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The psychology of ageing: Mind over matter? (2017)
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Invited expert on Merck Seven Seas roundtable meeting

"How to prevent maltreatment?" - Proposing a primary prevention program (2017)
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Approved mental health professionals researching their own profession, the benefits, pitfalls and limitations (2017)
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This paper considers a research study into the widening of the AMHP role to other professionals and the challenge for the researchers own reflexivity. It will focus on the strengths and limitations of practitioner research including the difficulties... Read More about Approved mental health professionals researching their own profession, the benefits, pitfalls and limitations.

Mindfulness in higher education: An evaluation of a four-year MBSR programme at a UK HEI (2017)
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MBSR programmes within universities are well-established in the US and increasing in the UK, as levels of stress are high amongst students and staff.
The aim of this project was to evaluate an MBSR programme within a UK HE institution over a four y... Read More about Mindfulness in higher education: An evaluation of a four-year MBSR programme at a UK HEI.

Protecting against dementia: How internal processes affect the recall of people with dementia for information about dementia (2017)
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The role of executive function and emotion regulation in dealing with everyday problems experienced by older adults (2017)
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Sex talk: Designing for sexual health with adolescents (2017)
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In this paper, we describe a user-centred design process, where we engaged with 58 adolescents over an 18-month period to design and evaluate a multiplayer mobile game which prompts peer-led interactions around sex and sexuality. Engagement with our... Read More about Sex talk: Designing for sexual health with adolescents.

‘Rights indictors: Using disabled children’s childhood studies' (2017)
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This paper asks how disabled children’s childhood studies can inform the development of child rights indicators. The use of child development and the medical model of disability is generally justified on the grounds that they enable us to identify ch... Read More about ‘Rights indictors: Using disabled children’s childhood studies'.

Should we use a regulation to implement the Healthy Prisons Agenda in England? A qualitative study among prison key policymakers (2017)
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The South Gloucestershire Diabetes Prevention Pilot project (SGDPP) (2017)
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Background
NICE recommends intensive lifestyle change programmes for ‘at-risk’ individuals, to prevent or delay onset of type 2 diabetes. This project offered the opportunity for individuals to receive such support and education, previously unavaila... Read More about The South Gloucestershire Diabetes Prevention Pilot project (SGDPP).

Increasing engagement with evidence in healthcare: A case study in capacity building (2017)
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Objectives
The National Institute for Health Research funded the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, for the West of England (CLAHRC West) in January 2014, to run for 5 years. CLAHRC West seeks to develop and expand hea... Read More about Increasing engagement with evidence in healthcare: A case study in capacity building.

The role of psychological inflexibility in the tripartite influence model for women: A single body image inflexibility pathway to disordered eating behaviours (2017)
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Using the experience sampling method to evaluate the impact of art-making on well-being in everyday life (2017)
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That involvement in the arts promotes well-being is well-documented (Camic, 2008). The current study aimed to contribute to burgeoning theoretical work on the psychological mechanisms by which artistic involvement might lead to well-being, by examini... Read More about Using the experience sampling method to evaluate the impact of art-making on well-being in everyday life.

Could therapeutic writing improve outcomes for adult clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa? A systematic review (2017)
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This poster will present the results of a recently completed systematic review examining whether therapeutic writing could improve outcomes for clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. There is a great need for new and creative psychological therapi... Read More about Could therapeutic writing improve outcomes for adult clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa? A systematic review.

A qualitative research study of strategic interventions to address afro-phobia in the european union (2017)
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Empirical evidence highlights historical and contemporary manifestations of Afro-phobia hinder the implementation of anti-discrimination norms. Black, African, African diaspora and people of African descent are used here to refer to “descendants of e... Read More about A qualitative research study of strategic interventions to address afro-phobia in the european union.

Patient involvement in sexual health service delivery (2017)
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Introduction:
Sexual and reproductive health and HIV (SRHH) services face unique PPI challenges, as the anonymity and confidentiality required by service users can be a barrier to attracting patient input. PPI could improve sexual health services, t... Read More about Patient involvement in sexual health service delivery.

The black Mediterranean in action symposium (2017)
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A central research question addressed by my thesis is “what bridges can be built to address structural barriers which marginalise the African diaspora from fulfilling universal human rights?” I argue thematic objectives of the International Decade fo... Read More about The black Mediterranean in action symposium.

Measures of executive function and quality of life predict daily competencies in older adults (2017)
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Online education and the internationalization of higher education (2017)
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McKenzie, S., Dyer, K., & Albertson, D. N. (2017). Online Education and the Internationalization of Higher Education. Symposium led at Unlocking the Future of Higher Education conference (London, UK).

Situated dissemination through an HCI workplace (2017)
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Researchers working in domains such as Research through Design and Feminist HCI have been questioning "dissemination practices" and their impact on our capacity to produce reflexive accounts of research in publications. This paper examines academic d... Read More about Situated dissemination through an HCI workplace.