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The categorisation of resistance: interpreting failure to follow a proposed line of action in the diagnosis of autism amongst young adults (2018)
Journal Article
Hollin, G., & Pilnick, A. (2018). The categorisation of resistance: interpreting failure to follow a proposed line of action in the diagnosis of autism amongst young adults. Sociology of Health and Illness, 40(7), 1215-1232. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12749

sessions and ask how diagnosticians distinguish between interactional resistance as, on the one hand, a diagnostic indicator and, on the other, as a reasonable choice from a range of possible responses. We find evidence of various forms of resistance... Read More about The categorisation of resistance: interpreting failure to follow a proposed line of action in the diagnosis of autism amongst young adults.

A role for independent peer review: reflections on the gateway review process (2018)
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Cluley, V., Radnor, Z., Salvatori, F., & Whiting, A. (2018). A role for independent peer review: reflections on the gateway review process. British Journal of Healthcare Management, 24(5), 242-249. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2018.24.5.242

Healthcare organisations face constant pressure to change in order to pursue quality and performance improvements. As a result, professionals are often said to be experiencing change fatigue. This can be problematic for policy implementation initiati... Read More about A role for independent peer review: reflections on the gateway review process.

A comparison of mental health symptomatology and levels of social support in young treatment seeking transgender individuals who identify as binary and non-binary (2018)
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Thorne, N., Witcomb, G. L., Nieder, T., Nixon, E., Yip, A., & Arcelus, J. (2019). A comparison of mental health symptomatology and levels of social support in young treatment seeking transgender individuals who identify as binary and non-binary. International Journal of Transgenderism, 20(2-3), 241-250. https://doi.org/10.1080/15532739.2018.1452660

Background: Previous research has consistently reported high rates of mental health symptomatology and lower social support in young treatment seeking transgender individuals. However, these studies have failed to distinguish between transgender peop... Read More about A comparison of mental health symptomatology and levels of social support in young treatment seeking transgender individuals who identify as binary and non-binary.

Outcomes of mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in adults with diabetes: a systematic review (2018)
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Mason, J., Meal, A., Shaw, I., & Adams, G. G. (in press). Outcomes of mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in adults with diabetes: a systematic review. Journal of Diabetes and Treatment, 2018(2), https://doi.org/10.29011/2574-7568.000049

Objectives: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a global and progressive chronic medical condition with increasing prevalence and associated costs throughout the world. Psychological problems are common in people with DM and when they co-occur are associated w... Read More about Outcomes of mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in adults with diabetes: a systematic review.

Facilitation of positive social interaction through visual art in dementia: a case study using videoanalysis (2018)
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Schneider, J., Hazel, S., Morgner, C., & Dening, T. (2018). Facilitation of positive social interaction through visual art in dementia: a case study using videoanalysis. Ageing and Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X1800020X

The aims of this exploratory study were: to investigate the process of visual art appreciation in a person with dementia, in real time; and to test the feasibility of using videoanalysis as a method to explore this process by and with a person who ha... Read More about Facilitation of positive social interaction through visual art in dementia: a case study using videoanalysis.

Market-based low carbon retrofit in social housing: insights from Greater Manchester (2018)
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Cauvain, J., Karvonen, A., & Petrova, S. (2018). Market-based low carbon retrofit in social housing: insights from Greater Manchester. Journal of Urban Affairs, 40(17), 937-951. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2018.1439340

In recent years, social housing providers in the UK have become influential actors in realising the national government’s decarbonisation agenda. However, when decarbonisation is considered in light of austerity measures and privatisation of public h... Read More about Market-based low carbon retrofit in social housing: insights from Greater Manchester.

Doing patient-centredness versus achieving public health targets: a critical review of interactional dilemmas in ART adherence support (2018)
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De Kok, B., Widdicombe, S., Pilnick, A., & Laurier, E. (2018). Doing patient-centredness versus achieving public health targets: a critical review of interactional dilemmas in ART adherence support. Social Science and Medicine, 205, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.030

Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) transformed HIV into a chronic disease but its individual and public health benefits depend on high levels of adherence. The large and rising number of people on ART, now also used as prevention, puts considerable strain... Read More about Doing patient-centredness versus achieving public health targets: a critical review of interactional dilemmas in ART adherence support.

Among the piranhas: the troubling lifespan of ethnic tropes in “tribal” tourism to Vietnam (2018)
Journal Article
Bott, E. (2018). Among the piranhas: the troubling lifespan of ethnic tropes in “tribal” tourism to Vietnam. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26(8), 1291-1307. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2018.1435669

This article presents findings from mixed-method research into ethnic tourism in Vietnam. Drawing on critical discourse analysis and ethnographic research carried out in Sapa, northern Vietnam, the article examines how minority Indigenous groups are... Read More about Among the piranhas: the troubling lifespan of ethnic tropes in “tribal” tourism to Vietnam.

Where did the marginal land go? Farmers perspectives on marginal land and its implications for adoption of dedicated energy crops (2018)
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Helliwell, R. (2018). Where did the marginal land go? Farmers perspectives on marginal land and its implications for adoption of dedicated energy crops. Energy Policy, 117, 166-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.03.011

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Dedicated energy crops such as miscanthus and short rotation coppice willow were expected by UK policy and academic modelling to be deployed across large swaths of UK marginal lands in response to farm and market level incentives,... Read More about Where did the marginal land go? Farmers perspectives on marginal land and its implications for adoption of dedicated energy crops.

Education and the alterity of democracy (2018)
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Stevenson, N. (2018). Education and the alterity of democracy. Cadernos de Pesquisa, 48(167), https://doi.org/10.1590/198053144668

The idea of a democratic education in the English context has lost a considerable amount of ground since the 1960s. Here I argue that such is the dominance of neoliberal understandings of education over the Right and much of the social democratic Lef... Read More about Education and the alterity of democracy.

Capoeira for beginners: self-benefit for, and community action by, new Capoeiristas (2018)
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Jordan, M., Wright, E. J., Purser, A., Grundy, A., Joyes, E., Wright, N., …Manning, N. (2018). Capoeira for beginners: self-benefit for, and community action by, new Capoeiristas. Sport, Education and Society, 24(7), 756-769. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2018.1441145

Capoeira could be defined as a Brazilian martial art and game to be played. This research explored how capoeira play might be considered to facilitate connectedness amongst newly-recruited persons, plus any other ramifications of capoeira involvement... Read More about Capoeira for beginners: self-benefit for, and community action by, new Capoeiristas.

Gentlemen, heroes, real men, disabled men: explorations at the intersections of disability and masculinity in contemporary China (2018)
Journal Article
Dauncey, S. (2018). Gentlemen, heroes, real men, disabled men: explorations at the intersections of disability and masculinity in contemporary China. NAN Nü, 19(2), https://doi.org/10.1163/15685268-00192P05

This article advances new perspectives on disability culture in contemporary China. Using gender – specifically masculinity – as an “intersection,” it addresses key questions that both help to explain, but also further trouble, the way in which the “... Read More about Gentlemen, heroes, real men, disabled men: explorations at the intersections of disability and masculinity in contemporary China.

Colonialism, Postcolonialism and the Liberal Welfare State (2018)
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Bhambra, G. K., & Holmwood, J. (2018). Colonialism, Postcolonialism and the Liberal Welfare State. New Political Economy, 23(5), 574-587. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2017.1417369

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article addresses the colonial and racial origins of the welfare state with a particular emphasis on the liberal welfare state of the USA and UK. Both are understood in term... Read More about Colonialism, Postcolonialism and the Liberal Welfare State.

Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes (2018)
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Gordon, A. L., Goodman, C., Davies, S. L., Dening, T., Gage, H., Meyer, J., …Zubair, M. (2018). Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes. Age and Ageing, 47(4), 595-603. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx195

Introduction: care home residents have high healthcare needs not fully met by prevailing healthcare models. This study explored how healthcare configuration influences resource use. Methods: a realist evaluation using qualitative and quantitative... Read More about Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes.

Adolescents’ experiences of living with sickle cell disease: An integrative narrative review of the literature (2017)
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Poku, B. A., Caress, A., & Kirk, S. (2018). Adolescents’ experiences of living with sickle cell disease: An integrative narrative review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 80, 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.12.008

Background Sickle Cell Disease is the commonest monogenic haemoglobinopathy worldwide. Living with a long-term condition such as sickle cell disease during adolescence constitutes a significant challenge for the key stakeholders due to the combined... Read More about Adolescents’ experiences of living with sickle cell disease: An integrative narrative review of the literature.

Dancing intercorporeality: a health humanities perspective on dance as a healing art (2017)
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Purser, A. C. E. (2019). Dancing intercorporeality: a health humanities perspective on dance as a healing art. Journal of Medical Humanities, 40(2), 253–263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-017-9502-0

As a contribution to the burgeoning field of health humanities, this paper seeks to explore the power of dance to mitigate human suffering and reacquaint us with what it means to be human through bringing the embodied practice of dance into dialogue... Read More about Dancing intercorporeality: a health humanities perspective on dance as a healing art.

Imagine arts: how the arts can transform care homes (2017)
Journal Article
Broome, E., Schneider, J. M., & Dening, T. (in press). Imagine arts: how the arts can transform care homes. Journal of Dementia Care,

There is a growing body of evidence that demonstrates that the arts have an important role in the care of people with dementia. The Baring Foundation, a UK based organisation which aims to improve the quality of life of those who may be disadvantaged... Read More about Imagine arts: how the arts can transform care homes.

Facilitating Imagine Arts in residential care homes: the artists’ perspectives (2017)
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Broome, E., Dening, T., & Schneider, J. M. (2019). Facilitating Imagine Arts in residential care homes: the artists’ perspectives. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 11(1), 54-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2017.1413399

Background: This study explores factors affecting the successful facilitation of a residential arts programme. The aim was to identify barriers and describe how they could be overcome, this was both formative, to help shape the programme, and summa... Read More about Facilitating Imagine Arts in residential care homes: the artists’ perspectives.

Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children (2017)
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Zontini, E., & Reynolds, T. (2018). Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children. Global Networks, 18(3), 418-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12185

© 2017 Global Networks Partnership & John Wiley & Sons Ltd In this article, we develop the concept of ‘transnational family habitus’ as a theoretical tool for making sense of the ways in which children and young people from a migrant background a... Read More about Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children.