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Fathers and work-life balance in France and the UK : policy and practice (2011)
Journal Article
Gregory, A., & Milner, S. (2011). Fathers and work-life balance in France and the UK : policy and practice. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 31(1/2), https://doi.org/10.1108/01443331111104797

Purpose – This paper focuses on the role of organizations in mediating the impact of national work-life balance (WLB) policy on employees, in particular fathers.
Design/methodology/approach – It presents existing research about WLB policy implementa... Read More about Fathers and work-life balance in France and the UK : policy and practice.

Dyspnoea-12 is a valid and reliable measure of breathlessness in patients with ILD (2011)
Journal Article
Yorke, J., Swigris, J., Russell, A., Moosavi, S., Man Ng Kwong, G., Longshaw, M., & Jines, P. (2011). Dyspnoea-12 is a valid and reliable measure of breathlessness in patients with ILD. Chest, 139(1), 159-164. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.10-0693

Objective: To determine the validity and reliability of the Dyspnoea-12 (D-12) for the assessment of breathlessness in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD).

Methods: 101 patients with ILD completed the D-12 (scaling range 0-36, high scor... Read More about Dyspnoea-12 is a valid and reliable measure of breathlessness in patients with ILD.

Health and social care professional doctorates (2011)
Book Chapter
Lee, N. (2011). Health and social care professional doctorates. In T. Fell, K. Flint, & I. Haines (Eds.), Professional Doctorates in the UK 2011. Dudley: United Kingdom Council of Graduate Education

This chapter considers professional doctorate development for the health and social care disciplines in the UK excluding medicine, psychology and dentistry. The professional doctorate’s origins are explored followed by discussion of three critical qu... Read More about Health and social care professional doctorates.

Delivering public services in the mixed economy of welfare : perspectives from the voluntary and community sector in rural England (2011)
Journal Article
Hardill, I., & Dwyer, P. (2011). Delivering public services in the mixed economy of welfare : perspectives from the voluntary and community sector in rural England. Journal of Social Policy, 40(1), 157-172. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279410000292

The voluntary and community sector in England is playing an increasingly important role in the delivery of public services to older adults and in doing so they rely on unpaid volunteers. In this article, we draw on the findings of a recent qualitativ... Read More about Delivering public services in the mixed economy of welfare : perspectives from the voluntary and community sector in rural England.

Defining information need in health - assimilating complex theories derived from information science (2011)
Journal Article
Ormandy, P. (2011). Defining information need in health - assimilating complex theories derived from information science. Health Expectations, 14(1), 92-104. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-7625.2010.00598.x

Key policy drivers worldwide include optimising the patient’s role
in managing their care; focusing services around patient needs and preferences to
facilitate choice; and providing the information to help them make those choices.
The term informa... Read More about Defining information need in health - assimilating complex theories derived from information science.

Developing competence in cardiac care through the use of blended learning: course members' and mentors' accounts (2011)
Journal Article
Iley, K., McInulty, L., Jones, I., Yorke, J., & Johnson, M. (2011). Developing competence in cardiac care through the use of blended learning: course members' and mentors' accounts. Nurse Education Today, 31(4), 323-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2010.06.009

The use of blended learning to develop the clinical knowledge and skills of healthcare professionals is
increasing. This paper reports the qualitative findings from an evaluation of a blended learning course
designed to equip registered nurses with... Read More about Developing competence in cardiac care through the use of blended learning: course members' and mentors' accounts.

Self-regulated learning in higher education : identifying key component processes (2011)
Journal Article
Cassidy, S. (2011). Self-regulated learning in higher education : identifying key component processes. Studies in Higher Education, 36(8), 989-1000. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2010.503269

The concept of self-regulated learning is becoming increasingly relevant in the study of learning and academic achievement, especially in higher education, where quite distinctive demands are placed on students. Though several key theoretical perspec... Read More about Self-regulated learning in higher education : identifying key component processes.

Guest editorial: the end of the British public university? (2011)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (2011). Guest editorial: the end of the British public university?. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 3(1), 5-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/17561451111122570

Purpose – This editorial aims to review key changes in the legislation that governs student finance in England, showing how these changes will have a significant impact on the concept of the public university in Britain.

Design/methodology/approac... Read More about Guest editorial: the end of the British public university?.

Analysis of a unique global public-private partnership to promote oral health (2011)
Journal Article
promote oral health. International Dental Journal, 61(2), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1875-595X.2011.00036.x

Partnerships for health promotion are between two or more partners to work co-operatively towards a set of shared health outcomes; few public-private partnerships in oral health promotion have been established. Aim: To undertake a detailed analysis o... Read More about Analysis of a unique global public-private partnership to promote oral health.

Evaluation of international case studies within ‘Live.Learn.Laugh.’: a unique global public-private partnership to promote oral health (2011)
Journal Article
Dugdill, L., & Pine, C. (2011). Evaluation of international case studies within ‘Live.Learn.Laugh.’: a unique global public-private partnership to promote oral health. International Dental Journal, 61(2), 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1875-595X.2011.00035.x

The partnership between the Fe´deration Dentaire International (FDI), and Unilever Oral Care, aims to raise awareness of oral health globally; to enable FDI member associations to promote oral health; and to increase the visibility of the FDI and aut... Read More about Evaluation of international case studies within ‘Live.Learn.Laugh.’: a unique global public-private partnership to promote oral health.

New order: political change the protestant orange tradition in Northern Ireland (2011)
Journal Article
Tonge, J., Evans, J., Jeffery, R., & McAuley, J. (2011). New order: political change the protestant orange tradition in Northern Ireland. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 13(3), 400-419. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00421.x

The 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA) led to a major realignment in unionist politics in Northern Ireland. The Ulster Unionist party (UUP), hitherto the dominant force within the Protestant British tradition, was usurped in electoral popularity by the... Read More about New order: political change the protestant orange tradition in Northern Ireland.

The future of children’s nursing research : development, drudgery or demise? (2011)
Journal Article
Long, T. (2011). The future of children’s nursing research : development, drudgery or demise?. British Journal of Nursing, 20(14), 728-842

This paper, based on a presentation to the UK Association of Chief Children’s Nurses, is the author’s personal reflection on the nature and future of children’s nursing research. Key constitutive elements of this concept are considered to arrive at t... Read More about The future of children’s nursing research : development, drudgery or demise?.

Advanced terminological approaches in nursing (2011)
Book Chapter
Hardiker, N., Bakken, S., & Kim, T. (2011). Advanced terminological approaches in nursing. In V. Saba, & K. McCormick (Eds.), Essentials of Nursing Informatics (191-201). New York: McGraw-Hill

Implications for nursing research and generation of evidence (2011)
Book Chapter
Bakken, S., Lucero, R., Yoon, S., & Hardiker, N. (2011). Implications for nursing research and generation of evidence. In R. Cook, & A. Cashin (Eds.), Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Applications (113-127). Hershey: Medical Information Science Reference

Social networking through Facebook: Are we asking for friends or foes? (2011)
Journal Article
Mccarthy, R. (2011). Social networking through Facebook: Are we asking for friends or foes?. British Journal of Midwifery, 19(7), 452-453

Despite several papers cautioning midwives about their personal and
professional use of social networking sites (Bacon and Lee, 2010; Stewart,
2010; Wray, 2010), supervisors of midwives are frequently encountering issues which stem from such sites... Read More about Social networking through Facebook: Are we asking for friends or foes?.

Evidence based library and information practice (2011)
Journal Article
Grant, M. (2011). Evidence based library and information practice. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 28(2), 91-92. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00939.x

Whilst many of us engage in supporting clinicians in identifying, appraising and using evidence, how many of us adopt the same approach to our own work? A recent survey by the UK LIS Research Coalition indicated that 60% of respondents use research r... Read More about Evidence based library and information practice.

Theoretical versus pragmatic design in qualitative research (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, J., Bekker, H., & Cheater, F. (2011). Theoretical versus pragmatic design in qualitative research. Nurse Researcher, 18(2), 39-51

For many years, discussions of the relative merits of generic and theoretical approaches to qualitative research have divided researchers while overshadowing the need to focus on addressing clinical questions. Drawing
on the challenges of designing... Read More about Theoretical versus pragmatic design in qualitative research.