Outputs (103)

The price is right: making workplace wellness financially sustainable (2010)
Journal Article
Lee, S., Blake, H., & Lloyd, S. (2010). The price is right: making workplace wellness financially sustainable. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1108/17538351011031948

Purpose
– The public health argument for developing and maintaining workplace wellness programmes in organisations is well‐documented, particularly within the healthcare sector which aims to “set the example” for workplace health. However, workplace... Read More about The price is right: making workplace wellness financially sustainable.

Exercise intervention in brain injury: a pilot randomized study of Tai Chi Qigong (2009)
Journal Article
Blake, H., & Batson, M. (in press). Exercise intervention in brain injury: a pilot randomized study of Tai Chi Qigong. Clinical Rehabilitation, 23(7), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215508101736

Objective: To examine the effects of a brief Tai Chi Chuan Qigong (‘Qigong’) exercise intervention on individuals with traumatic brain injury.
Design: A single-centre randomized controlled trial pilot study.
Setting: A registered charity day centre... Read More about Exercise intervention in brain injury: a pilot randomized study of Tai Chi Qigong.

Mobile phone technology in chronic disease management (2008)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2008). Mobile phone technology in chronic disease management. Nursing Standard, 23(12), https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2008.11.23.12.43.c6728

Mobile phones are being used to improve nurse-patient communication and monitor health outcomes in chronic disease. Innovative applications of mobile technology are expected to increase over time in community management of cancer, heart disease, asth... Read More about Mobile phone technology in chronic disease management.

Q-active. Final report, executive summary, September 2008 (2008)
Report
Lee, S., Batt, M. E., Mortimer, D., Blake, H., & Booth, Y. (2008). Q-active. Final report, executive summary, September 2008

Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care (2008)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2008). Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care. British Journal of Community Nursing, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2008.13.4.29024

Mobile phones are becoming increasingly important in everyday life and now in healthcare. There has been a steady growth of information and communication technologies in health communication and technology is used progressively in telemedicine, wirel... Read More about Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care.

A survey of people in the forest industries in South Scotland (2007)
Report
Lee, R., Smither, M., Lee, S., & Blake, H. (2007). A survey of people in the forest industries in South Scotland

Exposure assessment in occupational and environmental epidemiology. Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen (Editor). Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-852861-2 (2004)
Journal Article
Muir, K., & Blake, H. (in press). Exposure assessment in occupational and environmental epidemiology. Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen (Editor). Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-852861-2. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 48(6), https://doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/meh053

An evaluation of screening measures for cognitive impairment after stroke (2002)
Journal Article
Blake, H., McKinney, M., Treece, K., Lee, E., & Lincoln, N. (2002). An evaluation of screening measures for cognitive impairment after stroke. Age and Ageing, 31(6), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/31.6.451

Objectives: to assess the sensitivity and specificity of a screening battery for detecting cognitive impairment after stroke.

Design: a randomized controlled trial.

Methods: stroke patients were recruited from hospitals in three centres. Pati... Read More about An evaluation of screening measures for cognitive impairment after stroke.

Drinking habits of 16 year olds: secondary analysis of the 1970 British cohort study (2001)
Report
Blake, H., Collier, J., Polnay, L., & Armstrong, S. (2001). Drinking habits of 16 year olds: secondary analysis of the 1970 British cohort study

Factors associated with strain in co-resident spouses of patients following stroke (2000)
Journal Article
Blake, H., & Lincoln, N. (2000). Factors associated with strain in co-resident spouses of patients following stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1191/026921500667530134

Objective: To identify the factors associated with carer strain following stroke.

Design: Co-resident spouses of stroke patients were sent questionnaire measures of their perceptions of strain, stress, mood, handicap, adjustment, social support, l... Read More about Factors associated with strain in co-resident spouses of patients following stroke.