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Professor HOLLY BLAKE's Outputs (199)

Experiences and perceptions of acute testicular pain, with a focus on delayed reasons for presentation to hospital: a qualitative evidence synthesis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anderson, E., Chaplin, W. J., Turner, C., Johnson, G., Blake, H., & Tabner, A. (2024, October). Experiences and perceptions of acute testicular pain, with a focus on delayed reasons for presentation to hospital: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Poster presented at European Society of Emergency Medicine (EUSEM) Congress, Copenhagen

Introduction The annual incidence of testicular torsion is approximately 1 in 4000 males under the age of 25. Despite the 97% testicular salvage rate when surgical intervention is within 6 hours of onset, orchidectomy is required in 40% of cases. The... Read More about Experiences and perceptions of acute testicular pain, with a focus on delayed reasons for presentation to hospital: a qualitative evidence synthesis.

Organizations offering line manager training in mental health and presenteeism: A secondary data analysis of organizational‐level data (2024)
Journal Article
Dulal‐Arthur, T., Hassard, J., Bourke, J., Wishart, M., Bartle, C., Roper, S., Belt, V., Leka, S., Pahl, N., Thomson, L., & Blake, H. (2024). Organizations offering line manager training in mental health and presenteeism: A secondary data analysis of organizational‐level data. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12552

Presenteeism (working while ill) due to mental ill‐health is estimated to be one of the largest economic costs to employers. We seek to investigate the relationship between line manager training in mental health (MH) and presenteeism trends at work.... Read More about Organizations offering line manager training in mental health and presenteeism: A secondary data analysis of organizational‐level data.

Organizations offering line manager training in mental health and presenteeism: A secondary data analysis of organizational-level data (2024)
Journal Article
Dulal-Arthur, T., Hassard, J., Bourke, J., Wishart, M., Bartle, C., Roper, S., Belt, V., Leka, S., Pahl, N., Thomson, L., & Blake, H. (2025). Organizations offering line manager training in mental health and presenteeism: A secondary data analysis of organizational-level data. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98(1), Article e12552. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12552

Presenteeism (working while ill) due to mental ill-health is estimated to be one of the largest economic costs to employers. We seek to investigate the relationship between line manager training in mental health (MH) and presenteeism trends at work.... Read More about Organizations offering line manager training in mental health and presenteeism: A secondary data analysis of organizational-level data.

The WWHIDE Framework (Web-based Workforce Health Intervention Development and Evaluation): developing a guide for workplace web-based trials (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Chaplin, W., Hassard, J., & Thomson, L. (2024, September). The WWHIDE Framework (Web-based Workforce Health Intervention Development and Evaluation): developing a guide for workplace web-based trials. Poster presented at 7th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC) 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland

A qualitative study of the views of ethnic minority healthcare workers towards COVID-19 Vaccine Education (CoVE) to support vaccine promotion and uptake (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Premakumar, V., Premakumar, A., Fecowycz, A., Khulumula, S. K., Jones, W., & Somerset, S. (2024). A qualitative study of the views of ethnic minority healthcare workers towards COVID-19 Vaccine Education (CoVE) to support vaccine promotion and uptake. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 34(3), 198-212. https://doi.org/10.1177/1048291124127391

Ethnic minority healthcare workers (EMHCW) are at high risk of COVID-19 infection and adverse health outcomes, but vaccine uptake is low among ethnic minority communities, including EMHCW. We explored the views of EMHCW towards COVID-19 Vaccine Educa... Read More about A qualitative study of the views of ethnic minority healthcare workers towards COVID-19 Vaccine Education (CoVE) to support vaccine promotion and uptake.

Mental Health, Well-being and Performance at Work: The role of organisational, leadership and team-level factors (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thomson, L. E., Wishart, M., Hassard, J., Bourke, J., Roper, S., Belt, V., Bartle, C., Leka, S., & Blake, H. (2024, September). Mental Health, Well-being and Performance at Work: The role of organisational, leadership and team-level factors. Presented at BAM 2024 Conference, Nottingham, UK

This symposium will present evidence on the organisational, leadership, and team-level factors which have a role in mental well-being, performance and innovation. Three papers will present the latest findings from research funded by the ESRC: results... Read More about Mental Health, Well-being and Performance at Work: The role of organisational, leadership and team-level factors.

Applying health promotion knowledge to self-care: healthy eating and weight management for nurses (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2024). Applying health promotion knowledge to self-care: healthy eating and weight management for nurses. Nursing Standard, https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2024.e12393

Promoting health in the workplace is a national and international public health priority, and health promotion is a central aspect of the nursing role. However, nurses’ knowledge of health promotion does not always translate to self-care and there ar... Read More about Applying health promotion knowledge to self-care: healthy eating and weight management for nurses.

Employers should promote smoking cessation in the workplace (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2025). Employers should promote smoking cessation in the workplace. Perspectives in Public Health, 145(2), 54 - 56. https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139241264177

This feature article explores the role of the workplace in smoking cessation. Blake looks into the current measures in place, and explores how employers can benefit from and support employees by implementing smoke-free policy and regulation in the wo... Read More about Employers should promote smoking cessation in the workplace.

Work-related smartphone use during off-job hours and work-life conflict: A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Hassard, J., Singh, J., & Teoh, K. (2024). Work-related smartphone use during off-job hours and work-life conflict: A scoping review. PLOS Digital Health, 3(7), Article e0000554. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000554

Over recent decades the use of smartphones for work purposes has burgeoned both within and beyond working hours. The aim of the study was to conduct a scoping review to explore the association between the use of smartphone technology for work purpose... Read More about Work-related smartphone use during off-job hours and work-life conflict: A scoping review.

The relationship between line manager training in mental health and organisational outcomes (2024)
Journal Article
Hassard, J., Dulal-Arthur, T., Bourke, J., Wishart, M., Roper, S., Belt, V., Leka, S., Pahl, N., Bartle, C., Thomson, L., & Blake, H. (2024). The relationship between line manager training in mental health and organisational outcomes. PLoS ONE, 19(7), Article e0306065. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306065

Background: Line manager (LM) training in mental health is gaining recognition as an effective method for improving the mental health and wellbeing of workers. However, research predominantly focuses on the impacts of training at the employee-level,... Read More about The relationship between line manager training in mental health and organisational outcomes.

Line manager training and organizational approaches to supporting well-being (2024)
Journal Article
Dulal-Arthur, T., Hassard, J., Bourke, J., Roper, S., Wishart, M., Belt, V., Bartle, C., Leka, S., Pahl, N., Thomson, L., & Blake, H. (2024). Line manager training and organizational approaches to supporting well-being. Occupational Medicine, 74(6), 416-422. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqae051

Employee mental health and well-being (MH&WB) is critical to the productivity and success of organizations. Training line managers (LMs) in mental health plays an important role in protecting and enhancing employee well-being, but its relationship wi... Read More about Line manager training and organizational approaches to supporting well-being.

The effectiveness of digital interventions for self-management of chronic pain in employment settings: a systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Chaplin, W. J., & Gupta, A. (2024). The effectiveness of digital interventions for self-management of chronic pain in employment settings: a systematic review. British Medical Bulletin, 151(1), 36-48. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldae007

Introduction

Chronic pain affects over a quarter of the workforce with high economic burden for individuals, employers, and healthcare services. Access to work-related advice for people with chronic pain is variable. This systematic review aims to... Read More about The effectiveness of digital interventions for self-management of chronic pain in employment settings: a systematic review.

Pozytywna rola centr dobrostanu dla pracowników medycznych (NHS) w czasie pandemii Covid-19 = The positive role of wellbeing centres for the healthcare staff (NHS) during Covid-19 pandemic (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stanulewicz-Buckley, N., & Blake, H. (2024, May). Pozytywna rola centr dobrostanu dla pracowników medycznych (NHS) w czasie pandemii Covid-19 = The positive role of wellbeing centres for the healthcare staff (NHS) during Covid-19 pandemic. Presented at V Konferencja Psychologii Pozytywnej, Lublin, Poland

More absence, but less impact on business performance. What can we learn from Swedish approaches to managing workplace mental health? (2024)
Report
Wishart, M., Roper, S., Belt, V., Bourke, J., Hassard, J., Blake, H., Thomson, L., Bartle, C., & Leka, S. (2024). More absence, but less impact on business performance. What can we learn from Swedish approaches to managing workplace mental health?. Enterprise Research Centre

Using employer-level survey data, this report compares how firms in England, Ireland and Sweden are responding to the challenges of workplace mental health. The three countries adopt very different approaches to the funding and provision of healthcar... Read More about More absence, but less impact on business performance. What can we learn from Swedish approaches to managing workplace mental health?.

Typology of employers offering line manager training for mental health (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Hassard, J., Dulal-Arthur, T., Wishart, M., Roper, S., Bourke, J., Belt, V., Bartle, C., Pahl, N., Leka, S., & Thomson, L. (2024). Typology of employers offering line manager training for mental health. Occupational Medicine, 74(3), 242-250. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqae025

Background Mental ill health has a high economic impact on society and employers. National and international policy advocates line manager (LM) training in mental health as a key intervention, but little is known about employer training provisions. A... Read More about Typology of employers offering line manager training for mental health.