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“You can’t just jump on a bike and go”: a qualitative study exploring parents’ perceptions of physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes (2014)
Journal Article
Quirk, H., Blake, H., Dee, B., & Glazebrook, C. (2014). “You can’t just jump on a bike and go”: a qualitative study exploring parents’ perceptions of physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes. BMC Pediatrics, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-014-0313-4

Background

Parents of children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) have an important role in supporting diabetes management behaviours and helping to maintain their child’s healthy lifestyle. Physical activity has known benefits for children with... Read More about “You can’t just jump on a bike and go”: a qualitative study exploring parents’ perceptions of physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes.

Hearing loss and dementia: an exploratory study of the views of audiologists (2014)
Journal Article
Wright, N., Stickley, T., Mulla, I., Bradshaw, E., Buckley, L., & Archbold, S. (2014). Hearing loss and dementia: an exploratory study of the views of audiologists. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 15(4), 220-231. https://doi.org/10.1108/qaoa-08-2014-0014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to explore audiologists, views and experiences of working with older adults with dementia.

Design/methodology/approach
– An online survey was distributed to audiologists working in the UK NHS and private se... Read More about Hearing loss and dementia: an exploratory study of the views of audiologists.

Early labour midwifery care in Italy: local and cross-cultural challenges (2014)
Journal Article
Iannuzzi, L., & Borrelli, S. E. (2014). Early labour midwifery care in Italy: local and cross-cultural challenges. Evidence Based Midwifery, 12(4),

INTRODUCTION. The definition of early labour and its management are debatable issues at a local, national and international level. In Italy, this issue is also of concern.
APPROACH. This is a descriptive discussion paper designed to portray the cros... Read More about Early labour midwifery care in Italy: local and cross-cultural challenges.

"This wound has spoilt everything”: emotional capital and the experience of surgical site infections (2014)
Journal Article
Brown, B., Tanner, J., & Padley, W. (in press). "This wound has spoilt everything”: emotional capital and the experience of surgical site infections. Sociology of Health and Illness, 36(8), https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12160

In this article we explore the experience of suffering from a surgical site infection, a common complication of surgery affecting around 5 per cent of surgical patients, via an interview study of 17 patients in the Midlands in the UK. Despite their p... Read More about "This wound has spoilt everything”: emotional capital and the experience of surgical site infections.

Food choices and practices during pregnancy of immigrant women with high-risk pregnancies in Canada: a pilot study (2014)
Journal Article
Higginbottom, G. M., Valliantos, H., Forgeron, J., Gibbons, D., Mamede, F., & Bariola, R. (2014). Food choices and practices during pregnancy of immigrant women with high-risk pregnancies in Canada: a pilot study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14(370), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-014-0370-6

Background: Immigrant women may be regarded as a vulnerable population with respect to access and navigation of maternity care services. They may encounter difficulties when accessing culturally safe and appropriate maternity care, which may be furth... Read More about Food choices and practices during pregnancy of immigrant women with high-risk pregnancies in Canada: a pilot study.