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A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Community and Person-centred Models of Care and their Impact on Outcomes for People Living with HIV/AIDS (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abboah-Offei, M., Bristowe, K., Koffman, J., Abas, M., Higginson, I. J., & Harding, R. (2018, May). A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Community and Person-centred Models of Care and their Impact on Outcomes for People Living with HIV/AIDS. Poster presented at 10th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), Bern, Switzerland

Background: People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) experience severe symptom burden and psychosocial problems irrespective of treatment status. There is evidence that person-centred approach used to care for PLWHA accessing ART, improved quality of life... Read More about A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Community and Person-centred Models of Care and their Impact on Outcomes for People Living with HIV/AIDS.

Effectiveness of mental health occupational therapy interventions in mental health: Advancing Research to develop the evidence base (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Connell, C., Inman, J., Birken, M., Bannigan, K., Morris, K., & Smyth, G. (2018, May). Effectiveness of mental health occupational therapy interventions in mental health: Advancing Research to develop the evidence base. Poster presented at World Federation of Occupational Therapists Congress, Cape Town, South Africa

This poster presented the need to improve and advance occupational therapy effectiveness research in mental health. It proposed the need to improve methodological quality, including descriptions of interventions and consensus on core outcomes and mea... Read More about Effectiveness of mental health occupational therapy interventions in mental health: Advancing Research to develop the evidence base.

Preparation of registered nurses for health promotion (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dawkes, S. (2018, May). Preparation of registered nurses for health promotion. Paper presented at NETNEP, Banff, Canada

Introduction: Globally, people are living longer but not healthier lives and so the need for effective health promotion for older people is growing and nurses play a key role in this (Raingruber, 2017) but they make lack knowledge and skills (Goodma... Read More about Preparation of registered nurses for health promotion.

Nurses' Lives: Overweight and obesity among nurses in the UK (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kyle, R., Hoyle, L., & Mahoney, C. (2018, April). Nurses' Lives: Overweight and obesity among nurses in the UK. Presented at Ghent University International Week, Ghent, Belgium

Healthcare professionals are at the heart of efforts to support and improve the health of local communities across Europe. Nurses have an established and expanding role in health promotion through offering advice and interventions to encourage behav... Read More about Nurses' Lives: Overweight and obesity among nurses in the UK.

Is play a choice on the school playground for children with disabilities? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sterman, J., Naughton, G., Froude, E., Villeneuve, M., & Bundy, A. (2018, April). Is play a choice on the school playground for children with disabilities?. Poster presented at Annual meeting of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Salt Lake City, UT

This qualitative case study used a mainstream school with segregated special education classes to understand school staff decision making affecting play. Because of a poor fit between environment and child skills, children with disabilities had limit... Read More about Is play a choice on the school playground for children with disabilities?.

Patient and carer experiences of Home Mechanical Ventilation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramsay, P., McLaren, J., Smith, P., Rodgers, S., & Bateman, A. (2018, March). Patient and carer experiences of Home Mechanical Ventilation. Poster presented at NHS Lothian NMAHP

Home-based mechanical ventilation is a successful intervention for people with neuromuscular induced respiratory insufficiency. These people live with a high degree of disability, requiring care from nurses and others, and also the support of a vari... Read More about Patient and carer experiences of Home Mechanical Ventilation.

Exploring male identity in non-professional carers of someone with cancer: preliminary analysis (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Young, J., Snowden, A., Stenhouse, R., & Kyle, R. (2018, March). Exploring male identity in non-professional carers of someone with cancer: preliminary analysis. Poster presented at British Psych-Oncology Society Annual Conference

Background Across the world the majority of home‐based care for ill family members is carried out by women. Consequently, research in this field has predominately focused on female carers, meaning less is known about the male carer experience. My s... Read More about Exploring male identity in non-professional carers of someone with cancer: preliminary analysis.

criticalcarerecovery.com-an e-health resource to support recovery among patients & families (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramsay, P., Hope, D., Donaghy, E., & Walsh, T. (2018). criticalcarerecovery.com-an e-health resource to support recovery among patients & families. In 5th European Conference on Weaning and Rehabilitation After Critical Illness: Conference Handbook

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