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Advanced clinical practitioners in primary care in the UK: A qualitative study of workforce transformation (2020)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Pearce, R., Greaves, S., & Blake, H. (2020). Advanced clinical practitioners in primary care in the UK: A qualitative study of workforce transformation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124500

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Escalating costs and changing population demographics are putting pressure on primary care systems to meet ever more complex healthcare needs. Non-medical ‘advanced clinical practitioner’ (ACP... Read More about Advanced clinical practitioners in primary care in the UK: A qualitative study of workforce transformation.

Supporting kids with diabetes in physical activity (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Knox, E. C., Glazebrook, C., Leighton, P., Randell, T., Greening, J., Guo, B., & Blake, H. (2018, March). Supporting kids with diabetes in physical activity. Paper presented at III Congreso Internacional en Investigacion y Didactica de la Educacion Fisica

A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to measure change in self-management in clinical trials in non-cancer chronic pain (2016)
Journal Article
Banerjee, A., Hendrick, P., Bhattacharjee, P., & Blake, H. (2016). A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to measure change in self-management in clinical trials in non-cancer chronic pain. Physiotherapy, 102(Suppl. 1), (e135). doi:10.1016/j.physio.2016.10.153. ISSN 0031-9406

Relevance: Chronic pain affects an estimated 19% of Europeans. In chronic pain, supported self-management (SM) for the patient is a key recommendation across national guidelines. Supported SM aims at improving knowledge on monitoring and managing chr... Read More about A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to measure change in self-management in clinical trials in non-cancer chronic pain.

Barriers and determinants of pre-registered nurses and medics participation in physical activity (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Blake, H., McGill, F., & Stanulewicz, N. (2015, December). Barriers and determinants of pre-registered nurses and medics participation in physical activity. Poster presented at 2015 UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting

Background: A high proportion of pre-registered healthcare professionals do not achieve recommended daily levels of physical activity, and report barriers to exercise including high levels of stress. Aims: To assess the physical activity levels of... Read More about Barriers and determinants of pre-registered nurses and medics participation in physical activity.

The effects of ageing and exercise on recollection and familiarity based memory processes (2015)
Book Chapter
Tunney, R. J., Allen, H. A., Bonardi, C., & Blake, H. (2015). The effects of ageing and exercise on recollection and familiarity based memory processes. In D. Bruno (Ed.), The Preservation of Memory: Theory and Practice for Clinical and Non-Clinical Populations (139-151). London: Routledge

In the UK’s 2011 census there were high proportions of people between 20 and 49 years-old, with each 5-year band containing at least 4 million. Thus between 2022 and 2051 we can expect large numbers of people to enter their 60s, around 2 billion glob... Read More about The effects of ageing and exercise on recollection and familiarity based memory processes.

Telephone follow-up does not significantly improve glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes overall, but more intensive programmes may have an effect: Commentry on: Wu L, Forbes A, Griffiths P, et al. Telephone follow-up to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. Diabet Med 2010;27:1217–25. (2011)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2011). Telephone follow-up does not significantly improve glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes overall, but more intensive programmes may have an effect: Commentry on: Wu L, Forbes A, Griffiths P, et al. Telephone follow-up to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. Diabet Med 2010;27:1217–25. Evidence-Based Nursing, 14(2), 33-34. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn1141

Exercise interventions in the treatment of depression (2010)
Book
Malik, S., Kit Han Mo, P., & Blake, H. (2010). Exercise interventions in the treatment of depression. In Physical activity in rehabilitation and recovery, 279-312. New York: Nova Science Publishers

Depression is a common psychiatric problem affecting millions of people worldwide. Whilst conventional treatments for depression have involved the use of antidepressant medications or ‘talking’ therapies, in recent years the concept of exercise thera... Read More about Exercise interventions in the treatment of depression.

Workplace complementary and alternative therapies for hospital?site staff (2009)
Journal Article
Meade, O., MacLennan, S. J., Blake, H., & Coulson, N. (2009). Workplace complementary and alternative therapies for hospital?site staff. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 2(3), 258-271. doi:10.1108/17538350910993449

Purpose – Workplace wellness schemes are emerging in NHS settings, including complementary and alternative therapy services aimed at improving employee wellbeing. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of one such therapy service on service u... Read More about Workplace complementary and alternative therapies for hospital?site staff.