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Development and preliminary psychometric properties of the Care Experience Feedback Improvement Tool (CEFIT) (2016)
Journal Article
Beattie, M., Shepherd, A., Lauder, W., Atherton, I., Cowie, J., & Murphy, D. J. (2016). Development and preliminary psychometric properties of the Care Experience Feedback Improvement Tool (CEFIT). BMJ Open, 6(6), Article e010101. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010101

Objective To develop a structurally valid and reliable, yet brief measure of patient experience of hospital quality of care, the Care Experience Feedback Improvement Tool (CEFIT). Also, to examine aspects of utility of CEFIT.

Background Measuring... Read More about Development and preliminary psychometric properties of the Care Experience Feedback Improvement Tool (CEFIT).

A teachable moment for the teachable moment? A prospective study to evaluate delivery of a workshop designed to increase knowledge and skills in relation to alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) amongst final year nursing and occupational therapy undergraduates (2016)
Journal Article
O’May, F., Gill, J., McWhirter, E., Kantartzis, S., Rees, C., & Murray, K. (2016). A teachable moment for the teachable moment? A prospective study to evaluate delivery of a workshop designed to increase knowledge and skills in relation to alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) amongst final year nursing and occupational therapy undergraduates. Nurse Education in Practice, 20, 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2016.06.004

The perceived value of Alcohol Brief Interventions as a tool to address alcohol misuse in Scotland has supported the establishment of a Health Improvement, Efficiency, Access and Treatment, HEAT: H4 Standard to deliver ABIs within certain health care... Read More about A teachable moment for the teachable moment? A prospective study to evaluate delivery of a workshop designed to increase knowledge and skills in relation to alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) amongst final year nursing and occupational therapy undergraduates.

The experience of an increase in the injection of ethylphenidate in Lothian April 2014–March 2015 (2016)
Journal Article
Lafferty, C., Smith, L., Coull, A., & Shanley, J. (2016). The experience of an increase in the injection of ethylphenidate in Lothian April 2014–March 2015. Scottish Medical Journal, 61(2), 74-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/0036933016649871

Background and aims
New psychoactive substances are causing increasing harm across the UK but the use of new psychoactive substance by injecting has become a significant problem within Lothian since the beginning of 2014. Data indicate a rapid rise... Read More about The experience of an increase in the injection of ethylphenidate in Lothian April 2014–March 2015.

Evaluating the Implementation of Health Checks for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Primary Care: The Importance of Organizational Context (2016)
Journal Article
Durbin, J., Selick, A., Casson, I., Green, L., Spassiani, N., Perry, A., & Lunsky, Y. (2016). Evaluating the Implementation of Health Checks for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Primary Care: The Importance of Organizational Context. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 54(2), 136-150. https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-54.2.136

Compared to other adults, those with intellectual and developmental disabilities have more health issues, yet are less likely to receive preventative care. One strategy that has shown success in increasing prevention activities and early detection of... Read More about Evaluating the Implementation of Health Checks for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Primary Care: The Importance of Organizational Context.

Exploring the lived experiences of suicidality: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the loved one’s perspective (2016)
Thesis
Hanson, R. Exploring the lived experiences of suicidality: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the loved one’s perspective. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/976907

Objectives. This study explored the lived experience of family members who were living with a suicidal loved one. The psychosocial impact that this experience had on the loved one, their views on support services and their support needs were all expl... Read More about Exploring the lived experiences of suicidality: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the loved one’s perspective.

Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis (2016)
Journal Article
France, E. F., Wells, M., Lang, H., & Williams, B. (2016). Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis. Systematic Reviews, 5, Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0218-4

Background: Meta-ethnography is a unique, systematic, qualitative synthesis approach widely used to provide robust evidence on patient and clinician beliefs and experiences and understandings of complex social phenomena. It can make important theore... Read More about Why, when and how to update a meta-ethnography qualitative synthesis.

Social workers’ thinking processes in cases involving sexual behaviour between siblings (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yates, P. (2016, January). Social workers’ thinking processes in cases involving sexual behaviour between siblings. Presented at Heart and Head: Messages from research and practice on supporting effective judgement in social work

Dr. Peter Yates, Lecturer in Child and Pubic Protection at Edinburgh Napier University, will present an overview of findings from his doctoral research examining social workers’ thinking processes through accounts of their decision making in cases in... Read More about Social workers’ thinking processes in cases involving sexual behaviour between siblings.

Psychological interventions for women with intellectual disabilities and forensic care needs: a systematic review of the literature (2015)
Journal Article
Hellenbach, M., Brown, M., Karatzias, T., & Robinson, R. (2015). Psychological interventions for women with intellectual disabilities and forensic care needs: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 59, 319-331. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12133

Objective

Research evidence to date concerning offending by people with intellectual disabilities (ID) has concentrated on male perpetrators and little is known about their female counterparts. This systematic literature review examines evidence o... Read More about Psychological interventions for women with intellectual disabilities and forensic care needs: a systematic review of the literature.

Palliative care and dementia - a time and place? (2015)
Journal Article
Kydd, A., & Sharp, B. (2015). Palliative care and dementia - a time and place?. Maturitas, 84, 5-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.10.007

The current focus in dementia care places emphasis on the potential of people to live well with the condition. Given the historical tendency to neglect the full rights and citizenship of people with dementia, such an emphasis gives hope and optimism... Read More about Palliative care and dementia - a time and place?.

Sociocultural and Technological Barriers Across all Phases of Implementation for Mobile Health in Developing Countries (2015)
Book Chapter
O'Connor, Y., O'Connor, S., Heavin, C., Gallagher, J., & O'Donoghue, J. (2016). Sociocultural and Technological Barriers Across all Phases of Implementation for Mobile Health in Developing Countries. In D. Al-Jumeily, A. Hussain, C. Mallucci, & C. Oliver (Eds.), Applied Computing in Medicine and Health (212-230). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-803468-2.00010-2

In recent years scholars are realising the importance of examining mobile health (mHealth) implementation in developing countries. A vast array of research exists which focuses on barriers of mHealth adoption in such domains. However, the majority of... Read More about Sociocultural and Technological Barriers Across all Phases of Implementation for Mobile Health in Developing Countries.

Delivering digital health and well-being at scale: lessons learned during the implementation of the dallas program in the United Kingdom (2015)
Journal Article
Devlin, A. M., McGee-Lennon, M., O’Donnell, C. A., Bouamrane, M.-M., Agbakoba, R., O’Connor, S., Grieve, E., Finch, T., Wyke, S., Watson, N., Browne, S., & Mair, F. S. (2016). Delivering digital health and well-being at scale: lessons learned during the implementation of the dallas program in the United Kingdom. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 23(1), 48-59. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocv097

OBJECTIVE:
To identify implementation lessons from the United Kingdom Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) program-a large-scale, national technology program that aims to deliver a broad range of digital services and products to t... Read More about Delivering digital health and well-being at scale: lessons learned during the implementation of the dallas program in the United Kingdom.

An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions: An Exploration of Joint Investigative Interview Training in Scotland: An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions (2015)
Journal Article
Goetzold, S. (2017). An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions: An Exploration of Joint Investigative Interview Training in Scotland: An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions. Child Abuse Review, 26(2), 116-129. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2391

Children in Scotland who are subject to child protection interviews should be interviewed jointly by specially trained police officers and social workers who have attended training based on a national curriculum. This study, which was conducted in tw... Read More about An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions: An Exploration of Joint Investigative Interview Training in Scotland: An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions.

Exploring How Knowledge Translation Can Improve Sustainability of Community-based Health Initiatives for People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (2015)
Journal Article
Spassiani, N. A., Parker Harris, S., & Hammel, J. (2016). Exploring How Knowledge Translation Can Improve Sustainability of Community-based Health Initiatives for People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 29(5), 433-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12202

Community-based health initiatives (CBHI) play an
important role in maintaining the health, function and
participation of people with intellectual/developmental
disabilities (I/DD) living in the community. However,
implementation and long-term su... Read More about Exploring How Knowledge Translation Can Improve Sustainability of Community-based Health Initiatives for People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities.

Social context, art making processes and creative output: a qualitative study exploring how psychosocial benefits of art participation during stroke rehabilitation occur (2015)
Journal Article
Morris, J., Toma, M., Kelly, C., Joice, S., Kroll, T., Mead, G., & Williams, B. (2016). Social context, art making processes and creative output: a qualitative study exploring how psychosocial benefits of art participation during stroke rehabilitation occur. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38(7), 661-672. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1055383

PURPOSE:
To explore stroke survivors' and artists' beliefs about participatory visual arts programme participation during in-patient rehabilitation to identify benefits and potential mechanisms of action.
METHOD:
Qualitative design using semi-stru... Read More about Social context, art making processes and creative output: a qualitative study exploring how psychosocial benefits of art participation during stroke rehabilitation occur.

Palliative care: from oncology to all nursing arenas - good practice or scaring the patients? (2015)
Journal Article
Kydd, A. (2015). Palliative care: from oncology to all nursing arenas - good practice or scaring the patients?. Maturitas, 81(4), 446-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.06.003

The aim of this paper is to encourage critical discussion of an individual's understanding of palliative care and compare this with a health care professional's understanding of palliative care. In doing this, the paper serves to illustrate the impor... Read More about Palliative care: from oncology to all nursing arenas - good practice or scaring the patients?.

Disclosure on transitioning to the labour market for graduates with disabilities. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Amin, M., Eerola, M., Horghagen, S., Kiely, S., Magnus, E., McKay, E., & Nolan, C. (2015, May). Disclosure on transitioning to the labour market for graduates with disabilities. Paper presented at NNDR 13th Research Conference

Research Aim: This paper will bring together various research strands from international multidisciplinary perspectives on the transition to the workplace for graduates with seen and unseen disabilities. In the limited evidence to date the issue of d... Read More about Disclosure on transitioning to the labour market for graduates with disabilities..

The burden of care: a focus group study of healthcare practitioners in Scotland talking about parental drug misuse (2015)
Journal Article
Whittaker, A., Williams, N., Chandler, A., Cunningham-Burley, S., McGorm, K., & Mathews, G. (2016). The burden of care: a focus group study of healthcare practitioners in Scotland talking about parental drug misuse. Health and Social Care in the Community, 24(5), e72-e80. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12249

Parenting and family support are key prevention and intervention strategies for improving outcomes for children and families affected by parental drug misuse. However, little is known about the delivery of parenting support for drug-dependent parents... Read More about The burden of care: a focus group study of healthcare practitioners in Scotland talking about parental drug misuse.