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Immigrant women’s food choices in pregnancy: perspectives from women of Chinese origin in Canada (2017)
Journal Article
Higginbottom, G., Vallianatos, H., Shankar, J., Safipour, J., & Davey, C. (in press). Immigrant women’s food choices in pregnancy: perspectives from women of Chinese origin in Canada. Ethnicity and Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2017.1281384

Objective: Following migration, pregnant immigrant women may encounter social, cultural, and economic challenges that negatively affect their food choices and subsequent health outcomes. Culturally appropriate health care is crucial during the perina... Read More about Immigrant women’s food choices in pregnancy: perspectives from women of Chinese origin in Canada.

Development, validity and reliability testing of the East Midlands Evaluation Tool (EMET) for measuring impacts on trainees’ confidence and competence following end of life care training (2017)
Journal Article
Whittaker, B., Parry, R., Bird, L., Watson, S., & Faull, C. (in press). Development, validity and reliability testing of the East Midlands Evaluation Tool (EMET) for measuring impacts on trainees’ confidence and competence following end of life care training. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, https://doi.org/10.1136/-2016001100

Objectives: To develop, test and validate a versatile questionnaire, the East Midlands Evaluation Tool (EMET), for measuring effects of end of life care training events on trainees’ self-reported confidence and competence. Methods: A paper-based q... Read More about Development, validity and reliability testing of the East Midlands Evaluation Tool (EMET) for measuring impacts on trainees’ confidence and competence following end of life care training.

Is it acceptable to video-record palliative care consultations for research and training purposes?: a qualitative interview study exploring the views of hospice patients, carers and clinical staff (2017)
Journal Article
Pino, M., Parry, R., Feathers, L., & Faull, C. (2017). Is it acceptable to video-record palliative care consultations for research and training purposes?: a qualitative interview study exploring the views of hospice patients, carers and clinical staff. Palliative Medicine, 31(8), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216317696419

Background: Research using video recordings can advance understanding of healthcare communication and improve care, but making and using video recordings carries risks. Aim: To explore views of hospice patients, carers and clinical staff about... Read More about Is it acceptable to video-record palliative care consultations for research and training purposes?: a qualitative interview study exploring the views of hospice patients, carers and clinical staff.

Understanding the epidemiology of avoidable significant harm in primary care: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study (2017)
Journal Article
Bell, B., Campbell, S., Carson-Stevens, A., Prosser Evans, H., Cooper, A., Brindley, C., …Avery, A. (2017). Understanding the epidemiology of avoidable significant harm in primary care: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 7(2), Article e013786. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013786

Introduction: Most patient safety research has focused on specialist-care settings where there is an appreciation of the frequency and causes of medical errors, and the resulting burden of adverse events. There have, however, been few large-scale rob... Read More about Understanding the epidemiology of avoidable significant harm in primary care: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Healthy lifestyle behaviors and health promotion attitudes in preregistered nurses: a questionnaire study (2017)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Stanulewicz, N., & Griffiths, K. (2017). Healthy lifestyle behaviors and health promotion attitudes in preregistered nurses: a questionnaire study. Journal of Nursing Education, 56(2), 94-103. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20170123-06

Background: Nurses report inadequacies in health promotion practices and recognise their own lifestyle choices influence their willingness to give health promotion advice. The aim of this study was to investigate attitudes towards being role models f... Read More about Healthy lifestyle behaviors and health promotion attitudes in preregistered nurses: a questionnaire study.

Cracking the code: a personal journey of learning Glaserian grounded theory (2017)
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Narayanasamy, M. J. (2017). Cracking the code: a personal journey of learning Glaserian grounded theory

My PhD study which began in 2009 focused on the decision-making behaviors of mental health professionals, as they attended a “Single Point of Access” meeting. These meetings are set in community mental health services and involve professionals from a... Read More about Cracking the code: a personal journey of learning Glaserian grounded theory.

Recovery and decision-making involvement in people with severe mental illness from six countries: a prospective observational study (2017)
Journal Article
Loos, S., Clarke, E., Jordan, H., Puschner, B., Fiorillo, A., Luciano, M., …Slade, M. (2017). Recovery and decision-making involvement in people with severe mental illness from six countries: a prospective observational study. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1207-4

Background: Clinical decision-making is the vehicle of health care provision, and level of involvement predicts implementation and satisfaction. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of decision-making experience on recovery. Methods:... Read More about Recovery and decision-making involvement in people with severe mental illness from six countries: a prospective observational study.

The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study (2017)
Journal Article
Stanyon, M., Goldberg, S. E., Astle, A., Griffiths, A., & Gordon, A. L. (2017). The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study. Age and Ageing, 46(4), 582–588. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw244

BACKGROUND: Registered Nurses (RNs) working in UK care homes receive most of their training in acute hospitals. At present the role of care home nursing is underdeveloped and it is seen as a low status career. We describe here research to define cor... Read More about The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study.

Effects of a mutual recovery intervention on mental health in depressed elderly community-dwelling adults: a pilot study (2017)
Journal Article
Wang, C., Hua, Y., Fu, H., Cheng, L., Qian, W., Liu, J., …Dai, J. (2017). Effects of a mutual recovery intervention on mental health in depressed elderly community-dwelling adults: a pilot study. BMC Public Health, 17, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3930-z

Background The prevalence of depression in the elderly is growing worldwide, and the population aging in China makes depression a major health problem for the elderly adults and a tremendous burden to the society. Effective interventions should be... Read More about Effects of a mutual recovery intervention on mental health in depressed elderly community-dwelling adults: a pilot study.

Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tosangwarn, S., Clissett, P., & Blake, H. (2016). Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand. In Mental Health Nursing 2016. https://doi.org/10.4172/2471-4372.C1.003

Background: Most Thai people reject the idea of letting their ageing parents live in a care home due to the belief that a care home is a place for poor older adults who have no family. These beliefs could influence the perception of living in a care... Read More about Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand.

School-based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people. (2016)
Journal Article
Orton, E., Whitehead, J., Mhizha-Murira, J. R., Clarkson, M., Watson, M. C., Mulvaney, C. A., …Bhuchar, M. (2016). School-based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 12(CD0102), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010246.pub2

Background: Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in children aged four to 18 years and are a major cause of ill health. The school setting offers the opportunity to deliver preventive interventions to a large number of children and h... Read More about School-based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people..

A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing effectiveness of prism glasses, visual search training and standard care in hemianopia (2016)
Journal Article
Rowe, F., Conroy, E. J., Bedson, E. J., Cwiklinski, E., Drummond, A. E., Garcia-Finana, M., …Sackley, C. (2017). A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing effectiveness of prism glasses, visual search training and standard care in hemianopia. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 136(4), 310-321. https://doi.org/10.1111/ane.12725

Objective: Pilot trial comparing prism therapy and visual search training, for homonymous hemianopia, to standard care (information only). Methods: Prospective, multicentre, parallel, single-blind, three-arm RCT across fifteen UK acute stroke units.... Read More about A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing effectiveness of prism glasses, visual search training and standard care in hemianopia.

‘Gaps, mishaps and overlaps’: nursing documentation: how does it affect care? (2016)
Journal Article
Charalambous, L., & Goldberg, S. (2016). ‘Gaps, mishaps and overlaps’: nursing documentation: how does it affect care?. Journal of Research in Nursing, 21(8), 638-648. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987116678900

Introduction: Complete, accurate and relevant nursing documentation is essential for the multidisciplinary comprehensive geriatric assessment process which can improve older patient’s outcomes following a hospital admission. Aims: to understand olde... Read More about ‘Gaps, mishaps and overlaps’: nursing documentation: how does it affect care?.

Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis (2016)
Journal Article
Scope, A., Booth, A., Morrell, C. J., Sutcliffe, P., & Cantrell, A. (2017). Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 210, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.12.017

Background More women experience depressive symptoms antenatally than postnatally. Supporting women through the antenatal period is recognised as important in mitigating negative outcomes and in preventing postnatal depression (PND). A systematic... Read More about Perceptions and experiences of interventions to prevent postnatal depression: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis.

Feasibility of an online intervention (STAK-D) to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Quirk, H., Leighton, P., Randell, T., Greening, J., Guo, B., & Glazebrook, C. (2016). Feasibility of an online intervention (STAK-D) to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(283), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1719-0

Background: Regular physical activity has important health benefits for children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), yet children and their parents face barriers to participation such as lack of self-efficacy or concerns around hypoglycaemia. Multi... Read More about Feasibility of an online intervention (STAK-D) to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Surgery versus 5% imiquimod for nodular and superficial basal-cell carcinoma: five year results of the SINS randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
Williams, H. C., Bath-Hextall, F., Ozolins, M., Armstrong, S. J., Colver, G. B., Perkins, W., Miller, P. S., & Surgery versus Imiquimod forNodular and Superficial basal cell carcinoma (SINS) study group. (2017). Surgery versus 5% imiquimod for nodular and superficial basal-cell carcinoma: five year results of the SINS randomised controlled trial. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 137(3), 614-619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2016.10.019

Background: We previously reported modest clinical 3-year benefit for topical imiquimod compared with surgery for superficial or nodular basal cell carcinoma (sBCC, nBCC) at low risk sites in our non-inferiority randomised controlled SINS trial. Here... Read More about Surgery versus 5% imiquimod for nodular and superficial basal-cell carcinoma: five year results of the SINS randomised controlled trial.

Chronic oedema: a prevalent health care problem for UK health services (2016)
Journal Article
Moffatt, C. J., Keeley, V., Franks, P. J., Rich, A., & Pinnington, L. L. (in press). Chronic oedema: a prevalent health care problem for UK health services. International Wound Journal, 14(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.12694

Chronic oedema is a major clinical problem worldwide, which has many important secondary consequences for health, activity and participation. Effective treatment planning and organisation of services is dependent on an understanding of the condition... Read More about Chronic oedema: a prevalent health care problem for UK health services.

Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity (SKIP): protocol for a randomized feasibility trial of an online intervention to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Quirk, H., Leighton, P., Randell, T., Greening, J., Knox, E., …Glazebrook, C. (2016, December). Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity (SKIP): protocol for a randomized feasibility trial of an online intervention to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes. Paper presented at UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 12th Annual Scientific Meeting