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The effectiveness of different health education strategies in people with pre-diabetes: A randomized controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
Chang, S., Hayter, M., Yeh, H., Hsieh, T., & Kuo, Y. (2016). The effectiveness of different health education strategies in people with pre-diabetes: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Health Science, 6(2), 22-29. https://doi.org/10.5923/j.health.20160602.02

Background. People with pre-diabetes often lack knowledge of their risks of developing diabetes. In one of our previous study, Multi-Approach Health Education was shown evidence to be effective on health behavior of reducing risks of developing diabe... Read More about The effectiveness of different health education strategies in people with pre-diabetes: A randomized controlled trial.

Postgraduate research students' and their supervisors' attitudes towards supervision (2016)
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Ali, P., Watson, R., & Dhingra, K. (2016). Postgraduate research students' and their supervisors' attitudes towards supervision. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 11, 227-241. https://doi.org/10.28945/3541

There is a need for research exploring postgraduate research students’ expectations from research supervisors, the characteristics of effective student-supervisor relationships, and the opinions of students and supervisors about research supervision.... Read More about Postgraduate research students' and their supervisors' attitudes towards supervision.

Ethical decision-making regarding infant viability: A discussion (2016)
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Kelly, J., & Welch, E. (2018). Ethical decision-making regarding infant viability: A discussion. Nursing Ethics, 25(7), 897-905. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733016677869

© The Author(s) 2016. Background: There are no universally agreed rules of healthcare ethics. Ethical decisions and standards tend to be linked to professional codes of practice when dealing with complex issues. Objectives: This paper aims to explore... Read More about Ethical decision-making regarding infant viability: A discussion.

Nurse participation in legal executions: An ethics round-table discussion (2016)
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Shields, L., Watson, R., Darbyshire, P., McKenna, H., Williams, G., Hungerford, C., …Anderson, J. (2018). Nurse participation in legal executions: An ethics round-table discussion. Nursing Ethics, 25(7), 841-854. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733016677870

A paper was published in 2003 discussing the ethics of nurses participating in executions by inserting the intravenous line for lethal injections and providing care until death. This paper was circulated on an international email list of senior nurse... Read More about Nurse participation in legal executions: An ethics round-table discussion.

Midwives’ perceptions and experiences of caring for women who experience perinatal mental health problems: an integrative review (2016)
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Noonan, M., Doody, O., Jomeen, J., & Galvin, R. (2017). Midwives’ perceptions and experiences of caring for women who experience perinatal mental health problems: an integrative review. Midwifery, 45, 56-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.12.010

Background Perinatal mental health is an important public health issue and consideration must be given to care provision for effective support and care of women in the perinatal period. Aim To synthesise primary research on midwives’ perceived role i... Read More about Midwives’ perceptions and experiences of caring for women who experience perinatal mental health problems: an integrative review.

Evaluation of a retrospective diary for peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking in Scotland: a cross-sectional study (2016)
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Symon, A., Rankin, J., Butcher, G., Smith, L., & Cochrane, L. (2017). Evaluation of a retrospective diary for peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking in Scotland: a cross-sectional study. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 96(1), 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.13050

Introduction: Heavy episodic (“binge”) drinking among women in Scotland is commonplace; prepregnancy drinking is associated with continued antenatal drinking. Evidence for effectiveness of standardized antenatal alcohol assessment is lacking. Alcohol... Read More about Evaluation of a retrospective diary for peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking in Scotland: a cross-sectional study.

Why not boys? The human papillomavirus vaccine schedule in the UK (2016)
Journal Article
Millington, H., & Kelly, J. C. (2016). Why not boys? The human papillomavirus vaccine schedule in the UK. British Journal of School Nursing, 11(9), 438-442. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjsn.2016.11.9.438

The aim of this paper is to explore the ethical issues on why boys are not currently included in the human papillomavirus vaccination schedule in the United Kingdom (UK). There is a paucity of literature on the benefits of vaccinating boys (Hull and... Read More about Why not boys? The human papillomavirus vaccine schedule in the UK.

"A band of brothers" - an exploration of the range of medical ethical issues faced by British senior military clinicians on deployment to Afghanistan: a qualitative study (2016)
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Bernthal, E. M., Draper, H. J., Henning, J., & Kelly, J. C. (2017). "A band of brothers" - an exploration of the range of medical ethical issues faced by British senior military clinicians on deployment to Afghanistan: a qualitative study. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 163(3), 199-205. https://doi.org/10.1136/jramc-2016-000701

Aims To identify and explore features of ethical issues that senior clinicians faced as Deployed Medical Directors (DMDs) to the British Field Hospital in Afghanistan (BFHA) as well as to determine the ethical training requirements for future deploym... Read More about "A band of brothers" - an exploration of the range of medical ethical issues faced by British senior military clinicians on deployment to Afghanistan: a qualitative study.

A qualitative meta-synthesis: public health nurses role in the identification and management of perinatal mental health problems (2016)
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Noonan, M., Galvin, R., Doody, O., & Jomeen, J. (2017). A qualitative meta-synthesis: public health nurses role in the identification and management of perinatal mental health problems. Journal of advanced nursing, 73(3), 545-557. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13155

Aim: To report findings of a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies exploring public health nurses’ perceptions and experiences of identifying and managing women with perinatal mental health (PMH) problems. Background: Public hea... Read More about A qualitative meta-synthesis: public health nurses role in the identification and management of perinatal mental health problems.

Peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking: a cross-sectional assessment in two Scottish health board areas using a 7-day Retrospective Diary (2016)
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Symon, A., Rankin, J., Sinclair, H., Butcher, G., Barclay, K., Gordon, R., …Smith, L. (2017). Peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking: a cross-sectional assessment in two Scottish health board areas using a 7-day Retrospective Diary. Journal of advanced nursing, 73(2), 375-385. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13112

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of a 7-day Retrospective Diary to assess peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy alcohol consumption. Background: Alcohol consumption among women has increased significantly and is of international concer... Read More about Peri-conceptual and mid-pregnancy drinking: a cross-sectional assessment in two Scottish health board areas using a 7-day Retrospective Diary.

Desperately seeking consistency: student nurses' experiences and expectations of academic supervision (2016)
Journal Article
Gratrix, L., & Barrett, D. (2017). Desperately seeking consistency: student nurses' experiences and expectations of academic supervision. Nurse education today, 48, 7-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.09.005

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Background Academic supervision - the support available to students when writing assignments - is a fundamental element in the provision of support within nurse education. Not only can it underpin high levels of academic achieveme... Read More about Desperately seeking consistency: student nurses' experiences and expectations of academic supervision.

Peri-Conceptual and Mid-Pregnancy Alcohol Consumption: A Comparison between Areas of High and Low Deprivation in Scotland (2016)
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Symon, A., Rankin, J., Sinclair, H., Butcher, G., Smith, L., Gordon, R., & Cochrane, L. (2016). Peri-Conceptual and Mid-Pregnancy Alcohol Consumption: A Comparison between Areas of High and Low Deprivation in Scotland. Birth, 43(4), 320-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12252

© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Background: Alcohol-related mortality and morbidity among women has increased over recent decades, especially in areas of higher deprivation. Pre-pregnancy alcohol use is associated with continued consumption in pregnan... Read More about Peri-Conceptual and Mid-Pregnancy Alcohol Consumption: A Comparison between Areas of High and Low Deprivation in Scotland.

Percutaneous device closure of paravalvular leak (2016)
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Calvert, P. A., Northridge, D. B., Malik, I. S., Shapiro, L., Ludman, P., Qureshi, S. A., …Hildick-Smith, D. (2016). Percutaneous device closure of paravalvular leak. Circulation, 134(13), 934-944. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.022684

Background: Paravalvular leak (PVL) occurs in 5% to 17% of patients following surgical valve replacement. Percutaneous device closure represents an alternative to repeat surgery. Methods: All UK and Ireland centers undertaking percutaneous PVL closur... Read More about Percutaneous device closure of paravalvular leak.

Midwives’ views, experiences and feelings of confidence surrounding vaginal breech birth: A qualitative study (2016)
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Sloman, R., Wanat, M., Burns, E., & Smith, L. (2016). Midwives’ views, experiences and feelings of confidence surrounding vaginal breech birth: A qualitative study. Midwifery, 41, 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.07.015

© 2016 Objective to explore midwives’ views, experiences and feelings of confidence surrounding vaginal breech birth (VBB). Design a qualitative study was conducted with 12 participants using three focus group discussions. Data were transcribed verba... Read More about Midwives’ views, experiences and feelings of confidence surrounding vaginal breech birth: A qualitative study.