All Outputs (583)

What and where are urban left mayors delivering in England? (2025)
Book Chapter

The chapter explores the delivery and impact of urban left mayors in England, focusing on the mayoralties of London, Bristol, and Greater Manchester. The study provides a comprehensive analysis of the political strategies and policy implementations o... Read More about What and where are urban left mayors delivering in England?.

Arts on prescription: Insights, evidence and future directions (2025)
Digital Artefact

Arts on prescription is expanding, with policy recommendations and schemes spreading globally, along with expectations of its positive impact on individual and community wellbeing. But what is art on prescription and what does the research on its eff... Read More about Arts on prescription: Insights, evidence and future directions.

Trauma has an echo: A qualitative study of barriers to routine healthcare for survivors of sexual violence in UK higher education (2025)
Journal Article

Objective To explore barriers to healthcare among sexual violence survivors and the behavioural pathways behind avoidance, focusing on survivor-led solutions.

Design A mixed methods study collated qualitative interviews/surveys to explore the live... Read More about Trauma has an echo: A qualitative study of barriers to routine healthcare for survivors of sexual violence in UK higher education.

Dementia research and me (2025)
Exhibition / Performance

This Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West public engagement event aimed to bring dementia research to local people in Weston-super-Mare and North Somerset. There were talks from dementia researchers across the South West and fun activities from... Read More about Dementia research and me.

Living well with Dementia - Dementia research and me presentation (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Presentation given at the Dementia Research and Me, NIHR ARC West public engagement event in Weston-super-Mare.
Presented to people living with dementia, their family members, paid supporters and dementia researchers.

Delivering healthcare in multiprofessional teams: The negotiation of tasks (2025)
Journal Article

Multiprofessional team working is assumed to be difficult. This is often associated to professional identity and jurisdiction. Despite anticipated difficulties, few studies examine teams working in their main arena: team meetings. One important funct... Read More about Delivering healthcare in multiprofessional teams: The negotiation of tasks.

Moving beyond the individual: The impact and importance of sociocultural influences on visible difference (2025)
Journal Article

This paper examines sociocultural factors that shape the experiences of people living with visible differences, highlighting the impact of stigma, societal judgment and appearance-based discrimination, traditional and social media, and the importance... Read More about Moving beyond the individual: The impact and importance of sociocultural influences on visible difference.

A retrospective evaluation of depression outcomes following Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing versus Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in a UK primary care psychological service (2025)
Thesis

Approximately half of individuals respond to existing interventions for depression inadequately (Hendriks et al., 2018).

This study evaluated depression outcomes following a course of EMDR versus TF-CBT in a UK National Health Service primary care... Read More about A retrospective evaluation of depression outcomes following Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing versus Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in a UK primary care psychological service.

Positive humanity, when? Is masculinity worth saving? (2025)
Journal Article

Women have demanded their humanity as full human beings; perhaps it is because this is a women’s demand that so much policy aimed at saving men and alleviating men’s suffering is instead focussed on saving masculinity. Many programmes addressed at th... Read More about Positive humanity, when? Is masculinity worth saving?.

The Sibling Sexual Behaviour and Abuse (SSB-A) Practice Outcomes Framework for services and organisations supporting and responding to sibling sexual behaviour and abuse (2025)
Report

In the UK practice guidance on how services/organisations and professionals should respond to, and support individuals and families affected by SSB-A is increasing (see, Hanson, 2024; Sanderson, 2024; Yates and Allardyce, 2023a; King-Hill and Gilsena... Read More about The Sibling Sexual Behaviour and Abuse (SSB-A) Practice Outcomes Framework for services and organisations supporting and responding to sibling sexual behaviour and abuse.

The experience of shame in modern psychotherapeutic settings: A practitioner's perspective (2025)
Thesis

This study explored the experience of shame within psychotherapeutic settings in the UK. Despite extensive theoretical work, numerous outcome-based studies, and increasing calls to understand shame processes in therapy, the empirical exploration of h... Read More about The experience of shame in modern psychotherapeutic settings: A practitioner's perspective.

The validation of the ‘CARe Burn Scale: Parent/Caregiver Form’ - a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) using Rasch Measurement Theory (RMT) to assess quality of life for parents or caregivers supporting a child with a burn injury (2025)
Journal Article

PROMs measure patient needs and therapeutic progress. This paper outlines the valida-tion of the CARe Burn Scale: Parent/Caregiver Form, a PROM that measures quality of life in parents/caregivers supporting a child with a burn injury. A literature re... Read More about The validation of the ‘CARe Burn Scale: Parent/Caregiver Form’ - a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) using Rasch Measurement Theory (RMT) to assess quality of life for parents or caregivers supporting a child with a burn injury.

Longitudinal psychological well-being in caregivers of young children with cleft lip and/or palate (2025)
Journal Article

Introduction: Caregivers of children with chronic conditions can experience psychological distress and an impact on quality of life (QoL). Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) is one of the most common congenital conditions worldwide. Utilising data extrac... Read More about Longitudinal psychological well-being in caregivers of young children with cleft lip and/or palate.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of social norms messaging approaches for improving health behaviours in developed countries (2025)
Journal Article

Social norms approaches have been widely applied in health promotion, as a cost-effective behaviour-change strategy, but have been little evaluated as a whole. We conducted a pre-registered systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled... Read More about A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of social norms messaging approaches for improving health behaviours in developed countries.

"It's a kind of double-edged sword": Exploring the social media-related experiences of adults with visible differences using photo-elicitation interviews (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives: Visible differences are associated with experiences of stigma, discrimination, anxiety, and social isolation. Social media provides a space to connect with others with the same condition, gain information and support, raise awareness, and... Read More about "It's a kind of double-edged sword": Exploring the social media-related experiences of adults with visible differences using photo-elicitation interviews.

The psychosocial impact of cleft lip and/or palate on caregivers and individuals in low- and middle-income countries: A narrative review (2025)
Journal Article

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) represent the highest incidence, morbidity, and Disability Adjusted Life Years for cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) globally. Most cleft care models now include psychosocial support, yet the psychosocial impacts... Read More about The psychosocial impact of cleft lip and/or palate on caregivers and individuals in low- and middle-income countries: A narrative review.

What excluded children think about their education in alternative provision – and why it matters (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine

Nearly 16,000 children in England learn in state-funded alternative provision (AP). These are educational settings for school-aged pupils who are unable to attend mainstream school. These pupils may have been excluded from their previous school, have... Read More about What excluded children think about their education in alternative provision – and why it matters.

Developing and evaluating an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) curriculum in schools (2025)
Thesis

With statistics showing a decline in child mental health, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) being evidenced as an effective therapeutic model, this PhD initially aimed to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of an ACT wellbeing int... Read More about Developing and evaluating an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) curriculum in schools.

Body image among people living with HIV: A systematic review (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives: The aim of this systematic review was to analyse, synthesise and review existing research on body image among people living with HIV (PLWH). Specifically, the review investigated the relationship of body image with sociodemographic and cl... Read More about Body image among people living with HIV: A systematic review.

Body image as a case topic for eliciting sensitive health experiences in men (2025)
Journal Article

Understanding the needs and experiences of men across many areas of health and wellbeing has been obstructed by an ongoing difficulty for researchers to sufficiently engage men in qualitative health research. To reach novel, broader insights and idea... Read More about Body image as a case topic for eliciting sensitive health experiences in men.