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School-based educational intervention to improve children’s oral health-related knowledge (2014)
Journal Article

Objective. To evaluate a brief oral health promotion intervention delivered in schools by a primary care dental practice, aimed at changing oral health care knowledge and oral health–related behaviors in children. Design. Cohort study with pretest–po... Read More about School-based educational intervention to improve children’s oral health-related knowledge.

Development and evaluation of the INSPIRE measure of staff support for personal recovery (2014)
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© 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Background: No individualised standardised measure of staff support for mental health recovery exists. Aims: To develop and evaluate a measure of staff support for recovery. Method: Development: initial draf... Read More about Development and evaluation of the INSPIRE measure of staff support for personal recovery.

Evaluation of occupational health checks for hospital employees (2014)
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain which employees choose to access occupational health checks (OHCs), their perceptions of the usefulness of information received and whether they choose to act on tailored advice provided. Design... Read More about Evaluation of occupational health checks for hospital employees.

Mental Health Service User Experience of Positive Psychotherapy (2014)
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© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Objective: Service user satisfaction with therapy is a key part of the therapeutic process. The aim of this study was to investigate service user experiences of an 11-week group positive psychology intervention for psyc... Read More about Mental Health Service User Experience of Positive Psychotherapy.

Exploring the Perceived Met and Unmet Need of Life-Limited Children, Young People and Families (2014)
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Reliability and validity of the transport and physical activity questionnaire (TPAQ) for assessing physical activity behaviour (2014)
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Background No current validated survey instrument allows a comprehensive assessment of both physical activity and travel behaviours for use in interdisciplinary research on walking and cycling. This study reports on the test-retest reliability and v... Read More about Reliability and validity of the transport and physical activity questionnaire (TPAQ) for assessing physical activity behaviour.

Mental health/illness and prisons as place: frontline clinicians' perspectives of mental health work in a penal setting (2014)
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Responses to disclosure of domestic violence in the ED (2014)
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An exploration of service responses to domestic abuse among older people: findings from one region of the UK (2014)
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Constructing notions of healthcare productivity: The call for a new professionalism? (2014)
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Improving performance is an imperative for most healthcare systems in industrialised countries. This article considers one such system, the UK's National Health Service (NHS). Recent NHS reforms and strategies have advocated improved healthcare produ... Read More about Constructing notions of healthcare productivity: The call for a new professionalism?.

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy for treatment resistant depression in primary care: the CoBalT randomised controlled trial (2014)
Journal Article

Background: Only one-third of patients with depression respond fully to treatment with antidepressant medication. However, there is little robust evidence to guide the management of those whose symptoms are 'treatment resistant'. Objective: The CoBal... Read More about Clinical and cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy for treatment resistant depression in primary care: the CoBalT randomised controlled trial.

Smart grids, smart users? The role of the user in demand side management (2014)
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Smart grids are a key feature of future energy scenarios, with the overarching goal of better aligning energy generation and demand. The work presented here considers the role of the user in such systems, and the contexts in which such roles might em... Read More about Smart grids, smart users? The role of the user in demand side management.

Implementing lean methods in the Emergency Department: The role of professions and professional status (2014)
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the implementation of lean methods in an Emergency Department (ED) and the role of the professions in this process. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative, semi-structured interviews with ED staff... Read More about Implementing lean methods in the Emergency Department: The role of professions and professional status.

The Experience of Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer—A Review of the Literature (2014)
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Women's experiences with metastatic breast cancer have received little research attention. We reviewed published articles (1984–2013) reporting research examining women's experiences of metastatic breast cancer (n = 33). Findings from quantitative st... Read More about The Experience of Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer—A Review of the Literature.

Molecular Characterization of Adipose Tissue in the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) (2014)
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Adipose tissue (AT) is a dynamic and flexible organ with regulatory roles in physiological functions including metabolism, reproduction and inflammation; secreted adipokines, including leptin, and fatty acids facilitate many of these roles. The Afric... Read More about Molecular Characterization of Adipose Tissue in the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana).

Cost-effectiveness of cognitive–behavioural therapy as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy for treatment-resistant depression in primary care: economic evaluation of the CoBalT Trial (2014)
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