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From child to adult: An exploration of shifting family roles and responsibilities in managing physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis (2007)
Journal Article
Williams, B., Mukhopadhyay, S., Dowell, J., & Coyle, J. (2007). From child to adult: An exploration of shifting family roles and responsibilities in managing physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis. Social Science and Medicine, 65(10), 2135-2146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.07.020

Although chest physiotherapy is central to the management of cystic fibrosis many report problems with adherence. Research in other long-term conditions suggests that non-adherence may be exacerbated as the child grows older and self-care responsibil... Read More about From child to adult: An exploration of shifting family roles and responsibilities in managing physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis.

Promoting research participation: Why not advertise altruism? (2008)
Journal Article
Williams, B., Entwistle, V., Haddow, G., & Wells, M. (2008). Promoting research participation: Why not advertise altruism?. Social Science and Medicine, 66(7), 1451-1456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.013

Participation rates have a major impact on the quality, cost and timeliness of health research. There is growing evidence that participation rates may be falling and that new research governance structures and procedures may be increasing the likelih... Read More about Promoting research participation: Why not advertise altruism?.

Living with cystic fibrosis: an exploration of the impact of beliefs on emotional coping and mtivation to adhere to treatment regimes among parents of children with cystic fibrosis (2008)
Journal Article
Williams, B., Coyle, J., Dowell, J., & Mukhopadhyay, S. (2008). Living with cystic fibrosis: an exploration of the impact of beliefs on emotional coping and mtivation to adhere to treatment regimes among parents of children with cystic fibrosis. International Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation, 6(1),

Objective: To explore the impact of beliefs on emotional coping and motivation to implement treatment regimes among parents of children with cystic fibrosis in Scotland, with a view to enabling health professionals support parents to cope emotionally... Read More about Living with cystic fibrosis: an exploration of the impact of beliefs on emotional coping and mtivation to adhere to treatment regimes among parents of children with cystic fibrosis.

Cross-sectional survey of patients in receipt of long-term repeat prescriptions for antidepressant drugs in primary care (2008)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, G., MacGillivray, S., Bruce, D., Mather, A., Matthews, K., & Williams, B. (2008). Cross-sectional survey of patients in receipt of long-term repeat prescriptions for antidepressant drugs in primary care. Mental Health in Family Medicine, 5(2), 105-109

This cross-sectional survey describes the clinical characteristics of 92 patients from across 12 general medical practices, in receipt of a long-term repeat prescription of an antidepressant for the treatment of depression. Psychiatric diagnoses were... Read More about Cross-sectional survey of patients in receipt of long-term repeat prescriptions for antidepressant drugs in primary care.

Audio-visual recording of patient–GP consultations for research purposes: A literature review on recruiting rates and strategies (2008)
Journal Article
Themessl-Huber, M., Humphris, G., Dowell, J., Macgillivray, S., Rushmer, R., & Williams, B. (2008). Audio-visual recording of patient–GP consultations for research purposes: A literature review on recruiting rates and strategies. Patient Education and Counseling, 71(2), 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2008.01.015

Objective To identify ethical processes and recruitment strategies, participation rates of studies using audio or video recording of primary health care consultations for research purposes, and the effect of recording on the behaviour, attitudes and... Read More about Audio-visual recording of patient–GP consultations for research purposes: A literature review on recruiting rates and strategies.

Reflections on applying for NHS ethical approval and governance in a climate of rapid change: prioritising process over principles (2009)
Journal Article
McDonach, E., Barbour, R. S., & Williams, B. (2009). Reflections on applying for NHS ethical approval and governance in a climate of rapid change: prioritising process over principles. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 12(3), 227-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645570701606127

Ethical review and governance of health services research in the UK have undergone significant changes in recent years. Tracing this incremental development helps to understand the rationale for introducing a more standardised process. Reflecting on... Read More about Reflections on applying for NHS ethical approval and governance in a climate of rapid change: prioritising process over principles.

Images in Health Care: Potential and Problems (2009)
Journal Article
Williams, B., & Cameron, L. (2009). Images in Health Care: Potential and Problems. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 14(4), 251-254. https://doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2009.008168

Although communication issues within health care have received greater research and policy attention in recent years, one growing aspect of such communication has been largely overlooked. In this paper we suggest that visual forms of communication, a... Read More about Images in Health Care: Potential and Problems.

Harnessing imagery to motivate health behaviours (2010)
Journal Article
Cameron, L. D., Humphris, G., Hollands, G., & Williams, B. (2010). Harnessing imagery to motivate health behaviours. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17(Supplement 1), S203

This paper is an abstract in a special supplement - Abstracts from the 11th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine.

Delivering health care through managed clinical networks (MCNs): lessons from the North (2010)
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Guthrie, B., Davies, H., Greig, G., Rushner, R., Walter, I., Duguid, A., Coyle, J., Sutton, M., Williams, B., Connaghan, J., & Farrar, S. (2010). Delivering health care through managed clinical networks (MCNs): lessons from the North. Southampton, UK: PublisherNIHR Service Delivery and Organisation

The purpose of this study is to explore how health care professionals come together to deliver care across managed clinical networks. We will examine how networks are put together, the ways in which they operate, and the impacts of care delivered in... Read More about Delivering health care through managed clinical networks (MCNs): lessons from the North.

Can theory be embedded in visual interventions to promote self-management? A proposed model and worked example (2012)
Journal Article
Williams, B., Anderson, A., Barton, K., & McGhee, J. (2012). Can theory be embedded in visual interventions to promote self-management? A proposed model and worked example. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 49, 1598-1609

Nurses are increasingly involved in a range of strategies to encourage patient behaviours that improve self-management. If nurses are to be involved in, or indeed lead, the development of such interventions then processes that enhance the likelihood... Read More about Can theory be embedded in visual interventions to promote self-management? A proposed model and worked example.

Can Text Messages Reach the Parts Other Process Measures Cannot Reach: An Evaluation of a Behavior Change Intervention Delivered by Mobile Phone? (2012)
Journal Article
Irvine, L., Falconer, D. W., Jones, C., Ricketts, I. W., Williams, B., & Crombie, I. K. (2012). Can Text Messages Reach the Parts Other Process Measures Cannot Reach: An Evaluation of a Behavior Change Intervention Delivered by Mobile Phone?. PLOS ONE, 7(12), Article e52621. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052621

Background Process evaluation is essential in developing, piloting and evaluating complex interventions. This often involves observation of intervention delivery and interviews with study participants. Mobile telephone interventions involve no face... Read More about Can Text Messages Reach the Parts Other Process Measures Cannot Reach: An Evaluation of a Behavior Change Intervention Delivered by Mobile Phone?.

The psychological experience of living with head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-synthesis: Review and meta-synthesis of the experience of head and neck cancer (2013)
Journal Article
Lang, H., France, E., Williams, B., Humphris, G., & Wells, M. (2013). The psychological experience of living with head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-synthesis: Review and meta-synthesis of the experience of head and neck cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 22(12), 2648-2663. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.3343

Objective: To summarise patients' experiences of head and neck cancer (HNC) by examining the findings of existing qualitative studies Methods: We undertook a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies in 29 published articles using... Read More about The psychological experience of living with head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-synthesis: Review and meta-synthesis of the experience of head and neck cancer.

Patient factors associated with SSRI dose for depression treatment in general practice: A primary care cross sectional study (2014)
Journal Article
Johnson, C. F., Dougall, N. J., Williams, B., MacGillivray, S. A., Buchanan, A. I., & Hassett, R. D. (2014). Patient factors associated with SSRI dose for depression treatment in general practice: A primary care cross sectional study. BMC Family Practice, 15(210), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-014-0210-9

Background Antidepressant prescribing continues to rise. Increased long-term prescribing and higher doses are contributing to current growth; however, patient factors associated with the use of higher doses remain unknown. This study’s aim was to in... Read More about Patient factors associated with SSRI dose for depression treatment in general practice: A primary care cross sectional study.

A meta-ethnography of organisational culture in primary care medical practice (2014)
Journal Article
Grant, S., Guthrie, B., Entwistle, V., & Williams, B. (2014). A meta-ethnography of organisational culture in primary care medical practice. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 28(1), 21-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-07-2012-0125

Purpose – Over the past decade, there has been growing international interest in shaping local organisational cultures in primary healthcare. However, the contextual relevance of extant culture assessment instruments to the primary care context has... Read More about A meta-ethnography of organisational culture in primary care medical practice.

An international recommendation framework of core competencies in health informatics for nurses. (2018)
Journal Article
Hübner, U., Shaw, T., Thye, J., Egbert, N., Marin, H. D. F., Chang, P., O’Connor, S., Day, K., Honey, M., Blake, R., Hovenga, E., Skiba, D., & Ball, M. (2018). An international recommendation framework of core competencies in health informatics for nurses. Methods of Information in Medicine, 57(S01), e30-e42. https://doi.org/10.3414/me17-01-0155

Background: While health informatics recommendations on competencies and education serve as highly desirable corridors for designing curricula and courses, they cannot show how the content should be situated in a specific and local context. Therefore... Read More about An international recommendation framework of core competencies in health informatics for nurses..

An architecture for designing Future Internet (FI) applications in sensitive domains: Expressing the software to data paradigm by utilizing hybrid cloud technology (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sotiriadis, S., Petrakis, E. G. M., Covaci, S., Zampognaro, P., Georga, E., & Thuemmler, C. (2013, November). An architecture for designing Future Internet (FI) applications in sensitive domains: Expressing the software to data paradigm by utilizing hybrid cloud technology. Presented at 13th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering, Chania, Greece

The emergency of cloud computing and Generic Enablers (GEs) as the building blocks of Future Internet (FI) applications highlights new requirements in the area of cloud services. Though, due to the current restrictions of various certification standa... Read More about An architecture for designing Future Internet (FI) applications in sensitive domains: Expressing the software to data paradigm by utilizing hybrid cloud technology.

Specification for Generic Enablers as Software (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brogan, J. P., & Thuemmler, C. (2014, April). Specification for Generic Enablers as Software. Presented at 2014 11th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations

Generic Enablers are a specialism of software engineering. They are components used for providing reusable building blocks that enable the construction of applications for future internet technology. The Generic Enablers satisfy requirements of appli... Read More about Specification for Generic Enablers as Software.

Ethical assessment in e-Health (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gonzalez-Pinto, A., Ruiz de Azua, S., Mival, O. H., Thuernmler, C., Jumelle, A. K. L., Ispas, I., Thuemmler, C., Mival, O., Kosta, E., Casla, P., Ruiz de Azúa, S., & González-Pinto, A. (2014, October). Ethical assessment in e-Health. Presented at 2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom), Natal, Brazil

While innovative e-Health and m-Health technologies and solutions will eventually change the way health and social care are delivered, it raises many challenges regarding what sort of ethical concerns need to be addressed in order to provide imperati... Read More about Ethical assessment in e-Health.

A social-technological alignment matrix. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thuemmler, C., Mival, O., Lim, A. K., Holanec, I., & Fricker, S. (2014, October). A social-technological alignment matrix. Presented at 2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom), Natal, Brazil

This paper refers to the term " implementation " as the Especially in health care this has proven to be a very critical phase Although strategies such as requirements engineering, co-designing and user interaction design have been proposed to reduce... Read More about A social-technological alignment matrix..