All Outputs (315)

Practising what we preach: worksite wellness intervention for healthcare staff (2008)
Book Chapter
Blake, H. (2008). Practising what we preach: worksite wellness intervention for healthcare staff. In A. B. Turley, & G. C. Hofmann (Eds.), Life style and health research progress (1-4). New York: Nova Science Publishers

With the rising prevalence of preventable disease, caused by our modern lifestyles, population approaches to health promotion are becoming an essential part of healthcare. Nursing is the largest occupational group within the National Health Service a... Read More about Practising what we preach: worksite wellness intervention for healthcare staff.

Practising what we preach: Worksite wellness intervention for healthcare employees (2008)
Book Chapter
Blake, H. (2008). Practising what we preach: Worksite wellness intervention for healthcare employees. In A. B. Turley, & G. C. Hofmann (Eds.), Lifestyle and Health Research Progress (1-4). Nova Science Publishers

Workplace intervention to promote stair‐use in an NHS setting (2008)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Lee, S., Stanton, T., & Gorely, T. (2008). Workplace intervention to promote stair‐use in an NHS setting. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 1(3), 162-175. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538350810926525

Purpose – Increasing physical activity (PA) is an international public health priority.
This study aims to assess the impact of an environmental stair-use intervention using “point of decision” prompts with varying messages in an NHS workplace in th... Read More about Workplace intervention to promote stair‐use in an NHS setting.

Exercise intervention in acquired brain injury rehabilitation: a discussion (2008)
Journal Article
Blake, H., & Batson, M. (2008). Exercise intervention in acquired brain injury rehabilitation: a discussion. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 15(4), 180-185. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2008.15.4.29037

Physical activity is essential for health and well-being. The importance of an active lifestyle is increasingly being recognized in rehabilitation for its benefits to quality of life and the prevention and management of secondary disease resulting fr... Read More about Exercise intervention in acquired brain injury rehabilitation: a discussion.

Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care (2008)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2008). Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care. British Journal of Community Nursing, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2008.13.4.29024

Mobile phones are becoming increasingly important in everyday life and now in healthcare. There has been a steady growth of information and communication technologies in health communication and technology is used progressively in telemedicine, wirel... Read More about Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care.

A survey of people in the forest industries in South Scotland (2007)
Report
Lee, R., Smither, M., Lee, S., & Blake, H. (2007). A survey of people in the forest industries in South Scotland

Sexual and reproductive health in pregnant teenagers presenting for antenatal care or for termination (2006)
Journal Article
Collier, J., & Blake, H. (2006). Sexual and reproductive health in pregnant teenagers presenting for antenatal care or for termination. Current Paediatrics, 16(3), 211-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cupe.2006.03.008

Sexual health is an important public health issue with attention being paid to the development of national policy strategies for teenage pregnancy and reproductive health. A substantial proportion of pregnant adolescents engage in unprotected interco... Read More about Sexual and reproductive health in pregnant teenagers presenting for antenatal care or for termination.

Cognitive impairments following a stroke: the strain on caregivers (2005)
Book Chapter
Blake, H., & Lincoln, N. (2005). Cognitive impairments following a stroke: the strain on caregivers. In Stroke: therapy and rehabilitation (173-179)

Objectives: The aim was to investigate the relation between cognitive impairment in stroke patients and strain in their spouses.
Setting: Hospital.
Methods: Patients were assessed for cognitive impairment on tests of general mental state, language,... Read More about Cognitive impairments following a stroke: the strain on caregivers.

Exposure assessment in occupational and environmental epidemiology. Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen (Editor). Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-852861-2 (2004)
Journal Article
Muir, K., & Blake, H. (in press). Exposure assessment in occupational and environmental epidemiology. Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen (Editor). Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-852861-2. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 48(6), https://doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/meh053

A randomised controlled trial of a care home rehabilitation service to reduce long-term institutionalisation for elderly people (2004)
Journal Article
Fleming, S. A., Blake, H., Gladman, J. R., Hart, E., Lymbery, M., Dewey, M. E., McCloughry, H., Walker, M. F., & Miller, P. (in press). A randomised controlled trial of a care home rehabilitation service to reduce long-term institutionalisation for elderly people. Age and Ageing, 33(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afh126

Objectives: to evaluate the effect of a care home rehabilitation service on institutionalisation, health outcomes and service use.

Design: randomised controlled trial, stratified by Barthel ADL index, social service sector and whether living alone... Read More about A randomised controlled trial of a care home rehabilitation service to reduce long-term institutionalisation for elderly people.

Caregiver strain in spouses of stroke patients (2003)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Lincoln, N. B., & Clarke, D. D. (2003). Caregiver strain in spouses of stroke patients. Clinical Rehabilitation, 17(3), 312-317. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215503cr613oa

Objective: To test the ability of a previously generated logistic regression model to predict caregiver strain from carer mood, negative affectivity and perceived patient functional ability.

Design: Postal prospective survey.

Setting: Spouses o... Read More about Caregiver strain in spouses of stroke patients.

An evaluation of screening measures for cognitive impairment after stroke (2002)
Journal Article
Blake, H., McKinney, M., Treece, K., Lee, E., & Lincoln, N. (2002). An evaluation of screening measures for cognitive impairment after stroke. Age and Ageing, 31(6), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/31.6.451

Objectives: to assess the sensitivity and specificity of a screening battery for detecting cognitive impairment after stroke.

Design: a randomized controlled trial.

Methods: stroke patients were recruited from hospitals in three centres. Pati... Read More about An evaluation of screening measures for cognitive impairment after stroke.

Drinking habits of 16 year olds: secondary analysis of the 1970 British cohort study (2001)
Report
Blake, H., Collier, J., Polnay, L., & Armstrong, S. (2001). Drinking habits of 16 year olds: secondary analysis of the 1970 British cohort study

Strain and psychological distress among informal supporters of reflex sympathetic dystrophy patients (2000)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2000). Strain and psychological distress among informal supporters of reflex sympathetic dystrophy patients. Disability and Rehabilitation, 22(18), 827-832. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638280050207875

Factors associated with strain in co-resident spouses of patients following stroke (2000)
Journal Article
Blake, H., & Lincoln, N. (2000). Factors associated with strain in co-resident spouses of patients following stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1191/026921500667530134

Objective: To identify the factors associated with carer strain following stroke.

Design: Co-resident spouses of stroke patients were sent questionnaire measures of their perceptions of strain, stress, mood, handicap, adjustment, social support, l... Read More about Factors associated with strain in co-resident spouses of patients following stroke.

The inverse forecast effect (1997)
Journal Article
Clarke, D., & Blake, H. (1997). The inverse forecast effect

Social behaviour depends crucially on the way events are linked over time, and on how these linkages are perceived. From a given event, people may be able to infer what followed, or what preceded it. However these two tasks are not as similar as they... Read More about The inverse forecast effect.

Are levels of reported physical activity related to body composition? (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fentem, P., Mockett, S., & Blake, H. (1997). Are levels of reported physical activity related to body composition?. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 29(5), 86

Systematic review of exercise interventions for children with Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cooper, Y., & Blake, H. (in press). Systematic review of exercise interventions for children with Type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Text messaging to encourage uptake of HIV testing amongst African communities: findings from a theory-based feasibility study [abstract]
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Evans, C., Turner, K., Juma, A., Suggs, L. S., & Blake, H. (in press). Text messaging to encourage uptake of HIV testing amongst African communities: findings from a theory-based feasibility study [abstract].

A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to measure the change in self-management in clinical trials in non-cancer chronic pain
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Banerjee, A., Hendrick, P., Bhattacharjee, P., & Blake, H. (in press). A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to measure the change in self-management in clinical trials in non-cancer chronic pain.