All Outputs (3)

‘Shooting in the dark’: Implications of the research–practice gap for enhancing research use in adult social care (2024)
Journal Article
Gray, K., Dibsdall, L., Sumpter, L., Cameron, A., Willis, P., Symonds, J., …Cabral, C. (in press). ‘Shooting in the dark’: Implications of the research–practice gap for enhancing research use in adult social care. Evidence and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1332/17442648y2024d000000024

Background: Despite calls for greater use of research and an appetite to do so within adult social care, a gap persists between research and practice. Aims and objectives: To explore views of adult social care staff about research and its application... Read More about ‘Shooting in the dark’: Implications of the research–practice gap for enhancing research use in adult social care.

Social connectedness in a locked-down world: A phenomenological study of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Beardmore, A., Beynon, P., Crabbe, C., Fullforth, J., Groome, J., & Jones, M. (2023). Social connectedness in a locked-down world: A phenomenological study of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Ageing and Longevity, 3(4), 465-482. https://doi.org/10.3390/jal3040020

Background: Whilst qualitative research has previously been conducted on older people’s personal resilience and wellbeing during COVID-19, there are fewer empirical studies on the impact it had on social connectedness for this age group. In this pape... Read More about Social connectedness in a locked-down world: A phenomenological study of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How educational staff in European schools reform school food systems through ‘everyday practices’ (2022)
Journal Article
Jones, M., Ruge, D., & Jones, V. (2022). How educational staff in European schools reform school food systems through ‘everyday practices’. Environmental Education Research, 28(4), 545-559. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2032608

Schools are recognized as important locales for education and action to change food-related environmental and health behaviours. Research shows the potential for a whole school systems approach to integrate educational activities, food in school, and... Read More about How educational staff in European schools reform school food systems through ‘everyday practices’.