Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

The costs and effectiveness of information skills training and mediated searching: quantitative results from the EMPIRIC project (2006)
Journal Article
Brettle, A., Hulme, C., & Ormandy, P. (2006). The costs and effectiveness of information skills training and mediated searching: quantitative results from the EMPIRIC project. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 23(4), 239-247. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2006.00670.x

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness and costs of providing information for patient care via librarian-mediated searches and information-skills training.
Methods: A questionnaire survey to library staff and health professionals in the North Wes... Read More about The costs and effectiveness of information skills training and mediated searching: quantitative results from the EMPIRIC project.

Counselling older people: what can we learn from the research evidence? (2006)
Journal Article
Brettle, A., & Hill, A. (2006). Counselling older people: what can we learn from the research evidence?. Journal of Social Work Practice, 20(3), 281-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650530600931807

This paper reports on a systematic review aimed at providing a reliable overview of the effectiveness, appropriateness and feasibility of counselling older people. Papers were located from a wide range of sources to ensure comprehensive coverage of t... Read More about Counselling older people: what can we learn from the research evidence?.

Why did GPs prescribe rofecoxib? A qualitative study of uptake of a new drug (2006)
Journal Article
Prosser, H. (2006). Why did GPs prescribe rofecoxib? A qualitative study of uptake of a new drug

The first Cox-2 selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) in the UK, rofecoxib (Vioxx), was launched in August 1999. However, in September 2004 it was withdrawn from the international market because of concerns about its cardiovascular s... Read More about Why did GPs prescribe rofecoxib? A qualitative study of uptake of a new drug.

Positive practices : solution-focused and narrative therapeutic techniques with children with sexually harmful behaviours (2006)
Journal Article
Myers, J. (2006). Positive practices : solution-focused and narrative therapeutic techniques with children with sexually harmful behaviours. Practice, 18(3), 183-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503150600904094

This article explores the use of solution-focused and Narrative Therapeutic approaches with a boy who had sexually harmful behaviours. The paper will highlight the practical challenges of working with someone who is 'problem-saturated' through instit... Read More about Positive practices : solution-focused and narrative therapeutic techniques with children with sexually harmful behaviours.

Postnatal care: is it based on ritual or a purpose? a reflective account (2006)
Journal Article
Wray, J. (2006). Postnatal care: is it based on ritual or a purpose? a reflective account. British Journal of Midwifery, 14(9), 320-326

Postnatal care has for too long been the C inderella of the
childbirth continuum and marginalized within maternity care
services. Most women in the U K are hospitalized after giving
birth and spend time on a postnatal ward. Women tend to view
thi... Read More about Postnatal care: is it based on ritual or a purpose? a reflective account.

Policies alone are not enough: Workplace health development in the public, private and voluntary sectors (2006)
Journal Article
Coffey, M., & Dugdill, L. (2006). Policies alone are not enough: Workplace health development in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Critical Public Health, 16(3), 233-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590600986465

A 2001 survey of public (n¼28), private (n¼113) and voluntary sector (n¼64) workplaces
in Sefton, Merseyside indicated that there were significantly different levels of health-related policy
provision across the three sectors, with the public secto... Read More about Policies alone are not enough: Workplace health development in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Being an ’it’ in IT : gendered identities in IT work (2006)
Journal Article
Adam, A., Griffiths, M., Keogh, C., Moore, K., Richardson, H., & Tattersall, A. (2006). Being an ’it’ in IT : gendered identities in IT work. European Journal of Information Systems, 15(4), 368-378. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000631

This paper reflects on aspects of gender and IT work. The core hypothesis is that, if technical skill and masculinity are fundamentally related, then women working in IT jobs who are, in effect, challenging masculine skills by gaining them themselves... Read More about Being an ’it’ in IT : gendered identities in IT work.

The regulations of honour: an attempt at a Weberian and anthropological enquiry through the prism of a Spanish trading group (2006)
Journal Article
Frade, C. (2006). The regulations of honour: an attempt at a Weberian and anthropological enquiry through the prism of a Spanish trading group. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003975606000063

Abstract:
This paper is concerned with a rather neglected issue in sociological analysis: honour as a value and regulating principle of social life. The attempt is made to study honour from a perspective which pays attention to both the carriers of... Read More about The regulations of honour: an attempt at a Weberian and anthropological enquiry through the prism of a Spanish trading group.

The cult of champ man: the culture and pleasures of championship manager/football manager gamers (2006)
Journal Article
Crawford, G. (2006). The cult of champ man: the culture and pleasures of championship manager/football manager gamers. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180600858721

This paper considers the popularity and social significance of the gaming series Championship Manager/Football Manager. Sport-related games continue to be one of the most popular forms of digital gaming, and the series has proved to be one of the mos... Read More about The cult of champ man: the culture and pleasures of championship manager/football manager gamers.

The implementation of occupational health guidelines principles for reducing sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders (2006)
Journal Article
McCluskey, S., Burton, A., & Main, C. (2006). The implementation of occupational health guidelines principles for reducing sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders. Occupational Medicine, 56(4), 237-242. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kql003

Background: Occupational health guidelines recommend a biopsychosocial approach to manage sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), with a primary focus on early intervention through provision of a supportive network.

Aims: To inve... Read More about The implementation of occupational health guidelines principles for reducing sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders.

The Children Act 2004 and implications for counselling in schools in England and Wales (2006)
Journal Article
Polat, F., & Jenkins, P. (2006). The Children Act 2004 and implications for counselling in schools in England and Wales. Pastoral Care in Education, 24(2), 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0122.2006.00360.x

A questionnaire survey of 607 secondary schools in England and Wales, carried out in 2003–4, provided initial information on counselling as being a decentralized, largely school-based, demand-led, non-statutory, multi-sourced form of provision. It wa... Read More about The Children Act 2004 and implications for counselling in schools in England and Wales.

Seeking to explore what matters to women about postnatal care (2006)
Journal Article
Wray, J. (2006). Seeking to explore what matters to women about postnatal care. British Journal of Midwifery, 14(5), 246-254

It is already known that for many women hospital postnatal care is the least satisfying and valued part of their maternity care provision (Audit Commission, 1997). Furthermore, it continues to be reported that research in the area of postnatal care h... Read More about Seeking to explore what matters to women about postnatal care.