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How effective are physical activity interventions for alleviating depressive symptoms in older people?: a systematic review (2009)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Mo, P. K. H., Malik, S., & Thomas, S. (2009). How effective are physical activity interventions for alleviating depressive symptoms in older people?: a systematic review. Clinical Rehabilitation, 23(10), 873-887. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215509337449

Background: The benefits of physical exercise in reducing clinically defined depression in the general population have been established, although a review of the evidence for older adults is needed.
Objectives: To assess the efficacy of physical exe... Read More about How effective are physical activity interventions for alleviating depressive symptoms in older people?: a systematic review.

Using technology in health promotion interventions (2008)
Book Chapter
Blake, H. (2008). Using technology in health promotion interventions. In Life style and health research (17-76). Nova Science Publishers

Improving health in the general population is key to government policy and essential to address the increasing prevalence of non-communicable disease in our society. Whether aiming to improve health at the individual, community, regional or national... Read More about Using technology in health promotion interventions.

Influencing organisational change in the NHS: lessons learned from workplace wellness initiatives in practice (2008)
Journal Article
Blake, H., & Lloyd, S. (2008). Influencing organisational change in the NHS: lessons learned from workplace wellness initiatives in practice. Quality in Primary Care, 16(6), 449-455

This article presents a discussion of the key issues in influencing organisational change in NHS settings, in the development of workplace wellness interventions to improve employee health and wellbeing. To tackle poor public health and associated ri... Read More about Influencing organisational change in the NHS: lessons learned from workplace wellness initiatives in practice.

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). 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.

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.

An evaluation of a specialist multiagency home support service for older people with dementia using qualitative methods (2007)
Journal Article
Rothera, I., Jones, R., Harwood, R., Avery, A. J., Fisher, K., James, V., Shaw, I., & Waite, J. (2008). An evaluation of a specialist multiagency home support service for older people with dementia using qualitative methods. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(1), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.1841

Background
Standard home care support for people with dementia has been criticised in statutory inspection reports, and may lead to unnecessary crises, hospital or care home admissions.

Objective
To establish whether a specialist multiagency hom... Read More about An evaluation of a specialist multiagency home support service for older people with dementia using qualitative methods.

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.

Measurement of health-related quality of life for people with dementia: Development of a new instrument (DEMQOL) and an evaluation of current methodology (2005)
Journal Article
Smith, S. C., Lamping, D. L., Banerjee, S., Harwood, R., Foley, B., Smith, P., Cook, J., Murray,, . J., Prince, M., Levin, E., Mann, A., & Knapp, M. (2005). Measurement of health-related quality of life for people with dementia: Development of a new instrument (DEMQOL) and an evaluation of current methodology. Health Technology Assessment, 9(10), https://doi.org/10.3310/hta9100

Objectives: To develop and validate a psychometrically rigorous measure of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for people with dementia: DEMQOL.

Data sources: Literature review. Expert opinion. Interviews and questionnaires.

Review methods:... Read More about Measurement of health-related quality of life for people with dementia: Development of a new instrument (DEMQOL) and an evaluation of current methodology.

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 R. White (Ed.), Stroke: therapy and rehabilitation (173-179). Quay Books

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... Read More about Cognitive impairments following a stroke: the strain on caregivers.

Exploring the provision of social support within a computer-mediated huntington's disease support network (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coulson, N., Aubeeluck, A., Buchanan, H., Semper, H., & Rooney, E. Exploring the provision of social support within a computer-mediated huntington's disease support network. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Helsinki, Finland

Objectives: The unique constraints placed upon the Huntington's Disease [HD] carer, and the lack of time and social support identified by this group may make computer-mediated support groups a unique channel of social support for these individuals. T... Read More about Exploring the provision of social support within a computer-mediated huntington's disease support network.

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.

Survival in a cohort of social services placements in nursing and residential homes: factors associated with life expectancy and mortality. (2002)
Journal Article
Rothera, I., Jones, R., Harwood, R., Avery, A., & Waite, J. (2002). Survival in a cohort of social services placements in nursing and residential homes: factors associated with life expectancy and mortality. Public Health, 13(3), 160-165. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ph.1900832

The aim of this study was to examine the life expectancy of elderly people in nursing and residential care over a 20-month period and its relationship to specific risk factors. Using a retrospective cohort design, data obtained on 1888 residents plac... Read More about Survival in a cohort of social services placements in nursing and residential homes: factors associated with life expectancy and mortality..

Maternal nutrient restriction during early to mid gestation alters the relationship between insulin-like growth factor I and bodyweight at term in fetal sheep (2000)
Journal Article
Heasman, L., Brameld, J., Mostyn, A., Budge, H., Dawson, J., Buttery, P., Stephenson, T., & Symonds, M. E. (2000). Maternal nutrient restriction during early to mid gestation alters the relationship between insulin-like growth factor I and bodyweight at term in fetal sheep. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 12(7-8), 345-350. https://doi.org/10.1071/RD00115

The present study was designed to determine whether altered placental size, as a consequence of maternal nutrient restriction in sheep between 28 and 77 days gestation, is associated with a modified relationship between fetal weight or dimensions and... Read More about Maternal nutrient restriction during early to mid gestation alters the relationship between insulin-like growth factor I and bodyweight at term in fetal sheep.

Maternal nutrition alters the expression of insulin-like growth factors in fetal sheep liver and skeletal muscle (2000)
Journal Article
Brameld, J. M., Mostyn, A., Dandrea, J., Stephenson, T. J., Dawson, J. M., Buttery, P. J., & Symonds, M. E. (2000). Maternal nutrition alters the expression of insulin-like growth factors in fetal sheep liver and skeletal muscle. Journal of Endocrinology, 167(3), 429-437. https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.1670429

We investigated the influence of maternal dietary restriction between days 28 and 80 of gestation followed by re-feeding to the intake of well-fed ewes up to 140 days of gestation (term is 147 days) in sheep, on expression of mRNA for insulin-like gr... Read More about Maternal nutrition alters the expression of insulin-like growth factors in fetal sheep liver and skeletal muscle.