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Truancy in secondary school pupils: Prevalence, trajectories and pupil perspectives (2006)
Journal Article
Attwood, G., & Croll, P. (2006). Truancy in secondary school pupils: Prevalence, trajectories and pupil perspectives. Research Papers in Education, 21(4), 467-484. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671520600942446

School absenteeism and particularly unauthorized absenteeism or truancy has been the focus of a number of, so far largely unsuccessful, recent policy initiatives. The paper draws upon two sources of data, the British Household Panel Survey and detail... Read More about Truancy in secondary school pupils: Prevalence, trajectories and pupil perspectives.

Mental capacity, good practice and the cyclical consent process in research involving vulnerable people (2006)
Journal Article
Sellman, D., Norman, R., & Warner, C. (2006). Mental capacity, good practice and the cyclical consent process in research involving vulnerable people. Clinical Ethics, 1(4), 228-233. https://doi.org/10.1258/147775006779151085

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 gives statutory force to the common law principle that all adults are assumed to have capacity to make decisions unless proven otherwise. In accord with best practice, this principle places the evidential burden on resear... Read More about Mental capacity, good practice and the cyclical consent process in research involving vulnerable people.

Integrated exercise and self-management programmes in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee: a systematic review of effectiveness (2006)
Journal Article
Reeves, B. C., Walsh, N., Mitchell, H., & Hurley, M. (2006). Integrated exercise and self-management programmes in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee: a systematic review of effectiveness. Physical Therapy Reviews, 11(4), 289-297. https://doi.org/10.1179/108331906X163432

© 2006 Maney Publishing. The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the clinical effects of integrated exercise and self-management programmes on pain and function in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis, and to determine the cost-effe... Read More about Integrated exercise and self-management programmes in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee: a systematic review of effectiveness.

Different Routes to a PhD (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Sellman, D. (2006, December). Different Routes to a PhD. Paper presented at Different Routes to a PhD, Kingston University & St George's University of London

Appearance concerns in genetic conditions (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N., & Harcourt, D. (2006, December). Appearance concerns in genetic conditions. Paper presented at Paper to Institute of Medical Genetics at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Research into interprofessional relationships in health care (2006)
Book Chapter
Pollard, K. (2006). Research into interprofessional relationships in health care. In A. Kvas, M. Pahor, D. Klemenc, & J. Smitek (Eds.), Collaboration between nurses and doctors in the health care team: an opportunity for improving quality (Slovenian) (47-59). Ljubljana: Nurse Association of Ljubljana

Sodelovanje Med Medicinskimi Sestrami In Zdravniki V Zdravstvenem Timu: Priloznost Za Izboljsevanje Kakovosti (slovenian) Collaboration between nurses and doctors in the health care team: an opportunity for improving quality (2006)
Book Chapter
Miers, M. (2006). Sodelovanje Med Medicinskimi Sestrami In Zdravniki V Zdravstvenem Timu: Priloznost Za Izboljsevanje Kakovosti (slovenian) Collaboration between nurses and doctors in the health care team: an opportunity for improving quality. In Kvas (Ed.), Sodelovanje Med Medicinskimi Sestrami In Zdravniki V Zdravstvenem Timu: Priloznost Za Izboljsevanje Kakovosti (slovenian) Collaboration between nurses and doctors in the health care team: an opportunity for improving quality

Constraint-based approach to investigate the process flexibility of food processing equipment (2006)
Journal Article
Matthews, J., Singh, B., Mullineux, G., & Medland, T. (2006). Constraint-based approach to investigate the process flexibility of food processing equipment. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 51(4), 809-820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2006.09.003

Over the last decade the UK food processing industry has become increasing competitive. This leads the sector to maintain high numbers of product variations. Although some of these products are stable over long periods, others are short lived or seas... Read More about Constraint-based approach to investigate the process flexibility of food processing equipment.

International lesson drawing for cities (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Hambleton, R. (2006, December). International lesson drawing for cities. Paper presented at US Annual Congress of National League of Cities, Reno, Nevada, USA

Developing Collaborative Practice Development Units (CPDU) as sustainable communities (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Donovan, L., & Moore, L. (2006, December). Developing Collaborative Practice Development Units (CPDU) as sustainable communities. Paper presented at Making Knowledge Work. Building sustainable communities through partnerships in place management, social capitol and life long learning, University of Stirling

A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health (2006)
Journal Article
De Viggiani, N. (2006). A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health. Critical Public Health, 16(4), 307-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590601045212

This paper explores recent developments in prison public health, recommending that future prison health policies and practices become more 'upstream' in their outlook and approach. It is argued that this will require much firmer acknowledgement of th... Read More about A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health.

A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health (2006)
Journal Article
and advancing the agenda for prison health. Critical Public Health, 16(4), 307-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590601045212

This paper explores recent developments in prison public health, recommending that future prison health policies and practices become more ‘upstream’ in their outlook and approach. It is argued that this will require much firmer acknowledgement of th... Read More about A new approach to prison public health? Challenging and advancing the agenda for prison health.

The Prevalence of Childhood Dysphonia: A Cross-Sectional Study (2006)
Journal Article
ALSPAC Study Team, , Carding, P. N., Roulstone, S., & Northstone, K. (2006). The Prevalence of Childhood Dysphonia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Voice, 20(4), 623-630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2005.07.004

Summary: There is only very limited information on the prevalence of voice disorders, particularly for the pediatric population. This study examined the prevalence of dysphonia in a large cohort of children (n = 7389) at 8 years of age. Data were col... Read More about The Prevalence of Childhood Dysphonia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Serenity, self-regard and the genetic sequence: Social psychiatry and preventive eugenics in Britain, 1930s-1950s (2006)
Journal Article
Swanson, G. (2006). Serenity, self-regard and the genetic sequence: Social psychiatry and preventive eugenics in Britain, 1930s-1950s. New Formations: A Journal of Culture, Theory, Politics, 60, 50-65

The completion of this peer reviewed journal article was supported by AHRC Research Leave funding and constitutes the first study to situate C. P. Blacker's realignment of the Eugenics Society in the 1940s and 1950s in terms of the convergence of psy... Read More about Serenity, self-regard and the genetic sequence: Social psychiatry and preventive eugenics in Britain, 1930s-1950s.