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Person Centered Care and Personalized Medicine: Irreconcilable Opposites or Potential Companions? (2017)
Journal Article
El-Alti, L., Sandman, L., & Munthe, C. (2019). Person Centered Care and Personalized Medicine: Irreconcilable Opposites or Potential Companions?. Health Care Analysis, 27(1), 45-59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-017-0347-5

In contrast to standardized guidelines, personalized medicine and person centered care are two notions that have recently developed and are aspiring for more individualized health care for each single patient. While having a similar drive toward indi... Read More about Person Centered Care and Personalized Medicine: Irreconcilable Opposites or Potential Companions?.

It’s more than just luck: A qualitative exploration of breastfeeding in rural Australia (2017)
Journal Article
McKellar, L., Fleet, J., & Dove, S. (2018). It’s more than just luck: A qualitative exploration of breastfeeding in rural Australia. Women and Birth, 31(3), 177-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2017.09.005

Problem
Despite significant public health benefits, breastfeeding for six months continues to be challenging for women.

Background
In the Mid North of South Australia, healthcare professionals were concerned that breastfeeding rates were lower t... Read More about It’s more than just luck: A qualitative exploration of breastfeeding in rural Australia.

Dignity in nursing care: What does it mean to nursing students? (2017)
Journal Article
Mullen, R. F., Kydd, A., Fleming, A., & McMillan, L. (2017). Dignity in nursing care: What does it mean to nursing students?. Nursing Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733017720825

Background: Despite growing interest in the potential of nursing education to enhance dignity in nursing care, relatively little is known about what dignity means to nursing students.
Research question: What meaning does dignity in nursing care have... Read More about Dignity in nursing care: What does it mean to nursing students?.

Modifying Alcohol Consumption to Reduce Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study of a Complex Community-based Intervention for Men (2017)
Journal Article
Irvine, L., Crombie, I. K., Cunningham, K. B., Williams, B., Sniehotta, F. F., Norrie, J., Melson, A. J., Jones, C., Rice, P., Slane, P. W., Achison, M., McKenzie, A., Dimova, E. D., & Allan, S. (2017). Modifying Alcohol Consumption to Reduce Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study of a Complex Community-based Intervention for Men. Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism, 52(6), 677-684. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agx067

Objectives
Being obese and drinking more than 14 units of alcohol per week places men at very high risk of developing liver disease. This study assessed the feasibility of a trial to reduce alcohol consumption. It tested the recruitment strategy, en... Read More about Modifying Alcohol Consumption to Reduce Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study of a Complex Community-based Intervention for Men.

Cardiac Patients’ Experiences and Perceptions of Social Media: Mixed-Methods Study (2017)
Journal Article
Partridge, S. R., Grunseit, A. C., Gallagher, P., Freeman, B., O'Hara, B. J., Neubeck, L., Due, S., Paull, G., Ding, D., Bauman, A., Phongsavan, P., Roach, K., Sadler, L., Glinatsis, H., & Gallagher, R. (2017). Cardiac Patients’ Experiences and Perceptions of Social Media: Mixed-Methods Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(9), Article e323. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.8081

Background: Traditional in-person cardiac rehabilitation has substantial benefits for cardiac patients, which are offset by poor attendance. The rapid increase in social media use in older adults provides an opportunity to reach patients who are elig... Read More about Cardiac Patients’ Experiences and Perceptions of Social Media: Mixed-Methods Study.

Minimum sample size requirements for a validation study of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) (2017)
Journal Article
Martin, C. R., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2017). Minimum sample size requirements for a validation study of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Journal of Nursing and Practice, 1(2), 25-30

Introduction: The 10-item Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) is a theoretically anchored and easy to administer multi-dimensional measure of the birth satisfaction construct. The use of the BSS-R Internationally has led to an increasing number... Read More about Minimum sample size requirements for a validation study of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R).

An application of Bandura's ‘Four Sources of Self-Efficacy’ to the self-management of type 2 diabetes in people with intellectual disability: An inductive and deductive thematic analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Maine, A., Dickson, A., Truesdale, M., & Brown, M. (2017). An application of Bandura's ‘Four Sources of Self-Efficacy’ to the self-management of type 2 diabetes in people with intellectual disability: An inductive and deductive thematic analysis. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 70, 75-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2017.09.004

Background: Little is known about the successful experiences and positive perceptions of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) self-managing Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). This study sought to address this gap using Bandura’s (1977) ‘Four Sources of Se... Read More about An application of Bandura's ‘Four Sources of Self-Efficacy’ to the self-management of type 2 diabetes in people with intellectual disability: An inductive and deductive thematic analysis.

The Practice of Research Ethics in Lebanon and Qatar: Perspectives of Researchers on Informed Consent (2017)
Journal Article
Nakkash, R., Qutteina, Y., Nasrallah, C., Wright, K., El-Alti, L., Makhoul, J., & Al-Ali, K. (2017). The Practice of Research Ethics in Lebanon and Qatar: Perspectives of Researchers on Informed Consent. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 12(5), 352-362. https://doi.org/10.1177/1556264617730643

Informed consent requirements for conducting research with human participants are set by institutional review boards (IRBs) following established guidelines. Despite this, researchers continue to face challenges in seeking and obtaining informed cons... Read More about The Practice of Research Ethics in Lebanon and Qatar: Perspectives of Researchers on Informed Consent.

The relationship between emotional intelligence, previous caring experience and successful completion of a pre-registration nursing/midwifery degree (2017)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Stenhouse, R., Duers, L., Marshall, S., Carver, F., Brown, N., & Young, J. (2018). The relationship between emotional intelligence, previous caring experience and successful completion of a pre-registration nursing/midwifery degree. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(2), 433-442. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13455

Aim
To examine the relationship between baseline emotional intelligence and prior caring experience with completion of pre-registration nurse and midwifery education.
Background
Selection and retention of nursing students is a global challenge. Em... Read More about The relationship between emotional intelligence, previous caring experience and successful completion of a pre-registration nursing/midwifery degree.

Advancing intervention effectiveness research in mental health occupational therapy (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Birken, M., Connell, C., & Inman, J. (2017, September). Advancing intervention effectiveness research in mental health occupational therapy. Poster presented at Royal College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section: Mental Health, Birmingham

This work proposed that advancing to advance occupational therapy intervention effectiveness research there needs to be consensus on the description of interventions, outcomes and measures.

‘It's your body, but…’ Mixed messages in childbirth education: Findings from a hospital ethnography (2017)
Journal Article
Newnham, E., McKellar, L., & Pincombe, J. (2017). ‘It's your body, but…’ Mixed messages in childbirth education: Findings from a hospital ethnography. Midwifery, 55, 53-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2017.09.003

Objective
to investigate the personal, social, cultural and institutional influences on women making decisions about using epidural analgesia in labour. In this article we discuss the findings that describe practices around the gaining of consent fo... Read More about ‘It's your body, but…’ Mixed messages in childbirth education: Findings from a hospital ethnography.

An exploration of the lived experience of co-dependency through interpretative phenomenological analysis. Implications for occupational science. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bacon, I., McKay, E. A., & Reynolds, F. (2017, September). An exploration of the lived experience of co-dependency through interpretative phenomenological analysis. Implications for occupational science. Paper presented at The 4th Conference of Occupational Science Europe: Meeting in Diversity - Occupation as a Common Ground

Heavy Drinkers and the Potential Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing—No Single or Simple Effect? (2017)
Journal Article
Gill, J., Black, H., O’May, F., Chick, J., Gill, J., Black, H., Rush, R., O'May, F., & Chick, J. (2017). Heavy Drinkers and the Potential Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing—No Single or Simple Effect?. Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism, 52(6), 722-729. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agx060

Aims: To explore the potential impact of a minimum unit price (MUP: 50 pence per UK unit) on the alcohol consumption of ill Scottish heavy drinkers.
Methods: Participants were 639 patients attending alcohol treatment services or admitted to hospita... Read More about Heavy Drinkers and the Potential Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing—No Single or Simple Effect?.

Army boots are blamed for injuries (2017)
Newspaper / Magazine
Graham, S., & Martindale, R. (2017). Army boots are blamed for injuries. Uk

The study investigated loads and impact using British military drill boots.

Prescribing for the Oldest Old (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kydd, A., & Fleming, A. (2017, September). Prescribing for the Oldest Old. Presented at 7th Annual conference of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Nursing, Edinburgh, UK

Given the global increase in people over the age of 85, there is a growing body of literature looking at treating the oldest old. However much of this work is confined to the literature specialising in geriatrics and the more generic health care pap... Read More about Prescribing for the Oldest Old.

Pandemic legislation in the European Union: Fit for purpose? The need for a systematic comparison of national laws (2017)
Journal Article
Speakman, E. M., Burris, S., & Coker, R. (2017). Pandemic legislation in the European Union: Fit for purpose? The need for a systematic comparison of national laws. Health Policy, 121(10), 1021-1024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.08.009

Sound governance is central to effective pandemic management. Key international legal instruments governing pandemic management in the European Union (EU): the International Health Regulations (2005) and Decision 1082/13 require EU Member States to d... Read More about Pandemic legislation in the European Union: Fit for purpose? The need for a systematic comparison of national laws.

Our Visit (2017)
Report
James, K., Sneddon, B., Brown, M., & Tolson, D. (2017). Our Visit. Edinburgh: Queens Nursing Institute Scotland

The QNIS study explored hospital visiting time for people with dementia from the
perspective of professional care givers. This was important because older people with
dementia experience significant health inequalities compared to those without a d... Read More about Our Visit.

Minimum Wear Duration for the activPAL Professional Activity Monitor in Adolescent Females (2017)
Journal Article
Dowd, K. P., Purtill, H., Harrington, D. M., Hislop, J. F., Reilly, J. J., & Donnelly, A. E. (2017). Minimum Wear Duration for the activPAL Professional Activity Monitor in Adolescent Females. Pediatric Exercise Science, 29(3), 427-433. https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.2016-0188

Objectives: This study aims to determine the minimum number of days of monitoring required to reliably predict sitting/lying time, standing time, light intensity physical activity (LIPA), moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) and st... Read More about Minimum Wear Duration for the activPAL Professional Activity Monitor in Adolescent Females.