Intergenerational project in Bristol
(2019)
Journal Article
Outputs (885)
The use of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation in invasively ventilated critically ill adults (2022)
Journal Article
Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) is traditionally used in the neuromuscular popula-tion. There is growing interest of MI-E use in invasively ventilated critically ill adults. We aimed to map current evidence on MI-E use in invasively venti... Read More about The use of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation in invasively ventilated critically ill adults.
‘You can’t kill the spirit’ (but you can try): Gendered contestations and contradictions at Menwith Hill Women’s Peace Camp (2022)
Book Chapter
In the mid-1990s Menwith Hill Women’s Peace Camp outside the US National Security Agency military base in Yorkshire was the only full-time women-only peace camp in the UK and was wo-manned by several Greenham stalwarts. From whatever background, peac... Read More about ‘You can’t kill the spirit’ (but you can try): Gendered contestations and contradictions at Menwith Hill Women’s Peace Camp.
Prevalence of Carbapenemase Producing Organisms in East London, UK. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carbapenemases are enzymes, produced by an array of common Gram-negative organisms, which hydrolyse the carbapenem antibiotics, conferring resistance [1]. The main protagonists are the “big five” carbapenemases, KPC, OXA-48, IMP, VIM and NDM, which h... Read More about Prevalence of Carbapenemase Producing Organisms in East London, UK..
Strengthening management, community engagement, and sustainability of the subnational response to accelerate malaria elimination in Namibia (2022)
Journal Article
Leadership and management skills are critical for health programs to deliver high-quality interventions in complex systems. In malaria-eliminating countries, national and subnational health teams are reorienting strategies to address focal transmissi... Read More about Strengthening management, community engagement, and sustainability of the subnational response to accelerate malaria elimination in Namibia.
Systematic review of body image measures (2019)
Journal Article
Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This systematic review synthesizes and critically appraises measurement properties of influential body image measures. Eight measures that met the definition of an assessment of body image (i.e., an... Read More about Systematic review of body image measures.
Colouring for wellbeing: Evidence and applications (2023)
Book Chapter
Colouring has been increasingly used by adults as a tool to reduce stress and anxiety and to increase mindful attention in recent years. Its popularity has been reflected in the production and sales of colouring books, downloadable colouring pages an... Read More about Colouring for wellbeing: Evidence and applications.
Political Affiliation and Population Views on the Role of Family and Volunteer Carers to Supplement State Provision in End of Life Care in England (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Political affiliation and population views on the role of family and volunteer carers to supplement state provision in end of life care in England Alan Tapp, Clive Nancarrow, Yvette Morey, Stella Warren, Julia Verne Background: In England politicia... Read More about Political Affiliation and Population Views on the Role of Family and Volunteer Carers to Supplement State Provision in End of Life Care in England.
One in ten older adults aged >45 years report having no-one to turn to for help at the end of life apart from professionals - Who are they? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
- Background: There is increased interest in the impact of living alone and loneliness on people’s wellbeing at the end of life and practicality of providing care, especially at home. In a nationally representative sample of 3,590 people aged >45 yea... Read More about One in ten older adults aged >45 years report having no-one to turn to for help at the end of life apart from professionals - Who are they?.
Association between measures derived from children's primary exfoliated teeth and psychopathology symptoms: Results from a community-based study (2022)
Journal Article
Mental disorders are among the most disabling health conditions globally. However, there remains a lack of valid, reliable, noninvasive, and inexpensive biomarkers to identify (at an early age) people who are at the greatest risk of experiencing a fu... Read More about Association between measures derived from children's primary exfoliated teeth and psychopathology symptoms: Results from a community-based study.
Days of Action (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
‘Days of Action’ is a series of works that responds to and exposes latent forces within the circulatory spaces of political and cultural locations. The series brings social logics from political demonstration and motion indebted to political language... Read More about Days of Action.
Hope (2019)
Digital Artefact
Hope: 28' drama for BSL Zone, Film4 and Together Channel Hope is a care-free, fun-loving Deaf teenager... but a fatal diagnosis is about to change everything. Hope is a fun loving Deaf 17 year old who's enjoying partying and is planning for t... Read More about Hope.
What do we know from current evidence about the experience of women who breastfeed beyond twelve months of age? A systematic review of qualitative evidence (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The duration of breastfeeding varies around the world; in developed nations breastfeeding beyond infancy is unusual and hard to measure, with the numbers in the UK likely to be very small. There is limited understanding of how women experience breast... Read More about What do we know from current evidence about the experience of women who breastfeed beyond twelve months of age? A systematic review of qualitative evidence.
Rapid bactericidal effect of cinnamon bark essential oil against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2019)
Journal Article
AIMS: This study aimed to identify the most effective antimicrobial from a selection of essential oils and investigate its bactericidal properties against Ps. aeruginosa. METHODS AND RESULTS: The disc diffusion assay and minimal inhibitory/bacte... Read More about Rapid bactericidal effect of cinnamon bark essential oil against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
A framework for semi-supervised adaptive learning for activity recognition in healthcare applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
With the growing popularity of the Internet of Things and connected home products, potential healthcare applications in a smart-home context for assisted living are becoming increasingly apparent. However, challenges in performing real-time human act... Read More about A framework for semi-supervised adaptive learning for activity recognition in healthcare applications.
Family transitions and home education: circumstances, processes and practices (2022)
Thesis
This study investigates the processes leading certain UK families to home educate. The research focus is: What circumstances inform the transitions of families to home education? The analysis draws upon a large-scale online survey, face-to-face inter... Read More about Family transitions and home education: circumstances, processes and practices.
Demographic trends in the incidence of young-onset colorectal cancer: A population-based study (2020)
Journal Article
Background: Evidence is emerging that the incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing in young adults, but the descriptive epidemiology required to better understand these trends is currently lacking. Methods: A population-based cohort study was... Read More about Demographic trends in the incidence of young-onset colorectal cancer: A population-based study.
Partnerships of prevention: Beyond regulation (2022)
Book Chapter
The public health agenda provided new impetus and opportunities to tackle health inequalities and a framework for revisiting policy and practice in the PRS to deliver better health outcomes. However, the national picture is erratic, and the extent to... Read More about Partnerships of prevention: Beyond regulation.
How should we be designing and planning our cities to improve wellbeing? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Running In Rome: A bio/digi-rhythmic soundscape (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This performative paper explores an empirical case study and sound “data-stream”, developed as part of a four-year doctoral research project titled Bio-rhythms/ Digi-rhythms: Synthesizing the Digitally Mediated Body Through Performative Methodologies... Read More about Running In Rome: A bio/digi-rhythmic soundscape.