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Evaluation of stereo acuity in professional baseball and LPGA athletes compared to non-athletes (2017)
Journal Article
Hunfalvay, M., Orr, R., Murray, N., & Roberts, C. (2017). Evaluation of stereo acuity in professional baseball and LPGA athletes compared to non-athletes. Vision development and rehabilitation, 3(1), 33-41

To investigate stereo acuity of professional athletes in an open (baseball) and closed (golf) skilled sport compared to non-athletes using a new digitized version of the Titmus Stereo Test/Wirt Circles. Additionally, to examine the new test for relia... Read More about Evaluation of stereo acuity in professional baseball and LPGA athletes compared to non-athletes.

Student and staff perceptions of the international postgraduate student experience: A qualitative study of a UK university (2017)
Journal Article
Bird, E. (2017). Student and staff perceptions of the international postgraduate student experience: A qualitative study of a UK university. Journal of International Students, 7(2), 329-346

This study aimed to explore student and staff perceptions of academic, personal and social factors influencing the international postgraduate student experience at a UK University. Focus groups were conducted with international students enrolled on a... Read More about Student and staff perceptions of the international postgraduate student experience: A qualitative study of a UK university.

“Othering” the offender (2017)
Digital Artefact
McCartan, K., & Prescott, D. (2017). “Othering” the offender

A blog about the reality and impact of othering in respect to sexual abusers.

Music-making for health and wellbeing in youth justice settings: mediated affordances and the impact of context and social relations (2017)
Journal Article
Daykin, N., de Viggiani, N., Moriarty, Y., & Pilkington, P. (2017). Music-making for health and wellbeing in youth justice settings: mediated affordances and the impact of context and social relations. Sociology of Health and Illness, 39(6), 941-958. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12549

© 2017 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for SHIL. Young people in the criminal justice system experience significant health and wellbeing issues that often stem from poverty and... Read More about Music-making for health and wellbeing in youth justice settings: mediated affordances and the impact of context and social relations.

Exploring Students’ Views about their Psychological Wellbeing through Ecomaps (2017)
Book Chapter
Matsopoulos, A., Nastasi, B., Fragkiadaki, E., & Koutsopina, E. (2017). Exploring Students’ Views about their Psychological Wellbeing through Ecomaps. In C. Cefai, & P. Cooper (Eds.), Mental Health Promotion in Schools (69-84). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-053-0_5

The economic crisis and severe austerity measures that have deluged Greece over the last eight years have had a significant impact on the people’s mental health and mental health services (Economou et. al., 2013; Triliva, Fragkiadaki & Balamoutsou, 2... Read More about Exploring Students’ Views about their Psychological Wellbeing through Ecomaps.

More than just child’s play?: An experimental investigation of the impact of an appearance-focused internet game on body image and career aspirations of young girls (2017)
Journal Article
Slater, A., Halliwell, E., Jarman, H., & Gaskin, E. (2017). More than just child’s play?: An experimental investigation of the impact of an appearance-focused internet game on body image and career aspirations of young girls. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(9), 2047-2059. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0659-7

© 2017, The Author(s). In recent years, elements of the modern environment (such as television, Internet, toys and clothes) have been criticized for having an increasingly sexualized or appearance focus, which has been suggested to be detrimental to... Read More about More than just child’s play?: An experimental investigation of the impact of an appearance-focused internet game on body image and career aspirations of young girls.

Parents’ experiences of receiving feedback from national child weight screening programmes in the UK: A mixed methods systematic review (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Preddy, A., & Bird, E. (2017, March). Parents’ experiences of receiving feedback from national child weight screening programmes in the UK: A mixed methods systematic review. Poster presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Bristol, England

Aim: To examine parents’ experiences of receiving feedback from a child weight screening programme in the UK Background: Launched in England in 2005, the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) is a mandatory school-based height and weight surve... Read More about Parents’ experiences of receiving feedback from national child weight screening programmes in the UK: A mixed methods systematic review.

Recording and reporting of mobile phone involvement in road traffic collisions: Survey of police officers (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Pilkington, P., Ige, J., & Banstola, A. (2017, March). Recording and reporting of mobile phone involvement in road traffic collisions: Survey of police officers. Poster presented at 2017 South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Bristol, England

This poster was presented at the 2017 South West Public Health Scientific Conference. It presents the findings from our survey of collision investigation officers, which investigated how police forces investigate and record mobile phone involvement i... Read More about Recording and reporting of mobile phone involvement in road traffic collisions: Survey of police officers.

Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Allison, R., Bird, E., & McClean, S. (2017, March). Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport. Poster presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Bristol, England

Background It is estimated that 21% of boys and 16% of girls in England meet recommended physical activity guidelines. Team sport has the potential to increase physical activity level; however, studies show that gender-based factors can influence gi... Read More about Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport.

A randomised controlled trial of student nurse performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a simulated family-witnessed resuscitation scenario (2017)
Journal Article
Kenny, G., Bray, I., Pontin, D., Jefferies, R., & Albarran, J. (2017). A randomised controlled trial of student nurse performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a simulated family-witnessed resuscitation scenario. Nurse Education in Practice, 24, 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2017.03.004

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd This randomized controlled trial, conducted in a UK University nursing department, compared student nurses' performance during a simulated cardiac arrest. Eighteen teams of four students were randomly assigned to one of three scen... Read More about A randomised controlled trial of student nurse performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a simulated family-witnessed resuscitation scenario.

The global financial crisis and its aftermath: Economic and political recalibration in the non-sovereign Caribbean (2017)
Journal Article
Clegg, P., Daniel, J., Pantojas-García, E., & Veenendaal, W. (2017). The global financial crisis and its aftermath: Economic and political recalibration in the non-sovereign Caribbean. Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 42(1), 84-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/08263663.2017.1281942

© 2017, © 2017 CALACS. The small non-sovereign island jurisdictions (SNIJs) of the Caribbean have a privileged position in the global political economy, with significant political and economic autonomy on the one hand, and useful protections and supp... Read More about The global financial crisis and its aftermath: Economic and political recalibration in the non-sovereign Caribbean.

Parent-to-parent peer support for parents of children with a disability: A mixed method study (2017)
Journal Article
Bray, L., Carter, B., Sanders, C., Blake, L., & Keegan, K. (2017). Parent-to-parent peer support for parents of children with a disability: A mixed method study. Patient Education and Counseling, 100(8), 1537-1543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2017.03.004

Objectives This paper will report on the findings of a study which investigated the influence of a befriending (parent-to-parent peer support) scheme on parents whose children have a disability or additional need. The scheme operated from an acute c... Read More about Parent-to-parent peer support for parents of children with a disability: A mixed method study.

Seeking help in times of economic hardship: Access, experiences of services and unmet need (2017)
Journal Article
Barnes, M. C., Donovan, J. L., Wilson, C., Chatwin, J., Davies, R., Potokar, J., …Gunnell, D. (2017). Seeking help in times of economic hardship: Access, experiences of services and unmet need. BMC Psychiatry, 17, Article 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1235-0

Background: Economic recessions are often accompanied by increased levels of psychological distress and suicidal behaviour in affected populations. Little is known about the experiences of people seeking help for employment, financial and benefit-rel... Read More about Seeking help in times of economic hardship: Access, experiences of services and unmet need.

Pre-operative experiences and post-operative benefits of ptosis surgery: A qualitative study (2017)
Journal Article
Harrad, R. A., Richards, H. S., Jenkinson, E., & Rumsey, N. (2017). Pre-operative experiences and post-operative benefits of ptosis surgery: A qualitative study. Orbit, 36(3), 147-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/01676830.2017.1279669

© 2017 Taylor & Francis. This qualitative study sought to explore the experiences of patients who had undergone successful ptosis correction surgery. Participants were recruited from Bristol Eye Hospital. Nine participants were interviewed using a... Read More about Pre-operative experiences and post-operative benefits of ptosis surgery: A qualitative study.

A preconsultation web-based tool to generate an agenda for discussion in diabetes outpatient clinics to improve patient outcomes (DIAT): A feasibility study (2017)
Journal Article
Ukoumunne, O. C., Ukoumunne, O. C., Vaidya, B., Frost, J., Anderson, R., Argyle, C., …Britten, N. (2017). A preconsultation web-based tool to generate an agenda for discussion in diabetes outpatient clinics to improve patient outcomes (DIAT): A feasibility study. BMJ Open, 7(3), e013519. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013519

© 2016 Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Objective To test the feasibility of running a randomised controlled trial of a preconsultation web-based intervention (Presenting Asking Checking Expressing (PACE-D)) to improve the quality of ca... Read More about A preconsultation web-based tool to generate an agenda for discussion in diabetes outpatient clinics to improve patient outcomes (DIAT): A feasibility study.

Threat of dementia: The role of self-protective memory and replication of the mnemic neglect effect. Poster presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), March 2017 (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Christopher, G., Cheston, R., & Dodd, E. (2017, March). Threat of dementia: The role of self-protective memory and replication of the mnemic neglect effect. Poster presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), March 2017. Poster presented at International Convention of Psychological Science, Vienna, Austria

Poster

Constructions, reconstructions and deconstructions of ‘family’ amongst people who live apart together (LATs) (2017)
Journal Article
Stoilova, M., Roseneil, S., Carter, J., Duncan, S., & Phillips, M. (2017). Constructions, reconstructions and deconstructions of ‘family’ amongst people who live apart together (LATs). British Journal of Sociology, 68(1), 78-96. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12220

© London School of Economics and Political Science 2016 This article explores how people who live apart from their partners in Britain describe and understand ‘family’. It investigates whether, and how far, non-cohabiting partners, friends, ‘blood’ a... Read More about Constructions, reconstructions and deconstructions of ‘family’ amongst people who live apart together (LATs).

Moving research beyond the spanking debate (2017)
Journal Article
MacMillan, H. L., & Mikton, C. (2017). Moving research beyond the spanking debate. Child Abuse and Neglect, 71, 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.02.012

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Despite numerous studies identifying a broad range of harms associated with the use of spanking and other types of physical punishment, debate continues about its use as a form of discipline. In this commentary, we recommend four... Read More about Moving research beyond the spanking debate.

Memories of life before Anorexia Nervosa: A qualitative retrospective study (2017)
Thesis
Pitt, S. A. Memories of life before Anorexia Nervosa: A qualitative retrospective study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/897822

The purpose of this research is to gain insight into the early experiences of those who have (or have had) Anorexia Nervosa, prior to the onset of symptoms. The study uses thematic analysis to analyse and identify themes in the data, taking a critic... Read More about Memories of life before Anorexia Nervosa: A qualitative retrospective study.