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Tackling vitamin D deficiency in children and at-risk families (2014)
Journal Article
This article considers the reasons for, and the consequences of, vitamin D deficiency, which affects large numbers of young children. Despite extensive media coverage there appears to be a lack of awareness of the risks among parents and, in some cas... Read More about Tackling vitamin D deficiency in children and at-risk families.
Ageing, anxiety and appearance: Exploring the body image of women in midlife (2014)
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The majority of body image research has focussed primarily on young adult women, a group within which appearance dissatisfaction has been repeatedly reported. These appearance worries have been found to adversely predict psychological and physical he... Read More about Ageing, anxiety and appearance: Exploring the body image of women in midlife.
Marx, Lemkin and the genocide–ecocide nexus (2014)
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A number of studies have shown that ecocide can be a method of genocide if, for example, environmental destruction results in conditions of life that fundamentally threaten a social groups cultural and/or physical existence.1 With the ever-increasing... Read More about Marx, Lemkin and the genocide–ecocide nexus.
Radical feminists & trans activists truce (2014)
Journal Article
#GenderWeek: Truce! When radical feminists and trans feminists empathise
Feminist Times
By Finn Mackay
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We wanted to explore the ground between the polarised, entrenched positions in the so-called “TERF-war”. Radica... Read More about Radical feminists & trans activists truce.
The effect of arm position on the ultrasonographic measurements of the acromion-greater tuberosity distance (2014)
Journal Article
Ultrasonographic measurements of acromion-greater tuberosity (AGT) distance have shown to be reliable and valid in the assessment of glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) in patients with stroke. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect o... Read More about The effect of arm position on the ultrasonographic measurements of the acromion-greater tuberosity distance.
A Origem dos Maus-tratos: Revisão sobre a evolução histórica dos conceitos de criança e maus-tratos (2014)
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In this paper we developed, based on a bibliographical review, an historical perspective on the evolution of the perspectives on child maltreatment and children. We firstly address the concept of maltreatment, then passing through Antiquity and the M... Read More about A Origem dos Maus-tratos: Revisão sobre a evolução histórica dos conceitos de criança e maus-tratos.
I would give up...using criminal justice to solve social problems (2014)
Journal Article
Risky Bodies in the Plasma Bioeconomy: A Feminist Analysis (2014)
Journal Article
© The Author(s) 2015 In 2003 the UK National Blood Service introduced a policy of ‘male donor preference’ which involved women’s plasma being discarded following blood collection. The policy was based on the view that data relating to the incidence o... Read More about Risky Bodies in the Plasma Bioeconomy: A Feminist Analysis.
Wasted potential: The role of higher education institutions in supporting safe, sensible and social drinking among students (2014)
Journal Article
Setting: The United Kingdom (UK) government has acknowledged that there is a problem with excess alcohol consumption, in particular amongst young people. Higher education is an important health promotion setting in which to explore not only how sensi... Read More about Wasted potential: The role of higher education institutions in supporting safe, sensible and social drinking among students.
Existence of benefit finding and posttraumatic growth in people treated for head and neck cancer: A systematic review (2014)
Journal Article
Background. The impact of head and neck cancer (HNC) in long-term survivors differs widely among individuals, and a significant number of them suffer from the negative effects of disease, whereas others report significant positive effect. This system... Read More about Existence of benefit finding and posttraumatic growth in people treated for head and neck cancer: A systematic review.
Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression (2014)
Journal Article
Psychometric measures of appearance salience and valence, CARSAL and CARVAL, have been previously demonstrated to be key factors underpinning appearance related self-consciousness and negative affect in the general population. However, the extent to... Read More about Salience and valence of appearance in a population with a visible difference of appearance: Direct and moderated relationships with self-consciousness, anxiety and depression.
The psychosocial impact of living with an ocular prosthesis (2014)
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Objective: Many patients are satisfied with their ocular prosthesis, but some describe problems with social interactions, body image and self-esteem. Although both clinical practice and research suggest that the severity of a disfiguring condition do... Read More about The psychosocial impact of living with an ocular prosthesis.
Reclaiming revolutionary feminism (2014)
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Generally, saying: ‘feminist’, is revolutionary enough in this day and age, it’s far more of a statement now than it was back in the eighties. And no, I wouldn’t say I was a Revolutionary Feminist now ‘cos I’m less separatist than I was at that time... Read More about Reclaiming revolutionary feminism.
Exploring areas of consensus and conflict around values underpinning public involvement in health and social care research: A modified Delphi study (2014)
Journal Article
Objective: There is growing interest in the potential benefits of public involvement (PI) in health and social care research. However, there has been little examination of values underpinning PI or how these values might differ for different groups w... Read More about Exploring areas of consensus and conflict around values underpinning public involvement in health and social care research: A modified Delphi study.
Understanding the social context of fatal road traffic collisions among young people: A qualitative analysis of narrative text in coroners' records (2014)
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Background: Deaths and injuries on the road remain a major cause of premature death among young people across the world. Routinely collected data usually focuses on the mechanism of road traffic collisions and basic demographic data of those involved... Read More about Understanding the social context of fatal road traffic collisions among young people: A qualitative analysis of narrative text in coroners' records.
The app that checks whether your date is a sex offender (2014)
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Christian lobbyist groups and the negotiation of sexual rights in the UK (2014)
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Although sexual minority rights have not necessarily generated polarised views within Christian churches and organisations, the subject has tended to forge an arena of contestation between liberal and conservative constituencies. Theological differen... Read More about Christian lobbyist groups and the negotiation of sexual rights in the UK.
Reflective Supervision for Child Protection Practice - Reaching Beneath the Surface (2014)
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This paper describes a model of reflective supervision for child protection practice that is informed by psychoanalytic theory. Eileen Munro promotes the idea of depth in practice, referring to the skills and knowledge required to undertake the work.... Read More about Reflective Supervision for Child Protection Practice - Reaching Beneath the Surface.