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Knowledge, sources of information, and risk factors for sexually transmitted infections among secondary school youth in Zaria, Northern Nigeria (2013)
Journal Article
Aliyu, A. A., Dahiru, T., Ladan, A. M., Shehu, A. U., Abubakar, A. A., Oyefabi, A. M., & Yahaya, S. S. (2013). Knowledge, sources of information, and risk factors for sexually transmitted infections among secondary school youth in Zaria, Northern Nigeria. Journal of Medicine in the Tropics, 15(2), https://doi.org/10.4103/2276-7096.123582

Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are responsible for a variety of health problems especially among the youth who engage in risky sexual behavior. There are few studies that describe STIs among the youths in Northern Nigeria. The obj... Read More about Knowledge, sources of information, and risk factors for sexually transmitted infections among secondary school youth in Zaria, Northern Nigeria.

Cost implications of treatment non-completion in a forensic personality disorder service (2013)
Journal Article
Sampson, C. J., James, M., Huband, N., Geelan, S., & McMurran, M. (2013). Cost implications of treatment non-completion in a forensic personality disorder service. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 23(5), https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.1866

Background
A high proportion of individuals admitted to specialist secure hospital services for treatment of personality disorder do not complete treatment. Non-completion has been associated with poorer treatment outcomes and increased rates of rec... Read More about Cost implications of treatment non-completion in a forensic personality disorder service.

Experiences of family carers of older people with mental health problems in the acute general hospital: a qualitative study (2013)
Journal Article
Clissett, P., Porock, D., Harwood, R. H., & Gladman, J. R. (2013). Experiences of family carers of older people with mental health problems in the acute general hospital: a qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69(12), https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12159

Aims
To explore the experiences of family carers of people with cognitive impairment during admission to hospital.

Background
Providing appropriate care in acute hospitals for people with co-morbid cognitive impairment, especially dementia or de... Read More about Experiences of family carers of older people with mental health problems in the acute general hospital: a qualitative study.

The challenges of achieving person-centred care in acute hospitals: a qualitative study of people with dementia and their families (2013)
Journal Article
Clissett, P., Porock, D., Harwood, R. H., & Gladman, J. R. (2013). The challenges of achieving person-centred care in acute hospitals: a qualitative study of people with dementia and their families. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 50(11), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.03.001

Background

Person-centred care has been identified as the ideal approach to caring for people with dementia. Developed in relation to long stay settings, there are challenges to its implementation in acute settings. However, international policy i... Read More about The challenges of achieving person-centred care in acute hospitals: a qualitative study of people with dementia and their families.

Longitudinal, mixed method study to look at the experiences and knowledge of non melanoma skin cancer from diagnosis to one year (2013)
Journal Article
Bath-Hextall, F., Jenkinson, C., Kumar, A., Leonardi-Bee, J., Perkins, W., Cox, K., & Glazebrook, C. (2013). Longitudinal, mixed method study to look at the experiences and knowledge of non melanoma skin cancer from diagnosis to one year. BMC Dermatology, 13(13), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-5945-13-13

Background
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in humans and the incidence is increasing worldwide. Our objective was to understanding the needs, experiences and knowledge of individuals with Non Melanoma Skin Cancer (NMSC) from diagnosis... Read More about Longitudinal, mixed method study to look at the experiences and knowledge of non melanoma skin cancer from diagnosis to one year.

REFINE (REducing Falls in In-patieNt Elderly) using bed and bedside chair pressure sensors linked to radio-pagers in acute hospital care: a randomised controlled trial (2013)
Journal Article
Sahota, O., Drummond, A., Kendrick, D., Grainge, M. J., Vass, C., Sach, T., Gladman, J. R., & Avis, M. (2014). REFINE (REducing Falls in In-patieNt Elderly) using bed and bedside chair pressure sensors linked to radio-pagers in acute hospital care: a randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing, 43(2), 247-253. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft155

Background: falls in hospitals are a major problem and contribute to substantial healthcare burden. Advances in sensor technology afford innovative approaches to reducing falls in acute hospital care. However, whether these are clinically effective a... Read More about REFINE (REducing Falls in In-patieNt Elderly) using bed and bedside chair pressure sensors linked to radio-pagers in acute hospital care: a randomised controlled trial.

Fasting and postprandial volumes of the undisturbed colon: normal values and changes in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome measured using serial MRI (2013)
Journal Article
Pritchard, S. E., Marciani, L., Garsed, K., Hoad, C., Thongborisute, W., Roberts, E., Gowland, P. A., & Spiller, R. C. (in press). Fasting and postprandial volumes of the undisturbed colon: normal values and changes in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome measured using serial MRI. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 26(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.12243

Background
Previous assessments of colon morphology have relied on tests which were either invasive or used ionizing radiation. We aimed to measure regional volumes of the undisturbed colon in healthy volunteers (HV) and patients with diarrhea-predo... Read More about Fasting and postprandial volumes of the undisturbed colon: normal values and changes in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome measured using serial MRI.

Practical compassions: repertoires of practice and compassion talk in acute mental healthcare (2013)
Journal Article
Brown, B., Crawford, P., Gilbert, P., Gilbert, J., & Gale, C. (2014). Practical compassions: repertoires of practice and compassion talk in acute mental healthcare. Sociology of Health and Illness, 36(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12065

This article reports an exploratory study of the concept of compassion in the work of 20 mental health practitioners in a UK Midlands facility. Using notions of practice derived from phenomenology and Bourdieusian sociology and notions of emotional l... Read More about Practical compassions: repertoires of practice and compassion talk in acute mental healthcare.