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Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Evans, K., Booth, A., Timmons, S., Jones, N., Nazmeen, B., …Spiby, H. (2022). Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(9), Article e062106. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062106

INTRODUCTION: One of the most commonly reported COVID-19-related changes to all maternity services has been an increase in the use of digital clinical consultations such as telephone or video calling; however, the ways in which they can be optimally... Read More about Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol.

Common Humanity as an Under-acknowledged Mechanism for Mental Health Peer Support (2022)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Charles, A., & Slade, M. (2022). Common Humanity as an Under-acknowledged Mechanism for Mental Health Peer Support. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00916-9

Mental health peer support (PS) is a relational approach to recovery. Service users are helped through a relationship focused on connection with a PS worker who shares similar experiences. Despite the strong evidence base, the mechanisms of action fo... Read More about Common Humanity as an Under-acknowledged Mechanism for Mental Health Peer Support.

Pets’ impact on people`s well-being in COVID-19: A quantitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Kuehne, J., Lieu, J., Kotera, Y., & Taylor, E. (2022). Pets’ impact on people`s well-being in COVID-19: A quantitative study. Journal of Concurrent Disorders, https://doi.org/10.54127/FABB9024

Introduction: The global coronavirus pandemic and the governmental restrictions to prevent the virus from spreading have generated anxiety, impacting people’s well-being. Former research suggested a positive impact of pets on their owner’s well-being... Read More about Pets’ impact on people`s well-being in COVID-19: A quantitative study.

The poetic wavelength–a narrative interview study exploring the potential of poetry to support meaning making and recovery following psychosis (2022)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., Rennick-Egglestone, S., & Winship, G. (2022). The poetic wavelength–a narrative interview study exploring the potential of poetry to support meaning making and recovery following psychosis. Psychosis, https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2022.2116475

Background: Despite growing evidence demonstrating the psychotherapeutic potential of reading and writing poetry for various mental health problems, there remains limited evidence in relation to psychosis. This paper explores the therapeutic potentia... Read More about The poetic wavelength–a narrative interview study exploring the potential of poetry to support meaning making and recovery following psychosis.

Recommendations for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results in scoping reviews (2022)
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Pollock, D., Peters, M. D., Khalil, H., McInerney, P., Alexander, L., Tricco, A. C., …Munn, Z. (2023). Recommendations for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results in scoping reviews. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 21(3), 520-532. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-22-00123

Scoping reviewers often face challenges in the extraction, analysis, and presentation of scoping review results. Using best-practice examples and drawing on the expertise of the JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group and an editor of a journal that pub... Read More about Recommendations for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results in scoping reviews.

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.

Patient and family caregiver perspectives of Advance Care Planning: qualitative findings from the ACTION cluster randomised controlled trial of an adapted respecting choices intervention (2022)
Journal Article
Pollock, K., Bulli, F., Caswell, G., Kodba-Čeh, H., Lunder, U., Miccinesi, G., …Kars, M. (2022). Patient and family caregiver perspectives of Advance Care Planning: qualitative findings from the ACTION cluster randomised controlled trial of an adapted respecting choices intervention. Mortality, https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2022.2107424

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is widely regarded as a component of good end-of-life care. However, findings from a qualitative international study of patient and family caregiver attitudes and preferences regarding ACP highlight participants’ ambivalen... Read More about Patient and family caregiver perspectives of Advance Care Planning: qualitative findings from the ACTION cluster randomised controlled trial of an adapted respecting choices intervention.

Mental Health of Japanese Workers: Amotivation Mediates Self-Compassion on Mental Health Problems (2022)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Asano, K., Kotera, H., Ohshima, R., & Rushforth, A. (2022). Mental Health of Japanese Workers: Amotivation Mediates Self-Compassion on Mental Health Problems. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), Article 10497. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710497

Workplace mental health is a cause for concern in many countries. Globally, 78% of the workforce experienced impairment of their mental health in 2020. In Japan, more than half of employees are mentally distressed. Previously, research has identified... Read More about Mental Health of Japanese Workers: Amotivation Mediates Self-Compassion on Mental Health Problems.

Embedding lived experience into mental health academic research organizations: Critical reflections (2022)
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Hawke, L. D., Sheikhan, N. Y., Jones, N., Slade, M., Soklaridis, S., Wells, S., & Castle, D. (2022). Embedding lived experience into mental health academic research organizations: Critical reflections. Health Expectations, 25(5), 2299-2305. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13586

Background: As part of a growing emphasis on engaging people with lived experience of mental health conditions in mental health research, there are increasing calls to consider and embed lived experience throughout academic research institutes. This... Read More about Embedding lived experience into mental health academic research organizations: Critical reflections.

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)
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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.

Comparison of Academic Motivation between Business and Healthcare Students in Online Learning: A Concurrent Nested Mixed-Method Study (2022)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Gorchakova, V., Maybury, S., Edwards, A., & Kotera, H. (2022). Comparison of Academic Motivation between Business and Healthcare Students in Online Learning: A Concurrent Nested Mixed-Method Study. Healthcare, 10(8), Article 1580. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081580

While the demand for online education and the diversity of online students have been increasing worldwide, how online students motivate themselves to continuously engage in learning remains to be appraised. Research in the face-to-face contexts repor... Read More about Comparison of Academic Motivation between Business and Healthcare Students in Online Learning: A Concurrent Nested Mixed-Method Study.

‘Maybe I Shouldn’t Talk’: The Role of Power in the Telling of Mental Health Recovery Stories (2022)
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Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Pollock, K., Ali, Y., Watson, E., Franklin, D., …Edgley, A. (2022). ‘Maybe I Shouldn’t Talk’: The Role of Power in the Telling of Mental Health Recovery Stories. Qualitative Health Research, 32(12), 1828-1842. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323221118239

Mental health ‘recovery narratives’ are increasingly used within teaching, learning and practice environments. The mainstreaming of their use has been critiqued by scholars and activists as a co-option of lived experience for organisational purposes.... Read More about ‘Maybe I Shouldn’t Talk’: The Role of Power in the Telling of Mental Health Recovery Stories.

Experiences of peer support workers supporting individuals with substance use disorders in Egypt: phenomenological analysis (2022)
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Ibrahim, N., Selim, A., Ng, F., Kasaby, M., Ali, A. M., Eweida, R., …Slade, M. (2022). Experiences of peer support workers supporting individuals with substance use disorders in Egypt: phenomenological analysis. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), Article 1012. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08393-5

Background: Peer support work for substance use disorders is widely implemented in high-income countries. More research is still needed to understand its applicability in settings which have proportionately low budgets allocated to mental health. Pee... Read More about Experiences of peer support workers supporting individuals with substance use disorders in Egypt: phenomenological analysis.

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)
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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.

Health Expectations Front Cover: Volume 25 Issue 4 (2022)
Journal Article
Ito‐Jaeger, S., Perez Vallejos, E., Curran, T., & Crawford, P. (2022). Health Expectations Front Cover: Volume 25 Issue 4. Health Expectations, 25(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13575

The cover image is based on the Research Article What's Up With Everyone?: A qualitative study on young people's perceptions of co-created online animations to promote mental health literacy by Sachiyo Ito-Jaeger et al.,

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)
Journal Article
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.

The practice of pilot/feasibility studies in informing the conduct of HIV related clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review (2022)
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Nalubega, S., Osuwat, L. O., Agyeiwaa, P. B., Evans, C., & Matovu, J. B. (2022). The practice of pilot/feasibility studies in informing the conduct of HIV related clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 29, Article 100959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100959

Introduction: Pilot/feasibility studies represent a fundamental phase of the research process and play a vital role in the preliminary planning of a full size HIV clinical trial. Published HIV clinical trial protocols were reviewed to establish the e... Read More about The practice of pilot/feasibility studies in informing the conduct of HIV related clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.

Domesticating cleaner cookstoves for improved respiratory health: Using approaches from the sanitation sector to explore the adoption and sustained use of improved cooking technologies in Nepal (2022)
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Jewitt, S., Smallman-Raynor, M., Binaya, C., Robinson, B., Adhikari, P., Evans, C., …Hall, I. P. (2022). Domesticating cleaner cookstoves for improved respiratory health: Using approaches from the sanitation sector to explore the adoption and sustained use of improved cooking technologies in Nepal. Social Science and Medicine, 308, Article 115201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115201

Drawing on village-based data from Nepal, this paper explores the transferability of the Integrated Behavioural Model for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IBM-WASH) to the clean cooking sector and its potential to elucidate how barriers to improved coo... Read More about Domesticating cleaner cookstoves for improved respiratory health: Using approaches from the sanitation sector to explore the adoption and sustained use of improved cooking technologies in Nepal.