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‘I feel like my house was taken away from me’: Parents' experiences of having home adaptations for their medically complex, technology-dependent child (2022)
Journal Article

Technology-dependent children are a sub-population of seriously ill children with life-limiting conditions who are being cared for at home by their families. Although home-based care has been the model of care for these children since the late 1980s,... Read More about ‘I feel like my house was taken away from me’: Parents' experiences of having home adaptations for their medically complex, technology-dependent child.

“Who could help me? There was nothing. I brought it on myself”: A qualitative study exploring UK university student experiences of sexual violence (2022)
Journal Article

Research suggests that university students are disproportionately affected by sexual violence and that most incidents remain unreported. Little qualitative research has been conducted to explore this further in the context of the UK. The current stud... Read More about “Who could help me? There was nothing. I brought it on myself”: A qualitative study exploring UK university student experiences of sexual violence.

A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents (2022)
Journal Article

Evidence shows interventions can improve positive body image in adult women. This systematic review examined the evidence of efficacy of interventions that aimed to increase positive body image in children and young people aged under 18 years. The au... Read More about A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents.

What are the barriers and facilitators to effective health promotion in urgent and emergency care? A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article

Background: There are potential health gains such as reducing early deaths, years spent in ill-health and costs to society and the health and care system by encouraging NHS staff to use encounters with patients to help individuals significantly reduc... Read More about What are the barriers and facilitators to effective health promotion in urgent and emergency care? A systematic review.

Narratives (2022)
Book Chapter

While many definitions of narrative exist, at its most basic, a narrative is a temporal sequence of events with a plot connecting those events. When we express our identity -- who we are -- we often do so in narrative form, telling a life story that... Read More about Narratives.

Guest editorial introduction: Overseas territories & crown dependencies: What future in ‘Global Britain’? (2022)
Journal Article

Brexit has caused a big shift in the geo-political outlook of the United Kingdom (UK). An early statement of intent is the 'Global Britain' agenda. Within this context the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are often overlooked. However... Read More about Guest editorial introduction: Overseas territories & crown dependencies: What future in ‘Global Britain’?.

It “helped keep me sane – when the world is turned upside down”: Parents’ experiences of support during a child protection investigation (2022)
Thesis

Background: Child protection systems exist around the world to safeguard children from harm. These systems inevitably involve participation from parents, with parents often being the focus of safeguarding interventions aimed at protecting children.... Read More about It “helped keep me sane – when the world is turned upside down”: Parents’ experiences of support during a child protection investigation.

Food for life get togethers evaluation: Good food and building community capacity through cook and share grants (2022)
Report

‘Food for Life Get Togethers’ are regular community activities that connect people from all ages and backgrounds through growing, cooking and eating good food. In mid-2021 Food for Life asked community groups across the UK to apply for a £150 Cook an... Read More about Food for life get togethers evaluation: Good food and building community capacity through cook and share grants.

A qualitative study exploring psychosocial professionals' perceptions of the acceptability and effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in multiple sclerosis care (2022)
Thesis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, affecting more than 2.3 million people worldwide, with over 100,000 people in the UK diagnosed with the condition (NHS, 2021). The symptoms of MS appear in differe... Read More about A qualitative study exploring psychosocial professionals' perceptions of the acceptability and effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in multiple sclerosis care.