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Young people with learning disabilities who sexually abuse: understanding, identifying and responding from within generic education and welfare services
Book Chapter
Fyson, R. Young people with learning disabilities who sexually abuse: understanding, identifying and responding from within generic education and welfare services. In M. C. Calder (Ed.), Working with children and young people who sexually abuse: Taking the field forward. Russell House Publishing

This chapter will start by providing an overview of current knowledge about young people with learning disabilities who sexually abuse. Research cited will, unless otherwise indicated, be limited to UK studies since international variations in the de... Read More about Young people with learning disabilities who sexually abuse: understanding, identifying and responding from within generic education and welfare services.

Employment Retention Policy
Book
Fox, E., & Stafford, B. Employment Retention Policy. Nottingham University

This Report investigates the potential for a statutory model of employment retention leave. A Private Members Bill (HC Bill 2006-07) [79] currently in progress through Parliament would, if enacted, offer disabled employees the right to paid leave for... Read More about Employment Retention Policy.

Health and Health Policy
Book Chapter
Pascall, G. Health and Health Policy. In J. Baldock, N. Manning, & S. Vickerstaff (Eds.), Social Policy: Third Edition. Oxford University Press

Doctors' thinking about the system as a threat to patient safety
Journal Article
Waring, J. Doctors' thinking about the system as a threat to patient safety. Health, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459307070801

‘Systems thinking’ is an important feature of the emerging ‘patient safety’ agenda. As a key component of a ‘safety culture’, it encourages clinicians to look past individual error to recognise the latent factors that threaten safety. This paper inv... Read More about Doctors' thinking about the system as a threat to patient safety.

Innovative Social Policies for Gender Equality at Work
Book
Fox, E., Pascall, G., & Warren, T. Innovative Social Policies for Gender Equality at Work. School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham [online]

The project asked about policies to support work-family reconciliation among low-waged women in England. How are low-waged women constrained in their choices by limited and fragmentary social policies? We identified innovative social policies availab... Read More about Innovative Social Policies for Gender Equality at Work.

New ethnicities online: reflexive racialisation and the internet
Journal Article
Parker, D., & Song, M. New ethnicities online: reflexive racialisation and the internet. Sociological Review, 54(3),

In this article we analyse the emergence of Internet activity addressing the experiences of young people in two British communities: South Asian and Chinese.We focus on two web sites: www.barficulture.com and www.britishbornchinese.org.uk, drawing on... Read More about New ethnicities online: reflexive racialisation and the internet.

Gender and Citizenship under New Labour
Book Chapter
Pascall, G. Gender and Citizenship under New Labour. In R. Espiet-Kilty, & T. Whitton (Eds.), Citoyen ou consommateur: les mutations rhetoriques et politiques au Rouyaume-Uni. Presses universitaires Blaise-Pascal

Abstract To what extent has citizenship been transformed under the New Labour government to include women as equal citizens? This chapter will examine New Labour’s record in terms of alternative conceptions of citizenship: a model based on equal obl... Read More about Gender and Citizenship under New Labour.

Safety and complexity: the inter-departmental threats to patient safety in the operating department
Journal Article
Waring, J., McDonald, R., & Harrison, S. Safety and complexity: the inter-departmental threats to patient safety in the operating department. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 20(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/14777260610662753

Purpose: Current thinking about ‘patient safety’ emphasises the causal relationship between the work environment and the delivery of clinical care. This research draws on the theory of Normal Accidents to extend this analysis and better understand th... Read More about Safety and complexity: the inter-departmental threats to patient safety in the operating department.

Emerging Gender Regimes and Policies for Gender Equality in a Wider Europe
Journal Article
Pascall, G., & Lewis, J. Emerging Gender Regimes and Policies for Gender Equality in a Wider Europe. Journal of Social Policy, 33(3),

This article addresses some implications for gender equality and gender policy at European and national levels of transformations in family, economy and polity, which challenge gender regimes across Europe. Women’s labour market participation in the... Read More about Emerging Gender Regimes and Policies for Gender Equality in a Wider Europe.

Leisure, family and work in the lifestyles of dual-earner families
Conference Proceeding
Such, E. (2001). Leisure, family and work in the lifestyles of dual-earner families.

This paper examines the role of leisure in the lifestyles of dual-earner families. It explores leisure as a dimension of lifestyle that has been relatively under-researched, despite a burgeoning interest in the dual-earner family in both academic res... Read More about Leisure, family and work in the lifestyles of dual-earner families.

A Letter of Consequence: Referral Letters from General Practitioners to Secondary Mental Health Services
Journal Article
Shaw, I., Clegg Smith, K. M., Middleton, H., & Woodward, L. A Letter of Consequence: Referral Letters from General Practitioners to Secondary Mental Health Services. Qualitative Health Research, 15,

The referral letter is a key instrument in moving patients from primary to secondary care services. Consequently, the circumstances in which a referral should be made and its contents have been the subject of clinical guidelines. This article is base... Read More about A Letter of Consequence: Referral Letters from General Practitioners to Secondary Mental Health Services.

The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale
Journal Article
Tennant, R., Hiller, L., Fishwick, R., Platt, S., Joseph, S., Weich, S., …Stewart-Brown, S. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes,

Background There is increasing international interest in the concept of mental well-being and its contribution to all aspects of human life. Demand for instruments to monitor mental well-being at a population level and evaluate mental health promot... Read More about The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale.