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Buggy walking groups: An asset-based approach to health care (2017)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., Dickson, C., & Barclay, C. (2017). Buggy walking groups: An asset-based approach to health care. Journal of Health Visiting, 5(5), 236-243. https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2017.5.5.236

Postnatal buggy walking is an accessible activity for new mothers, but there has been limited assessment of its impact on wellbeing in healthy postnatal populations or on community based health services. This evaluation explored women's perceptions o... Read More about Buggy walking groups: An asset-based approach to health care.

Perceptions of learning disability nurses and support staff towards people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia (2017)
Journal Article
McCorkindale, S., Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2017). Perceptions of learning disability nurses and support staff towards people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 24(5), 282-292. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12381

Background and Purpose of Study
The prevalence of schizophrenia in people with learning disability is 3-4%. This is the first study to investigate the illness perceptions of learning disability (LD) practitioners towards people with schizophrenia.... Read More about Perceptions of learning disability nurses and support staff towards people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Young people, constructions, context and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray Brunton, C., & Carnegie, E. (2017, May). Young people, constructions, context and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine. Paper presented at International Week, School of Health and Social Care, Global issues in Healthcare

Background: New social science research approaches are called for to address personal, socio-cultural, and political aspects of specific vaccines in context, given public anxieties and which go beyond the public health aspects. The human papillomavir... Read More about Young people, constructions, context and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine..

Likes, dislikes, supports and barriers: the experience of students with disabilities in university in Ireland (2017)
Journal Article
Spassiani, N. A., Ó Murchadha, N., Clince, M., Biddulph, K., Conradie, P., Costello, F., Cox, L., Daly, E., Daly, O., Middleton, C., McCabe, K., Philips, M., Soraghan, S., & Tully, K. (2017). Likes, dislikes, supports and barriers: the experience of students with disabilities in university in Ireland. Disability and Society, 32(6), 892-912. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2017.1320272

There are more students with disabilities going to college than ever before. It is important that colleges understand the experiences of students with disabilities when in university. This research project was carried out by 12 students with intellec... Read More about Likes, dislikes, supports and barriers: the experience of students with disabilities in university in Ireland.

Developing a framework to aid purposive sampling in process evaluation of a critical care trial [In: Meeting abstracts from the 4th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC) and the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials] (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Emerson, L., McAuley, D., Clarke, M., Hellyer, T. P., Simpson, A. J., & Blackwood, B. Developing a framework to aid purposive sampling in process evaluation of a critical care trial [In: Meeting abstracts from the 4th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC) and the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials]. Presented at 4th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC) and the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials, Liverpool, UK

A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: Protocol (2017)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Jolliffe, S., Stanmore, E., Renwick, L., Schmitt, T., & Booth, R. (2017). A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: Protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(8), 1989-1996. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13310

Aim: To synthesize evidence on the use of social media in nursing and midwifery education.
Background: Social media is one type of online platform that is being explored to determine if there is value in using interactive, digital communication tool... Read More about A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: Protocol.

Screening for atrial fibrillation: a report of the AF-screen international collaboration. (2017)
Journal Article
Freedman, B., Camm, J., Calkins, H., Healey, J. S., Rosenqvist, M., Wang, J., Albert, C. M., Anderson, C. S., Antoniou, S., Benjamin, E. J., Boriani, G., Brachmann, J., Brandes, A., Chao, T.-F., Conen, D., Engdahl, J., Fauchier, L., Fitzmaurice, D. A., Friberg, L., Gersh, B. J., …Yan, B. P. (2017). Screening for atrial fibrillation: a report of the AF-screen international collaboration. Circulation, 135(19), 1851-1867. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026693

Approximately 10% of ischemic strokes are associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) first diagnosed at the time of stroke. Detecting asymptomatic AF would provide an opportunity to prevent these strokes by instituting appropriate anticoagulation. The... Read More about Screening for atrial fibrillation: a report of the AF-screen international collaboration..

A screening tool for predicting gatekeeping behaviour (2017)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Young, J. (2017). A screening tool for predicting gatekeeping behaviour. Nursing Open, 4(4), 187-199. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.83

Aim: To develop a typology and screening tool for gatekeeping behaviours by nurses responsible for recruitment in palliative care research. Design: Concurrent analysis. Method: Two focus groups were conducted in 2015 with nine qualified hospice commu... Read More about A screening tool for predicting gatekeeping behaviour.

Learning and unlearning dignity in care: Experiential and experimental educational approaches (2017)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Medford, W., Blundell, J., Webster, E., Munoz, S.-A., & Macaden, L. (2017). Learning and unlearning dignity in care: Experiential and experimental educational approaches. Nurse Education in Practice, 25, 50-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2017.05.001

Guarding against loss of human dignity is fundamental to nursing practice. It is assumed in the existing literature that ‘dignity’ as a concept and ‘dignity in care’ as a practice in amenable to education. Building on this assumption, a range of expe... Read More about Learning and unlearning dignity in care: Experiential and experimental educational approaches.

Polypharmacy management by 2030: A patient safety challenge (2017)
Report
Mair, A., Fernandez-Llimos, F., Alonso, A., Harrison, C., Hurding, S., Kempen, T., Kinnear, M., Michael, N., McIntosh, J., Wilson, M., & The SIMPATHY consortium. (2017). Polypharmacy management by 2030: A patient safety challenge. Coimbra: European Commission

Guidelines, law, and governance: disconnects in the global control of airline-associated infectious diseases (2017)
Journal Article
Grout, A., Howard, N., Coker, R., & Speakman, E. M. (2017). Guidelines, law, and governance: disconnects in the global control of airline-associated infectious diseases. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 17(4), e118-e122. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099%2816%2930476-5

International air travel is increasingly affecting the epidemiology of infectious diseases. A particular public health, economic, and political concern is the role of air travel in bringing infectious passengers or vectors to previously non-endemic a... Read More about Guidelines, law, and governance: disconnects in the global control of airline-associated infectious diseases.

Big data and learning analytics: Singular or plural? (2017)
Journal Article
Wilson, A., Lynn Thompson, T., Watson, C., Drew, V., & Doyle, S. (2017). Big data and learning analytics: Singular or plural?. First Monday, 22(4), https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v22i4.6872

Recent critiques of both the uses of and discourse surrounding big data have raised important questions as to the extent to which big data and big data techniques should be embraced. However, while the context dependence of data has been recognized,... Read More about Big data and learning analytics: Singular or plural?.

A qualitative exploration into the concept of service users as ‘Physical Activity Champions’ to support stroke survivors participate in community based exercise (2017)
Thesis
Hutton, G. H. A qualitative exploration into the concept of service users as ‘Physical Activity Champions’ to support stroke survivors participate in community based exercise. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979167

Background
Peer support can facilitate exercise following stroke however limited evidence exists in relation to incorporating individual peer support interventions. A possible method of providing individual peer support in a community based exercise... Read More about A qualitative exploration into the concept of service users as ‘Physical Activity Champions’ to support stroke survivors participate in community based exercise.

“I always felt I was a bit of a guinea pig”: Illness perceptions, experience of treatment and coping in liver transplant patients with Hepatitis C Virus recurrence. (2017)
Thesis
Krzeczkowska, A. “I always felt I was a bit of a guinea pig”: Illness perceptions, experience of treatment and coping in liver transplant patients with Hepatitis C Virus recurrence. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/977827

The current study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the lived experience of liver transplant patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) recurrence. The semi-structured interviews with seven male participants were audio-recorded, transcribed verba... Read More about “I always felt I was a bit of a guinea pig”: Illness perceptions, experience of treatment and coping in liver transplant patients with Hepatitis C Virus recurrence..