All Outputs (5)

Patient, practice and organisational influences on asthma control: Observational data from a national study on primary care in the United Kingdom (2011)
Journal Article
Hoskins, G., Williams, B., Jackson, C., Norman, P., & Donnan, P. (2012). Patient, practice and organisational influences on asthma control: Observational data from a national study on primary care in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Nursing St

Background: Achieving asthma control is central to optimising patient quality of life and clinical outcome. Contemporary models of chronic disease management across a variety of countries point to the importance of micro, meso and macro level influen... Read More about Patient, practice and organisational influences on asthma control: Observational data from a national study on primary care in the United Kingdom.

Assessing Asthma control in UK primary care: Use of routinely collected prospective observational consultation data to determine appropriateness of a variety of control assessment models (2011)
Journal Article
Hoskins, G., Williams, B., Jackson, C., Norman, P. D., & Donnan, P. T. (2011). Assessing Asthma control in UK primary care: Use of routinely collected prospective observational consultation data to determine appropriateness of a variety of control assessm

Background: Assessing asthma control using standardised questionnaires is recommended as good clinical practice but there is little evidence validating their use within primary care. There is however, strong empirical evidence to indicate that age, w... Read More about Assessing Asthma control in UK primary care: Use of routinely collected prospective observational consultation data to determine appropriateness of a variety of control assessment models.

A feasibility study of a personalised lifestyle programme (HealthForce) for individuals who have participated in cardiovascular risk screening (2011)
Journal Article
Craigie, A. M., Barton, K. L., Macleod, M., Williams, B., van Teijlingen, E., Belch, J. J., & Anderson, A. S. (2011). A feasibility study of a personalised lifestyle programme (HealthForce) for individuals who have participated in cardiovascular risk scre

Objective. To assess the feasibility of a lifestyle intervention, focusing on diet and activity, in adults participating in cardiovascular screening. Methods. The 12-week lifestyle intervention comprised three personalised counselling sessions pl... Read More about A feasibility study of a personalised lifestyle programme (HealthForce) for individuals who have participated in cardiovascular risk screening.

Tacit and transitionary: An exploration of patients’ and primary care health professionals’ goals in relation to asthma (2011)
Journal Article
Williams, B., Steven, K., & Sullivan, F. M. (2011). Tacit and transitionary: An exploration of patients’ and primary care health professionals’ goals in relation to asthma. Social Science and Medicine, 72(8), 1359-1366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.038

Goal setting is recommended in UK health policy to make health care more patient-centred, to enhance the likelihood of behaviour change and to improve health outcomes. Patient-centred care is thought to be particularly important in the management of... Read More about Tacit and transitionary: An exploration of patients’ and primary care health professionals’ goals in relation to asthma.

Decayed and missing teeth and oral-health-related factors: Predicting depression in homeless people (2011)
Journal Article
Coles, E., Chan, K., Collins, J., Humphris, G. M., Richards, D., Williams, B., & Freeman, R. (2011). Decayed and missing teeth and oral-health-related factors: Predicting depression in homeless people. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 71(2), 108-112. ht

The objective of the study was to determine the effect of dental health status, dental anxiety and oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) upon homeless people's experience of depression. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a samp... Read More about Decayed and missing teeth and oral-health-related factors: Predicting depression in homeless people.