All Outputs (92)

Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Evans, K., Booth, A., Timmons, S., Jones, N., Nazmeen, B., …Spiby, H. (2022). Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(9), Article e062106. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062106

INTRODUCTION: One of the most commonly reported COVID-19-related changes to all maternity services has been an increase in the use of digital clinical consultations such as telephone or video calling; however, the ways in which they can be optimally... Read More about Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol.

Recommendations for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results in scoping reviews (2022)
Journal Article
Pollock, D., Peters, M. D., Khalil, H., McInerney, P., Alexander, L., Tricco, A. C., …Munn, Z. (2023). Recommendations for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results in scoping reviews. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 21(3), 520-532. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-22-00123

Scoping reviewers often face challenges in the extraction, analysis, and presentation of scoping review results. Using best-practice examples and drawing on the expertise of the JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group and an editor of a journal that pub... Read More about Recommendations for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results in scoping reviews.

Evaluation of opt-in HIV testing in the construction workplace using the socioecological framework (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Somerset, S., Jones, W., Evans, C., Cirelli, C., & Mbang, D. (2022). Evaluation of opt-in HIV testing in the construction workplace using the socioecological framework. European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_3), Article 1409. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.473

Background Late diagnosis of HIV remains a challenge and the construction workforce has several risk factors for HIV. In the Test@Work programme, we delivered HIV tests embedded within a general health check to construction workers, with high uptake... Read More about Evaluation of opt-in HIV testing in the construction workplace using the socioecological framework.

Opt-in HIV testing in construction workplaces: an exploration of its suitability, using the socioecological framework (2022)
Journal Article
Somerset, S., Jones, W., Evans, C., Cirelli, C., Mbang, D., & Blake, H. (2022). Opt-in HIV testing in construction workplaces: an exploration of its suitability, using the socioecological framework. BMC Public Health, 22(1), Article 1409. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13787-5

Background: Late diagnosis of HIV remains a challenge, despite improved testing and treatment. Testing is often targeted at high-risk groups; workplace events might normalise testing and allow access to a wider population. The construction workforce... Read More about Opt-in HIV testing in construction workplaces: an exploration of its suitability, using the socioecological framework.

The practice of pilot/feasibility studies in informing the conduct of HIV related clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review (2022)
Journal Article
Nalubega, S., Osuwat, L. O., Agyeiwaa, P. B., Evans, C., & Matovu, J. B. (2022). The practice of pilot/feasibility studies in informing the conduct of HIV related clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 29, Article 100959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100959

Introduction: Pilot/feasibility studies represent a fundamental phase of the research process and play a vital role in the preliminary planning of a full size HIV clinical trial. Published HIV clinical trial protocols were reviewed to establish the e... Read More about The practice of pilot/feasibility studies in informing the conduct of HIV related clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.

Domesticating cleaner cookstoves for improved respiratory health: Using approaches from the sanitation sector to explore the adoption and sustained use of improved cooking technologies in Nepal (2022)
Journal Article
Jewitt, S., Smallman-Raynor, M., Binaya, C., Robinson, B., Adhikari, P., Evans, C., …Hall, I. P. (2022). Domesticating cleaner cookstoves for improved respiratory health: Using approaches from the sanitation sector to explore the adoption and sustained use of improved cooking technologies in Nepal. Social Science and Medicine, 308, Article 115201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115201

Drawing on village-based data from Nepal, this paper explores the transferability of the Integrated Behavioural Model for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IBM-WASH) to the clean cooking sector and its potential to elucidate how barriers to improved coo... Read More about Domesticating cleaner cookstoves for improved respiratory health: Using approaches from the sanitation sector to explore the adoption and sustained use of improved cooking technologies in Nepal.

Identifying and Understanding the Non-clinical Impacts of Delayed or Cancelled Surgery in Order to Inform Prioritisation Processes: A Scoping Review (2022)
Journal Article
Jack, K., Evans, C., Bramley, L., Cooper, J., Keane, T., Cope, M., & Hendron, E. (2022). Identifying and Understanding the Non-clinical Impacts of Delayed or Cancelled Surgery in Order to Inform Prioritisation Processes: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), Article 5542. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095542

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant delays to non-urgent elective surgery. Decision making regarding prioritisation for surgery is currently informed primarily by clinical urgency. The ways in which decision making should also consider... Read More about Identifying and Understanding the Non-clinical Impacts of Delayed or Cancelled Surgery in Order to Inform Prioritisation Processes: A Scoping Review.

JBI series paper 2: tailored evidence synthesis approaches are required to answer diverse questions: a pragmatic evidence synthesis toolkit from JBI (2022)
Journal Article
Aromataris, E., Stern, C., Lockwood, C., Barker, T. H., Klugar, M., Jadotte, Y., …Munn, Z. (2022). JBI series paper 2: tailored evidence synthesis approaches are required to answer diverse questions: a pragmatic evidence synthesis toolkit from JBI. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 150, 196-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.006

Evidence synthesis is critical in evidence-based healthcare and is a core program of JBI. JBI evidence synthesis is characterised by a pluralistic view of what constitutes evidence and is underpinned by a pragmatic ethos to facilitate the use of evid... Read More about JBI series paper 2: tailored evidence synthesis approaches are required to answer diverse questions: a pragmatic evidence synthesis toolkit from JBI.

Birth environments for women with complex pregnancies: A mixed-methods systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Sands, G., Evans, K., Spiby, H., Eldridge, J., Pallotti, P., & Evans, C. (2023). Birth environments for women with complex pregnancies: A mixed-methods systematic review. Women and Birth, 36(1), 39-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2022.04.008

Background: Birth environments can help support women through labour and birth. Home-like rooms which encourage active birthing are embraced in midwifery-led settings. However, this is often not reflected in obstetric settings for women with more com... Read More about Birth environments for women with complex pregnancies: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Rapid reviews and the methodological rigor of evidence synthesis: a JBI position statement (2022)
Journal Article
Tricco, A. C., Khalil, H., Holly, C., Feyissa, G., Godfrey, C., Evans, C., …Munn, Z. (2022). Rapid reviews and the methodological rigor of evidence synthesis: a JBI position statement. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 20(4), 944-949. https://doi.org/10.11124/jbies-21-00371

The demand for rapid reviews has exploded in recent years. A rapid review is an approach to evidence synthesis that provides timely information to decision-makers (eg, health care planners, providers, policymakers, patients) by simplifying the eviden... Read More about Rapid reviews and the methodological rigor of evidence synthesis: a JBI position statement.

Nationwide evaluation of the advanced clinical practitioner role in England: a cross-sectional survey (2022)
Journal Article
Fothergill, L., Al-Oraibi, A., Houdmont, J., Conway, J., Evans, C., Timmons, S., …Blake, H. (2022). Nationwide evaluation of the advanced clinical practitioner role in England: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 12(1), Article e055475. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055475

Background and study objective:
In response to growing pressures on healthcare systems, the advanced clinical practice (ACP) role has been implemented widely in the UK and internationally. In England, ACP is a level of practice applicable across var... Read More about Nationwide evaluation of the advanced clinical practitioner role in England: a cross-sectional survey.

Test@work: evaluation of workplace HIV testing for construction workers using the RE-AIM framework (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, W., Somerset, S., Evans, C., Whittingham, K., Middleton, M., & Blake, H. (2021). Test@work: evaluation of workplace HIV testing for construction workers using the RE-AIM framework. BMC Public Health, 21, Article 1737. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11739-z

Background: Community testing for HIV can reach previously untested populations but is rarely offered in workplaces. Targeting the construction sector could reach workers from high risk populations. Methods: The RE-AIM framework was used to evaluate... Read More about Test@work: evaluation of workplace HIV testing for construction workers using the RE-AIM framework.

Priorities for research during the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and beyond: a survey of nurses, midwives and health visitors in the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Manning, J. C., Bramley, L., Coad, J., Evans, C., Evans, K., Tinkler, L., & Cooper, J. (2021). Priorities for research during the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and beyond: a survey of nurses, midwives and health visitors in the United Kingdom. Journal of Research in Nursing, 26(5), 442-454. https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871211018737

Background: The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant burden on global healthcare systems. Nurses, midwives and health visitors remain critical to the rapid responses and innovative solutions required. Their views, however,... Read More about Priorities for research during the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and beyond: a survey of nurses, midwives and health visitors in the United Kingdom.

Characterising the outcomes, impacts and implementation challenges of advanced clinical practice roles in the UK: A scoping review (2021)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Poku, B. A., Pearce, R., Eldridge, J., Hendrick, P., Knaggs, R., …Collier, R. (2021). Characterising the outcomes, impacts and implementation challenges of advanced clinical practice roles in the UK: A scoping review. BMJ Open, 11(8), Article e048171. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048171

Objectives In response to demographic and health system pressures, the development of non-medical advanced clinical practice (ACP) roles is a key component of National Health Service workforce transformation policy in the UK. This review was undertak... Read More about Characterising the outcomes, impacts and implementation challenges of advanced clinical practice roles in the UK: A scoping review.

Ethical and practical considerations in HIV drug trial closure: perspectives of research staff in Uganda (2021)
Journal Article
Nalubega, S., Cox, K., Mugerwa, H., & Evans, C. (2021). Ethical and practical considerations in HIV drug trial closure: perspectives of research staff in Uganda. Research Ethics, 17(4), 423-434. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161211030971

There is a gap in evidence regarding how research trial closure processes are managed to ensure continuity of HIV care for HIV positive participants following trial closure within low income settings. This research aimed to establish how research sta... Read More about Ethical and practical considerations in HIV drug trial closure: perspectives of research staff in Uganda.

Accessing Voluntary HIV Testing in the Construction Industry: A Qualitative Analysis of Employee Interviews from the Test@Work Study (2021)
Journal Article
Somerset, S., Evans, C., & Blake, H. (2021). Accessing Voluntary HIV Testing in the Construction Industry: A Qualitative Analysis of Employee Interviews from the Test@Work Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), Article 4184. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084184

HIV, globally, remains a significant public health issue and community HIV testing can help to identify those with HIV at an early stage of disease. The workplace offers a prime location for provision of opt-in HIV testing as part of wider health pro... Read More about Accessing Voluntary HIV Testing in the Construction Industry: A Qualitative Analysis of Employee Interviews from the Test@Work Study.

Facilitated transition in HIV drug trial closure: A conceptual model for HIV post-trial care (2021)
Journal Article
Nalubega, S., Cox, K., Mugerwa, H., & Evans, C. (2021). Facilitated transition in HIV drug trial closure: A conceptual model for HIV post-trial care. PLoS ONE, 16(4), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250698

Within the HIV clinical trial field, there are gaps in existing ethical regulations in relation to post-trial care. There is need to develop post-trial care guidelines that are flexible and sensitive to local contexts and to the specific needs of dif... Read More about Facilitated transition in HIV drug trial closure: A conceptual model for HIV post-trial care.

A Scoping Review of the Health of African Immigrant and Refugee Children (2021)
Journal Article
Salami, B., Fernandez-Sanchez, H., Fouche, C., Evans, C., Sibeko, L., Tulli, M., …Richter, S. (2021). A Scoping Review of the Health of African Immigrant and Refugee Children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), Article 3514. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073514

Migration is a growing phenomenon around the world, including within the African continent. Many migrants, especially African children, face challenges related to health and social inclusion and can face increased health risks. A systematic scoping r... Read More about A Scoping Review of the Health of African Immigrant and Refugee Children.

Establishing information needs and research priorities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the local maternity setting (2021)
Journal Article
Evans, K., Janiszewski, H., Evans, C., & Spiby, H. (2021). Establishing information needs and research priorities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the local maternity setting. Midwifery, 95, Article 102922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.102922

The purpose of this project was to identify gaps in the current evidence base and to identify research priorities in the local context during the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper reports on the application and adaptation of the CHNRI methodology which f... Read More about Establishing information needs and research priorities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the local maternity setting.

The burden of chronic respiratory diseases in adults in Nepal: A systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Ekezie, W., Jenkins, A. R., Hall, I. P., Evans, C., Koju, R., Kurmi, O. P., & Bolton, C. E. (2021). The burden of chronic respiratory diseases in adults in Nepal: A systematic review. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 18, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1479973121994572

While chronic lung disease causes substantial global morbidity and mortality, global estimates have primarily been based on broad assumptions. Specific country data from low-income countries such as Nepal are limited. This review assessed primary evi... Read More about The burden of chronic respiratory diseases in adults in Nepal: A systematic review.