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Exploring effective approaches of integrating cervical screening services into the normal routine care within HIV clinics : a qualitative study in a Ugandan community health facility (2021)
Thesis
Auma, J. Exploring effective approaches of integrating cervical screening services into the normal routine care within HIV clinics : a qualitative study in a Ugandan community health facility. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer death in sub-Saharan Africa, with HIV being a high-risk factor for its’ development. Where HIV prevalence is high, interventions can ideally be delivered through a ‘one-stop shop’ approach ad... Read More about Exploring effective approaches of integrating cervical screening services into the normal routine care within HIV clinics : a qualitative study in a Ugandan community health facility.

Are there common walking gait characteristics in patients diagnosed with late-onset Pompe disease? (2021)
Journal Article
Starbuck, C., Reay, J., Silk, E., Roberts, M., Hendriksz, C., & Jones, R. (2021). Are there common walking gait characteristics in patients diagnosed with late-onset Pompe disease?. Human Movement Science, 77, 102777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2021.102777

Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) is a rare disease, defined as a progressive accumulation of lysosomal glycogen resulting in muscle weakness and respiratory problems. Anecdotally, individuals often have difficulties walking, yet, there is no three dim... Read More about Are there common walking gait characteristics in patients diagnosed with late-onset Pompe disease?.

Interventions to support graduate nurse transition to practice and associated outcomes : a systematic review (2021)
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Kenny, A., Dickson-Swift, V., McKenna, L., Charette, M., Rush, K., Stacy, G., …Phillips, C. (2021). Interventions to support graduate nurse transition to practice and associated outcomes : a systematic review. Nurse Education Today, 100, 104860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104860

Objective The aim of this mixed methods systematic review was to: i) document the interventions that support and facilitate graduate nurse transition from university to practice in a diversity of healthcare settings and ii) to identify outco... Read More about Interventions to support graduate nurse transition to practice and associated outcomes : a systematic review.

Deep tissue injury : a narrative review on the aetiology of a controversial wound (2021)
Journal Article
Wynn, M. (2021). Deep tissue injury : a narrative review on the aetiology of a controversial wound. British Journal of Nursing, 30(5), S32-S37. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2021.30.5.s32

Deep tissue injuries (DTIs) were added to pressure ulcer grading systems in 2009. Since then, they have been associated with the same aetiological processes as other forms of pressure injury (PI). This is despite notable clinical differences in their... Read More about Deep tissue injury : a narrative review on the aetiology of a controversial wound.

Talking as restorative justice : a conversation analysis of victim-offender meetings (2021)
Thesis
Langford, R. Talking as restorative justice : a conversation analysis of victim-offender meetings. (Thesis). University of Salford

The purpose of this research was to examine the restorative justice meeting as a form of institutional talk, identifying significant asymmetries in the talk, and acknowledging how this contributed to achieving restoration. This study used audio-rec... Read More about Talking as restorative justice : a conversation analysis of victim-offender meetings.

A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes (2021)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Scammell, J., Board, M., & Porter, S. (2021). A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(6), 2774-2784. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14822

Aims To evaluate care planning in advance of end‐of‐life care in care homes. Design A qualitative study. Methods Qualitative data were collected from January 2018–July 2019 (using focus groups and semi‐structured interviews) from three care... Read More about A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes.

Establishing and augmenting views on the acceptability of a paediatric critical care randomised controlled trial (the FEVER trial) : a mixed methods study (2021)
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Deja, E., Peters, M., Khan, I., Mouncey, P., Agbeko, R., Fenn, B., …Woolfall, K. (2021). Establishing and augmenting views on the acceptability of a paediatric critical care randomised controlled trial (the FEVER trial) : a mixed methods study. BMJ Open, 11(3), e041952. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041952

Objective: To explore parent and staff views on the acceptability of a randomised controlled trial investigating temperature thresholds for antipyretic intervention in critically ill children with fever and infection (the FEVER trial) during a multi-... Read More about Establishing and augmenting views on the acceptability of a paediatric critical care randomised controlled trial (the FEVER trial) : a mixed methods study.

Black feminist intersectionality is vital to group analysis : can group analysis allow outsider ideas in? (2021)
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Nayak, S. (2021). Black feminist intersectionality is vital to group analysis : can group analysis allow outsider ideas in?. Group Analysis, 54(3), 337-353. https://doi.org/10.1177/0533316421997767

This is the transcript of a speech I gave at an Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) event on the 28th November 2020 about intersectionality and groups analysis. This was momentous for group analysis because it was the first IGA event to focus on black... Read More about Black feminist intersectionality is vital to group analysis : can group analysis allow outsider ideas in?.

Change, loss and community : resident narratives of life on a social housing estate (2021)
Thesis
Blezard, E. Change, loss and community : resident narratives of life on a social housing estate. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis explores the value and meaning of community for residents on a regenerated social housing estate in the North-West of England. ‘Community’ has continuing relevance in academic inquiry and application within social policy. It is frequently... Read More about Change, loss and community : resident narratives of life on a social housing estate.

Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study (2021)
Journal Article
Geirdal, A., Ruffolo, M., Leung, J., Thygesen, H., Price, D., Bonsaksen, T., & Schoultz, M. (2021). Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study. Journal of Mental Health, 30(2), 148-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.1875413

Background The COVID-19 outbreak raised questions about how people experience their mental health, quality of life (QoL), wellbeing and loneliness in the context of social distancing, and the use of social media during this time Aims To examine... Read More about Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study.

Towards automation of dynamic-gaze video analysis taking functional upper-limb tasks as a case study (2021)
Journal Article
Alyaman, M., Sobuh, M., Zaid, A., Kenney, L., Galpin, A., & Al-Taee, M. (2021). Towards automation of dynamic-gaze video analysis taking functional upper-limb tasks as a case study. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 203, 106041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106041

Background and objective : Previous studies in motor control have yielded clear evidence that gaze behavior (where someone looks) quantifies the attention paid to perform actions. However, eliciting clinically meaningful results from the gaze data h... Read More about Towards automation of dynamic-gaze video analysis taking functional upper-limb tasks as a case study.

Exploring the impact of live music performances on the wellbeing of community-dwelling people living with dementia and their care partners (2021)
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Smith, S., Innes, A., & Bushell, S. (2021). Exploring the impact of live music performances on the wellbeing of community-dwelling people living with dementia and their care partners. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2, 100032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2021.100032

Background: Music-based initiatives cover a wide range of activity, including music therapy in either an individual or group capacity, choirs, orchestral performances, and apps on digital technology enabling people to engage with individual playlis... Read More about Exploring the impact of live music performances on the wellbeing of community-dwelling people living with dementia and their care partners.

Rising to the challenge : the delivery of simulation and clinical skills during COVID-19 (2021)
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Miller, A., & Guest, K. (2021). Rising to the challenge : the delivery of simulation and clinical skills during COVID-19. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 44(1), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2021.1883156

The declaration of a global pandemic in March 2020 resulted in all higher education institutions having to quickly transform traditional didactic teaching and learning to online delivery. This involved delivering lectures and seminars virtually, and... Read More about Rising to the challenge : the delivery of simulation and clinical skills during COVID-19.

The impact of in-Service physical injury or illness on the mental health of military veterans (2021)
Journal Article
Hynes, C., Scullion, L., Lawler, C., Steel, R., & Boland, P. (2021). The impact of in-Service physical injury or illness on the mental health of military veterans. BMJ Military Health, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001759

Background Each year approximately 2000 UK service personnel are medically discharged with physical and/or psychological injury or illness. While there is much research on both psychological injury and physical injury, the challenges of transition... Read More about The impact of in-Service physical injury or illness on the mental health of military veterans.

Prison as a site of intense religious change : the example of conversion to Islam (2021)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M., Irfan, L., Quraishi, M., & Schneuwly Purdie, M. (2021). Prison as a site of intense religious change : the example of conversion to Islam. Religions, 12(3), e162. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12030162

Based on the findings of mixed-methods research conducted with 279 Muslim prisoners in 10 prisons in England, Switzerland and France, this paper argues that contemporary European prisons are sites of intense religious change, in which many people bor... Read More about Prison as a site of intense religious change : the example of conversion to Islam.

Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach (2021)
Journal Article
Vasilica, C., Oates, T., Clausner, C., Ormandy, P., Barratt, J., & Graham-Brown, M. (2021). Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach. Kidney International Reports, 6(5), 1317-1325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.02.030

Introduction Increasingly people with kidney disease are using social media to search for medical information and to find peer-support. IgA nephropathy (IgAN) predominantly affects young adults, demographically the biggest users of... Read More about Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach.

698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn? (2021)
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MacVane Phipps, F., Price, A., Ackers-Johnson, J., Cook, P., Clarke-Cornwell, A., & Lythgoe, J. (2021). 698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn?. British Journal of Midwifery, 29(3), 150-157. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2021.29.3.150

Background Several industry funded studies between 2001–2018 have compared the use of a single brand of baby wipes to cleansing with water and either cloth or cotton wool during nappy changes. All of these studies found that wipes were safe and effec... Read More about 698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn?.