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Health promotion in emergency care settings: investigating staff views and experiences (2023)
Journal Article
Schofield, B., Hoskins, R., Rolfe, U., McClean, S., Voss, S., & Benger, J. (2023). Health promotion in emergency care settings: investigating staff views and experiences. Emergency Nurse, 31(6), 26-32. https://doi.org/10.7748/en.2023.e2156

BACKGROUND: Emergency departments (EDs) afford 'teachable moments' for health behaviour change, but staff may not see themselves as public health practitioners and it can be challenging to undertake health promotion activities in emergency care setti... Read More about Health promotion in emergency care settings: investigating staff views and experiences.

The impact of hegemonic masculine ideals on self-esteem in prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) compared to ADT-naïve patients (2022)
Journal Article
Gentili, C., McClean, S., McGeagh, L., Bahl, A., Persad, R., & Harcourt, D. (2022). The impact of hegemonic masculine ideals on self-esteem in prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) compared to ADT-naïve patients. Psycho-Oncology, 31(11), 1958-1971. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.6001

Purpose: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for Prostate Cancer (PCa) is associated with side effects that could lead to negative body image and low masculine self-esteem of survivors. We compared a group of PCa survivors following ADT with ADT-naïve... Read More about The impact of hegemonic masculine ideals on self-esteem in prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) compared to ADT-naïve patients.

What are the barriers and facilitators to effective health promotion in urgent and emergency care? A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Schofield, B., Rolfe, U., McClean, S., Hoskins, R., Voss, S., & Benger, J. (2022). What are the barriers and facilitators to effective health promotion in urgent and emergency care? A systematic review. BMC Emergency Medicine, 22(1), Article 95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00651-3

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.

Medievals and moderns in conversation: Co-designing creative futures for under-used historic churches in rural communities (2022)
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Senior, T. J., Metcalfe, T., McClean, S., Wilson, A., Bowen, S., Ailes, M., & McGregor, E. (2022). Medievals and moderns in conversation: Co-designing creative futures for under-used historic churches in rural communities. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 6(5), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti6050040

For many living in rural areas, the loss of traditional community assets and increased social fragmentation are a common feature of everyday life. The empty village church is a poignant symbol of these challenges; yet, these are sites that hold consi... Read More about Medievals and moderns in conversation: Co-designing creative futures for under-used historic churches in rural communities.

Community business impacts on health and well-being: A systematic review of the evidence (2021)
Journal Article
McClean, S., Ismail, S., & Bird, E. (2021). Community business impacts on health and well-being: A systematic review of the evidence. Social Enterprise Journal, 17(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/sej-04-2020-0026

Purpose This paper aims to provide critical insight into the impact of locally embedded, community business-related approaches internationally to health and social care on users’ outcomes, in particular exploring their effectiveness in delivering ou... Read More about Community business impacts on health and well-being: A systematic review of the evidence.

‘Somebody stuck me in a bag of sand’: Lived experiences of the altered and uncomfortable body after stroke (2021)
Journal Article
Stott, H., Cramp, M., McClean, S., & Turton, A. (2021). ‘Somebody stuck me in a bag of sand’: Lived experiences of the altered and uncomfortable body after stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 35(9), 1348-1359. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155211000740

Objective: This study explored stroke survivors’ experiences of altered body perception, whether these perceptions cause discomfort, and the need for clinical interventions to improve comfort. Design: A qualitative phenomenological study. Setting: Pa... Read More about ‘Somebody stuck me in a bag of sand’: Lived experiences of the altered and uncomfortable body after stroke.

‘Differences between the earth and the sky’: Migrant parents’ experiences of child health services for pre-school children in the UK (2020)
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Condon, L., McClean, S., & McRae, L. (2020). ‘Differences between the earth and the sky’: Migrant parents’ experiences of child health services for pre-school children in the UK. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 21(e29), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1463423620000213

AIM: To explore parents' experiences of using child health services for their pre-school children post-migration. BACKGROUND: Migrating between countries necessitates movement and adjustment between systems of healthcare. Children of migrants are kno... Read More about ‘Differences between the earth and the sky’: Migrant parents’ experiences of child health services for pre-school children in the UK.

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.

Body image issues and attitudes towards exercise amongst men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) following diagnosis of prostate cancer (2019)
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Gentili, C., McClean, S., Hackshaw-McGeagh, L., Bahl, A., Persad, R., & Harcourt, D. (2019). Body image issues and attitudes towards exercise amongst men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) following diagnosis of prostate cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 28(8), 1647-1653. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5134

© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Background: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is an established treatment for prostate cancer (PCa), but its side-effects can affect body appearance and functioning. However, research into the impact of ADT on body i... Read More about Body image issues and attitudes towards exercise amongst men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) following diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Exploring altered body perception and comfort after stroke: An interpretive phenomenological analysis (2018)
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Stott, H., Cramp, M., McClean, S., & Turton, A. (2018). Exploring altered body perception and comfort after stroke: An interpretive phenomenological analysis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 32(10), 1406-1417. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215518784346

Background: After stroke, changes to body perception are common. However, little is known about what these disturbed perceptions feel like to the stroke survivor. This study took a phenomenological approach to explore experiences of altered body per... Read More about Exploring altered body perception and comfort after stroke: An interpretive phenomenological analysis.

‘You feel it in your body’: Narratives of embodied well-being and control among women who use complementary and alternative medicine during pregnancy (2018)
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McClean, S., & Mitchell, M. (2018). ‘You feel it in your body’: Narratives of embodied well-being and control among women who use complementary and alternative medicine during pregnancy. Societies, 8(2), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc8020030

In Western societies, women’s use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) during pregnancy and labor is increasingly ubiquitous, yet there have been few in-depth explorations of the lived experience of women who use CAM and little critical an... Read More about ‘You feel it in your body’: Narratives of embodied well-being and control among women who use complementary and alternative medicine during pregnancy.

Governing healthy migrant families: Migrants’ and health workers’ views and perceptions of child health and wellbeing services in the UK (2018)
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McClean, S. (2018). Governing healthy migrant families: Migrants’ and health workers’ views and perceptions of child health and wellbeing services in the UK. European Journal of Public Health, 28(S1), 76. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky047.168

Background: Migrating between countries involves adjustment and movement between healthcare systems, in addition to a changing relationship between the migrant individual/family) and the state. The objective of this paper is to explore how migrant pa... Read More about Governing healthy migrant families: Migrants’ and health workers’ views and perceptions of child health and wellbeing services in the UK.

Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport (2017)
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Allison, R., Bird, E., & McClean, S. (2017). Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport. AIMS Public Health, 4(2), 202-221. https://doi.org/10.3934/publichealth+2017.2.202

Background: It is estimated that 21% of boys and 16% of girls in England meet recommended physical activity guidelines. Team sport has the potential to increase physical activity levels; however, studies show that gender-based factors can influence g... Read More about Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport.

Maintaining pre-school children's health and wellbeing in the UK: A qualitative study of the views of migrant parents (2016)
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McClean, S., Condon, L. J., & McClean, S. (2017). Maintaining pre-school children's health and wellbeing in the UK: A qualitative study of the views of migrant parents. Journal of Public Health, 39(3), 455-463. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdw083

© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. Background There is evidence that key health behaviours of people who migrate deteriorate over time, which has a consequent impact upon the health of depen... Read More about Maintaining pre-school children's health and wellbeing in the UK: A qualitative study of the views of migrant parents.

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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McClean, S., Brilleman, S., & Wye, L. (2015). 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. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), Article 293. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0966-1

© 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.

Pregnancy, risk perception and use of complementary and alternative medicine (2013)
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Mitchell, M., & McClean, S. (2014). Pregnancy, risk perception and use of complementary and alternative medicine. Health, Risk and Society, 16(1), 101-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2013.867014

Pregnancy and childbirth are events of major significance in women's lives. In western countries women are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine during this time. However, there is little research exploring the factors that are in... Read More about Pregnancy, risk perception and use of complementary and alternative medicine.

Money, commodification and complementary health care: Theorising personalised medicine within depersonalised systems of exchange (2013)
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McClean, S., & Moore, R. (2013). Money, commodification and complementary health care: Theorising personalised medicine within depersonalised systems of exchange. Social Theory and Health, 11(2), 194-214. https://doi.org/10.1057/sth.2012.16

Across the United Kingdom and other Western nations, complementary health care has become big business, with pressure to commercialise and technologise its goods and services. Economic liberalisation and the democratisation of health care have encour... Read More about Money, commodification and complementary health care: Theorising personalised medicine within depersonalised systems of exchange.

The Role of Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Crystal and Spiritual Healing (2013)
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McClean, S. (2013). The Role of Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Crystal and Spiritual Healing. Medical Anthropology, 32(1), 61-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2012.692741

In the arena of biomedical sciences, technical skills and expert judgment are at a premium, and the standardization and repeatability of an intervention is crucial to help determine, for example, the effectiveness of a new drug in a clinical trial. C... Read More about The Role of Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Crystal and Spiritual Healing.

The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre (2012)
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McClean, S., Bunt, L., & Daykin, N. (2012). The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 18(4), 402-407

Background: This article explores the theme of spirituality, health, and wellbeing, in relation to an emerging body of research on the impact of music therapy in cancer care. The focus of the article is a music therapy service established as part of... Read More about The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre.