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Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries (2018)
Journal Article
Ayre, S., Brettle, A., Gilroy, D., Knock, D., Pattinson, S., Smith, S., & Turner, J. (2018). Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 35(3), 227-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12223

Background – Health libraries contribute to many activities of a healthcare organization.
Impact assessment needs to capture that range of contributions.
Objectives – To develop and pilot a generic impact questionnaire that: 1) could be used
rout... Read More about Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries.

Fostering undergraduate student success and leadership development through implementing and evaluating a coaching framework (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., Littlewood, L., & Gillaspy, E. (2018, July). Fostering undergraduate student success and leadership development through implementing and evaluating a coaching framework. Presented at Teaching in the Spotlight: Learning from Global Communities, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

The aims of the session is to critically explore how as a team we have changed cultures through developing and
implementing a coaching framework for undergraduate student nurses.
Objectives:
1. explore the concept of coaching as a tool
to promo... Read More about Fostering undergraduate student success and leadership development through implementing and evaluating a coaching framework.

Retention and employability - not to be separated (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Leigh, J., Withnell, N., Gillaspy, E., & Manning, H. (2018, July). Retention and employability - not to be separated. Presented at Teaching in the Spotlight: Learning from Global Communities, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

A systematic review of the relationship between rigidity/flexibility and transdiagnostic cognitive and behavioral processes that maintain psychopathology (2018)
Journal Article
Morris, L., & Mansell, W. (2018). A systematic review of the relationship between rigidity/flexibility and transdiagnostic cognitive and behavioral processes that maintain psychopathology. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 9(3), 1-40. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043808718779431

An ever-growing number of transdiagnostic processes that maintain psychopathology across disorders
have been identified. However, such processes are not consistently associated with psychological distress
and symptoms. An understanding of what make... Read More about A systematic review of the relationship between rigidity/flexibility and transdiagnostic cognitive and behavioral processes that maintain psychopathology.

Experiences of a transdiagnostic group, the Take Control Course, for clients with common mental health problems : a qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
Morris, L., Mansell, W., Amos, R., & Edge, D. (2018). Experiences of a transdiagnostic group, the Take Control Course, for clients with common mental health problems : a qualitative study. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 25(5), 730-744. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2303

Objectives
Despite the promising effectiveness findings for transdiagnostic groups, studies have not explored clients' experiences. There is a risk that clients could perceive that the content of transdiagnostic groups is not sufficiently tailored... Read More about Experiences of a transdiagnostic group, the Take Control Course, for clients with common mental health problems : a qualitative study.

Locked down apps versus the social media ecology : why do young people and educators disagree on the best delivery platform for digital sexual health entertainment education? (2018)
Journal Article
McKee, A., Albury, K., Burgess, J., Light, B., Osman, K., & Walsh, A. (2018). Locked down apps versus the social media ecology : why do young people and educators disagree on the best delivery platform for digital sexual health entertainment education?. New Media and Society, 20(12), 4571-4589. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818778255

This article reports on focus groups exploring the best way to reach young men with vulgar comedy videos that provide sexual health information. Young people reported that they found the means by which the material was presented - as a locked down ap... Read More about Locked down apps versus the social media ecology : why do young people and educators disagree on the best delivery platform for digital sexual health entertainment education?.

Growing spaces : an evaluation of the mental health recovery programme using mixed methods (2018)
Journal Article
Howarth, M., Rogers, M., Withnell, N., & McQuarrie, C. (2018). Growing spaces : an evaluation of the mental health recovery programme using mixed methods. Journal of Research in Nursing, 23(6), 476-489. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987118766207

Background: Therapeutic horticulture is a nature-based method which includes a range of green activities such as gardening to promote wellbeing. It is believed that therapeutic horticulture provides a person-centred approach that can reduce social is... Read More about Growing spaces : an evaluation of the mental health recovery programme using mixed methods.

Transition to nursing practice : from student to registered nurse (2018)
Book
Darvil, A., Stephens, M., & Leigh, J. (2018). Transition to nursing practice : from student to registered nurse. Sage

Do you feel ready to make the leap from nursing student to fully qualified, registered nurse? Would you like to feel more confident about embarking on the next stage of your nursing career?

Moving from student to registered nurse is a big trans... Read More about Transition to nursing practice : from student to registered nurse.

Identifying and developing clinical leadership in relation to transition (2018)
Book Chapter
Leigh, J., & Chadwick, A. (2018). Identifying and developing clinical leadership in relation to transition. In A. Darvill, M. Stephens, & J. Leigh (Eds.), Transition to Nursing Practice : from student to registered nurse (116-133). SAGE Publishing

Aims of the chapter -
After reading this chapter you will be able to:

Describe the differences between leadership and management and their relevance to transition
Examine what is meant by clinical leadership
Explore the NHS Healthcare Leade... Read More about Identifying and developing clinical leadership in relation to transition.

Learning theory for personal and professional development (2018)
Book Chapter
Leigh, J., & Warburton, T. (2018). Learning theory for personal and professional development. In A. Darvill, M. Stephens, & J. Leigh (Eds.), Transition to Nursing Practice : from student to registered nurse (97-115). SAGE Publishing

Chapter Aims -

After reading this chapter you will be able to:


Discuss the relevance of understanding how you learn to transition
Explain key learning theories relating to transition and your learning journey
Understand your learning pr... Read More about Learning theory for personal and professional development.

Constructing early graduate careers (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Christie, F. (2018, May). Constructing early graduate careers. Presented at iCeGS 20th Anniversary Conference 2018, Derby

Conference presentation focusing on the competing voices of career and employability orchestrated by graduates in their early careers. The paper draws data from author's PhD research and integrates the critical social theory of Figured Worlds.

A mixed‐method systematic review of the effectiveness and acceptability of preoperative psychological preparation programmes to reduce paediatric preoperative anxiety in elective surgery (2018)
Journal Article
Dai, Y., & Livesley, J. (2018). A mixed‐method systematic review of the effectiveness and acceptability of preoperative psychological preparation programmes to reduce paediatric preoperative anxiety in elective surgery. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(9), 2022-2037. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13713

Aim
To explore the effectiveness of preoperative psychological preparation programmes aimed to reduce paediatric preoperative anxiety and the potential factors that could have an impact on parent and children's acceptance of such interventions.
B... Read More about A mixed‐method systematic review of the effectiveness and acceptability of preoperative psychological preparation programmes to reduce paediatric preoperative anxiety in elective surgery.

The UK renal psychosocial workforce : a mapping exercise (2018)
Report
Seekles, M., Coyne, E., Ormandy, P., Wells, L., Bevin, A., & Danbury-Lee, A. (2018). The UK renal psychosocial workforce : a mapping exercise

This is the first detailed workforce report in the UK that describes the provision of psychosocial care to kidney patients across 84 renal units. It presents an overview of the renal psychosocial workforce (in July 2017) and compares this to results... Read More about The UK renal psychosocial workforce : a mapping exercise.

Big Data, Method and the Ethics of Location: A Case Study of a Hookup App for Men Who Have Sex with Men (2018)
Journal Article
Light, B., Mitchell, P., & Wikström, P. (2018). Big Data, Method and the Ethics of Location: A Case Study of a Hookup App for Men Who Have Sex with Men. Social Media + Society, 4(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118768299

With the rise of geo-social media, location is emerging as a particularly sensitive data point for big data and digital media research. To explore this area, we reflect on our ethics for a study in which we analyze data generated via an app that faci... Read More about Big Data, Method and the Ethics of Location: A Case Study of a Hookup App for Men Who Have Sex with Men.

The popularity of newer racisms : justifications, excuses and re-defined borders (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Patel, T. (2018, April). The popularity of newer racisms : justifications, excuses and re-defined borders. Presented at All Souls Criminology Seminar Series, The Old Library - All Souls College, Oxford, UK

This paper discusses some of the processes and consequences of newer racisms in contemporary society, based on Dr Tina Patel's paper. In arguing that we have recently witnessed a surge in the popularity of racism (under which I also include Islamopho... Read More about The popularity of newer racisms : justifications, excuses and re-defined borders.

Cultural repertoires and modern menaces : the media’s racialised coverage of child sexual exploitation (2018)
Book Chapter

This chapter will discuss the mass media’s coverage of child sexual exploitation (CSE) cases in Rochdale (Greater Manchester) and Rotherham (South Yorkshire). These cases gained prominent media attention in the period between 2010 and 2015. The cases... Read More about Cultural repertoires and modern menaces : the media’s racialised coverage of child sexual exploitation.

Conducta antisocial adolescente bajo un enfoque integrador de tres teorías criminológicas (2018)
Journal Article
Morillo, S., & Birkbeck, C. (2018). Conducta antisocial adolescente bajo un enfoque integrador de tres teorías criminológicas. Revista de ciencias sociales (Maracaibo), 23(3), 76-88

In order to test the theories of Differential Association, Social Control and General Crime, the
relationship between antisocial behavior and key constructs of the theories was analyzed, namely, “favourable definitions” (differential association), “... Read More about Conducta antisocial adolescente bajo un enfoque integrador de tres teorías criminológicas.

Waiting for a career epiphany - a barrier to decision-making? (2018)
Journal Article
Houston, K., & Cunningham, E. (2018). Waiting for a career epiphany - a barrier to decision-making?. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 40, 25-32

The desire for a career epiphany, a sudden realisation of a future career, can often feature as an unspoken wish in career conversations with students and graduates. This yearning for certainty causes indecisiveness, a fear of making the wrong decisi... Read More about Waiting for a career epiphany - a barrier to decision-making?.