Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: best interests, welfare and well-being (2016)
Book
Sutherland, E. E., & MacFarlane, L.-A. B. (Eds.). (2016). Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: best interests, welfare and well-being. Cambridge University Press

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is acknowledged as a landmark in the development of children's rights. Article 3 makes the child's best interests a primary consideration in all actions concerning children, and requires States Parties to... Read More about Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: best interests, welfare and well-being.

Supported Decision-Making: Good Practice Guide (2016)
Report
Stavert, J. (2016). Supported Decision-Making: Good Practice Guide. Edinburgh: Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

Supported decision-making maximizes an individual's ability to ensure that their rights, will and preferences are at the centre of all decisions that concern them...

Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs (2016)
Thesis
Delaney, C. Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978828

Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs and factors associated with coping has rarely been investigated in the past. A systematic review of the quantitative caregiver coping literature indicated that previous research had a s... Read More about Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs.

Evaluation of Improving Cancer Journeys (2016)
Report
Snowden, A., & Young, J. (2016). Evaluation of Improving Cancer Journeys. Glasgow: Macmillan Cancer Support UK

First report of five year evaluation.

"It's just the abuse that needs to stop": Social worker decision making regarding sibling living and contact arrangements in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yates, P. (2016, September). "It's just the abuse that needs to stop": Social worker decision making regarding sibling living and contact arrangements in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour. Paper presented at NOTA Annual Conference

Somewhere between a third and a half of sexual abuse perpetrated by children and young people involves siblings as victims (Hackett et al., 1998; Ryan 2010). Sibling sexual abuse often requires very difficult decisions to be made regarding whether or... Read More about "It's just the abuse that needs to stop": Social worker decision making regarding sibling living and contact arrangements in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour.

Parent–child connectedness and communication in relation to alcohol, tobacco and drug use in adolescence: An integrative review of the literature (2016)
Journal Article
Carver, H., Elliott, L., Kennedy, C., & Hanley, J. (2017). Parent–child connectedness and communication in relation to alcohol, tobacco and drug use in adolescence: An integrative review of the literature. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 24(2), 119-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2016.1221060

Previous reviews have highlighted parent-child connectedness and communication as important protective factors against adolescent substance use. However, these reviews focus on single substances such as alcohol. An integrative review of the literatur... Read More about Parent–child connectedness and communication in relation to alcohol, tobacco and drug use in adolescence: An integrative review of the literature.

Social workers’ use of heuristics in risk assessment and decision making in cases involving sibling sexual abuse (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yates, P. (2016, September). Social workers’ use of heuristics in risk assessment and decision making in cases involving sibling sexual abuse. Presented at 14th Conference of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO), Copenhagen, Denmark

Between 1/3 and 1/2 of sexual abuse perpetrated by children and young people involves siblings as victims. The currently available risk assessment tools give this little consideration, and by offering only broad indications of the likelihood of re-of... Read More about Social workers’ use of heuristics in risk assessment and decision making in cases involving sibling sexual abuse.

Working with fathers of at-risk children: Insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention (2016)
Journal Article
Scourfield, J., Allely, C., Coffey, A., & Yates, P. (2016). Working with fathers of at-risk children: Insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention. Children and Youth Services Review, 69, 259-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.08.021

This article is based on qualitative research with fathers who attended Mellow Dads, an intensive ‘dads only’ group-based intervention underpinned by attachment theory for fathers of at-risk children. Specifically the article draws on data from a pro... Read More about Working with fathers of at-risk children: Insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention.

Sibling sexual abuse: why don't we talk about it? (2016)
Journal Article
Yates, P. (2017). Sibling sexual abuse: why don't we talk about it?. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(15-16), 2482-2494. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13531

Aims and objectives
To explore two hypotheses for explaining why there is little written about sibling sexual abuse and to raise awareness of the subject in order better to protect children and to facilitate sensitive patient care.
Background
Whil... Read More about Sibling sexual abuse: why don't we talk about it?.

Voting and the Scottish referendum: perspectives of people with intellectual disabilities and their family and paid carers (2016)
Journal Article
Willis, D. S., McGlade, I., Gallagher, M., & Menabney, C. (2016). Voting and the Scottish referendum: perspectives of people with intellectual disabilities and their family and paid carers. Disability and Society, 31(7), 914-928. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2016.1211002

Voting is a human right for every citizen yet many people with intellectual disabilities do not vote or have little support to exercise their right to vote. This article explores views on the wider aspects of voting against the backdrop of the Scotti... Read More about Voting and the Scottish referendum: perspectives of people with intellectual disabilities and their family and paid carers.

Dementia in the workplace: establishing a cross disciplinary research (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egdell, V., Stavert, J., & McGregor, R. (2016, July). Dementia in the workplace: establishing a cross disciplinary research. Paper presented at British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference

Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian (2016)
Thesis
Lindsay, C. F. Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/455610

The overarching aim of this thesis is to critically evaluate the implementation of Lean in NHS Lothian, a National Health Service (NHS) Health Board in Scotland. Against challenging financial times, Lean has been endorsed for adoption in the provisio... Read More about Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian.

Valuing the edges: exploring the process of belonging with people with learning disabilities and their support workers. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coetzee, S., McKay, E. A., Bryant, W., & Nicholls, L. (2016, June). Valuing the edges: exploring the process of belonging with people with learning disabilities and their support workers. Paper presented at 1st COTEC-ENOTHE Congress

Exploring transitions of occupational therapy graduates with seen and unseen disabilities. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKay, E. A., Magnus, E., Nolan, C., Horghagen, S., Eerola, M., Amin, M., & Keily, S. (2016, June). Exploring transitions of occupational therapy graduates with seen and unseen disabilities. Paper presented at 1st COTEC-ENOTHE Congress

Enabling the participation of students with disabilities in health and human professions. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jarus, T., Sachs, D., Magnus, E., Nolan, C., Lee, M., Horghagen, S., Schreuer, N., McKay, E. A., & Shoham, S. (2016, June). Enabling the participation of students with disabilities in health and human professions. Paper presented at 1st COTEC-ENOTHE Congress

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).

Justice, Empowerment and Community in Scotland (2016)
Journal Article
Buchan, J. (2016). Justice, Empowerment and Community in Scotland. Scottish Justice Matters, 4(2), 20-21

No abstract available.

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.

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.