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The Ethical Limitations of Digital Marketing Engagement Strategies: Banterification and Professional Sports Teams’ Social Media Channels (2024)
Book Chapter

This chapter embarks on a critical naming of what we call the ‘banterification’ of professional sport clubs’ social media channels. With an emphasis on critical and ethical aspects of communication strategies, the chapter deconstructs how banter is e... Read More about The Ethical Limitations of Digital Marketing Engagement Strategies: Banterification and Professional Sports Teams’ Social Media Channels.

Clinical Simulation in Nursing Education (2024)
Book Chapter
Waliu, A. O., Muojekwu, E. E., Matthew, U. O., Kazaure, J. S., Oseni, V. E., Ononiwu, C. C., & Haruna, K. (2024). Clinical Simulation in Nursing Education. In Creating Immersive Learning Experiences Through Virtual Reality (VR) (43-76). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-6407-9.ch003

Virtual reality simulation has revolutionized the healthcare sector by fusing human skills with cutting-edge technology to promote patient-centered care, clinical efficacy, and a compassionate digital healthcare ecosystem. In order to enhance nursing... Read More about Clinical Simulation in Nursing Education.

A Comparative Analysis of Visits by the UN Special Rapporteur to the United States and to the European Union (2024)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I., & Gómez-Ciriano, E. J. (2025). A Comparative Analysis of Visits by the UN Special Rapporteur to the United States and to the European Union. In The Oxford Handbook of Power, Politics, and Social Work (505-516). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197650899.013.27

This chapter uses Somers’s model of citizenship to present a comparative analysis of the reports issued by the UN Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights after his visits to the European Union and the United States. The two reports were based... Read More about A Comparative Analysis of Visits by the UN Special Rapporteur to the United States and to the European Union.

Bridging Bonds: Nurturing Mother-Child Connections Through Incarceration and Beyond (2024)
Book Chapter
Heaslip, V. (2024). Bridging Bonds: Nurturing Mother-Child Connections Through Incarceration and Beyond. In Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family. Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67106-7_15

This chapter delves into the intricate dynamics of the mother-child bond during and after maternal incarceration, using Ethiopia as its locus. It examines the various forms of contact—permanent, partial, and broken—between incarcerated mothers and th... Read More about Bridging Bonds: Nurturing Mother-Child Connections Through Incarceration and Beyond.

Family relations and children’s/young people’s mental health: the impact of separation from the birth family (2024)
Book Chapter
Heaslip, V. (2024). Family relations and children’s/young people’s mental health: the impact of separation from the birth family. In Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family. Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67106-7_2

Mental health is a key public health issue, due to the rising global mental illness pandemic. Many mental illnesses present in adults commenced before the age of 14, as such childhood and adolescence is an important time in terms of securing the foun... Read More about Family relations and children’s/young people’s mental health: the impact of separation from the birth family.

Multi-theoretical perspectives on family relations building and practices (2024)
Book Chapter
Parker, J., Hean, S., Heaslip, V., Tembjerg, P., & Sosnowsks-Buxton, P. (2024). Multi-theoretical perspectives on family relations building and practices. In Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family (43-71). Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67106-7_3

The current chapter explores a variety of useful theoretical perspectives with which to view and reframe the rebuilding and, where possible, the reunification process for families. We begin by offering a critique of psychological theories of attachme... Read More about Multi-theoretical perspectives on family relations building and practices.

Situational learning from an examination of reunification in varied contexts (2024)
Book Chapter
Hean, S., Heaslip, V., Parker, J., & Tembjerg, P. (2024). Situational learning from an examination of reunification in varied contexts. In Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family (1-27). Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67106-7_1

There is universality and transferability in the impacts of family separations on children and their families. Exploring the similarities and differences in a variety of separation contexts is key to understanding child-parent separations, the impact... Read More about Situational learning from an examination of reunification in varied contexts.

Exploring Social Inclusion for Clean Energy and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (2024)
Book Chapter
Abdulfatah, A. K., & Gilbert, D. J. (2024). Exploring Social Inclusion for Clean Energy and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Key Themes in Energy Management (3-22). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58086-4_1

Access to clean, affordable, and sustainable energy is a pivotal economic development and environmental sustainability driver. This is particularly necessary in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where energy poverty persists. Despite this region’s vast poten... Read More about Exploring Social Inclusion for Clean Energy and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Post-Work Imagination (2024)
Book Chapter
Frayne, D. (2024). The Post-Work Imagination. In The Post-Work Imagination: Perspectives from Philosophy and the Social Sciences. Routledge

In his chapter ‘The Post-Work Imagination’, Frayne offers a possible reading of the term ‘post-work’ as a style of enquiry designed to puncture today’s job-centred societies, where all manner of economic, social and psychological functions are tied t... Read More about The Post-Work Imagination.

Reversing a one-track history: listening to minority voices at the intersections of gender, race, and intellectual disability (2024)
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This chapter applies Black feminist theoretical methodologies of intersectionality to post-colonial social work in the context of working with women with Intellectual Disabilities. A case study has been used to deconstruct the experiences of a young... Read More about Reversing a one-track history: listening to minority voices at the intersections of gender, race, and intellectual disability.

‘Child First’ and desistance (2024)
Book Chapter
Hazel, N., & Case, S. (2024). ‘Child First’ and desistance. In Desistance and Children (37-56). Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447369127.ch002

The neoliberal focus on crime reduction has meant that many youth justice systems see ‘desistance’ from crime as their primary goal. This chapter contends that their attempts to address children’s offending directly and literally has promoted a reduc... Read More about ‘Child First’ and desistance.

Islamophobia as Intersectional Phenomenon (2024)
Book Chapter
Ansari, S. N., & Patel, T. G. (2024). Islamophobia as Intersectional Phenomenon. In A. Easat-Daas, & I. Zempi (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia (11-27). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52022-8_2

The debate surrounding Muslim bodies and in particular Muslim women, continue to problematise dress typically associated with Islam, and in doing so question the agency of Muslim women. This chapter highlights how using an intersectional lens allows... Read More about Islamophobia as Intersectional Phenomenon.

Person-Centered Care in Breast Imaging (2024)
Book Chapter
Mercer, C. Person-Centered Care in Breast Imaging. In S. Chau, E. Hyde, K. Knapp, & C. Hayre (Eds.), Person-Centered Care in Radiology: International Perspectives on High-Quality Care. Routledge

This chapter seeks to open discussion about person centred approaches within breast services. It will focus on the uniqueness of the breast services practitioner who is involved in the care of the individual, often within their whole care journey. Th... Read More about Person-Centered Care in Breast Imaging.