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Social workers’ views and experiences of self-care practices: a qualitative interview study (2025)
Journal Article
Jian, M., Mccusker, P., Mitchell, M., Roesch-Marsh, A., Rose, S., & Petrova, L. (2025). Social workers’ views and experiences of self-care practices: a qualitative interview study. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, Article 1585900. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1585900

Self-care is increasingly advocated as necessary for improving social workers’ wellbeing. However, it remains a contested term, with limited understanding of social workers’ views and experiences of what it constitutes in practice. This qualitative s... Read More about Social workers’ views and experiences of self-care practices: a qualitative interview study.

Remote pulmonary rehab - what are the considerations for adapting PR to be delivered remotely (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roberts, N. J., Tang, C., & Cox, N. (2025, March). Remote pulmonary rehab - what are the considerations for adapting PR to be delivered remotely. Presented at Webinar: jointly with Monash University, Victoria University and Edinburgh Napier University, Melbourne

Delivery of remote rehab has increased significantly worldwide in the last few year, accelerated by COVID. Despite well recognised potential outcomes and similar costs, widespread implementation of pulmonary telerehabilitation has not happened at th... Read More about Remote pulmonary rehab - what are the considerations for adapting PR to be delivered remotely.

Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Among Master’s Degree Nursing Students (2025)
Journal Article
Abram, B., Radzimska, O., Janiszewska, J., Świniarska, A., Papierkowska, R., Czapla, M., & Uchmanowicz, I. (2025). Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Among Master’s Degree Nursing Students. Nursing Reports, 15(4), Article 117. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15040117

Background: Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (EBNP) plays a crucial role in ensuring high-quality patient care. This study evaluates master’s degree nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to EBNP, identifying strengths and key gaps... Read More about Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills in Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Among Master’s Degree Nursing Students.

A logic model and multinational consensus definition of primary palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa (2025)
Journal Article
Afolabi, O., Peeler, A., Nkhoma, K., Evans, C., Abboah-Offei, M., Namisango, E., Mensah, A. B. B., Bates, J., van Breevoort, D., Kwaitana, D., Mnenula, M., Opare-Lokko, E. A., Chifamba, D., Mupaza, L., Farrant, L., Hunter, J., & Harding, R. (2025). A logic model and multinational consensus definition of primary palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 70(1), 106-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.03.018

Background
The number of people needing palliative care is rapidly increasing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) . Healthcare systems in SSA are heterogenous, so broadly defining and operationalizing primary palliative care is a major obstacle to achieving... Read More about A logic model and multinational consensus definition of primary palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa.

Effects of Hearing Intervention on Physical Activity Measured by Accelerometry: a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE Study (2025)
Journal Article
Schrack, J. A., Wanigatunga, A. A., Glynn, N. W., Arnold, M. L., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T. H., Couper, D., Deal, J. A., Gmelin, T., Goman, A. M., Huang, A. R., Gravens-Mueller, L., Hayden, K. M., Martinez-Amezcua, P., Mitchell, C. M., Pankow, J. S., Pike, J. R., Reed, N. S., Sanchez, V. A., Sullivan, K. J., …Lin, F. R. (2025). Effects of Hearing Intervention on Physical Activity Measured by Accelerometry: a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 73(6), 1762-1771. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19435

Background: Hearing loss is prevalent in older adults and associated with reduced daily physical activity, but whether hearing intervention attenuates declines in physical activity is unknown . We investigated the 3-year effect of a hearing intervent... Read More about Effects of Hearing Intervention on Physical Activity Measured by Accelerometry: a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE Study.

Testing the Use of “Clinical Checks” With the International Trauma Questionnaire to Measure PTSD and Complex PTSD (2025)
Journal Article
Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Brewin, C. R., Cloitre, M., Karatzias, T., & Redican, E. (2025). Testing the Use of “Clinical Checks” With the International Trauma Questionnaire to Measure PTSD and Complex PTSD. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 152(1), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13799

Background: The International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) is the most widely used measure of ICD-11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD). This self-report scale has been used to estimate prevalence rates of these disorders in... Read More about Testing the Use of “Clinical Checks” With the International Trauma Questionnaire to Measure PTSD and Complex PTSD.

Everyday forms of resistance among olive-growing and shepherding communities in Palestine (2025)
Book Chapter
Simaan, J. (2025). Everyday forms of resistance among olive-growing and shepherding communities in Palestine. In N. Deb, M. Nair, & G. W. Muschert (Eds.), Handbook of Social Justice in the Global South (24-39). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803921150.00010

here is a scarcity of Global South perspectives in scholarship relating to meaningful everyday activity and its relationship to human well-being and quality of life. Palestinians, living under settler colonialism, transform their daily occupations in... Read More about Everyday forms of resistance among olive-growing and shepherding communities in Palestine.

Prolonged Hospital Stay in Hypertensive Patients: Retrospective Analysis of Risk Factors and Interactions (2025)
Journal Article
Surma, S., Czapla, M., Uchmanowicz, I., Juárez-Vela, R., Pietrzykowski, Ł., Uchmanowicz, B., Leśkiewicz, M., Griesmann, K., Burzyński, M., Smereka, J., & Lewandowski, Ł. (2025). Prolonged Hospital Stay in Hypertensive Patients: Retrospective Analysis of Risk Factors and Interactions. Nursing Reports, 15(3), Article 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15030110

Background/Objectives: Arterial hypertension (HT) is a leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, often contributing to prolonged lengths of hospital stay (LOHS), which place significant strain on healthcare systems. This study aimed... Read More about Prolonged Hospital Stay in Hypertensive Patients: Retrospective Analysis of Risk Factors and Interactions.

Commentary and methodological insights: Reaching girls/women, boys/men and vulnerable groups to maximise uptake for the Human papillomavirus vaccine (2025)
Journal Article
Gray Brunton, C., Pow, J., Carnegie, E., Petrova, D., Garcia Retamero, R., Whittaker, A., & Todorova, I. (2025). Commentary and methodological insights: Reaching girls/women, boys/men and vulnerable groups to maximise uptake for the Human papillomavirus vaccine. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, 21(1), Article 2478705. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2025.2478705

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been shown to be an effective cancer-prevention vaccine against oncogenic types of the HPV virus implicated in cervical, anogenital, and oropharyngeal cancers. Since Covid-19, there are global suboptimal upt... Read More about Commentary and methodological insights: Reaching girls/women, boys/men and vulnerable groups to maximise uptake for the Human papillomavirus vaccine.

Skin Tones, the Microbiome, and Healthy Ageing: A Mixed Method Study (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Samuriwo, R., & Kauser, S. (2025, March). Skin Tones, the Microbiome, and Healthy Ageing: A Mixed Method Study. Presented at Skin Microbiome in Healthy Ageing (SMiHA) Network Conference, Liverpool, England

Harmful disparities exist in skin health and wound healing care which increase morbidity and mortality for people especially those with dark skin tones. This harmful care is largely caused by the gaps in skin research, resulting in limited wider know... Read More about Skin Tones, the Microbiome, and Healthy Ageing: A Mixed Method Study.

Inequalities of provision of nationally funded clinical academic training awards for healthcare professionals: quantitative comparisons across the four nations of the UK (2025)
Journal Article
Peters, A., Cameron, H., Cunningham, S., Dawkes, S., Donaldson, J., Hughes, L., Savinc, J., & MacArthur, J. (2025). Inequalities of provision of nationally funded clinical academic training awards for healthcare professionals: quantitative comparisons across the four nations of the UK. Journal of Research in Nursing, 30(2), 187 - 201. https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871241291947

Background:
There is a common perception that investment in clinical academic training awards for healthcare professions (not medicine and dentistry) in England outweighs that in the devolved nations (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) of the Uni... Read More about Inequalities of provision of nationally funded clinical academic training awards for healthcare professionals: quantitative comparisons across the four nations of the UK.

Towards a human-rights-based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young people (2025)
Journal Article
Stavert, J., Watts, J., Schulze, U. M. E., & Malmendier-Muehlschegel, A. (2025). Towards a human-rights-based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young people. BJPsych Open, 11(2), Article e50. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.856

Decisions around psychiatric interventions for children and young people involve balancing respect for the child’s wishes, the need to provide benefit and relevant risk factors. We recommend establishing a framework for assessment of interventions fo... Read More about Towards a human-rights-based framework for assessing psychiatric intervention for children and young people.

Mixed methods evaluation of a digital resource to build students’ skills in AS sessing cardiovascular risk, MO tivating change, and SUS taining a healthier lifestyle in themselves and others- ASMOSUS: a study protocol (2025)
Journal Article
Creighton, L., Caughers, G., Thompson, G., Mitchell, G., Forrest, B., McHale, S., McKenna, N., Rice, B. J., Smart, A., Gilhooly, S., Gordon-Wright, P., Fraser, D., Gray, S., Eom, Y., Kennedy, E., McLaughlin, C., McMahon, J., Hanson, C. L., Neubeck, L., & Fitzsimons, D. (2025). Mixed methods evaluation of a digital resource to build students’ skills in AS sessing cardiovascular risk, MO tivating change, and SUS taining a healthier lifestyle in themselves and others- ASMOSUS: a study protocol. BMC Nursing, 24(1), Article 264. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-02923-2

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Nurses and nursing students are in an optimum role to assess, manage and promote lifestyle changes associated with CVD risk. Patients and service users... Read More about Mixed methods evaluation of a digital resource to build students’ skills in AS sessing cardiovascular risk, MO tivating change, and SUS taining a healthier lifestyle in themselves and others- ASMOSUS: a study protocol.

'I feel persecuted. It's so distressing and upsetting, it is all too much.' A disablist hate crime typology: intimidation, exploitation, and brutalisation (2025)
Journal Article
Houghton, V., & Muller, T. (online). 'I feel persecuted. It's so distressing and upsetting, it is all too much.' A disablist hate crime typology: intimidation, exploitation, and brutalisation. British Journal of Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azaf014

In this article, we develop a typology of disablist hate crime that does justice to the lived experience of victims and highlights the differences between disablist hate crime and other forms of hate crime in England. This research consists of analys... Read More about 'I feel persecuted. It's so distressing and upsetting, it is all too much.' A disablist hate crime typology: intimidation, exploitation, and brutalisation.

State of the Art in Measuring Frailty in Patients With Heart Failure: from Diagnosis to Advanced Heart Failure (2025)
Journal Article
Uchmanowicz, I., Lisiak, M., Lomper, K., Czapla, M., Kurpas, D., Jedrzejczyk, M., & Wleklik, M. (2025). State of the Art in Measuring Frailty in Patients With Heart Failure: from Diagnosis to Advanced Heart Failure. Current Heart Failure Reports, 22(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11897-025-00699-9

Purpose of Review: This review aims to present the current state of the art in measuring frailty in patients with heart failure (HF), covering the entire spectrum from diagnosis to advanced stages of the disease. Frailty is a critical factor that sig... Read More about State of the Art in Measuring Frailty in Patients With Heart Failure: from Diagnosis to Advanced Heart Failure.

Air pollution-associated chronic kidney disease (APA-CKD): evidence from a cross-sectional study of Niger Delta communities (2025)
Journal Article
Okoye, O. C., Carnegie, E., & Mora, L. (2025). Air pollution-associated chronic kidney disease (APA-CKD): evidence from a cross-sectional study of Niger Delta communities. BMJ Open, 15(3), Article e096336. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096336

Objective: Air pollution is an emerging risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) that is typically ignored in preventive interventions. This study investigated whether long-term exposure to ambient air pollution in communities near petrochemical... Read More about Air pollution-associated chronic kidney disease (APA-CKD): evidence from a cross-sectional study of Niger Delta communities.

Are ‘time’ and ‘culture’ useful and necessary diagnostic requirements for ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder? A Cross-national study (2025)
Journal Article
Redican, E., Shevlin, M., Ben-Ezra, M., Karatzias, T., & Hyland, P. (online). Are ‘time’ and ‘culture’ useful and necessary diagnostic requirements for ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder? A Cross-national study. Death Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2468822

ICD-11 PGD can only be diagnosed if symptoms persist beyond 6 months after bereavement and for longer than would be expected from societal, cultural, or religious norms. This study examined the validity and utility of these diagnostic requirements us... Read More about Are ‘time’ and ‘culture’ useful and necessary diagnostic requirements for ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder? A Cross-national study.