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Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Nigerian Nurses’ Engagement in Health Promoting Behaviors: A Socio-Ecological Model Approach (2020)
Journal Article
Uchendu, C., Windle, R., & Blake, H. (2020). Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Nigerian Nurses’ Engagement in Health Promoting Behaviors: A Socio-Ecological Model Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4), Article 1314. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041314

Nurses make up the single largest healthcare professional group in the Nigerian healthcare system. As frontline healthcare providers, they promote healthy lifestyles to patients and families. However, the determinants of Nigerian nurses’ personal hea... Read More about Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Nigerian Nurses’ Engagement in Health Promoting Behaviors: A Socio-Ecological Model Approach.

eHealth adoption and use among healthcare professionals in a tertiary hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Qmethodology study (2019)
Journal Article
Ladan, M. A., Wharrad, H., & Windle, R. (2019). eHealth adoption and use among healthcare professionals in a tertiary hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Qmethodology study. PeerJ, 7, Article e6326. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6326

Copyright 2019 Ladan et al. Background. The aim of the study was to explore the viewpoints of healthcare professionals (HCPs) on the adoption and use of eHealth in clinical practice in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Information and communication technolog... Read More about eHealth adoption and use among healthcare professionals in a tertiary hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Qmethodology study.

The practice of glycaemic control in intensive care units: A multicentre survey of nursing and medical professionals (2019)
Journal Article
Fernández‐Méndez, R., Harvey, D. J. R., Windle, R., & Adams, G. G. (2019). The practice of glycaemic control in intensive care units: A multicentre survey of nursing and medical professionals. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(11-12), 2088-2100. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14774

Aims and objectives To determine the views of nurses and physicians working in intensive care units (ICU) about the aims of glycaemic control and use of their protocols. Background Evidence about the optimal aims and methods for glycaemic contro... Read More about The practice of glycaemic control in intensive care units: A multicentre survey of nursing and medical professionals.

Towards understanding healthcare professionals’ adoption and use of technologies in clinical practice: using Qmethodology and models of technology acceptance (2018)
Journal Article
Ladan, M. A., Wharrad, H., & Windle, R. (2018). Towards understanding healthcare professionals’ adoption and use of technologies in clinical practice: using Qmethodology and models of technology acceptance. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 25(1), 027-037. https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v25i1.965

Background: Globally, technologies have been recognised to improve productivity across different areas of practice including healthcare. This has been achieved by the expansion of computers and other forms of information technologies (IT). Despite th... Read More about Towards understanding healthcare professionals’ adoption and use of technologies in clinical practice: using Qmethodology and models of technology acceptance.

Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy (2017)
Journal Article
Konstantinidis, S., Wharrad, H., Windle, R., & Bamidis, P. (2017). Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 238, https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-781-8-219

The knowledge existing in the World Wide Web is exponentially expanding, while continuous advancements in health sciences contribute to the creation of new knowledge. There are a lot of efforts trying to identify how the social connectivity can endor... Read More about Semantic web, reusable learning objects, personal learning networks in health: key pieces for digital health literacy.

Behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in adults with coronary heart disease in Jordan (2016)
Journal Article
Alsaleh, E., Windle, R., & Blake, H. (in press). Behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in adults with coronary heart disease in Jordan. BMC Public Health, 16(643), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3313-5

Background: Patients with coronary heart disease often do not follow prescribed physical activity recommendations. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of a behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in patients with coronary... Read More about Behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in adults with coronary heart disease in Jordan.

Behavioural intervention to increase physical activity among patients with coronary heart disease: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2012)
Journal Article
Alsaleh, E., Blake, H., & Windle, R. (2012). Behavioural intervention to increase physical activity among patients with coronary heart disease: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 49(12), (1489-1493). doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.07.004. ISSN 0020-7489

Background Although physical activity has significant health benefits in the treatment of patients with coronary heart disease, patients often do not follow prescribed physical activity recommendations. Behavioural strategies have been shown to be... Read More about Behavioural intervention to increase physical activity among patients with coronary heart disease: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.