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How can we achieve person-centred care for people living with HIV/AIDS? A qualitative interview study with healthcare professionals and patients in Ghana (2019)
Journal Article
Abboah-Offei, M., Bristowe, K., Koffman, J., Vanderpuye-Donton, N. A., Ansa, G., Abas, M., …Harding, R. (2020). How can we achieve person-centred care for people living with HIV/AIDS? A qualitative interview study with healthcare professionals and patie

Although person-centred care (PCC) has been identified as a means to achieve the 90-90-90 targets, limited research has considered PCC in low- or middle-income settings. We aimed to explore what constitutes PCC from the perspectives of PLWHA and heal... Read More about How can we achieve person-centred care for people living with HIV/AIDS? A qualitative interview study with healthcare professionals and patients in Ghana.

Delivering direct patient care in the haemodialysis unit: a focused ethnographic study of care delivery (2019)
Journal Article
Wood, A. F., Tocher, J., & Rodgers, S. (2019). Delivering direct patient care in the haemodialysis unit: a focused ethnographic study of care delivery. Journal of Research in Nursing, 24(8), 712-725. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987119883406

Background: Direct patient care is a term used within nursing and healthcare to help quantify and qualify care delivery. Direct patient care time is considered as a valuable measure by healthcare providers to indicate efficiency and to quantify nursi... Read More about Delivering direct patient care in the haemodialysis unit: a focused ethnographic study of care delivery.

ICD‐11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the United States: A Population‐Based Study (2019)
Journal Article
Cloitre, M., Hyland, P., Bisson, J. I., Brewin, C. R., Roberts, N. P., Karatzias, T., & Shevlin, M. (2019). ICD‐11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the United States: A Population‐Based Study. Journal of Traum

The primary aim of this study was to provide an assessment of the current prevalence rates of ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) among the adult population of the United States and to identify characteristics and cor... Read More about ICD‐11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the United States: A Population‐Based Study.

Biomarker-guided antibiotic stewardship in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAPrapid2): a randomised controlled trial and process evaluation (2019)
Journal Article
Hellyer, T. P., McAuley, D. F., Walsh, T. S., Anderson, N., Conway Morris, A., Singh, S., …Simpson, A. J. (2020). Biomarker-guided antibiotic stewardship in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAPrapid2): a randomised controlled trial and process

Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the most common intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infection, yet accurate diagnosis remains difficult, leading to overuse of antibiotics. Low concentrations of IL-1β and IL-8 in bronchoalveolar lavage f... Read More about Biomarker-guided antibiotic stewardship in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAPrapid2): a randomised controlled trial and process evaluation.

Are We There Yet? In-Flight Food Safety and Cabin Crew Hygiene Practices (2019)
Journal Article
Grout, A., & Speakman, E. M. (2019). Are We There Yet? In-Flight Food Safety and Cabin Crew Hygiene Practices. Journal of Environmental Health, 82(4), 30-32

Amid the rapid expansion of global air traffic, aviation food safety is a critical issue (Huizer, Swaan, Leitmeyer, & Timen, 2015). More than 1 billion in-flight meals are served annually (Jones, 2006) and the aviation catering market is expected to... Read More about Are We There Yet? In-Flight Food Safety and Cabin Crew Hygiene Practices.

Adolescents in Scotland: Challenges and Opportunities for Sexual Risk Reduction (2019)
Journal Article
Morrison-Beedy, D., Martin, C. H., Pow, J., & Elliott, L. (2019). Adolescents in Scotland: Challenges and Opportunities for Sexual Risk Reduction. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 30(6), 619-629. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000

Sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and unplanned pregnancy challenge the health of Scottish teens. We conducted focus groups with teens (ages 16-19 years) recruited from an urban youth cafe in Edinburgh and assessed sexual risk-taking and protecti... Read More about Adolescents in Scotland: Challenges and Opportunities for Sexual Risk Reduction.

A public e-survey to explore community understanding of the role of the midwife in Australia (2019)
Journal Article
McKellar, L., Brown, A., & Adelson, P. (2019). A public e-survey to explore community understanding of the role of the midwife in Australia. European Journal of Midwifery, 3, https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/114226

Introduction: There is compelling evidence that when a woman sees the same midwife there are better outcomes. Yet in Australia, access to midwifery continuity of care remains limited. There are a number of reasons for this but one barrier appears to... Read More about A public e-survey to explore community understanding of the role of the midwife in Australia.

Tools to measure health literacy among Chinese speakers: A systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Zhang, L., Ding, D., Fethney, J., Neubeck, L., & Gallagher, R. (2020). Tools to measure health literacy among Chinese speakers: A systematic review. Patient Education and Counseling, 103(5), 888-897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2019.11.028

Objective Health literacy measurement can identify healthcare consumers’ needs and help inform healthcare service delivery. The objective of this review is to identify and evaluate tools to measure health literacy among Chinese speakers. Methods... Read More about Tools to measure health literacy among Chinese speakers: A systematic review.

Awareness campaigns of atrial fibrillation as an opportunity for early detection by pharmacists: an international cross-sectional study (2019)
Journal Article
da Costa, F. A., Mala-Ladova, K., Lee, V., Tous, S., Papastergiou, J., Griffiths, D., Chaumais, M., Hersberger, K. E., Viola, R., Paulino, E., Lobban, T., Neubeck, L., Freedman, B., & Antoniou, S. (2020). Awareness campaigns of atrial fibrillation as an o

Atrial fibrillation (AF) accounts for up to one third of strokes, one of the lead mortality causes worldwide. The European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend opportunistic screening as a means to increase the odds of early detection and insti... Read More about Awareness campaigns of atrial fibrillation as an opportunity for early detection by pharmacists: an international cross-sectional study.

The development and current challenges of nursing education in Hong Kong (2019)
Book Chapter
Ching, S. S., Cheung, K., & Mak, Y. W. (2020). The development and current challenges of nursing education in Hong Kong. In S. Dyson, & M. McAllister (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Nurse Education (50-63). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/1

This chapter discusses the development of undergraduate and post-graduate education and continuing education opportunities in Hong Kong, examine the emerging pedagogies, and discuss the current challenges in nursing education in Hong Kong. The rankin... Read More about The development and current challenges of nursing education in Hong Kong.

Professional Learning for Self-Management Support: the Problem of Generic Skills Development (2019)
Journal Article
Doyle, S. (2019). Professional Learning for Self-Management Support: the Problem of Generic Skills Development. Health Education in Practice: Journal of Research for Professional Learning, 2(2), 6-26. https://doi.org/10.33966/hepj.2.2.13349

Supporting people to self-manage long-term conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, is a concern for health-care providers globally. Despite continued attention being paid to the production of educational resources for workforce development na... Read More about Professional Learning for Self-Management Support: the Problem of Generic Skills Development.

Midwives’ views of changing to a Continuity of Midwifery Care (CMC) model in Scotland: a baseline survey (2019)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., MacArthur, J., Martin, C. R., & McInnes, R. J. (2020). Midwives’ views of changing to a Continuity of Midwifery Care (CMC) model in Scotland: a baseline survey. Women and Birth, 33(5), e409-e419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.20

Background: There is good evidence that Continuity of Midwifery Care (CMC) is associated with improved clinical outcomes, greater maternal satisfaction, and improved work experiences for midwives. Changes made to the organisation require careful impl... Read More about Midwives’ views of changing to a Continuity of Midwifery Care (CMC) model in Scotland: a baseline survey.

Searching for Atrial Fibrillation Poststroke: A White Paper of the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration (2019)
Journal Article
Boriani, G., Brachmann, J., Brandes, A., Bustamante, A., Casadei, B., Crijns, H., Doehner, W., Engström, G., Fauchier, L., Freedman, B., Friberg, L., Gladstone, D., Glotzer, T., Goto, S., Georg, H., Graeme, H., Harbison, J., Healey, J., Hobbs, R., Johnso

Cardiac thromboembolism attributed to atrial fibrillation (AF) is responsible for up to one third of ischemic strokes. Stroke may be the first manifestation of previously undetected AF. Given the efficacy of oral anticoagulants (OAC) in preventing AF... Read More about Searching for Atrial Fibrillation Poststroke: A White Paper of the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration.

Shared decision aids in pregnancy care: A scoping review (2019)
Journal Article
Kennedy, K., Adelson, P., Fleet, J., Steen, M., McKellar, L., Eckert, M., & Peters, M. D. J. (2020). Shared decision aids in pregnancy care: A scoping review. Midwifery, 81, Article 102589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2019.102589

Background Shared decision making in pregnancy, labour, and birth is vital to woman-centred care and despite strong evidence for the effectiveness of shared decision making in pregnancy care, practical uptake has been slow. Design and Aim This s... Read More about Shared decision aids in pregnancy care: A scoping review.

We Can Quit2 (WCQ2): a community-based intervention on smoking cessation for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland—study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article
Hayes, C., Ciblis, A., Darker, C., Dougall, N., Vance, J., O’Connell, N., …Bauld, L. (2019). We Can Quit2 (WCQ2): a community-based intervention on smoking cessation for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland—study protocol for a pilot clust

Background Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Ireland with almost 6000 smokers dying each year from smoking-related diseases. The ‘We Can Quit2’ (WCQ2) study is a pilot pragmatic two-arm, parallel-group, cluster randomised tria... Read More about We Can Quit2 (WCQ2): a community-based intervention on smoking cessation for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland—study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.

Examining the Discriminant Validity of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms: Results From a United Kingdom Population Sample (2019)
Journal Article
Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., & Cloitre, M. (2019). Examining the Discriminant Validity of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms: Results From a United Kingdom Population Sample. Journal of Traumatic

Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) was added to the diagnostic nomenclature in the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Although considerable evidence exists supporting the construct validity of CPTSD, the... Read More about Examining the Discriminant Validity of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms: Results From a United Kingdom Population Sample.

Dams, barriers and beating yourself up: shame in groupwork for addressing sexual offending (2019)
Journal Article
Mullins, E., & Kirkwood, S. (2019). Dams, barriers and beating yourself up: shame in groupwork for addressing sexual offending. Journal of Social Work Practice, 33(4), 369-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2019.1594735

Shame is a powerful emotional experience embedded in prevailing social and cultural norms. It is the judgement or fear of judgement for who we are rather than what we have done. Braithwaite (1989) proposes shame can be re-integrative or stigmatising,... Read More about Dams, barriers and beating yourself up: shame in groupwork for addressing sexual offending.