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Evaluating implementation of a fire-prevention injury prevention briefing in children's centres: cluster randomised controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
Deave, T., Hawkins, A., Kumar, A., Hayes, M., Cooper, N., Watson, M., Ablewhite, J., Coupland, C., Sutton, A., Majsak-Newman, G., McDaid, L., Goodenough, T., Beckett, K., McColl, E., Reading, R., & Kendrick, D. (2017). Evaluating implementation of a fire-prevention injury prevention briefing in children's centres: cluster randomised controlled trial. PLoS ONE, 12(3), Article e0172584. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172584

Background: Many developed countries have high mortality rates for fire-related deaths in children aged 0–14 years with steep social gradients. Evidence-based interventions to promote fire safety practices exist, but the impact of implementing a rang... Read More about Evaluating implementation of a fire-prevention injury prevention briefing in children's centres: cluster randomised controlled trial.

Ultrasound as a technology of reassurance?: how pregnant women and health care professionals articulate ultrasound reassurance and its limitations (2017)
Journal Article
Thomas, G. M., Roberts, J., & Griffiths, F. E. (in press). Ultrasound as a technology of reassurance?: how pregnant women and health care professionals articulate ultrasound reassurance and its limitations. Sociology of Health and Illness, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12554

The premise that ultrasound technologies provide reassurance for pregnant women is well-rehearsed. However, there has been little research about how this reassurance is articulated and understood by both expectant mothers and health care professional... Read More about Ultrasound as a technology of reassurance?: how pregnant women and health care professionals articulate ultrasound reassurance and its limitations.

Co-producing a digital educational programme for registered children’s nurses to improve care of children and young people admitted with self-harm (2017)
Journal Article
Latif, A., Carter, T., Rychwalska-Brown, L., Wharrad, H., & Manning, J. (2018). Co-producing a digital educational programme for registered children’s nurses to improve care of children and young people admitted with self-harm. Journal of Child Health Care, 21(1), 191-200. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493517697853

Despite the increasing prevalence of hospital admissions for self-harm in children and young people (CYP), there is paucity of registered children’s nurse (rCN) training or involvement of children to improve care for this often stigmatized patient gr... Read More about Co-producing a digital educational programme for registered children’s nurses to improve care of children and young people admitted with self-harm.

Office workers' perceived barriers and facilitators to taking regular micro-breaks at work: a diary-probed interview study (2017)
Journal Article
Huang, Y., Benford, S., Hendrickx, H., Treloar, R., & Blake, H. (2017). Office workers' perceived barriers and facilitators to taking regular micro-breaks at work: a diary-probed interview study. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 10171, 149-161. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55134-0_12

Research has suggested regular breaks in sedentary office work are im-portant for health, wellbeing and long-term productivity. Although many comput-erized break reminders exist, few are based on user needs and requirements as determined by formative... Read More about Office workers' perceived barriers and facilitators to taking regular micro-breaks at work: a diary-probed interview study.

Association of lifestyle behaviours with self-esteem through health-related quality of life in Spanish adolescents (2017)
Journal Article
Knox, E., & Muros Molina, J. J. (2017). Association of lifestyle behaviours with self-esteem through health-related quality of life in Spanish adolescents. European Journal of Pediatrics, 176(5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-017-2886-z

The present research examined the association of Mediterranean diet adherence and physical activity with self- esteem through five components of health-related quality of life. Data were collected from 456 adolescents attending one of five schools in... Read More about Association of lifestyle behaviours with self-esteem through health-related quality of life in Spanish adolescents.

Adding to the midwifery curriculum through internationalisation and promotion of global mobility (2017)
Journal Article
Williams, J., Hulme, G., & Borrelli, S. E. (in press). Adding to the midwifery curriculum through internationalisation and promotion of global mobility. British Journal of Midwifery, 25(3), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2017.25.3.184

Despite the obvious need for student midwives to be exposed to meaningful learning experiences that consider engagement in the wider context of international health care and the associated benefits, there is a lack of information on how this is achie... Read More about Adding to the midwifery curriculum through internationalisation and promotion of global mobility.

First-time mothers’ choice of birthplace: influencing factors, expectations of the midwife's role and perceived safety (2017)
Journal Article
Borrelli, S. E., Walsh, D., & Spiby, H. (2017). First-time mothers’ choice of birthplace: influencing factors, expectations of the midwife's role and perceived safety. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(8), 1937-1946. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13272

Aim

To explore first-time pregnant women's expectations and factors influencing their choice of birthplace.

Background

Although outcomes and advantages for low-risk childbearing women giving birth in midwifery-led units and home compared wit... Read More about First-time mothers’ choice of birthplace: influencing factors, expectations of the midwife's role and perceived safety.

Can Healthcare Assistant Training (CHAT) improve the relational care of older people? A developmental and feasibility study of a complex intervention (2017)
Journal Article
Arthur, A., Aldus, C., Sarre, S., Maben, J., Wharrad, H., Schneider, J. M., Barton, G., Argyle, E., Clark, A., Nouri, F., & Nicholson, C. (2017). Can Healthcare Assistant Training (CHAT) improve the relational care of older people? A developmental and feasibility study of a complex intervention. Health Services and Delivery Research, 5(10), https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr05100

Background: Older people account for an increasing proportion of those receiving NHS acute care. The quality of healthcare delivered to older people has come under increased scrutiny. Healthcare assistants (HCAs) provide much of the direct care of ol... Read More about Can Healthcare Assistant Training (CHAT) improve the relational care of older people? A developmental and feasibility study of a complex intervention.

The Nottingham Fatigue After Stroke (NotFAST) study: factors associated with severity of fatigue in stroke patients without depression (2017)
Journal Article
Drummond, A. E., Hawkins, L., Sprigg, N., Ward, N. S., Mistri, A., Tyrrell, P., Mead, G. E., Worthington, E., & Lincoln, N. (in press). The Nottingham Fatigue After Stroke (NotFAST) study: factors associated with severity of fatigue in stroke patients without depression. Clinical Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215517695857

Objective: To identify factors associated with post-stroke fatigue in a sample of stroke survivors without depression.
Design: Cross-sectional cohort study.
Setting: Recruitment was from four stroke units in the UK.
Subjects: Participants were as... Read More about The Nottingham Fatigue After Stroke (NotFAST) study: factors associated with severity of fatigue in stroke patients without depression.

The needs and experiences of skin cancer patients: a qualitative systematic review with meta-synthesis (2017)
Journal Article
Bath-Hextall, F., Nalubega, S., & Evans, C. (2017). The needs and experiences of skin cancer patients: a qualitative systematic review with meta-synthesis. British Journal of Dermatology, 177(3), 666-687. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.15148

Background: Skin cancer incidence is increasing worldwide. This is an update of a previous review published in 2010 that identified only two studies and found that the needs and experiences of individuals with skin cancer were under-researched.
Obje... Read More about The needs and experiences of skin cancer patients: a qualitative systematic review with meta-synthesis.