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Taking the biscuit: defining excessive quantities of free refreshments in a healthcare library (2022)
Journal Article
Tabner, A., Spicer, S., Husk, K., Blake, H., White, C., Toft, S., & Johnson, G. (2022). Taking the biscuit: defining excessive quantities of free refreshments in a healthcare library. BMJ, 379, Article e072846. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072846

Evidence suggests that complementary hot drinks and biscuits benefit an overworked and highly stressed healthcare workforce. But when signage in healthcare libraries asks patrons not to consume “excessive” quantities of free hot drinks and biscuits,... Read More about Taking the biscuit: defining excessive quantities of free refreshments in a healthcare library.

The protective role of staff wellbeing centres for wellbeing and presenteeism in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Secondary analysis of COVID-Well data (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
Blake, H., Mancini, H., Coyne, E., Cooper, J., & Stanulewicz-Buckley, N. The protective role of staff wellbeing centres for wellbeing and presenteeism in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Secondary analysis of COVID-Well data

Background

Supported wellbeing centres established during the COVID-19 pandemic provided high quality rest spaces and access to peer-to-peer psychological first aid for healthcare workers (HCWs). The centres were well accessed and valued by HCWs,... Read More about The protective role of staff wellbeing centres for wellbeing and presenteeism in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Secondary analysis of COVID-Well data .

Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal study (2022)
Journal Article
Banerjee, A., Hendrick, P., & Blake, H. (2022). Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 23(1), Article 1071. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05933-2

Background: Self-management (SM) is a key recommended strategy for managing chronic low back pain (CLBP). However, SM programmes generate small to moderate benefits for reducing pain and disability in patients with CLBP. The benefits of the SM progra... Read More about Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal study.

Managing Minds at Work: development of a digital line manager training programme: Holly Blake (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Vaughan, B., Bartle, C., Yarker, J., Munir, F., Marwaha, S., …Thomson, L. (2022). Managing Minds at Work: development of a digital line manager training programme: Holly Blake. European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_3), Article ckac130.209. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac130.209

Background Mental ill health is the leading cause of sickness absence with high economic burden. Workplace interventions aimed at supporting employers with prevention of mental ill-health in the workforce are urgently required. Managing Minds at Work... Read More about Managing Minds at Work: development of a digital line manager training programme: Holly Blake.

Process evaluation of a university residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing programme in the UK (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Carlisle, S., Fothergill, L., Hassard, J., Favier, A., Corner, J., …Denning, C. (2022). Process evaluation of a university residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing programme in the UK. European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_3), Article ckac131.046. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac131.046

Background Regular testing for SARS-CoV-2 is an important strategy for controlling virus outbreaks on university campuses during the COVID-19 pandemic but testing participation can be low. The Residence-Based Testing Participation Pilot (RB-TPP) was... Read More about Process evaluation of a university residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing programme in the UK.

Feasibility and Acceptability of an Internet of Things–Enabled Sedentary Behavior Intervention: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint) (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
Huang, Y., Benford, S., Li, B., Price, D., & Blake, H. Feasibility and Acceptability of an Internet of Things–Enabled Sedentary Behavior Intervention: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)

Background:
Encouraging office workers to break up prolonged sedentary behavior (SB) at work with regular micro-breaks can be beneficial yet challenging. Internet of Things (IoT) offers great promise for delivering more subtle and hence acceptable b... Read More about Feasibility and Acceptability of an Internet of Things–Enabled Sedentary Behavior Intervention: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint).

A Qualitative Evaluation of the Barriers and Enablers for Implementation of an Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Testing Service at the University of Nottingham: A Multi-Site Higher Education Setting in England (2022)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Somerset, S., Mahmood, I., Mahmood, N., Corner, J., Ball, J. K., & Denning, C. (2022). A Qualitative Evaluation of the Barriers and Enablers for Implementation of an Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Testing Service at the University of Nottingham: A Multi-Site Higher Education Setting in England. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), Article 13140. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013140

Asymptomatic testing for SARS-CoV-2 RNA has been used to prevent and manage COVID-19 outbreaks in university settings, but few studies have explored their implementation. The aim of the study was to evaluate how an accredited asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2... Read More about A Qualitative Evaluation of the Barriers and Enablers for Implementation of an Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Testing Service at the University of Nottingham: A Multi-Site Higher Education Setting in England.

Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Deficit-Oriented and Asset-Oriented Psychological Outcomes in the Workplace: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis (2022)
Journal Article
Armaou, M., Araviaki, E., Dutta, S., Konstantinidis, S., & Blake, H. (2022). Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Deficit-Oriented and Asset-Oriented Psychological Outcomes in the Workplace: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 12(10), 1471-1497. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12100102

Background: Digital psychological interventions can target deficit-oriented and asset-oriented psychological outcomes in the workplace. This review examined: (a) the effectiveness of digital interventions for psychological well-being at work, (b) ass... Read More about Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Deficit-Oriented and Asset-Oriented Psychological Outcomes in the Workplace: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.

Workforce Experiences of a Rapidly Established SARS-CoV-2 Asymptomatic Testing Service in a Higher Education Setting: A Qualitative Study (2022)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Somerset, S., Mahmood, I., Mahmood, N., Corner, J., Ball, J. K., & Denning, C. (2022). Workforce Experiences of a Rapidly Established SARS-CoV-2 Asymptomatic Testing Service in a Higher Education Setting: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), Article 12464. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912464

The aim of the study was to explore workforce experiences of the rapid implementation of a SARS-CoV-2 asymptomatic testing service (ATS) in a higher education setting during the COVID-19 pandemic. The setting was a multi-campus university in the UK,... Read More about Workforce Experiences of a Rapidly Established SARS-CoV-2 Asymptomatic Testing Service in a Higher Education Setting: A Qualitative Study.

The impact of COVID-19 on nurses (ICON) survey: Nurses' accounts of what would have helped to improve their working lives (2022)
Journal Article
Ball, J., Anstee, S., Couper, K., Maben, J., Blake, H., Anderson, J. E., …the full ICON Study Team. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on nurses (ICON) survey: Nurses' accounts of what would have helped to improve their working lives. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(1), 343-357. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15442

Aims: To use nurses' descriptions of what would have improved their working lives during the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Design: Analysis of free-text responses from a cross-sectional survey of the UK nursing and midwifery workforc... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on nurses (ICON) survey: Nurses' accounts of what would have helped to improve their working lives.

Test@Work Texts: Mobile Phone Messaging to Increase Awareness of HIV and HIV Testing in UK Construction Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
Middleton, M., Somerset, S., Evans, C., & Blake, H. Test@Work Texts: Mobile Phone Messaging to Increase Awareness of HIV and HIV Testing in UK Construction Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Background: HIV poses a threat to global health. With effective treatment options available, education and testing strategies are essential in preventing transmission. Text messaging is an effective tool for health promotion and can be used to target... Read More about Test@Work Texts: Mobile Phone Messaging to Increase Awareness of HIV and HIV Testing in UK Construction Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Efficacy of digital technologies aimed at enhancing emotion regulation skills: Literature review (2022)
Journal Article
Jadhakhan, F., Blake, H., Hett, D., & Marwaha, S. (2022). Efficacy of digital technologies aimed at enhancing emotion regulation skills: Literature review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 809332. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.809332

Background: The impact of emotion regulation (ER) interventions on mental health and wellbeing has been extensively documented in the literature, although only recently have digital technologies been incorporated in intervention design. The aim of th... Read More about Efficacy of digital technologies aimed at enhancing emotion regulation skills: Literature review.

Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled study of a multicomponent intervention to promote a sustainable return to work of workers on long-term sick leave — PROWORK: PROmoting a Sustainable and Healthy Return to WORK (2022)
Journal Article
Varela-Mato, V., Godfree, K., Adem, A., Blake, H., Bartle, C., Daly, G., …Munir, F. (2022). Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled study of a multicomponent intervention to promote a sustainable return to work of workers on long-term sick leave — PROWORK: PROmoting a Sustainable and Healthy Return to WORK. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8(1), Article 188. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-022-01143-8

Background: The cost of sickness absence has major social, psychological and financial implications for individuals and organisations. Return-to-work (RTW) interventions that support good quality communication and contact with the workplace can reduc... Read More about Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled study of a multicomponent intervention to promote a sustainable return to work of workers on long-term sick leave — PROWORK: PROmoting a Sustainable and Healthy Return to WORK.

Mixed-methods process evaluation of a residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing participation pilot on a UK university campus during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Carlisle, S., Fothergill, L., Hassard, J., Favier, A., Corner, J., …Denning, C. (2022). Mixed-methods process evaluation of a residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing participation pilot on a UK university campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health, 22(1), Article 1470. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13792-8

Background: Regular testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an important strategy for controlling virus outbreaks on university campuses during the COVID-19 pandemic but testing participation rates can be low. The... Read More about Mixed-methods process evaluation of a residence-based SARS-CoV-2 testing participation pilot on a UK university campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

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.

Managing Minds at Work: Development of a Digital Line Manager Training Program (2022)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Vaughan, B., Bartle, C., Yarker, J., Munir, F., Marwaha, S., …Thomson, L. (2022). Managing Minds at Work: Development of a Digital Line Manager Training Program. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), Article 8006. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138006

Mental ill-health is the leading cause of sickness absence, creating a high economic burden. Workplace interventions aimed at supporting employers in the prevention of mental ill-health in the workforce are urgently required. Managing Minds at Work i... Read More about Managing Minds at Work: Development of a Digital Line Manager Training Program.