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Streets ahead on safety: Young people's participation in decision-making to address the European road injury 'epidemic' (2008)
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This paper reports on Birmingham City Council's Streets Ahead on Safety project which aims to improve road safety and quality of life in an area of multiple deprivation where 87 000 people from largely Asian, immigrant backgrounds live. A third of re... Read More about Streets ahead on safety: Young people's participation in decision-making to address the European road injury 'epidemic'.

Older people, continence care and catheters, dilemmas and resolutions (2008)
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Living with a long-term urinary catheter: Older people's experiences (2008)
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Title. Living with a long-term urinary catheter: older people's experiences. Aim. This paper is a report of a study of the experiences of older people living with a long-term urinary catheter and the development of a substantive theory grounded in th... Read More about Living with a long-term urinary catheter: Older people's experiences.

The challenge of being diagnosed and treated for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (2008)
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Following the introduction of the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) in the UK increasing numbers of women are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). In DCIS, the cancer cells are confined to the ducts of the breast... Read More about The challenge of being diagnosed and treated for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

Marriage, cohabitation and alcohol consumption in young adults: An international exploration (2008)
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This paper examines the drinking behaviour of young adults aged 24-32 who were married or were cohabiting. Data on this subject were available from surveys in 10 European countries. These were carried out under the auspices of the major investigation... Read More about Marriage, cohabitation and alcohol consumption in young adults: An international exploration.

But we're men aren't we!: Living history as a site of masculine identity construction (2008)
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Living history-the presentation of a historical period using live actors-remains an under-researched area despite the range of disciplines that might be brought to focus. While living history became popular in North America from the mid-twentieth cen... Read More about But we're men aren't we!: Living history as a site of masculine identity construction.

The Commonwealth Caribbean and the challenges of institutional exclusion (2008)
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The paper evaluates the changes that have taken place in the political economy of global trade, particularly the growing influence of international organizations and their rules and norms, and the institutional exclusion of the Commonwealth Caribbean... Read More about The Commonwealth Caribbean and the challenges of institutional exclusion.

Financial affairs? Money management in same-sex relationships (2008)
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The present paper offers a qualitative analysis of how 22 co-habiting same-sex couples manage and think about their finances. Results show that partial-pooling and independent management are the most popular systems with emphasis placed on egalitaria... Read More about Financial affairs? Money management in same-sex relationships.

(310) Cognitive behavioral components of mindfulness in patients with chronic pain (2008)
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Why teach social work students psychosocial studies? (2008)
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This paper is primarily concerned with examining how the current re-emergence of psychosocial theory, mainly emanating from sociology, is useful for informing social work theory. Firstly it considers two extended examples of the limitations and/or co... Read More about Why teach social work students psychosocial studies?.

Evaluation of the current knowledge limitations in breast cancer research: A gap analysis (2008)
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Background: A gap analysis was conducted to determine which areas of breast cancer research, if targeted by researchers and funding bodies, could produce the greatest impact on patients.Methods: Fifty-six Breast Cancer Campaign grant holders and prom... Read More about Evaluation of the current knowledge limitations in breast cancer research: A gap analysis.

Children's judgments of disloyal and immoral peer behavior: Subjective group dynamics in minimal intergroup contexts (2008)
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The developmental model of subjective group dynamics hypothesizes that peer exclusion during middle childhood involves inferences about group dynamics. To test the generality of this prediction, children judged, within minimal groups, peers whose beh... Read More about Children's judgments of disloyal and immoral peer behavior: Subjective group dynamics in minimal intergroup contexts.

Spreading or concentrating drinking occasions - Who is most at risk? (2008)
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Aims: (a) To compare acute negative consequences for people who drink a given amount of alcohol on few occasions (concentrators) per week in comparison with the consequences for people who drink the same amount on more days in a week (spreaders). (b)... Read More about Spreading or concentrating drinking occasions - Who is most at risk?.

The advocacy in action study: A cluster randomized controlled trial to reduce pedestrian injuries in deprived communities (2008)
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Providing rehabilitation services for people with dementia through intermediate care (2008)
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Empowered to change: Evidence from a qualitative exploration of a user-informed psycho-educational programme for people with type 1 diabetes (2008)
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Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a user-informed psycho-educational programme for people with type 1 diabetes. Methods: Qualitative data derived from repeated interviews and diaries enabled an appraisal of participants' unique, individual experi... Read More about Empowered to change: Evidence from a qualitative exploration of a user-informed psycho-educational programme for people with type 1 diabetes.

From outsiders to motherhood to reinventing the family: Constructions of lesbian parenting in the psychological literature - 1886-2006 (2008)
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This article provides a feminist critical psychological analysis of the psychological literature on lesbian parenting. Rather than offer an overview of the findings and methods and an evaluation of the scientific merit of the literature, the aim of t... Read More about From outsiders to motherhood to reinventing the family: Constructions of lesbian parenting in the psychological literature - 1886-2006.

Considerations for the provision of psychosocial services for families following paediatric burn injury-A quantitative study (2008)
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The purpose of the study was to quantify and report levels of psychosocial distress in a sample of parents of burned children to inform evidence-based recommendations for psychosocial support programmes. This paper reports on the cross-sectional quan... Read More about Considerations for the provision of psychosocial services for families following paediatric burn injury-A quantitative study.

Tracing a matrix of gender: An analysis of the feminine in hospital-based treatment for eating disorders (2008)
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Numerous studies have elucidated how a multiplicity of contemporary western cultural ideas and values that constitute 'normal' femininity are enmeshed in and central to the discursive production and regulation of girls' and women's 'eating disordered... Read More about Tracing a matrix of gender: An analysis of the feminine in hospital-based treatment for eating disorders.

The impact of art, design and environment in mental healthcare: A systematic review of the literature (2008)
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