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Editorial: Sport and Community
Rich, Kyle; Jenkin, Claire; Millar, Patti; Sveinson, Katie; Sherry, Emma (2022-10-13) -
Editorial: Sport and the politics of in/equality
Pike, Elizabeth; Smith, Andy (2023-01-06) -
Emergency ambulance service involvement with residential care homes in the support of older people with dementia : an observational study
Amador, Sarah; Goodman, Claire; King, Derek; Machen, Ina; Elmore, Natasha; Mathie, Elspeth; Iliffe, Steve (2014-08-28)BACKGROUND: Older people resident in care homes have a limited life expectancy and approximately two-thirds have limited mental capacity. Despite initiatives to reduce unplanned hospital admissions for this population, ... -
Employees’ support strategies for mental wellbeing during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: Recommendations for employers in the UK workforce
Bailey, Kerri; Scheutzow, Johanna; Cooke, Emily; Taylor, Katie; Silvestrin, Francesco; Naumenko, Anna; Hadley, Rebecca; Huxley, Adam; Ponzo, Sonia (2023-05-05)Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and beyond for many businesses, employees have had to adapt to new ways of working due to disruptions in traditional practices. It is therefore crucial to understand the new challenges ... -
End of life care
Goodman, Claire; Froggatt, Katherine; Mathie, Elspeth (NIHR School for Social Care Research, 2012)The majority of end-of-life care research is based in health care settings and/or is led by health professionals or health based researchers. This review is informed by that work. It is a guide for researchers undertaking ... -
End of life care interventions for people with dementia in care homes : addressing uncertainty within a framework for service delivery and evaluation
Goodman, Claire; Froggatt, Katherine; Amador, Sarah; Mathie, Elspeth; Mayrhofer, Andrea (2015-09-17)Methods: The data from three studies on EoL care in care homes: (i) EVIDEM EoL , (ii) EPOCH , and (iii) TTT EoL were used to inform the development of the framework. All used mixed method designs and two had an intervention ... -
Evaluation of an Organisational Intervention to Promote Integrated Working between Health Services and Care Homes in the Delivery of End-of-Life Care for People with Dementia : Understanding the Change Process Using a Social Identity Approach
Amador, Sarah; Goodman, Claire; Mathie, Elspeth; Nicholson, Caroline (2016-06-03)In the United Kingdom, approximately a third of people with dementia live in long-term care facilities for adults, the majority of whom are in the last years of life. Working arrangements between health services and care ... -
Exploring resource use and associated costs in end-of-life care for older people with dementia in residential care homes
Amador, Sarah; Goodman, Claire; King, Derek; Ng, Yi Ting; Elmore, Natasha; Mathie, Elspeth; Machen, Ina; Knapp, Martin (2014-06-06)The goals of this study are to describe end-of-life care costs of older people with dementia (OPWD) residents in care homes (CHs) with no on-site nursing and evaluate the economic case for an intervention designed to improve ... -
Fit, Fed & Read 2019: Programme Evaluation Research Report for the Herts Sports Partnership
Jenkin, Claire (University of Hertfordshire, 2020-09-29)Fit, Fed and Read is a sport for development project that focuses on providing holiday programmes for primary school children (7-12 years old) who are eligible for free school meals. The focus is on providing physical ... -
A Gendered Focused Review of Sports Diplomacy
Postlethwaite, Verity; Jenkin, Claire; Sherry, Emma (Routledge, 2022-07-29)Over the past two decades, research on the use of the concept ‘sports diplomacy’ has received growing attention from academics, public organisations, private organisations, and third sector organisations worldwide. However, ... -
Guidance for Researchers: Feedback : Patient and Public Involvement (PPI): Feedback from Researchers to PPI Contributors
Mathie, Elspeth; Wythe, Helena; Munday, Diane; Millac, Paul; Rhodes, Graham; Roberts, Nick; Smeeton, Nigel; Poland, Fiona; Jones, Julia (University of Hertfordshire, 2018-03-15) -
How embedded is public involvement in mainstream health research in England a decade after policy implementation? A realist evaluation
Wilson, Patricia; Mathie, Elspeth; Poland, Fiona; Keenan, Julia; Howe, Amanda; Munday, Diane; Kendall, Sally; Cowe, Marion; Staniszewska, Sophie; Goodman, Claire (2018-04-13)Objectives: To explore how embedded patient and public involvement is within mainstream health research following two decades of policy-driven work to underpin health research with patient and public involvement in England. ... -
How to re-engage older adults in community sport? Reasons for drop-out and re-engagement
Jenkin, Claire; Eime, Rochelle M.; Van Uffelen, Jannique G.Z.; Westerbeek, Hans (2021-03-27)Internationally, many sport policies articulate a desire for lifelong participation in sport. However, participation often fluctuates throughout the life span and most people drop-out at some stage. Most research on drop ... -
The impact of covid-19 and the resulting mitigation measures on food and eating in the East of England: Interim report
Thompson, Claire; Hamilton, Laura; Dickinson, Angela; Fallaize, Rosalind; Mathie, Elspeth; Rogers, Samantha; Wills, Wendy (University of Hertfordshire, 2020-09-15)Measures to control the spread of Covid-19 are impacting food systems, household food practices, and organisations supporting vulnerable people in the UK. We report here on the interim findings of an ongoing qualitative ... -
Interaction to enhance mindfulness: : positive strategies to increase tourists' awareness of HIV and sexual health risks on holiday (ch8)
Ford, Nick; Inman, Marlene; Mathie, Elspeth (Routledge, 1996) -
The International Working Group on Women and Sport 1994-2024 : The Challenge of Change
Pike, Elizabeth (Routledge, 2024-04-09)This book comprehensively evaluates the role of the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG) – the world’s largest network dedicated to advancing gender equity and equality in sport, physical education, and ... -
Involving patients in decisions about preventive medication : A focus group study
Hill-Smith, I.; Mathie, E.; Little, P. (2010-01-01)Background: Patients may have unrealistic expectations of preventive treatment and frequently do not take long-term medication. Involvement of the patient in the decision to start such medication may improve this, but ... -
Learning to work together - lessons from a reflective analysis of a research project on public involvement
Howe, Amanda; Mathie, Elspeth; Munday, Diane; Cowe, Marion; Goodman, Claire; Keenan, Julia; Kendall, Sally; Poland, Fiona; Staniszweska, Sophie; Wilson, Patricia (2017-01-09)Background Patient and public involvement (PPI) is now an expectation of research funders, in the UK, but there is relatively little published literature on what this means in practice – nor is there much evaluative research ... -
Levelling the Playing Field: The Role of Workshops to Explore How People With Parkinson's Use Music for Mood and Movement Management as Part of a Patient and Public Involvement Strategy
Rose, Dawn C; Poliakoff, Ellen; Hadley, Rebecca; Guérin, Ségolène; Phillips, Michelle; Young, William R (2022-07-04)From a humanistic perspective, participatory processes in research find support on both ethical and moral grounds. In practical terms however, it is often difficult to establish protocols that best honour (i.e., elicit, ... -
Living and dying : Responsibility for end of life care in care homes without on-site nursing provision - a prospective study
Handley, Melanie Jane; Goodman, Claire; Froggatt, Katherine; Mathie, Elspeth; Gage, Heather; Manthorpe , Jill; Barclay, Stephen; Crang, Clare; Iliffe , Steve (2013-12-08)The aim of the study was to describe the expectations and experiences of End-of-life care of older people resident in care homes, and how care home staff and the healthcare practitioners who visited the care home interpreted ...