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Relationship and role transformations in social media environments. (2011)
Journal Article
Hall, H. (2011). Relationship and role transformations in social media environments. Electronic Library, 29(4), 421-428

Based on a keynote paper presented at Internet Librarian International 2010 this article argues that the way in which librarians conceive a number of relationships – between themselves, social media tools, and end-users – determines the boundaries of... Read More about Relationship and role transformations in social media environments..

Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness. (2011)
Journal Article
Mayock, P., Corr, M. L., & O'Sullivan, E. (2011). Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness. Child and Family Social Work, 16, 391-401. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00753.x

The families of homeless young people are most often portrayed as a precipitating factor in their homelessness. However, recent studies, particularly those taking a longitudinal approach, have drawn attention to the enabling role of family members an... Read More about Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness..

Influencing expert judgment: attributions of crime causality. (2011)
Journal Article
Murray, J., Thomson, M. E., Cooke, D. J., & Charles, K. E. (2011). Influencing expert judgment: attributions of crime causality. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 16, 126-143. https://doi.org/10.1348/135532510X490183

Purpose: The present research aimed to investigate the effects of attribution on expert clinical judgment in comparison to semi-experts and lay-people. Two research questions were addressed. Firstly, would experts be less subject to attributional m... Read More about Influencing expert judgment: attributions of crime causality..

Social experimentation for active ageing: Edinburgh stakeholders interviews. (2011)
Report
Fuertes, V., McQuaid, R. W., & Egdell, V. (2011). Social experimentation for active ageing: Edinburgh stakeholders interviews

The Edinburgh Stakeholder Interviews presented in this report are part of QeC-ERAN’s (European Areas Regeneration Network – Quartiers en Crise) ‘Social Experimentation for Active Ageing’ transnational project.
The overall aim of QeC-ERAN ‘Social Exp... Read More about Social experimentation for active ageing: Edinburgh stakeholders interviews..

Violence against women: current theory and practice in domestic abuse, sexual violence and exploitation. (2011)
Book
Lombard, N., & McMillan, L. (2011). Violence against women: current theory and practice in domestic abuse, sexual violence and exploitation. Jessica Kingsley Publications

Violence against women is a pervasive problem in society and responding appropriately to those who experience it and those who perpetrate it is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professions today.
This volume seeks to address... Read More about Violence against women: current theory and practice in domestic abuse, sexual violence and exploitation..

A rapid review of literature relating to support for people with intellectual disabilities and their family carers when the person has: behaviours that challenge and/or mental health problems; or they are advancing in age, (2011)
Report
Slevin, E., Taggart, L., McConkey, R., Cousins, W., Truesdale-Kennedy, M., & Dowling, S. (2011). A rapid review of literature relating to support for people with intellectual disabilities and their family carers when the person has: behaviours that challenge and/or mental health problems; or they are advancing in age,. Belfast: HSC Public Health Agency

What services and support do people with Intellectual disabilities who display behaviours that challenge and their caregivers require to meet their needs? What services and support do older people with learning disabilities and their caregivers requi... Read More about A rapid review of literature relating to support for people with intellectual disabilities and their family carers when the person has: behaviours that challenge and/or mental health problems; or they are advancing in age,.

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.

Identifying time‐space constraints: a neglected element of the development discourse (2011)
Journal Article
Grieco, M., & Crowther, D. (2011). Identifying time‐space constraints: a neglected element of the development discourse. Social responsibility journal, 7(4), 638-648. https://doi.org/10.1108/17471111111175182

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide conceptual provocation in the context of collective expertise on the identification of time-space constraints – a conceptual provocation that pushes understandings of routines and practices and the... Read More about Identifying time‐space constraints: a neglected element of the development discourse.

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..

An Analysis of the Small and Micro-Brewing Sector in the United Kingdom: A Simple Niche Market or a Potential Gold Mine? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
United Kingdom: A Simple Niche Market or a Potential Gold Mine?. Paper presented at Beeronomics Conference -The Economics of Beer and Brewing

In recent years, the number of small independent businesses operating in
the brewing sector has increased significantly. Small and micro-breweries
have expanded in Europe and the U.S., and now almost every Western
country has a number of small bus... Read More about An Analysis of the Small and Micro-Brewing Sector in the United Kingdom: A Simple Niche Market or a Potential Gold Mine?.

UK student alcohol consumption: A cluster analysis of drinking behaviour typologies (2011)
Journal Article
Craigs, C. L., Bewick, B. M., Gill, J. S., & O'May, F. (2012). UK student alcohol consumption: A cluster analysis of drinking behaviour typologies. Health Education Journal, 71(4), 516-526. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896911406967

Objective: To assess the extent to which university students are following UK Government advice regarding appropriate consumption of alcohol, and to investigate if students can be placed into distinct clusters based on their drinking behaviour. Desig... Read More about UK student alcohol consumption: A cluster analysis of drinking behaviour typologies.

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., 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(4), 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.

Public health programme and policy options for improving health equitably (2011)
Journal Article
Haw, S., Frank, J., Frost, H., Geddes, R., Jackson, C., & Mooney, J. (2011). Public health programme and policy options for improving health equitably. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 41(1), 3-4. https://doi.org/10.4997/jrcpe.2011.101

First paragraph: Compared with other Western European countries, Scotland has the highest mortality rate and lowest life expectancy. Scotland is also characterised by marked inequalities, with men from the poorest communities dying 13 years earlier a... Read More about Public health programme and policy options for improving health equitably.

Assessing the impact of a high-intensity partnership between the police and drug treatment service in addressing the offending of problematic drug users. (2010)
Journal Article
Best, D., Walker, D., Aston, E., Pegram, C., & O'Donnell, G. (2010). Assessing the impact of a high-intensity partnership between the police and drug treatment service in addressing the offending of problematic drug users. Policing and Society, 20(3), 358-369. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2010.493609

While there is a considerable evidence base showing links between drug use and offending and clear evidence of the impact of treatment engagement on drug-related offending, there is a much smaller UK evidence base on ‘what works’ in treatment and cri... Read More about Assessing the impact of a high-intensity partnership between the police and drug treatment service in addressing the offending of problematic drug users..

Daniel Bell's theory of the information society. (2010)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2010). Daniel Bell's theory of the information society. In B. Smart (Ed.), Post-Industrial Society (201-232). SAGE Publications

Daniel Bell is recognised to be the foremost writer on the information society. The paper expounds his writings in detail, showing their development from the 1960s to the 1990s. It is argued that his position has always contained three distinguishabl... Read More about Daniel Bell's theory of the information society..