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Effectiveness of infection prevention and control interventions in health care facilities in Africa: A systematic review (2024)
Journal Article

Background Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are a major threat to patient safety and quality care. However, they are avoidable by implementing evidence-based infection prevention and control measures. This re... Read More about Effectiveness of infection prevention and control interventions in health care facilities in Africa: A systematic review.

Socioeconomic determinants of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and diabetes among migrants in the United Kingdom: A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article

There has been little agreement on the role that socioeconomic factors play in the aetiology of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), obesity, and diabetes among migrants in the United Kingdom (UK). We systematically reviewed the existing evidence on this... Read More about Socioeconomic determinants of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and diabetes among migrants in the United Kingdom: A systematic review.

Bringing children and older people together through food: The promotion of intergenerational relationships across preschool, school and care home settings (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose: This paper aims to explore how food-focused social activities are a route for promoting intergenerational relationships, well-being and dietary benefits among residents in care homes and children in preschool/schools. Design/methodology/appr... Read More about Bringing children and older people together through food: The promotion of intergenerational relationships across preschool, school and care home settings.

Nostalgic conversations: The co-production of an intervention package for people living with dementia and their spouse (2021)
Journal Article

Objectives: Nostalgic memories are more social than other forms of autobiographical recall, often refer to atypical events, express more positive affect and reflect life as meaningful. Recalling a nostalgic (compared to ordinary) memory increases sel... Read More about Nostalgic conversations: The co-production of an intervention package for people living with dementia and their spouse.

Apart but not alone? A cross-sectional study of neighbour support in a major UK urban area during the COVID-19 lockdown (2020)
Journal Article

Background: Evidence from a range of major public health incidents shows that neighbour-based action can have a critical role in emergency response, assistance and recovery. However, there is little research to date on neighbour-based action during t... Read More about Apart but not alone? A cross-sectional study of neighbour support in a major UK urban area during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Nostalgia as a psychological resource for people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence of effectiveness from experimental studies (2018)
Journal Article

Objective: This review systematically examines evidence relating to the effect of nostalgia on psychological well-being through a meta-analysis of measures of social connectedness, self-esteem, meaning in life, self-continuity, optimism and positive... Read More about Nostalgia as a psychological resource for people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence of effectiveness from experimental studies.

Dementia as an existential threat: The importance of self-esteem, social connectedness and meaning in life (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, Science Reviews 2000 Ltd, All right reserved. Dementia is an umbrella term for a large number of illnesses, all of which involve neurodegenerative changes in the brain. The most common forms of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease and vascular de... Read More about Dementia as an existential threat: The importance of self-esteem, social connectedness and meaning in life.

Primary care-led dementia diagnosis services in South Gloucestershire: Themes from people and families living with dementia and health care professionals (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Background: Primary care-led dementia services are an increasingly common form of service delivery; however, little is known about how these services are understood by their main stakeholders: the patients, family member... Read More about Primary care-led dementia diagnosis services in South Gloucestershire: Themes from people and families living with dementia and health care professionals.