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Integrative review of literature on masculinity, health service utilization and health outcomes. (2017)
Journal Article
Idris, D. R., Forrest, S., & Brown, S. (2017). Integrative review of literature on masculinity, health service utilization and health outcomes. Brunei Darussalem Journal of Health, 7(1), 26-42

Purpose and aim of review: To explore and analyze the academic literature on how being an Asian male of specific ethnic group intersects with other psychosocial parameters in informing their health seeking behavior. To fulfill this aim, factors affec... Read More about Integrative review of literature on masculinity, health service utilization and health outcomes..

"We Don't See Things as They Are, We See Things as We Are": Questioning the "Outsider" in Polish Migration Research (2015)
Journal Article
Botterill, K. (2015). "We Don't See Things as They Are, We See Things as We Are": Questioning the "Outsider" in Polish Migration Research. Forum: Qualitative Social Research / Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 16(2),

This article offers a reflexive account of conducting research on Polish migration to Scotland from the perspective of the "outsider." The contribution argues for a revision to the insider/outsider dichotomy viewing it as inadequately nuanced in rela... Read More about "We Don't See Things as They Are, We See Things as We Are": Questioning the "Outsider" in Polish Migration Research.

Is counselling necessary? Making the decision to have an abortion. A qualitative interview study. (2013)
Journal Article
Brown, S. (2013). Is counselling necessary? Making the decision to have an abortion. A qualitative interview study. European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, 18, 44-48. https://doi.org/10.3109/13625187.2012.750290

Objectives To explore young women’s decision-making about having an abortion, in particular, how they reached the decision and with whom they discussed it. Methods Qualitative study comprising semi-structured one-to-one interviews with 24 women aged... Read More about Is counselling necessary? Making the decision to have an abortion. A qualitative interview study..

Mobility and Immobility in the European Union: Experiences of Young Polish People Living in the UK (2011)
Journal Article
Botterill, K. (2011). Mobility and Immobility in the European Union: Experiences of Young Polish People Living in the UK. Studia Migracyjne – Przegląd Polonijny, 6(1),

Mobility' is a zeitgeist of the European Union. European enlargement and the removal of borders in Central and Eastern Europe has reinvigorated geographical mobility in Europe while the extension of neo-liberal economic reform across the region has b... Read More about Mobility and Immobility in the European Union: Experiences of Young Polish People Living in the UK.