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Nutrition and quality of life in adults receiving palliative care. (2011)
Book Chapter
Fleming, M., Martin, C. R., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2011). Nutrition and quality of life in adults receiving palliative care. In V. R. Preedie (Ed.), Diet and Nutrition in palliative care (75-88). Routledge

Palliative care refers to treatment and care delivered when the disease/illness is not responsive to curative treatment. The World Health Organization defines palliative care as ‘an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their fam... Read More about Nutrition and quality of life in adults receiving palliative care..

Talking Therapy Services for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Scotland: Perspectives of Service Users and Professionals (2011)
Journal Article
Chouliara, Z., Karatzias, T., Scott-Brien, G., Macdonald, A., MacArthur, J., & Frazer, N. (2011). Talking Therapy Services for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Scotland: Perspectives of Service Users and Professionals. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 20, 128-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2011.554340

This study aimed to elicit perceptions and experiences of talking therapy services for CSA survivors and professionals utilizing qualitative interviews and analyzing transcripts using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Participants included 13... Read More about Talking Therapy Services for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Scotland: Perspectives of Service Users and Professionals.

Moving Care Closer to Home: An evaluation of the costs and effects of different models of caring for acutely ill children at home. (2011)
Report
Callery, P., Kyle, R. G., Banks, M., Weatherly, H., Kirk, S., Campbell, M., …Ewing, C. (2010). Moving Care Closer to Home: An evaluation of the costs and effects of different models of caring for acutely ill children at home.

Part of the vision of the National Service Framework for Children and Young People (NSF Standard 6) is to see: “Children and young people who are ill receiving timely, high quality and effective care as close to home as possible.” Service... Read More about Moving Care Closer to Home: An evaluation of the costs and effects of different models of caring for acutely ill children at home..

Learning Disability Liaison Nursing Services in south-east Scotland: a mixed-methods impact and outcome study (2011)
Journal Article
Brown, M., MacArthur, J., McKechanie, A., Mack, S., Hayes, M., & Fletcher, J. (2011). Learning Disability Liaison Nursing Services in south-east Scotland: a mixed-methods impact and outcome study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 56, 1161-1174. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01511.x

Background There have been significant concerns about the care and treatment of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) when attending general hospitals, which have led to inquiries that highlight service and systems failures. One response has be... Read More about Learning Disability Liaison Nursing Services in south-east Scotland: a mixed-methods impact and outcome study.

A review of the literature relating to psychological interventions and people with intellectual disabilities: Issues for research, policy, education and clinical practice (2011)
Journal Article
Brown, M., Duff, H., Karatzias, T., & Horsburgh, D. (2011). A review of the literature relating to psychological interventions and people with intellectual disabilities: Issues for research, policy, education and clinical practice. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 15, 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629511401166

The aim of this review is to identify and analyse the published evidence base and wider literature in relation to psychological interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities. The review suggests that the evidence base regarding psychologica... Read More about A review of the literature relating to psychological interventions and people with intellectual disabilities: Issues for research, policy, education and clinical practice.

Cardiac misconceptions in healthcare workers (2011)
Journal Article
Angus, N. J., Patience, F., Maclean, E., Corrigall, H., Bradbury, I., Thompson, D. R., …Leslie, S. J. (2011). Cardiac misconceptions in healthcare workers. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 11, 396-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2011.01.004

Background: Cardiac misconceptions are common and may have a detrimental effect on patients. Such misconceptions may be introduced or reinforced by vague and inconsistent advice from healthcare staff and can adversely affect health outcomes. Ai... Read More about Cardiac misconceptions in healthcare workers.

Compassion in the nursing curriculum: making it more explicit (2011)
Journal Article
Adamson, E., & Dewar, B. (2011). Compassion in the nursing curriculum: making it more explicit. Journal of Holistic Healthcare, 8, 42-45

Working with student nurses has taught me that the majority join the profession because they genuinely want to care compassionately but this does not mean that they know what this looks like in practice. I wanted to share with students what patients... Read More about Compassion in the nursing curriculum: making it more explicit.

Conference report. (2011)
Journal Article
Adamson, E. (2011). Conference report. Teaching Fellows Journal,

Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (2011)
Journal Article
Chouliara, Z., & Ranjbar, V. (2011). Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 24, 918-923

Maintaining equilibrium in professional role identity: a grounded theory study of health visitors? perceptions of their changing professional practice context (2011)
Journal Article
Machin, A., Machin, T., & Pearson, P. (2012). Maintaining equilibrium in professional role identity: a grounded theory study of health visitors? perceptions of their changing professional practice context. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 68(7), 1526-1537. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05910.x

Aims. This article reports the study of a group of United Kingdom health visitors? interactions with their changing practice context, focusing on role identity and influences on its stability. Background.  United Kingdom policies have urged health vi... Read More about Maintaining equilibrium in professional role identity: a grounded theory study of health visitors? perceptions of their changing professional practice context.

A survey to identify the characteristics of London sex workers (2011)
Journal Article
Munro, G., Hollins Martin, C. J., Bonner, A., & Martin, C. R. (2011). A survey to identify the characteristics of London sex workers. British Journal of Wellbeing, 2, 29-35

A demographic survey of London sex-workers established age, nationality, alcohol/drug use, physical/mental health concerns and whether trafficked or optionally migrated into the industry. There are overt differences between sex-workers—implications f... Read More about A survey to identify the characteristics of London sex workers.

Integrating Mental Skills into a Physical Activity Program for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities Intégration des capacités intellectuelles à un programme d'activité physique pour les enfants et les adolescents ayant une déficience intellectuelle (2011)
Journal Article
Spassiani, N. A., & Fraser-Thomas, J. L. (2011). Integrating Mental Skills into a Physical Activity Program for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities Intégration des capacités intellectuelles à un programme d'activité physique pour les enfants et les adolescents ayant une déficience intellectuelle. Revue phénEPS, 3(3),

Past studies have found physical activity (PA) programs can be effective in promoting mental skills; however, no research has examined a PA program that incorporates mental skills training for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities (... Read More about Integrating Mental Skills into a Physical Activity Program for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities Intégration des capacités intellectuelles à un programme d'activité physique pour les enfants et les adolescents ayant une déficience intellectuelle.

A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication (2011)
Journal Article
Morrison, A. P., Turkington, D., Wardle, M., Spencer, H., Barratt, S., Dudley, R., …Hutton, P. (2012). A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 50(2), 163-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2011.12.001

BACKGROUND: Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been shown to be effective in an open trial for people with psychotic disorders who have not been taking antipsychotic medication. There is little known about predictors of outcome in CBT for psych... Read More about A preliminary exploration of predictors of outcome and cognitive mechanisms of change in cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis in people not taking antipsychotic medication.

A qualitative study of supported self-care in women with lymphoedema associated with breast cancer (2011)
Thesis
Williams, A. A qualitative study of supported self-care in women with lymphoedema associated with breast cancer. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4705

Aim: This study explored the nature of supported self-care for women who had lymphoedema associated with breast cancer treatment, and the work of lymphoedema practitioners. Background: Health policy indicated a need to examine the potentially evolvi... Read More about A qualitative study of supported self-care in women with lymphoedema associated with breast cancer.

Implementation of podcasting project targeting key stages of the three year undergraduate nursing programme. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Campbell, K., & Nicol, J. (2011). Implementation of podcasting project targeting key stages of the three year undergraduate nursing programme. In Proceedings of SEDA Annual Conference 2011

Session Learning Outcomes By the end of this session, delegates will be able to: · Explore the merits of developing a podcasting site to provide ‘just in time’ support to students · Appraise the strategies used to promote staff and student engage... Read More about Implementation of podcasting project targeting key stages of the three year undergraduate nursing programme..

Letter by Neubeck et al Regarding Article, "Impact of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Mortality and Cardiovascular Events After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Community" (2011)
Journal Article
Neubeck, L., Redfern, J., & Freedman, S. B. (2011). Letter by Neubeck et al Regarding Article, "Impact of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Mortality and Cardiovascular Events After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Community". Circulation, 124(22), e572-e572. https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.111.046961