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Mobile phone messaging to promote uptake of HIV testing among migrant African communities in the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Suggs, L. S., Turner, K., Occa, A., Juma, A., & Blake, H. (2018). Mobile phone messaging to promote uptake of HIV testing among migrant African communities in the UK. Health Education Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896918785928

Background: In the UK, African communities are a focus of public health efforts to increase uptake of HIV testing. Mobile phone interventions may be an innovative way of reaching migrant groups who are known to face multiple obstacles in accessing ma... Read More about Mobile phone messaging to promote uptake of HIV testing among migrant African communities in the UK.

Employers' views of the 'Healthy Hub Roadshow': a workplace HIV testing intervention in England (2018)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Hussain, B., Hand, J., Juma, A., & Evans, C. (2018). Employers' views of the 'Healthy Hub Roadshow': a workplace HIV testing intervention in England. AIDS Care, 31(2), 181-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2018.1500010

We explored employer uptake and perceptions of workplace HIV testing delivered to employees as part of Healthy Hub Roadshow, a multi-component general health check. Intervention included health checks with tailored advice delivered to 776 employees a... Read More about Employers' views of the 'Healthy Hub Roadshow': a workplace HIV testing intervention in England.

Employer attitudes towards general health checks and HIV testing in the workplace (2018)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Banerjee, A., & Evans, C. (2018). Employer attitudes towards general health checks and HIV testing in the workplace. Public Health, 156, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2017.12.004

Objective: There is a need to increase HIV testing rates in the UK. One approach is to increase access to testing through general health checks (GHCs) in the workplace. However, it is unclear whether GHCs are routinely offered by organisations, and e... Read More about Employer attitudes towards general health checks and HIV testing in the workplace.

What are the experiences of seeking, receiving and providing FGM-related healthcare?: perspectives of health professionals and women/girls who have undergone FGM: protocol for a systematic review of qualitative evidence (2017)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Tweheyo, R., McGarry, J., Eldridge, J., McCormick, C., Nkoyo, V., & Higginbottom, G. M. (in press). What are the experiences of seeking, receiving and providing FGM-related healthcare?: perspectives of health professionals and women/girls who have undergone FGM: protocol for a systematic review of qualitative evidence. BMJ Open, 7, Article e018170. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018170

Introduction: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is an issue of global concern. High levels of migration mean that healthcare systems in higher-income western countries are increasingly being challenged to respond to the care needs of affected communiti... Read More about What are the experiences of seeking, receiving and providing FGM-related healthcare?: perspectives of health professionals and women/girls who have undergone FGM: protocol for a systematic review of qualitative evidence.

Factors influencing the experience of sexual and reproductive healthcare for female adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV: a qualitative case study (2017)
Journal Article
Mwalabu, G., Evans, C., & Redsell, S. (2017). Factors influencing the experience of sexual and reproductive healthcare for female adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV: a qualitative case study. BMC Women's Health, 17(1), Article 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0485-9

Background Young people living with perinatally-acquired HIV require age-appropriate support regarding sex and relationships as they progress towards adulthood. HIV affects both genders but evidence suggests that young women are particularly vulne... Read More about Factors influencing the experience of sexual and reproductive healthcare for female adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV: a qualitative case study.

Interventions that improve maternity care for immigrant women in the UK: protocol for a narrative synthesis systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Higginbottom, G. M., Evans, C., Morgan, M., Bharj, K. K., Eldridge, J., & Hussain, B. (2017). Interventions that improve maternity care for immigrant women in the UK: protocol for a narrative synthesis systematic review. BMJ Open, 7(7), Article e016988. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016988

Introduction: A quarter of all births in the UK are to mothers born outside the UK. There is also evidence that immigrant women have higher maternal and infant death rates and of inequalities in the provision and uptake of maternity services/birth c... Read More about Interventions that improve maternity care for immigrant women in the UK: protocol for a narrative synthesis systematic review.

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.

How do nurses facilitate shared decision making in HIV care?: an exploratory study of UK nurses knowledge, perspective and experience of facilitating shared decision making in clinical practice (2016)
Journal Article
Croston, M., McLuskey, J., & Evans, C. (2016). How do nurses facilitate shared decision making in HIV care?: an exploratory study of UK nurses knowledge, perspective and experience of facilitating shared decision making in clinical practice. European journal for person centered healthcare, 4(4), https://doi.org/10.5750/ejpch.v4i4.1254

Shared Decision Making (SDM) enables clinicians to promote self-management and to empower patients with long-term health conditions. Whilst it has been reported in other health conditions, there is little empirical research on the nature and practice... Read More about How do nurses facilitate shared decision making in HIV care?: an exploratory study of UK nurses knowledge, perspective and experience of facilitating shared decision making in clinical practice.

Patient, nursing and medical staff experiences and perceptions of the care of people with palliative esophagogastric cancer: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence (2016)
Journal Article
Cowley, A., Evans, C., Bath-Hextall, F., & Cooper, J. (2016). Patient, nursing and medical staff experiences and perceptions of the care of people with palliative esophagogastric cancer: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 14(10), 134-166. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-003168

Background: Esophagogastric cancer is the fifth most common malignancy and its incidence is increasing. The disease progresses quickly and five-year survival rates are poor. Treatment with palliative intent is provided for the majority of patients bu... Read More about Patient, nursing and medical staff experiences and perceptions of the care of people with palliative esophagogastric cancer: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence.

Searching for sustainability within public health policy: insights from an injury prevention perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Errington, G., Evans, C., & Watson, M. W. (in press). Searching for sustainability within public health policy: insights from an injury prevention perspective. European Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw123

Background: Sustaining public health programmes in the long-term is key to ensuring full manifestation of their intended benefits. Although an increasing interest in sustainability is apparent within the global literature, empirical studies from with... Read More about Searching for sustainability within public health policy: insights from an injury prevention perspective.

The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: A qualitative case study in Kerala, India (2016)
Journal Article
Timmons, S., Evans, C., & Nair, S. (2016). The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: A qualitative case study in Kerala, India. Social Science and Medicine, 166, 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.012

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd In the paper, we are looking at the relationship between globalisation and the professional project, using nursing in Kerala as an exemplar. Our focus is on the intersection of the professional project, gender and globalisation pr... Read More about The development of the nursing profession in a globalised context: A qualitative case study in Kerala, India.

Developing a mHealth intervention to promote uptake of HIV testing among African communities in the UK: a qualitative study (2016)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Turner, K., Suggs, L., Occa, A., Juma, A., & Blake, H. (2016). Developing a mHealth intervention to promote uptake of HIV testing among African communities in the UK: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 16, Article 656. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3278-4

Background: HIV-related mHealth interventions have demonstrable efficacy in supporting treatment adherence, although the evidence base for promoting HIV testing is inconclusive. Progress is constrained by a limited understanding of processes used to... Read More about Developing a mHealth intervention to promote uptake of HIV testing among African communities in the UK: a qualitative study.

Nurses in the private health sector in Kerala: Any lessons learnt from their strikes in recent years? (2016)
Journal Article
Nair, S., Timmons, S., & Evans, C. (in press). Nurses in the private health sector in Kerala: Any lessons learnt from their strikes in recent years?. Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 23(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/0971521515612858

This article analyses the series of strikes initiated by staff nurses in private hospitals in the state of Kerala. In spite of the growth of private sector health care institutions, working terms and conditions of nursing professionals are structured... Read More about Nurses in the private health sector in Kerala: Any lessons learnt from their strikes in recent years?.

Parents’ and carers’ experiences of transitions and aftercare following a childʼs discharge from a pediatric intensive care unit to an inpatient ward setting: a qualitative systematic review protocol (2016)
Journal Article
Suleman, Z., Manning, J. C., & Evans, C. (2016). Parents’ and carers’ experiences of transitions and aftercare following a childʼs discharge from a pediatric intensive care unit to an inpatient ward setting: a qualitative systematic review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 14(1), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.11124/jbisrir-2016-2557

The primary objective of this review is to identify and describe parents’ and carers’ experiences of undergoing transitions and aftercare following a child’s discharge from pediatric intensive care Unit (PICU) to an inpatient ward environment for the... Read More about Parents’ and carers’ experiences of transitions and aftercare following a childʼs discharge from a pediatric intensive care unit to an inpatient ward setting: a qualitative systematic review protocol.

Text messaging to encourage uptake of HIV testing amongst African communities: findings from a theory based feasibility study (2015)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Turner, K., Blake, H., Juma, A., Suggs, S., & Occa, A. (in press). Text messaging to encourage uptake of HIV testing amongst African communities: findings from a theory based feasibility study. HIV Medicine, 16(S2), https://doi.org/10.1111/hiv.12265

Background: There is a public health need to tackle high levels of undiagnosed (or late diagnosed) HIV amongst the UK's African communities. This research aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of using a text messaging intervention to enc... Read More about Text messaging to encourage uptake of HIV testing amongst African communities: findings from a theory based feasibility study.