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Career guidance and public mental health (2013)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2013). Career guidance and public mental health. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 13(2), 151-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-013-9246-y

Career guidance may have the potential to promote public health by contributing positively to both the prevention of mental health conditions and to population level well-being. The policy implications of this possibility have received little attenti... Read More about Career guidance and public mental health.

Sustainable Workplaces: Creating a Culture of Environmental Engagement (2013)
Other
Bratton, A. (2013). Sustainable Workplaces: Creating a Culture of Environmental Engagement. https://www.sbs.strath.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=188

With workplaces accounting for a fifth of UK carbon emissions, reducing the environmental impact of organisations is crucial to limiting our impact on the environment. As a result, despite other economic concerns, business leaders are facing increasi... Read More about Sustainable Workplaces: Creating a Culture of Environmental Engagement.

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.

Significant others, situations and infant feeding behaviour change processes: a serial qualitative interview study (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McInnes, R., Hoddinott, P., Britten, J., Darwent, K., & Craig, L. (2013, June). Significant others, situations and infant feeding behaviour change processes: a serial qualitative interview study. Presented at Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN) Conference 2013: Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood: Bio-Cultural Perspectives

Significant others, situations and infant feeding behaviour change processes: a serial qualitative interview study

El Autor Y El Acto (2013)
Book Chapter
Neill, C. (2013). El Autor Y El Acto. In Lacan, discurso, acontecimiento: nuevos análisis de la indeterminación textual (317-327)

Family and Mobility in Second Modernity: Polish Migrant Narratives of Individualization and Family Life (2013)
Journal Article
Botterill, K. (2014). Family and Mobility in Second Modernity: Polish Migrant Narratives of Individualization and Family Life. Sociology, 48(2), 233-250. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038512474728

This article revisits the individualization debate in the context of Polish migration to the UK. Drawing on empirical research with young Polish migrants in Scotland and Poland, I argue that as new opportunities for migration have shaped Polish famil... Read More about Family and Mobility in Second Modernity: Polish Migrant Narratives of Individualization and Family Life.

Risky single-occasion drinking and disadvantaged men: Will recruitment through primary care miss hazardous drinkers? (2013)
Journal Article
Crombie, I. K., Falconer, D. W., Irvine, L., Norrie, J., Williams, B., & Slane, P. W. (2013). Risky single-occasion drinking and disadvantaged men: Will recruitment through primary care miss hazardous drinkers?. Alcoholism: clinical and experimental research, 37(9), 1577-1581. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.12123

BACKGROUND: Men who are socially disadvantaged are at a substantially higher risk of developing alcohol-related diseases. People from deprived areas are known to be more difficult to recruit to research studies. As part of a feasibility assessment fo... Read More about Risky single-occasion drinking and disadvantaged men: Will recruitment through primary care miss hazardous drinkers?.

Benefits of a worksite or home-based bench stepping intervention for sedentary middle-aged adults - a pilot study (2013)
Journal Article
Mair, J. L., Boreham, C. A., Ditroilo, M., McKeown, D., M. Lowery, M., Caulfield, B., & De Vito, G. (2014). Benefits of a worksite or home-based bench stepping intervention for sedentary middle-aged adults - a pilot study. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 34(1), 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpf.12056

The aim of this study was to investigate the benefits of a low-volume, vigorous intensity bench stepping programme in sedentary middle-aged adults. Thirty-one healthy but sedentary adults (12 men; 55-64 years) took part in the study. Participants acc... Read More about Benefits of a worksite or home-based bench stepping intervention for sedentary middle-aged adults - a pilot study.

Added Value: Using Human Rights to Support Psychiatric Advance Statements (2013)
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2013). Added Value: Using Human Rights to Support Psychiatric Advance Statements. Edinburgh Law Review, 17(2), 210-223. https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2013.0155

Patient autonomy, regarded as a fundamental principle underlying medical ethics,1 is reinforced by numerous international instruments. Integral to this is advance treatment planning, often referred to as ‘advance statements’ or ‘advance directives’.2... Read More about Added Value: Using Human Rights to Support Psychiatric Advance Statements.

Antipsychotic Drugs (2013)
Book Chapter
Hutton, P., Weinmann, S., Bola, J., & Read, J. (2013). Antipsychotic Drugs. In Models of Madness: Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Psychosis (105-124). (2nd). Routledge

Antipsychotic drugs.

Cognitive-behavioural therapy for schizophrenia: A critical commentary on the Newton-Howes and Wood meta-analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Hutton, P. (2013). Cognitive-behavioural therapy for schizophrenia: A critical commentary on the Newton-Howes and Wood meta-analysis. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 86(2), 139-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12009

Newton-Howes and Wood (published online, this journal, 8 Dec 2011) report the results of their systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for schizophrenia. They ran a random effects analysis of endp... Read More about Cognitive-behavioural therapy for schizophrenia: A critical commentary on the Newton-Howes and Wood meta-analysis.

Exploring telemonitoring and self-management by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A qualitative study embedded in a randomized controlled trial (2013)
Journal Article
Fairbrother, P., Pinnock, H., Hanley, J., McCloughan, L., Sheikh, A., Pagliari, C., & McKinstry, B. (2013). Exploring telemonitoring and self-management by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A qualitative study embedded in a randomized controlled trial. Patient Education and Counseling, 93(3), 403-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2013.04.003

Objective

To explore patient and professional views on self-management in the context of telemonitoring in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Methods

Semi-structured interviews with patients with COPD and healthcare professionals... Read More about Exploring telemonitoring and self-management by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A qualitative study embedded in a randomized controlled trial.

Strengthening the contribution of non-executive members to Scottish boards in the private, third and public sectors (2013)
Report
McQuaid, R., Dutton, M., & Pocher, E. (2013). Strengthening the contribution of non-executive members to Scottish boards in the private, third and public sectors. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University

This report examines the role of non-executive directors in public, private and third sector organisations in Scotland. It considers how their role could be changed to improve the governance and oversight role performed by non-exectuive directors.... Read More about Strengthening the contribution of non-executive members to Scottish boards in the private, third and public sectors.

Attitudes towards caring for older people: findings and recommendations for practice: In the second part of this article, Angela Kydd and colleagues compare data from two studies to gauge if there has been a change in opinion over a decade (2013)
Journal Article
Kydd, A., Wild, D., & Nelson, S. (2013). Attitudes towards caring for older people: findings and recommendations for practice: In the second part of this article, Angela Kydd and colleagues compare data from two studies to gauge if there has been a change in opinion over a decade. Nursing Older People, 25(4), 21-28. https://doi.org/10.7748/nop2013.05.25.4.21.e769part2

Aim To investigate the attitudes of healthcare professionals towards working with older people, including their perception of how other professionals perceived their work in gerontology.

Method Data were collected using a 20-item Multifactorial At... Read More about Attitudes towards caring for older people: findings and recommendations for practice: In the second part of this article, Angela Kydd and colleagues compare data from two studies to gauge if there has been a change in opinion over a decade.

The role of protein phosphatase PP2ACdc55 during meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2013)
Thesis
Kerr, G. The role of protein phosphatase PP2ACdc55 during meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (Thesis). University of Warwick. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1596320

Meiosis is a specialised cell division that results in the formation of four genetically unique haploid daughter cells from one diploid parent cell. This is achieved by one round of DNA replication followed by two rounds of nuclear division. This is... Read More about The role of protein phosphatase PP2ACdc55 during meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.