Professor STEPHEN TIMMONS's Outputs (73)

Factors influencing fall prevention programmes: The challenge of implementing and spreading the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme in a complex landscape (2025)
Journal Article
Ventre, J., Manning, F., Mahmoud, A., Orton, E., Timmons, S., & Hawley-Hague, H. (in press). Factors influencing fall prevention programmes: The challenge of implementing and spreading the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme in a complex landscape. Age and Ageing,

Background: The occurrence of falls in adults 65+ years remains a common and costly issue worldwide. There is current evidence to suggest that falls can be prevented using evidence-based strength and balance interventions, such as the 6 month Falls M... Read More about Factors influencing fall prevention programmes: The challenge of implementing and spreading the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme in a complex landscape.

The Role of Boundary Spanning in Building Trust: A Place‐Based Study on Engaging Hardly Reached Groups in Community Healthcare Settings (2024)
Journal Article
Bianchi, L., Kelemen, M., Shivji, A. K., Tallant, J., & Timmons, S. (2025). The Role of Boundary Spanning in Building Trust: A Place‐Based Study on Engaging Hardly Reached Groups in Community Healthcare Settings. Sociology of Health and Illness, 47(1), Article e13870. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13870

This paper investigates the impact of boundary spanning activities on building trust as a means of tackling health inequalities in hardly reached communities. Lack of trust has been identified as a barrier to engagement with healthcare services, resu... Read More about The Role of Boundary Spanning in Building Trust: A Place‐Based Study on Engaging Hardly Reached Groups in Community Healthcare Settings.

Service Users' Perspectives on Communicating Compassion in Mental Health Practice (2024)
Journal Article
Wildbore, E., Bond, C., Timmons, S., Hui, A., & Sinclair, S. (2024). Service Users' Perspectives on Communicating Compassion in Mental Health Practice. Nursing Open, 11(11), Article e70081. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70081

When people talk about their healthcare experience, compassion is often a common ingredient in the stories they share. After a decade of healthcare reforms and research on compassion, the experience of receiving compassionate care has been shown to b... Read More about Service Users' Perspectives on Communicating Compassion in Mental Health Practice.

Optimising digital clinical consultations in maternity care: a realist review and implementation principles (2024)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Clancy, G., Evans, K., Booth, A., Nazmeen, B., Timmons, S., Sunney, C., Clowes, M., Jones, N., & Spiby, H. (2024). Optimising digital clinical consultations in maternity care: a realist review and implementation principles. BMJ Open, 14(10), Article e079153. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079153

OBJECTIVES
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased use of digital clinical consultations (phone or video calls) within UK maternity services. This project aimed to review the evidence on digital clinical consultations in maternity systems to illu... Read More about Optimising digital clinical consultations in maternity care: a realist review and implementation principles.

Food and exercise practices among British Pakistanis; how can Bourdieu’s theory of practice help to understand them? (2024)
Journal Article
Hussain, B., Shaw, I., & Timmons, S. (2024). Food and exercise practices among British Pakistanis; how can Bourdieu’s theory of practice help to understand them?. Perspectives in Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139241270754

Objectives: The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are significant among the Pakistani ethnic group in the UK. Existing literature has identified food and exercise practices as contributing factors. This qualitative inquiry investigates foo... Read More about Food and exercise practices among British Pakistanis; how can Bourdieu’s theory of practice help to understand them?.

What validated instruments, that measure implementation outcomes, are suitable for use in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) setting? A systematic review of systematic reviews (2024)
Journal Article
Dodds, E., Redsell, S., Timmons, S., & Manning, J. C. (2024). What validated instruments, that measure implementation outcomes, are suitable for use in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) setting? A systematic review of systematic reviews. Implementation Science, 19, Article 70

Background/aims
The measurement of implementation outcomes can establish the success of implementing evidence into practice. However, implementation outcomes are seldom measured in acute healthcare settings, such as Paediatric Intensive Care Units (... Read More about What validated instruments, that measure implementation outcomes, are suitable for use in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) setting? A systematic review of systematic reviews.

Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach (2024)
Journal Article
Radford, K., Kettlewell, J., das Nair, R., Morriss, R., Holmes, J., Kellezi, B., Timmons, S., Jones, T., Tressider, H., Andrews, I., Bridger, K., Patel, P., Lindley, R., De Dios Perez, B., Statham, A., Jones, T., Hoffman, K., James, M., Kendrick, D., & ROWTATE study team. (2024). Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach. BMJ Open, 14(10), Article e085724. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085724

Objectives: Major trauma centres save lives but rehabilitation to support return-to-work (RTW) is lacking. This paper describes development of a vocational rehabilitation intervention (the ROWTATE intervention) to support RTW following traumatic inju... Read More about Development of a Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention to support Return to Work and Wellbeing following Major Trauma: A Person-Based Approach.

What affects implementation of the UK major trauma rehabilitation prescription? A survey informed by the behaviour change wheel (2024)
Journal Article
Kettlewell, J., Radford, K., Timmons, S., Jones, T., Fallon, S., Westley, R., White, S., & Kendrick, D. (2024). What affects implementation of the UK major trauma rehabilitation prescription? A survey informed by the behaviour change wheel. Injury, Article 111722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2024.111722

Objective: Major trauma 'Rehabilitation Prescriptions' aim to facilitate continuity of care and describe patient needs following discharge from UK Major Trauma Centre (MTCs), however research suggests rehabilitation prescriptions are not being implem... Read More about What affects implementation of the UK major trauma rehabilitation prescription? A survey informed by the behaviour change wheel.

Early vocational rehabilitation and psychological support for trauma patients to improve return to work (the ROWTATE trial): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multicentre pragmatic trial (2024)
Journal Article
Kendrick, D., Lindley, R., Blackburn, L., Roadevin, C., Thompson, E., Andrews, I., Anwar, F., Brooks, A., Carlton, E., Crouch, R., Day, F., Fallon, S., Farrin, A., Graham, L., Hoffman, K., Howell, R., Holmes, J., James, M., Jones, T., Kellezi, B., …Radford, K. (2024). Early vocational rehabilitation and psychological support for trauma patients to improve return to work (the ROWTATE trial): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multicentre pragmatic trial. Trials, 25(1), Article 439. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08183-w

Background
Moderately severe or major trauma (injury severity score (ISS) > 8) is common, often resulting in physical and psychological problems and leading to difficulties in returning to work. Vocational rehabilitation (VR) can improve return to w... Read More about Early vocational rehabilitation and psychological support for trauma patients to improve return to work (the ROWTATE trial): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multicentre pragmatic trial.

Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives (2024)
Journal Article
Tucker, R., Vickers, R., Adams, E. J., Burgon, C., Lock, J., Goldberg, S. E., Gladman, J., Masud, T., Orton, E., Timmons, S., & Harwood, R. H. (2024). Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives. Archives of Public Health, 82(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01283-8

Background
Despite several interventions demonstrating benefit to people living with dementia and their caregivers, few have been translated and implemented in routine clinical practice. There is limited evidence of the barriers and facilitators for... Read More about Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives.

Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement (2024)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Clancy, G., Evans, K., Booth, A., Nazmeen, B., Timmons, S., Sunney, C., Clowes, M., Wyn Jones, N., & Spiby, H. (2024). Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement. Journal of Research in Nursing, 29(2), 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871241226911

Background: The COVID pandemic prompted an increase in the use of digital clinical consultations (telephone or video calls) within midwifery and nursing care. This paper reports on a realist review project related to maternity care that seeks to illu... Read More about Developing initial programme theories for a realist synthesis on digital clinical consultations in maternity care: contributions from stakeholder involvement.

Surveillance system for Healthcare-associated endophthalmitis at state level in a middle-income country: preliminary results (2023)
Journal Article
Luz, R., Brandão de Assis, D., Madalosso, G., Timmons, S., & Padoveze, M. C. (2023). Surveillance system for Healthcare-associated endophthalmitis at state level in a middle-income country: preliminary results. Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, 87(4), Article e2022-0181. https://doi.org/10.5935/0004-2749.2022-0181

Purpose: To describe the implementation process and the preliminary results of a surveillance system for healthcare-associated endophthalmitis. Methods: This is a case study of the implementation of a surveillance system for healthcare-associated end... Read More about Surveillance system for Healthcare-associated endophthalmitis at state level in a middle-income country: preliminary results.

Implementation of the PrAISED (Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia) intervention in practice: a mixed methods study (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Adams, E. J., Burgon, C., Lock, J., Smith, H., Vickers, R., Tucker, R., Timmons, S., Orton, E., Goldberg, S. E., Gladman, J., Masud, T., & Harwood, R. H. (in press). Implementation of the PrAISED (Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia) intervention in practice: a mixed methods study

There is a paucity of evidence relating to the implementation of dementia care. The Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) intervention is a newly developed 12-month, home-based, individually tailored rehabilitatio... Read More about Implementation of the PrAISED (Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia) intervention in practice: a mixed methods study.

Exploring the role of advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) and their contribution to health services in England: A qualitative exploratory study (2023)
Journal Article
Mann, C., Timmons, S., Evans, C., Pearce, R., Overton, C., Hinsliff-Smith, K., & Conway, J. (2023). Exploring the role of advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) and their contribution to health services in England: A qualitative exploratory study. Nurse Education in Practice, 67, Article 103546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103546

BACKGROUND: An extended role being explored globally is the advanced clinical practitioner (ACP). In England this is an extended role for allied health professions, nurses and midwives in a range of settings. OBJECTIVES: This paper focuses on three r... Read More about Exploring the role of advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) and their contribution to health services in England: A qualitative exploratory study.

“We Just Don’t Know Where They Are”: The Geographical Distribution of Exercise Classes for Older People, Including Those Living with Dementia in the East Midlands (2023)
Journal Article
Long, A., Timmons, S., Di Lorito, C., Booth, V., & Logan, P. (2023). “We Just Don’t Know Where They Are”: The Geographical Distribution of Exercise Classes for Older People, Including Those Living with Dementia in the East Midlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), Article 2142. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032142

Older people living with dementia are advised to exercise to remain independent. Although several exercise classes for older people take place across the UK, there is limited information about the geographical distribution of these classes. This stud... Read More about “We Just Don’t Know Where They Are”: The Geographical Distribution of Exercise Classes for Older People, Including Those Living with Dementia in the East Midlands.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in UK healthcare: Dichotomies in a new ‘multi-professional’ profession (2023)
Journal Article
Timmons, S., Mann, C., Evans, C., Pearce, R., Overton, C., & Hinsliff-Smith, K. (2023). The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in UK healthcare: Dichotomies in a new ‘multi-professional’ profession. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 3, Article 100211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100211

Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) work in a wide range of settings across the English National Health Service. ACPs come from a wide range of health professional backgrounds. This paper explores the ACP as a multi-professional role, and the impl... Read More about The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in UK healthcare: Dichotomies in a new ‘multi-professional’ profession.

Approaches to co-production of research in care homes: a scoping review (2022)
Journal Article
Bowles, F. V., Logan, P. A., Timmons, S., & Robinson, K. R. (2022). Approaches to co-production of research in care homes: a scoping review. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(1), Article 74. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-022-00408-z

Background: Using the technique of co-production to develop research is considered good practice. Co-production involves the public, practitioners and academics working together as equals throughout a research project. Co-production may help develop... Read More about Approaches to co-production of research in care homes: a scoping review.

Lessons learned from a failed implementation: Effective communication with patients in transmission-based precautions (2022)
Journal Article
Juskevicius, L. F., Luz, R. A., Felix, A. M. D. S., Timmons, S., & Padoveze, M. C. (2023). Lessons learned from a failed implementation: Effective communication with patients in transmission-based precautions. American Journal of Infection Control, 51(6), 687-693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.09.029

Background: Patient engagement with transmission-based precautions can be an important strategy to prevent adverse events related to isolation. Most patient education is still highly prescriptive and is thus unlikely to help. Effective communication... Read More about Lessons learned from a failed implementation: Effective communication with patients in transmission-based precautions.

Discourses of compassion from the margins of health care: the perspectives and experiences of people with a mental health condition (2022)
Journal Article
Bond, C., Hui, A., Timmons, S., Wildbore, E., & Sinclair, S. (2024). Discourses of compassion from the margins of health care: the perspectives and experiences of people with a mental health condition. Journal of Mental Health, 33(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2022.2118692

Background: Evidence supports the positive influence of compassion on care experiences and health outcomes. However, there is limited understanding regarding how compassion is identified by people with lived experience of mental health care. Aim: To... Read More about Discourses of compassion from the margins of health care: the perspectives and experiences of people with a mental health condition.

Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Evans, C., Evans, K., Booth, A., Timmons, S., Jones, N., Nazmeen, B., Sunney, C., Clowes, M., Clancy, G., & Spiby, H. (2022). Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(9), Article e062106. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062106

INTRODUCTION: One of the most commonly reported COVID-19-related changes to all maternity services has been an increase in the use of digital clinical consultations such as telephone or video calling; however, the ways in which they can be optimally... Read More about Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol.