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Acting in Isolation: Safeguarding and Anti-Trafficking Officers' Evidence and Intelligence Practices at the Border
Lynch, Jennifer; Hadjimatheou, Katerina (2017-04-01)Internationally, the border has been presented as a site of unique opportunity for the identification and protection of victims of human trafficking. In the UK, the establishment of specialist safeguarding and anti-trafficking ... -
Activity promotion for community dwelling older people : a survey of the contribution of primary care nurses
Goodman, C.; Davies, S.L.; Dinan, S.; Tai, S.S.; Lliffe, S. (2011)Study aims: To discover the current level of nurse-led involvement in activity promotion for older people in primary care and to explore the knowledge and attitudes of primary care nurses about health benefits of activity ... -
Activity Provider-Facilitated Patient and Public Involvement with Care Home Residents
Micklewright, Kerry; Killet , Anne; Akdur, Gizdem; Biswas, Priti; Blades, Pamela; Irvine, Lisa; Jones, Liz; Meyer, Julienne; Ravenscroft, Natalie; Woodhead, Hilary; Goodman, Claire (2024-01-11)Background: In care home research, residents are rarely included in patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) despite their lived experiences of day-to-day care. This paper reports on a novel approach to PPIE, ... -
Adoption of Mobile Health Apps in Dietetic Practice: Case Study of Diyetkolik
Akdur, Gorkem; Aydin, Mehmet Nafiz; Akdur, Gizdem (2020-10-02)Background: Dietetics mobile health apps provide lifestyle tracking and support on demand. Mobile health has become a new trend for health service providers through which they have been shifting their services from clinical ... -
Advance care planning for people living with dementia: An umbrella review of effectiveness and experiences
Wendrich-van Dael, Annalien; Bunn, Frances; Lynch, Jennifer; Pivodic, Lara; Van den Block, Lieve; Goodman, Claire (2020-07)Abstract Background: End of life care is often inadequate for people with dementia. Advanced care planning (ACP) has the potential to improve outcomes for people with dementia. The aim of this review is to establish the ... -
Age-appropriate services for people diagnosed with young onset dementia (YOD): a systematic review
Mayrhofer, Andrea; Mathie, Elspeth; McKeown, Jane; Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire (2017-06-16)Background: Literature agrees that post-diagnostic services for people living with young onset dementia (YOD) need to be age-appropriate, but there is insufficient evidence of ‘what works’ to inform service design and ... -
Analysing the role of complexity in explaining the fortunes of technology programmes : Empirical application of the NASSS framework
Greenhalgh, Trisha; Shaw, Sara; Wherton, Joe; Papoutsi, Chrysanthi; Lynch, Jennifer; Hughes, Gemma; A'Court, Christine; Hinder, Sue; Procter, Rob (2018-05-14)Background: Failures and partial successes are common in technology-supported innovation programmes in health and social care. Complexity theory can help explain why. Phenomena may be simple (straightforward, predictable, ... -
Arts and creativity for people with severe mental illness. A rapid realist review
Zeilig, Hannah; Hackman, Corinna; West, Julian; Handley, Melanie; Plant, Jasmin (The Baring Foundation, 2022-03-23)This review inquires into the role of participatory arts and creativity for people who live with severe mental illness (SMI). A rapid realist informed approach was taken to explore what works from the perspectives of people ... -
Assessing deprescribing tools for implementation in care homes: A qualitative study of the views of care home staff
Warmoth, Krystal; Rees, Jessica; Day, Jo; Cockcroft, Emma; Aylward, Alex; Pollock, Lucy; Coxon, George; Craig, Trudy; Walton, Bridget; Stein, Ken (2023-12-16)BACKGROUND: Care home residents often experience polypharmacy (defined as taking five or more regular medicines). Therefore, we need to ensure that residents only take the medications that are appropriate or provide value ... -
Assessing the fidelity of the independently getting up off the floor (IGO) technique as part of the ReTrain pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial for stroke survivors
Hollands, Laura; Calitri, Raff; Warmoth, Krystal; Shepherd, Anthony I.; Allison, Rhoda; Dean, Sarah G. (2021-11-12)Purpose Hemiparesis and physical deconditioning following stroke lead to an increase in falls, which many individuals cannot get up from. Teaching stroke survivors to independently get off the floor (IGO) might mitigate ... -
Attracting, recruiting and retaining nurses and care workers working in care homes: the need for a nuanced understanding informed by evidence and theory
Devi, Reena; Goodman, Claire; Dalkin , Sonia; Bate , Angela; Wright , Judy; Jones , Liz; Spilsbury , Karen (2020-07-01)The care home sector relies on nurses and care workers to deliver care to residents living with frailty and complex needs. However, attracting, recruiting and retaining staff is one of the biggest challenges facing this ... -
Behavior change interventions to increase physical activity in hospitalized patients: A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression
Taylor, Nicholas F; Harding, Katherine E; Dennett, Amy M; Febrey, Samantha; Warmoth, Krystal; Hall, Abi J; Prendergast, Luke A; Goodwin, Victoria A (2021-07-24)Background Low physical activity levels are a major problem for people in hospital and are associated with adverse outcomes. Objective This systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression aimed to determine the effect ... -
Beyond adoption: A new framework for theorising and evaluating Non-adoption, Abandonment and challenges to Scale-up, Spread and Sustainability (NASSS) of health and care technologies
Greenhalgh, Trisha; Wherton, Joe; Papoutsi, Chrysanthi; Lynch, Jennifer; Hughes, Gemma; A'Court, Christine; Hinder, Sue; Fahy, Nick; Procter, Rob; Shaw, Sara (2017-11-01)Background: Many promising technological innovations in health and social care are characterized by nonadoption or abandonment by individuals or by failed attempts to scale up locally, spread distantly, or sustain the ... -
Can district nurses and care home staff improve bowel care for older people using a clinical benchmarking tool?
Goodman, Claire; Davies, Susan; Norton, Christine; Fader, Mandy; Morris, Jackie; Wells, Mandy; Gage, Heather (2013-12)A quasi-experimental study tested a clinical benchmarking tool (Essence of Care) to improve bowel-related care for older people living in six care homes. In the intervention care homes, district nurses and care home staff ... -
Can networks of research active care homes for older people be created and sustained?
Davies, Susan; Goodman, Claire; Iliffe , Steve; Manthorpe , Jill; Carrick, Natasha; Smith , Adam (2013-06-26)Background: In the UK care homes are one of the main providers of long term care for older people with dementia. Despite the recent increase in care home research, residents with dementia are often excluded (Gordon et al, ... -
Can simvastatin improve erectile function and health-related quality of life in men aged over 40 years with erectile dysfunction? : Rationale and design of the Erectile Dysfunction and Statins (EDS) Trial [ISRCTN66772971]
Trivedi, Daksha; Kirby, Michael; Norman, Felicity; Przybytniak, Izabela; Ali, Shehzad; Wellsted, D. (2011-12-01)OBJECTIVE To describe the rationale and design of the Erectile Dysfunction and Statins (EDS) Trial which aims to evaluate the effectiveness of simvastatin on erectile function and health-related quality of life in men aged ... -
Can simvastatin improve erectile function and health-related quality of life in men aged ≥40 years with erectile dysfunction? : Results of the Erectile Dysfunction and Statins Trial [ISRCTN66772971]
Trivedi, Daksha; Kirby, Michael; Wellsted, D.; Ali, Shehzad; Hackett, Geoff; O'Connor, Bernadette; Van Os, Sandra (2013-01-29)To evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of simvastatin on erectile function and health-related quality of life in men aged ≥40 years with erectile dysfunction (ED). -
Can simvastatin improve erectile function and quality of life in men with erectile dysfunction?
Trivedi, Daksha; Kirby, Michael; Norman, Felicity; Przybytniak, Izabela; Ali, Shehzad; Wellsted, D. (2011) -
Care home readiness: a rapid review and consensus workshops on how organisational context affects care home engagement with health care innovation
Goodman, Claire; Sharpe, Rachel; Russell , Charlotte; Meyer, Julienne; Gordon , Adam; Dening , Tom; Corazzini , Kirsten; Lynch, Jennifer; Bunn, Frances (NHS England, 2017-03-31)Summary The NHS Five-Year Forward view recognises that the NHS needs to do more to support older people living with frailty in care homes. This paper presents the findings from a rapid review and consensus events that ... -
Care homes and health services : an uneasy alliance
Goodman, Claire (2016-01-01)In England, there are approximately three times as many beds in care homes (both residential and nursing homes) as there are in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals. Despite the recent Commission on Residential Care ...