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‘Acting as a good parent would’? Psychosocial support for parents in a children’s hospital (2005)
Journal Article
Sudbery, J., & Alenkinship, A. (2005). ‘Acting as a good parent would’? Psychosocial support for parents in a children’s hospital. Journal of Social Work Practice, 19(1), 43-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650530500071936

In a children’s hospital, the primary responsibility of attending to the physical wellbeing of the child also requires skilled attention to the needs of parents or other family members.This paper draws on the experience of a hospital-based support se... Read More about ‘Acting as a good parent would’? Psychosocial support for parents in a children’s hospital.

Access to exercise referral schemes – a population based analysis (2005)
Journal Article
Harrison, R., McNair, F., & Dugdill, L. (2005). Access to exercise referral schemes – a population based analysis. Journal of Public Health, 27(4), 326-330. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdi048

Background Sedentary behaviour is a public health priority in many countries. Hundreds of community-based exercise referral schemes have been established in Europe and USA, to increase physical activity. Experimental evidence questions the effecti... Read More about Access to exercise referral schemes – a population based analysis.

The effects of early rheumatoid arthritis on dominant and non-dominant hand impairment and function (2005)
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Adams, A., Burridge, J., Hammond, A., & Cooper, C. (2005). The effects of early rheumatoid arthritis on dominant and non-dominant hand impairment and function. British journal of hand therapy, 10(3/4), 93-97

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is defined as a symmetrical disease yet there is evidence that hand joint damage sustained in RA is related to use, and hand dominance could affect the degree of structural impairment evident in the wrist and hand. This expl... Read More about The effects of early rheumatoid arthritis on dominant and non-dominant hand impairment and function.

Significant familial differences in the frequency of abortion and Toxoplasma gondii infection within a flock of Charollais sheep (2005)
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a flock of Charollais sheep. Parasitology, 131, 181-185. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182005007614

A study was carried out to investigate the frequencies of abortion and congenital Toxoplasma gondii infection within 27 families (765 individuals) of a pedigree Charollais sheep flock maintained on a working farm in Worcestershire, UK, since 1992.... Read More about Significant familial differences in the frequency of abortion and Toxoplasma gondii infection within a flock of Charollais sheep.

Use of proton pump inhibitors: an exploration of the attitudes, knowledge and perceptions of general practitioners (2005)
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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.

The virtual society (2005)
Journal Article
Morris, H. (2005). The virtual society. British Journal of Sociology, 56(4), 676-677

Beliefs about medications: a questionnaire survey of people with rheumatoid arthritis (2005)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Progressing the rights to light debate: Part 2: the grumble point revisited (2005)
Journal Article
Chynoweth, P. (2005). Progressing the rights to light debate: Part 2: the grumble point revisited. Structural survey, 23(4), 251. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800510630439

Purpose - The paper examines the origins of the so-called "grumble point" (a sky factor of 0.2 per cent) as the measure of daylight adequacy in rights to light disputes. It seeks to identify the rationale, and underlying scientific basis, for the ado... Read More about Progressing the rights to light debate: Part 2: the grumble point revisited.

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)
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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)
Journal Article
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.