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Healthy and Sustainable Diets in Times of Crisis: A Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study of Risk Factors and Coping Mechanisms in UK Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2025)
Journal Article
Bridge, G., Vogt, J., Armstrong, B., Schmidt Rivera, X., Kaur, A., Stetkiewicz, S., & Stetkiewicz, S. (in press). Healthy and Sustainable Diets in Times of Crisis: A Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study of Risk Factors and Coping Mechanisms in UK Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability, 17(13), Article 5878. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17135878

To develop interventions and policies to promote healthy and sustainable diets during times of crisis, it is important to understand how populations respond to such situations based on real-life examples. Using the recent COVID-19 pandemic as a case... Read More about Healthy and Sustainable Diets in Times of Crisis: A Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study of Risk Factors and Coping Mechanisms in UK Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Violence and Abuse towards General Practice Staff by Patients and the Public: A Scoping Review (2025)
Journal Article
Chou, S., Sawyers, L., Cianci, G., Tyrrell, E., & Kendrick, D. (2025). Violence and Abuse towards General Practice Staff by Patients and the Public: A Scoping Review. British Journal of General Practice, https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0535

Abstract
Background General practice is the gatekeeper to secondary care in many countries. This unique role may expose general practice staff to violence and abuse by patients and the public, yet violence and abuse in secondary care receives more a... Read More about Violence and Abuse towards General Practice Staff by Patients and the Public: A Scoping Review.

Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of blood plasma for rapid endometrial cancer detection (2025)
Journal Article
Schiemer, R., Grant, J., Shafiee, M. N., Phang, S., Furniss, D., Boitor, R., Seddon, A. B., Notingher, I., Atiomo, W., Jones, N. W., & Gajjar, K. B. (2025). Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of blood plasma for rapid endometrial cancer detection. British Journal of Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-025-03050-0

Background: Endometrial cancer (EC) is the 6th most common cancer among women worldwide. No effective non-invasive screening methods or approved blood biomarkers for EC exist. Previous research explored Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform I... Read More about Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of blood plasma for rapid endometrial cancer detection.

Lessons Learnt Co-creating a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Refugees' Health Integration (2025)
Journal Article
Dratsiou, I., Varella, A., Gkrimoura, A., Tsoupouroglou, I., Konstantinidis, S., Stathakarou, N., Karlgren, K., Harjani, M. G., Segura Segura, M., Salcedo, V. T., & Bamidis, P. D. (2025). Lessons Learnt Co-creating a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Refugees' Health Integration. International Journal of Changes in Education, https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewIJCE52024606

Refugee integration into healthcare is a global challenge, with millions facing barriers in accessing healthcare services due to language, cultural differences, and limited health literacy. In response to these challenges, this study explores the exp... Read More about Lessons Learnt Co-creating a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Refugees' Health Integration.

External workplace violence towards police officers: A scoping review (2025)
Journal Article
Pritz, T., & Chou, S. (2025). External workplace violence towards police officers: A scoping review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 81, Article 102036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2025.102036

Existing research on public violence against the police is limited. This scoping review aimed to offer an overview of the characteristics and the findings of existing primary research, identifying methodological and knowledge gaps to inform future re... Read More about External workplace violence towards police officers: A scoping review.

Lacan's May '68: Analysing the Institution in the Wake of the Discourse of the University (2024)
Book Chapter
Wright, C. (2024). Lacan's May '68: Analysing the Institution in the Wake of the Discourse of the University. In Á. . J. Vidal Bouzon, A. Sharman, & K. Shingler (Eds.), Other ‘68s: Lineages and Legacies of May ‘68. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers

This chapter tracks the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan’s evolving position on the French experi-ence of May 1968. Lacanian notions around structure and desire were clearly at play in the run up to the May events and initially Lacan was supportive of bot... Read More about Lacan's May '68: Analysing the Institution in the Wake of the Discourse of the University.

Risk of dementia associated with anticholinergic drugs for overactive bladder in adults aged ≥55 years: nested case-control study (2024)
Journal Article
Iyen, B., Coupland, C., Bell, B., Orrell, M., Dening, T., & Avery, T. (2024). Risk of dementia associated with anticholinergic drugs for overactive bladder in adults aged ≥55 years: nested case-control study. BMJ Medicine, 3(1), Article e000799. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmed-2023-000799

Objective To investigate whether different anticholinergic drug treatments for overactive bladder have differential risks for incident dementia, in a large representative population of older adults in England.

Design Nested case-control study.... Read More about Risk of dementia associated with anticholinergic drugs for overactive bladder in adults aged ≥55 years: nested case-control study.

233 The occurrence of violence and abuse towards staff by patients and the public in general practice since COVID-19 in England (2024)
Journal Article
Chou, S., Tyrrell, E., Leighton, P., & Kendrick, D. (2024). 233 The occurrence of violence and abuse towards staff by patients and the public in general practice since COVID-19 in England. Injury Prevention, 30(Suppl 1), https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2024-SAFETY.120

Background In 2021, 37% of UK doctors reported experiencing direct verbal abuse from patients and/or the public in the last month. Of these 37%, 51% were general practitioners (GPs) and 30% were hospital doctors. Two-thirds of GPs said their experien... Read More about 233 The occurrence of violence and abuse towards staff by patients and the public in general practice since COVID-19 in England.

231 Violence and abuse towards staff by patients and the public in general practice: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Chou, S., Sawyers, L., Tyrrell, E., Leighton, P., & Kendrick, D. (2024). 231 Violence and abuse towards staff by patients and the public in general practice: a scoping review. Injury Prevention, https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2024-SAFETY.118

Background Violence and abuse in healthcare settings is a growing concern. Staff are more likely to experience violence initiated by patients and the public than by their own colleagues. General practice may be more exposed to such behaviours than ho... Read More about 231 Violence and abuse towards staff by patients and the public in general practice: a scoping review.

Intensive Ambulance-Delivered Blood-Pressure Reduction in Hyperacute Stroke (2024)
Journal Article
Li, G., Lin, Y., Yang, J., Anderson, C. S., Chen, C., Liu, F., Billot, L., Li, Q., Chen, X., Liu, X., Ren, X., Zhang, C., Xu, P., Wu, L., Wang, F., Qiu, D., Jiang, M., Peng, Y., Li, C., Huang, Y., …Song, L. (2024). Intensive Ambulance-Delivered Blood-Pressure Reduction in Hyperacute Stroke. New England Journal of Medicine, 390(20), 1862-1872. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2314741

Background

Treatment of acute stroke, before a distinction can be made between ischemic and hemorrhagic types, is challenging. Whether very early blood-pressure control in the ambulance improves outcomes among patients with undifferentiated acute... Read More about Intensive Ambulance-Delivered Blood-Pressure Reduction in Hyperacute Stroke.

Communication, Collaboration, and Coordination in a Co-located Shared Augmented Reality Game: Perspectives From Deaf and Hard of Hearing People (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Luna, S. M., Xu, J., Papangelis, K., Tigwell, G. W., Lalone, N., Saker, M., Chamberlain, A., Laato, S., Dunham, J., & Wang, Y. (2024, May). Communication, Collaboration, and Coordination in a Co-located Shared Augmented Reality Game: Perspectives From Deaf and Hard of Hearing People. Presented at CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24), Honolulu, HI, USA

Co-located collaborative shared augmented reality (CS-AR) environments have gained considerable research attention, mainly focusing on design, implementation, accuracy, and usability. Yet, a gap persists in our understanding regarding the accessibili... Read More about Communication, Collaboration, and Coordination in a Co-located Shared Augmented Reality Game: Perspectives From Deaf and Hard of Hearing People.

Menace or Medicine: What to do with Nettles? (2024)
Book Chapter
Connelly, E., & Lee, C. Menace or Medicine: What to do with Nettles?. In Medicine in the Medieval North Atlantic World: Vernacular Texts and Traditions. Brepols Publishers

This paper answers Strabo’s question of 'what to do with nettles' by discussing the worth of nettles in select research outcomes from a project which examined the potential medicinal qualities of nettles (restricted to Urtica dioica) inspired by ear... Read More about Menace or Medicine: What to do with Nettles?.

Group concept mapping to facilitate participatory design of the web-based Pain-at-Work Toolkit (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Greaves, S., Abbott-Fleming, V., & Somerset, S. (2024, March). Group concept mapping to facilitate participatory design of the web-based Pain-at-Work Toolkit. Presented at 18th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain

Concept mapping is increasingly being used as an approach to enhance the development of evidence-based public health interventions. In a prior collaborative-participatory study, Agile methodology was used to co-create the web-based Pain-at-Work (PAW)... Read More about Group concept mapping to facilitate participatory design of the web-based Pain-at-Work Toolkit.

Delivering web-based workforce training interventions: the WWHIDE framework and key considerations for health research (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blake, H., Chaplin, W., Hassard, J., & Thomson, L. (2024, March). Delivering web-based workforce training interventions: the WWHIDE framework and key considerations for health research. Presented at 18th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain

The workplace is an important setting for raising awareness of public health issues and delivering interventions to promote health and wellbeing of working-age adults. The role of employers in supporting the physical and mental health of their employ... Read More about Delivering web-based workforce training interventions: the WWHIDE framework and key considerations for health research.

Assessing the prevalence and potential drivers of food insecurity and the relationship with mental wellbeing in UK university students: A cross-sectional study (2024)
Journal Article
Aldubaybi, A. A., Coneyworth, L. J., & Jethwa, P. H. (2024). Assessing the prevalence and potential drivers of food insecurity and the relationship with mental wellbeing in UK university students: A cross-sectional study. Nutrition Bulletin, 49(1), 96-107. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbu.12662

Food insecurity (FI) among university students in the United States has been associated with poor mental wellbeing, but very little is known about the relationship between FI and mental wellbeing in the UK university population. Here we examined the... Read More about Assessing the prevalence and potential drivers of food insecurity and the relationship with mental wellbeing in UK university students: A cross-sectional study.

Realist Evaluation Comparison of Dementia-Friendly Communities in England and the Netherlands (2024)
Journal Article
Chadborn, N. H., Thijssen, M., Logan, P., Radford, K., & Graff, M. (2024). Realist Evaluation Comparison of Dementia-Friendly Communities in England and the Netherlands. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2024, Article 5576029. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/5576029

Introduction. Dementia-friendly communities coordinate activities and events which offer social inclusion and participation of people with dementia. Initiatives can include memory cafés, sports, and tourist and heritage visits. This study explored ho... Read More about Realist Evaluation Comparison of Dementia-Friendly Communities in England and the Netherlands.

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times - Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 heatwave (2024)
Report
Ogunbode, C., Cooper, E., Prosser, A., Kirkcaldy, H., & Hui, A. (2024). It was the best of times; it was the worst of times - Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 heatwave. Nottingham: Nottingham City Council

Previous research provided indications of areas in Nottingham that face higher risks during hot periods based on social and geographical data, but there was little insight into lived experiences of dealing with heat among Nottingham communities. We d... Read More about It was the best of times; it was the worst of times - Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 heatwave.

A Multimodal Linguistic Analysis of Gaze and Active Listenership in Emergency Department Team Interactions (2023)
Book Chapter
Atkins, S., & Chałupnik, M. (2023). A Multimodal Linguistic Analysis of Gaze and Active Listenership in Emergency Department Team Interactions. In K. Tsuchiya, F. Coffey, & K. Nakamura (Eds.), Multimodal Approaches to Healthcare Communication Research: Visualizing Interactions for Resilient Healthcare in the UK and Japan (47–64). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350298507.ch-004

Empirical Quantification of Predictive Uncertainty Due to Model Discrepancy by Training with an Ensemble of Experimental Designs: An Application to Ion Channel Kinetics (2023)
Journal Article
Shuttleworth, J. G., Lei, C. L., Whittaker, D. G., Windley, M. J., Hill, A. P., Preston, S. P., & Mirams, G. R. (2024). Empirical Quantification of Predictive Uncertainty Due to Model Discrepancy by Training with an Ensemble of Experimental Designs: An Application to Ion Channel Kinetics. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 86(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-023-01224-6

When using mathematical models to make quantitative predictions for clinical or industrial use, it is important that predictions come with a reliable estimate of their accuracy (uncertainty quantification). Because models of complex biological system... Read More about Empirical Quantification of Predictive Uncertainty Due to Model Discrepancy by Training with an Ensemble of Experimental Designs: An Application to Ion Channel Kinetics.