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Law enforcement and public health: setting the research agenda for Scotland . (2018)
Report
Murray, J., Heyman, I., Wooff, A., Dougall, N., Aston, L., & Enang, I. (2018). Law enforcement and public health: setting the research agenda for Scotland . Dundee: Scottish Institute for Policing Research

Police Scotland’s contact with people with vulnerability and health problems has been increasing year-on-year, with significant costs and unknown outcomes associated. This is unsustainable, and pathways involving increased partnership between the pol... Read More about Law enforcement and public health: setting the research agenda for Scotland ..

Trafficking in Human Beings and the Informal Economy (2018)
Book Chapter
Sharapov, K. (2018). Trafficking in Human Beings and the Informal Economy. In R. Piotrowicz, C. Rijken, & B. Heide Uhl (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Human Trafficking. Routledge

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Good practice in shared decision-making and consent (2018)
Report
Wojcik, G. (2018). Good practice in shared decision-making and consent. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government

The Scottish Government’s Health and Social Care Delivery Plan contains a commitment to reviewing the consent process for patients in Scotland with the General Medical Council and Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. This report supports that work, by... Read More about Good practice in shared decision-making and consent.

Community Based Dietician Services for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2018)
Journal Article
Friedman, C., & Spassiani, N. (2018). Community Based Dietician Services for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 15(4), 343-349. https://doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12253

Background. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience significantly poorer health outcomes and a shorter life expectancy when compared to the general population. People with IDD are also more likely to become over weigh... Read More about Community Based Dietician Services for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Examining Patterns of Adversity in Chinese Young Adults Using the Adverse Childhood Experiences – International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ) (2018)
Journal Article
Ho, G. W. K., Chan, A. C. Y., Chien, W.-T., Bressington, D. T., & Karatzias, T. (2019). Examining Patterns of Adversity in Chinese Young Adults Using the Adverse Childhood Experiences – International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ). Child Abuse and Neglect, 88, 179-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.11.009

Ample evidence supports significant and enduring associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and negative outcomes later in life. Subsets of ACEs (e.g. childhood maltreatment and household dysfunction) have been examined in Chinese popu... Read More about Examining Patterns of Adversity in Chinese Young Adults Using the Adverse Childhood Experiences – International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ).

The Lived Experience of Codependency: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Bacon, I., McKay, E., Reynolds, F., & McIntyre, A. (2020). The Lived Experience of Codependency: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 18(3), 754-771. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-018-9983-8

Codependency is a complex and debatable concept, which has been used over the years by mental health professionals to inform their practices. Researchers have attempted to identify the main problems associated with codependency; however, their eviden... Read More about The Lived Experience of Codependency: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.

Safeguarding children and young people in the online environment: safeguarding implications in respect of sexting and associated online behaviour (2018)
Journal Article
Murray, S. (2018). Safeguarding children and young people in the online environment: safeguarding implications in respect of sexting and associated online behaviour. Journal of Nursing Research and Practice, 2(2), 26-29

Between November 2014 and 2017, police forces across the United Kingdom reported a 131% (England and Wales) and 60% (Scotland) rise in the recorded indecent communications online or via texts since the inception of the Sexual Offences Act (England, 2... Read More about Safeguarding children and young people in the online environment: safeguarding implications in respect of sexting and associated online behaviour.

Youth digital participation: Measuring social impact (2018)
Journal Article
Pawluczuk, A., Webster, G., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2020). Youth digital participation: Measuring social impact. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 52(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769975

Current scholarly debate around digital participatory youth projects and approaches to their evaluation are examined in this article. The analysis of the literature presented here reveals (1) an over-reliance on traditional evaluation techniques for... Read More about Youth digital participation: Measuring social impact.

Systematic review: cultural adaptation and feasibility of screening for autism in non-English speaking countries (2018)
Journal Article
Al Maskari, T. S., Melville, C. A., & Willis, D. S. (2018). Systematic review: cultural adaptation and feasibility of screening for autism in non-English speaking countries. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 12(1), Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-018-0200-8

Aim: To explore the feasibility of screening for Autism spectrum disorder in Non-English-Speaking Countries, the cultural influences and the nurses' role in the screening process.

Background: The prevalence Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is rising... Read More about Systematic review: cultural adaptation and feasibility of screening for autism in non-English speaking countries.

Early death and causes of death of people with Down syndrome: A systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
O'Leary, L., Hughes-McCormack, L., Dunn, K., & Cooper, S.-A. (2018). Early death and causes of death of people with Down syndrome: A systematic review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(5), 687-708. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12446

Background: It is thought that people with Down syndrome die younger than the general population, but that survival rates are improving.
Methods: Five databases were searched for key words related to intellectual disabilities, Down syndrome, and mo... Read More about Early death and causes of death of people with Down syndrome: A systematic review.

Evaluating effectiveness in social work: sharing dilemmas in practice (2018)
Journal Article
Cree, V., Jain, S., & Hillen, D. P. (2019). Evaluating effectiveness in social work: sharing dilemmas in practice. European Journal of Social Work, 599-610. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2018.1441136

Evaluating effectiveness is of primary concern to social work practice; resources will always be limited, and those using services deserve the best. But what is effectiveness, and how should it be measured? This paper explores the challenge of measur... Read More about Evaluating effectiveness in social work: sharing dilemmas in practice.