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An evaluation of primary care led dementia diagnostic services in Bristol (2014)
Journal Article
Dodd, E., Cheston, R., Fear, T., Brown, E., Fox, C., Morley, C., …Gray, R. (2014). An evaluation of primary care led dementia diagnostic services in Bristol. BMC Health Services Research, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-014-0592-3

© 2014 Dodd et al. Background: Typically people who go to see their GP with a memory problem will be initially assessed and those patients who seem to be at risk will be referred onto a memory clinic. The demographic forces mean that memory services... Read More about An evaluation of primary care led dementia diagnostic services in Bristol.

Measuring educational needs among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using the Dutch version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool (D-ENAT) (2014)
Journal Article
Meesters, J. J., Vlieland, T. P., Zirkzee, E. J., Zirkzee, E. J. M., Ndosi, M. E., Vliet Vlieland, T. P. M., & Meesters, J. J. L. (2014). Measuring educational needs among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using the Dutch version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool (D-ENAT). Lupus, 23(13), 1370-1376. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961203314544188

© The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav. Methods: The D-ENAT was sent to a random sample of 244 SLE patients registered at the outpatient clinic of a university hospital. D-ENAT consists of 39 items in sev... Read More about Measuring educational needs among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using the Dutch version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool (D-ENAT).

How do paramedics manage the airway during out of hospital cardiac arrest? (2014)
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Voss, S., Rhys, M., Coates, D., Greenwood, R., Nolan, J. P., Thomas, M., & Benger, J. (2014). How do paramedics manage the airway during out of hospital cardiac arrest?. Resuscitation, 85(12), 1662-1666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.09.008

© 2014 The Authors. Aim: The best method of initial airway management during resuscitation for out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is unknown. The airway management techniques used currently by UK paramedics during resuscitation for OHCA are not we... Read More about How do paramedics manage the airway during out of hospital cardiac arrest?.

Can paramedics use FRAX (the WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool) to help GPs improve future fracture risk in patients who fall? Protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study (2014)
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Clarke, S., Bradley, R., Simmonds, B., Salisbury, C., Benger, J., Marques, E., …Gooberman-Hill, R. (2014). Can paramedics use FRAX (the WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool) to help GPs improve future fracture risk in patients who fall? Protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study. BMJ Open, 4(9), e005744-e005744. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005744

© 2014, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Introduction: Currently identification, and therefore, management of patients at risk of osteoporotic fracture in the UK is suboptimal. As the majority of patients who fracture have fallen, it follow... Read More about Can paramedics use FRAX (the WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool) to help GPs improve future fracture risk in patients who fall? Protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility study.

Advance care planning: Challenges and approaches for pediatricians (2014)
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Heckford, E., & Beringer, A. (2014). Advance care planning: Challenges and approaches for pediatricians. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 17(9), 1049-1053. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2013.0374

© 2014 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Background: There is increasing recognition of the value of advance care planning for children with life-limiting conditions. It is important that we acknowledge and reflect on the challenges that this work presents in o... Read More about Advance care planning: Challenges and approaches for pediatricians.

Validation of a home safety questionnaire used in a series of case-control studies (2014)
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Watson, M., Benford, P., Coupland, C., Clacy, R., Hindmarch, P., Majsak-Newman, G., …Kendrick, D. (2014). Validation of a home safety questionnaire used in a series of case-control studies. Injury Prevention, 20(5), 336-342. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2013-041006

© 2014 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Conclusions This study found that the validity of selfreports varied with safety practice. Questions with a high specificity will be useful for practitioners for identifying households who may benefit... Read More about Validation of a home safety questionnaire used in a series of case-control studies.

Patients' perspectives on the educational preparation of cardiac nurses (2014)
Journal Article
Thompson, D. R., Albarran, J., Jones, I., Lockyer, L., Manns, S., & Cox, H. (2014). Patients' perspectives on the educational preparation of cardiac nurses. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 13(5), 451-458. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515113507166

© The European Society of Cardiology 2013. Background: Over the last two decades the UK health service has endeavoured to place patient and public involvement at the heart of its modernisation agenda. Despite these aspirations the role of patients in... Read More about Patients' perspectives on the educational preparation of cardiac nurses.

City of one: A qualitative study examining the participation of young people in care in a theatre and music initiative (2014)
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Salmon, D., & Rickaby, C. (2014). City of one: A qualitative study examining the participation of young people in care in a theatre and music initiative. Children & Society, 28(1), 30-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2012.00444.x

Young people's engagement with the arts can facilitate skills development, improve mental health and strengthen resilience. This article reports on a qualitative study exploring the experiences and involvement of ten young people in care in the devel... Read More about City of one: A qualitative study examining the participation of young people in care in a theatre and music initiative.

Examining inequalities in the uptake of the school-based HPV vaccination programme in England: A retrospective cohort study (2014)
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Mytton, J. A., Fisher, H., Audrey, S., Mytton, J., Hickman, M., & Trotter, C. (2014). Examining inequalities in the uptake of the school-based HPV vaccination programme in England: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Public Health, 36(1), 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdt042

Background: Although uptake of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is high in the United Kingdom, it is unknown whether the programme has been delivered equitably by ethnicity or deprivation. This study aimed to investigate factors associated with HPV... Read More about Examining inequalities in the uptake of the school-based HPV vaccination programme in England: A retrospective cohort study.

The challenge of dignity in mental health (2014)
Journal Article
Hadland, R., & Lambert, N. (2014). The challenge of dignity in mental health. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 3(3), 132-136. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2014.3.3.132

Dignity is preserved and compromised through our words and actions; so what is it that we need to say and do? Our understanding of dignity is changeable and influenced by culture; therefore, it needs to be revisited from time to time. Mental health n... Read More about The challenge of dignity in mental health.

The transition to expert: A qualitative study exploring clinical decision making for children under five attending the emergency department with minor respiratory conditions (2014)
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Bowen, L., Purdy, S., Lyttle, M., & Heawood, A. (2014). The transition to expert: A qualitative study exploring clinical decision making for children under five attending the emergency department with minor respiratory conditions. Emergency Medicine Journal, 31(9), 791-791. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2014-204221.31