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Parenting in a changing climate: the relationship between talking to children aged 5-11 about climate change, family eco-behaviours and climate change anxiety (2024)
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Climate change has a substantial impact on human health and the increased symptoms of climate change anxiety have led to a global call for action. However, data exploring the relationship between climate change, mental health, and individuals with pa... Read More about Parenting in a changing climate: the relationship between talking to children aged 5-11 about climate change, family eco-behaviours and climate change anxiety.

Psychological interventions for mood and cognition after stroke and transient ischaemic attack: A protocol for an umbrella review (2024)
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Background People who have had a stroke or a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) can experience psychological and/or cognitive difficulties. The body of research for psychological and neuropsychological interventions after stroke is growing, however, pu... Read More about Psychological interventions for mood and cognition after stroke and transient ischaemic attack: A protocol for an umbrella review.

Mapping the evidence on factors related to postpartum contraception among sub-Saharan African immigrant and refugee women in the United States of America: A scoping review protocol (2024)
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Background Postpartum contraception is essential to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care because it encourages healthy spacing between births, helps women avoid unwanted pregnancies, and lessens the risks of health problems for mothers and ba... Read More about Mapping the evidence on factors related to postpartum contraception among sub-Saharan African immigrant and refugee women in the United States of America: A scoping review protocol.

What are the barriers to upper limb splint adherence, and how is adherence measured? A systematic review (2024)
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Developing a Tool for Assessing the Process of Seeking Health Information: Online Think-Aloud Method (2024)
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Nursing students can access massive amounts of online health data to drive cutting-edge evidence-based practice in clinical placement, to bridge the theory–practice gap. This activity requires investigation to identify the strategies nursing students... Read More about Developing a Tool for Assessing the Process of Seeking Health Information: Online Think-Aloud Method.

Minding the gaps: Recognizing ancillary staff contributions in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (2024)
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Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study (2024)
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Background: Bisphosphonates are a class of medication commonly used to treat osteoporosis. Alendronate is recommended as the first-line treatment; however, long-term adherence (both treatment compliance and persistence) is poor. Alternative bisphosph... Read More about Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study.

How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect wellbeing of staff working in child and family teams? (2024)
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During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, child and family health teams were required to adapt and prioritise services, which were increasing in demand. This investigation aimed to understand how the changes in service delivery and workload, as a c... Read More about How did the Covid-19 pandemic affect wellbeing of staff working in child and family teams?.

Flexor Injury Rehabilitation Splint Trial (FIRST): protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing three splints for finger flexor tendon repairs (2024)
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Background: Without surgical repair, flexor tendon injuries do not heal and patients’ ability to bend fingers and grip objects is impaired. However, flexor tendon repair surgery also requires optimal rehabilitation. There are currently three custom-m... Read More about Flexor Injury Rehabilitation Splint Trial (FIRST): protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing three splints for finger flexor tendon repairs.

Understanding how nurses can effectively utilise social media for increasing public involvement, recruitment, and impact dissemination of Clinical Research Trials (2024)
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Background The methodologies for clinical research trials are evolving to greater usage of social media platforms, providing opportunities to incorporate smart technologies in their delivery. Research Nurses should consider how they can utilise pla... Read More about Understanding how nurses can effectively utilise social media for increasing public involvement, recruitment, and impact dissemination of Clinical Research Trials.

Implementing internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (moodgym) for African students with symptoms of low mood during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative feasibilty study (2024)
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Background: Online therapies have been shown to be effective in improving students’ mental health. They are cost-effective and therefore have particular advantages in low-income countries like Zambia where mental health resources are limited. This st... Read More about Implementing internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (moodgym) for African students with symptoms of low mood during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative feasibilty study.

Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol (2023)
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Responsive infant feeding is a key strategy for childhood obesity prevention. Responsive feeding involves caregivers responding to infant hunger and satiety cues in a timely and developmentally appropriate manner. There is a dearth of evidence-based... Read More about Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol.

Social reintegration of fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria: A case for rehabilitation (2023)
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Obstetric fistula remains one of the neglected forms of chronic maternal morbidity that occurs mainly in low- and middle-income countries. We explored the rehabilitation and reintegration experiences of 15 fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria.... Read More about Social reintegration of fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria: A case for rehabilitation.

Knowledge and practice of complementary feeding among mothers in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: Community-based cross-sectional study (2023)
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Introduction This study examines mothers' complementary feeding (CF) knowledge and practices for children aged 6–24 months, highlighting links to adverse health outcomes and childhood malnutrition from both delayed and early CF initiation (before si... Read More about Knowledge and practice of complementary feeding among mothers in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: Community-based cross-sectional study.

Journey for a cure: Illness narratives of obstetric fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria (2023)
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Obstetric fistula is a life transforming event resulting in embodied biographical disruption. Survivors suffer myriad long-term physical and emotional consequences. This paper is an account of a narrative inquiry, conducted with 15 fistula survivors... Read More about Journey for a cure: Illness narratives of obstetric fistula survivors in North Central Nigeria.

Fatigue in stroke survivors: a 5-year follow-up of the Fall study of Gothenburg (2023)
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Longer term knowledge of post-stroke fatigue (PSF) is limited. Our aim was to describe the prevalence of, and to identify baseline predictors associated with, PSF 5 years after stroke. We undertook a follow-up of stroke survivors from the 504 consecu... Read More about Fatigue in stroke survivors: a 5-year follow-up of the Fall study of Gothenburg.

Assessing the Contraceptive Attitudes of US-Born and Foreign-Born Black Women Living in the USA: a Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study (2023)
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Background Racially and ethnically marginalized US women experience unintended pregnancy at twice the rate of White women. Understanding contraceptive attitudes can help identify women at increased risk of contraceptive non-use and unintended pregna... Read More about Assessing the Contraceptive Attitudes of US-Born and Foreign-Born Black Women Living in the USA: a Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.

Eliciting Co-Creation Best Practices of Virtual Reality Reusable e-Resources (2023)
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Immersive experiential technologies find fertile grounds to grow and support healthcare education. Virtual, Augmented, or Mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) have proven to be impactful in both the educational and the affective state of the healthcare student’s... Read More about Eliciting Co-Creation Best Practices of Virtual Reality Reusable e-Resources.

Factors influencing COVID-19 health protective behaviours in Zambian university students with symptoms of low mood (2023)
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Background Health protective behaviours are crucial in the prevention of the spread of COVID-19, particularly in university students who typically live and study in large groups. Depression and anxiety are common in students and can impact young peo... Read More about Factors influencing COVID-19 health protective behaviours in Zambian university students with symptoms of low mood.

Developing a Patient Care Pathway for Emotional Support around the point of Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis: A Stakeholder Engagement Study (2023)
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Background: Diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS) can be a lengthy process, which can impact psychological wellbeing, condition management, and future engagement with health services. Therefore, providing timely and appropriate emotional support may imp... Read More about Developing a Patient Care Pathway for Emotional Support around the point of Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis: A Stakeholder Engagement Study.