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Integrating community children’s nursing in urgent and emergency care: a qualitative comparison of two teams in North West England (2012)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Banks, M., Kirk, S., Powell, P., & Callery, P. (2012). Integrating community children’s nursing in urgent and emergency care: a qualitative comparison of two teams in North West England. BMC Pediatrics, 12, 101. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-101

Background: Despite the policy principle that "children are best cared for at home whenever possible" children continue to have high rates of emergency department (ED) attendance and emergency hospital admission. Community Children's Nursing Teams (C... Read More about Integrating community children’s nursing in urgent and emergency care: a qualitative comparison of two teams in North West England.

Relationships between deprivation and duration of children's emergency admissions for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea in North West England: an analysis of hospital episode statistics (2012)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Campbell, M., Powell, P., & Callery, P. (2012). Relationships between deprivation and duration of children's emergency admissions for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea in North West England: an analysis of hospital episode statistics. BMC Pediatrics, 12, 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-22

Background In the United Kingdom there has been a long term pattern of increases in children's emergency admissions and a substantial increase in short stay unplanned admissions. The emergency admission rate (EAR) per thousand population for breathin... Read More about Relationships between deprivation and duration of children's emergency admissions for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea in North West England: an analysis of hospital episode statistics.

Cancer awareness among adolescents in Britain: a cross-sectional study (2012)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Forbat, L., & Hubbard, G. (2012). Cancer awareness among adolescents in Britain: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 12, 580. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-580

Background: Little is known about adolescents' cancer awareness and help-seeking behaviour in Britain. This study assessed adolescents': awareness of cancer symptoms, common cancers, and the relationship between cancer and age; anticipated delay and... Read More about Cancer awareness among adolescents in Britain: a cross-sectional study.

Employment Conversations: understanding the impact of cancer on work. (2012)
Report
Kyle, R. G., Culbard, B., Gray, N. M. & Hubbard, G. (2011). Employment Conversations: understanding the impact of cancer on work. Edinburgh, Scotland: Macmillan Cancer Support/ Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives.

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) exists to support people living with illness manage the impact of ill-health on work. But, there are few VR services to specifically support people with cancer with work-related issues. And, because there are so few ser... Read More about Employment Conversations: understanding the impact of cancer on work..