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Use of proton pump inhibitors: an exploration of the attitudes, knowledge and perceptions of general practitioners (2005)
Journal Article
Raghunath, A., Hungin, A., Cornford, C., & Featherstone, V. (2005). Use of proton pump inhibitors: an exploration of the attitudes, knowledge and perceptions of general practitioners. Digestion, 72(4), 212-218

BACKGROUND/AIM: Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) prescribing is costly. The volume of PPI prescription is also increasing, despite little evidence that would justify the increase. General practitioners (GPs) are largely responsible for PPI prescribing, ye... Read More about Use of proton pump inhibitors: an exploration of the attitudes, knowledge and perceptions of general practitioners.

Beliefs about medications: a questionnaire survey of people with rheumatoid arthritis (2005)
Journal Article
Neame, R., & Hammond, A. (2005). Beliefs about medications: a questionnaire survey of people with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, 44(6), 762. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keh587

Objectives. To investigate beliefs about medications held by people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), what factors are related to these specific medication beliefs, and whether these beliefs influence adherence. Methods. The design was a cross-secti... Read More about Beliefs about medications: a questionnaire survey of people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Getting evidence into practice: Implementing a behavioural joint protection education programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis (2005)
Journal Article
Hammond, A., & Klompenhouwer, P. (2005). Getting evidence into practice: Implementing a behavioural joint protection education programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68(1), 25-33

Researchers must disseminate their research findings, but this alone is often insufficient to change practice. To improve research implementation by rheumatology occupational therapists, a 2-day training course for changing joint protection practice... Read More about Getting evidence into practice: Implementing a behavioural joint protection education programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Self-reported hand functional ability measured by the DASH in individuals with early rheumatoid arthritis (2005)
Journal Article
Adams, J., Burridge, J., Mullee, M., Hammond, A., & Cooper, C. (2005). Self-reported hand functional ability measured by the DASH in individuals with early rheumatoid arthritis. British journal of hand therapy, 10, 21-24

Self-report accounts of functional ability are important for clinicians to gain insight into individuals' perspectives of the personal impact of injury or disease. This short report describes a study of self-report upper limb ability using the Disabi... Read More about Self-reported hand functional ability measured by the DASH in individuals with early rheumatoid arthritis.

Gait analysis in a challenging environment differentiates between fallers and non-fallers among older patients with peripheral neuropathy (2005)
Journal Article
Richardson, J., Thies, S., DeMott, T., & Ashton-Miller, J. (2005). Gait analysis in a challenging environment differentiates between fallers and non-fallers among older patients with peripheral neuropathy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 86(8), 1539-1544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2004.12.032

Objective: To identify differences in gait based on fall history among a group of older subjects with peripheral neuropathy (PN) in 2 environments: standard (SE) (smooth surface, normal lighting) and challenging (CE) (irregular surface, low lighting... Read More about Gait analysis in a challenging environment differentiates between fallers and non-fallers among older patients with peripheral neuropathy.

Governance, forced migration and welfare (2005)
Journal Article
Dwyer, P. (2005). Governance, forced migration and welfare. Social Policy and Administration, 39(6), 622-639. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2005.00460.x

This paper explores the welfare of forced migrants (i.e. refugees, asylum-seekers, those with humanitarian leave to remain, and “failed asylum-seekers/overstayers”) at three linked levels. First, it considers the governance of forced migrants at a su... Read More about Governance, forced migration and welfare.

Meeting basic needs? Forced migrants and welfare (2005)
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Dwyer, P., & Brown, D. (2005). Meeting basic needs? Forced migrants and welfare. Social Policy and Society, 4(4), 369-380. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746405002538

As the number of forced migrants entering Britain has risen, increasingly restrictive immigration and asylum policy has been introduced. Simultaneously, successive governments have sought to limit the welfare entitlements of forced migrants. Drawin... Read More about Meeting basic needs? Forced migrants and welfare.

The new local governance of community safety in England and Wales (2005)
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Hope, T. (2005). The new local governance of community safety in England and Wales. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice / Revue canadienne de criminologie et de justice pénale, 47(2), 369-388

This article provides an overview and assessment, since 1997, of the "New Labour" government's reforms and policies of crime prevention and community safety in England and Wales. It reviews developments since the Crime and Disorder Act, 1998, and ass... Read More about The new local governance of community safety in England and Wales.

The usefulness of oral life (hi)story to understand and empower: the case of trans-racial adoption (2005)
Journal Article
Patel, T. (2005). The usefulness of oral life (hi)story to understand and empower: the case of trans-racial adoption. Qualitative Social Work, 4(3), 327-345. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325005055601

The article considers the usefulness of the oral life (hi)story approach, and in particular its qualitative method of interviewing, to researching social work issues such as trans-racial adoption. In providing clarification on the decision to use the... Read More about The usefulness of oral life (hi)story to understand and empower: the case of trans-racial adoption.

Measuring social influence of a senior midwife on decision-making in maternity care : an experimental study (2005)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C., & Bull, P. (2005). Measuring social influence of a senior midwife on decision-making in maternity care : an experimental study. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 15, 120-126. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.808

The document Changing Childbirth produced by the Department of Health (1993) requests provision of more choice, continuity and control for women during pregnancy and childbirth. In this context this study considers whether midwives’decisions are infl... Read More about Measuring social influence of a senior midwife on decision-making in maternity care : an experimental study.

Redefining biomechanics of the foot and ankle (2005)
Journal Article
Nester, C., Findlow, A., Liu, A., Ward, E., & Cocheba, J. (2005). Redefining biomechanics of the foot and ankle. Podiatry today, 18(10), 52-62

When it comes to the load-bearing joints of the lower limb, the foot is the least understood. This stems from the fact that its size is a major barrier to quality scientific investigation but is also partly due to the the misconception that its funct... Read More about Redefining biomechanics of the foot and ankle.

The effects of a neoprene sleeve on knee joint position sense (2005)
Journal Article
Herrington, L., Simmonds, C., & Hatcher, J. (2005). The effects of a neoprene sleeve on knee joint position sense. Research in Sports Medicine, 13(1), 37-46

The aims of the study were, first, to assess the effect of a neoprene knee brace on proprioceptive acuity of normal subjects and, second, to assess the relationships between a variety of tests of proprioceptive acuity. Twenty healthy, physically acti... Read More about The effects of a neoprene sleeve on knee joint position sense.