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Effectiveness of a brief school-based body image intervention 'Dove Confident Me: Single Session' when delivered by teachers and researchers: Results from a cluster randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Garbett, K. M., Steer, R. J., Diedrichs, P. C., Atkinson, M. J., Rumsey, N., & Halliwell, E. (2015). Effectiveness of a brief school-based body image intervention 'Dove Confident Me: Single Session' when delivered by teachers and researchers: Results from a cluster randomised controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 74, 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.09.004

© 2015 The Authors. This study evaluated a 90-min single session school-based body image intervention (Dove Confident Me: Single Session), and investigated if delivery could be task-shifted to teachers. British adolescents (N = 1707; 11-13 years; 50.... Read More about Effectiveness of a brief school-based body image intervention 'Dove Confident Me: Single Session' when delivered by teachers and researchers: Results from a cluster randomised controlled trial.

The psychosocial impact of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment amongst Black, South Asian and White women: Do differences exist between ethnic groups? (2015)
Journal Article
Patel, G., Harcourt, D., Rumsey, N., Naqvi, H., & White, P. (2015). The psychosocial impact of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment amongst Black, South Asian and White women: Do differences exist between ethnic groups?. Diversity and Equality in Health and Care, 12(1),

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in females, affecting women of all ethnic groups. Until now, very little research has captured the psychosocial impact of the disease amongst Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women, and that which ha... Read More about The psychosocial impact of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment amongst Black, South Asian and White women: Do differences exist between ethnic groups?.

Influencing change: When theory isn’t enough (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2015, July). Influencing change: When theory isn’t enough. Presented at Centre for the Study of Behaviour Change and Influence Launch Event, Bristol, UK

Shared surgical decision making and youth resilience correlates of satisfaction with clinical outcomes (2015)
Journal Article
Kapp-Simon, K. A., Edwards, T., Ruta, C., Crilly Bellucci, C., Aspirnall, C. L., Strauss, R. P., …Patrick, D. L. (2015). Shared surgical decision making and youth resilience correlates of satisfaction with clinical outcomes. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 26(5), 1574-1580. https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000001892

Copyright © 2015 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with youth satisfaction with surgical procedures performed to address oral cleft or craniofacial conditions (CFCs). It was hypothesized that youth mental... Read More about Shared surgical decision making and youth resilience correlates of satisfaction with clinical outcomes.

Psychological consequences of appearance dissatisfaction (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2015, July). Psychological consequences of appearance dissatisfaction. Presented at International Congress of Paediatric Dentistry, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Psychosocial adjustment to differences in appearance is multifactorial. Current understanding of the factors and processes involved in distress and resilience to appearance concerns will be reviewed and the challenges currently hampering further prog... Read More about Psychological consequences of appearance dissatisfaction.

The importance of integration of stakeholder views in core outcome set development: Otitis Media with Effusion in children with cleft palate (2015)
Journal Article
Parfect, V. H., Hall, P. N., Bennett, A. M., Kirkham, J. J., Bruce, I. A., Harman, N. L., …Williamson, P. (2015). The importance of integration of stakeholder views in core outcome set development: Otitis Media with Effusion in children with cleft palate. PLoS ONE, 10(6), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129514

© 2015 Harman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are cre... Read More about The importance of integration of stakeholder views in core outcome set development: Otitis Media with Effusion in children with cleft palate.

Translating research into practice: Trials and tribulations (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2015, June). Translating research into practice: Trials and tribulations. Paper presented at European Craniofacial Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden

Clinicians are regularly berated by governments for failing to engage in research and regularly reminded that the care they offer their patients should be ‘evidence-based’. Similarly, researchers are increasingly judged on the ‘real-world’ relevance... Read More about Translating research into practice: Trials and tribulations.

The challenge of assessing quality of life in craniofacial contexts (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2015, June). The challenge of assessing quality of life in craniofacial contexts. Presented at European Craniofacial Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden

When asked about their motivation for delivering cleft care and optimising treatment outcomes, the majority of clinicians claim that their ultimate aim is to optimise the quality of life of their patients. Furthermore, ‘quality of life’ (QoL) is used... Read More about The challenge of assessing quality of life in craniofacial contexts.

I don't like the way I look: The tyranny of normative discontent (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2015, June). I don't like the way I look: The tyranny of normative discontent. Paper presented at Professionals, Practitioners and Beauty Norms: ‘Beauty Demands’ project, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, London, UK

Significant levels of dissatisfaction with appearance have been reported in more than 70% of the population. This talk will offer a brief overview of the evidence relating to the impacts of this 'normative discontent' on the psychological wellbeing... Read More about I don't like the way I look: The tyranny of normative discontent.

Appearance in a social and cultural context (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2015, May). Appearance in a social and cultural context. Presented at Local Training Day, 'Appearance Matters', Riga, Latvia

Visible difference (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2015, May). Visible difference. Presented at Local Training Day, 'Appearance Matters', Riga, Latvia

Psychological care in cleft lip/palate: Then & now (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2015, April). Psychological care in cleft lip/palate: Then & now. Presented at Mercy Hospital Tribute to Dr. Jeff Marsh, Mercy Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

Appearance matters (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumsey, N. (2015, March). Appearance matters. Paper presented at Training Day for Local Practitioners and Researchers, Ponta Delgarda, The Azores

Starting a family: The experience of parents with cleft lip and/or palate (2015)
Journal Article
Stock, N. M., & Rumsey, N. (2015). Starting a family: The experience of parents with cleft lip and/or palate. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 52(4), 425-436. https://doi.org/10.1597/13-314

© 2015 American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Background: One of the key challenges facing young adults with cleft lip and/or palate is making decisions about starting a family, because there is an increased likelihood of their own child bei... Read More about Starting a family: The experience of parents with cleft lip and/or palate.