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Improving the Emergency Medical Service recognition and response for patients who are at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (2022)
Thesis

Current international guidelines and the associated “chain of survival” emphasise the recognition of critically unwell patients in the community followed by an efficient response in the hope of preventing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, which occurs... Read More about Improving the Emergency Medical Service recognition and response for patients who are at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

“I identified as a rugby player…now I’m a Dad”: Fathers’ experiences of physical activity in the postnatal period (2022)
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Abstract

Background: Fatherhood is a significant life event that has the potential to impact fathers’ wellbeing and mental health. However, fathers’ experiences have been largely neglected in research and there remains a lack of awareness of pater... Read More about “I identified as a rugby player…now I’m a Dad”: Fathers’ experiences of physical activity in the postnatal period.

From pain to purpose: A psychodynamically and psychosocially informed narrative inquiry into suicide bereavement (2022)
Thesis

A reported 5,691 people died by suicide in England and Wales in 2019 (Office for National Statistics, 2021), leaving behind an unclear number of suicide-loss survivors living with grief. The British Psychological Society’s (BPS) (BPS, 2016) position... Read More about From pain to purpose: A psychodynamically and psychosocially informed narrative inquiry into suicide bereavement.

Testing the theory of self-determination as a predictor of quality of life in neurological conditions in long-term care (2022)
Thesis

Self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2008; Ryan & Deci, 2017) provides a framework for intervention development by setting out a comprehensive approach to motivation and health behaviour through its theory and measurement of autonomy, perceiv... Read More about Testing the theory of self-determination as a predictor of quality of life in neurological conditions in long-term care.

Exploring tattoo artists’ understanding of decorative non-medical professional tattooing as a method of scar camouflage and decoration (2022)
Journal Article

Research surrounding the use of decorative tattooing by non-medical professional tattooists as a form of scar camouflage or decoration is limited. This study provides critical and deepening insights into tattoo artists’ experiences of tattooing scars... Read More about Exploring tattoo artists’ understanding of decorative non-medical professional tattooing as a method of scar camouflage and decoration.