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A multilevel analysis of risk and protective factors for adolescent childbearing in malawi (2021)
Journal Article
Chintsanya, J., Magadi, M., & Likupe, G. (2021). A multilevel analysis of risk and protective factors for adolescent childbearing in malawi. Social Sciences, 10(8), Article 303. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10080303

Although teenage pregnancy and childbearing has declined throughout sub-Saharan Africa, the recent increase in teenage pregnancy in countries such as Malawi has prompted interest from social researchers. Using Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MD... Read More about A multilevel analysis of risk and protective factors for adolescent childbearing in malawi.

Sexual and reproductive health knowledge and behaviour of adolescent boys and girls aged 10-19 years in western Kenya: Evidence from a cross-sectional pilot survey (2021)
Journal Article
Magadi, M., Kaseje, D., Kaseje, M., Ochola-Odhiambo, P., Ogutu-Owii, S., Wafula, C., …Smith, L. (2021). Sexual and reproductive health knowledge and behaviour of adolescent boys and girls aged 10-19 years in western Kenya: Evidence from a cross-sectional pilot survey. Journal of biosocial science, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932021000353

This paper reports findings of a pilot survey of adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) knowledge and behaviour in Homabay County of western Kenya. The study was based on a cross-sectional survey of 523 male and female adolescents aged 10-1... Read More about Sexual and reproductive health knowledge and behaviour of adolescent boys and girls aged 10-19 years in western Kenya: Evidence from a cross-sectional pilot survey.

Undergraduate mental health nursing students’ reflections in gaining understanding and skills in the critical appraisal of research papers – An exploration of barriers and enablers (2021)
Journal Article
Howard, V. (2021). Undergraduate mental health nursing students’ reflections in gaining understanding and skills in the critical appraisal of research papers – An exploration of barriers and enablers. Nurse education in practice, 55, Article 103143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103143

Aim: To explore a cohort of mental health nurses’ views and experiences in developing and applying critical appraisal of research skills to identify helping and hindering factors. Background: In accordance with evidence-based practice principles, the... Read More about Undergraduate mental health nursing students’ reflections in gaining understanding and skills in the critical appraisal of research papers – An exploration of barriers and enablers.

Patient experience of telemedicine in addictions (2021)
Journal Article
Mayet, S., Mccaw, I., Hashmani, Z., Drozdova, Z., Gledhill, A., Arshad, S., …Phillips, T. (2021). Patient experience of telemedicine in addictions. BJPsych Open, 7(S1), S269-S270. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.717

Aims Opioid dependence has high risks and opioid substitution treatment (OST) improves outcomes and reduces deaths. Attendance at addiction specialist prescribers may be limited, particularly in rural areas. Telemedicine, such as videoconferencing,... Read More about Patient experience of telemedicine in addictions.

The implementation, use and sustainability of a clinical decision support system for medication optimisation in primary care: A qualitative evaluation (2021)
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Jeffries, M., Salema, N., Laing, L., Shamsuddin, A., Sheikh, A., Avery, A., …Keers, R. (2021). The implementation, use and sustainability of a clinical decision support system for medication optimisation in primary care: A qualitative evaluation. PLoS ONE, 16(5), Article e0250946. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250946

Background The quality and safety of prescribing in general practice is important, Clinical decision support (CDS) systems can be used which present alerts to health professionals when prescribing in order to identify patients at risk of potentially... Read More about The implementation, use and sustainability of a clinical decision support system for medication optimisation in primary care: A qualitative evaluation.

Midwives’ views on alcohol guidelines: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to implementation in UK antenatal care (2021)
Journal Article
Schölin, L., Watson, J., Dyson, J., & Smith, L. A. (2021). Midwives’ views on alcohol guidelines: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to implementation in UK antenatal care. Sexual and Reproductive HealthCare, 29, Article 100628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2021.100628

Objective: Midwives play an important role in health promotion and prevention of alcohol-related harm, but previous research has suggested that although most midwives report advising on abstinence, evidence exist that women are informed that “some” a... Read More about Midwives’ views on alcohol guidelines: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to implementation in UK antenatal care.

Nurses' experiences of the effects of mindfulness training: A narrative review and qualitative meta-synthesis (2021)
Journal Article
Wu, X., Hayter, M., Lee, A. J., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Nurses' experiences of the effects of mindfulness training: A narrative review and qualitative meta-synthesis. Nurse education today, 100, Article 104830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104830

Objective: To explore nurses' experiences of the effects of undertaking mindfulness training. Design: Qualitative meta-synthesis. Data sources: Qualitative literature from seven scientific databases: Pubmed, Cochran Library, Science Direct, EBSCO, We... Read More about Nurses' experiences of the effects of mindfulness training: A narrative review and qualitative meta-synthesis.

The Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: Feasibility of a secondary analysis to make international comparisons (2021)
Journal Article
Bos, D., Gray, R., Meepring, S., White, J., Foland, K., & Bressington, D. (in press). The Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: Feasibility of a secondary analysis to make international comparisons. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12748

Abstract: Introduction To date, no studies have contrasted physical health profiles of people with severe mental illness (SMI) in different countries. Aim To evaluate feasibility of using the Health Improvement Profile (HIP) to compare and contrast p... Read More about The Health Improvement Profile for people with severe mental illness: Feasibility of a secondary analysis to make international comparisons.

The association between diabetes-related distress and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional descriptive study (2021)
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Li, S., Fang, L., Lee, A., Hayter, M., Zhang, L., Bi, Y., Wu, X., Liu, L., Zhang, H., Yuan, Y., Gong, W., & Zhang, Y. (2021). The association between diabetes-related distress and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional descriptive study. Nursing Open, https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.800

Aim: The study aimed to explore the association between diabetes-related distress as a dependent variable and fear of hypoglycaemia as a independent variable in Chinese individuals with type 2 diabetes, which can provide a basis for the development o... Read More about The association between diabetes-related distress and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional descriptive study.

An international e-Delphi study to identify core competencies for Italian cardiac nurses (2021)
Journal Article
Bagnasco, A., Barisone, M., Aleo, G., Watson, R., Catania, G., Zanini, M., Thompson, D. R., & Sasso, L. (2021). An international e-Delphi study to identify core competencies for Italian cardiac nurses. European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology, 20(7), 684-691. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvab003

Aims The management of cardiovascular patients requires increasingly competent nursing professionals. In Italy, there are no specific postgraduate courses focused on specialist cardiac skills development for nurses. To develop such courses, content i... Read More about An international e-Delphi study to identify core competencies for Italian cardiac nurses.

Barriers and enablers of implementation of alcohol guidelines with pregnant women: a cross-sectional survey among UK midwives (2021)
Journal Article
Smith, L. A., Dyson, J., Watson, J., & Schölin, L. (2021). Barriers and enablers of implementation of alcohol guidelines with pregnant women: a cross-sectional survey among UK midwives. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21(1), Article 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03583-1

© 2021, The Author(s). Background: In 2016, the UK Chief Medical Officers revised their guidance on alcohol and advised women to abstain from alcohol if pregnant or planning pregnancy. Midwives have a key role in advising women about alcohol during p... Read More about Barriers and enablers of implementation of alcohol guidelines with pregnant women: a cross-sectional survey among UK midwives.

What are the barriers and facilitators to success for female academics in UK HEIs? A narrative review (2021)
Journal Article
Westoby, C., Dyson, J., Cowdell, F., & Buescher, T. (in press). What are the barriers and facilitators to success for female academics in UK HEIs? A narrative review. Gender and Education, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2021.1884198

Gender inequality prevails in academia; there is currently no review on the barriers and facilitators to success for female academics in UK Higher Education. We conducted a systematic search identifying 32 papers addressing this issue. Narrative revi... Read More about What are the barriers and facilitators to success for female academics in UK HEIs? A narrative review.

Conducting research using online workshops during COVID- 19: Lessons for and beyond the pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Shamsuddin, A., Sheikh, A., & Keers, R. (2021). Conducting research using online workshops during COVID- 19: Lessons for and beyond the pandemic. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211043744

Social distancing rules in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic have necessitated a move to online research for many social science researchers. In moving data collection online, academic literature on Internet-mediated research has resurfaced and be... Read More about Conducting research using online workshops during COVID- 19: Lessons for and beyond the pandemic.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: An overview of current evidence and activities in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Schölin, L., Mukherjee, R. A., Aiton, N., Blackburn, C., Brown, S., Flemming, K. M., …Cook, P. A. (2021). Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: An overview of current evidence and activities in the UK. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(7), 636-640. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-320435

Estimates for the UK suggest that alcohol consumption during pregnancy and prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) - the most common neurodevelopmental condition - are high. Considering the significant health and social impacts of FASD,... Read More about Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: An overview of current evidence and activities in the UK.

Smart active antibiotic nanocarriers with protease surface functionality can overcome biofilms of resistant bacteria (2020)
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Weldrick, P. J., Hardman, M. J., & Paunov, V. N. (2021). Smart active antibiotic nanocarriers with protease surface functionality can overcome biofilms of resistant bacteria. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 5(2), 961-972. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0qm00874e

Treating bacterial infections with species demonstrating antibiotic resistance to the chosen antibiotic is often hindered due to the ability of certain bacteria to grow biofilms where they can effectively hide and resist the antibiotic action. We rep... Read More about Smart active antibiotic nanocarriers with protease surface functionality can overcome biofilms of resistant bacteria.

Approaches used to enhance transition and retention for newly qualified nurses (NQNs): a rapid evidence assessment (2020)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Wray, J., Gibson, H., & Barrett, D. (2021). Approaches used to enhance transition and retention for newly qualified nurses (NQNs): a rapid evidence assessment. Nurse education today, 98, Article 104651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104651

Aim: To undertake a rapid evidence assessment of approaches used to enhance nurse transition and retention for newly qualified nurses and to evaluate the strength of the evidence for specific approaches to nurse transition and retention. Design: A ra... Read More about Approaches used to enhance transition and retention for newly qualified nurses (NQNs): a rapid evidence assessment.