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Evaluation of the limitations and methods to improve rapid phage-based detection of viable Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the blood of experimentally infected cattle (2016)
Journal Article
Swift, B. M., Huxley, J., Plain, K. M., Begg, D. J., de Silva, K., Purdie, A. C., …Rees, C. (2016). Evaluation of the limitations and methods to improve rapid phage-based detection of viable Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the blood of experimentally infected cattle. BMC Veterinary Research, 12, Article 115. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-016-0728-2

Background

Disseminated infection and bacteraemia is an underreported and under-researched aspect of Johne’s disease. This is mainly due to the time it takes for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) to grow and lack of sensitivity of... Read More about Evaluation of the limitations and methods to improve rapid phage-based detection of viable Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the blood of experimentally infected cattle.

What are the characteristics of perinatal events perceived to be traumatic by midwives? (2016)
Journal Article
Sheen, K., Spiby, H., & Slade, P. (in press). What are the characteristics of perinatal events perceived to be traumatic by midwives?. Midwifery, 40, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.06.007

Objective: There is potential for midwives to indirectly experience events whilst providing clinical care that fulfil criteria for trauma. This research aimed to investigate the characteristics of events perceived as traumatic by UK midwives.
Metho... Read More about What are the characteristics of perinatal events perceived to be traumatic by midwives?.

The processes of implementing and sustaining an intensive volunteer one-to-one support (doula) service for disadvantaged pregnant women (2016)
Journal Article
McLeish, J., Spiby, H., Darwin, Z., Wilmot, H., & Green, J. (in press). The processes of implementing and sustaining an intensive volunteer one-to-one support (doula) service for disadvantaged pregnant women. Voluntary Sector Review, https://doi.org/10.1332/204080516X14650415652465

'Doulas' (lay women who are trained to support other women during pregnancy, birth and postnatally) can improve outcomes for disadvantaged mothers and babies. This Realist Evaluation study uses qualitative interviews to explore the views of staff, co... Read More about The processes of implementing and sustaining an intensive volunteer one-to-one support (doula) service for disadvantaged pregnant women.

Physiotherapy as a first point of contact in general practice: A solution to a growing problem? (2016)
Journal Article
Goodwin, R. W., & Hendrick, P. (2016). Physiotherapy as a first point of contact in general practice: A solution to a growing problem?. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423616000189

Aim: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness, patient satisfaction and economic efficacy of a Physiotherapy Service providing musculoskeletal care, as an alternative to GP care.
Background: There is a growing demand on general practice resources. A n... Read More about Physiotherapy as a first point of contact in general practice: A solution to a growing problem?.

Do graduate entry nursing student’s experience ‘Imposter Phenomenon’?: an issue for debate (2016)
Journal Article
Aubeeluck, A., Stacey, G., & Stupple, E. J. (2016). Do graduate entry nursing student’s experience ‘Imposter Phenomenon’?: an issue for debate. Nurse Education in Practice, 19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2016.06.003

The recruitment of Graduates into the nursing profession is seen as advantageous in the academic literature. Conversely educated nurses are often portrayed in the media as “too posh to wash”. We would argue these conflicting discourses have a negativ... Read More about Do graduate entry nursing student’s experience ‘Imposter Phenomenon’?: an issue for debate.

Engaging terminally ill patients in end of life talk: how experienced palliative medicine doctors navigate the dilemma of promoting discussions about dying (2016)
Journal Article
Pino, M., Parry, R., Land, V., Faull, C., Feathers, L., & Seymour, J. (2016). Engaging terminally ill patients in end of life talk: how experienced palliative medicine doctors navigate the dilemma of promoting discussions about dying. PLoS ONE, 11(5), Article e0156174. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156174

Objective:
To examine how palliative medicine doctors engage patients in end-of-life (hereon, EoL) talk. To examine whether the practice of “eliciting and responding to cues”, which has been widely advocated in the EoL care literature, promotes EoL... Read More about Engaging terminally ill patients in end of life talk: how experienced palliative medicine doctors navigate the dilemma of promoting discussions about dying.

Do student nurses experience Imposter Phenomenon? An international comparison of Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students readiness for registration (2016)
Journal Article
Christensen, M., Aubeeluck, A., Fergusson, D., Craft, J., Knight, J., Wirihana, L., & Stupple, E. (in press). Do student nurses experience Imposter Phenomenon? An international comparison of Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students readiness for registration. Journal of Advanced Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13034

Background: The transition shock sometimes associated with moving from student to registered nurse can lead to feelings of self-doubt and insecurity especially with the increased expectations and responsibilities that registration brings. Known as Im... Read More about Do student nurses experience Imposter Phenomenon? An international comparison of Final Year Undergraduate Nursing Students readiness for registration.

Mental health workers’ experiences of using coercive measures: “You can’t tell people who don’t understand" (2016)
Book Chapter
Hui, A. M. (2016). Mental health workers’ experiences of using coercive measures: “You can’t tell people who don’t understand". In B. Völlm, & N. Nedopil (Eds.), The Use of Coercive Measures in Forensic Psychiatric Care: Legal, Ethical and Practical Challenges. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26748-7_13

The kaleidoscopic midwife: a conceptual metaphor illustrating first-time mothers' perspectives of a good midwife during childbirth. A grounded theory study (2016)
Journal Article
Borrelli, S. E., Spiby, H., & Walsh, D. (2016). The kaleidoscopic midwife: a conceptual metaphor illustrating first-time mothers' perspectives of a good midwife during childbirth. A grounded theory study. Midwifery, 39, 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.05.008

Background: The literature review reveals general information about a good midwife from a range of perspectives and what childbearing women generally value in a midwife, but there is a lack of information around mothers’ perspectives of what makes a... Read More about The kaleidoscopic midwife: a conceptual metaphor illustrating first-time mothers' perspectives of a good midwife during childbirth. A grounded theory study.

Pre-surgery depression and confidence to manage problems predict recovery trajectories of health and wellbeing in the first two years following colorectal cancer: results from the CREW cohort study (2016)
Journal Article
Foster, C., Haviland, J., Winter, J., Grimmett, C., Chivers Seymour, K., Batehup, L., …Souglakos, J. (2016). Pre-surgery depression and confidence to manage problems predict recovery trajectories of health and wellbeing in the first two years following colorectal cancer: results from the CREW cohort study. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0155434. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155434

Purpose
This paper identifies predictors of recovery trajectories of quality of life (QoL), health status and personal wellbeing in the two years following colorectal cancer surgery.

Methods
872 adults receiving curative intent surgery during No... Read More about Pre-surgery depression and confidence to manage problems predict recovery trajectories of health and wellbeing in the first two years following colorectal cancer: results from the CREW cohort study.

The effect of exercise on depressive symptoms in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Carter, T., Morres, I., Meade, O., & Callaghan, P. (in press). The effect of exercise on depressive symptoms in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 55(7), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.04.016

Objective: The purpose of this review was to examine the treatment effect of physical exercise on depressive symptoms for adolescents aged 13 to 17 years.

Method: A systematic search of 7 electronic databases identified relevant randomized control... Read More about The effect of exercise on depressive symptoms in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Arts, health & wellbeing: reflections on a national seminar series and building a UK research network Arts and Health (2016)
Journal Article
Stickley, T., Parr, H., Atkinson, S., Daykin, N., Clift, S., De Nora, T., …Hogan, S. J. (2017). Arts, health & wellbeing: reflections on a national seminar series and building a UK research network Arts and Health. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2016.1166142

An account is provided of a UK national seminar series on Arts, Health and Wellbeing funded by the Economic and Social Research Council during 2012–13. Four seminars were organised addressing current issues and challenges facing the field. Details of... Read More about Arts, health & wellbeing: reflections on a national seminar series and building a UK research network Arts and Health.

An evaluation of a biomass stove safety protocol used for testing household cookstoves, in low-middle income countries (2016)
Journal Article
Gallagher, M., Beard, M., Clifford, M., & Watson, M. (2016). An evaluation of a biomass stove safety protocol used for testing household cookstoves, in low-middle income countries. Energy for Sustainable Development, 33, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2016.03.008

To mitigate the impact of: excess pollution, deforestation and injuries attributable to cookstoves in low-middle income countries, humanitarian and private sector organisations have made a commitment to distribute 100 million improved cookstoves (ICS... Read More about An evaluation of a biomass stove safety protocol used for testing household cookstoves, in low-middle income countries.

The uses of coercive measures in forensic psychiatry: a literature review (2016)
Book Chapter
Hui, A. M., Middleton, H., & Völlm, B. (2016). The uses of coercive measures in forensic psychiatry: a literature review. In The use of coercive measures in forensic psychiatric care: legal, ethical and practical challenges. Springer

Lack of anticipated support for care for community-dwelling older adults (2016)
Journal Article
De Oliveira, D. C., Neri, A. L., & D'Elboux, M. J. (2016). Lack of anticipated support for care for community-dwelling older adults. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 69(3), https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167.2016690321i

Objective: to identify the factors associated with lack of anticipated support for care for community-dwelling older adults.

Method: this study presents comparison and logistic regression analyses of data from 671 individuals who took part of the... Read More about Lack of anticipated support for care for community-dwelling older adults.

Unmet care needs in people living with advanced cancer: a systematic review (2016)
Journal Article
Moghaddam, N. G., Coxon, H., Nabarro, S., & Cox, K. (2016). Unmet care needs in people living with advanced cancer: a systematic review. Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(8), 3609-3622. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-016-3221-3

Purpose
The support needs of cancer patients vary according to the phase of their cancer journey. Recent developments in healthcare are such that the advanced cancer phase is increasingly experienced as a chronic illness phase, with consequent chang... Read More about Unmet care needs in people living with advanced cancer: a systematic review.

Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study protocol (2016)
Journal Article
Banerjee, A., Hendrick, P., & Blake, H. (2016). Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study protocol

Studies on self-management (SM) support programmes in chronic low back pain (CLBP) have failed to show clinically meaningful treatment benefit, which potentially highlights lack of research on predictors of effective SM. The purpose of this multi-cen... Read More about Predictors of self-management in patients with chronic low back pain: a longitudinal cohort study protocol.

Domestic violence and abuse: an exploration and evaluation of a domestic abuse nurse specialist role in acute health care services (2016)
Journal Article
McGarry, J. (2017). Domestic violence and abuse: an exploration and evaluation of a domestic abuse nurse specialist role in acute health care services. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(15-16), 2266-2273. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13203

Aims and objectives: The aim of the present study was to explore the experiences of clinical staff in responding to disclosure of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and to evaluate the effectiveness of training and support provided by a dedicated Dome... Read More about Domestic violence and abuse: an exploration and evaluation of a domestic abuse nurse specialist role in acute health care services.

Advance care planning, a multi-centre cluster randomised clinical trial: the research protocol of the ACTION study (2016)
Journal Article
Rietjens, J. A. C., Korfage, I. J., Dunleavy, L., Preston, N. J., Jabbarian, L. J., Christensen, C. A., …van der Heide, A. (2016). Advance care planning, a multi-centre cluster randomised clinical trial: the research protocol of the ACTION study. BMC Cancer, 16(264), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2298-x

Background: Awareness of preferences regarding medical care should be a central component of the care of patients with advanced cancer. Open communication can facilitate this but can occur in an ad hoc or variable manner. Advance care planning (ACP)... Read More about Advance care planning, a multi-centre cluster randomised clinical trial: the research protocol of the ACTION study.

The effectiveness of Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills model-based Diabetes Self-Management Education among patients with type 2 diabetes in Jordan (IMB-DSME) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Albelbisis, Z., Windle, R., & Blake, H. (2016). The effectiveness of Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills model-based Diabetes Self-Management Education among patients with type 2 diabetes in Jordan (IMB-DSME).

Abstract for International Nursing conference:
Background: According to the World Health Organization in 2014, 9% of adults over 18 years old are diagnosed with diabetes and more than 1.5 million deaths occur directly by diabetes in low and middle-i... Read More about The effectiveness of Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills model-based Diabetes Self-Management Education among patients with type 2 diabetes in Jordan (IMB-DSME).