Outputs (3922)

The religious and cultural influences in the development of mental health perceptions in young Muslim people in the UK (2023)
Thesis
Idjer, I. The religious and cultural influences in the development of mental health perceptions in young Muslim people in the UK. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10479586

Understanding the impact of religion and culture on mental health perceptions of young Muslims is important because of the lack of support and access for young Muslims in mental health services. Literature: The Muslim Youth Helpline (2020) presented... Read More about The religious and cultural influences in the development of mental health perceptions in young Muslim people in the UK.

Use of drones for landscape-scale surveys to meet conservation organisation needs (2023)
Thesis
Jordan, M. Use of drones for landscape-scale surveys to meet conservation organisation needs. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10278856

Monitoring is an important part of current conservation work but is currently overlooked over other aspects of conservation due to a lack of resources. Drones represent a potential solution to this lack of monitoring and have been shown to be more ac... Read More about Use of drones for landscape-scale surveys to meet conservation organisation needs.

Body-mapping with therapeutic practitioners: An embodied exploration of therapists’ perceptions of the body, and use of embodiment within therapy (2023)
Thesis
Bond, Z. Body-mapping with therapeutic practitioners: An embodied exploration of therapists’ perceptions of the body, and use of embodiment within therapy. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10107465

Alongside the growth of body-oriented approaches to therapy over the past couple of decades, ‘embodiment’ and the ‘embodied relationship’ have become increasingly cited constructs within the therapeutic and psychological worlds, and yet, the use of e... Read More about Body-mapping with therapeutic practitioners: An embodied exploration of therapists’ perceptions of the body, and use of embodiment within therapy.

A non-faradaic impedimetric biosensor for monitoring of caspase 9 in mammalian cell culture (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, B., Kiely, J., Luxton, R., & Williams, I. (2023). A non-faradaic impedimetric biosensor for monitoring of caspase 9 in mammalian cell culture. Bioelectrochemistry, 153, Article 108456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2023.108456

Lower yields and poorer quality of biopharmaceutical products result from cell death in bioreactors. Such cell death is commonly associated with programmed cell death or apoptosis. During apoptosis, caspases are activated and cause a cascade of event... Read More about A non-faradaic impedimetric biosensor for monitoring of caspase 9 in mammalian cell culture.

Measures of greenspace exposure and their association to health-related outcomes for the periods before and during 2020’s Lockdown: A cross-sectional study in the West of England (2023)
Journal Article
Fouad, A. Z., Sinnett, D., Bray, I., McClatchey, R., & Reece, R. (2023). Measures of greenspace exposure and their association to health-related outcomes for the periods before and during 2020’s Lockdown: A cross-sectional study in the West of England. Land,

Greenspaces are argued to be one of the important features in the urban environment that impact the health of the population. Previous research suggested either positive, negative or no associations between greenspaces and health-related outcomes. Th... Read More about Measures of greenspace exposure and their association to health-related outcomes for the periods before and during 2020’s Lockdown: A cross-sectional study in the West of England.

‘You’re there to support someone regardless’: A thematic analysis of staff experiences of working in homeless hostels (2023)
Thesis
Aspinall, P. ‘You’re there to support someone regardless’: A thematic analysis of staff experiences of working in homeless hostels. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9088335

Background: Homeless hostels sit outside of statutory services yet they often support individuals with experience of severe and multiple disadvantages who are not able to access support elsewhere. These experiences can profoundly affect these individ... Read More about ‘You’re there to support someone regardless’: A thematic analysis of staff experiences of working in homeless hostels.

Exploring working class men’s experiences of their social context and its impact on mental health and help seeking behaviour in the South Wales Valleys (2023)
Thesis
McGinty, T. Exploring working class men’s experiences of their social context and its impact on mental health and help seeking behaviour in the South Wales Valleys. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10141665

Past intersectional research has suggested that men living in socially deprived areas are 51% more likely to experience major depressive disorder. Furthermore, men have increased rates of mental distress and psychopathology in comparison to individua... Read More about Exploring working class men’s experiences of their social context and its impact on mental health and help seeking behaviour in the South Wales Valleys.

The effect of infant feeding methods and non-nutritive sucking behaviours on speech sound development at age five years (2022)
Thesis
Burr, S. The effect of infant feeding methods and non-nutritive sucking behaviours on speech sound development at age five years. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9504023

Children with speech sound disorders (SSD) constitute the largest population of referrals to speech and language therapy (SLT) services (Broomfield & Dodd, 2004). This study aims to identify potential early risk factors for SSD at the critical ages o... Read More about The effect of infant feeding methods and non-nutritive sucking behaviours on speech sound development at age five years.

A phenomenological inquiry into the therapeutic aspects of tabletop roleplaying games (2022)
Thesis
Ball, G. A phenomenological inquiry into the therapeutic aspects of tabletop roleplaying games. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9430982

Table-top Role Playing Games (RPGs) have risen in popularity since their conception in the 1970’s. While some literature has explored their emergent psychological processes, very few studies have explicitly reflected on the therapeutic potential of t... Read More about A phenomenological inquiry into the therapeutic aspects of tabletop roleplaying games.

Targeted support is needed to protect the wellbeing of researchers working with emotionally challenging material (2022)
Report
Hammet, J., Garcia-Reyes, K., & Nunan, C. (2022). Targeted support is needed to protect the wellbeing of researchers working with emotionally challenging material. Policy Bristol: ESRC

This project, funded by the ESRC IAA, focused on the lived experiences of PhD and early career researchers who are routinely exposed to emotionally challenging material. It investigated existing wellbeing resources and piloted counsellor-led trai... Read More about Targeted support is needed to protect the wellbeing of researchers working with emotionally challenging material.