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Reducing the risk of seating acquired pressure ulcers: An update on the society of tissue viability clinical guide. (2024)
Journal Article

Colleagues from the Society of Tissue Viability have drafted the latest version of a seating guidelines, titled ‘Understanding the association between pressure ulcers and sitting in adults: What does it mean for all of us?’ The Seating guidelines for... Read More about Reducing the risk of seating acquired pressure ulcers: An update on the society of tissue viability clinical guide..

Risk and resistance: Ageing in the charity retail sector (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S. (2024, October). Risk and resistance: Ageing in the charity retail sector. Poster presented at Irish Gerontological Society Annual and Scientific Meeting 2024, Athlone, Ireland

Background
Charity shops have long been found to promote sociability, nurture experiences of belonging and act as spaces for community, caring and well-being. Older people remain likely to participate in this setting and charity shop volunteering is... Read More about Risk and resistance: Ageing in the charity retail sector.

Remote healthcare (2024)
Journal Article
Robertson, D. (2024). Remote healthcare. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 6(10), 408-411. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2024.0015

Deborah 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

Can 3-year-old children learn verbs using an educational touchscreen app? (2024)
Journal Article
Taylor, G., Westermann, G., & Monaghan, P. (in press). Can 3-year-old children learn verbs using an educational touchscreen app?. Frontiers, 2, 1429845. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdpys.2024.1429845

Introduction: Research demonstrates that children can learn nouns using touchscreen apps, however there has been less attention to whether apps can also promote verb learning. In addition, only a few studies have investigated the role of adult-child... Read More about Can 3-year-old children learn verbs using an educational touchscreen app?.

A systematic review and network meta-analysis on the effectiveness of exercise-based interventions for reducing the injury incidence in youth team-sport players. Part 1: an analysis by classical training components (2024)
Journal Article
Robles-Palazón, F. J., Blázquez-Rincón, D., López-Valenciano, A., Comfort, P., López-López, J. A., & Ayala, F. (in press). A systematic review and network meta-analysis on the effectiveness of exercise-based interventions for reducing the injury incidence in youth team-sport players. Part 1: an analysis by classical training components. Annals of Medicine, 56(1), Article 2408457. https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2024.2408457

Objectives: the primary purposes were (a) to estimate the pooled effects of injury prevention
programs (iPPs) on reducing overall and some specific body regions (lower extremity, thigh, knee,
and ankle) injury incidence rates (iiRs) and (b) to comp... Read More about A systematic review and network meta-analysis on the effectiveness of exercise-based interventions for reducing the injury incidence in youth team-sport players. Part 1: an analysis by classical training components.

A pilot project to explore the mental health and wellbeing among cardiothoracic staff and the impact of virtual reality guided mindfulness (2024)
Journal Article

Background: The Cardio-Thoracic (CT) professional group experienced a significant increase in stress and workload during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) in Great Britain and Ireland with the aim of endor... Read More about A pilot project to explore the mental health and wellbeing among cardiothoracic staff and the impact of virtual reality guided mindfulness.

A qualitative study of nurse participation in global health in the English NHS: participation, interest, and barriers to participation (2024)
Journal Article
Hinds, R., Goldstone, R., McCarthy, R., Byrne, G., & Keen, D. (in press). A qualitative study of nurse participation in global health in the English NHS: participation, interest, and barriers to participation. BMC Nursing, 23, Article 707. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02217-z

Background: Nurses contribute to the largest demographic of the healthcare workforce. However, given current global shortages of workforce capacity, this often leads to limited capacity to engage in extracurricular educational developments beyond the... Read More about A qualitative study of nurse participation in global health in the English NHS: participation, interest, and barriers to participation.

Promoting equity in community nursing (2024)
Journal Article
Heaslip, V., Parker, J., & Marshall, K. (2024). Promoting equity in community nursing. #Journal not on list, 26, Article 100229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcar.2024.100229

The Covid-19 pandemic illuminated the health inequities that occur both in the UK and globally. Ultimately where individuals live, work and how they live has a major impact on the length of their life as well as the number of years living in illness.... Read More about Promoting equity in community nursing.

High-Velocity Low-Amplitude Techniques for the Management of Discogenic Lumbosacral Radicular Syndrome: A Systematic Review (2024)
Journal Article

Objective
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of high-velocity low-amplitude techniques (HVLATs) on discogenic lumbosacral radicular syndrome (LSRS).
Methods
This was a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).... Read More about High-Velocity Low-Amplitude Techniques for the Management of Discogenic Lumbosacral Radicular Syndrome: A Systematic Review.

Police engagement with football fans online during the English 2022/23 season (2024)
Journal Article
Ralph, L., Aitken, A., & Robinson, P. (in press). Police engagement with football fans online during the English 2022/23 season. Policing, 18, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae102

Dialogue policing favours constructive forms of police-fan engagement, and there is overwhelming evidence that it leads to greater trust and self-regulation behaviours amongst fans. However, little is known about if and how dialogue policing can be f... Read More about Police engagement with football fans online during the English 2022/23 season.

Digital Psychotherapies for Adults Experiencing Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Depression affects 5% of adults and it is a major cause of disability worldwide. Digital psychotherapies offer an accessible solution addressing this issue. This systematic review examines a spectrum of digital psychotherapies for depress... Read More about Digital Psychotherapies for Adults Experiencing Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The effectiveness of massage on pain, external knee adduction moment, and muscle Co-contraction in individuals with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis (2024)
Journal Article

The pain, external knee adduction moment (EKAM), and muscle co-contraction are increased in knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Massage therapy decreases pain in KOA, yet KOA is a mechanical disease and biomechanical changes need to be investigated as well. T... Read More about The effectiveness of massage on pain, external knee adduction moment, and muscle Co-contraction in individuals with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis.

The Resilience Hub approach for addressing mental health of health and social care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods evaluation. (2024)
Journal Article

Resilience Hubs provide mental health screening, facilitation of access and direct provision of psychosocial support for health and social care keyworkers in England affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. To explore implementation of the... Read More about The Resilience Hub approach for addressing mental health of health and social care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods evaluation..

An ‘alcohol health champions’ intervention to reduce alcohol harm in local communities: a mixed-methods evaluation of a natural experiment (2024)
Journal Article

Background Globally alcohol consumption is a leading risk factor for premature death and disability and is associated with crime, social and economic consequences. Local communities may be able to play a role in addressing alcohol-related issues in t... Read More about An ‘alcohol health champions’ intervention to reduce alcohol harm in local communities: a mixed-methods evaluation of a natural experiment.

121 The effectiveness and acceptability of physical activity interventions amongst older adults from socioeconomically deprived groups: A mixed methods systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Harris, D., Dlima, S., Gluchowski, A., Hall, A., & Munford, L. (in press). 121 The effectiveness and acceptability of physical activity interventions amongst older adults from socioeconomically deprived groups: A mixed methods systematic review. European Journal of Public Health, 34(Supplement_2), ckae114.112. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae114.112

Purpose: Socioeconomically deprived older adults are less active compared to older adults who experience less socioeconomic deprivation. However, there is a paucity of evidence as to whether existing physical activity interventions are appropriate fo... Read More about 121 The effectiveness and acceptability of physical activity interventions amongst older adults from socioeconomically deprived groups: A mixed methods systematic review.