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An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hatfield, J., Walker, J., Spencer Grey, S., Oxley, L., & Cowperthwaite, L. (2025, March). An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals. Presented at RCN Education Forum National Conference and Exhibition 2025, Strathclyde University , 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD

The University of Hull’s level 4 university certificate in health and social care is a year-long, part-time programme
designed to widen participation in higher education for students without formal qualifications. It provides
a flexible learning pa... Read More about An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals.

Health professionals’ practice experiences of infant mental health (2025)
Journal Article
Phillips, S., & Davenport, C. (2025). Health professionals’ practice experiences of infant mental health. Journal of Family and Child Health, 2(2), 72-78. https://doi.org/10.12968/jfch.2025.2.2.72

Infant mental health (IMH) is a recognised but complex concept that
can be threatened by difficulties in parent–infant attachment and
trauma. The impact of poor infant mental health is long lasting; yet there is little existing literature regardi... Read More about Health professionals’ practice experiences of infant mental health.

An exploration into the experiences of newly qualified midwives during their transition to practice in the UK: A systematic review (2025)
Journal Article
Scott, R. G., & Poat, A. (2025). An exploration into the experiences of newly qualified midwives during their transition to practice in the UK: A systematic review. Midwifery, 143, Article 104307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2025.104307

Aim: The aim of this systematic review was to explore the experiences of newly qualified midwives (NQMs) during their transition to practice in the UK. Background: It has been recognised that the transition from student to NQM is a time of significan... Read More about An exploration into the experiences of newly qualified midwives during their transition to practice in the UK: A systematic review.

Ebb and Flow: living a life with illness in a remote seaside town. (2024)
Thesis
Hart, E. (2024). Ebb and Flow: living a life with illness in a remote seaside town. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5086159

This study is an ethnography of a small, remote northern seaside town and its working-age residents with multiple health conditions. The site of the ethnography is Skelsend, a once-popular destination for holidaymakers across the region and beyond. H... Read More about Ebb and Flow: living a life with illness in a remote seaside town..

Embedding the PMA into midwifery education podcast (2024)
Digital Artefact
Byrom, S., Leavy, F., & Lachanudis, L. (2024). Embedding the PMA into midwifery education podcast. [Podcast]

Sheena Bryrom with Guests:
Fran Leavy - Midwifery Lecturer
Lisa Lachanudis - Midwifery Lecturer

A public health pedagogy: working towards educational leadership (2024)
Digital Artefact
Davenport, C. (2024). A public health pedagogy: working towards educational leadership. [https://www.hull.ac.uk/choose-hull/study-at-hull/teaching-academy/news/a-public-health-pedagogy-working-towards-educational-leadership]. Online

Achieving educational leadership can be challenging for an early career academic [ECA]. Leadership is also subjective, relating to the educational philosophy of the lecturer, and the needs of students. Leithwood (2005) states that “the core of most d... Read More about A public health pedagogy: working towards educational leadership.

What does ALSPAC data tell us about the relationship between physical activity, alcohol consumption and psychosocial health in adolescents? (2024)
Thesis
Codling, S. (2024). What does ALSPAC data tell us about the relationship between physical activity, alcohol consumption and psychosocial health in adolescents?. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4910602

The study aim was to investigate the connection between early to mid-adolescent alcohol consumption and physical activity. Two models of association were identified, from a critical review of 30 studies on European adolescents aged between 11-17 year... Read More about What does ALSPAC data tell us about the relationship between physical activity, alcohol consumption and psychosocial health in adolescents?.

An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals. (2024)
Journal Article
Hatfield, J., Walker, J., Spencer Grey, S., Oxley, L., & Cowperthwaite, L. (2024). An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 18(10), 371-403. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2024.18.10.372

Access to higher education in health and social care is vital for supporting local communities and the future workforce. Traditionally, efforts to widen participation in higher education targeted socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. However, it is... Read More about An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals..

Practitioner Reflections on the Use of Formulation in Mental Health Nursing Practice (2024)
Book Chapter
Howard, V., Peirson, J., Gideon, M., & Martin, M. (2024). Practitioner Reflections on the Use of Formulation in Mental Health Nursing Practice. In V. Howard, & L. Alfred (Eds.), Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (161-188). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59956-9_8

This chapter will present and examine mental health care professionals’ involvement in formulation and views focused on mental health nurses’ roles in formulation practice. Beginning with student mental health nurses’ excerpts from three students’ re... Read More about Practitioner Reflections on the Use of Formulation in Mental Health Nursing Practice.

Degrees of Distress: the impact of university life on the wellbeing of undergraduate students; A mixed methods exploration (2024)
Thesis
Robson, K. (2024). Degrees of Distress: the impact of university life on the wellbeing of undergraduate students; A mixed methods exploration. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4920495

Today's university students are pivotal to the future of our societies, professions, and families, making their psychological wellbeing a significant public health concern attracting interest from researchers and policy makers alike. The sociodemogra... Read More about Degrees of Distress: the impact of university life on the wellbeing of undergraduate students; A mixed methods exploration.

In Pursuit of a Person-Centered Approach to Care Delivery: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of the Patient Experience of a Long-Term Conditions Clinic in General Practice (2024)
Journal Article
Wilson, G., & Hutchison, J. S. (2024). In Pursuit of a Person-Centered Approach to Care Delivery: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of the Patient Experience of a Long-Term Conditions Clinic in General Practice. Qualitative Health Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323241272003

Innovative ways of working are emerging in health care to meet the complex needs of people living with multiple long-term conditions. While these initiatives are often measured for their health and economic outcomes, few studies prioritize the patien... Read More about In Pursuit of a Person-Centered Approach to Care Delivery: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of the Patient Experience of a Long-Term Conditions Clinic in General Practice.

Independent External Evaluation of A Pilot of Wearable Technology Devices to facilitate clinical decision making within a Virtual Frailty Ward: Final Report [Confidential] (2024)
Report
Spencer Grey, S.-A., Hatfield, J., Walker, J., Houghton, P., Butler, S., & Oxley, L. Independent External Evaluation of A Pilot of Wearable Technology Devices to facilitate clinical decision making within a Virtual Frailty Ward: Final Report [Confidential]. Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

The evaluation team used a collaborative developmental double loop learning approach to evaluation, whereby insights and learning are fed back in real time to enable changes to occur to improve the service or initiative as it develops.
Whilst the pi... Read More about Independent External Evaluation of A Pilot of Wearable Technology Devices to facilitate clinical decision making within a Virtual Frailty Ward: Final Report [Confidential].

Understanding the co-occurrence of alcohol consumption and physical activity in UK adults: A multi-method approach (2024)
Thesis
Akwa, L. G. (2024). Understanding the co-occurrence of alcohol consumption and physical activity in UK adults: A multi-method approach . (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4910580

Background
Alcohol consumption and physical inactivity are leading risk factors for disease and mortality in adults globally. Despite growing interest in the co-occurrence of health behaviours, there is limited evidence on the co-occurrence of alcoh... Read More about Understanding the co-occurrence of alcohol consumption and physical activity in UK adults: A multi-method approach .

Improving nursing and midwifery student attrition and experience through collaborative working providing restorative supervision (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jennison, L., Walker, J., & Lachanudis, L. (2024, July). Improving nursing and midwifery student attrition and experience through collaborative working providing restorative supervision. Presented at University of Hull Teaching Excellence Academy International Teaching and Learning Conference 2024: Integrating Educational Thinking, online

Using restorative supervision (RS) to support students before they become registered professionals has been proven to support student’s progression and reduce attrition rates with their academic studies. One particular model is the A-EQUIP (NHS Engla... Read More about Improving nursing and midwifery student attrition and experience through collaborative working providing restorative supervision.

Maternal inequality: scoping the threats and reflecting on our opportunities to affect positive change (2024)
Journal Article
Bailey, E., & Ette, L. (2024). Maternal inequality: scoping the threats and reflecting on our opportunities to affect positive change. Evidence-Based Nursing, 27, 81-83. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104098

This editorial seeks to shine a spotlight on maternal inequalities, which will feature in our blog posts from the end of May for a few weeks. Undoubtedly, this is a broad and complex topic and, so our spotlight will take a view on how we might work t... Read More about Maternal inequality: scoping the threats and reflecting on our opportunities to affect positive change.

A content analysis of mothers’ online communications of their partners’ presumed paternal postnatal depression (2024)
Journal Article
Davenport, C., & Swami, V. (2024). A content analysis of mothers’ online communications of their partners’ presumed paternal postnatal depression. Journal of Health Visiting, 12(5), 210–216. https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2024.12.5.210

Research has increasingly focused on fathers’ experiences of maternal postnatal depression (PND), but there is little information on mothers’ experiences of their partners’ PND. Aims: The aim of this study was to understand how mothers perceive and c... Read More about A content analysis of mothers’ online communications of their partners’ presumed paternal postnatal depression.