Outputs (36)

An interview study exploring clients' experiences of receiving therapeutic support for family estrangement in the UK (2022)
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Blake, L., Rouncefield‐Swales, A., Bland, B., & Carter, B. (2023). An interview study exploring clients' experiences of receiving therapeutic support for family estrangement in the UK. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23(1), 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12603

Many people experience estrangement from a family member, which is broadly understood to refer to negative relationships that are characterised by little or no contact. However, little is known about how people cope with family estrangement. To addre... Read More about An interview study exploring clients' experiences of receiving therapeutic support for family estrangement in the UK.

Clinical utility and acceptability of a whole-hospital, pro-active electronic paediatric early warning system (the DETECT study): A prospective e-survey of parents and health professionals (2022)
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Carter, B., Saron, H., Blake, L., Eyton-Chong, C., Dee, S., Evans, L., …Carrol, E. D. (2022). Clinical utility and acceptability of a whole-hospital, pro-active electronic paediatric early warning system (the DETECT study): A prospective e-survey of parents and health professionals. PLoS ONE, 17(9), Article e0273666. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273666

Background Paediatric early warning systems (PEWS) are a means of tracking physiological state and alerting healthcare professionals about signs of deterioration, triggering a clinical review and/or escalation of care of children. A proactive end-to-... Read More about Clinical utility and acceptability of a whole-hospital, pro-active electronic paediatric early warning system (the DETECT study): A prospective e-survey of parents and health professionals.

The efficacy of a facilitated support group intervention to reduce the psychological distress of individuals experiencing family estrangement (2022)
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Blake, L., Bland, B., & Gilbert, H. (2022). The efficacy of a facilitated support group intervention to reduce the psychological distress of individuals experiencing family estrangement. Evaluation and Program Planning, 95, 102168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102168

Background: Stand Alone is a charity operating in the United Kingdom that supports adults who are estranged from a family member. The charity recognises that those who experience estrangement from a family member experience sadness, anger and a sense... Read More about The efficacy of a facilitated support group intervention to reduce the psychological distress of individuals experiencing family estrangement.

‘I feel like my house was taken away from me’: Parents' experiences of having home adaptations for their medically complex, technology-dependent child (2022)
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Mithchell, T., Bray, L., Blake, L., Dickenson, A., & Carter, B. (2022). ‘I feel like my house was taken away from me’: Parents' experiences of having home adaptations for their medically complex, technology-dependent child. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(6), e4639-e4651. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13870

Technology-dependent children are a sub-population of seriously ill children with life-limiting conditions who are being cared for at home by their families. Although home-based care has been the model of care for these children since the late 1980s,... Read More about ‘I feel like my house was taken away from me’: Parents' experiences of having home adaptations for their medically complex, technology-dependent child.

Estrangement between siblings in adulthood: A qualitative exploration (2022)
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Blake, L., Bland, B., & Rouncefield-Swales, A. (2023). Estrangement between siblings in adulthood: A qualitative exploration. Journal of Family Issues, 44(7), 1859-1879. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X211064876

Relationships between siblings have been described as the longest lasting an individual can have, yet siblings both can and do become estranged from one another in adulthood. An online survey was disseminated to individuals who had sought support fro... Read More about Estrangement between siblings in adulthood: A qualitative exploration.

‘It doesn't feel like our house anymore’: The impact of medical technology upon life at home for families with a medically complex, technology-dependent child (2022)
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Mitchell, T. K., Bray, L., Blake, L., Dickinson, A., & Carter, B. (2022). ‘It doesn't feel like our house anymore’: The impact of medical technology upon life at home for families with a medically complex, technology-dependent child. Health and Place, 74, Article 102768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102768

The study aimed to identify how medical technology impacts upon the home and life at home. Inductive auto-driven photo-elicitation or semi-structured interviews were conducted with technology-dependent children/young people (n = 2) and their family m... Read More about ‘It doesn't feel like our house anymore’: The impact of medical technology upon life at home for families with a medically complex, technology-dependent child.

How children in Sweden accessed and perceived information during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic (2021)
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Rydström, L. L., Ångström-Brännström, C., Blake, L., Brayl, L., Carter, B., Forsner, M., …Lindholm Olinder, A. (2022). How children in Sweden accessed and perceived information during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 50(1), 144-151. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211051884

Aim: To describe how children in Sweden accessed and perceived information about SARS-CoV2 and Covid-19 during the first phase of the outbreak. Methods: This study is a substudy of an international cross-sectional online mixed methods survey examinin... Read More about How children in Sweden accessed and perceived information during the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.

How parents share and limit their child’s access to information about COVID-19: A mixed methods online survey study (2021)
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Garcia de Avila, M. A., Carter, B., Blake, L., Saron, H., Kirton, J., Protheroe, J., …Bray, L. (2023). How parents share and limit their child’s access to information about COVID-19: A mixed methods online survey study. Journal of Child Health Care, 27(1), 116-127. https://doi.org/10.1177/13674935211046724

This study aimed to understand the role that parents play in sharing or limiting their child’s access to information about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A subset of data from an international mixed methods online survey study was analysed to e... Read More about How parents share and limit their child’s access to information about COVID-19: A mixed methods online survey study.

Children’s pictures of COVID-19 and measures to mitigate its spread: An international qualitative study (2021)
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Bray, L., Blake, L., Protheroe, J., Nafria, B., de Avila, M. A. G., Ångström-Brännström, C., …Carter, B. (2021). Children’s pictures of COVID-19 and measures to mitigate its spread: An international qualitative study. Health Education Journal, 80(7), 811-832. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969211019459

Objectives: To gain insight into children’s health-related knowledge and understanding of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) and COVID-19, and measures adopted to mitigate transmission. Design: A child-centred qualitative cre... Read More about Children’s pictures of COVID-19 and measures to mitigate its spread: An international qualitative study.

“People play it down and tell me it can’t kill people, but I know people are dying each day”. Children’s health literacy relating to a global pandemic (COVID-19); an international cross sectional study (2021)
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Bray, L., Carter, B., Blake, L., Saron, H., Kirton, J. A., Robichaud, F., …Protheroe, J. (2021). “People play it down and tell me it can’t kill people, but I know people are dying each day”. Children’s health literacy relating to a global pandemic (COVID-19); an international cross sectional study. PLoS ONE, 16(2), Article e0246405. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246405

The aim of this study was to examine aspects of children's health literacy; the information sources they were accessing, their information preferences, their perceived understanding of and their reported information needs in relation to COVID-19. An... Read More about “People play it down and tell me it can’t kill people, but I know people are dying each day”. Children’s health literacy relating to a global pandemic (COVID-19); an international cross sectional study.