Professor HOLLY BLAKE's Outputs (317)

COVID-Well: Evaluation of the Implementation of Supported Wellbeing Centres for Hospital Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Yildirim, M., Wood, B., Knowles, S., Mancini, H., Coyne, E., & Cooper, J. (2020). COVID-Well: Evaluation of the Implementation of Supported Wellbeing Centres for Hospital Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249401

Supported Wellbeing Centres have been set up in UK hospital trusts in an effort to mitigate the psychological impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers, although the extent to which these are utilised and the barriers and facilitators to access are no... Read More about COVID-Well: Evaluation of the Implementation of Supported Wellbeing Centres for Hospital Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Perceptions and Experiences of the University of Nottingham Pilot Asymptomatic Testing Service: A Mixed-Methods Study (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Blake, H., Corner, J., Cirelli, C., Hassard, J., Briggs, L., Daly, J. M., Bennett, M., Chappell, J., Fairclough, L., McClure, C. P., Tarr, A., Tighe, P., Favier, A., Irving, W., & Ball, J. Perceptions and Experiences of the University of Nottingham Pilot Asymptomatic Testing Service: A Mixed-Methods Study

We aimed to explore student and staff perceptions and experiences of a pilot COVID-19 asymptomatic testing service (P-ATS) in a UK university campus setting. This was a mixed-method study comprised of an online survey, and thematic analysis of qualit... Read More about Perceptions and Experiences of the University of Nottingham Pilot Asymptomatic Testing Service: A Mixed-Methods Study.

PoWerS Study: Psychological impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare trainees and perceptions towards a digital wellbeing support package (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Mahmood, I., Gay, E., & Dushi, G. (2020, November). PoWerS Study: Psychological impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare trainees and perceptions towards a digital wellbeing support package. Poster presented at 3rd National British Islamic Medical Association Conference (BIMA), Online

Background: In this study we explore the impact of COVID-19 on the psychological wellbeing of healthcare trainees, and the perceived value of a digital support package to mitigate the psychological impacts of the pandemic.
Design and Methods: Mixed... Read More about PoWerS Study: Psychological impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare trainees and perceptions towards a digital wellbeing support package.

COVID-Well: Evaluation of the Implementation of Supported Wellbeing Centres for Hospital Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Cooper, J., Coyne, E., Mancini, H., Knowles, S., Wood, B., Yildirim, M., & Blake, H. COVID-Well: Evaluation of the Implementation of Supported Wellbeing Centres for Hospital Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

PoWerS Study: Psychological impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare trainees and perceptions towards a digital wellbeing support package (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Mahmood, I., Gay, E., & Dushi, G. (2020, November). PoWerS Study: Psychological impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare trainees and perceptions towards a digital wellbeing support package. Poster presented at INSPIRE National Medical Research Conference 2020, Online

Test@Work Texts: Mobile Phone Messaging to Increase Awareness of HIV and HIV Testing in UK Construction Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
Journal Article
Middleton, M., Somerset, S., Evans, C., & Blake, H. (2020). Test@Work Texts: Mobile Phone Messaging to Increase Awareness of HIV and HIV Testing in UK Construction Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(21), Article 7819. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217819

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Background: HIV poses a threat to global health. With effective treatment options available, education and testing strategies are essential in preventing transmission. Text messaging is an eff... Read More about Test@Work Texts: Mobile Phone Messaging to Increase Awareness of HIV and HIV Testing in UK Construction Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry (2020)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Somerset, S., Whittingham, K., Middleton, M., Yildirim, M., & Evans, C. (2020). WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18), Article 6815. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186815

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Interprofessional learning (IPL) is essential to prepare healthcare trainees as the future public health workforce. WHIRL (Workplace Health InteRprofessional Learning) was an innovative IPL in... Read More about WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry.

Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children in school, home and community settings: a qualitative systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, H., Swain, S., Luo, J., Blake, H., & Chattopadhyay, K. (2020). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children in school, home and community settings: a qualitative systematic review. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 18(12), 2445-2511. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBISRIR-D-19-00154

Objective:
The review aimed to synthesize the barriers and facilitators from the available studies that dealt with physical activity among ethnic Chinese children and uncover any differences or similarities in these barriers and facilitators.

In... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children in school, home and community settings: a qualitative systematic review.

WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Blake, H., Somerset, S., Whittingham, K., Middleton, M., Yildirim, M., & Evans, C. WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry

Interprofessional learning (IPL) is essential to prepare healthcare trainees as the future public health workforce. WHIRL was an innovative IPL intervention that engaged multi-professional teams of volunteer healthcare trainees (n=20) to deliver heal... Read More about WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry.

Using Internet of Things to Reduce Office Workers’ Sedentary Behavior: Intervention Development Applying the Behavior Change Wheel and Human-Centered Design Approach (2020)
Journal Article
Huang, Y., Benford, S., Price, D., Patel, R., Li, B., Ivanov, A., & Blake, H. (2020). Using Internet of Things to Reduce Office Workers’ Sedentary Behavior: Intervention Development Applying the Behavior Change Wheel and Human-Centered Design Approach. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8(7), Article e17914. https://doi.org/10.2196/17914

Background: Sedentary behavior (SB) is associated with various adverse health outcomes. The prevalence of prolonged sitting at work among office workers makes a case for SB interventions to target this setting and population. Everyday mundane objects... Read More about Using Internet of Things to Reduce Office Workers’ Sedentary Behavior: Intervention Development Applying the Behavior Change Wheel and Human-Centered Design Approach.

COVID-19 And The Provision Of Wobble Rooms And Wellbeing Centres For Healthcare Workers (2020)
Report
Blake, H., & Dennis, M. (2020). COVID-19 And The Provision Of Wobble Rooms And Wellbeing Centres For Healthcare Workers. Florence Nightingale Foundation

Dr Holly Blake: Remote healthcare options for employees are rapidly expanding (2020)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2020). Dr Holly Blake: Remote healthcare options for employees are rapidly expanding. Employee Benefits,

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.

Mitigating the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers: A Digital Learning Package (2020)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Bermingham, F., Johnson, G., & Tabner, A. (2020). Mitigating the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers: A Digital Learning Package. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(9), Article 2997. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17092997

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) will undoubtedly have psychological impacts for healthcare workers, which could be sustained; frontline workers will be particularly at risk. Actions are needed to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health... Read More about Mitigating the Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Workers: A Digital Learning Package.

Holistic Needs Assessment: Perceptions, Implementation and Impact (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Briggs, L., Corner, J., Bailey, C., Cooper, J., & Blake, H. (2020, February). Holistic Needs Assessment: Perceptions, Implementation and Impact. Presented at British Psychosocial Oncology Society (BPOS) conference, Edinburgh, UK

Employer attitudes towards general health checks and HIV testing in the workplace (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Banerjee, A., & Evans, C. (2020, February). Employer attitudes towards general health checks and HIV testing in the workplace. Poster presented at HIV Prevention England Conference 2020, London, UK

Employers' views of the 'Healthy Hub Roadshow': a workplace HIV testing intervention in England (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Hussain, B., Hand, J., Juma, A., & Evans, C. (2020, February). Employers' views of the 'Healthy Hub Roadshow': a workplace HIV testing intervention in England. Poster presented at HIV Prevention England Conference 2020, London, UK

Healthy Hub Roadshow: Employee perceptions of a workplace HIV testing intervention in England (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Hussain, B., Hand, J., Rowlands, D., Juma, A., & Evans, C. (2020, February). Healthy Hub Roadshow: Employee perceptions of a workplace HIV testing intervention in England. Poster presented at HIV Prevention England Conference 2020, London, UK

A multi-centre study using comprehensive geriatric assessment to determine differences between older women with operable breast cancer undergoing surgery or non-operative treatment (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parks, R., Howard, P., Zahit, R., Kayani, A., Lakshmanan, R., Tang, S., Hall, L., Blake, H., Morgan, D., Winterbottom, L., Jahan, M., & Cheung, K. A multi-centre study using comprehensive geriatric assessment to determine differences between older women with operable breast cancer undergoing surgery or non-operative treatment. Presented at 2nd UK Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium, Birmingham, UK

Aims/Objectives: Shared decision making on the choice of treatment for older women with breast cancer involves many factors. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is recognised to have a role in older patients with cancer, but how this should be u... Read More about A multi-centre study using comprehensive geriatric assessment to determine differences between older women with operable breast cancer undergoing surgery or non-operative treatment.

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.