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Medicine-taking and recovery-focused mental health practice (2011)
Journal Article
Marland, G., McNay, L., McCaig, M., & Snowden, A. (2011). Medicine-taking and recovery-focused mental health practice. British Journal of Wellbeing, 2, 21-25. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjow.2011.2.2.21

This article was inspired by the need to revisit medicine-taking within the context of recovery-focused practice in mental health. Practice based on compliance is unlikely to succeed and is not resonant with the principles of recovery. Mental wellbei... Read More about Medicine-taking and recovery-focused mental health practice.

Childhood disadvantage and emergency admission rates for common presentations in London: an exploratory analysis (2011)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Kukanova, M., Campbell, M., Wolfe, I., Powell, P., & Callery, P. (2011). Childhood disadvantage and emergency admission rates for common presentations in London: an exploratory analysis. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 96, 221-226. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2009.180125

Aim: To determine whether emergency hospital admission rates (EAR) for common paediatric conditions in Greater London are associated with measures of child well-being and deprivation. Design: Retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics and... Read More about Childhood disadvantage and emergency admission rates for common presentations in London: an exploratory analysis.

Vocational rehabilitation services for patients with cancer: design of a feasibility study incorporating a pilot randomised controlled trial among women with breast cancer following surgery (2011)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Culbard, B., Evans, J., Gray, N. M., Ayansina, D., & Hubbard, G. (2011). Vocational rehabilitation services for patients with cancer: design of a feasibility study incorporating a pilot randomised controlled trial among women with breast cancer following surgery. Trials, 12, 89. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-89

Background: Due to improvements in cancer survival the number of people of working age living with cancer across Europe is likely to increase. UK governments have made commitments to reduce the number of working days lost to ill-health and to improve... Read More about Vocational rehabilitation services for patients with cancer: design of a feasibility study incorporating a pilot randomised controlled trial among women with breast cancer following surgery.

Investigating the contribution of community nurses to anticipatory care: a qualitative exploratory study (2011)
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., Harbison, J., Mahoney, C. M., Jarvis, A., & Veitch, L. (2011). Investigating the contribution of community nurses to anticipatory care: a qualitative exploratory study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67, 1558-1567. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05589.x

Aims.  To investigate how one aspect of anticipatory care is understood and delivered in practice. ‘Anticipatory care’ in this context can be understood as proactive care, which is oriented towards prevention of adverse events.

Background.  Scotla... Read More about Investigating the contribution of community nurses to anticipatory care: a qualitative exploratory study.

The complexities of trust in the delivery of childhood vaccines in Scotland: A qualitative study (2011)
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., & Gray Brunton, C. (2011). The complexities of trust in the delivery of childhood vaccines in Scotland: A qualitative study. Psychology and Health, 26, https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2011.617182

Background: The objective was to explore the challenges for health professionals in delivering controversial vaccines, the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, and newly introduced vaccines, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Influenzae H1N1 vac... Read More about The complexities of trust in the delivery of childhood vaccines in Scotland: A qualitative study.

Predicting outcome of face-to-face and telephone counselling for occupational stress (2011)
Journal Article
Karatzias, T., Chouliara, Z., Power, K., & Kilfedder, C. (2011). Predicting outcome of face-to-face and telephone counselling for occupational stress. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 39, 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2011.552599

The aim of the present study was to investigate predictors of outcome of counselling, using mean change scores of three outcome measures, at treatment completion and at 4-months follow-up, in a randomised trial of face-to-face (n=30) versus telephone... Read More about Predicting outcome of face-to-face and telephone counselling for occupational stress.

What are pregnant women in a rural Niger Delta community's perceptions of conventional maternity service provision? An exploratory qualitative study (2011)
Journal Article
Igboanugo, G. M., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2011). What are pregnant women in a rural Niger Delta community's perceptions of conventional maternity service provision? An exploratory qualitative study. African journal of reproductive health, 15, 63-77

At present there is under utilization of maternity service provision in Nigeria, with only a third of childbearing women electing to deliver in healthcare facilities. This is relevant since Nigeria's maternal mortality rate is second highest in the w... Read More about What are pregnant women in a rural Niger Delta community's perceptions of conventional maternity service provision? An exploratory qualitative study.

Professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing in Scotland (2011)
Journal Article
Hogg, R., Gray Brunton, C., & Kennedy, C. (2011). Professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing in Scotland. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67, 1695-1704. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05601.x

Aim.  The present study explored how community nurses and managers constituted changes towards generalist working.

Background.  Following international trends moving from acute care towards community care, changes within community nursing in the U... Read More about Professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing in Scotland.

Role of reflective group discussions in the development of nursing skills (2011)
Journal Article
Gould, B. H. (2011). Role of reflective group discussions in the development of nursing skills. Mental Health Practice, 14, 32-33. doi:10.7748/mhp2011.05.14.8.32.c8476

The importance of values-based practice has become established in UK mental health care and education. Well-organised groups of students and practitioners can help each other examine the attitudes and values that underpin their personal lives and pro... Read More about Role of reflective group discussions in the development of nursing skills.