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Facilitators and barriers to delivering an optimal specialist service: An example from cleft lip and/or palate care (2022)
Journal Article
Stock, N. M., Zucchelli, F., Hammond, V., Hudson, N., & Sell, D. (2022). Facilitators and barriers to delivering an optimal specialist service: An example from cleft lip and/or palate care. British Journal of Healthcare Management, 28(8), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2021.0051

Background/Aims Despite published standards of care, inequities and variations in specialist care delivery in the UK have been identified. Using cleft lip and palate services as an example, this study aims to identify potential facilitators and commo... Read More about Facilitators and barriers to delivering an optimal specialist service: An example from cleft lip and/or palate care.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for adults with visible differences: Advancing understanding and developing a self-guided intervention (2022)
Thesis
Zucchelli, F. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for adults with visible differences: Advancing understanding and developing a self-guided intervention. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9430882

With the centrality of physical appearance in society, having an atypical appearance or ‘visible difference’ as the result of a health condition or injury can cause psychosocial challenges. While some adjust without need for psychological support, ma... Read More about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for adults with visible differences: Advancing understanding and developing a self-guided intervention.

Men’s experiences of alopecia areata: A qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Zucchelli, F., Sharratt, N., Montgomery, K., & Chambers, J. (2022). Men’s experiences of alopecia areata: A qualitative study. Health Psychology Open, 9(2), 20551029221121524. https://doi.org/10.1177/20551029221121524

Alopecia areata (AA) affects men at similar rates to women, yet comparatively little is known about men’s experience of the condition. We interviewed a demographically diverse group of 18 men with AA to explore this gap. From qualitative thematic ana... Read More about Men’s experiences of alopecia areata: A qualitative study.

A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents (2022)
Journal Article
Guest, E., Zucchelli, F., Costa, B., Bhatia, R., Halliwell, E., & Harcourt, D. (2022). A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents. Body Image, 42, 58-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.04.009

Evidence shows interventions can improve positive body image in adult women. This systematic review examined the evidence of efficacy of interventions that aimed to increase positive body image in children and young people aged under 18 years. The au... Read More about A systematic review of interventions aiming to promote positive body image in children and adolescents.

Why a charter for best practice for NHS wig provision? (2022)
Journal Article
Johnson, A., Wilks, L., Zucchelli, F., & Sharratt, N. (2022). Why a charter for best practice for NHS wig provision?. Dermatological Nursing, 21(1), 32-36

Dermatological hair loss (alopecia) is a devastating condition and not ‘just’ cosmetic. Wigs are recommended as a treatment by the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); however,... Read More about Why a charter for best practice for NHS wig provision?.

An acceptance and commitment therapy prototype mobile program for individuals with a visible difference: Mixed methods feasibility study (2022)
Journal Article
Zucchelli, F., Donnelly, O., Rush, E., White, P., Gwyther, H., Williamson, H., & The VTCT Foundation Research Team at the Centre for Appearance Research. (2022). An acceptance and commitment therapy prototype mobile program for individuals with a visible difference: Mixed methods feasibility study. JMIR Formative Research, 6(1), Article e33449. https://doi.org/10.2196/33449

Background: Mobile apps may offer a valuable platform for delivering evidence-based psychological interventions for individuals with atypical appearances, or visible differences, who experience psychosocial appearance concerns such as appearance-base... Read More about An acceptance and commitment therapy prototype mobile program for individuals with a visible difference: Mixed methods feasibility study.