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The relationship between the golf swing plane and ball impact characteristics using trajectory ellipse fitting (2017)
Journal Article
Wallace, E. S., Morrison, A., McGrath, D., & Wallace, E. S. (2018). The relationship between the golf swing plane and ball impact characteristics using trajectory ellipse fitting. Journal of Sports Sciences, 36(3), 303-310. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2017.1303187

The trajectory of the clubhead close to ball impact during the golf swing has previously been shown to be planar. However, the relationship between the plane orientation and the orientation characteristics of the clubhead at ball impact has yet to be... Read More about The relationship between the golf swing plane and ball impact characteristics using trajectory ellipse fitting.

Evaluating the impact of evidence‐based change within the Northumberland Exercise on Referral Scheme (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hanson, C. (2016, April). Evaluating the impact of evidence‐based change within the Northumberland Exercise on Referral Scheme. Presented at The Third Fuse International Conference on Knowledge Exchange in Public Health

Exercise on referral schemes (ERS) allow health professionals to encourage physical activity (PA) for patients with long‐term conditions. One such scheme is the Northumberland ERS, a 24‐week community‐based supervised PA intervention of primary care... Read More about Evaluating the impact of evidence‐based change within the Northumberland Exercise on Referral Scheme.

'Siblings as better together': Social worker decision-making in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour (2017)
Journal Article
Yates, P. (2017). 'Siblings as better together': Social worker decision-making in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour. British Journal of Social Work, bcx018(1), 176-194. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcx018

Sibling abuse is arguably the most prevalent form of family violence (Meyers, 2014), with sibling sexual abuse more common than parental sexual abuse (Krienert and Walsh, 2011). However, research on social worker decision making has been limited to s... Read More about 'Siblings as better together': Social worker decision-making in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour.

Mental Health and Unemployment in Scotland: Understanding the impact of welfare reforms in Scotland for individuals with mental health conditions (2017)
Report
Maclean, G., Marks, A., & Cowan, S. (2017). Mental Health and Unemployment in Scotland: Understanding the impact of welfare reforms in Scotland for individuals with mental health conditions. Edinburgh: Carnegie Trust

During 2016, 30 individuals with a mental health condition (who claimed ESA, have had their ESA withdrawn and moved on to JSA, or have been directed into the WRAG group based on the decision of the WCA) were interviewed. The 30 participants were recr... Read More about Mental Health and Unemployment in Scotland: Understanding the impact of welfare reforms in Scotland for individuals with mental health conditions.

‘Intensive care unit survivorship’ - a constructivist grounded theory of surviving critical illness (2016)
Journal Article
Kean, S., Salisbury, L. G., Rattray, J., Walsh, T. S., Huby, G., & Ramsay, P. (2017). ‘Intensive care unit survivorship’ - a constructivist grounded theory of surviving critical illness. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(19-20), 3111-3124. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13659

Aims & objective To theorise ICU survivorship after a critical illness based on longitudinal qualitative data. Background Increasingly patients survive episodes of critical illness. However, the short and long term impact of critical illness inclu... Read More about ‘Intensive care unit survivorship’ - a constructivist grounded theory of surviving critical illness.

The tension between person centred and task focused care in an acute surgical setting: A critical ethnography (2017)
Journal Article
Sharp, S., Mcallister, M., & Broadbent, M. (2017). The tension between person centred and task focused care in an acute surgical setting: A critical ethnography. Collegian, 25(1), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2017.02.002

Problem: Person centred care is a key indicator of quality care and a policy direction in many hospitals yet some patients experience care that falls short of this standard. Background: Health services worldwide are prioritising the delivery of pers... Read More about The tension between person centred and task focused care in an acute surgical setting: A critical ethnography.

Recontextualising the lived experience of hepatitis C and its treatment (2016)
Thesis
Whiteley, D. J. (2016). Recontextualising the lived experience of hepatitis C and its treatment. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979740

BACKGROUND: Rapid advances in the treatment of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been witnessed in clinical practice over the last five years. Pharmacological developments have ended the reliance on the drug interferon-α as a component of successful t... Read More about Recontextualising the lived experience of hepatitis C and its treatment.

Loneliness in Psychosis: A Meta-analytical Review (2017)
Journal Article
Michalska da Rocha, B., Vasilopoulou, E., Rhodes, S., & Hutton, P. (2018). Loneliness in Psychosis: A Meta-analytical Review. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44(1), 114-125. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbx036

Loneliness may be related to psychotic symptoms but a comprehensive synthesis of the literature in this area is lacking. The aim of the current study is to determine the magnitude and reliability of the loneliness-psychosis relationship in people dia... Read More about Loneliness in Psychosis: A Meta-analytical Review.

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.

Improving vision awareness in autism services: Evaluation of a dedicated education programme for support practitioners (2017)
Journal Article
Long, J. J., Butchart, M., Brown, M., Bain, J., McMillan, A., & Karatzias, T. (2018). Improving vision awareness in autism services: Evaluation of a dedicated education programme for support practitioners. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(2), e244-e252. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12330

Background: The research reported here sought to evaluate whether a dedicated education programme in vision awareness improved the knowledge and skills of autism support practitioners in identifying visual impairment in autistic people with intellect... Read More about Improving vision awareness in autism services: Evaluation of a dedicated education programme for support practitioners.

Supported Decision-Making: Good Practice Guide (2016)
Report
Stavert, J. (2016). Supported Decision-Making: Good Practice Guide. Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland

Supported decision-making maximizes an individual's ability to ensure that their rights, will and preferences are at the centre of all decisions that concern them...

Trafficking in Human Beings and the Informal Economy (2018)
Book Chapter
Sharapov, K. (2018). Trafficking in Human Beings and the Informal Economy. In R. Piotrowicz, C. Rijken, & B. Heide Uhl (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Human Trafficking. London, UK: Routledge

No abstract available.

Alcohol education and training in pre-registration nursing: A national survey to determine curriculum content in the United Kingdom (UK) (2013)
Journal Article
Holloway, A. S., & Webster, B. J. (2013). Alcohol education and training in pre-registration nursing: A national survey to determine curriculum content in the United Kingdom (UK). Nurse Education Today, 33(9), 992-997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.10.011

Background: Alcohol-related harm impacts significantly on the health of the population. Nurses are often among the first health professionals that many patients with alcohol-related problems come into contact with and have been identified as playin... Read More about Alcohol education and training in pre-registration nursing: A national survey to determine curriculum content in the United Kingdom (UK).

Making internships meaningful: the challenge of encouraging reflection and skills articulation. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caddell, M. (2014, December). Making internships meaningful: the challenge of encouraging reflection and skills articulation. Presented at SRHE Annual Conference 10-12 December 2014, Newport, South Wales. (Unpublished)

In recent years considerable emphasis has been placed on embedding employability and skills development in core university curriculum content as well as providing additional support and development to enhance links between learning and work (SFC 200... Read More about Making internships meaningful: the challenge of encouraging reflection and skills articulation..

The concurrent evolution of cooperation and the population structures that support it (2011)
Journal Article
Powers, S. T., Penn, A. S., & Watson, R. A. (2011). The concurrent evolution of cooperation and the population structures that support it. Evolution, 65(6), 1527-1543. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01250.x

The evolution of cooperation often depends upon population structure, yet nearly all models of cooperation implicitly assume that this structure remains static. This is a simplifying assumption, because most organisms possess genetic traits that affe... Read More about The concurrent evolution of cooperation and the population structures that support it.