Population health as a 'platform' for nurse education: A qualitative study of nursing leaders (2019)
Journal Article
Lasater, K., Atherton, I. M., & Kyle, R. G. (2020). Population health as a 'platform' for nurse education: A qualitative study of nursing leaders. Nurse Education Today, 86, Article 104313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.104313

Background: Challenges to the sustainability of global healthcare systems are prompting a shift towards more population-focused models of care. Nurse educators need to develop courses that prepare students for population health practice. However, the... Read More about Population health as a 'platform' for nurse education: A qualitative study of nursing leaders.

Zooming out to prioritise population health in nurse education (2019)
Journal Article
Lasater, K., Kyle, R. G., & Atherton, I. M. (2019). Zooming out to prioritise population health in nurse education. Collegian, 26(5), 511-513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2019.09.007

In this Editorial, we argue that zooming out to prioritise population health in nurse education can: (1) Redefine population health as praxis; (2) Reposition nursing as a significant part of the movement to address global health care challenges; (3)... Read More about Zooming out to prioritise population health in nurse education.

Health-related behaviors of nurses and other healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey (2018)
Journal Article
Schneider, A., Bak, M., Mahoney, C., Hoyle, L., Ba, K., Atherton, I. M., & Kyle, R. G. (2019). Health-related behaviors of nurses and other healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75(6), 1239-1251. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13926

Aims: To estimate the prevalence and co-occurrence of health-related behaviours among nurses in Scotland relative to other healthcare workers and those in non-healthcare occupations.
Design: Secondary analysis of nationally representative cross-sect... Read More about Health-related behaviors of nurses and other healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey.

A retrospective medical records review of risk factors for the development of respiratory tract secretions (death rattle) in the dying patient (2018)
Journal Article
Kolb, H., Snowden, A., Stevens, E., & Atherton, I. (2018). A retrospective medical records review of risk factors for the development of respiratory tract secretions (death rattle) in the dying patient. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(7), 1639-1648. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13704

Aim: Identification of risk factors predicting the development of death rattle.
Background: Respiratory tract secretions, often called death rattle, are among the most common symptoms in dying patients around the world. It is unknown whether death r... Read More about A retrospective medical records review of risk factors for the development of respiratory tract secretions (death rattle) in the dying patient.

Obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England: a cross-sectional study using the Health Survey for England (2017)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Wills, J., Mahoney, C., Hoyle, L., Kelly, M., & Atherton, I. M. (2017). Obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England: a cross-sectional study using the Health Survey for England. BMJ Open, 7(12), Article e018498. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018498

Objective: To estimate obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England and compare prevalence to those working outside of the health services.
Design: Cross-sectional study based on data from five years (2008-2012) of the nationally rep... Read More about Obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England: a cross-sectional study using the Health Survey for England.

Transfusing our lifeblood: Reframing research impact through inter-disciplinary collaboration between health geography and nurse education (2016)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Atherton, I. M., Kesby, M., Sothern, M., & Andrews, G. (2016). Transfusing our lifeblood: Reframing research impact through inter-disciplinary collaboration between health geography and nurse education. Social science & medicine, 168, 257-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.002

Geographers have long grappled with how their research can positively impact individuals, communities and society.
Demonstrating research impact is an increasingly important aspect of academic life internationally. In this paper we argue
that agend... Read More about Transfusing our lifeblood: Reframing research impact through inter-disciplinary collaboration between health geography and nurse education.

Biogeography as critical nursing pedagogy: Breathing life into nurse education (2016)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., & Atherton, I. M. (2016). Biogeography as critical nursing pedagogy: Breathing life into nurse education. Nurse Education in Practice, 20, 76-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2016.07.006

Insights from the social sciences, including geography, sociology, and anthropology, have long been incorporated into pre-registration nursing programmes. However, scholars have suggested that their inclusion has been sporadic and lacks clear theoret... Read More about Biogeography as critical nursing pedagogy: Breathing life into nurse education.

Stepping outside your comfort zone. (2015)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2015). Stepping outside your comfort zone. Nursing Standard, 29, 24-25. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.21.24.s28

In the final article in this series on the social sciences, the authors explain how cultivating a spirit of enquiry enables nurses to travel beyond the limits of personal experience to have a better understanding of their patients and themselves. In... Read More about Stepping outside your comfort zone..

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey (2015)
Journal Article
Kyle, R. G., Neall, R. A., & Atherton, I. (2016). Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 53, 126-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.10.015

Background

Increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity represents a global pandemic. As the largest occupational group in international healthcare systems nurses are at the forefront of health promotion to address this pandemic. However, nurse... Read More about Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey.

Nurses' health-related behaviours: protocol for a quantitative systematic review of prevalence of tobacco smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and dietary habits (2015)
Journal Article
Neall, R. A., Atherton, I. M., & Kyle, R. G. (2016). Nurses' health-related behaviours: protocol for a quantitative systematic review of prevalence of tobacco smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and dietary habits. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(1), 197-204. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12739

Aim
To enumerate nurses' health-related behaviour by critically appraising studies on tobacco smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and dietary habits.

Background
Nurses represent the largest occupational group in healthcare systems in... Read More about Nurses' health-related behaviours: protocol for a quantitative systematic review of prevalence of tobacco smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and dietary habits.

“Everybody Knows Everybody Else’s Business”—Privacy in Rural Communities (2015)
Journal Article
Leung, J., Smith, A., Atherton, I., & McLaughlin, D. (2016). “Everybody Knows Everybody Else’s Business”—Privacy in Rural Communities. Journal of Cancer Education, 31(4), 811-812. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-015-0862-8

Patients have a right to privacy in a health care setting. This involves conversational discretion, security of medical records and physical privacy of remaining unnoticed or unidentified when using health care services other than by those who need t... Read More about “Everybody Knows Everybody Else’s Business”—Privacy in Rural Communities.

By reaching out we can change worlds (2015)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2015). By reaching out we can change worlds. Nursing Standard, 29(19), 22-23. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.19.22.s25

The Ebola epidemic has forced many nurses to face the limits of their power to help. But our feelings of empathy can be used to spark more local engagement with the people we help

Habitat and health: why place matters. (2014)
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2014). Habitat and health: why place matters. Nursing Standard, 29(3), 24-25. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.3.24.s27

Each of us is shaped by the places we spend our lives in. Thinking about your patients in their geographical context – their biogeography – can enable more holistic care

Learn to see patients in their own world. (2014)
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Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2014). Learn to see patients in their own world. Nursing Standard, 28(50), 22-24. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.28.50.22.s26

Insights from the social sciences can help nurses understand the influences that shaped their patients and the decisions they make. This can develop empathy and encourage better care. Nurses are passionate about their patients’ wellbeing. They can us... Read More about Learn to see patients in their own world..

How empathy skills can change nursing (2014)
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Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2014). How empathy skills can change nursing. Nursing Standard, 29(11), 24-25. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.11.24.s28

Empathetic understanding could be the basis of a revolution in nurse education and practice, freeing nurses from a reliance on stereotypical labels that mask the complex realities of patients’ lives

The influence of non-modifiable illness perceptions on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation (2013)
Journal Article
Blair, J., Angus, N. J., Lauder, W. J., Atherton, I., Evans, J., & Leslie, S. J. (2014). The influence of non-modifiable illness perceptions on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 13(1), 55-62. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515113477272

Background: Despite the established benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) attendance rates remain variable. Physical barriers to attendance have been extensively investigated but relatively less is known about the relationship between attendance at... Read More about The influence of non-modifiable illness perceptions on attendance at cardiac rehabilitation.

Compassion or speed, which is a more accurate indicator of healthcare quality in the emergency department from the patients’ perspective (2012)
Journal Article
Beattie, M., Atherton, I., McLennan, B., & Lauder, W. (2012). Compassion or speed, which is a more accurate indicator of healthcare quality in the emergency department from the patients’ perspective. International journal of person centered medicine, 2, 647-655

Rationale, aims and objectives: Devising indicators to measure quality of care is challenging in Emergency Departments (ED). It is difficult to measure aspects of quality which are less amenable to measurement; hence waiting time has often been reli... Read More about Compassion or speed, which is a more accurate indicator of healthcare quality in the emergency department from the patients’ perspective.

Relationship between physical and psychosocial factors and attendance at cardiac rehabilitation (2012)
Journal Article
Munro, J., Angus, N. J., Atherton, I., Lauder, W., & Leslie, S. J. (2012). Relationship between physical and psychosocial factors and attendance at cardiac rehabilitation. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 11, S1-S84

Purpose: To examine the relationship between physical and psychosocial factors and attendance at out-patient cardiac rehabilitation classes.

Methods: Patients offered hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation at a single regional cardiac centre betwee... Read More about Relationship between physical and psychosocial factors and attendance at cardiac rehabilitation.

Differences in self-assessed health by socioeconomic group amongst people with and without a history of cancer: an analysis using representative data from Scotland (2012)
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Atherton, I. M., Evans, J. M. M., Dibben, C. J. L., Woods, L. M., & Hubbard, G. (2012). Differences in self-assessed health by socioeconomic group amongst people with and without a history of cancer: an analysis using representative data from Scotland. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 6(4), 458-467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-012-0226-x

Introduction

This paper considers socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health amongst people with and without a history of cancer using representative data from Scotland.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis using the Scottish Health Su... Read More about Differences in self-assessed health by socioeconomic group amongst people with and without a history of cancer: an analysis using representative data from Scotland.

The health and well-being of people with a previous diagnosis of cancer: A record-linkage study in Scotland (2011)
Journal Article
Evans, J., Atherton, I., Dibben, C., & Hubbard, G. (2011). The health and well-being of people with a previous diagnosis of cancer: A record-linkage study in Scotland. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 3, 429-432

Routinely collected health care data (the Scottish Cancer Registry) were record-linked to representative survey data on health and health behaviours (the Government-funded Scottish Health Survey) to compare the health and well-being of cancer survivo... Read More about The health and well-being of people with a previous diagnosis of cancer: A record-linkage study in Scotland.