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Networks among retired British Women in the Costa Blanca : insiders, outsiders, ‘club capital’ and ‘limited liability'
Journal Article
insiders, outsiders, ‘club capital’ and ‘limited liability'. Urbanities - Journal of Urban Ethnography, 2(2), 95-112

Much has been written on the subject of Intra-European retirement migration spanning a range of disciplines including social policy, sociology, geography, migration studies, tourism, social gerontology, sociology and anthropology. Such movement — p... Read More about Networks among retired British Women in the Costa Blanca : insiders, outsiders, ‘club capital’ and ‘limited liability'.

Being believed and beleiving in: the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain
Thesis
Howarth, M. Being believed and beleiving in: the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain. (Thesis). University of Salford

Chronic back pain is an under researched area; the complexities of unseen pain in particular, present challenges to the sociological assumptions made about the concept of ‘sickness’. The lack of ‘visible’ signs and symptoms means that some people are... Read More about Being believed and beleiving in: the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain.

The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change
Journal Article
Woods, R., Fernandez, A., & Coen, S. The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change. Public Understanding of Science, 21(3), 323-339. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662510385061

British newspapers have denigrated anthropogenic climate change by misrepresenting scientific consensus and/or framing climate change within unsympathetic discourses. One aspect of the latter that has not been studied is the use of metaphor to dispar... Read More about The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change.

Systematic and just: The use of a systematic review methodology in social work research
Journal Article
Kelly, C. Systematic and just: The use of a systematic review methodology in social work research. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 15(3), 72-85. https://doi.org/10.1921/095352212X657544

This discussion paper is based on my experiences with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) on a 12 day placement as part of the Research Development Initiative 4 (RDI4) program. Claims and counter claims are made about the appropriateness... Read More about Systematic and just: The use of a systematic review methodology in social work research.

Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), technical report 5: analysis of the social survey findings
Report
Condie, J., & Steele, A. Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), technical report 5: analysis of the social survey findings

Social survey questionnaires were carried out with 1431 residents in order to explore the human response to vibration in residential environments. Three different sources of vibration were investigated – railways (931 respondents), construction activ... Read More about Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), technical report 5: analysis of the social survey findings.

An investigation into whether the level of experience affects the way that CMHNs assess the level of risk from clients
Thesis
way that CMHNs assess the level of risk from clients. (Dissertation). Manchester Metropolitan University

This was a small scale study that focussed on whether the level of experience affected the way that Community Mental Health Nurses (CMHN) assessed the risk of violence from their clients. Ethical approval was gained and 22 participants took part in... Read More about An investigation into whether the level of experience affects the way that CMHNs assess the level of risk from clients.

Writing for publication
Presentation / Conference
Wray, J. Writing for publication. Presented at Middle East 2nd ObsGyne Congress, Dubai UAE

Day surgery patients' perceptions of risk : a qualitative research study
Journal Article
Mottram, A. Day surgery patients' perceptions of risk : a qualitative research study. Ambulatory Surgery, 17(4), 69-73

Aim: The aim of the study was to gain new insight into the perceptions of day surgery patients. Method: 145 patients aged 18-70 years and 100 carers were recruited from the pre-operative assessment clinics in 2 public hospitals in the United Kingdo... Read More about Day surgery patients' perceptions of risk : a qualitative research study.

In vivo study of foot kinematics using a walking simulator
Presentation / Conference
Liu, A., Nester, C., Ward, E., Howard, D., Cocheba, J., Derrick, T., & Patterson, P. In vivo study of foot kinematics using a walking simulator. Presented at Salford’s 3rd International Conference on Biomechanics of the Lower Limb in Health Disease and Rehabilitation, Salford

Foot kinematics during walking measured using bone and surface mounted markers
Presentation / Conference
Nester, C., Jones, R., Liu, A., Howard, D., Lundberg, A., Arndt, A., …Wolf, P. Foot kinematics during walking measured using bone and surface mounted markers. Presented at Salford’s 4th International Conference on Biomechanics of the Lower Limb in Health Disease and Rehabilitation, Salford

Energy efficient clawar machines - implications for design and control
Presentation / Conference
Howard, D., Jiang, W., Karusi, S., & Liu, A. Energy efficient clawar machines - implications for design and control. Presented at Twelfth International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, Istanbul, Turkey