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City of segregation : one hundred years of struggle for housing in Los Angeles (2018)
Book
Gibbons, A. (2018). City of segregation : one hundred years of struggle for housing in Los Angeles. New York and London: Verso

Racism has been central to the way that the city of Los Angeles—and all US cities—have formed and grown. There is a long, ugly history of state-supported segregation, the violent local defence of white neighbourhood and racial boundaries with continu... Read More about City of segregation : one hundred years of struggle for housing in Los Angeles.

Gradual and shared immersion in virtual reality exposure therapy (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Roberts, D., Barrett, A., Landowska, A., & Roberts, D. (2018, September). Gradual and shared immersion in virtual reality exposure therapy. Presented at International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies, Nottingham, UK

The laminal space occupied by a PhD student teacher (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Davis, D. (2018, September). The laminal space occupied by a PhD student teacher. Presented at 29th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference, Churchill College, Cambridge

A PhD student teacher role is relegated to the status of a peripheral/marginal participant. Unlike their teaching peers, they do not have an acknowledged space nor a ‘teaching’ identity but a ubiquitous label of ‘student’. Moreover, their lack of eng... Read More about The laminal space occupied by a PhD student teacher.

Listening to black students… a critical review of practice education (2018)
Book Chapter
Hesk, G., McCaughan, S., & Stanley, A. (2018). Listening to black students… a critical review of practice education. In S. Taplin (Ed.), Innovations in Practice Learning. St Albans, UK: Critical Publishing

In Higher Education Institutions we embrace the notion of having a diverse and international presence in our Universities, the University of Salford strives towards, ‘Aligning our offer to best support students to secure a place at the University and... Read More about Listening to black students… a critical review of practice education.

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, insulin like growth factor-1 and inflammatory cytokine responses to continuous and intermittent exercise in patients with type 1 diabetes. (2018)
Journal Article
Żebrowska, A., Hall, B., Maszczyk, A., Banaś, R., & Urban, J. (2018). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, insulin like growth factor-1 and inflammatory cytokine responses to continuous and intermittent exercise in patients with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 144, 126-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2018.08.018

Aims Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an important risk factor for cognitive decline and motor dysfunction due to progressive muscular atrophy. Chronic hyperglycemia may be responsible for impaired vascular function, loss of muscle mass, and morp... Read More about Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, insulin like growth factor-1 and inflammatory cytokine responses to continuous and intermittent exercise in patients with type 1 diabetes..

A mixed methods investigation of an online intervention to facilitate student midwives’ engagement in effective conversations about weight-related behaviour change with pregnant women (2018)
Journal Article
Hart, J., Furber, C., Chisholm, A., Aspinall, S., Lucas, C., Runswick, E., …Peters, S. (2018). A mixed methods investigation of an online intervention to facilitate student midwives’ engagement in effective conversations about weight-related behaviour change with pregnant women. Midwifery, 63, 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.05.001

Objective (1) To identify whether an online training intervention could increase midwifery students’ knowledge of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) and intentions to use them in practice. (2) To identify students’ views and current experiences of t... Read More about A mixed methods investigation of an online intervention to facilitate student midwives’ engagement in effective conversations about weight-related behaviour change with pregnant women.

Civil and forensic patients : comparing demographics, risk factors, and negative life events (2018)
Journal Article
Laser-Maira, J., Petersen, G., Stephens, H., & Peach, D. (2018). Civil and forensic patients : comparing demographics, risk factors, and negative life events. Sociální práce (On-line), 7, 76-86

OBJECTIVES: This investigation centres on how the mentally ill with a forensic admission compare to the mentally ill with a civil admission, and investigates who inpatients with a forensic and civil admission are, and how the risk factors and negativ... Read More about Civil and forensic patients : comparing demographics, risk factors, and negative life events.

Do educational interventions aimed at nurses to support the implementation of evidence-based practice improve patient outcomes? A systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Wu, Y., Brettle, A., Zhou, C., Ou, J., Wang, Y., & Wang, S. (2018). Do educational interventions aimed at nurses to support the implementation of evidence-based practice improve patient outcomes? A systematic review. Nurse Education Today, 70, 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2018.08.026

Background: Numerous articles have sought to identify the impact of educational interventions for improving evidence-based practice (EBP) amongst nurses, most of these focus on skills and knowledge acquired. No systematic review has explored whether... Read More about Do educational interventions aimed at nurses to support the implementation of evidence-based practice improve patient outcomes? A systematic review.

Logging therapy session data via an upper limb FES rehabilitation system (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Sun, M., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Smith, C., Waring, K., & Luckie, H. (2018, August). Logging therapy session data via an upper limb FES rehabilitation system. Presented at Annual Conference of the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society, Nottwil, Switzerland

This paper reports on an approach to capturing real-time therapy session data using an upper limb functional electrical stimulation (FES) system to support our under-standing of its usability in clinical environments and to record therapy delivered.... Read More about Logging therapy session data via an upper limb FES rehabilitation system.

Supporting fathers who want to be involved in providing healthcare for their child (2018)
Journal Article
Laws, T. (2018). Supporting fathers who want to be involved in providing healthcare for their child. Nursing Children and Young People, 30(6), https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2018.e1069

An increasing number of fathers want to be involved in providing healthcare for their child. Nurses endeavouring to include fathers in care are hindered by a lack of evidence-based guidelines outlining how best to engage with, educate and upskill thi... Read More about Supporting fathers who want to be involved in providing healthcare for their child.

Dentists' perceptions of smart phone use in the clinical environment (2018)
Journal Article
Wright, S., Crofts, G., Ucer, T., & Speechley, S. (2018). Dentists' perceptions of smart phone use in the clinical environment. British Dental Journal, 225(4), 320-324. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2018.642

Objective To determine the use of smart phones in clinical practice and to determine the perceived impact on patient safety. Study design A closed questionnaire survey with an exploratory open question. Setting, materials and methods A... Read More about Dentists' perceptions of smart phone use in the clinical environment.

Strength-endurance training reduces the hamstrings strength decline following simulated football competition in female players (2018)
Journal Article
Delextrat, A., Piquet, J., Matthews, M., & Cohen, D. (2018). Strength-endurance training reduces the hamstrings strength decline following simulated football competition in female players. Frontiers in Physiology, 9(1059), https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01059

Hamstring strains are the most common injury in multiple sprint sports, with inadequate eccentric hamstring strength and fatigue identified as important risk factors. Resistance training interventions aimed at reducing injury risk typically focus on... Read More about Strength-endurance training reduces the hamstrings strength decline following simulated football competition in female players.

Intersectionality in social work : activism and practice in context (2018)
Other
(2018). Intersectionality in social work : activism and practice in context. Abingdon

This ground breaking book is an innovative, passionate and provocative exploration of intersectionality. The sustained emphasis on activism and practice reasserts the potency of intersectionality borne out of Black feminism. The rare and pioneering i... Read More about Intersectionality in social work : activism and practice in context.

Textual practice as intersectional practice : situated caste and gender knowledge in India (2018)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S., & Rekha, S. (2018). Textual practice as intersectional practice : situated caste and gender knowledge in India. In S. Nayak, & R. Robbins (Eds.), Intersectionality in Social Work : Activism and Practice in Context (9-22). Abingdon: Routledge

Literary texts are marked with multi-layered, interdependent sensibilities that challenge binary positions of social conditioning. Literary texts, both in terms of composition and content are intersectional. Thus, the practice of writing and reading... Read More about Textual practice as intersectional practice : situated caste and gender knowledge in India.

Contextual intersectionality (2018)
Book Chapter
Nayak, S., Montenegro, M., & Pujol, J. (2018). Contextual intersectionality. In S. Nayak, & R. Robbins (Eds.), Intersectionality in Social Work : Activism and Practice in Context (230-250). Abingdon: Routledge

This chapter is structured by a series of questions that could be used as a social work framework for critical intersectional reflexivity. Applying a contextual intersectional lens to issues of social justice in the Spanish context, foregrounds issu... Read More about Contextual intersectionality.

A liftless intervention to prevent preterm birth and low birthweight among pregnant Ghanaian women : protocol of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial (2018)
Journal Article
Kwegyir-Afful, E., Verbeek, J., Aziato, L., Seffah, J., & Räsänen, K. (2018). A liftless intervention to prevent preterm birth and low birthweight among pregnant Ghanaian women : protocol of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 7(8), e10095. https://doi.org/10.2196/10095

Background: Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Every year, 20 million babies are born with low birthweight (LBW), about 96% of which occur in low-income countries. Despite the associated dangers, in ab... Read More about A liftless intervention to prevent preterm birth and low birthweight among pregnant Ghanaian women : protocol of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.

'They like you to pretend to be something you are not' : an exploration of working with the intersections of gender, sexuality, 'race', religion and 'refugeeness', through the experience of Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) members and volunteers (2018)
Book Chapter
Held, N., & McCarthy, K. (2018). 'They like you to pretend to be something you are not' : an exploration of working with the intersections of gender, sexuality, 'race', religion and 'refugeeness', through the experience of Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) members and volunteers. In S. Nayak, & R. Robbins (Eds.), Intersectionality in social work : activism and practice in context (142-155). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315210810-11

This chapter looks at the intersections of gender, sexuality, ‘race’, religion and ‘refugeeness’. By drawing on research conducted with members of the Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) in Manchester, it discusses current issues faced by bisexu... Read More about 'They like you to pretend to be something you are not' : an exploration of working with the intersections of gender, sexuality, 'race', religion and 'refugeeness', through the experience of Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) members and volunteers.

Determining and updating PET/CT and SPECT/CT diagnostic reference levels : a systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Alkhybari, E., McEntee, M., Brennan, P., Willowson, K., Hogg, P., & Kench, P. (2018). Determining and updating PET/CT and SPECT/CT diagnostic reference levels : a systematic review. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 182(4), 532-545. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncy113

The aim of this systematic review is to investigate the national diagnostic reference level (NDRL) methods for positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and single photon emission tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) procedures.... Read More about Determining and updating PET/CT and SPECT/CT diagnostic reference levels : a systematic review.