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Is regulation good for skill development? Mediating actors and workplace practice in adult social care in England (2011)
Journal Article
Rainbird, H., Leeson, E., & Munro, A. (2011). Is regulation good for skill development? Mediating actors and workplace practice in adult social care in England. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(18), 3727-3741. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.622921

The Care Standards Act (2000) regulates the provision of care services in the UK, specifying induction and competence requirements for managers and workers, and that workers should have access to 3 days of training a year. Applying Dickens' concept... Read More about Is regulation good for skill development? Mediating actors and workplace practice in adult social care in England.

Recommendations by Queensland GPs to be more physically active: which patients were recommended which activities and what action they took (2011)
Journal Article
Robertson, R., Jepson, R., Shepherd, A., & McInnes, R. (2011). Recommendations by Queensland GPs to be more physically active: which patients were recommended which activities and what action they took. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(6), 537-542. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00779.x

Objective: To ascertain the extent to which general practitioners in Queensland recommend physical activity to their patients, the types of patients they target, types of activities they suggest and how patients respond to the recommendations.

Met... Read More about Recommendations by Queensland GPs to be more physically active: which patients were recommended which activities and what action they took.

Palliative Care Education for Undergraduate Nurses in Practice (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walker, J., & Nicol, J. (2011, October). Palliative Care Education for Undergraduate Nurses in Practice. Poster presented at Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual conference 2011

Development of palliative care education sessions in the clinical setting for undergraduate nurses.

An evaluation to assess the implementation of NHS delivered Alcohol Brief Interventions: Final Report. (2011)
Preprint / Working Paper
Parkes, T., Atherton, I., Evans, J., Gloyn, S., McGhee, S., Stoddart, B., Eadie, D., Brooks, O., MacAskill, S., Petrie, D., & Choudury, H. An evaluation to assess the implementation of NHS delivered Alcohol Brief Interventions: Final Report

Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABIs) have been identified as an effective strategy for treating people whose alcohol consumption is posing a risk to their health. As part of its Alcohol Strategy the Scottish Government established a health improvement... Read More about An evaluation to assess the implementation of NHS delivered Alcohol Brief Interventions: Final Report..

Is it my job? Alcohol brief interventions: knowledge and attitudes among future health-care professionals in Scotland (2011)
Journal Article
Gill, J. S., & O'May, F. P. (2011). Is it my job? Alcohol brief interventions: knowledge and attitudes among future health-care professionals in Scotland. Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism, 46, 441-450. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agr049

Aims: To document knowledge and perceptions relating to the professional role in the area of alcohol misuse within a sample of first year (n = 278) and final year (n = 527) medical, nursing and allied health professional (NAHP) students in Scotland.... Read More about Is it my job? Alcohol brief interventions: knowledge and attitudes among future health-care professionals in Scotland.

Next generation secure e-health platform. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2011, June). Next generation secure e-health platform. Paper presented at BCS ISSG seminar "The Insider Threat"

A patient-centric approach to integrating assisted living and formal health care and how the opportunity for insider threats is reduced through the enhanced identity checking system.

Promoting Health and Wellbeing in later Life. Interventions in Primary Care and Community Settings. (2011)
Book
Frost, H., Haw, S., & Frank, J. (2011). Promoting Health and Wellbeing in later Life. Interventions in Primary Care and Community Settings. Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy

In developed countries the population of older people is expected to rise as life expectancy increases. Consequently, it will become increasingly difficult to maintain independent living for older people in their own homes or provide adequate pension... Read More about Promoting Health and Wellbeing in later Life. Interventions in Primary Care and Community Settings..

The price of a drink: levels of consumption and price paid per unit of alcohol by Edinburgh’s ill drinkers with a comparison to wider sales in Scotland (2011)
Journal Article
Black, H., Gill, J. S., & Chick, J. (2011). The price of a drink: levels of consumption and price paid per unit of alcohol by Edinburgh’s ill drinkers with a comparison to wider sales in Scotland. Addiction, 106, 729-736. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03225.x

Aim
To compare alcohol purchasing and consumption by ill drinkers in Edinburgh with wider alcohol sales in Scotland.

Design
Cross-sectional.

Setting
Two hospitals in Edinburgh in 2008/09.

Participants
A total of 377 patients with... Read More about The price of a drink: levels of consumption and price paid per unit of alcohol by Edinburgh’s ill drinkers with a comparison to wider sales in Scotland.

Occupational Therapy graduates of 2009; knowledge and attitudes relating to their role in the area of alcohol misuse (2011)
Journal Article
Gill, J. S., MacLean, F., Renton, L., & O'May, F. (2011). Occupational Therapy graduates of 2009; knowledge and attitudes relating to their role in the area of alcohol misuse. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74, 168-175. https://doi.org/10.4276/030802211X13021048723174

Purpose: Within Scotland, health policy changes are being considered to address the misuse of alcohol. Concurrently, a shifting of professional roles within the National Health Service is under way. The purpose of the study was to investigate persona... Read More about Occupational Therapy graduates of 2009; knowledge and attitudes relating to their role in the area of alcohol misuse.

How people present symptoms to health services: a theory-based content analysis (2011)
Journal Article
Farquharson, B., Johnston, M., & Bugge, C. (2011). How people present symptoms to health services: a theory-based content analysis. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 61(585), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp11x567090

How people present symptoms to health services may influence the care they subsequently receive. Leventhal's Commonsense Model of Self-Regulation (CS-SRM) posits that individuals develop cognitive illness representations elaborated around five main c... Read More about How people present symptoms to health services: a theory-based content analysis.

Sustainable wheelchair provision. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gowran, R., Murray, E., Sund, T., McKay, E. A., & O'Regan, B. (2011, August). Sustainable wheelchair provision. Presented at Association of Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe, Maastricht, Netherlands

This session is to heighten awareness, generate debate, facilitate dialogue, reflect and review current practices and unite as a community of people with a common goal to build a system for sustainable wheelchair provision within their own country. M... Read More about Sustainable wheelchair provision..

Social support mechanisms of the elderly: insights from the British Household panel survey (2010)
Journal Article
Raeside, R., Gayen, K., & Canduela, J. (2010). Social support mechanisms of the elderly: insights from the British Household panel survey. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Annual Review, 5, 163-178

Many European countries are facing a future of an ageing society. This has arisen from a prolonged period of low fertility. To provide support for the elderly reliance is often placed on support from younger relatives and from friends. To understand... Read More about Social support mechanisms of the elderly: insights from the British Household panel survey.

Accessing and maintaining legal representation for persons with mental disorder (2010)
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2010). Accessing and maintaining legal representation for persons with mental disorder. SCOLAG : Scottish Legal Action Group bulletin, 393, 143

It is vital that a person with mental disorder has equal access to the law without discrimination, whether or not they have capacity. This article examines issues relating to mental disordered persons and legal service provision. In particular it con... Read More about Accessing and maintaining legal representation for persons with mental disorder.