Persuasive design features within a consumer-focused eHealth intervention integrated with the electronic health record: a mixed methods study of effectiveness and acceptability (2019)
Journal Article
Coorey, G. M., Peiris, D., Usherwood, T., Neubeck, L., Mulley, J., & Redfern, J. (2019). Persuasive design features within a consumer-focused eHealth intervention integrated with the electronic health record: a mixed methods study of effectiveness and acceptability. PLOS ONE, 14(6), Article e0218447. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218447

Introduction: eHealth strategies targeting health-related behaviour often incorporate persuasive software design. To further engage patients with their overall health management, consumer-facing web portals may be integrated with data from one or mor... Read More about Persuasive design features within a consumer-focused eHealth intervention integrated with the electronic health record: a mixed methods study of effectiveness and acceptability.

Are mental health tribunals operating in accordance with international human rights standards? A systematic review of the international literature (2019)
Journal Article
Macgregor, A., Brown, M., & Stavert, J. (2019). Are mental health tribunals operating in accordance with international human rights standards? A systematic review of the international literature. Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(4), e494-e513. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12749

Mental health tribunals are responsible for making decisions about compulsory treatment for individuals considered a risk to themselves and others due to mental disorder. They are generally designed to provide safeguards for individuals subject to co... Read More about Are mental health tribunals operating in accordance with international human rights standards? A systematic review of the international literature.

Developing a reporting guideline to improve meta-ethnography in health research: the eMERGe mixed-methods study (2019)
Journal Article
Cunningham, M., France, E. F., Ring, N., Uny, I., Duncan, E. A., Roberts, R. J., Jepson, R. G., Maxwell, M., Turley, R. L., & Noyes, J. (2019). Developing a reporting guideline to improve meta-ethnography in health research: the eMERGe mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 7(4), 1-116. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr07040

Background
Meta-ethnography is a commonly used methodology for qualitative evidence synthesis. Research has identified that the quality of reporting of published meta-ethnographies is often poor and this has limited the utility of meta-ethnography f... Read More about Developing a reporting guideline to improve meta-ethnography in health research: the eMERGe mixed-methods study.

Development and evaluation of a theoretical model to predict medicines adherence in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability and diabetes: a mixed methods study. (2018)
Thesis
Paterson, R. E. Development and evaluation of a theoretical model to predict medicines adherence in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability and diabetes: a mixed methods study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1526669

Background: Fifty percent of medications are not taken as prescribed. This is a major public health issue yet there is very limited evidence on the factors associated with medicines adherence in people with mild to moderate Intellectually Disabilitie... Read More about Development and evaluation of a theoretical model to predict medicines adherence in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability and diabetes: a mixed methods study..

Living with and beyond dementia: a phenomenological investigation of young people’s lived experience with dementia and the transition from pre-diagnosis through diagnosis and beyond to living well with dementia. (2017)
Thesis
Douglas, J. Living with and beyond dementia: a phenomenological investigation of young people’s lived experience with dementia and the transition from pre-diagnosis through diagnosis and beyond to living well with dementia. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1032617

Younger People with Dementia (YPwD) are those who receive a diagnosis of dementia under the age of 65. In Scotland the number of people with dementia who meet this definition is approximately 3200 (Alzheimer Scotland, 2017). The purpose of this study... Read More about Living with and beyond dementia: a phenomenological investigation of young people’s lived experience with dementia and the transition from pre-diagnosis through diagnosis and beyond to living well with dementia..

A physical activity referral program improves risk factors in those who have completed cardiac rehabilitation. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hanson, C., Neubeck, L., & Dodd-Reynolds, C. (2017, August). A physical activity referral program improves risk factors in those who have completed cardiac rehabilitation. Presented at 65th Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, Australia

Background: On completion of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), participants may be referred to community-based physical activity programs. There is limited data to determine additional benefits of these programs supplemental to CR.

Methods: Using longi... Read More about A physical activity referral program improves risk factors in those who have completed cardiac rehabilitation..

Narratives of care amongst undergraduate students (2017)
Journal Article
Tett, L., Cree, V. E., Mullins, E., & Christie, H. (2017). Narratives of care amongst undergraduate students. Pastoral Care in Education, 35(3), 166-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/02643944.2017.1363813

This paper addresses a central paradox that affects the nature of the student experience in the U.K. On the one hand, the marketisation of higher education, with its associated emphasis on performativity indicators, may be seen to have reduced studen... Read More about Narratives of care amongst undergraduate students.

An integrative review of factors influencing the use of antibiotic de-escalation in hospital setting (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wojcik, G., Kydonaki, C., Willis, D., & Williams, B. (2017, March). An integrative review of factors influencing the use of antibiotic de-escalation in hospital setting. Poster presented at Edinburgh Antimicrobial Resistance Research Symposium

No abstract available.

Print media representations of UK Accident and Emergency treatment targets: Winter 2014-2015 (2017)
Journal Article
Grant, A., & Hoyle, L. (2017). Print media representations of UK Accident and Emergency treatment targets: Winter 2014-2015. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(23-24), 4425-4435. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13772

Aims and Objectives: to undertake an analysis of UK national daily newspaper coverage of accident and emergency treatment targets, in order to understand if the media could be seen to be creating a scandal.
Background: Emergency Department treatment... Read More about Print media representations of UK Accident and Emergency treatment targets: Winter 2014-2015.

An exploration of the lived experiences of people with alcohol-related harm in Scotland (2016)
Journal Article
O'May, F., Gill, J., Black, H., Rees, C., & Chick, J. (2017). An exploration of the lived experiences of people with alcohol-related harm in Scotland. Journal of Substance Use, 22(4), 442-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2016.1235732

Background: Alcohol consumption has posed well-documented problems for Scottish society in terms of morbidity, mortality, and wider societal costs. Objectives: To investigate the lived experiences and drinking behaviors of people with alcohol-related... Read More about An exploration of the lived experiences of people with alcohol-related harm in Scotland.

Summer Schools for Postgraduate Students – Yea or Nay? (2016)
Digital Artefact
O'Connor, S. (2016). Summer Schools for Postgraduate Students – Yea or Nay?. [http://ihawkes.academicblogs.co.uk/2016/08/24/summer-schools-for-postgraduate-students-yea-or-nay/]. United Kingdom

Blog: I often wondered if research based summer schools run at universities and other organisations were worth investing in as a PhD student. When I heard the European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS) run an annual summer school specifically for nur... Read More about Summer Schools for Postgraduate Students – Yea or Nay?.

Making the most of Social Media. (2016)
Digital Artefact
O'Connor, S. (2016). Making the most of Social Media. [http://ihawkes.academicblogs.co.uk/2016/05/20/making-the-most-of-social-media/]. University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: So you might think that PhD land and social media don’t have much in common but it’s safe to say that without utilising the benefits online, interactive platforms like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have to offer you might miss out on quite a l... Read More about Making the most of Social Media..

Making the most of clinical research networks (2015)
Digital Artefact
O'Connor, S. (2015). Making the most of clinical research networks. [http://ihawkes.academicblogs.co.uk/2015/10/28/making-the-most-of-clinical-research-networks/]. University of Glasgow, UK

Blog: For those public health researchers with a specific clinical background, tapping into a local and national network of clinical researchers can make a huge difference in terms of how your research progresses and opportunities for a long-term res... Read More about Making the most of clinical research networks.

The ‘vicious cycle’ of personalised asthma action plan implementation in primary care: a qualitative study of patients and health professionals’ views (2015)
Journal Article
Ring, N., Booth, H., Wilson, C., Hoskins, G., Pinnock, H., Sheikh, A., & Jepson, R. (2015). The ‘vicious cycle’ of personalised asthma action plan implementation in primary care: a qualitative study of patients and health professionals’ views. BMC Family Practice, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-015-0352-4

Background: Personal asthma action plans (PAAPs) have been guideline recommended for years, but consistently
under-issued by health professionals and under-utilised by patients. Previous studies have investigated sub-optimal
PAAP implementation but... Read More about The ‘vicious cycle’ of personalised asthma action plan implementation in primary care: a qualitative study of patients and health professionals’ views.

Mobile apps and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease - what works? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neubeck, L., Coorey, G., Lowres, N., & Redfern, J. (2015, August). Mobile apps and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease - what works?. Poster presented at Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability
globally. Use of mobile apps may be a solution to increase access to effective prevention. Explosion of low-cost health-related apps that are not based on evidence.

Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2014). Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK. Nurse Researcher, 21(6), 12-15. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.21.6.12.e1244

AIM:

To show that the ethics governance process in the UK is not necessarily conducive to innovative investigation by doctoral students.

BACKGROUND:

Doctoral students need to demonstrate an original contribution to knowledge. This paper cr... Read More about Ethics and originality in doctoral research in the UK.

Against intimacy: focusing on the task in hand in PhD supervision (2014)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2014). Against intimacy: focusing on the task in hand in PhD supervision. British Journal of Nursing, 23(21), 1126-1132. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2014.23.21.1126

Worldwide, more nurses are undertaking doctoral studies now than at any other time. However, there is little high-quality evidence focused on investigating successful completion of such studies. Instead there is considerable literature dedicated to u... Read More about Against intimacy: focusing on the task in hand in PhD supervision.

Returning to work after long term sickness absence due to low back pain – the struggle within: a qualitative study of the patient's experience. (2014)
Journal Article
Ryan, C. G., Lauchlan, D., Rooney, L., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Gray, H. (2014). Returning to work after long term sickness absence due to low back pain – the struggle within: a qualitative study of the patient's experience. WORK, 49, 433-444. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-131646

Background: low back pain (LBP) is a major cause of work absence. Assisting individuals back into work is an important part of rehabilitation. Objective: to explore the experiences of individuals returning to work after an episode of sickness absence... Read More about Returning to work after long term sickness absence due to low back pain – the struggle within: a qualitative study of the patient's experience..

Developing and sustaining a culture of innovation in Health Higher Education literature review. (2014)
Report
Lewitt, M. S., Snowden, A., & Sheward, L. (2014). Developing and sustaining a culture of innovation in Health Higher Education literature review. Scotland: Higher Education Academy/ Council of Deans

This literature review set out to review the recent literature on cultures of innovation and summarise how they are developed, sustained and extended, including the associated barriers and enablers, in a way that is relevant to health HE and which ca... Read More about Developing and sustaining a culture of innovation in Health Higher Education literature review..

Screening education and recognition by primary care physician of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (SEARCH-AF II stroke prevention study) and the role of general practice receptionists. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Orchard, J., Freedman, S. B., Lowres, N., & Neubeck, L. (2014, May). Screening education and recognition by primary care physician of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (SEARCH-AF II stroke prevention study) and the role of general practice receptionists. Poster presented at World Congress of Cardiology