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Change at a hospice: Realist social theory applied (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Lipscomb, M. (2009, December). Change at a hospice: Realist social theory applied. Poster presented at ESRC Supported: Critical Realism in Action Seminar Series: Debating the Critiques of Critical Realism, Warwick University

The natural history of speech impairment of 8-year-old children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: Error rates at 2 and 5 years (2009)
Journal Article
Peters, T. J., Miller, L. L., Roulstone, S., & Wren, Y. (2009). The natural history of speech impairment of 8-year-old children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: Error rates at 2 and 5 years. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11(5), 381-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549500903125111

This prospective longitudinal population study observed the speech of 741 children at the ages of 2, 5 and 8 years. At the age of 8, 132 children were categorized as speech impaired. There was strong evidence of differences between the case and contr... Read More about The natural history of speech impairment of 8-year-old children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: Error rates at 2 and 5 years.

Somatosensory conflicts in complex regional pain syndrome type 1 and fibromyalgia syndrome (2009)
Journal Article
Lewis, J., McCabe, C., Cohen, H., Hall, J., Rodham, K., & Harris, N. (2009). Somatosensory conflicts in complex regional pain syndrome type 1 and fibromyalgia syndrome. Current Rheumatology Reports, 11(6), 461-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-009-0067-4

The somatosensory system is an integral component of the motor control system that facilitates the recognition of location and experience of peripheral stimuli, as well as body part position and differentiation. In chronic pain, this system may be di... Read More about Somatosensory conflicts in complex regional pain syndrome type 1 and fibromyalgia syndrome.

Improving Memory after Interruption: Exploiting Soft Constraints and Manipulating Information Access Cost (2009)
Journal Article
King, S. L., Waldron, S. M., Morgan, P., Patrick, J., & Patrick, T. (2009). Improving Memory after Interruption: Exploiting Soft Constraints and Manipulating Information Access Cost. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 15(4), 291-306. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018008

Forgetting what one was doing prior to interruption is an everyday problem. The recent soft constraints hypothesis (Gray, Sims, Fu, & Schoelles, 2006) emphasizes the strategic adaptation of information processing strategy to the task environment. It... Read More about Improving Memory after Interruption: Exploiting Soft Constraints and Manipulating Information Access Cost.

Learning to work together: Health and social care students' learning from interprofessional modules (2009)
Journal Article
Clarke, B. A., Rickaby, C. E., & Miers, M. E. (2009). Learning to work together: Health and social care students' learning from interprofessional modules. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 34(6), 673-691. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602930802474185

This paper reports on a study of student learning about collaboration and discusses the effectiveness of different forms of assessment in facilitating learning. The study was conducted in a large health and social care faculty in which all students o... Read More about Learning to work together: Health and social care students' learning from interprofessional modules.

Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: Can gains in picture naming generalise to connected speech? (2009)
Journal Article
Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Ralph, M. L. (2009). Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: Can gains in picture naming generalise to connected speech?. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 44(6), 1036-1062. https://doi.org/10.1080/13682820802585975

Background: Naming accuracy for nouns and verbs in aphasia can vary across different elicitation contexts, for example, simple picture naming, composite picture description, narratives, and conversation. For some people with aphasia, naming may be mo... Read More about Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: Can gains in picture naming generalise to connected speech?.

Corriente interferencial (2009)
Book Chapter
Palmer, S., & Martin, D. (2009). Corriente interferencial. In T. Watson (Ed.), Electroterapia: Practica basada en la evidencia. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier Espana

Beyond the call of duty (2009)
Journal Article
Hoskins, R. (2009). Beyond the call of duty. Nursing Standard, 24(11), 61

Attitudes regarding mental health nurse prescribing among psychiatrists and nurses: A cross-sectional questionnaire study (2009)
Journal Article
Memon, T. C., Ramirez, N. M., Patel, M. X., Robson, D., Rance, J., Bressington, D., & Gray, R. (2009). Attitudes regarding mental health nurse prescribing among psychiatrists and nurses: A cross-sectional questionnaire study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(11), 1467-1474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.04.010

Background: In the United Kingdom, mental health nurses (MHNs) can independently prescribe medication once they have completed a training course. This study investigated attitudes to mental health nurse prescribing held by psychiatrists and nurses. M... Read More about Attitudes regarding mental health nurse prescribing among psychiatrists and nurses: A cross-sectional questionnaire study.

The effects of social variables on symptom recognition and medical care seeking behaviour for acute respiratory infections in infants in urban Mongolia (2009)
Journal Article
Henderson, A. J., Manaseki-Holland, S., Pollock, J., & Gombojav, N. (2009). The effects of social variables on symptom recognition and medical care seeking behaviour for acute respiratory infections in infants in urban Mongolia. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 94(11), 849-854. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2008.157115

Objective: To investigate potentially modifiable factors associated with carers' recognition of symptoms and timely presentation of infants with acute respiratory infections (ARI) in urban Mongolia. Methods: A prospective cohort study nested in a ran... Read More about The effects of social variables on symptom recognition and medical care seeking behaviour for acute respiratory infections in infants in urban Mongolia.

Prevention of unintentional injuries in children (2009)
Journal Article
Towner, E., & Mytton, J. (2009). Prevention of unintentional injuries in children. Paediatrics and Child Health, 19(11), 517-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paed.2009.10.007

Unintentional injury is a major cause of death in children throughout the world and is responsible for considerable morbidity. All children are vulnerable to injury because their physical, psychological and behavioural characteristics place them at r... Read More about Prevention of unintentional injuries in children.

Why do We put cervical collars on conscious Trauma patients? (2009)
Journal Article
Benger, J., & Blackham, J. (2009). Why do We put cervical collars on conscious Trauma patients?. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 17(1), 1757-7241. https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-17-44

In this commentary we argue that fully alert, stable and co-operative trauma patients do not require the application of a semi-rigid cervical collar, even if they are suspected of underlying cervical spine fracture, unless their conscious level deter... Read More about Why do We put cervical collars on conscious Trauma patients?.

Exploring the factors contributing to drug errors and how to improve knowledge (2009)
Journal Article
Emanuel, V., & Pryce-Miller, M. (2009). Exploring the factors contributing to drug errors and how to improve knowledge. Nursing Times, 105(46), 16-18

Medicines administration is one of the high risk areas for nursing practice and a matter of considerable concern for practitioners, policymakers and the public. Drug errors can lead to devastating consequences for patients and for nurses' careers. It... Read More about Exploring the factors contributing to drug errors and how to improve knowledge.

Law (2009)
Book Chapter
Thomas, R., & Snelling, P. (2009). Law. In D. Sellman, & P. Snelling (Eds.), Becoming a nurse: a textbook for professional practice (68-101). Harlow, UK: Pearson Education