Community perceptions of private security at a mega-event. Security Journal, 37, 985-1005. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-021-00309-y

The pluralisation of policing has caused much debate in criminology. Yet very few studies examine how the public perceive private security. This article addresses this gap by drawing on empirical qualitative data from the 2014 Commonwealth Games in G... Read More about Community perceptions of private security at a mega-event.

Children should be seen and also heard : an explorative qualitative study into the influences on children’s choice of footwear, their perception of comfort and the language they use to describe footwear experiences (2021)
Journal Article
Price, C., Skidmore, S., Ratcliffe, J., & Williams, A. (2021). Children should be seen and also heard : an explorative qualitative study into the influences on children’s choice of footwear, their perception of comfort and the language they use to describe footwear experiences. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 14, 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-021-00487-3

Background: Footwear has an essential role including protection of the feet, overall performance, foot health and potentially, supporting normal development of the foot. In addition to these physical aspects which may influence choice of footwear des... Read More about Children should be seen and also heard : an explorative qualitative study into the influences on children’s choice of footwear, their perception of comfort and the language they use to describe footwear experiences.

Poverty as a political choice : a comparative analysis of reports of the UN Rapporteur’s visits to the UK and Spain (2021)
Journal Article
Cummins, I., & Gómez-Ciriano, E. (2021). Poverty as a political choice : a comparative analysis of reports of the UN Rapporteur’s visits to the UK and Spain. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 7, 104-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41134-021-00179-9

This paper presents a comparative analysis of two reports by the UN Rapporteur on extreme poverty and Human Rights, one for Spain and one for the UK. In both countries, austerity policies were introduced following the banking crisis of 2008. The UN R... Read More about Poverty as a political choice : a comparative analysis of reports of the UN Rapporteur’s visits to the UK and Spain.

A proposed method for evaluating drop jump performance with one force platform (2021)
Journal Article
McMahon, J., Lake, J., Stratford, C., & Comfort, P. (2021). A proposed method for evaluating drop jump performance with one force platform. Biomechanics, 1(2), 178-189. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomechanics1020015

The drop jump (DJ) is commonly utilised to assess athletes. The criterion two force platform (2FP) method of assessing DJ performance involves two adjacent force platforms, one for the box and one for the athlete to rebound from. Most researchers and... Read More about A proposed method for evaluating drop jump performance with one force platform.

Researching the COVID-19 pandemic : a critical blueprint for the social sciences (2021)
Book
Briggs, D., Ellis, A., Lloyd, A., & Telford, L. (2021). Researching the COVID-19 pandemic : a critical blueprint for the social sciences. Bristol: Policy Press

In challenging social science’s established orthodoxies, this first in a series of books is a call for its disciplines to embrace new theoretical paradigms and research methods to better understand the reality of life in a post-COVID world. By off... Read More about Researching the COVID-19 pandemic : a critical blueprint for the social sciences.

The construction of a hegemonic social representation : climate crisis and the role of COVID-19 in defining survival (2021)
Journal Article
Magioglou, T., & Coen, S. (2021). The construction of a hegemonic social representation : climate crisis and the role of COVID-19 in defining survival. European Psychologist, 26(3), 230-240. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000442

The present paper discusses how Climate Change and the COVID-19 pandemic can be read as two facets of a Hegemonic Social Representation under construction, the representation of Survival, reshaping other hegemonic, socially shared representations in... Read More about The construction of a hegemonic social representation : climate crisis and the role of COVID-19 in defining survival.

Exploring the relationship between housing conditions and capabilities: a qualitative case study of private hostel residents (2021)
Journal Article
Irving, A. (2023). Exploring the relationship between housing conditions and capabilities: a qualitative case study of private hostel residents. Housing Studies, 38(6), 985-1005. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2021.1928004

While housing can facilitate many of the freedoms associated with a ‘well-lived’ life, the Capabilities Approach (CA) is yet to have transformed housing research and evaluation. This paper explores the relationship between housing conditions and well... Read More about Exploring the relationship between housing conditions and capabilities: a qualitative case study of private hostel residents.

How effective is an evidence-based exercise intervention in individuals with patellofemoral pain? (2021)
Journal Article
Greaves, H., Comfort, P., Liu, A., Herrington, L., & Jones, R. (2021). How effective is an evidence-based exercise intervention in individuals with patellofemoral pain?. Physical Therapy in Sport, 51, 92-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2021.05.013

Objectives Guidelines for a comprehensive rehabilitation programme for patellofemoral pain (PFP) have been developed by international experts. The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of such a rehabilitative exercise programme on pain, funct... Read More about How effective is an evidence-based exercise intervention in individuals with patellofemoral pain?.

A scoping review of care trajectories across multiple settings for persons with dementia (2021)
Journal Article
Kosteniuk, J., Morgan, D., Elliot, V., Froehlich Chow, A., Bayly, M., Watson, E., …Innes, A. (2021). A scoping review of care trajectories across multiple settings for persons with dementia. Canadian Journal on Aging / Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980821000167

Multiple transitions across care settings can be disruptive for older adults with dementia and their care partners, and can lead to fragmented care with adverse outcomes. This scoping review was conducted to identify and classify care trajectories ac... Read More about A scoping review of care trajectories across multiple settings for persons with dementia.

Co-creation and user perspectives for upper limb prosthetics (2021)
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Jones, H., Dupan, S., Dyson, M., Krasoulis, A., Kenney, L., Donovan-Hall, M., …Nazarpour, K. (2021). Co-creation and user perspectives for upper limb prosthetics. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 15, 689717. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2021.689717

People who either use an upper limb prosthesis and/or have used services provided by a prosthetic rehabilitation centre, experience limitations of currently available prosthetic devices. Collaboration between academia and a broad range of stakeholder... Read More about Co-creation and user perspectives for upper limb prosthetics.

A multicentre review comparing long term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting versus open vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery (2021)
Journal Article
Krishnamoorthy, B., Zacharias, J., Critchley, W. R., Rochon, M., Stalpinskaya, I., Rajai, A., …Bahrami, T. (2021). A multicentre review comparing long term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting versus open vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery. NIHR Open Research, 1, 11. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13215.1

Background: Utilisation of the Endoscopic Vein Harvesting (EVH) technique has been increasing for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for the last two decades. Some surgeons remain concerned about the long-term patency of the long saphenous vein h... Read More about A multicentre review comparing long term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting versus open vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery.

Editorial perspective : Mental health needs of children and young people of Black ethnicity. Is it time to reconceptualise racism as a traumatic experience? (2021)
Journal Article
Ayodeji, E., Dubicka, B., Abuah, O., Odebiyi, B., Sultana, R., & Ani, C. (2021). Editorial perspective : Mental health needs of children and young people of Black ethnicity. Is it time to reconceptualise racism as a traumatic experience?. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 26(3), 265-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12482

We explore racial inequality in relation to Black children and young people (CYP) and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). We argue that the experience of racism should be universally considered an Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE).... Read More about Editorial perspective : Mental health needs of children and young people of Black ethnicity. Is it time to reconceptualise racism as a traumatic experience?.

Investigating the perceived effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and the impact on neuropsychological, emotional and behavioural functioning and quality of life : a case series analysis (2021)
Thesis
Bibi, H. Investigating the perceived effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and the impact on neuropsychological, emotional and behavioural functioning and quality of life : a case series analysis. (Thesis). University of Salford

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is an ongoing issue (WHO, 2017) with 1 in 20 children annually reported as being abused in the UK (NSPCC, 2019; Radford et al, 2011). Many child survivors are of adolescent or young adult age before they request help f... Read More about Investigating the perceived effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) treatment in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and the impact on neuropsychological, emotional and behavioural functioning and quality of life : a case series analysis.