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Knowledge, determinants and use of modern contraceptives among married women in Sabon Gari Zaria, Northern Nigeria (2015)
Journal Article
Aliyu, A., Tukur, D., Adegboyega, M. O., & Ladan, M. A. (2015). Knowledge, determinants and use of modern contraceptives among married women in Sabon Gari Zaria, Northern Nigeria. International Journal of Epidemiology, 44(Suppl), Article i135-i136. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyv096.140

Introduction: Improving reproductive health of young women in least developed countries requires access to safe and effective contraceptive methods. We conducted a study on knowledge, determinants and use of modern contraceptives among married women... Read More about Knowledge, determinants and use of modern contraceptives among married women in Sabon Gari Zaria, Northern Nigeria.

Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour (2015)
Journal Article
Borrelli, S. E., Dattolo, C., & Nespoli, A. (in press). Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour. British Journal of Midwifery, 23(9), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2015.23.9.640

The objectives of this mixed-methods study were: a) to investigate midwives' approaches to early pushing urge (EPU); and b) to explore midwives' perspectives and experiences of helping women cope with EPU. A quantitative observational methodology was... Read More about Midwives’ approaches to early pushing urge in labour.

Information retention and overload in first-time hearing aid users: an interactive multimedia educational solution (2015)
Journal Article
Ferguson, M. A., Brandreth, M., Brassington, W., & Wharrad, H. (2015). Information retention and overload in first-time hearing aid users: an interactive multimedia educational solution. American Journal of Audiology, 24, https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_AJA-14-0088

Purpose: An educational intervention to improve knowledge of hearing aids and communication in first-time hearing aid users was assessed. This intervention was based on the concept of reusable learning objects (RLOs). Method: A randomized controll... Read More about Information retention and overload in first-time hearing aid users: an interactive multimedia educational solution.

Method, methodology and politics (2015)
Book Chapter
Edgley, A. (2015). Method, methodology and politics. In A. Edgley (Ed.), Noam Chomsky. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-32021-6

A number of authors have identified Chomsky’s work as belonging within the critical realist tradition (Wilkin 1997; Edgley 2000; Laffey 2003). In chapter five, Alison Edgley explores some of the epistemological assumptions of critical realism, in or... Read More about Method, methodology and politics.

Ultracentrifuge Methods for the Analysis of Polysaccharides, Glycoconjugates, and Lignins (2015)
Book Chapter
Harding, S. E., Adams, G. G., Almutairi, F., Alzahrani, Q., Erten, T., Samil Kök, M., & Gillis, R. B. (2015). Ultracentrifuge Methods for the Analysis of Polysaccharides, Glycoconjugates, and Lignins. In Analytical Ultracentrifugation (391-439). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2015.06.043

Although like proteins, polysaccharides are synthesized by enzymes, unlike proteins there is no template. This means that they are polydisperse, do not generally have compact folded structures, and are often very large with greater nonideality behavi... Read More about Ultracentrifuge Methods for the Analysis of Polysaccharides, Glycoconjugates, and Lignins.

The effectiveness of IMB-model based diabetes self-management education with type 2 diabetes patients in Jordan: clinical trial protocol (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Albelbisi, Z., Windle, R., & Blake, H. (2015). The effectiveness of IMB-model based diabetes self-management education with type 2 diabetes patients in Jordan: clinical trial protocol.

Abstract for AADE Annual Meeting 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-inc... Read More about The effectiveness of IMB-model based diabetes self-management education with type 2 diabetes patients in Jordan: clinical trial protocol.

Utilization of visual inspection with acetic-acid in cervical cancer screening among health workers in secondary health care institutions of Kaduna state, Nigeria (2015)
Journal Article
Balarabe, F., Musa, U., Chado, M. A., Ladan, M. A., Abdul, H. M., & Khalid, D. S. (in press). Utilization of visual inspection with acetic-acid in cervical cancer screening among health workers in secondary health care institutions of Kaduna state, Nigeria. Journal of Medicine in the Tropics, 17(2), https://doi.org/10.4103/2276-7096.162288

Aims: The research was conducted to investigate the utilization of visual inspection with acetic-acid (VIA) in cervical cancer screening among health workers in secondary health care institutions of Kaduna-state. Settings and Design: An Ex-post fact... Read More about Utilization of visual inspection with acetic-acid in cervical cancer screening among health workers in secondary health care institutions of Kaduna state, Nigeria.

Communication between family carers and health professionals about end-of-life care for older people in the acute hospital setting: a qualitative study (2015)
Journal Article
Caswell, G., Pollock, K., Harwood, R., & Porock, D. (in press). Communication between family carers and health professionals about end-of-life care for older people in the acute hospital setting: a qualitative study. BMC Palliative Care, 14(1), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-015-0032-0

Background: This paper focuses on communication between hospital staff and family carers of patients dying on acute hospital wards, with an emphasis on the family carers’ perspective. The age at which people in the UK die is increasing and many conti... Read More about Communication between family carers and health professionals about end-of-life care for older people in the acute hospital setting: a qualitative study.

HPP self-study continuing education credits: school-based educational intervention to improve children's oral health-related knowledge (2015)
Other
Blake, H., Dawett, B., Leighton, P., Rose-Brady, L., & Deery, C. (2015). HPP self-study continuing education credits: school-based educational intervention to improve children's oral health-related knowledge

The Association of Specific Executive Functions and Falls Risk in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early-Stage Dementia (2015)
Journal Article
Harwood, R., Logan, P., van der Wardt, V., Logan, P. A., Hood, V., Booth, V., …Harwood, R. H. (2015). The Association of Specific Executive Functions and Falls Risk in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early-Stage Dementia. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 40(3-4), 178-185. https://doi.org/10.1159/000433523

Background/Aims: Impairment in executive function is associated with a heightened risk for falls in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. The purpose of this study was to determine which aspects of executive function are assoc... Read More about The Association of Specific Executive Functions and Falls Risk in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early-Stage Dementia.

Completion of fit notes by GPs: a mixed methods study (2015)
Journal Article
Coole, C., Nouri, F., Potgieter, I., & Drummond, A. E. (2015). Completion of fit notes by GPs: a mixed methods study. Perspectives in Public Health, 135(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913915594197

Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the completion of fit notes by UK general practitioners (GPs). A series of actual fit notes issued to employed patients were examined, and their GPs’ reflections and experiences of fit note completion ex... Read More about Completion of fit notes by GPs: a mixed methods study.

Development and evaluation of an Individualised Outcome Measure (IOM) for randomised controlled trials in mental health (2015)
Journal Article
Pesola, F., Williams, J., Bird, V., Freidl, M., Le Boutillier, C., Leamy, M., …Slade, M. (2015). Development and evaluation of an Individualised Outcome Measure (IOM) for randomised controlled trials in mental health. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 24(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1480

Predefined, researcher-selected outcomes are routinely used as the clinical end-point in randomised controlled trials (RCTs); however, individualised approaches may be an effective way to assess outcome in mental health research. The present study de... Read More about Development and evaluation of an Individualised Outcome Measure (IOM) for randomised controlled trials in mental health.

Seeing the baby, doing family: commercial ultrasound as family practice? (2015)
Journal Article
Roberts, J., Griffiths, F., & Verran, A. (2017). Seeing the baby, doing family: commercial ultrasound as family practice?. Sociology, 51(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038515591945

Medical sociologists and anthropologists have studied the social significance of obstetric ultrasound for families but little is known about how women and families make use of commercially available ultrasound scans. This article draws on interviews... Read More about Seeing the baby, doing family: commercial ultrasound as family practice?.

The identification of research priorities for UK occupational therapists in work rehabilitation (2015)
Journal Article
Coole, C., McBean, J., & Drummond, A. E. (in press). The identification of research priorities for UK occupational therapists in work rehabilitation. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 22(7), https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2015.22.7.329

Background/Aims: UK occupational therapists are recognised as having key skills in work rehabilitation, but there is limited evidence to underpin this. In order to use research resources to best effect, it is vital to identify the research priorities... Read More about The identification of research priorities for UK occupational therapists in work rehabilitation.

Care and communication between health professionals and patients affected by severe or chronic illness in community care settings: a qualitative study of care at the end of life (2015)
Journal Article
Pollock, K., & Wilson, E. (2015). Care and communication between health professionals and patients affected by severe or chronic illness in community care settings: a qualitative study of care at the end of life. Health Services and Delivery Research, 3(31), https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr03310

Background: Advance care planning (ACP) enables patients to consider, discuss and, if they wish, document their wishes and preferences for future care, including decisions to refuse treatment, in the event that they lose capacity to make decisions fo... Read More about Care and communication between health professionals and patients affected by severe or chronic illness in community care settings: a qualitative study of care at the end of life.

Return-to-work outcomes and usefulness of actual fit notes received by employers (2015)
Journal Article
Coole, C., Potgieter, I., Nouri, F., Worthington, E., & Drummond, A. (in press). Return-to-work outcomes and usefulness of actual fit notes received by employers. Family Practice, 32(5), https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmv050

Background: GPs can use the fit note to advise that a patient ‘may be fit’ or is ‘not fit’ for work. Previous employer-based research on the fit note is largely qualitative and based on general perceptions and past experience. Knowledge of the return... Read More about Return-to-work outcomes and usefulness of actual fit notes received by employers.

“Having diabetes shouldn’t stop them”: healthcare professionals’ perceptions of physical activity in children with Type 1 diabetes (2015)
Journal Article
Quirk, H., Blake, H., Dee, B., & Glazebrook, C. (2015). “Having diabetes shouldn’t stop them”: healthcare professionals’ perceptions of physical activity in children with Type 1 diabetes. BMC Pediatrics, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0389-5

Background Healthcare professionals (HCP) working with children who have Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) have an important role in advising about and supporting the control of blood glucose level in relation to physical activity. Regular physical... Read More about “Having diabetes shouldn’t stop them”: healthcare professionals’ perceptions of physical activity in children with Type 1 diabetes.

Staff understanding of recovery-orientated mental health practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis (2015)
Journal Article
Le Boutillier, C., Chevalier, A., Lawrence, V., Leamy, M., Bird, V., Macpherson, R., …Slade, M. (in press). Staff understanding of recovery-orientated mental health practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. Implementation Science, 10(87), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0275-4

Background: Mental health policy is for staff to transform their practice towards a recovery orientation. Staff understanding of recovery-orientated practice will influence the implementation of this policy. The aim of this study was to conduct a sys... Read More about Staff understanding of recovery-orientated mental health practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Systematic review of the epidemiology of non-collision injuries occurring to older people during use of public buses in high income countries (2015)
Journal Article
Kendrick, D., Drummond, A. E., Logan, P., Barnes, J., & Worthington, E. (2015). Systematic review of the epidemiology of non-collision injuries occurring to older people during use of public buses in high income countries. Journal of Transport and Health, 2(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2015.06.002

Each year more than 6,000 people are injured on public buses in the UK, approximately half of whom are aged 65 or over. This review synthesises the published literature on the epidemiology of non-collision injuries occurring in older people using pub... Read More about Systematic review of the epidemiology of non-collision injuries occurring to older people during use of public buses in high income countries.

Ageing and quality of life in family carers of people with dementia being cared for at home: a literature review (2015)
Journal Article
de Oliveira, D. C., Vass, C. D., & Aubeeluck, A. (2015). Ageing and quality of life in family carers of people with dementia being cared for at home: a literature review. Quality in Primary Care, 23(1),

Background: Despite the increasing older population providing care for family members with dementia at home, there is no consensus in the literature in terms of how caring impacts on their quality of life (QoL) and the association of the family carer... Read More about Ageing and quality of life in family carers of people with dementia being cared for at home: a literature review.