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Putting child health at the centre of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (2025)
Report
Rowland, A., & Hastie, G. (2025). Putting child health at the centre of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

This report sets out the main themes of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and highlights its most significant aspects for children, young people and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) members. Children’s social care and sch... Read More about Putting child health at the centre of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Bridging the gap: enhancing orthopaedic outcomes through qualitative research integration (2024)
Journal Article
Mew, L. E., Heaslip, V., Immins, T., Ramasamy, A., & Wainwright, T. W. (2024). Bridging the gap: enhancing orthopaedic outcomes through qualitative research integration. Bone & Joint Open, 5(11), 953-961. https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.511.bjo-2024-0145.r1

Aims: The evidence base within trauma and orthopaedics has traditionally favoured quantitative research methodologies. Qualitative research can provide unique insights which illuminate patient experiences and perceptions of care. Qualitative methods... Read More about Bridging the gap: enhancing orthopaedic outcomes through qualitative research integration.

Family relations and children’s/young people’s mental health: the impact of separation from the birth family (2024)
Book Chapter
Heaslip, V. (2024). Family relations and children’s/young people’s mental health: the impact of separation from the birth family. In Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family. Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67106-7_2

Mental health is a key public health issue, due to the rising global mental illness pandemic. Many mental illnesses present in adults commenced before the age of 14, as such childhood and adolescence is an important time in terms of securing the foun... Read More about Family relations and children’s/young people’s mental health: the impact of separation from the birth family.

Bridging Bonds: Nurturing Mother-Child Connections Through Incarceration and Beyond (2024)
Book Chapter
Heaslip, V. (2024). Bridging Bonds: Nurturing Mother-Child Connections Through Incarceration and Beyond. In Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family. Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67106-7_15

This chapter delves into the intricate dynamics of the mother-child bond during and after maternal incarceration, using Ethiopia as its locus. It examines the various forms of contact—permanent, partial, and broken—between incarcerated mothers and th... Read More about Bridging Bonds: Nurturing Mother-Child Connections Through Incarceration and Beyond.

Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family (2024)
Book
Hean, S., Heaslip, V., Parker, J., & Tembjerg, P. (2024). Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family. Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67106-7



This edited volume explores a range of causes for separation of children and young people from family, the impact of these causes, and methods that both professionals and families may employ to build or rebuild these relations. In particular, con... Read More about Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family.

Situational learning from an examination of reunification in varied contexts (2024)
Book Chapter
Hean, S., Heaslip, V., Parker, J., & Tembjerg, P. (2024). Situational learning from an examination of reunification in varied contexts. In Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family (1-27). Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67106-7_1

There is universality and transferability in the impacts of family separations on children and their families. Exploring the similarities and differences in a variety of separation contexts is key to understanding child-parent separations, the impact... Read More about Situational learning from an examination of reunification in varied contexts.

Multi-theoretical perspectives on family relations building and practices (2024)
Book Chapter
Parker, J., Hean, S., Heaslip, V., Tembjerg, P., & Sosnowsks-Buxton, P. (2024). Multi-theoretical perspectives on family relations building and practices. In Rebuilding Family Relations for Children and Youth Separated from Family (43-71). Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67106-7_3

The current chapter explores a variety of useful theoretical perspectives with which to view and reframe the rebuilding and, where possible, the reunification process for families. We begin by offering a critique of psychological theories of attachme... Read More about Multi-theoretical perspectives on family relations building and practices.

The impact of interprofessional student training initiatives in older adults’ care home settings: A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Kelly, S., Stephens, M., Clark, A., Chesterton, L., & Hubbard, L. (2024). The impact of interprofessional student training initiatives in older adults’ care home settings: A scoping review. Educational Gerontology, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2024.2407201

Interprofessional education (IPE) initiatives, where students from multiple professions learn from, with and about each other, have been implemented in various care environments. However, no reviews have examined the impact they have in older adult’s... Read More about The impact of interprofessional student training initiatives in older adults’ care home settings: A scoping review.

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.

RCPCH responds to NSPCC’s corporal punishment data (2024)
Digital Artefact
Rowland, A., Fussey, E., & Kennedy, L. RCPCH responds to NSPCC’s corporal punishment data. [Online]

The negative health impacts of physical punishment in childhood are well documented, clear and need no further debate. Children who experience physical punishment are more likely to develop poorer mental health and are more likely to experience serio... Read More about RCPCH responds to NSPCC’s corporal punishment data.

Enablers and barriers to delivering person centred dementia care: Perceptions and experiences of diagnostic and therapeutic radiography practitioners. (2024)
Journal Article
Higgins, R., Spacey, A., & Innes, A. (2024). Enablers and barriers to delivering person centred dementia care: Perceptions and experiences of diagnostic and therapeutic radiography practitioners. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 55(3), Article 101441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2024.101441

There is a lack of evidence about the experiences of radiographers providing care to people living with dementia (PLWD). This study explored the perceptions and experiences of radiography practitioners when delivering person-centred dementia care (PC... Read More about Enablers and barriers to delivering person centred dementia care: Perceptions and experiences of diagnostic and therapeutic radiography practitioners..

Expressive suppression mediates the relationship between sleep quality and generalized anxiety symptomology (2024)
Journal Article
Bendall, R. C. A., Elton, S. N., & Hughes, A. T. L. (2024). Expressive suppression mediates the relationship between sleep quality and generalized anxiety symptomology. Scientific reports, 14(1), 13575. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63939-3

Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent worldwide mental health disorder, resulting in high societal costs. Emotion regulation and sleep quality are associated with the development of psychopathologies including anxiety. However, it is unknown wheth... Read More about Expressive suppression mediates the relationship between sleep quality and generalized anxiety symptomology.

Evaluation of a hybrid student placement counselling service (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Viliardos, L., & Roddy, J. (2024, May). Evaluation of a hybrid student placement counselling service. Paper presented at 30th BACP International Research Conference 2024 Enriching research, practice and policy with lived experience, Birmingham

The paper discusses a service evaluation of one TRaCCs clinic. The [anonymised for review] clinic has been collecting client data since September 2021 when all clients were seen remotely. Since 2022, the clinics have provided a hybrid service where... Read More about Evaluation of a hybrid student placement counselling service.

Investigating the long-term impact of interprofessional education (IPE) initiatives in care home settings (2024)
Report
Stephens, M., Kelly, S., Chadwick, A., Clark, A., Walker, S., & Chesterton, L. (2024). Investigating the long-term impact of interprofessional education (IPE) initiatives in care home settings. University of Salford: Health Education England

While emerging evidence suggests that IPE initiatives can have benefits in care homes, their lasting impact in this context remains unclear. This study investigated the long-term impact of IPE in five care homes in Greater Manchester, building upon a... Read More about Investigating the long-term impact of interprofessional education (IPE) initiatives in care home settings.

Child Protection - Update RCPCH Conference 2024 (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Fussey, E., & Rowland, A. (2024, March). Child Protection - Update RCPCH Conference 2024. Presented at Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Annual Conference 2024, Birmingham

Critically exploring public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape and the role of Green Social Prescribing (2023)
Book Chapter
Thompson, J., Howarth, M., Hardman, M., & Cook, P. (2023). Critically exploring public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape and the role of Green Social Prescribing. In Cultivated Therapeutic Landscapes. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003355731-9

This chapter explores the concept of, and presents the case for, public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape. We argue that the act of cultivating this landscape is a means by which to offer opportunity for wellness through access and interact... Read More about Critically exploring public realm greenspace as a therapeutic landscape and the role of Green Social Prescribing.