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Ambivalence about disability: Why people with mild learning difficulties who are looking for employment may not identify as disabled (2022)
Journal Article
Tarlo, R., Fyson, R., & Roberts, S. (2024). Ambivalence about disability: Why people with mild learning difficulties who are looking for employment may not identify as disabled. Disability and Society, 39(3), 548-570. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2073199

UK government policies over several decades have sought to actively encourage disabled people to take up paid employment, most recently by focusing on the ‘gap’ between employment rates of disabled and non-disabled people. These policies implicitly a... Read More about Ambivalence about disability: Why people with mild learning difficulties who are looking for employment may not identify as disabled.

Towards a model of port-based resilience against fisher labour exploitation (2022)
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Phelan, K., Gardner, A., Selig, E. R., & Sparks, J. L. D. (2022). Towards a model of port-based resilience against fisher labour exploitation. Marine Policy, 142, Article 105108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105108

Fishers have pronounced vulnerabilities to labour exploitation and modern slavery. Regulatory efforts to mitigate fisher labour exploitation through domestic modern slavery legislation, and through the ratification and implementation of The Internati... Read More about Towards a model of port-based resilience against fisher labour exploitation.

Bereaved Family ‘Involvement’ in (Prisoner) Death Investigations: Whose ‘Satisfaction’? (2022)
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Tomczak, P., & Cook, E. A. (2023). Bereaved Family ‘Involvement’ in (Prisoner) Death Investigations: Whose ‘Satisfaction’?. Social and Legal Studies, 32(2), 294-317. https://doi.org/10.1177/09646639221100480

A duty to investigate deaths in detention is enshrined within international legislation including Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). A core purpose of these investigations, following UK case law, is that bereaved families ‘h... Read More about Bereaved Family ‘Involvement’ in (Prisoner) Death Investigations: Whose ‘Satisfaction’?.

UK clinical approaches to address post-stroke fatigue: findings from The Nottingham Fatigue after Stroke study (2022)
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Ablewhite, J., Condon, L., das Nair, R., Jones, A., Jones, F., Nouri, F., …Drummond, A. (2022). UK clinical approaches to address post-stroke fatigue: findings from The Nottingham Fatigue after Stroke study. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 29(5), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2021.0163

Background/aims Although post-stroke is common and debilitating, there is little published research on how it is managed by clinicians. The aim of this study was to document UK management of post-stroke fatigue and ascertain whether there are any dif... Read More about UK clinical approaches to address post-stroke fatigue: findings from The Nottingham Fatigue after Stroke study.

Biographical accounts of the impact of fatigue in young people with sickle cell disease (2022)
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Poku, B. A., & Pilnick, A. (2022). Biographical accounts of the impact of fatigue in young people with sickle cell disease. Sociology of Health and Illness, 44(6), 1027-1046. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13477

Children and young people (CYP) with sickle cell disease (SCD) are a 'missing voice' in the debate on biography and sociology of chronic illness, meaning we know little about the social consequences of the illness for CYP. This paper examines the mea... Read More about Biographical accounts of the impact of fatigue in young people with sickle cell disease.

Parole, parole boards and the institutional dilemmas of contemporary prison release (2022)
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Guiney, T. C. (2023). Parole, parole boards and the institutional dilemmas of contemporary prison release. Punishment and Society, 25(3), 621-640. https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745221097371

The decision to release is a defining feature of the carceral experience: at once a necessary function of a dynamic penal system, and a highly contested form of symbolic communication where the anxieties and contradictions of contemporary penality be... Read More about Parole, parole boards and the institutional dilemmas of contemporary prison release.

Talking about learning disability: Discursive acts in managing an ideological dilemma (2022)
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Cluley, V., Pilnick, A., & Fyson, R. (2022). Talking about learning disability: Discursive acts in managing an ideological dilemma. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2, Article 100088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100088

Learning disability is a term that can mean different things to different people. It is also a term that has undergone much revision and critique, being linked to stigma and prejudice. Consequently, talking about learning disability can be a delicate... Read More about Talking about learning disability: Discursive acts in managing an ideological dilemma.

The unequal impact of Covid‐19 on the lives and rights of the children of modern slavery survivors, children in exploitation and children at risk of entering exploitation (2022)
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Jiménez, E., Brotherton, V., Gardner, A., Wright, N., Browne, H., Esiovwa, N., …Trodd, Z. (2023). The unequal impact of Covid‐19 on the lives and rights of the children of modern slavery survivors, children in exploitation and children at risk of entering exploitation. Children & Society, 37(1), 216-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12572

This article discusses the unequal impact of Covid-19 on the lives of the children of survivors of modern slavery, child victims of exploitation and children at risk of exploitation in the UK. It draws on research that has analysed the risks and impa... Read More about The unequal impact of Covid‐19 on the lives and rights of the children of modern slavery survivors, children in exploitation and children at risk of entering exploitation.

When ‘ideal victim’ meets ‘criminalised other’: Criminal records and the denial of victimisation (2022)
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Bradford-Clarke, L. J., Davies, R. F., & Henley, A. (2022). When ‘ideal victim’ meets ‘criminalised other’: Criminal records and the denial of victimisation. Probation Journal, 69(3), 353-372. https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505221095068

This article critically examines the restrictions on access to statutory compensation in Great Britain for victims of serious crime with criminal records. Drawing on original analysis of Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority transparency data it r... Read More about When ‘ideal victim’ meets ‘criminalised other’: Criminal records and the denial of victimisation.

Attitudes towards vaccination and knowledge about antibiotics: Analysis of Wellcome Monitor survey data (2022)
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Anderson, A. (2022). Attitudes towards vaccination and knowledge about antibiotics: Analysis of Wellcome Monitor survey data. Vaccine, 40(22), 3038-3045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.024

Vaccine hesitancy and antimicrobial resistance are biomedically connected public health challenges, but to date minimal research has examined social connections between the UK public's attitudes towards vaccination and attitudes towards antibiotic us... Read More about Attitudes towards vaccination and knowledge about antibiotics: Analysis of Wellcome Monitor survey data.

Gendered Violence, Religion and UK-Based Anti-Abortion Activism (2022)
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Page, S., & Lowe, P. (2022). Gendered Violence, Religion and UK-Based Anti-Abortion Activism. Religion and Gender, 12(1), 5-28. https://doi.org/10.30965/18785417-01201009

The United Nations view access to abortion as a fundamental human right. Yet increasingly in the UK, religiously-motivated activists undertake public displays opposing abortion, often outside abortion clinics, and precipitated through international c... Read More about Gendered Violence, Religion and UK-Based Anti-Abortion Activism.

Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers. A First Report From a Living Systematic Review and meta-Analysis (2022)
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Dzinamarira, T., Nkambule, S. J., Hlongwa, M., Mhango, M., Iradukunda, P. G., Chitungo, I., …Ngara, B. (2022). Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers. A First Report From a Living Systematic Review and meta-Analysis. Safety and Health at Work, 13(3), 263-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2022.04.001

Health care workers (HCWs) are more than ten times more likely to be infected with coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) than the general population, thus demonstrating the burden of COVID-19 among HCWs. Factors that expose HCWs to a differe... Read More about Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers. A First Report From a Living Systematic Review and meta-Analysis.

How a child's gender mediates maternal care and expectations in the fatigue experiences of adolescents with sickle cell disease (2022)
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Poku, B. A., Pilnick, A., & Kirk, S. (2023). How a child's gender mediates maternal care and expectations in the fatigue experiences of adolescents with sickle cell disease. Journal of Family Studies, 29(4), 1606-1627. https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2022.2060851

Despite the chronicity and biopsychosocial significance of fatigue in sickle cell disease (SCD), it is rarely prioritized in understanding illness experiences and the social consequences of SCD for children, young people and their families. This stud... Read More about How a child's gender mediates maternal care and expectations in the fatigue experiences of adolescents with sickle cell disease.

Treating and managing stalking offenders: findings from a multi-agency clinical intervention (2022)
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Jerath, K., Tompson, L., & Belur, J. (2023). Treating and managing stalking offenders: findings from a multi-agency clinical intervention. Psychology, Crime and Law, 29(10), 1161-1184. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2022.2057981

The Multi-Agency Stalking Intervention Programme (MASIP), piloted in three police forces in England, delivered a range of risk management interventions, including bespoke psychological treatment to a subset of convicted stalkers. The interim aim was... Read More about Treating and managing stalking offenders: findings from a multi-agency clinical intervention.

Highlighting “Risky Remands” Through Prisoner Death Investigations: People With Very Severe Mental Illness Transitioning From Police and Court Custody Into Prison on Remand (2022)
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Tomczak, P. (2022). Highlighting “Risky Remands” Through Prisoner Death Investigations: People With Very Severe Mental Illness Transitioning From Police and Court Custody Into Prison on Remand. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 862365. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.862365

Prison suicide/self-inflicted death is an international public health crisis, harming stakeholders including bereaved families, prisoners, prison staff and death investigators. England and Wales' record prison suicide numbers in 2016 cost at least £4... Read More about Highlighting “Risky Remands” Through Prisoner Death Investigations: People With Very Severe Mental Illness Transitioning From Police and Court Custody Into Prison on Remand.

Physical activity pre-and during pregnancy and gestational diabetes onset across multi-ethnic pregnant populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies (2022)
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Alaslani, H., Shaw, I., & Adams, G. (2023). Physical activity pre-and during pregnancy and gestational diabetes onset across multi-ethnic pregnant populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. MOJ Public Health, 11(1), 28-32. https://doi.org/10.15406/mojph.2022.11.00370

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common complication during pregnancy and is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal and neonatal risks. Lifestyle intervention through physical activity is generally similar to diet... Read More about Physical activity pre-and during pregnancy and gestational diabetes onset across multi-ethnic pregnant populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.

Social policy learning inside the World Bank: The case of multi‐pillar pension reform (2022)
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Heneghan, M. (2022). Social policy learning inside the World Bank: The case of multi‐pillar pension reform. Social Policy and Administration, 56(5), 827-842. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12809

This paper analyses the process of policy learning that has taken place inside the Social Protection and Labor Department of the World Bank after the large-scale abandonment of its flagship pension programme. It draws on a set of elite interviews wit... Read More about Social policy learning inside the World Bank: The case of multi‐pillar pension reform.

The Chinese government's management of anti-Japan nationalism during Hu-Wen era (2022)
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Burcu, O. (2022). The Chinese government's management of anti-Japan nationalism during Hu-Wen era. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 22(2), 237-266. https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcab002

China and Japan continue to partly live in the shadow of World War II (WWII) with recurrent expressions of anti-Japanese nationalism in China periodically ebbing bilateral relations. How does the Chinese government manage anti-Japan public manifestat... Read More about The Chinese government's management of anti-Japan nationalism during Hu-Wen era.