Outputs (557)

Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children’s centres (2016)
Journal Article
Watson, M. C., Mulvaney, C. A., Timblin, C., Stewart, J., Coupland, C., Deave, T., Hayes, M., & Kendrick, D. (in press). Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children’s centres. Health Education Journal, 75(7), https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896916629816

Objective: To ascertain the activities undertaken by children’s centres to prevent unintentional injuries in the under-fives and, in particular, the prevention of falls, poisoning and scalds.
Design: A questionnaire was posted to managers of 851 chi... Read More about Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children’s centres.

Evaluation of trained volunteer doula services for disadvantaged women in five areas in England: women's experiences (2016)
Journal Article
Darwin, Z., Green, J., McLeish, J., Willmot, H., & Spiby, H. (in press). Evaluation of trained volunteer doula services for disadvantaged women in five areas in England: women's experiences. Health and Social Care in the Community, https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12331

Disadvantaged childbearing women experience barriers to accessing health and social care services and face greater risk of adverse medical, social and emotional outcomes. Support from doulas (trained lay women) has been identified as a way to improve... Read More about Evaluation of trained volunteer doula services for disadvantaged women in five areas in England: women's experiences.

Understanding South Asian Immigrant Women's Food Choices in the Perinatal Period (2016)
Journal Article
Higginbottom, G. M., Vallianatos, H., Shankar, J., Davey, C., & Osswald, B. (2016). Understanding South Asian Immigrant Women's Food Choices in the Perinatal Period

Background: Food practices throughout the perinatal period have a profound influence on the health and wellbeing of a mother and her child. Following migration, pregnant immigrant women bring with them culturally-situated beliefs about appropriate ea... Read More about Understanding South Asian Immigrant Women's Food Choices in the Perinatal Period.

Effects of clinical decision topic on patients’ involvement in and satisfaction with decisions and their subsequent implementation (2016)
Journal Article
Freidl, M., Pesola, F., Konrad, J., Puschner, B., Kovacs, A., De Rosa, C., Fiorillo, A., Krogsgaard Bording, M., Kawohl, W., Rössler, W., Nagy, M., Munk-Jørgensen, P., & Slade, M. (2016). Effects of clinical decision topic on patients’ involvement in and satisfaction with decisions and their subsequent implementation. Psychiatric Services, 67(6), 658-663. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500083

Clinical decision-making is the vehicle for mental health care delivery, and predictors of decision-making experience and adherence are under-researched. The aim was to investigate the relationship between decision topic and kind of involvement in th... Read More about Effects of clinical decision topic on patients’ involvement in and satisfaction with decisions and their subsequent implementation.

“We don’t worry about diabetes that much”: a qualitative study exploring perceptions of physical activity among children with Type 1 Diabetes (2016)
Journal Article
Quirk, H., Glazebrook, C., Martin, R., & Blake, H. (2016). “We don’t worry about diabetes that much”: a qualitative study exploring perceptions of physical activity among children with Type 1 Diabetes. Advances in Pediatric Research, https://doi.org/10.12715/apr.2016.3.2

Background: Despite the health benefits of physical activity, children across the population are insufficiently active. Physical activity is essential in the management of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM), therefore its promotion should be a priority,... Read More about “We don’t worry about diabetes that much”: a qualitative study exploring perceptions of physical activity among children with Type 1 Diabetes.

The power of shared philosophy: a study of midwives' perceptions of alternative birth care in Norway (2016)
Journal Article
Helberget, L., Fylkesnes, A.-M., Crawford, P., & Svindseth, M. (2016). The power of shared philosophy: a study of midwives' perceptions of alternative birth care in Norway. British Journal of Midwifery, 24(2), 101-107. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.2.101

Aims: The aim of this study was to explore important factors that promote the best possible health for mother and child during pregnancy, birth and post-birth in an alternative birth clinic (ABC) in Norway.

Design: The authors used in-depth interv... Read More about The power of shared philosophy: a study of midwives' perceptions of alternative birth care in Norway.

Uses of strength-based interventions for people with serious mental illness: a critical review (2016)
Journal Article
Tse, S., Tsoi, E. W., Hamilton, B., O’Hagan, M., Shepherd, G., Slade, M., Whitley, R., & Petrakis, M. (2016). Uses of strength-based interventions for people with serious mental illness: a critical review. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 62(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764015623970

Background: For the past 3 decades, mental health practitioners have increasingly adopted aspects and tools of strength-based approaches. Providing strength-based intervention and amplifying strengths relies heavily on effective interpersonal process... Read More about Uses of strength-based interventions for people with serious mental illness: a critical review.

An ethnographic investigation of maternity healthcare experience of immigrants in rural and urban Alberta, Canada (2016)
Journal Article
Higginbottom, G. M., Safipour, J., Yohani, S., O'Brien, B., Mumtaz, Z., Paton, P., Chiu, Y., & Barolia, R. (2016). An ethnographic investigation of maternity healthcare experience of immigrants in rural and urban Alberta, Canada. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16(20), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0773-z

Background: Canada is among the top immigrant-receiving nations in the world. Immigrant populations may face structural and individual barriers in the access to and navigation of healthcare services in a new country. The aims of the study were to (1)... Read More about An ethnographic investigation of maternity healthcare experience of immigrants in rural and urban Alberta, Canada.

Functional plasticity in the respiratory drive to thoracic motoneurons in the segment above a chronic lateral spinal cord lesion (2016)
Journal Article
Ford, T. W., Anissimova, N. P., Meehan, C. F., & Kirkwood, P. A. (2016). Functional plasticity in the respiratory drive to thoracic motoneurons in the segment above a chronic lateral spinal cord lesion. Journal of Neurophysiology, 115(1), 554-567. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00614.2015

A previous neurophysiological investigation demonstrated an increase in functional projections of expiratory bulbospinal neurons (EBSNs) in the segment above a chronic lateral thoracic spinal cord lesion which severed their axons. We have now investi... Read More about Functional plasticity in the respiratory drive to thoracic motoneurons in the segment above a chronic lateral spinal cord lesion.

Exploring general practitioners’ views and experiences on suicide risk assessment and management of young people in primary care: a qualitative study in the UK (2016)
Journal Article
Michail, M., & Tait, L. (in press). Exploring general practitioners’ views and experiences on suicide risk assessment and management of young people in primary care: a qualitative study in the UK. BMJ Open, 6(1), Article e009654. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009654

Objective: To explore general practitioner (GP) views and experiences of assessing, communicating with and managing suicidal young people with the aim of coproducing an educational intervention on youth suicide prevention tailored to GPs’ perceived n... Read More about Exploring general practitioners’ views and experiences on suicide risk assessment and management of young people in primary care: a qualitative study in the UK.