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Perceptions of black and minoritised ethnic occupational therapists on mentoring: A survey (2023)
Journal Article
Atwal, A., Sriram, V., & McKay, E. A. (2024). Perceptions of black and minoritised ethnic occupational therapists on mentoring: A survey. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 87(4), 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1177/03080226231209817

Introduction: Mentorship is perceived as a mechanism to enhance career progression. Within occupational therapy, there is little research to demonstrate the effectiveness of mentoring on career success and no research has explored its relevance for... Read More about Perceptions of black and minoritised ethnic occupational therapists on mentoring: A survey.

Understanding the difference, makes the difference: perceptions of Black and Minoritised ethnic occupational therapists on mentoring (2023)
Journal Article
Atwal, A., McKay, E., & Sriram, V. (2023). Understanding the difference, makes the difference: perceptions of Black and Minoritised ethnic occupational therapists on mentoring. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), Article 1050. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12

Introduction: Black and Minoritised Ethnicity (BME) occupational therapists face lower career progression opportunities and mentoring is one possible intervention that may offer support. BME persons may have different expectations and experiences fro... Read More about Understanding the difference, makes the difference: perceptions of Black and Minoritised ethnic occupational therapists on mentoring.

Mentoring for Black and Minoritized Allied Health Professionals in Health and Social Care: A Scoping Review (2023)
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Atwal, A., Sriram, V., & McKay, E. A. (2023). Mentoring for Black and Minoritized Allied Health Professionals in Health and Social Care: A Scoping Review. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 16, 2251-2259. https://doi.org/10.2147/jmdh.s413085

Introduction: Diversity, equality and belonging are important aspects within Allied Health Professional (AHP) groups. Mentoring is considered as a solution to improve career progression. To date, there is no consensus on what good mentoring looks lik... Read More about Mentoring for Black and Minoritized Allied Health Professionals in Health and Social Care: A Scoping Review.

Making a difference: Belonging, diversity and inclusion in occupational therapy (2021)
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Atwal, A., Sriram, V., & McKay, E. A. (2021). Making a difference: Belonging, diversity and inclusion in occupational therapy. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 84(11), 671-672. https://doi.org/10.1177/03080226211031797

Over the past year, COVID-19 has been causing death and adding to grief across the world; during this time, an equally important issue – #blacklivesmatter – has been filling our minds and awakening our hearts to confront misery, enable equity and cha... Read More about Making a difference: Belonging, diversity and inclusion in occupational therapy.

Developing an Intervention to Improve Occupational Participation for Justice-Involved People with a Personality Disorder: Defining and Describing Intervention Components (2021)
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Connell, C., Furtado, V., McKay, E. A., & Singh, S. P. (2022). Developing an Intervention to Improve Occupational Participation for Justice-Involved People with a Personality Disorder: Defining and Describing Intervention Components. International Journal

Occupational participation is undertaking personally meaningful and socially valued activities and roles. It is an important outcome for health and justice interventions, as it is integral to health and desistance. We report the third of a four-stage... Read More about Developing an Intervention to Improve Occupational Participation for Justice-Involved People with a Personality Disorder: Defining and Describing Intervention Components.

Wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: a gateway to freedom (2020)
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Gowran, R. J., Clifford, A., Gallagher, A., McKee, J., O’Regan, B., & McKay, E. A. (2022). Wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: a gateway to freedom. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(3), 370-381. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.

Aim: The meaning of wheelchair and seating assistive technology and the impact inappropriate provision has on people’s lives from a service user’s perspective within an Irish context is highlighted. There is a dearth in evidence examining the process... Read More about Wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: a gateway to freedom.

An examination of the lived experience of attending twelve step groups for co-dependency (2020)
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Bacon, I., McKay, E. A., Reynolds, F., & McIntyre, A. (2021). An examination of the lived experience of attending twelve step groups for co-dependency. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 19, 1646-1661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020

This research project aimed at obtaining an in-depth analysis of the experiences of self-identified co-dependents, who chose twelve-steps groups as a way for dealing with difficulties identified as co-dependency. Interpretative phenomenological analy... Read More about An examination of the lived experience of attending twelve step groups for co-dependency.

Caregiving and quality of life (2019)
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Howson, C., & McKay, E. A. (2020). Caregiving and quality of life. History of the Family, 25(2), 306-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/1081602x.2019.1666729

The increase in life expectancy for adults with learning disabilities has extended the caring role for their parents. This study examined the experiences of older parents who provide long-term care for their adult children with learning disabilities... Read More about Caregiving and quality of life.

People with severe problematic personality traits and offending histories: What influences occupational participation? (2019)
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Connell, C., McKay, E. A., Furtado, V., & Singh, S. P. (2019). People with severe problematic personality traits and offending histories: What influences occupational participation?. European Psychiatry, 60, 14-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2019.05

Background: Occupational participation is important for personality disordered offenders (PDOs) because it is integral to health and desistance from offending. What influences occupational participation is unknown for PDOs in the community, limitin... Read More about People with severe problematic personality traits and offending histories: What influences occupational participation?.

The Lived Experience of Codependency: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (2018)
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Bacon, I., McKay, E., Reynolds, F., & McIntyre, A. (2020). The Lived Experience of Codependency: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 18(3), 754-771. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-018-9983-8

Codependency is a complex and debatable concept, which has been used over the years by mental health professionals to inform their practices. Researchers have attempted to identify the main problems associated with codependency; however, their eviden... Read More about The Lived Experience of Codependency: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.

What influences social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: A systematic review (2018)
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Connell, C., Furtado, V., McKay, E. A., & Singh, S. P. (2018). What influences social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: A systematic review. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2082

Background: Personality disorder is highly prevalent in offender populations and is associated with poor health, criminal justice and social outcomes. Research has been conducted into factors that influence offending and health, but, in order to im... Read More about What influences social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: A systematic review.

The Lady of Shalott: insights gained from using visual methods and interviews exploring the lived experience of codependency (2017)
Journal Article
Bacon, I., McKay, E. A., Reynolds, F., & McIntyre, A. (2017). The Lady of Shalott: insights gained from using visual methods and interviews exploring the lived experience of codependency. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin,

Codependency is a complex human experience with many meanings. The experiences of self-identified codependent individuals, who attend 12 steps groups are largely missing from the literature. In this article, we present how a combination of a visual m... Read More about The Lady of Shalott: insights gained from using visual methods and interviews exploring the lived experience of codependency.

How effective are interventions to improve social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Connell, C., Furtado, V., McKay, E. A., & Singh, S. P. (2017). How effective are interventions to improve social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: a systematic review. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1), Article 368. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-01

Background: Offenders with personality disorder are supported by health, criminal justice, social care and third sector services. These services are tasked with reducing risk, improving health and improving social outcomes. Research has been conduc... Read More about How effective are interventions to improve social outcomes among offenders with personality disorder: a systematic review.

Supervising role emerging placements: a CPD opportunity that supports innovation in practice (2016)
Journal Article
Warren, A., Dancza, K., McKay, E., Taylor, A., Moran, M., Copley, J., & Rodger, S. (2016). Supervising role emerging placements: a CPD opportunity that supports innovation in practice. WFOT Bulletin, 72(1), 35-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2016.116

Supervision of occupational therapy students on placements is a challenging, but rewarding experience. There is a growing body of literature related to role emerging placements but the experiences of the occupational therapists who undertake the role... Read More about Supervising role emerging placements: a CPD opportunity that supports innovation in practice.

What can be learned from adolescent time diary research (2015)
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Hunt, E., & McKay, E. A. (2015). What can be learned from adolescent time diary research. Journal of Adolescent Health, 56(3), 259-266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.11.007

Time use is increasingly being recognized as a determinant and indicator of adolescent well-being internationally. Three existing literature reviews of time-use research with children and adolescents have identified time-use diaries as the preferred... Read More about What can be learned from adolescent time diary research.

Sustainable solutions for wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: presenting a cosmopolitan narrative with rich pictures. (2014)
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Gowran, R. J., McKay, E. A., & O'Regan, B. (2014). Sustainable solutions for wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: presenting a cosmopolitan narrative with rich pictures. Technology and Disability, 26(2-3), 137-152. https://doi.org/10.323

BACKGROUND: Concepts of sustainability are beginning to emerge in relation to appropriate provision of wheelchair and seating assistive technology (WSAT) from design to follow up and management. OBJECTIVES: 1. Raising awareness and understanding of a... Read More about Sustainable solutions for wheelchair and seating assistive technology provision: presenting a cosmopolitan narrative with rich pictures..

A person-centred analysis of the time-use, daily activities and health-related quality of life of Irish school-going late adolescents (2014)
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Hunt, E., McKay, E. A., Dahly, D. L., Fitzgerald, A. P., & Perry, I. J. (2015). A person-centred analysis of the time-use, daily activities and health-related quality of life of Irish school-going late adolescents. Quality of Life Research, 24(6), 1303-13

Purpose: The health, well-being and quality of life of the world’s 1.2 billion adolescents are global priorities. A focus on their patterns or profiles of time-use and how these relate to health-related quality of life (HRQoL) may help to enhance the... Read More about A person-centred analysis of the time-use, daily activities and health-related quality of life of Irish school-going late adolescents.

"My preference would be to be at home": patients' experiences of their hospice at home care. (2014)
Journal Article
McKay, E., Taylor, A., & Armstrong, C. (2014). "My preference would be to be at home": patients' experiences of their hospice at home care. Journal of Palliative Care & Medicine, 04(05), https://doi.org/10.4172/2165-7386.1000189

A specialist 'Hospice at Home' (HaH) service commenced in 2006 in Mid West Ireland whereby participants received palliative care from a specialist team in their own home. An independent team was commissioned to evaluate the key stakeholders' perspect... Read More about "My preference would be to be at home": patients' experiences of their hospice at home care..

A scoping review of time-use research in occupational therapy and occupational science (2014)
Journal Article
Hunt, E., & McKay, E. A. (2015). A scoping review of time-use research in occupational therapy and occupational science. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 22(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3109/11038128.2014.934918

Background: Time use is a defining interest within occupational therapy and occupational science. This is evident through the range of contributions to the disciplinary knowledge base. Indeed it has been suggested that time-use methods are amongst th... Read More about A scoping review of time-use research in occupational therapy and occupational science.