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The impact of a school-based, nurse-delivered asthma health education programme on quality of life, knowledge and attitudes of Saudi children with asthma (2020)
Journal Article
Alreshidi, N., Livesley, J., Al-Kalaldeh, M., & Long, T. (2020). The impact of a school-based, nurse-delivered asthma health education programme on quality of life, knowledge and attitudes of Saudi children with asthma. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 45(1), 43-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2020.1824033

Background
More than two million people have asthma in Saudi Arabia: 13% aged 6-10 years. Asthma is one of the most common childhood illnesses. Little has been explored about children’s ability to learn more about their own asthma in Saudi Arabia.... Read More about The impact of a school-based, nurse-delivered asthma health education programme on quality of life, knowledge and attitudes of Saudi children with asthma.

Inter-rater reliability of paediatric emergency assessment : physiological and clinical features (2020)
Journal Article
Heal, C., Cotterill, S., Rowland, A., Garratt, N., Long, T., Brown, S., …Roland, D. (2021). Inter-rater reliability of paediatric emergency assessment : physiological and clinical features. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(2), 149-153. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-318664

Objective
The Paediatric Admission Guidance in the Emergency Department (PAGE) score is an assessment tool currently in development that helps predict hospital admission using components including patient characteristics, vital signs (heart rate, te... Read More about Inter-rater reliability of paediatric emergency assessment : physiological and clinical features.

Opt-out consent in children’s emergency medicine research (2020)
Journal Article
Long, T., Rowland, A., Cotterill, S., Woby, S., Heal, C., Garratt, N., …Roland, D. (2022). Opt-out consent in children’s emergency medicine research. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 45(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2020.1812766

There is global acceptance that individuals should be allowed to decide whether or not to take part in research studies, and to do so after being informed about the nature of the research and the risk that might attach to participation. The process o... Read More about Opt-out consent in children’s emergency medicine research.

Ethical considerations cited in child health research published in leading nursing journals : 2015-2019 (2020)
Journal Article
Wu, Y., Howarth, M., Zhou, C., Yang, L., Ye, X., Wang, R., …Cong, W. (2021). Ethical considerations cited in child health research published in leading nursing journals : 2015-2019. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 27(3), e12886. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12886

Background: Child health research comprises complex ethical considerations. Understanding the extent to which the ethical process is reported in child health research is needed to improve reporting.
Aims: To identify reportage of ethical considerat... Read More about Ethical considerations cited in child health research published in leading nursing journals : 2015-2019.

From repeating routes to planning novel routes : the impact of landmarks and ageing on route integration and cognitive mapping (2020)
Journal Article
Grzeschik, R., Hilton, C., Conroy-Dalton, R., Konovalova, I., Cotteril, E., Innes, A., & Wiener, J. (2021). From repeating routes to planning novel routes : the impact of landmarks and ageing on route integration and cognitive mapping. Psychological Research, 85(6), 2164-2176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01401-5

The integration of intersecting routes is an important process for the formation of cognitive maps and thus successful navigation. Here we present a novel task to study route integration and the effects that landmark information and cognitive ageing... Read More about From repeating routes to planning novel routes : the impact of landmarks and ageing on route integration and cognitive mapping.

(Dis)orientation and design preferences within an unfamiliar care environment – A content analysis of older adults’ qualitative reports after route learning (2020)
Journal Article
O'Malley, M., Innes, A., & Wiener, J. (2022). (Dis)orientation and design preferences within an unfamiliar care environment – A content analysis of older adults’ qualitative reports after route learning. Environment and Behavior, 54(1), 116-142. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916520953148

Ensuring that environments are designed to cater for those with decreasing orientation, perceptual and mobility skills, is an example of how environments are being changed to become more age and dementia friendly. However, environmental design should... Read More about (Dis)orientation and design preferences within an unfamiliar care environment – A content analysis of older adults’ qualitative reports after route learning.

The future of nurse education : imagining the art of the possible (2020)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., & Roberts, D. (2020). The future of nurse education : imagining the art of the possible. British Journal of Nursing, 29(16), 968-970. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2020.29.16.968

Thinking about the pipeline for registered nurses and the transition of students to registered nurse: what if we were to create a perfect nurse education curriculum- something that we feel is currently elusive!? What if HEI’s and their healthcare par... Read More about The future of nurse education : imagining the art of the possible.

Re-thinking and re-positioning ‘being in the moment’ within a continuum of moments : introducing a new conceptual framework for dementia studies (2020)
Journal Article
Keady, J., Campbell, S., Clark, A., Dowlen, R., Elvish, R., Jones, L., …Williams, S. (2022). Re-thinking and re-positioning ‘being in the moment’ within a continuum of moments : introducing a new conceptual framework for dementia studies. Ageing and society, 42(3), 681-702. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20001014

This article draws upon six social research studies completed by members of the Dementia
and Ageing Research Team at The University of Manchester and their associated networks
over an eight-year period [2011-2019] with the aim of constructing a def... Read More about Re-thinking and re-positioning ‘being in the moment’ within a continuum of moments : introducing a new conceptual framework for dementia studies.

Ten minutes with Professor Andrew Rowland, Lead Employer Medical Director of St Helens and Knowlsey Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Professor at the University of Salford, Chair of SicKids children's charity, Non-Executive Director of M’Lop Tapang and Consultant in Children’s Emergency Medicine (2020)
Journal Article
Home, J., & Rowland, A. (2021). Ten minutes with Professor Andrew Rowland, Lead Employer Medical Director of St Helens and Knowlsey Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Professor at the University of Salford, Chair of SicKids children's charity, Non-Executive Director of M’Lop Tapang and Consultant in Children’s Emergency Medicine. BMJ Leader, 5(2), 151-153. https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2020-000341

Professor Rowland has several leadership roles spanning academic, NHS and
charitable organisations. This short interview discusses the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic and how his approach to leadership has changed to cope with many
challenges face... Read More about Ten minutes with Professor Andrew Rowland, Lead Employer Medical Director of St Helens and Knowlsey Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Professor at the University of Salford, Chair of SicKids children's charity, Non-Executive Director of M’Lop Tapang and Consultant in Children’s Emergency Medicine.

Psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults with eczema : a secondary analysis of qualitative data to inform a behaviour change intervention (2020)
Journal Article
Ghio, D., Greenwell, K., Muller, I., Roberts, A., McNiven, A., & Santer, M. (2021). Psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults with eczema : a secondary analysis of qualitative data to inform a behaviour change intervention. British Journal of Health Psychology, 26(1), 214-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12467

Objectives:
This study aimed to explore adolescents and young adults’ experiences of symptoms related to their eczema in order to determine their psychosocial needs.

Design:
A secondary qualitative analysis of two data sources collected through... Read More about Psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults with eczema : a secondary analysis of qualitative data to inform a behaviour change intervention.

Beliefs about inevitable decline among home-living older adults at risk of malnutrition : a qualitative study (2020)
Journal Article
Payne, L., Harris, P., Ghio, D., Slodkowska-Barabasz, J., Kelly, J., Stroud, M., …Morrison, L. (2020). Beliefs about inevitable decline among home-living older adults at risk of malnutrition : a qualitative study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 33(6), 841-851. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12807

Background
About 14% of free-living adults aged 65 and over are at risk of malnutrition. Malnutrition screen and treat interventions in primary care are few, show mixed results and advice given is not always accepted and followed. We need to better... Read More about Beliefs about inevitable decline among home-living older adults at risk of malnutrition : a qualitative study.

Resettling into a new life : exploring aspects of acculturation that could enhance the mental health of young refugees resettled under the humanitarian programme (2020)
Journal Article
Mulongo, P., McAndrew, S., & Ayodeji, E. (2021). Resettling into a new life : exploring aspects of acculturation that could enhance the mental health of young refugees resettled under the humanitarian programme. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 30(1), 235-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12777

Globally, the exodus of individuals who have been forced to flee their home and seek refuge in countries of safety has led to a refugee crisis. The United Kingdom (UK) has engaged with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in playi... Read More about Resettling into a new life : exploring aspects of acculturation that could enhance the mental health of young refugees resettled under the humanitarian programme.

Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review utilising Bradford Hill Criteria and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies (2020)
Journal Article
Schoultz, M., Beattie, M., Gorely, T., & Leung, J. (2020). Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review utilising Bradford Hill Criteria and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Systematic Reviews, 9(1), 169. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01426-2

Background
Psychological stress is a prevalent factor in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with detrimental effects on patients’ quality of life and possibly disease course. Although the aetiology of symptom exacerbation in IBD has been explored, det... Read More about Assessment of causal link between psychological factors and symptom exacerbation in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review utilising Bradford Hill Criteria and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

'The UK is not innocent' : Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Joseph-Salisbury, R., Connelly, L., & Wangari-Jones, P. (2021). 'The UK is not innocent' : Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 40(1), 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-06-2020-0170

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to show that racism is not only a US problem. Rather, racism is endemic and pervasive in the UK context, manifesting at every level of policing. From stop and search, to deaths after police contact, the authors... Read More about 'The UK is not innocent' : Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK.

Presenting research reflexivity in your PhD thesis (2020)
Journal Article
Davis, D. (2020). Presenting research reflexivity in your PhD thesis. Nurse Researcher, 28(3), 37-43. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2020.e1644

Background It is important for researchers to be open and transparent about the relationship between themselves and the subjects of their enquiry. Reflexivity enables them to do this, but although there is much guidance in the literature about reflex... Read More about Presenting research reflexivity in your PhD thesis.

What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription (2020)
Journal Article
Howarth, M., Brettle, A., Hardman, M., & Maden, M. (2020). What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription. BMJ Open, 10(7), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036923

Objective:
To systematically identify and describe studies that have evaluated the impact of gardens
and gardening on health and wellbeing. A secondary objective was to use this evidence to build
evidence-based logic models to guide health stra... Read More about What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription.