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The social determinants of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth suicidality in England: a mixed methods study (2017)
Journal Article
McDermott, E., Hughes, E., & Rawlings, V. (2018). The social determinants of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth suicidality in England: a mixed methods study. Journal of Public Health, 40(3), e244–e251. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx135

Background
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth have a higher risk of suicidality and self-harm than heterosexual youth populations but little is known about the underlying mechanisms. We aimed to investigate the social determinants o... Read More about The social determinants of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth suicidality in England: a mixed methods study.

Medication review and polypharmacy management in the hospital setting. The cases of Greece and Catalonia (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gennimata, D., Kampolis, C. F., Vontetsianos, T., Mcintosh, J., Codina, C., Alonso, A., & Mair, A. Medication review and polypharmacy management in the hospital setting. The cases of Greece and Catalonia. Presented at 17th International Conference on Integrated Care, Dublin, Ireland

Introduction: Medication review and polypharmacy management, especially in the elderly, are key components of integrated care. Although polypharmacy management is often associated with the primary care setting, hospital clinicians, who are often memb... Read More about Medication review and polypharmacy management in the hospital setting. The cases of Greece and Catalonia.

Sustainable Implementation of Polypharmacy reviews as part of integrated care at Scale (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mair, A. R., Kinnear, M., Hurding, S., Micheal, N., & Wilson, M. Sustainable Implementation of Polypharmacy reviews as part of integrated care at Scale

Medication is the most common form of intervention to prevent disease or slow disease progression, with guidelines for single diseases recommending evidence based drug treatments. There remains the mismatch between prescribing guidelines for speci... Read More about Sustainable Implementation of Polypharmacy reviews as part of integrated care at Scale.

Emergency Departments and Occupational Therapy: Integration, Unscheduled Care and Over-crowding (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
James, K. Emergency Departments and Occupational Therapy: Integration, Unscheduled Care and Over-crowding

Introduction: Globally, over-crowding within Emergency Departments is becoming a serious concern (Walker et al 2016) impacting on patient safety (Pines et al 2011) and work-related stress (The College of Emergency Medicine 2013; Lavoie et al 2011). O... Read More about Emergency Departments and Occupational Therapy: Integration, Unscheduled Care and Over-crowding.

Early death and causes of death of people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
O'Leary, L., Cooper, S.-A., & Hughes-McCormack, L. (2018). Early death and causes of death of people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(3), 325-342. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12417

Background: Death of people with intellectual disabilities is considered to be earlier than for the general population.
Methods: Databases were searched for intellectual disability AND death key words. Strict inclusion/exclusion criteria were us... Read More about Early death and causes of death of people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review.

Angina Management after Coronary Intervention. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dawkes, S., Raeside, R., Elliott, L., & Donaldson, J. (2017, October). Angina Management after Coronary Intervention. Poster presented at British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Background: Self-management of coronary heart disease (CHD) is critical after elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). While elective PCIs should reduce patients’ stable angina symptoms, recurring pain is a common problem post-procedure and... Read More about Angina Management after Coronary Intervention..

Older people’s self-management of coronary heart disease after coronary intervention (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dawkes, S., Raeside, R., Elliott, L., & Donaldson, J. (2017, October). Older people’s self-management of coronary heart disease after coronary intervention. Poster presented at British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Objective:
The objective of this study was to explore how older patients self-manage their coronary heart disease (CHD) after undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Methods:
This mixed methods study used a sequential, expl... Read More about Older people’s self-management of coronary heart disease after coronary intervention.

Medication adherence after percutaneous coronary intervention (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dawkes, S., Raeside, R., Elliott, L., & Donaldson, J. (2017, October). Medication adherence after percutaneous coronary intervention. Poster presented at British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

Background and aim: It is recommended that medicines for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) are prescribed to patients after coronary intervention and healthcare professionals should support patients to take these medicines, usu... Read More about Medication adherence after percutaneous coronary intervention.

The lived experience of first year undergraduate student nurses: a hermeneutic phenomenological study (2017)
Journal Article
Porteous, D., & Machin, A. (2018). The lived experience of first year undergraduate student nurses: a hermeneutic phenomenological study. Nurse Education Today, 60, 56-61

This study gives insight into the experiences and perceptions of one group of undergraduate nursing students as they make the transition into Higher Education and the nursing profession, during the first year, of their three-year programme. Research... Read More about The lived experience of first year undergraduate student nurses: a hermeneutic phenomenological study.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of factors that help or hinder treatment decision-making capacity in psychosis (2017)
Journal Article
Larkin, A., & Hutton, P. (2017). Systematic review and meta-analysis of factors that help or hinder treatment decision-making capacity in psychosis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 211(4), 205-215. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.116.193458

Background: The evidence on factors that may influence treatment decisional capacity (‘capacity) in psychosis has yet to be comprehensively synthesised, which limits the development of effective strategies to improve or support it.
Aims: To determin... Read More about Systematic review and meta-analysis of factors that help or hinder treatment decision-making capacity in psychosis.

The Economic Impact of Adult Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review (2017)
Journal Article
Huddle, M. G., Goman, A. M., Kernizan, F. C., Foley, D. M., Price, C., Frick, K. D., & Lin, F. R. (2017). The Economic Impact of Adult Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 143(10), 1040. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2017.1243

Importance
Hearing impairment (HI) is highly prevalent in older adults and has been associated with adverse health outcomes. However, the overall economic impact of HI is not well described.

Objective
The goal of this review was to summarize... Read More about The Economic Impact of Adult Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review.

Integrating third-party telehealth records with the general practice electronic medical record system: a use case approach (2017)
Journal Article
Paterson, M., McAulay, A., & McKinstry, B. (2017). Integrating third-party telehealth records with the general practice electronic medical record system: a use case approach. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 24(4), 317. https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v24i4.915

Background: The implementation of telemonitoring at scale has been less successful than anticipated, often hindered by clinicians’ perceived increase in workload. One important factor has been the lack of integration of patient generated data (PGD) w... Read More about Integrating third-party telehealth records with the general practice electronic medical record system: a use case approach.

Exploring routine hospital antenatal care consultations — An ethnographic study (2017)
Journal Article
Wright, D., Pincombe, J., & McKellar, L. (2018). Exploring routine hospital antenatal care consultations — An ethnographic study. Women and Birth, 31(3), e162-e169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2017.09.010

Background
Listening to women as part of their antenatal care has been recognized as valuable in understanding the woman’s needs. Conversations as part of routine antenatal interactions offer ideal opportunities for women to express themselves and f... Read More about Exploring routine hospital antenatal care consultations — An ethnographic study.

Widening Access; Developing an eLearning Resource for Health and Social Care Professionals Caring for Children and Young People with Cancer (2017)
Journal Article
McInally, W., Pouso Lista, M. J., McLaren, N., & Willis, D. S. (2017). Widening Access; Developing an eLearning Resource for Health and Social Care Professionals Caring for Children and Young People with Cancer. Journal of Cancer Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-017-1284-6

Cancer is a key priority worldwide, and caring for children and young people with cancer requires a range of specific knowledge, skills and experience in order to deliver the complex care regimes both within the hospital or community environment. The... Read More about Widening Access; Developing an eLearning Resource for Health and Social Care Professionals Caring for Children and Young People with Cancer.

Hepatitis C in a new therapeutic era: Recontextualising the lived experience (2017)
Journal Article
Whiteley, D., Whittaker, A., Elliott, L., & Cunningham-Burley, S. (2017). Hepatitis C in a new therapeutic era: Recontextualising the lived experience. Journal of Clinical Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14083

Aims and Objectives
To explore the experience of adults living with hepatitis C in a new era of interferon-free treatment.
Background
Hepatitis C is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, posing a significant challenge to global pub... Read More about Hepatitis C in a new therapeutic era: Recontextualising the lived experience.

Invasive clinical intervention education for social care support workers of adults: a review of the current literature. (2017)
Journal Article
Hoyle, L., Brown, M., Donaldson, J., & Karatzias, T. (2017). Invasive clinical intervention education for social care support workers of adults: a review of the current literature. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 14(3), 240-250. https://doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12211

Background: As with the general population, people with intellectual disabilities are ageing, are living longer often with co-existing complex needs and with more requiring care and support. The focus of care is community-based rather than instituti... Read More about Invasive clinical intervention education for social care support workers of adults: a review of the current literature..

Discombobulations and Transitions: Using Blogs to Make Meaning of and From Within Liminal Experiences (2017)
Journal Article
MacLaren, J., Georgiadou, L., Bradford, J., & Taylor, L. (2017). Discombobulations and Transitions: Using Blogs to Make Meaning of and From Within Liminal Experiences. Qualitative Inquiry, 23(10), 808-817. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800417731088

We live in a digitalized world, where social media have become an integral part of scholarly life. Digital tools like blogs can facilitate various research-related activities, from recruitment, to data collection, to communication of research finding... Read More about Discombobulations and Transitions: Using Blogs to Make Meaning of and From Within Liminal Experiences.