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Introducing genetic testing for cardiovascular disease in primary care: a qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article
Middlemass, J., Yazdani, M., Kai, J., Standen, P., & Qureshi, N. (2014). Introducing genetic testing for cardiovascular disease in primary care: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 64(622), Article e282-e289. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp14X679714

Background: While primary care systematically offers conventional cardiovascular risk assessment, genetic tests for coronary heart disease (CHD) are increasingly commercially available to patients. It is unclear how individuals may respond to these n... Read More about Introducing genetic testing for cardiovascular disease in primary care: a qualitative study.

Looking in the mirror for the first time after facial burns: A retrospective mixed methods study (2014)
Journal Article
Shepherd, L., Tattersall, H., & Buchanan, H. (2014). Looking in the mirror for the first time after facial burns: A retrospective mixed methods study. Burns, 40(8), 1624-1634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2014.03.011

Appearance-related concerns are common following burns. However, there is minimal research that has specifically investigated patients' reactions when they looked in the mirror for the first time following facial burns. The current study aimed to inv... Read More about Looking in the mirror for the first time after facial burns: A retrospective mixed methods study.

Mobile Learning and Games in Special Education (2014)
Book Chapter
Standen, P., & Brown, . D. (2014). Mobile Learning and Games in Special Education. In F. Lani (Ed.), The SAGE handbook of special education (719-730). London: SAGE Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446282236.n44

Information technology is now a ubiquitous presence in all educational settings as well as places in which people work. While most mainstream schools now rely heavily on this technology to support learning, special education was often at the forefron... Read More about Mobile Learning and Games in Special Education.

The role of learning disability nurses in promoting cervical screening uptake in women with intellectual disabilities: a qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article
Lloyd, J. L., & Coulson, N. S. (2014). The role of learning disability nurses in promoting cervical screening uptake in women with intellectual disabilities: a qualitative study. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629514528829

Research suggests that the uptake of cervical screening by women with intellectual disabilities (commonly known as learning disabilities within UK policy frameworks, practice areas and health services) is poor compared to women without intellectual d... Read More about The role of learning disability nurses in promoting cervical screening uptake in women with intellectual disabilities: a qualitative study.

Engaging students with profound and multiple disabilities using humanoid robots (2014)
Journal Article
Standen, P., Brown, D., Roscoe, J., Hedgecock, J., Stewart, D., Galvez Trigo, M. J., & Elgajiji, E. (2014). Engaging students with profound and multiple disabilities using humanoid robots. 00 Journal not listed, 8514, 419-430. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07440-5_39

Engagement is the single best predictor of successful learning for children with intellectual disabilities yet achieving engagement with pupils who have profound or multiple disabilities (PMD) presents a challenge to educators. Robots have been used... Read More about Engaging students with profound and multiple disabilities using humanoid robots.

Evaluating the role of a humanoid robot to support learning in children with profound and multiple disabilities (2014)
Journal Article
Hedgecock, J., Standen, P. J., Beer, C., & Brown, D. (2014). Evaluating the role of a humanoid robot to support learning in children with profound and multiple disabilities. Journal of Assistive Technologies, 8(3), 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAT-02-2014-0006

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify ways teachers might employ a robot to achieve learning objectives with pupils with intellectual disabilities and potential outcome measures. Design/methodology/approach A series of five case studi... Read More about Evaluating the role of a humanoid robot to support learning in children with profound and multiple disabilities.

Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Lafortuna, C. L., Caon, M., Tabozzi, S. A., Carrino, S., Coulson, N. S., Serrano, J. C., …Mugellini, E. (2014). Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers. In BIOSTEC 2014: Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (591-598). https://doi.org/10.5220/0004938805910598

Obesity is a major clinical problem for individuals and health care systems worldwide, alarmingly fuelled by body mass excess in the juvenile age. In spite of its multi-factorial origin, unhealthy lifestyles relative to alimentary behaviours and phys... Read More about Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers.

Exploring recruitment barriers and facilitators in early cancer detection trials: the use of pre-trial focus groups (2014)
Journal Article
das Nair, R., Skellington Orr, K., Vedhara, K., & Kendrick, D. (2014). Exploring recruitment barriers and facilitators in early cancer detection trials: the use of pre-trial focus groups. Trials, 15(1), Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-98

Background Recruiting to randomized controlled trials is fraught with challenges; with less than one third recruiting to their original target. In preparation for a trial evaluating the effectiveness of a blood test to screen for lung cancer (the... Read More about Exploring recruitment barriers and facilitators in early cancer detection trials: the use of pre-trial focus groups.

Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009 (2014)
Journal Article
Forrester-Paton, C., Forrester-Paton, J., Gordon, A. L., Mitchell, H. K., Bracewell, N., Mjojo, J., …Blundell, A. (2014). Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009. Age and Ageing, 43(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afu024

Introduction: in 2008, the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) developed the Recommended Undergraduate Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine. This was subsequently mapped to the second edition of Tomorrows' Doctors (TD2, 2003). Following the publication of t... Read More about Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009.

Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Lafortuna, C. L., Caon, M., Tabozzi, S. A., Carrino, S., Coulson, N. S., Serrano, J. C., …Mugellini, E. (2014). Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics: SUPERHEAL, (BIOSTEC 2014) (591-598). https://doi.org/10.5220/0004938805910598

Obesity is a major clinical problem for individuals and health care systems worldwide, alarmingly fuelled by body mass excess in the juvenile age. In spite of its multi-factorial origin, unhealthy lifestyles relative to alimentary behaviours and phys... Read More about Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers.