Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an indispensable tool in healthcare and research, with a growing demand for its services. The appeal of MRI stems from its non-ionizing radiation nature, ability to generate high-resolution images of internal organ... Read More about Cultivate Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods to Measure Markers of Health and Translate to Large Scale Cohort Studies.
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Understanding energy justice through lived experiences in Zimbabwe (2023)
Thesis
The study aims to understand energy justice through the lived experiences
of householders from Harare Metropolitan Province. In addition, the study
further explores the energy services and drivers of energy poverty rarely
accounted for within ener... Read More about Understanding energy justice through lived experiences in Zimbabwe.
Exploring the experiences and perceptions of patients awaiting rotator cuff repair surgery: an integrated qualitative study within the POWER pilot and feasibility trial (2023)
Journal Article
MOFFATT, M., Wade, J., Foster, N., & Littlewood, C. (2024). Exploring the experiences and perceptions of patients awaiting rotator cuff repair surgery: an integrated qualitative study within the POWER pilot and feasibility trial. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 69, 1--28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2023.102893Background: As waiting times for orthopaedic surgery increase, there have been calls to move from {\textquoteleft}waiting lists{\textquoteright} to {\textquoteleft}preparation lists{\textquoteright}, to better prepare patients for surgery. In this co... Read More about Exploring the experiences and perceptions of patients awaiting rotator cuff repair surgery: an integrated qualitative study within the POWER pilot and feasibility trial.
Ditch Age Assessments: Children Seeking Asylum and Refuge in the UK (2023)
Other
Rowland, A., Enver, S., Elizabeth, C., Fussey, E., Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, & Council, R. (2023). Ditch Age Assessments: Children Seeking Asylum and Refuge in the UKThe Home Office’s latest age assessment measures, announced in September 2023, will allow the use of scientific age assessment methods to estimate the age of children arriving in the UK. This would subject them to medical procedures that leading paed... Read More about Ditch Age Assessments: Children Seeking Asylum and Refuge in the UK.
Exercise instructors are not consistently implementing the strength component of the UK chief medical officers’ physical activity guidelines in their exercise prescription for older adults (2023)
Journal Article
Gluchowski, A., Bilsborough, H., McDermott, J., Hawley-Hague, H., & Todd, C. (2023). Exercise instructors are not consistently implementing the strength component of the UK chief medical officers’ physical activity guidelines in their exercise prescription for older adults. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 2432. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17289-wStrength training recommendations have been embedded within the UK’s Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines since 2011. There is limited evidence that these recommendations are used by exercise instructors in the community to underpin s... Read More about Exercise instructors are not consistently implementing the strength component of the UK chief medical officers’ physical activity guidelines in their exercise prescription for older adults.
Co- Creation in action: Curriculum design (2023)
Presentation / Conference
White, H., & Furber, C. (2023, December). Co- Creation in action: Curriculum design. Paper presented at Advance HE, Liverpool
Verbal Feedback Assessment: An Evaluation of a Novel Feedback Communication Strategy (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Singleton, G., & Furber, C. (2023, December). Verbal Feedback Assessment: An Evaluation of a Novel Feedback Communication Strategy. Paper presented at Advance HE, Liverpool
Clinimetrics of the Lanarkshire Oximetry Index for patients with leg ulcers: A systematic review and meta‐analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Wynn, M., Stephens, M., Pradeep, S., Clarke‐Cornwell, A. M., & Bianchi, J. (2023). Clinimetrics of the Lanarkshire Oximetry Index for patients with leg ulcers: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. International Wound Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.14519Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI) measurement has long been considered the gold standard of vascular assessment for people with lower limb ulceration. Despite this, only around 15% of patients in the United Kingdom who require an ABPI measurement... Read More about Clinimetrics of the Lanarkshire Oximetry Index for patients with leg ulcers: A systematic review and meta‐analysis.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on services for patients with chronic kidney disease: findings of a national survey of UK kidney centres (2023)
Journal Article
Background: Services for patients with kidney disease underwent radical adaptations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We undertook an online national survey of UK kidney centres to understand the nature, range, and degree of variation in these ch... Read More about Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on services for patients with chronic kidney disease: findings of a national survey of UK kidney centres.
FGM – health, law, education and sustainable goals through upstream and downstream approaches (2023)
Book Chapter
This chapter takes a health law and education perspective through consideration of two
significant projects. Firstly, one-to-one interviews with FGM survivors as part of a PhD thesis and
secondly, a community FGM education project. It is based on a... Read More about FGM – health, law, education and sustainable goals through upstream and downstream approaches.
An interview with Dr Michael Larkin (2023)
Journal Article
Larkin, M., Amos, I., & Williams, S. (2023). An interview with Dr Michael Larkin. #Journal not on list, QMiP Bulletin(36), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsqmip.2023.1.36.6Michael Larkin is a Reader in the School of Psychology at Aston University and is perhaps best known for his
contribution to the development of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Michael, along with co-authors
Jonathan Smith and Paul Flowe... Read More about An interview with Dr Michael Larkin.
Prescribing cascades (2023)
Journal Article
Robertson, D. (2023). Prescribing cascades. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 5(12), 498-499. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2023.5.12.498Deborah Robertson provides an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to non-medical prescribers. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided
Response To Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse Consultation (Two) - November 2023 (2023)
Report
Rowland, A., Fussey, E., & College of Paediatrics and Child Health, R. (2023). Response To Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse Consultation (Two) - November 2023. London: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child HealthIn November 2023, we responded to the Government's consultation on the introduction of Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse. This followed our response in August 2023 to the Government's call for evidence on Mandatory Reporting. We were disappoi... Read More about Response To Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse Consultation (Two) - November 2023.
The Kneeling Isometric Plantar Flexor Test: Preliminary Reliability and Feasibility in Professional Youth Football (2023)
Journal Article
McMahon, J. J., Ripley, N. J., Comfort, P., Robles-Palazón, F. J., Fahey, J. T., Badby, A. J., & Bramah, C. (2023). The Kneeling Isometric Plantar Flexor Test: Preliminary Reliability and Feasibility in Professional Youth Football. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 8(4), 164. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8040164Calf injuries are common in professional football; thus, the establishment of reliable and time-efficient methods of measuring the peak force capabilities of the plantar flexors with equipment that is accessible to football practitioners is valuable.... Read More about The Kneeling Isometric Plantar Flexor Test: Preliminary Reliability and Feasibility in Professional Youth Football.
Participant and workplace champion experiences of an intervention designed to reduce sitting time in desk-based workers: SMART work & life (2023)
Journal Article
Background: A cluster randomised controlled trial demonstrated the effectiveness of the SMART Work & Life (SWAL) behaviour change intervention, with and without a height-adjustable desk, for reducing sitting time in desk-based workers. Staff within o... Read More about Participant and workplace champion experiences of an intervention designed to reduce sitting time in desk-based workers: SMART work & life.
Influencing policy and practice through social science research evidence (2023)
Book Chapter
Scullion, L., Beck, D., Jones, K., Connors, C., Martin, P., Gibbons, A., & Hynes, C. (2023). Influencing policy and practice through social science research evidence. In C. Moraes, M. McEachern, & D. O'Loughlin (Eds.), Researching Poverty and Austerity: Theoretical approaches, methodologies and policy applications. RoutledgeIn this chapter, we contribute to debates about how social science research can influence policy and practice. We draw upon our own experiences as social policy researchers whose work focuses on poverty and social security to provide case studies of... Read More about Influencing policy and practice through social science research evidence.
Reflecting on Paraliminality as a Theoretical Lens to Understand Experiences of Food Insecurity (2023)
Book Chapter
Moraes, C., McEachern, M. G., Scullion, L., & Gibbons, A. (2023). Reflecting on Paraliminality as a Theoretical Lens to Understand Experiences of Food Insecurity. In C. Moraes, M. McEachern, & D. O'Loughlin (Eds.), Researching Poverty and Austerity: Theoretical Approaches, Methodologies and Policy Applications. RoutledgeIn this chapter we reflect on how theoretical perspectives, such as liminality, can be useful for researchers seeking to understand and alleviate lived experiences of poverty. We draw on how we deployed liminality theory in a recently published paper... Read More about Reflecting on Paraliminality as a Theoretical Lens to Understand Experiences of Food Insecurity.
Influencing policy and practice through social science research evidence (2023)
Book Chapter
Scullion, L., Beck, D., Jones, K., Connors, C., Martin, P., Gibbons, A., & Hynes, C. (2023). Influencing policy and practice through social science research evidence. In C. Moraes, M. McEachern, & D. O'Loughlin (Eds.), Researching Poverty and Austerity: Theoretical Approaches, Methodologies and Policy Applications. RoutledgeIn this chapter, we contribute to debates about how social science research can influence policy and practice. We draw upon our own experiences as social policy researchers whose work focuses on poverty and social security to provide case studies of... Read More about Influencing policy and practice through social science research evidence.
Mental health, quality of life and self-management behaviours: online evaluation of inflammatory arthritis patients over 1 year of COVID-19 lockdowns (2023)
Journal Article
Objective
Patients with inflammatory arthritis were especially vulnerable to the psychosocial and health impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the lockdowns. This study investigated the impact of these changes on mental health, physic... Read More about Mental health, quality of life and self-management behaviours: online evaluation of inflammatory arthritis patients over 1 year of COVID-19 lockdowns.