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A profiling exercise of childhood immunisation services in Edinburgh: A qualitative report. (2009)
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Kennedy, C., McIntosh, P., Hogg, R., Gray Brunton, C., & Christie, J. A. (2009). A profiling exercise of childhood immunisation services in Edinburgh: A qualitative report

BACKGROUND: Childhood immunisation is a complex area in the research literature with a number of contributing influences. Within Edinburgh Community Health Partnership (CHP), recent figures indicated that there was great geographical variety for imm... Read More about A profiling exercise of childhood immunisation services in Edinburgh: A qualitative report..

A qualitative study examining stakeholder experiences of current Immunisation services in NHS Lothian, focusing on the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines.
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Kennedy, C., Gray Brunton, C., McIntosh, P., Craig, A., Rust, S., & Harden, J. (2010). A qualitative study examining stakeholder experiences of current Immunisation services in NHS Lothian, focusing on the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines

Childhood vaccination is an important public health strategy to protect against infectious diseases for population or ‘herd’ immunity. In western, industrialised countries, successful vaccination campaigns have been responsible for the near elimina... Read More about A qualitative study examining stakeholder experiences of current Immunisation services in NHS Lothian, focusing on the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines..

A theoretical case study in Scotland of professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing: a 'jack of all trades, master of none'?
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Hogg, R., Gray Brunton, C., Kennedy, C., Jarvis, A., Wood, C., & Halliday, B. (2009). A theoretical case study in Scotland of professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing: a 'jack of all trades, master of none'?

Critical approaches to change management theories challenge assumptions that change in organisations is a linear and progressive process. Changes within community nursing in the UK have been subject to debate in recent years in the UK. Sociological i... Read More about A theoretical case study in Scotland of professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing: a 'jack of all trades, master of none'?.