All Outputs (15)

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.

Cuatro dimensiones de la violencia del narcotráfico en México: ¿cómo las conciben los perpetradores? (2022)
Journal Article
Garcia-Reyes, K. (2022). Cuatro dimensiones de la violencia del narcotráfico en México: ¿cómo las conciben los perpetradores?. CONfines de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, 31(16), 33-60. https://doi.org/10.46530/cf.vi31/cnfns.n31.p33-60

This paper examines the narratives of thirty-three former drug traffickers and analyses how they portray drug trafficking violence. Using a discourse analysis approach, this study reveals four different meanings attached to this violenc... Read More about Cuatro dimensiones de la violencia del narcotráfico en México: ¿cómo las conciben los perpetradores?.

Improving the Emergency Medical Service recognition and response for patients who are at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (2022)
Thesis
Kirby, K. Improving the Emergency Medical Service recognition and response for patients who are at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9030811

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)
Thesis
Holley, S. “I identified as a rugby player…now I’m a Dad”: Fathers’ experiences of physical activity in the postnatal period. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9013027

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.

Combining wildlife occupancy and attitudinal surveys to improve AlWusta Wildlife Reserve management (2022)
Thesis
Al Uwaisi, A. Combining wildlife occupancy and attitudinal surveys to improve AlWusta Wildlife Reserve management. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8188524

Understanding the interactions between people and the landscape, their resource use, activities and needs is an important component of effective natural resource management, particularly in protected areas (Reserves) that are actively inhabited and u... Read More about Combining wildlife occupancy and attitudinal surveys to improve AlWusta Wildlife Reserve management.

From pain to purpose: A psychodynamically and psychosocially informed narrative inquiry into suicide bereavement (2022)
Thesis
Egan, S. From pain to purpose: A psychodynamically and psychosocially informed narrative inquiry into suicide bereavement. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7850996

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
McCourt, K. Testing the theory of self-determination as a predictor of quality of life in neurological conditions in long-term care. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7743362

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
Moulton, K. L. (2023). Exploring tattoo artists’ understanding of decorative non-medical professional tattooing as a method of scar camouflage and decoration. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 28(2), 540-547. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2057556

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.

Improving physical activity and movement skill competency in Gloucestershire’s key stage two children (2022)
Thesis
Cline, A. Improving physical activity and movement skill competency in Gloucestershire’s key stage two children. (Thesis). University of West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8040207

Sport England’s ‘Active Lives, Children and Young People’ survey for the academic year 2019 to 2020 identified that 66% of children in England aged between 5 and 18 were not meeting the recommended amount of physical activity. In addition to low leve... Read More about Improving physical activity and movement skill competency in Gloucestershire’s key stage two children.

Partnerships of prevention: Beyond regulation (2022)
Book Chapter
Turner, E. (2022). Partnerships of prevention: Beyond regulation. In J. Stewart, & R. Moffatt (Eds.), Regulating the Privately Rented Housing Sector: Evidence into Practice. London: Routledge

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.

A thin line divides victims and perpetrators in the war on drugs in Mexico (2022)
Digital Artefact
Garcia-Reyes, K. (2022). A thin line divides victims and perpetrators in the war on drugs in Mexico. [LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre]

Fifteen years ago, Mexico declared war on drugs. However, the country must still reflect on the factors that lead drug traffickers to engage in violence, and reconsider their strategy to break this long cycle of abuse, argues Karina García Reyes.

Experiences of foreign counselling therapists working in the UK: A qualitative study (2022)
Thesis
Principi, R. Experiences of foreign counselling therapists working in the UK: A qualitative study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6804244

Objectives: This study’s aim is to explore foreign therapists’ experiences practicing in the UK, focusing on the therapeutic relationship and how foreign therapists interpret cultural differences in the relationships with their clients. To date, litt... Read More about Experiences of foreign counselling therapists working in the UK: A qualitative study.

An analysis of the NHS Cord Blood Bank; Barriers to cord blood donation and quality parameters limiting storage (2022)
Thesis
Ross, A. An analysis of the NHS Cord Blood Bank; Barriers to cord blood donation and quality parameters limiting storage. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6873528

The NHS Cord Bank was established in 1996 to build an inventory of altruistically donated cord blood units to provide equity of access to all patients eligible for a stem cell transplant. Fixed cord blood collection sites were selected in areas of hi... Read More about An analysis of the NHS Cord Blood Bank; Barriers to cord blood donation and quality parameters limiting storage.