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The impact of venepuncture training on the reduction of pre‐analytical blood sample haemolysis rates: A systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Makhumula‐Nkhoma, N., Weston, K. L., McSherry, R., & Atkinson, G. (2019). The impact of venepuncture training on the reduction of pre‐analytical blood sample haemolysis rates: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(23-24), 4166-4176. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14997

Background
Venepuncture involves the introduction of a needle into a vein to collect a representative blood sample for laboratory testing. In the pre‐analytical phase, haemolysis (the rupturing of erythrocytes and release of their contents into the... Read More about The impact of venepuncture training on the reduction of pre‐analytical blood sample haemolysis rates: A systematic review.

The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article
Harvie, M., Pegington, M., McMullan, D., Bundred, N., Livingstone, K., Campbell, A., Wolstenholme, J., Lovato, E., Campbell, H., Adams, J., Speed, S., Morris, J., Howell, S., & Howell, A. (2019). The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Cancer, 121(6), 443–454. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-019-0522-6

Background
Breast cancer diagnosis may be a teachable moment for lifestyle behaviour change and to prevent adjuvant therapy associated weight gain. We assessed the acceptability and effectiveness of two weight control programmes initiated soon after... Read More about The effectiveness of home versus community-based weight control programmes initiated soon after breast cancer diagnosis: a randomised controlled trial.

Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health (2019)
Report
Murray, J., Heyman, I., Wooff, A., Dougall, N., Aston, L., & Enang, I. (2019). Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health. Scottish Institute for Policing Research

As police contact has and continues to increase with people who are considered vulnerable, it is essential to establish a better understanding of what it means for a person to be vulnerable. To best assess whether someone is vulnerable, some form of... Read More about Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health.

Conditional deletion of E11/podoplanin in bone protects against load-induced osteoarthritis (2019)
Journal Article
Staines, K., Ikpegbu, E., Törnqvist, A., Dillon, S., Javaheri, B., Amin, A. K., Clements, D. N., Buttle, D. J., Pitsillides, A. A., & Farquharson, C. (2019). Conditional deletion of E11/podoplanin in bone protects against load-induced osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 20, Article 344 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2731-9

Background: Subchondral bone (SCB) thickening is one of the earliest detectable changes in osteoarthritic joints and is considered a potential trigger for subsequent articular cartilage degeneration. In this manuscript, we examine whether disruption... Read More about Conditional deletion of E11/podoplanin in bone protects against load-induced osteoarthritis.

Understanding the attitudes and acceptability of extra-genital Chlamydia testing in young women: evaluation of a feasibility study (2019)
Journal Article
Brown, S., Paterson, C., Dougall, N., Cameron, S., & Wheelhouse, N. (2019). Understanding the attitudes and acceptability of extra-genital Chlamydia testing in young women: evaluation of a feasibility study. BMC Public Health, 19(1), Article 992. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7313-0

Background
Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the UK. Recent studies suggest that in addition to the genital tract, C. trachomatis is found in the throat and rectum, suggesting the n... Read More about Understanding the attitudes and acceptability of extra-genital Chlamydia testing in young women: evaluation of a feasibility study.

'I wouldn’t have let you in if you’d had a folder.' Access and resistance in a qualitative interview study. (2019)
Journal Article
Brown, S. (2019). 'I wouldn’t have let you in if you’d had a folder.' Access and resistance in a qualitative interview study. Qualitative Research Journal, 19(3), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-12-2018-0006

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discuss methodological issues connected to being a member of a stigmatised group invited to take part in a research study.

Design
This paper draws on experiences of interviewing young parents and their fam... Read More about 'I wouldn’t have let you in if you’d had a folder.' Access and resistance in a qualitative interview study..

The symbiotic spectrum: where do the gregarines fit? (2019)
Journal Article
Rueckert, S., Betts, E. L., & Tsaousis, A. D. (2019). The symbiotic spectrum: where do the gregarines fit?. Trends in Parasitology, 35(9), 687-694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2019.06.013

Gregarine apicomplexans are closely related to parasites such as Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, and Cryptosporidium, which are causing severe health and economic burdens. Colonizing only invertebrates and having no obvious medical relevance, they are mostly... Read More about The symbiotic spectrum: where do the gregarines fit?.