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A report on the health and social care listening event
Report
Williamson, T., Ball, E., Choucri, L., Collier, E., Devitt, P., Franks, H., …Yates-Bolton, N. (2011). A report on the health and social care listening event

The purpose of the Listening Event was to enable a wide range of people, including professionals working in statutory, voluntary and other organisations and members of the public, to ‘have a say’ about health and social care and what we as a Universi... Read More about A report on the health and social care listening event.

Developing and evaluating a logical ontology for mediating between nursing intervention terminology systems
Journal Article
Hardiker, N. Developing and evaluating a logical ontology for mediating between nursing intervention terminology systems. Methods of Information in Medicine, 42(3), 265-270

Objectives - Several researchers have proposed the use of logical ontologies as ‘reference terminologies’. However, there are a number of unresolved issues. This article describes the development of a logical ontology for nursing interventions and pr... Read More about Developing and evaluating a logical ontology for mediating between nursing intervention terminology systems.

Acupuncture in the treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN) – a pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
Presentation / Conference
Garrow, A., Vere, J., Verrall, B., Wang, L., Xing, M., & Jude, E. Acupuncture in the treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN) – a pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Painful Diabetic Neuropathy is a distressing and disabling complication of diabetes mellitus commonly associated with pain, sleep disturbance and poor quality of life. Current treatment is mainly pharmacological, which can be beneficial, but in many... Read More about Acupuncture in the treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (PDN) – a pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT).

Older parents of people who have a learning disability : perceptions of future accomodation needs
Journal Article
Davys, D., & Haigh, C. Older parents of people who have a learning disability : perceptions of future accomodation needs. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 36(1), 66-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3156.2007.00447.x

The aim of this qualitative study was to provide an insight into the perceptions of older parents of learning disabled people on the future accommodation needs of their adult children. Semi-structured interviews were used to seek parental awareness... Read More about Older parents of people who have a learning disability : perceptions of future accomodation needs.

A comparison of feature extraction methods for the classification of dynamic activities from accelerometer data
Journal Article
Preece, S., Goulermas, J., Kenney, L., & Howard, D. A comparison of feature extraction methods for the classification of dynamic activities from accelerometer data. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 56, 871-879

Driven by the demands on healthcare resulting from the shift toward more sedentary lifestyles, considerable effort has been devoted to the monitoring and classification of human activity. In previous studies, various classification schemes and featur... Read More about A comparison of feature extraction methods for the classification of dynamic activities from accelerometer data.

'Like a trip to McDonalds': A grounded theory study of patient experiences of day surgery
Journal Article
Mottram, A. 'Like a trip to McDonalds': A grounded theory study of patient experiences of day surgery. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 48(2), 165-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.07.007

Background: The amount and complexity of (ambulatory) day surgery is rapidly expanding internationally. Nurses have a responsibility to provide quality care for day surgery patients. To do this they must understand all aspects of the patient experien... Read More about 'Like a trip to McDonalds': A grounded theory study of patient experiences of day surgery.

Invited speaker to NHS England Health Champion’s Network entitled ‘Women’s Wellbeing at Work across the Lifecourse: a focus on the Menopause’.
Presentation / Conference
Edge, C. Invited speaker to NHS England Health Champion’s Network entitled ‘Women’s Wellbeing at Work across the Lifecourse: a focus on the Menopause’

I was invited to talk to a network of health champions (approximately 400 in attendance) for NHS England presenting preliminarily findings from a systematic review in progress and findings from the network I lead exploring women's workplace wellbeing... Read More about Invited speaker to NHS England Health Champion’s Network entitled ‘Women’s Wellbeing at Work across the Lifecourse: a focus on the Menopause’..