All Outputs (82)

A public health approach to modern slavery in the United Kingdom: a codeveloped framework (2024)
Journal Article
Such, E., Campos-Matos, I., Hayes, K., Smith, A., Thornton, S., & Woodward, J. (2024). A public health approach to modern slavery in the United Kingdom: a codeveloped framework. Public Health, 232, 146-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.04.004

Objectives: Modern slavery is a public health challenge. The objective of this research was to build and refine a public health approach to addressing it. Study design: This was a participatory qualitative study with a proof-of-concept exercise. Meth... Read More about A public health approach to modern slavery in the United Kingdom: a codeveloped framework.

The Role of the Media and Self-Compassion in Enhancing Mental Health and Preventing Suicide among Nigerian Youth: A Literature Review (2024)
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Aledeh, S., Sokan-Adeaga, A. A., Adam, H., Aledeh, M., & Kotera, Y. (2024). The Role of the Media and Self-Compassion in Enhancing Mental Health and Preventing Suicide among Nigerian Youth: A Literature Review. Psychology International, 6(2), 618-635. https://doi.org/10.3390/psycholint6020037

In this review, we examine the impact of media and self-compassion on the mental well-being of Nigerian youth, particularly in suicide prevention and promoting positive mental health outcomes. Nigeria faces socioeconomic challenges contributing to po... Read More about The Role of the Media and Self-Compassion in Enhancing Mental Health and Preventing Suicide among Nigerian Youth: A Literature Review.

Non-peer professionals' understanding of recovery and attitudes towards peer support workers joining existing community mental health teams in the North Denmark Region: A qualitative study (2024)
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Lerbæk, B., Johansen, K., Burholt, A. K., Gregersen, L. M., Terp, M. Ø., Slade, M., …Jørgensen, R. (2024). Non-peer professionals' understanding of recovery and attitudes towards peer support workers joining existing community mental health teams in the North Denmark Region: A qualitative study. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13349

Peer support is a collaborative practice where people with lived experience of mental health conditions engage in supporting like‐minded. Peer support impacts on personal recovery and empowerment and creates value at an organisational level. However,... Read More about Non-peer professionals' understanding of recovery and attitudes towards peer support workers joining existing community mental health teams in the North Denmark Region: A qualitative study.

Developing a Tool for Assessing the Process of Seeking Health Information: Online Think-Aloud Method (2024)
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Alhejaili, A., Wharrad, H., & Windle, R. (2024). Developing a Tool for Assessing the Process of Seeking Health Information: Online Think-Aloud Method. Healthcare, 12(10), Article 1039. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12101039

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.

Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study (2024)
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McPhilbin, M., Stepanian, K., Yeo, C., Elton, D., Dunnett, D., Jennings, H., Hunter-Brown, H., Grant-Rowles, J., Cooper, J., Barrett, K., Hamie, M., Bates, P., McNaughton, R., Trickett, S., Bishop, S., Takhi, S., Lawrence, S., Kotera, Y., Hayes, D., Davidson, L., …Lawrence, V. (2024). Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study. BJPsych Open, 10(3), Article e113. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.70

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health problems increased as access to mental health services reduced. Recovery colleges are recovery-focused adult education initiatives delivered by people with professional and lived mental health ex... Read More about Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study.

Foot care intervention delivered by community health worker (CHWs): A scoping review (2024)
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Okatiranti, O., Nuryunarsih, D., Windle, R., & Goldberg, S. (2024). Foot care intervention delivered by community health worker (CHWs): A scoping review. Global Public Health, 19(1), Article 2352565. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2024.2352565

Variations of Community Health Workers (CHWs) interventions in diabetes self-management education (DSME) have been reviewed by many studies. In contrast, specific interventions regarding foot care intervention (FCI) are scarce and need to be explored... Read More about Foot care intervention delivered by community health worker (CHWs): A scoping review.

Mental health workers’ perspectives on the implementation of a peer support intervention in five countries: qualitative findings from the UPSIDES study (2024)
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Haun, M. H., Girit, S., Goldfarb, Y., Kalha, J., Korde, P., Kwebiiha, E., …Krumm, S. (2024). Mental health workers’ perspectives on the implementation of a peer support intervention in five countries: qualitative findings from the UPSIDES study. BMJ Open, 14(5), Article e081963. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081963

Objective: The introduction of peer support in mental health teams creates opportunities and challenges for both peer and non-peer staff. However, the majority of research on mental health workers’ (MHWs) experiences with peer support comes from high... Read More about Mental health workers’ perspectives on the implementation of a peer support intervention in five countries: qualitative findings from the UPSIDES study.

Scalability, test–retest reliability and validity of the Brief INSPIRE-O measure of personal recovery in psychiatric services (2024)
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Moeller, S. B., Larsen, P. V., Austin, S., Slade, M., Arendt, I.-M. T. P., Andersen, M. S., & Simonsen, S. (2024). Scalability, test–retest reliability and validity of the Brief INSPIRE-O measure of personal recovery in psychiatric services. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, Article 1327020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1327020

Introduction: Mental health services have transitioned from treating symptoms to emphasizing personal recovery. Despite its importance, integrating personal recovery into clinical practice remains work in progress. This study evaluates the psychometr... Read More about Scalability, test–retest reliability and validity of the Brief INSPIRE-O measure of personal recovery in psychiatric services.

Integration of primary care and palliative care services to improve equality and equity at the end-of-life: Findings from realist stakeholder workshops (2024)
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Mitchell, S., Turner, N., Fryer, K., Aunger, J., Beng, J., Couchman, E., …Evans, C. J. (2024). Integration of primary care and palliative care services to improve equality and equity at the end-of-life: Findings from realist stakeholder workshops. Palliative Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241248962

Inequalities in access to palliative and end of life care are longstanding. Integration of primary and palliative care has the potential to improve equity in the community. Evidence to inform integration is scarce as research that considers integrati... Read More about Integration of primary care and palliative care services to improve equality and equity at the end-of-life: Findings from realist stakeholder workshops.

Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases (2024)
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Kotera, Y., Ronaldson, A., Hayes, D., Hunter-Brown, H., McPhilbin, M., Dunnett, D., …Slade, M. (2024). Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-024-01307-y

This commentary highlights two cross-cultural issues identified from our global mental health (GMH) research, RECOLLECT (Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing) 2: self-enhancement and ingroup biases. Self-enhancement is a tendency to maintai... Read More about Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies: Self-Enhancement and Ingroup Biases.

Expanding Qualitative Interviewing for Studies Involving Adults With Different Communication Needs: Reflections on Research With People Living With Motor Neurone Disease (2024)
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Wilson, E., & Turner, N. (2024). Expanding Qualitative Interviewing for Studies Involving Adults With Different Communication Needs: Reflections on Research With People Living With Motor Neurone Disease. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23, https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069241251537

This article explores the challenges and adaptations we undertook to engage people with different communication needs, specifically those living with motor neurone disease (MND), in qualitative research interviews. While interviewing those in advance... Read More about Expanding Qualitative Interviewing for Studies Involving Adults With Different Communication Needs: Reflections on Research With People Living With Motor Neurone Disease.

End of life decision making when home mechanical ventilation is used to sustain breathing in Motor Neurone Disease: patient and family perspectives (2024)
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Wilson, E., Palmer, J., Armstrong, A., Messer, B., Presswood, E., & Faull, C. (2024). End of life decision making when home mechanical ventilation is used to sustain breathing in Motor Neurone Disease: patient and family perspectives. BMC Palliative Care, 23(1), Article 115. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-024-01443-1

Background Motor Neurone Disease (MND) leads to muscle weakening, affecting movement, speech, and breathing. Home mechanical ventilation, particularly non-invasive ventilation (NIV), is used to alleviate symptoms and support breathing in people livi... Read More about End of life decision making when home mechanical ventilation is used to sustain breathing in Motor Neurone Disease: patient and family perspectives.

Establishing a research partnership to investigate functional loss and rehabilitation towards the end of life (2024)
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Maddocks, M., Brighton, L. J., Connell, L., Cowley, A., Laird, B., Peryer, G., …Harwood, R. (2024). Establishing a research partnership to investigate functional loss and rehabilitation towards the end of life. Health Technology Assessment, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3310/pthc7598

Background Functional loss, the inability to perform necessary or desired tasks, is a common consequence of life-limiting illnesses and associated symptoms (pain, fatigue, breathlessness, etc.) and causes suffering for patients and families. Rehabil... Read More about Establishing a research partnership to investigate functional loss and rehabilitation towards the end of life.

Adolescent Social Anxiety, School Satisfaction, Family Emotional Support, and School Absenteeism: Findings from Young-HUNT3 and Norwegian National Education Data (2024)
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Halidu, M. D., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Adolescent Social Anxiety, School Satisfaction, Family Emotional Support, and School Absenteeism: Findings from Young-HUNT3 and Norwegian National Education Data. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(9), Article 2547. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13092547

Background: Adolescents grappling with social anxiety may experience poor school satisfaction, resorting to school-related avoidance behaviors, exemplified by absenteeism, as a coping mechanism. Understanding the role of family support in alleviating... Read More about Adolescent Social Anxiety, School Satisfaction, Family Emotional Support, and School Absenteeism: Findings from Young-HUNT3 and Norwegian National Education Data.

Virtual reality reusable e-resources for clinical skills training: a mixed-methods evaluation (2024)
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Pears, M., Antoniou, P. E., Schiza, E., Ntakakis, G., Henderson, J., Frangoudes, F., …Konstantinidis, S. T. (in press). Virtual reality reusable e-resources for clinical skills training: a mixed-methods evaluation. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-024-01805-9

Virtual reality has long existed, but its wider adoption in education is recent. Studies informed by theoretical underpinned co-creation frameworks and utilization of theoretical informed evaluations are scarce in literature. Thus, this study interna... Read More about Virtual reality reusable e-resources for clinical skills training: a mixed-methods evaluation.

Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives (2024)
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Tucker, R., Vickers, R., Adams, E. J., Burgon, C., Lock, J., Goldberg, S. E., …Harwood, R. H. (2024). Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives. Archives of Public Health, 82(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01283-8

Background Despite several interventions demonstrating benefit to people living with dementia and their caregivers, few have been translated and implemented in routine clinical practice. There is limited evidence of the barriers and facilitators for... Read More about Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives.

Effective leadership practice among senior leaders working from home and in the hybrid workplace across COVID-19 (2024)
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Barnes, K., Vione, K., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Effective leadership practice among senior leaders working from home and in the hybrid workplace across COVID-19. SN Business & Economics, 4(5), Article 55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43546-024-00651-4

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted and reshaped effective leadership practices by introducing working-from-home protocols (WFH) and the hybrid workplace model. The current study sought to identify and understand leadership practices adopted in WFH and t... Read More about Effective leadership practice among senior leaders working from home and in the hybrid workplace across COVID-19.

Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach (2024)
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Hiltensperger, R., Ryan, G., Ben-Dor, I. A., Charles, A., Epple, E., Kalha, J., Korde, P., Kotera, Y., Mpango, R., Moran, G., Mueller-Stierlin, A. S., Nixdorf, R., Ramesh, M., Shamba, D., Slade, M., Puschner, B., & Nakku, J. (2024). Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach. BMC Health Services Research, 24, Article 480. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10990-5

Background Stakeholder engagement is essential to the design, implementation and evaluation of complex mental health interventions like peer support. Theory of Change (ToC) is commonly used in global health research to help structure and promote sta... Read More about Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach.

Suicide Interventions in Spain and Japan: A Comparative Systematic Review (2024)
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Martínez-Rives, N. L., Martín Chaparro, M. D. P., Dhungel, B., Gilmour, S., Colman, R. D., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Suicide Interventions in Spain and Japan: A Comparative Systematic Review. Healthcare, 12(7), Article 792. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12070792

(1) Background: This systematic review presents an overview of psychological interventions in suicide published between 2013 and 2023 in Spain and Japan, sparked by Spain’s alarming recent increase in suicide rates and the potential exemplar of Japan... Read More about Suicide Interventions in Spain and Japan: A Comparative Systematic Review.

The development of the Japanese version of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (J-FSCRS): implications for cross-cultural research on self-criticism and self-reassurance (2024)
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Kishimoto, K., Asano, K., Colman, R., Kameo, Y., Aledeh, M., Barnes, K., & Kotera, Y. (2024). The development of the Japanese version of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (J-FSCRS): implications for cross-cultural research on self-criticism and self-reassurance. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2024.2313462

People with high self-criticism tend to suffer from poor mental health whereas those with high self-reassurance tend to have good mental health. Poor mental health is a great cause for concern in Japan. Many people in Japan live with mental health is... Read More about The development of the Japanese version of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (J-FSCRS): implications for cross-cultural research on self-criticism and self-reassurance.