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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.

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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Using Co-Design with Nursing Students to Create Educational Apps for Clinical Training (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Connor, S., & Andrews, T. (2016). Using Co-Design with Nursing Students to Create Educational Apps for Clinical Training. In W. Sermeus (Ed.), Nursing Informatics 2016 (334-338). https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-334

Mobile technology is being trialed in nursing education to support students in clinical practice, as it can provide instant access to high quality educational material at the point of care. However, most educational mobile apps are generic, off-the-s... Read More about Using Co-Design with Nursing Students to Create Educational Apps for Clinical Training.

Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data (2008)
Journal Article
Whomersley, P., Ware, S., Rees, H. L., Mason, C., Bolam, T., Huxham, M., & Bates, H. (2008). Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65(8), 1414-1420. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsn125

The development of reliable indicators of disturbance in the marine environment is essential because of increasing anthropogenic pressures and the need for more effective regulation. Our objective was to evaluate 13 nationally and internationally rec... Read More about Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data.

Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis: rationale and protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Hutton, P., Wood, L., Taylor, P. J., Irving, K., & Morrison, A. P. (2014). Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis: rationale and protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychosis, 6(3), 220-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2013.825005

Background: Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a recommended treatment for people with psychosis, with meta - analyses showing important benefits when compared to treatment as usual (TAU). However, there has been growing debate as to whether CBT... Read More about Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis: rationale and protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Revealing student nurses' perceptions of human dignity through curriculum co-design (2016)
Journal Article
Munoz, S., Macaden, L., Kyle, R., & Webster, E. (2017). Revealing student nurses' perceptions of human dignity through curriculum co-design. Social Science and Medicine, 174, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.12.011

Dignity is a slippery concept to define – yet it has been at the heart of media and policy debates around the provision of health and social care in recent years; particularly in the United Kingdom following the Mid-Staffordshire scandal and subseque... Read More about Revealing student nurses' perceptions of human dignity through curriculum co-design.

Recruitment in epifaunal communities: an experimental test of the effects of species composition and age (2006)
Journal Article
Lindsay, H., Todd, C., Fernandes, T., & Huxham, M. (2006). Recruitment in epifaunal communities: an experimental test of the effects of species composition and age. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 307, 49-57. doi:10.3354/meps307049

A key prediction to emerge from community assembly models is that resistance to invasion increases as the community matures. Three epifaunal communities of differing age were developed upon artificial substrata in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, to exa... Read More about Recruitment in epifaunal communities: an experimental test of the effects of species composition and age.

Metacognitive therapy in treatment-resistant psychosis: A multiple-baseline study (2013)
Journal Article
Hutton, P., Morrison, A. P., Wardle, M., & Wells, A. (2014). Metacognitive therapy in treatment-resistant psychosis: A multiple-baseline study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 42(2), 166-185. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465812001026

Background: More effective psychological treatments for psychosis are required. Case series data and pilot trials suggest metacognitive therapy (MCT) is a promising treatment for anxiety and depression. Other research has found negative metacognitiv... Read More about Metacognitive therapy in treatment-resistant psychosis: A multiple-baseline study.

The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For? (2019)
Journal Article
Pawluczuk, A., Webster, G., Smith, C., & Hall, H. (2019). The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For?. Media and Communication, 7(2), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v7i2.1907

Digital youth work is an emerging field of research and practice which seeks to investigate and support youth-centred digital literacy initiatives. Whilst digital youth work projects have become prominent in Europe in recent years, it has also become... Read More about The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For?.

Target Audience and Preferences Related to an Australian Coronary Heart Disease Specific Mobile App: A Mixed Methods Study (2019)
Journal Article
Gallagher, R., Parker, H., Zhang, L., Kirkness, A., Roach, K., Belshaw, J., Glinatsis, H., Gallagher, P., & Neubeck, L. (2020). Target Audience and Preferences Related to an Australian Coronary Heart Disease Specific Mobile App: A Mixed Methods Study. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29(5), 696-702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.05.178

Background: Widespread availability of mobile technologies offers the opportunity to support secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) via mobile apps, however, the target audience and their app preferences are unknown. This study aims to... Read More about Target Audience and Preferences Related to an Australian Coronary Heart Disease Specific Mobile App: A Mixed Methods Study.

Relationships between talent development environments and mental toughness: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction (2019)
Journal Article
Li, C., Martindale, R., & Sun, Y. (2019). Relationships between talent development environments and mental toughness: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(18), 2057-2065. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1620979

Although the talent development environment and mental toughness are critical for athletes to realise their athletic potential, there is a dearth of literature on whether the talent development environment can enhance mental toughness among those ath... Read More about Relationships between talent development environments and mental toughness: The role of basic psychological need satisfaction.

Ambulatory physiological assessment: an ergonomic approach to the dynamic work environment and temporal variability in heart rate variability, blood pressure and the cortisol awakening response (2014)
Thesis
Campbell, T. G. (2014). Ambulatory physiological assessment: an ergonomic approach to the dynamic work environment and temporal variability in heart rate variability, blood pressure and the cortisol awakening response. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/452967

Aim: The aim of this thesis was to investigate the psychophysiological response to the dynamic working environment within a cohort of higher education employees via ambulatory assessment of psychosocial and physiological measures. Methods: Data was... Read More about Ambulatory physiological assessment: an ergonomic approach to the dynamic work environment and temporal variability in heart rate variability, blood pressure and the cortisol awakening response.

The Roles and Expression of Cationic Host Defence Peptides in Normal and Compromised Pregnancies (2014)
Thesis
Coyle, C. (2014). The Roles and Expression of Cationic Host Defence Peptides in Normal and Compromised Pregnancies. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/453010

Cationic Host Defense Peptides (CHDP), also known as antimicrobial peptides, are key components of the host innate immune response that have a wide range of direct microbicidal activities against a range of bacterial and viral pathogens, as well as a... Read More about The Roles and Expression of Cationic Host Defence Peptides in Normal and Compromised Pregnancies.

Understanding the Nature of Talent Identification and Development in the Nigerian Context (2015)
Thesis
Elumaro, A. I. (2015). Understanding the Nature of Talent Identification and Development in the Nigerian Context. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/453361

In recent times, the sports sector across the globe has attracted economic interests both from the public and the private sector. For example, the cost of hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil was estimated at over $14.5 billion, with huge invest... Read More about Understanding the Nature of Talent Identification and Development in the Nigerian Context.

Development, piloting and validation of the Recommending Cardiac Rehabilitation (ReCaRe) instrument (2019)
Journal Article
Ski, C. F., Jones, M., Astley, C., Neubeck, L., Thompson, D. R., Gallagher, R., Du, H., & Clark, R. A. (2019). Development, piloting and validation of the Recommending Cardiac Rehabilitation (ReCaRe) instrument. Heart and Lung, 48(5), 405-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2019.04.008

Background: Health practitioners’values, attitudes and beliefs largely determine their referrals to cardiac rehabilitation (CR).Objective:To develop and test the Recommending Cardiac Rehabilitation scale (ReCaRe), designed to assess health profession... Read More about Development, piloting and validation of the Recommending Cardiac Rehabilitation (ReCaRe) instrument.

Risk Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behavior Relevant to Emergency Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Post-2007 Reviews (2017)
Journal Article
McClatchey, K., Murray, J., Rowat, A., & Chouliara, Z. (2017). Risk Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behavior Relevant to Emergency Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Post-2007 Reviews. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 47(6), 729-745. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12336

Suicide is a global public health problem and with recent economic and societal changes, there may be emerging risk factors unrecognised by healthcare professionals. The aim of this systematic review is to update existing suicide risk factor literatu... Read More about Risk Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behavior Relevant to Emergency Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review of Post-2007 Reviews.

Environmental sustainability and biodiversity within the dental practice. (2019)
Journal Article
Duane, B., Ramasubbu, D., Harford, S., Steinbach, I., Stancliffe, R., & Ballantyne, G. (2019). Environmental sustainability and biodiversity within the dental practice. British Dental Journal, 226(9), 701-705. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-019-0208-8

This paper forms part of a series of papers, seven in total, which have been requested by colleagues to help them as clinicians understand sustainability as it relates to dentistry. This paper focuses on biodiversity and how the dental team can becom... Read More about Environmental sustainability and biodiversity within the dental practice..

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.