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'Powers, passages and passengers' : the construction and performance of student midwives' professional identities (2021)
Thesis
McLuckie, C. (2021). 'Powers, passages and passengers' : the construction and performance of student midwives' professional identities. (Thesis). University of Stirling. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2793206

This thesis details my study of the discourses within which student midwives construct and perform their professional identities. The title employs a metaphor commonly used in midwifery and obstetric texts to articulate the powers, passages and passe... Read More about 'Powers, passages and passengers' : the construction and performance of student midwives' professional identities.

Mental Health Effects of COVID-19 (2021)
Book Chapter
Bukuluki, P., Mwenyango, H., Kato, F., Kyamulabi, A., & Bagabo, A. (2021). Mental Health Effects of COVID-19. In A. A. Moustafa (Ed.), Mental Health Effects of COVID-19 (69-87). London: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824289-6.00006-4

Considering the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global public health crisis, this chapter examines the psychosocial impact of the pandemic on urban refugees in Kampala, Uganda. Based on narratives from 10 in-depth interviews with male and female urban... Read More about Mental Health Effects of COVID-19.

Psychological trauma at different developmental stages and ICD-11 CPTSD: The role of dissociation (2021)
Journal Article
Jowett, S., Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., & Hyland, P. (2022). Psychological trauma at different developmental stages and ICD-11 CPTSD: The role of dissociation. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 23(1), 52-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2021.1934936

Background: Dissociation is commonly reported by individuals who meet criteria for PTSD and Complex PTSD. However, the association between the age of trauma exposure, dissociation and CPTSD is not well understood. The current study aimed to test whet... Read More about Psychological trauma at different developmental stages and ICD-11 CPTSD: The role of dissociation.

Compassion in nursing: exploring the perceptions of students and academics (2021)
Journal Article
Straughair, C., & Machin, A. (2021). Compassion in nursing: exploring the perceptions of students and academics. Nursing Standard, 36(7), 45-50. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2021.e11720

Background: Compassion is integral to effective nursing practice, yet there is limited empirical research exploring this concept, particularly from a professional perspective. Aim To advance understanding of compassion from a professional perspective... Read More about Compassion in nursing: exploring the perceptions of students and academics.

Using co-design to explore how midwives can support the emerging mother-infant relationship during the early postnatal period: Protocol for a mixed-method study (2021)
Journal Article
Stoodley, C., McKellar, L., Gwilt, I., Ziaian, T., Steen, M., & Fereday, J. (2021). Using co-design to explore how midwives can support the emerging mother-infant relationship during the early postnatal period: Protocol for a mixed-method study. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(6), https://doi.org/10.2196/29770

Background: The postnatal period can be a challenging time for women, with mothers experiencing a range of emotions. As a woman transitions to motherhood, she adjusts to a new sense of self and forms a new relationship with her infant. Becoming a mot... Read More about Using co-design to explore how midwives can support the emerging mother-infant relationship during the early postnatal period: Protocol for a mixed-method study.

What does effective end-of-life care at home for children look like? A qualitative interview study exploring the perspectives of bereaved parents (2021)
Journal Article
Malcolm, C., & Knighting, K. (2021). What does effective end-of-life care at home for children look like? A qualitative interview study exploring the perspectives of bereaved parents. Palliative Medicine, 35(8), 1602-1611. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163211023300

Background:
End-of-life care for children with life-shortening conditions is provided in a range of settings including hospital, hospice and home. What home-based, end-of-life care should entail or what best practice might look like is not widely re... Read More about What does effective end-of-life care at home for children look like? A qualitative interview study exploring the perspectives of bereaved parents.

Giving up the ghost: Findings on fathers and social work from a study of pre-birth child protection (2021)
Journal Article
Critchley, A. (2022). Giving up the ghost: Findings on fathers and social work from a study of pre-birth child protection. Qualitative Social Work, 21(3), 580-601. https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250211019463

This article reports findings from an ethnographic study of pre-birth child protection, conducted in an urban Scottish setting. The study was designed to explore the interactions between practitioners and families in the context of child protection i... Read More about Giving up the ghost: Findings on fathers and social work from a study of pre-birth child protection.

Gendered dimensions of health in refugee situations: An examination of sexual and gender-based violence faced by refugee women in Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda (2021)
Journal Article
Mwenyango, H. (2023). Gendered dimensions of health in refugee situations: An examination of sexual and gender-based violence faced by refugee women in Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda. International Social Work, 66(4), 1247–1261. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728211003973

This article analyses the interplay between women’s social identity, migration and manifestation of sexual and gender-based violence. The research used mixed quantitative and qualitative methods. The findings show experiences of domestic, sexual, com... Read More about Gendered dimensions of health in refugee situations: An examination of sexual and gender-based violence faced by refugee women in Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda.

Becoming Anti-Racist Occupational Therapy Practitioners: A Scoping Study (2021)
Journal Article
Sterman, J., & Njelesani, J. (2021). Becoming Anti-Racist Occupational Therapy Practitioners: A Scoping Study. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 41(4), 232-242. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492211019931

The ongoing racism pandemic in the United States negatively impacts the health, safety, and occupations of Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color. Although occupational therapy (OT) practitioners have a pressing obligation to actively address raci... Read More about Becoming Anti-Racist Occupational Therapy Practitioners: A Scoping Study.

Patients follow three distinct outcome trajectories following total knee arthroplasty (2021)
Journal Article
Hamilton, D., Shim, J., Howie, C., & Macfarlane, G. (2021). Patients follow three distinct outcome trajectories following total knee arthroplasty. Bone and Joint Journal, 103B(6), 1096-1102. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.103b6.bjj-2020-1821.r1

Aims
Although total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a highly successful procedure, about 20% of patients remain dissatisfied postoperatively. This proportion is derived from dichotomous models of the assessment of surgical success or failure, which may n... Read More about Patients follow three distinct outcome trajectories following total knee arthroplasty.

Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Enang, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Aston, E., Wooff, A., Heyman, I., & Grandison, G. (2022). Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review. Policing and Society, 32(4), 540-559. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2021.1927025

Assessing vulnerability is an international priority area across law enforcement and public health (LEPH). Most contacts with frontline law enforcement professions now relate to ‘vulnerability’; frontline health responders are experiencing a similar... Read More about Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review.

Effect of Exercise Interventions on Health-Related Quality of Life After Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Ali, A., Tabassum, D., Baig, S. S., Moyle, B., Redgrave, J., Nichols, S., McGregor, G., Evans, K., Totton, N., Cooper, C., & Majid, A. (2021). Effect of Exercise Interventions on Health-Related Quality of Life After Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Stroke, 52(7), 2445-2455. https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.120.032979

Exercise interventions have been shown to help physical fitness, walking, and balance after stroke, but data are lacking on whether such interventions lead to improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). In this systematic review and meta-... Read More about Effect of Exercise Interventions on Health-Related Quality of Life After Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

World Heart Federation Roadmap on Atrial Fibrillation – A 2020 Update (2021)
Journal Article
Freedman, B., Hindricks, G., Banerjee, A., Baranchuk, A., Ching, C. K., Du, X., Fitzsimons, D., Healey, J. S., Ikeda, T., Lobban, T. C. A., Mbakwem, A., Narasimhan, C., Neubeck, L., Noseworthy, P., Philbin, D. M., Pinto, F. J., Rwebembera, J., Schnabel, R. B., Svendsen, J. H., Aguinaga, L., …Stepinska, J. (2021). World Heart Federation Roadmap on Atrial Fibrillation – A 2020 Update. Global Heart, 16(1), Article 41. https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1023

The World Heart Federation (WHF) commenced a Roadmap initiative in 2015 to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease and resultant burgeoning of healthcare costs. Roadmaps provide a blueprint for implementation of priority solutions for the... Read More about World Heart Federation Roadmap on Atrial Fibrillation – A 2020 Update.

Translation of the UK-Birth-Satisfaction-Scale-Revised (BSS-R) into Brazilian (Portuguese) and description of initial measurement properties (2021)
Journal Article
Ferrari, R. B., Martin, C., Hollins Martin, C., de Souza, F. G., Clini, J. V., Onofre, L. B. O., & Diniz Zanetti, M. R. (2022). Translation of the UK-Birth-Satisfaction-Scale-Revised (BSS-R) into Brazilian (Portuguese) and description of initial measurement properties. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 35(25), 6373-6379. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2021.1913579

Rationale
The concept of birth satisfaction embraces many factors, which include for example perceived quality of care provision, stress experienced, and personal coping strategies. A woman’s birth experience has the power to affect her mental healt... Read More about Translation of the UK-Birth-Satisfaction-Scale-Revised (BSS-R) into Brazilian (Portuguese) and description of initial measurement properties.

Statistical Fit is like Beauty: a Rasch and Factor Analysis of the Scottish PROM (2021)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Karimi, L., & Tan, H. (2022). Statistical Fit is like Beauty: a Rasch and Factor Analysis of the Scottish PROM. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 28(3), 415-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/08854726.2021.1916336

Chaplains help people face some of the most complex, intractable and traumatic issues in their lives. Spiritual care works. Unfortunately, spiritual needs are rarely met in health and social care because a) spiritual distress is not recognised as suc... Read More about Statistical Fit is like Beauty: a Rasch and Factor Analysis of the Scottish PROM.

Context, design and conduct of the longitudinal COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study – Wave 3 (2021)
Journal Article
McBride, O., Butter, S., Murphy, J., Shevlin, M., Hartman, T. K., Hyland, P., McKay, R., Bennett, K. M., Gibson-Miller, J., Levita, L., Mason, L., Martinez, A. P., Stocks, T. V., Vallières, F., Karatzias, T., Valiente, C., Vazquez, C., & Bentall, R. P. (2021). Context, design and conduct of the longitudinal COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study – Wave 3. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 30(3), Article e1880. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1880

Objectives: The COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study aims to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the adult population in multiple countries. This paper describes the third wave of the UK survey (the ‘parent’ strand of t... Read More about Context, design and conduct of the longitudinal COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study – Wave 3.

Nurses' Perceptions regarding Types of Aggressive Behaviour displayed by Patients in a Selected Psychiatric Hospital in Lesotho (2021)
Journal Article
Rathobei, L., Nyangu, I., & Dube, M. (2021). Nurses' Perceptions regarding Types of Aggressive Behaviour displayed by Patients in a Selected Psychiatric Hospital in Lesotho. Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 23(1), Article 8325. https://doi.org/10.25159/2520-5293/8325

Aggressive behaviour of inpatients in mental health facilities occurs globally and is a serious nursing problem. Consequently, there is insufficient research studies conducted among nurses regarding the types of aggressive behaviour displayed by pati... Read More about Nurses' Perceptions regarding Types of Aggressive Behaviour displayed by Patients in a Selected Psychiatric Hospital in Lesotho.