Dr Stuart McClean's Outputs (68)

Governing healthy migrant families: Migrants’ and health workers’ views and perceptions of child health and wellbeing services in the UK (2018)
Journal Article

Background: Migrating between countries involves adjustment and movement between healthcare systems, in addition to a changing relationship between the migrant individual/family) and the state. The objective of this paper is to explore how migrant pa... Read More about Governing healthy migrant families: Migrants’ and health workers’ views and perceptions of child health and wellbeing services in the UK.

De colonising knowledge: Biomedical beliefs and indigenous medical practice (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Medical traditions and practices go back to antiquity and are defined by the cultures in which they emerge. We may regard these practices (health care systems) as profoundly personal and ethnocentric, tied to such things as religion and belief system... Read More about De colonising knowledge: Biomedical beliefs and indigenous medical practice.

The Buddhist coping experience of breast cancer survivors:​ A phenomenological approach (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Aim: This study aimed to explore the spiritual impact of the Buddhist beliefs as a lived experience on breast cancer survivorship in Hong Kong culture. Method: A phenomenological research design guided sampling, data collection and analysis. A purpos... Read More about The Buddhist coping experience of breast cancer survivors:​ A phenomenological approach.

Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport (2017)
Journal Article

Background: It is estimated that 21% of boys and 16% of girls in England meet recommended physical activity guidelines. Team sport has the potential to increase physical activity levels; however, studies show that gender-based factors can influence g... Read More about Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport.

Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
It is estimated that 21% of boys and 16% of girls in England meet recommended physical activity guidelines. Team sport has the potential to increase physical activity level; however, studies show that gender-based factors can influence gi... Read More about Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport.

EU accession migrant health in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Migration is becoming one of the defining issues of the 21st Century, and it is argued that it has a wide-ranging impact on the demand for existing health services as well as their appropriate usage. Health of migrants and their families is recognis... Read More about EU accession migrant health in the UK.

Maintaining pre-school children's health and wellbeing in the UK: A qualitative study of the views of migrant parents (2016)
Journal Article

© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. Background There is evidence that key health behaviours of people who migrate deteriorate over time, which has a consequent impact upon the health of depen... Read More about Maintaining pre-school children's health and wellbeing in the UK: A qualitative study of the views of migrant parents.

Migrant parents: Political, socio-economic and cultural influences on breastfeeding and weaning in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Infant feeding behaviours impact upon maternal and child health not only in the short term but throughout the lifespan. Large scale cohort studies show that that mothers migrating to the United Kingdom (UK) are more likely to practise healthy behavio... Read More about Migrant parents: Political, socio-economic and cultural influences on breastfeeding and weaning in the UK.

Keeping pre-school children healthy: A qualitative study of the experiences of parents who have migrated to the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Aim of abstract- This abstract presents the findings of a study exploring the views of migrant parents on maintaining the health of pre-school children in the United Kingdom (UK).

Background

There is evidence that the health behaviours of immig... Read More about Keeping pre-school children healthy: A qualitative study of the experiences of parents who have migrated to the UK.

What is the perceived impact of Alexander technique lessons on health status, costs and pain management in the real life setting of an English hospital? The results of a mixed methods evaluation of an Alexander technique service for those with chronic back pain (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 McClean et al. Background: Randomised controlled trial evidence indicates that Alexander Technique is clinically and cost effective for chronic back pain. The aim of this mixed methods evaluation was to explore the role and perceived impact of... Read More about What is the perceived impact of Alexander technique lessons on health status, costs and pain management in the real life setting of an English hospital? The results of a mixed methods evaluation of an Alexander technique service for those with chronic back pain.

Folk healing, authenticity and fraud (2014)
Book Chapter

Folk-inspired healing such as folk healing, spiritual healing and crystal healing are part of a broad healing system that can be defined in an anthropological sense as minority religion since it exhibits many of the same features. Folk healers may th... Read More about Folk healing, authenticity and fraud.

Thinking about the lifecourse: A psychosocial introduction (2014)
Book

How we change over time - who we love, what work we do, how we die - is shaped both by internal, and external influences. This book explores the important subject of human growth and development by combining the social context of how people live with... Read More about Thinking about the lifecourse: A psychosocial introduction.

Pregnancy, risk perception and use of complementary and alternative medicine (2013)
Journal Article

Pregnancy and childbirth are events of major significance in women's lives. In western countries women are increasingly using complementary and alternative medicine during this time. However, there is little research exploring the factors that are in... Read More about Pregnancy, risk perception and use of complementary and alternative medicine.

Money, commodification and complementary health care: Theorising personalised medicine within depersonalised systems of exchange (2013)
Journal Article

Across the United Kingdom and other Western nations, complementary health care has become big business, with pressure to commercialise and technologise its goods and services. Economic liberalisation and the democratisation of health care have encour... Read More about Money, commodification and complementary health care: Theorising personalised medicine within depersonalised systems of exchange.

Taking charge, choosing a new direction: A service evaluation of Alexander Technique lessons for pain clinic patients: An approach to pain management (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background and Study Aims: Recent evidence from a high quality clinical trial has demonstrated the therapeutic value and effectiveness of Alexander Technique (AT) lessons for chronic back pain (Little et al. 2008), but little is known about the use o... Read More about Taking charge, choosing a new direction: A service evaluation of Alexander Technique lessons for pain clinic patients: An approach to pain management.

The Role of Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Crystal and Spiritual Healing (2013)
Journal Article

In the arena of biomedical sciences, technical skills and expert judgment are at a premium, and the standardization and repeatability of an intervention is crucial to help determine, for example, the effectiveness of a new drug in a clinical trial. C... Read More about The Role of Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Crystal and Spiritual Healing.

Taking charge, choosing a new direction: A service evaluation of Alexander Technique lessons for pain clinic patients (SEAT): An approach to pain management (2012)
Report

The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre (2012)
Journal Article

Background: This article explores the theme of spirituality, health, and wellbeing, in relation to an emerging body of research on the impact of music therapy in cancer care. The focus of the article is a music therapy service established as part of... Read More about The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre.

Pounds shillings and pence; ways to cost NHS complementary therapy services – the ‘Seat’ and ‘Biscuit’ studies (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
To inform their decisions, commissioners need to know if particular services reduce NHS costs and procur cost savings elsewhere within the system. A review of service evaluations of NHS complementary therapy services found that most did n... Read More about Pounds shillings and pence; ways to cost NHS complementary therapy services – the ‘Seat’ and ‘Biscuit’ studies.

Service users of a hospital based Alexander Technique service for pain have decreased pain levels and reduce their NHS costs associated with pain by half: Results of a mixed methods service evaluation (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Recent evidence indicates that Alexander Technique (AT) is helpful for relieving the pain of backache (Little et al. 2008), which costs the NHS an estimated £480 million per annum with non NHS costs (such as private consultations and pres... Read More about Service users of a hospital based Alexander Technique service for pain have decreased pain levels and reduce their NHS costs associated with pain by half: Results of a mixed methods service evaluation.