Outputs (3922)

Science Hunters - using Minecraft as an engagement tool (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Science Hunters is an outreach project based in Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, which uses Minecraft to engage children in science learning and environmental science research. We offer opportunities across all year groups in schoo... Read More about Science Hunters - using Minecraft as an engagement tool.

Living well with chronic pain: The role of pain-management programmes (2017)
Journal Article

- Chronic pain conditions may not be adequately managed by medications alone
- Chronic pain states are driven by well understood neurophysiological mechanisms and are not ‘psychosomatic’
- Patient behaviours and coping styles will determine functio... Read More about Living well with chronic pain: The role of pain-management programmes.

Perioperative passport: empowering people with diabetes along their surgical journey (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Diabetes UK Aim: To determine whether a handheld ‘perioperative passport’ could improve the experience of perioperative care for people with diabetes and overcome some of the communication issues commonly identified in inpatient extracts. Meth... Read More about Perioperative passport: empowering people with diabetes along their surgical journey.

Prevalence of somatisation as a determinant of burnout amongst staff working in drug and alcohol services (2017)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the prevalence of somatisation as a determinant of burnout amongst drug and alcohol staff in the UK.

Design/methodology/approach: The study employed a cross-sectional design utilising a self-comple... Read More about Prevalence of somatisation as a determinant of burnout amongst staff working in drug and alcohol services.

Evidencing the value of patient and public involvement in inter-organisational health networks (2017)
Thesis

Patient and public involvement (PPI) and inter-organisational networks (IONs) such as the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) are parallel policy responses to “wicked problems” (Rittel and Weber, 1973, p. 155) in health. The two policy responses h... Read More about Evidencing the value of patient and public involvement in inter-organisational health networks.

Quantitation of cocaine on banknotes (2017)
Thesis

Money suspected of being involved with drug related crime can be seized by law enforcement agencies and forensically tested for traces of drug contamination. Forensic experts compare these results with background levels found on ‘normal’ banknotes,... Read More about Quantitation of cocaine on banknotes.

The role of empowerment in recovery from the experience of severe psychological distress: A grounded theory exploration (2017)
Thesis

Empowerment has been identified as important in recovery from severe psychological distress by policy makers, mental health services and by service users. However, while there has been a huge amount of research into the role of empowerment in recover... Read More about The role of empowerment in recovery from the experience of severe psychological distress: A grounded theory exploration.

The effect of exogenous in vitro expression of wild type and mutant JAK2 in erythroblast progenitors (2017)
Thesis

Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion has become a routine and indispensable procedure for many clinical purposes. As there is no appropriate alternative, the in vitro manufacture of RBCs is a potential means to ensure an adequate and safe supply of blood... Read More about The effect of exogenous in vitro expression of wild type and mutant JAK2 in erythroblast progenitors.

Psychosocial interventions for young people with burn injuries and their families (2017)
Thesis

Burn injuries can be one of the most traumatic experiences of a young person’s life. Research has documented a wide range of effects that a burn injury can have on both the children and young people (CYP) who sustain the injury and their family, incl... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for young people with burn injuries and their families.

A relational systems psychodynamic approach to the understanding of group and organisational processes: The construction of 'the relational terrain' (2017)
Thesis

Abstract:

This submission comprises a body of published works which update and extend the range of theories-in-use in the practice of Group Relations experiential learning, bringing a relational psychoanalytic framework to the understanding of gro... Read More about A relational systems psychodynamic approach to the understanding of group and organisational processes: The construction of 'the relational terrain'.