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Sustainable communities - a soft systems approach. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gowran, R., McKay, E. A., & O'Regan, B. (2008, December). Sustainable communities - a soft systems approach. Poster presented at Qualitative Conference

Breast cancer surveillance in women with intellectual disabilities (2008)
Journal Article
Willis, D., Kennedy, C., Kilbride, L., Satge, D., & Sullivan, S. G. (2008). Breast cancer surveillance in women with intellectual disabilities. International Journal on Disability and Human Development, 7, 405-412. https://doi.org/10.1515/IJDHD.2008.7.4.405

Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant neoplasm observed among women. For the subgroup of women with learning/intellectual disability, it is unclear whether their risk for breast cancer is as high as it is for the general population.

Object... Read More about Breast cancer surveillance in women with intellectual disabilities.

A decade on, what have we learnt about supporting women with intellectual disabilities through the menopause? (2008)
Journal Article
Willis, D. (2008). A decade on, what have we learnt about supporting women with intellectual disabilities through the menopause?. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 12, 9-23

Carr and Hollins highlighted the paucity of research on the menopause in women with intellectual disabilities and, 10
years on, this area still remains poorly researched. Work exploring the age of onset of the menopause has suggested that the menopa... Read More about A decade on, what have we learnt about supporting women with intellectual disabilities through the menopause?.

Young people's homeless pathways (2008)
Report
Mayock, P., Corr, M.-L., & O'Sullivan, E. (2008). Young people's homeless pathways

This is a qualitative longitudinal study of homeless young people in Dublin city. The research adopted a pathways approach and set out to document, record and understand temporal change in the homeless experience over time. A core aim was to generate... Read More about Young people's homeless pathways.

Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 2. (2008)
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., McIntyre, R., Worth, A., & Hogg, R. (2008). Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 2. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 14, 230-237

The aim was to report on the views of children, parents and key stakeholders of a new bereavement support service for families where a parent is dying from cancer.

A qualitative pre- and post-intervention evaluation
design was used. Case study me... Read More about Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 2..

Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 1. (2008)
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., McIntyre, R., Worth, A., & Hogg, R. (2008). Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 1. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 14, 162-168

The aim is to present findings from a review of key literature and from a scoping of current provision of support for children facing the death of a parent. A summary of the findings from these is reported here.

The methodology involved setting ou... Read More about Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 1..

Binge drinking- a commentary. (2008)
Book Chapter
Gill, J. S., Murdoch, J., & O'May, F. (2008). Binge drinking- a commentary. In K. I. DiGuarde (Ed.), Binge Drinking Research Progress (125-140). Nova Science Publishers

The experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities and their carers in general hospitals: a focus group study (2008)
Journal Article
Gibbs, S. M., Brown, M., & Muir, W. J. (2008). The experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities and their carers in general hospitals: a focus group study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52, 1061-1077. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01057.x

Background People with intellectual disabilities (ID) have higher levels of health needs compared with the general population, many of which are unrecognised and unmet. While there has been interest and research into the primary health provision for... Read More about The experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities and their carers in general hospitals: a focus group study.

'Housing First' as a means of addressing multiple needs and homelessness. (2008)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Nicholls, C. M. (2008). 'Housing First' as a means of addressing multiple needs and homelessness. European journal of homelessness, 2, 289-303

This paper considers the effectiveness of Housing First and its applicability to the European context. Housing First approaches explicitly incorporate secure tenures as an intrinsic part of support packages for homeless people who have mental health... Read More about 'Housing First' as a means of addressing multiple needs and homelessness..

Employment and employability (2008)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2008). Employment and employability. In M. A. Mulhern, J. Beech, & E. Thompson (Eds.), Scottish Life and Society, the working life of Scots (67-84). Birlinn, University of Edinburgh

A profiling exercise of childhood immunisation practices in Edinburgh (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, C., McIntosh, P., Hogg, R., Christie, J. A., & Gray Brunton, C. (2008, October). A profiling exercise of childhood immunisation practices in Edinburgh. Poster presented at NHS Lothian Research Day

Background: Childhood immunisation is a complex area in the research literature with a range of influences affecting uptake. Uptake is important to ensure herd immunity from infectious diseases and since the Wakefield et al (1998) publication, remain... Read More about A profiling exercise of childhood immunisation practices in Edinburgh.

Exploring the experiences and perspectives of families using a children’s hospice and professionals providing hospice care to identify future research priorities for children’s hospice care (2008)
Journal Article
Malcolm, C., Forbat, L., Knighting, K., & Kearney, N. (2008). Exploring the experiences and perspectives of families using a children’s hospice and professionals providing hospice care to identify future research priorities for children’s hospice care. Palliative Medicine, 22(8), 921-928. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216308098214

The main objective of this study is to generate a list of priority topics for children’s hospice care research in Scotland from the perspective of its key stakeholders. The method consists of qualitative semi-structured interviews with families using... Read More about Exploring the experiences and perspectives of families using a children’s hospice and professionals providing hospice care to identify future research priorities for children’s hospice care.

Psychiatry was broke - people are fixing it.(Letter) (2008)
Journal Article
Barker, P., Buchanan-Barker, P., Biley, F., Cooper, D., Cooper, P., Elliott, L., Grant, A., Masters, H., McManus, H., McNeil, S., Morgan, M., Onyett, S., Peacocke, R., Pilgrim, D., Radcliffe, M., Ramon, S., Simpson, A., & Wilkin, P. (2008). Psychiatry was broke - people are fixing it.(Letter). British Journal of Psychiatry,

The use of seclusion in learning disability services. (2008)
Journal Article
Powell, H., Alexander, A., & Karatzias, T. (2008). The use of seclusion in learning disability services. Learning Disability Practice, 11, 12-16

Seclusion is commonly used in learning disability health services, despite the lack of demonstrated effectiveness. This article reviews the use of seclusion in learning disability services. As relevant literature was limited, literature
from the men... Read More about The use of seclusion in learning disability services..

‘That was my old life; it's almost like a past-life now’: Identity crisis, loss and adjustment amongst people living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (2008)
Journal Article
Dickson, A., Knussen, C., & Flowers, P. (2008). ‘That was my old life; it's almost like a past-life now’: Identity crisis, loss and adjustment amongst people living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Psychology and Health, 23(4), 459-476. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870440701757393

Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 14 people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). The interviews centred on the experience of living with the condition from the participants’ own perspectives. All interviews were transcribed verbatim... Read More about ‘That was my old life; it's almost like a past-life now’: Identity crisis, loss and adjustment amongst people living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.