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Primary health care provision for adults with a learning disability (2003)
Journal Article
Elaine, P. (2003). Primary health care provision for adults with a learning disability. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 42. (4). 413-423. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02633.x. ISSN 0309-2402.

Background. During the last decade, primary care has been designated as the main provider of health care to people with learning disabilities. Practice nurses based in primary care teams are increasingly the first points of contact with health servic... Read More about Primary health care provision for adults with a learning disability.

Caring for adults with a learning disability in the community (2001)
Journal Article
Powrie, E. (2001). Caring for adults with a learning disability in the community. British Journal of Nursing. 10. (14). 928-934. doi:10.12968/bjon.2001.10.14.5281. ISSN 0966-0461.

A recurring theme within the literature is gaps in the delivery of services for people with a learning disability living in the community. These gaps occur between health professionals, primary and secondary care and specialisms within nursing. Gaps... Read More about Caring for adults with a learning disability in the community.

Media and Social Media representations of the HPV vaccine.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray Brunton, C., & Carnegie, E. (2017, July). Media and Social Media representations of the HPV vaccine. Paper presented at 10th Biennial International Society for Critical Health Psychology Conference

Public health interventions such as immunizations for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine are not neutral but occur within a socio-cultural, historical context. They are given meaning through language and discourse. There are multiple meanings ava... Read More about Media and Social Media representations of the HPV vaccine..

Cultural reflections on the Scottish HPV vaccination programme
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carnegie, E., Whittaker, A., Gray Brunton, C., Hanif, N., Harding, S., Hilton, S., Hogg, R., Kennedy, C., Pollock, K., & Pow, J. (2016, November). Cultural reflections on the Scottish HPV vaccination programme. Presented at 9th European Public Health Conference All for Health, Vienna, Austria

Background
The Scottish HPV vaccination programme serves young women aged 11 to 18 years and reports consistently high uptake rates, yet these figures may conceal levels of understanding and antecedents to decision-making. Evidence from other Europe... Read More about Cultural reflections on the Scottish HPV vaccination programme.

Young men with intellectual disabilities’ constructions of the human papillomavirus and vaccine
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carnegie, E., Whittaker, A., Gray Brunton, C., Harding, S., Hilton, S., Hogg, R., Kennedy, C., Pollock, K., Pow, J., & Willis, D. (2016, November). Young men with intellectual disabilities’ constructions of the human papillomavirus and vaccine. Presented at 9th European Public Health Conference All for Health, Vienna, Austria

Scotland is one European country offering a national schoolbased
HPV vaccination programme to at least one age-cohort of females, however it does not include young men. A substantial body of literature explores and measures attitudes of young people... Read More about Young men with intellectual disabilities’ constructions of the human papillomavirus and vaccine.

Socio-environmental Health. Exploring risk and resource spaces within urban environments. An interdisciplinary enquiry.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carnegie, E., Reid, A., Deakin, M., & Inglis, G. (2018, September). Socio-environmental Health. Exploring risk and resource spaces within urban environments. An interdisciplinary enquiry. Paper presented at Space and Poverty (Salzburg Conference in Interdisciplinary Poverty Research)

Regenerative spaces (good for health, environment and the planet) are essential for human flourishing. Findings from previous research suggest an association between spatial patterning and health outcomes (Hagedoorn et al. 2016; Meijer et al. 2012; P... Read More about Socio-environmental Health. Exploring risk and resource spaces within urban environments. An interdisciplinary enquiry..

Young people, constructions, context and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray Brunton, C., & Carnegie, E. (2017, May). Young people, constructions, context and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine. Paper presented at International Week, School of Health and Social Care, Global issues in Healthcare

Background: New social science research approaches are called for to address personal, socio-cultural, and political aspects of specific vaccines in context, given public anxieties and which go beyond the public health aspects. The human papillomavir... Read More about Young people, constructions, context and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine..

‘I didn’t think men were affected’: Scottish and Spanish men’s constructions of risks, responsibilities and knowledge in relation to the HPV vaccine.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carnegie, E., Whittaker, A., Gray Brunton, C., Gullone, A., Pow, J., Petrova, D., & Garcia-Retamero, R. (2015, July). ‘I didn’t think men were affected’: Scottish and Spanish men’s constructions of risks, responsibilities and knowledge in relation to the HPV vaccine. Paper presented at 9th Biennial International Society of Critical Health Psychology Conference

European vaccine policy predominantly targets preadolescent girls prior to sexual debut in HPV vaccine campaigns. Boys and young men are currently excluded in such single-gendered vaccine policies. The aim of the current cross-cultural study was to e... Read More about ‘I didn’t think men were affected’: Scottish and Spanish men’s constructions of risks, responsibilities and knowledge in relation to the HPV vaccine..

Young men’s constructions of the HPV vaccine from the United States: ‘It’s optional but not crucial to health’.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Whittaker, A., Carnegie, E., Todorova, I., & Gray Brunton, C. (2015, July). Young men’s constructions of the HPV vaccine from the United States: ‘It’s optional but not crucial to health’. Paper presented at 9th Biennial Ineternational Society of Critical Health Psychology Grahamstown, Conference

Since 2011 the United States has licensed the HPV vaccine for use amongst boys and young men. The vaccine is provided through personal health insurance. The aim of this study was to provide understandings of young men’s (18-26 years) constructions of... Read More about Young men’s constructions of the HPV vaccine from the United States: ‘It’s optional but not crucial to health’..