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Health beliefs predict self-care practices and glycaemic control in Malaysian patients with insulin-treated diabetes: a longtitudal study (2017)
Journal Article
Aris, A., Blake, H., & Adams, G. (2017). Health beliefs predict self-care practices and glycaemic control in Malaysian patients with insulin-treated diabetes: a longtitudal study. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 17(2), 80-89

The practice of diabetes self-care plays an important role in achieving and maintaining good glycaemic control. However, not all patients with insulin-treated diabetes engage in their self-care activities. There is some evidence that self-care practi... Read More about Health beliefs predict self-care practices and glycaemic control in Malaysian patients with insulin-treated diabetes: a longtitudal study.

Working with Families Affected by Mental Distress: Stakeholders' Perceptions of Mental Health Nurses Educational Needs (2017)
Journal Article
Doyle, L., Keogh, B., Skärsäter, I., Doyle, L., Ellilä, H., Jormfeldt, H., Lahti, M., Higgins, A., Meade, O., Sitvast, J., Stickley, T., & Kilkku, N. (2017). Working with Families Affected by Mental Distress: Stakeholders' Perceptions of Mental Health Nurses Educational Needs. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 38(10), 822-828. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2017.1341587

Family and informal caregivers provide a substantial amount of care and support to people who experience mental health problems. The aim of this study was to explore mental health nurses’, students’ and service users’ perceptions of the knowledge, sk... Read More about Working with Families Affected by Mental Distress: Stakeholders' Perceptions of Mental Health Nurses Educational Needs.

Utilization of information and communication technology among undergraduate nursing students in Tanta university, Egypt (2017)
Journal Article
Lawal, U. B., Elshafie, I. F., Yunusa, U., Ladan, M. A., Suberu, A., Abdullahi, S. G., & Mba, C. J. (2017). Utilization of information and communication technology among undergraduate nursing students in Tanta university, Egypt

The use of ICT to enhance learning and teaching has become increasingly important. Information and communication technology in education is a modern, efficient and cost effective process which has created a need to transform how students and teachers... Read More about Utilization of information and communication technology among undergraduate nursing students in Tanta university, Egypt.

The Oxford handbook of ethics at the end of life, edited by S. J. Younger and R. M. Arnold, New York, Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 447, £97 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-19-997441-2 [Book review] (2017)
Journal Article
Wilson, E. (in press). The Oxford handbook of ethics at the end of life, edited by S. J. Younger and R. M. Arnold, New York, Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 447, £97 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-19-997441-2 [Book review]. Mortality, 23(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2017.1353487

Study protocol: a mixed methods feasibility study for a loaded self-managed exercise programme for patellofemoral pain (2017)
Journal Article
Smith, B. E., Hendrick, P., Bateman, M., Moffatt, F., Rathleff, M. S., Selfe, J., Smith, T. O., & Logan, P. (2017). Study protocol: a mixed methods feasibility study for a loaded self-managed exercise programme for patellofemoral pain. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4(24), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-017-0167-2

Background: Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is one of the most common forms of knee pain in adults under the age of 40, with a prevalence of 23% in the general population. The long-term prognosis is poor, with only one third of people pain-free 1 year afte... Read More about Study protocol: a mixed methods feasibility study for a loaded self-managed exercise programme for patellofemoral pain.

Women’s expectations and experiences of rupture of membranes and views of the potential use of reagent pads for detecting amniotic fluid (2017)
Journal Article
Spiby, H., Borrelli, S. E., & Hughes, A. J. (2017). Women’s expectations and experiences of rupture of membranes and views of the potential use of reagent pads for detecting amniotic fluid. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(12), 3041-3049. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13365

AIMS: To explore first time mothers’ expectations and experiences regarding rupture of membranes (RoM) at term, and their views on the potential use of reagent pads that detect amniotic fluid.
BACKGROUND: There is little information available on wom... Read More about Women’s expectations and experiences of rupture of membranes and views of the potential use of reagent pads for detecting amniotic fluid.

Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life (2017)
Journal Article
Turner, N., & Almack, K. (in press). Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life. Children's Geographies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2017.1350633

This article draws on a narrative study of young people with a parent who is at the end of life to examine how family lives are troubled by life-limiting parental illness. Young people struggled to reconcile the physical and emotional absence of fami... Read More about Troubling meanings of family and competing moral imperatives in the family lives of young people with a parent who is at the end of life.

Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy (2017)
Journal Article
Konstantinidis, S., Wharrad, H., Windle, R., & Bamidis, P. (2017). Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 238, https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-781-8-219

The knowledge existing in the World Wide Web is exponentially expanding, while continuous advancements in health sciences contribute to the creation of new knowledge. There are a lot of efforts trying to identify how the social connectivity can endor... Read More about Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy.

Actions to empower digital competences in healthcare workforce: a qualitative approach (2017)
Journal Article
Konstantinidis, S., Li, S., Traver, V., Zary, N., & Bamidis, P. (2017). Actions to empower digital competences in healthcare workforce: a qualitative approach. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 238, 253-256. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-781-8-253

While healthcare systems are taking advantage of the ICT to improve healthcare services, healthcare workforce needs additional competencies in order to continue the provision of the best achievable care. In this paper emphasis is given to an active r... Read More about Actions to empower digital competences in healthcare workforce: a qualitative approach.

Unlocking stories: older women’s experiences of intimate partner violence told through creative expression (2017)
Journal Article
McGarry, J., & Bowden, D. (2017). Unlocking stories: older women’s experiences of intimate partner violence told through creative expression. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 24(8), 629-637. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12411

INTRODUCTION
Intimate partner violence (IPV) exerts a detrimental impact on the lives and health of all who experience abuse. This includes both physical and mental health and wellbeing. The experiences of older women however may be different and t... Read More about Unlocking stories: older women’s experiences of intimate partner violence told through creative expression.