Outputs (59)

Implementation fidelity of a voluntary sector-led diabetes education programme (2017)
Journal Article

© 2018, © Michele S.Y. Kok, Mat Jones, Emma Solomon-Moore and Jane R. Smith. Purpose: The quality of voluntary sector-led community health programmes is an important concern for service users, providers and commissioners. Research on the fidelity of... Read More about Implementation fidelity of a voluntary sector-led diabetes education programme.

Action 3:30R: Protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility study of a revised teaching assistant-led extracurricular physical activity intervention for 8- to 10-year-olds (2017)
Journal Article

Background: Approximately half of 7-year-old children do not meet physical activity (PA) recommendations. Interventions targeting primary school children’s afterschool discretionary time could increase PA. Teaching assistants (TAs) are a school resou... Read More about Action 3:30R: Protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility study of a revised teaching assistant-led extracurricular physical activity intervention for 8- to 10-year-olds.

Discovering the role of public co-applicant on a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme grant (2017)
Journal Article

All abstracts from the NIHR INVOLVE Conference 2017. Poster 27 - P27 Discovering the role of public co-applicant on a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme grant Research Involvement and Engagement 2017, 3(Suppl 1):P27

Developing a toolkit for patient and public involvement in antimicrobial medicines development research: Breaking new ground (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Aims
Patient and public involvement (PPI) in antimicrobial medicines development research is a new and challenging area. We aim to share some of the barriers and strategies to developing a toolkit to support PPI in this area. The PPI toolkit develop... Read More about Developing a toolkit for patient and public involvement in antimicrobial medicines development research: Breaking new ground.

The role of home adaptations in improving later life (2017)
Report

This report summarises the findings of a systematic review of the best, available scientific evidence on how home adaptations can contribute to improving later life.
Living in a suitable home is crucially important to a good later life. The right h... Read More about The role of home adaptations in improving later life.

Developing a toolkit for patient and public involvement in antimicrobial medicines development research: Breaking new ground (2017)
Journal Article

Abstract from the NIHR INVOLVE Conference 2017

Predicting walking and cycling behaviour change using an extended Theory of Planned Behaviour (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introduction: The psychological predictors of behaviour change may differ from the predictors of engaging in behaviour, and there is limited evidence on the associations between psychological constructs and changes in physical activity behaviours suc... Read More about Predicting walking and cycling behaviour change using an extended Theory of Planned Behaviour.

The new prison framework will be inflexible, costly and do nothing to ease chronic overcrowding and violence (2017)
Journal Article

The Conservative manifesto planned to create a series of legally enforceable standards that prisons, and those who work with inmates, will have to meet. Nasrul Ismail and Nick de Viggiani (University of the West of England) have interviewed 30 prison... Read More about The new prison framework will be inflexible, costly and do nothing to ease chronic overcrowding and violence.

Earth has not anything to show more fair…. (2017)
Journal Article

Editorial

Food Settings and the health and wellbeing of older people: An annotated bibliography and summary of the literature (2017)
Preprint / Working Paper

Little evidence has been collated on the role that food settings play in the health and wellbeing of older people. The purpose of this bibliography is to bring together evidence from a variety of fields and to begin to identify common themes, key lea... Read More about Food Settings and the health and wellbeing of older people: An annotated bibliography and summary of the literature.

Independent reporting sonographers: Could other countries follow the UK's lead? (2017)
Journal Article

Introduction

For many years, the majority of ultrasound examinations in the United Kingdom (UK), both obstetric and non-obstetric, have been performed by radiographers who have undergone postgraduate training. These sonographers scan, interpret a... Read More about Independent reporting sonographers: Could other countries follow the UK's lead?.

Health equity considerations for developing and reporting patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials: A report from the omeract equity special interest group (2017)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved. Objective: Despite advances integrating patient-centered outcomes into rheumatologic studies, concerns remain regarding their representativeness across diverse patient groups and how this affects equity. The Out... Read More about Health equity considerations for developing and reporting patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials: A report from the omeract equity special interest group.

Development of a Parenting Support Program to Prevent Abuse of Adolescents in South Africa: Findings From a Pilot Pre-Post Study (2017)
Journal Article

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. Purpose: Violence against children increases in adolescence, but there is a research and practice gap in research-supported child abuse prevention for the adolescent years. A pilot program for low-resource settings was d... Read More about Development of a Parenting Support Program to Prevent Abuse of Adolescents in South Africa: Findings From a Pilot Pre-Post Study.

The impact of the built environment on health: An evidence review (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As part of the Wellcome Trust-funded UPSTREAM project, a systematic review compiled evidence investigating the impact on health and wellbeing of five thematic areas of urban development design: transport, buildings, food, natural environment, and nei... Read More about The impact of the built environment on health: An evidence review.

Post-surgical cliff after bariatric surgery: Accounts of patients and their healthcare practitioners (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The superiority of bariatric surgery for improving medical outcomes in severely obese individuals when compared to other weight loss interventions remains undisputed. However, knowledge about the psychological impact of the procedure on people’s live... Read More about Post-surgical cliff after bariatric surgery: Accounts of patients and their healthcare practitioners.

‘Everyone assumes a man to be quite strong’: Men, masculinity and rheumatoid arthritis: A case-study approach (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for SHIL. Current literature has overlooked the impact of chronic illness on masculine identity. We therefore aimed to investigate the im... Read More about ‘Everyone assumes a man to be quite strong’: Men, masculinity and rheumatoid arthritis: A case-study approach.

A study protocol of the effectiveness of PEGASUS: A multi-centred study comparing an intervention to promote shared decision making about breast reconstruction with treatment as usual (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Increasingly, women elect breast reconstruction after mastectomy. However, their expectations of surgery are often not met, and dissatisfaction with outcome and ongoing psychosocial concerns and distress are common.... Read More about A study protocol of the effectiveness of PEGASUS: A multi-centred study comparing an intervention to promote shared decision making about breast reconstruction with treatment as usual.

Food for life: Evaluation of the impact of the Hospital Food Programme in England using a case study approach (2017)
Journal Article

Objectives
To evaluate the impact and challenges of implementing a Food for Life approach within three pilot NHS sites in 2014/2015 in England. Food for Life is an initiative led by the Soil Association, a non-governmental organisation in the UK tha... Read More about Food for life: Evaluation of the impact of the Hospital Food Programme in England using a case study approach.

Embracing social responsibilities through local leadership: Comparing the experience of the mayors of Bristol and Liverpool (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter analyses the extent to which the notion of social responsibility through leadership has been embraced by Bristol and Liverpool mayors, as the only elected mayors in England’s core cities, operationalised through the broad framing princip... Read More about Embracing social responsibilities through local leadership: Comparing the experience of the mayors of Bristol and Liverpool.

Does funded research reflect the priorities of people living with type 1 diabetes? A secondary analysis of research questions (2017)
Journal Article

© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. Objectives This study explored the divergence and convergence between funded research about type 1 diabetes and the research agenda of people living w... Read More about Does funded research reflect the priorities of people living with type 1 diabetes? A secondary analysis of research questions.