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Understanding how to create healthier places: A qualitative study exploring the complex system of urban development decision-making (2023)
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Le Gouais, A., Bates, G., Callway, R., Kwon, H. R., Montel, L., Peake-Jones, S., …Ayres, S. (2023). Understanding how to create healthier places: A qualitative study exploring the complex system of urban development decision-making. Health and Place, 81, Article 103023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103023

Tackling complex system challenges like creating healthy environments requires understanding priorities and structures affecting multiple actors. This qualitative study, involving 132 multi-sectoral stakeholders spanning the urban development decisio... Read More about Understanding how to create healthier places: A qualitative study exploring the complex system of urban development decision-making.

Balancing autonomy and collaboration in large-scale and disciplinary diverse teams for successful qualitative research (2023)
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Bates, G., Le Gouais, A., Barnfield, A., Callway, R., Hasan, M. N., Koksal, C., …Ayres, S. (2023). Balancing autonomy and collaboration in large-scale and disciplinary diverse teams for successful qualitative research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, 16094069221144594. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221144594

Large scale, multi-organisational collaborations between researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds are increasingly recognised as important to investigate and tackle complex real-world problems. However differing expectations, epistemologies,... Read More about Balancing autonomy and collaboration in large-scale and disciplinary diverse teams for successful qualitative research.

Assets-based approaches to developing age friendly communities: Learning from the Bristol Ageing Better programme (2021)
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Beardmore, A., Beynon, P., Crabbe, C., Fry, C., Fullforth, J., Groome, J., …White, J. (2022). Assets-based approaches to developing age friendly communities: Learning from the Bristol Ageing Better programme. Working with Older People, 26(1), 53-63. https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-07-2021-0038

Purpose: International attention is increasingly turning to the challenge of creating age-friendly environments. This study aims to examine the application of asset-based approaches in undertaking community development projects with older people. The... Read More about Assets-based approaches to developing age friendly communities: Learning from the Bristol Ageing Better programme.

Youth and parent perceptions on participating in specialized multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation options: A qualitative timeline effect analysis (2021)
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Hurtubise, K., Brousselle, A., Noel, M., Jordan, A., White, J., Rasic, N., & Camden, C. (2021). Youth and parent perceptions on participating in specialized multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation options: A qualitative timeline effect analysis. Canadian Journal of Pain, 5(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2020.1858709

Background: Little is known about how the specialized treatment journey is perceived by youth with pain-related disability and their parents. Aims: Describe and compare the treatment effects and outcomes as perceived by youth and their parents enroll... Read More about Youth and parent perceptions on participating in specialized multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation options: A qualitative timeline effect analysis.

Coronavirus disease 2019 mortality: A multivariate ecological analysis in relation to ethnicity, population density, obesity, deprivation and pollution (2020)
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Bray, I., Gibson, A., & White, J. (2020). Coronavirus disease 2019 mortality: A multivariate ecological analysis in relation to ethnicity, population density, obesity, deprivation and pollution. Public Health, 185, 261-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.06.056

Background: There is emerging evidence about characteristics that may increase the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mortality, but they are highly correlated. Methods: An ecological analysis was used to estimate associations between these... Read More about Coronavirus disease 2019 mortality: A multivariate ecological analysis in relation to ethnicity, population density, obesity, deprivation and pollution.

Apart but not alone? A cross-sectional study of neighbour support in a major UK urban area during the COVID-19 lockdown (2020)
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Jones, M., Beardmore, A., Biddle, M., Gibson, A., Ismail, S. U., McClean, S., & White, J. (2020). Apart but not alone? A cross-sectional study of neighbour support in a major UK urban area during the COVID-19 lockdown. Emerald Open Research, 2, Article 37. https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.13731.1

Background: Evidence from a range of major public health incidents shows that neighbour-based action can have a critical role in emergency response, assistance and recovery. However, there is little research to date on neighbour-based action during t... Read More about Apart but not alone? A cross-sectional study of neighbour support in a major UK urban area during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Adolescent perceptions of sleep and influences on sleep behaviour: A qualitative study (2019)
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Godsell, S., & White, J. (2019). Adolescent perceptions of sleep and influences on sleep behaviour: A qualitative study. Journal of Adolescence, 73, 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.03.010

© 2019 Introduction: Adolescent sleep deprivation is a growing public health problem. This qualitative study explores adolescents’ perceptions of sleep and sleep behaviour, enhancing the current limited body of qualitative research in this area. Meth... Read More about Adolescent perceptions of sleep and influences on sleep behaviour: A qualitative study.

Synthesising conceptual frameworks for patient and public involvement in research - A critical appraisal of a meta-narrative review (2018)
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Evans, D., Hopewell-Kelly, N., Kok, M., & White, J. (2018). Synthesising conceptual frameworks for patient and public involvement in research - A critical appraisal of a meta-narrative review. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18(1), 116. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0572-0

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: A number of conceptual frameworks for patient and public involvement (PPI) in research have been published in recent years. Although some are based on empirical research and/or existing theory, in many cases the basi... Read More about Synthesising conceptual frameworks for patient and public involvement in research - A critical appraisal of a meta-narrative review.

Reconcilable differences?: Portuguese obstetricians' and midwives' contrasting perspectives on childbirth, and women’s birthing experiences (2018)
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White, J., & Queiros, F. (2018). Reconcilable differences?: Portuguese obstetricians' and midwives' contrasting perspectives on childbirth, and women’s birthing experiences. Etnográfica, 22(3), 643-668

Based on recent ethnographic research in Portugal, this paper examines contrasting perspectives of doctors and midwives regarding their roles in childbirth, the institutional contexts in which these divergent perspectives are enacted and sustained, a... Read More about Reconcilable differences?: Portuguese obstetricians' and midwives' contrasting perspectives on childbirth, and women’s birthing experiences.

The role of the family in HIV status disclosure among women in Vietnam: Familial dependence and independence (2017)
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Nguyen, C. T., Dinh, D., White, J. L., Hipwell, M., & Pharris, A. (2018). The role of the family in HIV status disclosure among women in Vietnam: Familial dependence and independence. Health Care for Women International, 39(4), 415-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2017.1358723

© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Insights into disclosure by people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) can inform strategies for treatment and support, yet Vietnamese women's self-disclosure patterns are poorly understood. We conducted interviews... Read More about The role of the family in HIV status disclosure among women in Vietnam: Familial dependence and independence.

'But isn't it the baby that decides when it will be born?': Temporality and women's embodied experiences of giving birth (2016)
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White, J. (2016). 'But isn't it the baby that decides when it will be born?': Temporality and women's embodied experiences of giving birth. Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, 34(1), 72-86. https://doi.org/10.3167/ca.2016.340108

Drawing on primary ethnographic research, this paper explores the intermeshing of different forms of time in contemporary childbirth, including the ways in which pregnant women are embedded within, informed by, and resist institutional categorization... Read More about 'But isn't it the baby that decides when it will be born?': Temporality and women's embodied experiences of giving birth.

Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: A critical exploration of tools and indicators (2015)
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Escuriet, R., White, J., Beeckman, K., Frith, L., Leon-Larios, F., Loytved, C., …Van Teijlingen, E. (2015). Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: A critical exploration of tools and indicators. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1151-2

© 2015 Escuriet et al. Background: This paper critically reviews published tools and indicators currently used to measure maternity care performance within Europe, focusing particularly on whether and how current approaches enable systematic appraisa... Read More about Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: A critical exploration of tools and indicators.

Cross-sectional study comparing public and private hospitals in Catalonia: Is the practice of routine episiotomy changing? (2015)
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Pueyo, M. J., Escuriet, R., Pueyo, M. J., Perez-Botella, M., Espada, X., Salgado, I., …Ortún, V. (2015). Cross-sectional study comparing public and private hospitals in Catalonia: Is the practice of routine episiotomy changing?. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0753-z

© 2015 Escuriet et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Background: In Spain, the Strategy for Assistance in Normal Childbirth (SANC) promoted a model of care, which respects the physiological birth process and discards unnecessary routine interventions, su... Read More about Cross-sectional study comparing public and private hospitals in Catalonia: Is the practice of routine episiotomy changing?.

Obstetric interventions in two groups of hospitals in Catalonia: A cross-sectional study (2014)
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Escuriet, R., Pueyo, M., Biescas, H., Colls, C., Espiga, I., White, J., …Ortún, V. (2014). Obstetric interventions in two groups of hospitals in Catalonia: A cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14(1), 143. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-14-143

Background: Childbirth assistance in highly technological settings and existing variability in the interventions performed are cause for concern. In recent years, numerous recommendations have been made concerning the importance of the physiological... Read More about Obstetric interventions in two groups of hospitals in Catalonia: A cross-sectional study.

The linked response: Lessons emerging from integration of HIV and reproductive health services in Cambodia (2013)
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White, J., Delvaux, T., Chhea, C., Saramony, S., Ouk, V., & Saphonn, V. (2013). The linked response: Lessons emerging from integration of HIV and reproductive health services in Cambodia. AIDS Research and Treatment, 2013, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/504792

A qualitative assessment was made of service provider and user perceptions of the quality of integrated reproductive health services established through a pilot intervention in Cambodia. The intervention aimed to promote pregnant women's HIV testing... Read More about The linked response: Lessons emerging from integration of HIV and reproductive health services in Cambodia.

Monstrous fears: Experiences of pregnancy and opiate use in Vietnam, and strategies for support (2013)
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White, J., & Oosterhoff, P. (2013). Monstrous fears: Experiences of pregnancy and opiate use in Vietnam, and strategies for support. Journal of Drug Issues, 43(1), 4-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042612466644

Maternity for opiate users in Vietnam is challenging due to the criminalization of drug use, stigmatization, and poor specialist knowledge among health providers. This article outlines action research conducted among Vietnamese women who had experien... Read More about Monstrous fears: Experiences of pregnancy and opiate use in Vietnam, and strategies for support.

Deconstructing 'barriers' to access: Minority ethnic women and medicalised maternal health services in Vietnam (2012)
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White, J., Oosterhoff, P., & Huong, N. T. (2012). Deconstructing 'barriers' to access: Minority ethnic women and medicalised maternal health services in Vietnam. Global Public Health, 7(8), 869-881. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2012.679743

Low maternal health service utilisation amongst minority ethnic women in Vietnam is often attributed to 'traditional customs'. Drawing on secondary data and original, qualitative research amongst Hmong and Thai communities, this paper analyses minori... Read More about Deconstructing 'barriers' to access: Minority ethnic women and medicalised maternal health services in Vietnam.

Editorial introduction (2011)
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Oosterhoff, P., White, J., & Aggerton, P. (2011). Editorial introduction. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 13(SUPPL. 2), S181-S184. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2011.637339

This additional issue of Culture, Health & Sexuality brings together a selection of papers that examine contemporary sexual and reproductive norms and practices amongst minority ethnic communities in South-East Asia and Bhutan. The result of a collab... Read More about Editorial introduction.

Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: A systematic search for evidence (2011)
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Hardy, S., White, J., Deane, K., & Gray, R. (2011). Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: A systematic search for evidence. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18(8), 721-727. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01722.x

Accessible summary: All healthcare professionals caring for people with serious mental illness should be aware of the signs of physical problems and take action to help patients improve their health. Our objective is to develop education for healthca... Read More about Educating healthcare professionals to act on the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness: A systematic search for evidence.

The development of the serious mental illness physical Health Improvement Profile: Practice Development (2009)
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White, J., Gray, R., & Jones, M. (2009). The development of the serious mental illness physical Health Improvement Profile: Practice Development. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 16(5), 493-498. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01375.x

WHITE J., GRAY R. & JONES M. (2009) Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 16, 493-498 The development of the serious mental illness physical Health Improvement Profile People with serious mental illness (SMI), such as schizophrenia and bip... Read More about The development of the serious mental illness physical Health Improvement Profile: Practice Development.