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Tackling colourism through storytelling in an online course for public health professionals (2023)
Journal Article
Santoso, M., Agrawal, R., Tiwari, K., Manjanatha, D., Austin, S. B., McAdams-Mahmoud, A., …Raffoul, A. (2023). Tackling colourism through storytelling in an online course for public health professionals. Health Education Journal, 82(4), 430–443. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969231164039

Objective: Strategic storytelling can be used to reframe dominant cultural narratives and improve community health outcomes. This pilot study assessed the impact of an original, online 3-week e-course, delivered from November to December 2021, in inc... Read More about Tackling colourism through storytelling in an online course for public health professionals.

Evaluating the efficacy of a social media-based intervention (Warna-Warni Waktu) to improve body image among young Indonesian women: Parallel randomized controlled trial (2023)
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Garbett, K. M., Haywood, S., Craddock, N., Gentili, C., Nasution, K., Saraswati, L. A., …Williamson, H. (2023). Evaluating the efficacy of a social media-based intervention (Warna-Warni Waktu) to improve body image among young Indonesian women: Parallel randomized controlled trial. JMIR, 25, Article e42499. https://doi.org/10.2196/42499

BACKGROUND: Body dissatisfaction is a global issue, particularly among adolescent girls and young women. Effective body image interventions exist but face barriers to scaling up, particularly in lower- and middle-income countries, such as Indonesia,... Read More about Evaluating the efficacy of a social media-based intervention (Warna-Warni Waktu) to improve body image among young Indonesian women: Parallel randomized controlled trial.

Social media, traditional media, and other body image influences and disordered eating and cosmetic procedures in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong (2023)
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Chua, S. N., Craddock, N., Rodtanaporn, W., Or, F., & Austin, S. B. (2023). Social media, traditional media, and other body image influences and disordered eating and cosmetic procedures in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong. Body Image, 45, 265-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.03.010

In this study, we investigated the association between perceived sociocultural influences and the 3-month prevalence of disordered weight-control behaviors and lifetime prevalence of cosmetic procedures in four Asian countries, and if these associati... Read More about Social media, traditional media, and other body image influences and disordered eating and cosmetic procedures in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong.

Machine learning models, trusted research environments and UK health data: Ensuring a safe and beneficial future for AI development in healthcare (2023)
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Kerasidou, C. X., Malone, M., Daly, A., & Tava, F. (2023). Machine learning models, trusted research environments and UK health data: Ensuring a safe and beneficial future for AI development in healthcare. Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(12), 838-843. https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2022-108696

Digitalisation of health and the use of health data in artificial intelligence, and machine learning (ML), including for applications that will then in turn be used in healthcare are major themes permeating current UK and other countries' healthcare... Read More about Machine learning models, trusted research environments and UK health data: Ensuring a safe and beneficial future for AI development in healthcare.

The impact of remote arts on prescription: Changes in mood, attention and loneliness during art workshops as mechanisms for wellbeing change (2023)
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Holt, N. (2023). The impact of remote arts on prescription: Changes in mood, attention and loneliness during art workshops as mechanisms for wellbeing change. Nordic Journal of Arts, Culture and Health, 5(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.18261/njach.5.1.1

Purpose: To assess the impact of art workshops delivered remotely, during the coronavirus pandemic, on the wellbeing of participants. To measure the impact of participating in art workshops on immediate experience (mood, attention and loneliness). To... Read More about The impact of remote arts on prescription: Changes in mood, attention and loneliness during art workshops as mechanisms for wellbeing change.

Qualitative story completion: A creative and novel method for psychotherapy and counselling psychology research (2023)
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Clarke, V., & Moller, N. (2023). Qualitative story completion: A creative and novel method for psychotherapy and counselling psychology research. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin, 35(Spring 2023), https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsqmip.2023.1.35.24

Story completion (SC) – where respondents are presented with the start of a story (the story ‘stem’ or ‘cue’) and asked to complete it – originally developed as a projective technique for clinical and research assessment. While SC continues to be use... Read More about Qualitative story completion: A creative and novel method for psychotherapy and counselling psychology research.

Redefining bioavailability through the 'lens' of migrant egg donors in Spain (2023)
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Nahman, M., & Weis, C. (2023). Redefining bioavailability through the 'lens' of migrant egg donors in Spain. Body and Society, 29(1), 79-109. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034X231161319

This article utilises feminist technoscience studies’ notions of bodily ‘materialisation’ and ‘ontological choreographies’, offering a cyborg feminist account of ‘bioavailability’ as embodied becomings, rather than a fixed ontological state of being.... Read More about Redefining bioavailability through the 'lens' of migrant egg donors in Spain.

The role of security assistance in reconfiguring Tunisia’s transition (2023)
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Maryon, R. (in press). The role of security assistance in reconfiguring Tunisia’s transition. Mediterranean Politics, https://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2023.2183666

In many contexts in the Mediterranean, Security Assistance (SA) is perceived to have contributed to state fracture or prolonged conflict. In Tunisia, in contrast, SA has increased the performance and capacities of the security forces in matters of co... Read More about The role of security assistance in reconfiguring Tunisia’s transition.

“Like putting on an old pair of gloves” or “realising I am actually over it”: A qualitative study exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions on eating disorder recovery in the UK (2023)
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Lewis-Smith, H., Craddock, N., & Pegram, G. (2024). “Like putting on an old pair of gloves” or “realising I am actually over it”: A qualitative study exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions on eating disorder recovery in the UK. Current Psychology, 43, 12299–12310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04353-2

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions posed unique challenges for people living with eating disorders (EDs), particularly relating to social isolation and changes in treatment access. However, less is known about the experience of lockdown for... Read More about “Like putting on an old pair of gloves” or “realising I am actually over it”: A qualitative study exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions on eating disorder recovery in the UK.

Feasibility and acceptability of the promoting resilience in stress management-parent (PRISM-P) intervention for caregivers of children with craniofacial conditions (2023)
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Fladeboe, K., Stock, N. M., Heike, C., Evans, K., Junkins, C., Stueckle, L., …Yi-Frazier, J. (in press). Feasibility and acceptability of the promoting resilience in stress management-parent (PRISM-P) intervention for caregivers of children with craniofacial conditions. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656231157449

Objectives: Few evidence-based psychosocial programs exist within craniofacial care. This study (a) assessed feasibility and acceptability of the Promoting Resilience in Stress Management-Parent (PRISM-P) intervention among caregivers of children wit... Read More about Feasibility and acceptability of the promoting resilience in stress management-parent (PRISM-P) intervention for caregivers of children with craniofacial conditions.

Vulnerability, resilience, and rape: Uncovering the hidden work of police officers during rape investigations (2023)
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Rumney, P., & McPhee, D. (2023). Vulnerability, resilience, and rape: Uncovering the hidden work of police officers during rape investigations. International Review of Victimology, 29(3), 366-384. https://doi.org/10.1177/02697580231151974

Drawing on original empirical data comprising police interviews and case file analysis, this article seeks to better understand the policing responses to cases of rape and specifically, the ways in which officers assist victims in the context of two... Read More about Vulnerability, resilience, and rape: Uncovering the hidden work of police officers during rape investigations.

“In my own comfort zone”: Clients' experiences of relational aspects of online therapy for alcohol problems (2023)
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Atkinson, L. (2023). “In my own comfort zone”: Clients' experiences of relational aspects of online therapy for alcohol problems. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23(4), 1005-1014. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12621

Background: Therapists and counsellors increasingly use online video applications to offer treatment in place of face‐to‐face delivery. In the alcohol treatment sector, this offers a range of potential benefits for treatment providers. However, the i... Read More about “In my own comfort zone”: Clients' experiences of relational aspects of online therapy for alcohol problems.

Applying the asymmetric information management (AIM) technique to virtual interviewing (2023)
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Porter, C. N., Taylor, R., Lee, R., Chioatto, E., Hill, M., & Harvey, A. C. (2023). Applying the asymmetric information management (AIM) technique to virtual interviewing. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37(3), 470-479. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4049

The Asymmetric Information Management (AIM) technique enhances verbal lie-detection by encouraging truth tellers (but not liars) to be forthcoming with information. We examined the AIM technique's utility for correctly distinguishing genuine and fabr... Read More about Applying the asymmetric information management (AIM) technique to virtual interviewing.

"Drowning in bureaucracy": The unintended consequences of NHS charging policies for the provision of care to migrant populations (2023)
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Barclay, E. G. (2023). "Drowning in bureaucracy": The unintended consequences of NHS charging policies for the provision of care to migrant populations. Open Review, 8, 33-41. https://doi.org/10.47967/TOR2022COL/VOL8.02

Over the past decade, the NHS has come under increasing scrutiny, with critics claiming the UK’s healthcare system is “drowning in bureaucracy” due to the introduction of multiple contradictory social policies (Torjesen, 2015, p. 1). This is particul... Read More about "Drowning in bureaucracy": The unintended consequences of NHS charging policies for the provision of care to migrant populations.

Clinician-patient communication about emergency aerial medical evacuation in case of infectious disease (2023)
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Albury, C., Tremblett, M., Webb, H., Begh, R., Barnes, R., Lawrence, W., …Patel, D. (2023). Clinician-patient communication about emergency aerial medical evacuation in case of infectious disease. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30(4), Article taad014. https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taad014

Aerial medical evacuation (AME) refers to the removal of patients from one site to a medical facility elsewhere using medically equipped air ambulances.1 In cases of certain infectious diseases it may be necessary to isolate patients in a patient iso... Read More about Clinician-patient communication about emergency aerial medical evacuation in case of infectious disease.

Developing an outcome measures in rheumatology (OMERACT) core set of outcome measures for foot and ankle disorders in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (COMFORT): Core domain set study protocol (2023)
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Chapman, L. S., Redmond, A. C., Flurey, C. A., Richards, P., Smith, T. O., Arnold, J. B., …Siddle, H. J. (2023). Developing an outcome measures in rheumatology (OMERACT) core set of outcome measures for foot and ankle disorders in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (COMFORT): Core domain set study protocol. Trials, 24(1), 65. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07104-7

Background: Foot and ankle involvement is common in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). High-quality evidence is lacking to determine the effectiveness of treatments for these disorders. Heterogeneity in the outcomes used across clinical t... Read More about Developing an outcome measures in rheumatology (OMERACT) core set of outcome measures for foot and ankle disorders in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (COMFORT): Core domain set study protocol.

Experiences and impact of the UK lockdown amongst adults who have a facial visible difference (2023)
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Tollow, P., Hamlet, C., Zucchelli, F., Williamson, H., & Harcourt, D. (2023). Experiences and impact of the UK lockdown amongst adults who have a facial visible difference. Current Psychology, 42(23), 20337-20346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-04089-5

Globally, COVID-19 has been shown to have had a wide ranging and significant impact on individuals’ daily living, and physical and mental health. However, there are some groups of individuals who may encounter unique challenges with regards to COVID-... Read More about Experiences and impact of the UK lockdown amongst adults who have a facial visible difference.

Creating a difference – a role for the arts in addressing child wellbeing in conflict-affected areas (2023)
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Buser, M., Brännlund, E., Holt, N. J., Leeson, L., & Mytton, J. (2024). Creating a difference – a role for the arts in addressing child wellbeing in conflict-affected areas. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 16(1), 32-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2023.2168710

Background: This paper details findings from an arts intervention project that explored the role and potential for arts activities and art therapy to support the mental health and wellbeing of children living in Kashmir, an area of long-term confli... Read More about Creating a difference – a role for the arts in addressing child wellbeing in conflict-affected areas.

Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting (2023)
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Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2023). Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting. Health Psychology Review, 17(4), 695-718. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2022.2161594

Despite the persistent dominance of a ‘scientific psychology’ paradigm in health psychology, the use of qualitative research continues to grow. Qualitative approaches are often based on fundamentally different values from (post)positivistempiricism,... Read More about Is thematic analysis used well in health psychology? A critical review of published research, with recommendations for quality practice and reporting.