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Attitudes towards and understandings of sexual violence: A study of secondary school students and staff in Bristol (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Fenton, R. A., Rumney, P., & McCartan, K. (2015, June). Attitudes towards and understandings of sexual violence: A study of secondary school students and staff in Bristol. Paper presented at Understanding and responding to sexual harm perpetrated by youths research workshop, UWE, Bristol

A research paper looking at work with secondary school students on their attitudes to sex, sexual harm and sexual harm policy.

The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights (2015)
Book Chapter
van den Anker, C. (2015). The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights. In D. E. Meacham (Ed.), Medicine and Society, New Continental Perspectives. Dordrecht: Springer

This chapter traces the ongoing effects of eugenics on discourses of ‘disability’, analysing in particular the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I use the sociological methodology of grounded theory-building based on live... Read More about The right to be impaired and the legacy of eugenics: A critical reading of the UN convention on ‘disability’ rights.

Transformation of Thought Suppression Functions Via Same and Opposite Relations (2015)
Journal Article
O’Keefe, R., Stewart, I., Hooper, N., Walsh, P., O'Keefe, R., Joyce, R., & McHugh, L. (2015). Transformation of Thought Suppression Functions Via Same and Opposite Relations. Psychological Record, 65(2), 375-399. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-014-0113-0

© 2014, Association for Behavior Analysis International. The aim of this study was to investigate transformation of thought suppression functions via ‘same’ and ‘opposite’ relations. In Experiment 1 participants were given training and testing with t... Read More about Transformation of Thought Suppression Functions Via Same and Opposite Relations.

Of (auto-)immune life: Derrida, Esposito, Agamben (2015)
Book Chapter
Lewis, M. (2015). Of (auto-)immune life: Derrida, Esposito, Agamben. In D. E. Meacham (Ed.), Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. New York: Springer

Chapter: https://www.academia.edu/3776661/Of_Auto-_Immune_Life_Derrida_Esposito_Agamben_draft_of_a_text_to_be_published_in_a_volume_entitled_Medicine_and_Society_edited_by_D._Meacham_

The addition of psychological science on the medical college admission test (MCAT): Potential impact and responses (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Albertson, D. (2015, June). The addition of psychological science on the medical college admission test (MCAT): Potential impact and responses. Presented at Stanford Psychology One Conference, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Albertson, D. N. (2015). The Addition of Psychological Science on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT): Potential Impact and Responses. Roundtable discussion led at the Stanford Psychology One Conference (Stanford University; Palo Alto, CA).

Chronic adverse effects of long-term exposure of children to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) through indoor residual spraying: A systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Osunkentan, A., & Evans, D. (2015). Chronic adverse effects of long-term exposure of children to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) through indoor residual spraying: A systematic review. Rural and remote health, 15(2), 2889-2889

Introduction: Malaria remains a significant public health problem in endemic regions of the world, most especially in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of the global efforts to control malaria, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), a cheap and effective... Read More about Chronic adverse effects of long-term exposure of children to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) through indoor residual spraying: A systematic review.

Systematic review: Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects (2015)
Journal Article
Jenkinson, E., Williamson, H., Byron-Daniel, J., & Moss, T. (2015). Systematic review: Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 40(10), 1017-1033. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsv048

© 2015 The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. Objective Evaluate critically the evidence of the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for children/young peop... Read More about Systematic review: Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects.

On the origins of illness and the hiddenness of health: A Hermeneutic approach to the history of a problem (2015)
Book Chapter
Keane, N. (2015). On the origins of illness and the hiddenness of health: A Hermeneutic approach to the history of a problem. In D. Meacham (Ed.), Medicine and Society, New Perspectives in Continental Philosophy (57-72). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9870-9_4

If health is definable as a dynamic equilibrium, then there needs to be some criterion for its re-establishment or restoration. For centuries this criterion has been identified as nature, a criterion which is not altogether unproblematic. It must be... Read More about On the origins of illness and the hiddenness of health: A Hermeneutic approach to the history of a problem.

Women are not their vaginas (2015)
Journal Article
Mackay, F. (2015). Women are not their vaginas

I had the honour to meet and debate with Naomi Wolf in May 2015, visiting the UK to appear on Al Jazeera and talk about her last book "Vagina: A New Biography".

Towards a relational understanding of embodied therapeutic relationships: A qualitative study of body-focused practitioners' experiences (2015)
Thesis
Mayer, S. J. Towards a relational understanding of embodied therapeutic relationships: A qualitative study of body-focused practitioners' experiences. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/834282

This study aimed to further our understanding of embodied therapeutic relationships within counselling psychology. Theoretical challenges to the influence of Cartesian dualism on Western medicine and therapeutic practices that led to a largely di... Read More about Towards a relational understanding of embodied therapeutic relationships: A qualitative study of body-focused practitioners' experiences.

Taking stock of the decolonization agenda – The UK overseas territories (Caribbean, Bermuda, and St Helena): Current positions and future options (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Clegg, P. (2015, May). Taking stock of the decolonization agenda – The UK overseas territories (Caribbean, Bermuda, and St Helena): Current positions and future options. Paper presented at United Nations Caribbean Regional Seminar on Decolonization, Managua, Nicaragua

This paper analyses the current state of relations between the United Kingdom (UK) government and its Overseas Territories, with a particular focus on the Caribbean territories, Bermuda and St Helena. Over the last two decades the general approach of... Read More about Taking stock of the decolonization agenda – The UK overseas territories (Caribbean, Bermuda, and St Helena): Current positions and future options.

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

The close proximity of threat: Altered distance perception in the anticipation of pain (2015)
Journal Article
Tabor, A., Catley, M. J., Gandevia, S. C., Thacker, M. A., Spence, C., & Moseley, G. L. (2015). The close proximity of threat: Altered distance perception in the anticipation of pain. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00626

Pain is an experience that powerfully influences the way we interact with our environment. What is less clear is the influence that pain has on the way we perceive our environment. We investigated the effect that the anticipation of experimental pain... Read More about The close proximity of threat: Altered distance perception in the anticipation of pain.

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

Changes in objectively measured BMI in children aged 4-11 years: Data from the National Child Measurement Programme (2015)
Journal Article
Pearce, M., Webb-Phillips, S., & Bray, I. (2016). Changes in objectively measured BMI in children aged 4-11 years: Data from the National Child Measurement Programme. Journal of Public Health, 38(3), 459-466. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdv058

© 2015 The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. Background This study looked at the degree of weight gain between t... Read More about Changes in objectively measured BMI in children aged 4-11 years: Data from the National Child Measurement Programme.