Examination of an eHealth literacy scale and a health literacy scale in a population with moderate to high cardiovascular risk: Rasch analyses (2017)
Journal Article
Richtering, S. S., Morris, R., Soh, S.-E., Barker, A., Bampi, F., Neubeck, L., Coorey, G., Mulley, J., Chalmers, J., Usherwood, T., Peiris, D., Chow, C. K., & Redfern, J. (2017). Examination of an eHealth literacy scale and a health literacy scale in a population with moderate to high cardiovascular risk: Rasch analyses. PLOS ONE, 12(4), Article e0175372. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175372

Introduction
Electronic health (eHealth) strategies are evolving making it important to have valid scales to assess eHealth and health literacy. Item response theory methods, such as the Rasch measurement model, are increasingly used for the psychom... Read More about Examination of an eHealth literacy scale and a health literacy scale in a population with moderate to high cardiovascular risk: Rasch analyses.

Patient Reported Outcome Measure of Spiritual Care as Delivered by Chaplains (2017)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., & Telfer, I. (2017). Patient Reported Outcome Measure of Spiritual Care as Delivered by Chaplains. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 23(4), 131-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/08854726.2017.1279935

Chaplains are employed by health organizations around the world to support patients in recognizing and addressing their spiritual needs. There is currently no generalizable measure of the impact of these interventions and so the clinical and strategi... Read More about Patient Reported Outcome Measure of Spiritual Care as Delivered by Chaplains.

Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Program in the United Kingdom (2017)
Journal Article
Lennon, M. R., Bouamrane, M.-M., Devlin, A. M., O'Connor, S., O'Donnell, C., Chetty, U., Agbakoba, R., Bikker, A., Grieve, E., Finch, T., Watson, N., Wyke, S., & Mair, F. S. (2017). Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Program in the United Kingdom. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(2), Article e42. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.6900

Background: Digital health has the potential to support care delivery for chronic illness. Despite positive evidence from localized implementations, new technologies have proven slow to become accepted, integrated, and routinized at scale.

Objecti... Read More about Readiness for Delivering Digital Health at Scale: Lessons From a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation of a National Digital Health Innovation Program in the United Kingdom.

eHealth Literacy: Predictors in a Population With Moderate-to-High Cardiovascular Risk (2017)
Journal Article
Richtering, S. S., Hyun, K., Neubeck, L., Coorey, G., Chalmers, J., Usherwood, T., Peiris, D., Chow, C. K., & Redfern, J. (2017). eHealth Literacy: Predictors in a Population With Moderate-to-High Cardiovascular Risk. JMIR Human Factors, 4(1), e4. https://doi.org/10.2196/humanfactors.6217

Background: Electronic health (eHealth) literacy is a growing area of research parallel to the ongoing development of eHealth interventions. There is, however, little and conflicting information regarding the factors that influence eHealth literacy,... Read More about eHealth Literacy: Predictors in a Population With Moderate-to-High Cardiovascular Risk.

Examining Dementia Caregivers’ Experiences (2016)
Journal Article
Joy, J., Whitelaw, T., Oldfather, I., & Willis, D. (2016). Examining Dementia Caregivers’ Experiences. International Journal of Aging and Society, 7(2), 59-72. https://doi.org/10.18848/2160-1909/CGP/v07i02/59-72

There are 46.8 million people living with dementia in the world and this number is expected to rise (The World Alzheimer Report 2015). The burden on caregivers can be enormous, yet in the UK they save the NHS and Social care services millions of pou... Read More about Examining Dementia Caregivers’ Experiences.

International Study of Chaplains’ Attitudes About Research (2016)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., Fitchett, G., Grossoehme, D. H., Handzo, G., Kelly, E., King, S. D. W., Telfer, I., Tan, H., & Flannelly, K. J. (2017). International Study of Chaplains’ Attitudes About Research. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 23(1), 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/08854726.2016.1250556

An online survey was conducted by twelve professional chaplain organizations to assess chaplains’ attitudes about and involvement in research. A total of 2,092 chaplains from 23 countries responded to the survey. Over 80% thought research was definit... Read More about International Study of Chaplains’ Attitudes About Research.

Public and patient engagement with digital health: a systematic review of qualitative studies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Connor, S., Hanlon, P., Garcia, S., Glanville, J., O'Donnell, C., & Mair, F. (2016, November). Public and patient engagement with digital health: a systematic review of qualitative studies. Presented at 44th North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting

Public and patient engagement with digital health: a systematic review of qualitative studies.

Large Scale Digital Health Deployments – How Ready Are We?: Lessons learned from the UK Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) programme (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mair, F., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M., Devlin, A., O'Connor, S., Agbakoba, R., Bikker, A., & O'Donnell, C. (2016, November). Large Scale Digital Health Deployments – How Ready Are We?: Lessons learned from the UK Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) programme. Presented at 44th North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting

Large Scale Digital Health Deployments – How Ready Are We?: Lessons learned from the UK Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) programme.

Engaging patients and the public in eHealth. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Connor, S., O'Donnell, C., & Mair, F. (2016, October). Engaging patients and the public in eHealth. Presented at 3rd European Congress on eCardiology and eHealth

Engaging patients and the public in eHealth.

Design think your life: how rethinking problems can help address integrated care for people with diabetes (2016)
Digital Artefact
O'Connor, S. (2016). Design think your life: how rethinking problems can help address integrated care for people with diabetes. [http://www.ehfg.org/blog/2016/09/30/design-think-your-life-how-rethinking-problems-can-help-address-integrated-care-for-people-with-diabetes-l3/]. European Health Forum Gastein, Austria

Blog: Design thinking was the hot topic of the integrated care pathways workshop at the European Health Forum Gastein conference today. The interactive 90-minute workshop was organised by Roche to facilitate new ideas and solutions around how people... Read More about Design think your life: how rethinking problems can help address integrated care for people with diabetes.

Engaging patients and the public in digital health: findings from a systematic review of qualitative studies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Connor, S., O'Donnell, C., & Mair, F. (2016, September). Engaging patients and the public in digital health: findings from a systematic review of qualitative studies. Presented at Menarini Foundation eHealth in Evolution Conference

Engaging patients and the public in digital health: findings from a systematic review of qualitative studies.

Understanding factors affecting patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: a systematic review of qualitative studies (2016)
Journal Article
O’Connor, S., Hanlon, P., O’Donnell, C. A., Garcia, S., Glanville, J., & Mair, F. S. (2016). Understanding factors affecting patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: a systematic review of qualitative studies. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 16(120), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0359-3

Background
Numerous types of digital health interventions (DHIs) are available to patients and the public but many factors affect their ability to engage and enrol in them. This systematic review aims to identify and synthesise the qualitative liter... Read More about Understanding factors affecting patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: a systematic review of qualitative studies.

Barriers and facilitators to patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: protocol of a systematic review of qualitative studies (2016)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S., Hanlon, P., O'Donnell, C. A., Garcia, S., Glanville, J., & Mair, F. S. (2016). Barriers and facilitators to patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: protocol of a systematic review of qualitative studies. BMJ Open, 6(9), Article e010895. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010895

Introduction: Patients and the public are beginning to use digital health tools to assist in managing chronic illness, support independent living and self-care, and remain connected to health and care providers. However, engaging with and enrolling i... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to patient and public engagement and recruitment to digital health interventions: protocol of a systematic review of qualitative studies.

Population health and nurse education – time to step-up (2016)
Journal Article
Atherton, I. M., Lasater, K., Richards, E. A., Mathews, L. R., Simpson, V., & Kyle, R. G. (2016). Population health and nurse education – time to step-up. Nurse Education Today, 51, 117-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.08.002

Highlights
•Contemporary trends in population health threaten the sustainability of current approaches to care delivery.
•Health care professionals inevitably confront social injustices in their day-to-day work.
•Nurses are ideally placed to make... Read More about Population health and nurse education – time to step-up.

What is the Current State of Digital Health Readiness in the UK: Progression Towards Sustainability in the Naitonal Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale: “dallas” programme (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Devlin, A., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M., O'Connor, S., Chetty, U., O'Donnell, C., & Mair, F. (2016, July). What is the Current State of Digital Health Readiness in the UK: Progression Towards Sustainability in the Naitonal Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale: “dallas” programme. Presented at 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC)

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Dementia in the workplace:establishing a cross disciplinary research agenda on the legal implications of dementia in the workplace (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egdell, V. (2016, July). Dementia in the workplace:establishing a cross disciplinary research agenda on the legal implications of dementia in the workplace. Paper presented at British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2016

A Flexible Toolkit for Evaluating Person-Centred Digital Health and Wellness at Scale (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O’Donnell, C. A., O’Connor, S., Devlin, A. M., Mair, F. S., McGee-Lennon, M., Bouamrane, M.-M., Grieve, E., O'Donnell, C., O'Connor, S., Agbakoba, R., Devlin, A., Barry, S., Bikker, A., Finch, T., & Mair, F. (2016, July). A Flexible Toolkit for Evaluating Person-Centred Digital Health and Wellness at Scale. Presented at 7th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2016), Florida, USA

The Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale (dallas) program was a large-scale, nationwide deployment of digital health and wellbeing products and services in the UK. Telehealth, telecare, mobile apps, personal health records, and assisted liv... Read More about A Flexible Toolkit for Evaluating Person-Centred Digital Health and Wellness at Scale.

Evaluating the Implementation of Health Checks for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Primary Care: The Importance of Organizational Context (2016)
Journal Article
Durbin, J., Selick, A., Casson, I., Green, L., Spassiani, N., Perry, A., & Lunsky, Y. (2016). Evaluating the Implementation of Health Checks for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Primary Care: The Importance of Organizational Context. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 54(2), 136-150. https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-54.2.136

Compared to other adults, those with intellectual and developmental disabilities have more health issues, yet are less likely to receive preventative care. One strategy that has shown success in increasing prevention activities and early detection of... Read More about Evaluating the Implementation of Health Checks for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Primary Care: The Importance of Organizational Context.

Balancing student/trainee learning with the delivery of patient care in the healthcare workplace: a protocol for realist synthesis (2016)
Journal Article
Sholl, S., Ajjawi, R., Allbutt, H., Butler, J., Jindal-Snape, D., Morrison, J., & Rees, C. (2016). Balancing student/trainee learning with the delivery of patient care in the healthcare workplace: a protocol for realist synthesis. BMJ Open, 6(4), Article e011145. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011145

Introduction:
A national survey was recently conducted to explore medical education research priorities in Scotland. The identified themes and underlying priority areas can be linked to current medical education drivers in the UK. The top priority a... Read More about Balancing student/trainee learning with the delivery of patient care in the healthcare workplace: a protocol for realist synthesis.

Demonstrating the value of co-design: a mobile application for persons with dementia and their carers (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Connor, S., Bouamrane, M., McGee-Lennon, M., O'Donnell, C., & Mair, F. (2016, April). Demonstrating the value of co-design: a mobile application for persons with dementia and their carers. Presented at Royal College of Nurses (RCN) Annual Conference

Demonstrating the value of co-design: a mobile application for persons with dementia and their carers.