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Evaluation of recruitment and selection for specialty training in public health: Interim results of a prospective cohort study to measure the predictive validity of the selection process (2015)
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Background The recruitment process for public health specialty training includes an assessment centre (AC) with three components, Rust Advanced Numerical Reasoning Appraisal (RANRA),Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCT) and a Situation Jud... Read More about Evaluation of recruitment and selection for specialty training in public health: Interim results of a prospective cohort study to measure the predictive validity of the selection process.

"Calling executives and clinicians to account": User involvement in commissioning cancer services (2015)
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Background: English NHS guidance emphasises the importance of involving users in commissioning cancer services. There has been considerable previous research on involving users in service improvement but not on involvement in commissioning cancer ser... Read More about "Calling executives and clinicians to account": User involvement in commissioning cancer services.

The psychosocial impact of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment amongst Black, South Asian and White women: Do differences exist between ethnic groups? (2015)
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Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in females, affecting women of all ethnic groups. Until now, very little research has captured the psychosocial impact of the disease amongst Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women, and that which ha... Read More about The psychosocial impact of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment amongst Black, South Asian and White women: Do differences exist between ethnic groups?.

Louise Bourgeois’ technologies of the self (2015)
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In this article, I demonstrate how Louise Bourgeois used her artworks not only to better understand herself but also to cultivate a self capable of taking control of and reshaping the material of her past. Exploring her artworks in the context of Mic... Read More about Louise Bourgeois’ technologies of the self.

What is the perceived impact of Alexander technique lessons on health status, costs and pain management in the real life setting of an English hospital? The results of a mixed methods evaluation of an Alexander technique service for those with chronic back pain (2015)
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© 2015 McClean et al. Background: Randomised controlled trial evidence indicates that Alexander Technique is clinically and cost effective for chronic back pain. The aim of this mixed methods evaluation was to explore the role and perceived impact of... Read More about What is the perceived impact of Alexander technique lessons on health status, costs and pain management in the real life setting of an English hospital? The results of a mixed methods evaluation of an Alexander technique service for those with chronic back pain.

The influence of training and experience on memory strategy (2015)
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© 2015, Psychonomic Society, Inc. This paper investigates whether, and if so how much, prior training and experience overwrite the influence of the constraints of the task environment on strategy deployment. This evidence is relevant to the theory of... Read More about The influence of training and experience on memory strategy.

Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety and insomnia in a higher education context (2015)
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© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Background and Objectives: Anxiety and insomnia can be treated with internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iCBT). iCBT may be well-suited to students who are known to be poor help-seekers and suffer these symptoms... Read More about Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety and insomnia in a higher education context.

Slow and steady progress: Developing restorative justice in the Republic of Ireland (2015)
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the development of restorative justice in Ireland since the publication of the Final Report of the National Commission on Restorative Justice in 2009. It argues that although the development of restorat... Read More about Slow and steady progress: Developing restorative justice in the Republic of Ireland.

Body image and psychosocial adjustment following the amputation of a limb (2015)
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A limb amputation can lead to a broad range of physical and psychological challenges, as individuals must learn to adjust to changes in their physical capabilities in addition to an altered appearance. Individuals may commonly experience psychologica... Read More about Body image and psychosocial adjustment following the amputation of a limb.

Acceptance and commitment therapy: An existential approach to therapy? (2015)
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This paper aims to explore the similarities and tensions between Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and existential-phenomenological therapy. Parallel processes and attitudes are outlined, and conceptual and historical differences are discussed.... Read More about Acceptance and commitment therapy: An existential approach to therapy?.

Shared surgical decision making and youth resilience correlates of satisfaction with clinical outcomes (2015)
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Copyright © 2015 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with youth satisfaction with surgical procedures performed to address oral cleft or craniofacial conditions (CFCs). It was hypothesized that youth mental... Read More about Shared surgical decision making and youth resilience correlates of satisfaction with clinical outcomes.

Still lonely after all these years? Contemporary development in the ‘Three Guianas’ (2015)
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Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana have traditionally been seen as isolated: from each other; from the Caribbean with which they are socially and culturally contiguous; and also from the South American continent in which they are geographically situa... Read More about Still lonely after all these years? Contemporary development in the ‘Three Guianas’.

The importance of integration of stakeholder views in core outcome set development: Otitis Media with Effusion in children with cleft palate (2015)
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© 2015 Harman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are cre... Read More about The importance of integration of stakeholder views in core outcome set development: Otitis Media with Effusion in children with cleft palate.

Transformation of Thought Suppression Functions Via Same and Opposite Relations (2015)
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© 2014, Association for Behavior Analysis International. The aim of this study was to investigate transformation of thought suppression functions via ‘same’ and ‘opposite’ relations. In Experiment 1 participants were given training and testing with t... Read More about Transformation of Thought Suppression Functions Via Same and Opposite Relations.

Chronic adverse effects of long-term exposure of children to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) through indoor residual spraying: A systematic review (2015)
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Introduction: Malaria remains a significant public health problem in endemic regions of the world, most especially in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of the global efforts to control malaria, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), a cheap and effective... Read More about Chronic adverse effects of long-term exposure of children to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) through indoor residual spraying: A systematic review.

Women are not their vaginas (2015)
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I had the honour to meet and debate with Naomi Wolf in May 2015, visiting the UK to appear on Al Jazeera and talk about her last book "Vagina: A New Biography".

The close proximity of threat: Altered distance perception in the anticipation of pain (2015)
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Pain is an experience that powerfully influences the way we interact with our environment. What is less clear is the influence that pain has on the way we perceive our environment. We investigated the effect that the anticipation of experimental pain... Read More about The close proximity of threat: Altered distance perception in the anticipation of pain.

Relationship Difficulties Among U.K. Military Personnel: Impact of Sociodemographic, Military, and Deployment-Related Factors (2015)
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© 2015, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Military work, especially operational deployments, may impact the romantic relationships of military personnel. Using a subsample of 7,581 participants from a cohort study of U.K. military personnel (data collec... Read More about Relationship Difficulties Among U.K. Military Personnel: Impact of Sociodemographic, Military, and Deployment-Related Factors.

Changes in objectively measured BMI in children aged 4-11 years: Data from the National Child Measurement Programme (2015)
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© 2015 The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. Background This study looked at the degree of weight gain between t... Read More about Changes in objectively measured BMI in children aged 4-11 years: Data from the National Child Measurement Programme.

On claims of culture and duties of recognition in democratic states (2015)
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© 2013 Taylor & Francis. One important way in which individuals and groups express their ideas and principles, and present their proposals and demands, is in the language of identity or difference. They argue that what they value and what they dese... Read More about On claims of culture and duties of recognition in democratic states.