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Student and staff perceptions of the international postgraduate student experience: A qualitative study of a UK university (2017)
Journal Article

This study aimed to explore student and staff perceptions of academic, personal and social factors influencing the international postgraduate student experience at a UK University. Focus groups were conducted with international students enrolled on a... Read More about Student and staff perceptions of the international postgraduate student experience: A qualitative study of a UK university.

Engaging stakeholder communities as body image intervention partners: The Body Project as a case example (2017)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd Despite recent advances in developing evidence-based psychological interventions, substantial changes are needed in the current system of intervention delivery to impact mental health on a global scale (Kazdin & Blase, 2011). Prev... Read More about Engaging stakeholder communities as body image intervention partners: The Body Project as a case example.

“Othering” the offender (2017)
Digital Artefact

A blog about the reality and impact of othering in respect to sexual abusers.

Music-making for health and wellbeing in youth justice settings: mediated affordances and the impact of context and social relations (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for SHIL. Young people in the criminal justice system experience significant health and wellbeing issues that often stem from poverty and... Read More about Music-making for health and wellbeing in youth justice settings: mediated affordances and the impact of context and social relations.

Exploring Students’ Views about their Psychological Wellbeing through Ecomaps (2017)
Book Chapter

The economic crisis and severe austerity measures that have deluged Greece over the last eight years have had a significant impact on the people’s mental health and mental health services (Economou et. al., 2013; Triliva, Fragkiadaki & Balamoutsou, 2... Read More about Exploring Students’ Views about their Psychological Wellbeing through Ecomaps.

More than just child’s play?: An experimental investigation of the impact of an appearance-focused internet game on body image and career aspirations of young girls (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, The Author(s). In recent years, elements of the modern environment (such as television, Internet, toys and clothes) have been criticized for having an increasingly sexualized or appearance focus, which has been suggested to be detrimental to... Read More about More than just child’s play?: An experimental investigation of the impact of an appearance-focused internet game on body image and career aspirations of young girls.

For men who don't mean anything by it (2017)
Journal Article

Sexual harassment sounds such a formal term, it sounds like a case at an employment tribunal. Everyone knows that sexual harassment is wrong and most probably illegal and certainly not politically correct. But an awful lot of people think that men se... Read More about For men who don't mean anything by it.

A randomised controlled trial of student nurse performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a simulated family-witnessed resuscitation scenario (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd This randomized controlled trial, conducted in a UK University nursing department, compared student nurses' performance during a simulated cardiac arrest. Eighteen teams of four students were randomly assigned to one of three scen... Read More about A randomised controlled trial of student nurse performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a simulated family-witnessed resuscitation scenario.

Parents’ experiences of receiving feedback from national child weight screening programmes in the UK: A mixed methods systematic review (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Aim: To examine parents’ experiences of receiving feedback from a child weight screening programme in the UK Background: Launched in England in 2005, the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) is a mandatory school-based height and weight surve... Read More about Parents’ experiences of receiving feedback from national child weight screening programmes in the UK: A mixed methods systematic review.

Recording and reporting of mobile phone involvement in road traffic collisions: Survey of police officers (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This poster was presented at the 2017 South West Public Health Scientific Conference. It presents the findings from our survey of collision investigation officers, which investigated how police forces investigate and record mobile phone involvement i... Read More about Recording and reporting of mobile phone involvement in road traffic collisions: Survey of police officers.

Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background It is estimated that 21% of boys and 16% of girls in England meet recommended physical activity guidelines. Team sport has the potential to increase physical activity level; however, studies show that gender-based factors can influence gi... Read More about Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport.

The global financial crisis and its aftermath: Economic and political recalibration in the non-sovereign Caribbean (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, © 2017 CALACS. The small non-sovereign island jurisdictions (SNIJs) of the Caribbean have a privileged position in the global political economy, with significant political and economic autonomy on the one hand, and useful protections and supp... Read More about The global financial crisis and its aftermath: Economic and political recalibration in the non-sovereign Caribbean.

Parent-to-parent peer support for parents of children with a disability: A mixed method study (2017)
Journal Article

Objectives This paper will report on the findings of a study which investigated the influence of a befriending (parent-to-parent peer support) scheme on parents whose children have a disability or additional need. The scheme operated from an acute c... Read More about Parent-to-parent peer support for parents of children with a disability: A mixed method study.

Pre-operative experiences and post-operative benefits of ptosis surgery: A qualitative study (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Taylor & Francis. This qualitative study sought to explore the experiences of patients who had undergone successful ptosis correction surgery. Participants were recruited from Bristol Eye Hospital. Nine participants were interviewed using a... Read More about Pre-operative experiences and post-operative benefits of ptosis surgery: A qualitative study.

Seeking help in times of economic hardship: Access, experiences of services and unmet need (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Economic recessions are often accompanied by increased levels of psychological distress and suicidal behaviour in affected populations. Little is known about the experiences of people seeking help for employment, financial and benefit-rel... Read More about Seeking help in times of economic hardship: Access, experiences of services and unmet need.

Moving research beyond the spanking debate (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Despite numerous studies identifying a broad range of harms associated with the use of spanking and other types of physical punishment, debate continues about its use as a form of discipline. In this commentary, we recommend four... Read More about Moving research beyond the spanking debate.

A preconsultation web-based tool to generate an agenda for discussion in diabetes outpatient clinics to improve patient outcomes (DIAT): A feasibility study (2017)
Journal Article

© 2016 Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Objective To test the feasibility of running a randomised controlled trial of a preconsultation web-based intervention (Presenting Asking Checking Expressing (PACE-D)) to improve the quality of ca... Read More about A preconsultation web-based tool to generate an agenda for discussion in diabetes outpatient clinics to improve patient outcomes (DIAT): A feasibility study.

Threat of dementia: The role of self-protective memory and replication of the mnemic neglect effect. Poster presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), March 2017 (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Poster

Memories of life before Anorexia Nervosa: A qualitative retrospective study (2017)
Thesis

The purpose of this research is to gain insight into the early experiences of those who have (or have had) Anorexia Nervosa, prior to the onset of symptoms. The study uses thematic analysis to analyse and identify themes in the data, taking a critic... Read More about Memories of life before Anorexia Nervosa: A qualitative retrospective study.

Social dream-drawing (SDD): Praxis and research (2017)
Thesis

Social Dream-Drawing is a socioanalytic praxis conceived, developed and researched by myself as a psycho-social action researcher. Although it is built upon related praxes, such as Social Dreaming, Organisational Role Analysis and the Social Photo-Ma... Read More about Social dream-drawing (SDD): Praxis and research.