Prof Louise Ackers' Outputs (36)

The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Sajith, R., Ackers, L., Ackers-Johnson, S., Parker, D. J., & Stephens, M. (2024). The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, Article 1465750. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1465750

Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the scope of existing practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mel... Read More about The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.

The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article

Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the scope of existing practice,
nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and
educational programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes me... Read More about The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.

Editorial: Transforming health and social education to include a greater focus on public health education in the curriculum (2023)
Journal Article
Brownie, S., Ackers, L., Murphy, G., & Shumba, C. (in press). Editorial: Transforming health and social education to include a greater focus on public health education in the curriculum. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1306124. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1306124

Frugal innovation in wound management within a low resource inpatient setting: a case series (2023)
Journal Article

This article highlights challenges of wound care in low resource settings, considering opportunities for frugal innovation and our experiences while creating virtual wound care clinics across two global communities. In addition, we will discuss four... Read More about Frugal innovation in wound management within a low resource inpatient setting: a case series.

Virtual volunteering: A collaborative prosthetics research project (2023)
Journal Article

An international multi-disciplinary team has demonstrated a low-carbon way for clinicians and scientists in the UK to engage with global health, and how their counterparts in low-resource settings can benefit from these exchanges of expertise.

Repair strategies for assistive technology in low resource settings (2023)
Journal Article

Purpose
To investigate the practices of repair that exist for users of mobility assistive products in low resource settings, as well as the psychosocial impact that the repair, or non-repair, of these devices has on users’ lives.

Materials and Me... Read More about Repair strategies for assistive technology in low resource settings.

Evaluation of the current status of prosthetic rehabilitation services for major limb loss: a descriptive study in Ugandan Referral hospitals (2023)
Journal Article
Mulwinda, B., Nalwoga, R. P., Mwaka, E. S., Kenney, L. P. J., Ackers, L., & Ssekitoleko, R. T. (2024). Evaluation of the current status of prosthetic rehabilitation services for major limb loss: a descriptive study in Ugandan Referral hospitals. Disability and Rehabilitation, 46(5), 969-978. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2188266

Background: Low-income-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) have a large
burden of major limb loss. No recent study has reported on Uganda’s state of
public sector prosthetics services. This study aimed to document the landscape of
major limb loss,... Read More about Evaluation of the current status of prosthetic rehabilitation services for major limb loss: a descriptive study in Ugandan Referral hospitals.

Piloting digital tools to understand cancer prevention in Uganda: a case study of cervical cancer prevention in Western Uganda (2022)
Thesis

Background
In Uganda cancer of the cervix is still a public health problem ranked as the leading cause of female cancer related deaths. According to the World Health Organisation (2018) Uganda has one of the highest incidence rates in the world est... Read More about Piloting digital tools to understand cancer prevention in Uganda: a case study of cervical cancer prevention in Western Uganda.

The lived experience of people with upper limb absence living in Uganda : a qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article

Background: The impact of upper limb absence on people’s lived experiences remains severely under-explored, particularly in African countries, with implications for policy and service design.

Objectives: explore the lived experiences of people wit... Read More about The lived experience of people with upper limb absence living in Uganda : a qualitative study.

An exploration of midwives' understanding of antibiotic resistance and stewardship in Uganda (2022)
Journal Article
Welsh, J., & Ackers, H. (2022). An exploration of midwives' understanding of antibiotic resistance and stewardship in Uganda. African journal of midwifery and women's health, 16(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.12968/ajmw.2020.0028

Background/Aims A shortage of healthcare professionals has led to task shifting. Antibiotic prescribing is one such task that has been informally shifted to midwives in Uganda. This study aimed to explore the understanding of Ugandan midwives about a... Read More about An exploration of midwives' understanding of antibiotic resistance and stewardship in Uganda.

Biosciences for antibiotic resistance : a mixed methods study assessing the level of knowledge and learning experiences among preregistration nursing students in Uganda (2021)
Thesis
Nantamu, M. Biosciences for antibiotic resistance : a mixed methods study assessing the level of knowledge and learning experiences among preregistration nursing students in Uganda. (Thesis). University of Salford

Biosciences form the basis on which our understanding of human biology and body functions is established. They guide nurses to detect risks to health and improve and sustain health through informed decisions. Task-shifting has expanded the scope of p... Read More about Biosciences for antibiotic resistance : a mixed methods study assessing the level of knowledge and learning experiences among preregistration nursing students in Uganda.

Human-centred design of a new microneedle-based hormonal contraceptive delivery system. (2021)
Journal Article

It is estimated that 225 million women worldwide have an unmet need for family planning, and more than half live in low- and middle-income countries. Increasing the choice of contraceptive methods available can reduce this unmet need. Microneedle dru... Read More about Human-centred design of a new microneedle-based hormonal contraceptive delivery system..

Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda (2021)
Journal Article

Tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is particularly challenging in low-resource settings such as Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FPRRH) in Western Uganda. Specific knowledge of local AMR epidemiology is required to inform evidence-based i... Read More about Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda.

‘Working for nothing?’ : how do students and graduates utilise unpaid work for career mobilities? (2021)
Thesis
Cunningham, E. ‘Working for nothing?’ : how do students and graduates utilise unpaid work for career mobilities?. (Thesis). University of Salford

A degree is no longer enough to guarantee graduate career success, so work experience increasingly provides a way to meet requirements of graduate employers. Such experience is often unpaid in the form of internships, work experience and volunteering... Read More about ‘Working for nothing?’ : how do students and graduates utilise unpaid work for career mobilities?.

Anti-microbial resistance in global perspective (2020)
Book
Ackers, L., Ackers Johnson, G., Welsh, J., Kibombo, D., & Opio, S. (2020). Anti-microbial resistance in global perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62662-4

This open access book provides an accessible introduction to the mechanics of international development and global health text for policy-makers and students across a wide range of disciplines. Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to the well-b... Read More about Anti-microbial resistance in global perspective.

Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda (2020)
Journal Article
Goodhead, I., Ackers, H., Birtles, R., & James, C. (2020). Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.20.371203

Tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is particularly challenging in low-resource settings such as Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FPRRH) in Western Uganda. Specific knowledge of local AMR epidemiology is required to inform evidence-based i... Read More about Antibiotic resistance profiles and population structure of disease-associated Staphylococcus aureus infecting patients in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda.

Opportunities and challenges for improving antimicrobial stewardship in low and middle income countries ; lessons learnt from the maternal sepsis intervention in Western Uganda (2020)
Journal Article

This paper presents findings from an action-research intervention designed to identify ways of improving antimicrobial stewardship in a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital. Building on an existing health partnership and extensive action-research on ma... Read More about Opportunities and challenges for improving antimicrobial stewardship in low and middle income countries ; lessons learnt from the maternal sepsis intervention in Western Uganda.

A questionnaire study of the negative outcomes for UK health professional volunteers in low and middle income countries (2020)
Journal Article
Tyler, N., Ackers, H., Ahmed, A., Byrne, G., & Byrne-Davis, L. (2020). A questionnaire study of the negative outcomes for UK health professional volunteers in low and middle income countries. BMJ Open, 10(6), e037647. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037647

Introduction: Past research has reported considerable benefits of international health professional volunteering for British healthcare professionals; however, there are also some negative outcomes reported. Negative outcomes reportedly happen on a p... Read More about A questionnaire study of the negative outcomes for UK health professional volunteers in low and middle income countries.

Enhancing skills to promote the utilization of medical laboratory equipment in low resource settings (2020)
Journal Article

Objective
This study was to demonstrate the efficacy of an intervention model involving on-going skills enhancement of users, Biomedical Engineers and Technicians (BMETs) in enhancing the utilization of medical laboratory equipment in low resource s... Read More about Enhancing skills to promote the utilization of medical laboratory equipment in low resource settings.

Optimising student learning on international placements in low income settings (2019)
Journal Article

This paper challenges the assumption that student visits to low resource settings inevitably promote the acquisition of cultural competence. Much of the literature and marketing rhetoric advocating the expansion of such ‘exposures’ lists numerous pos... Read More about Optimising student learning on international placements in low income settings.