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Delivering person-centred holistic care for older people (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Delivering person-centred holistic care for older people. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAOA-05-2016-0019

Purpose: an evaluated case study of the Wellbeing Coordinator (WBC) service in Cheshire (UK). WBCs are non-clinical members of the GP surgery or hospital team who offer advice and support to help people with long-term conditions and unmet social need... Read More about Delivering person-centred holistic care for older people.

Assessing knowledge and attitudes about end of life: Evaluation of three instruments designed for adults with intellectual disability (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Assessing knowledge and attitudes about end of life: Evaluation of three instruments designed for adults with intellectual disability. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 1076-1088. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12358

Background
This paper examines the development and psychometric characteristics of three instruments about end of life, designed for use with adults with intellectual disability (ID). Respectively, the instruments assess understanding of the concept... Read More about Assessing knowledge and attitudes about end of life: Evaluation of three instruments designed for adults with intellectual disability.

Activity Pacing is Associated With Better and Worse Symptoms for Patients With Long-term Conditions (2017)
Journal Article
Antcliff, D., Campbell, M., Woby, S., & Keeley, P. (2017). Activity Pacing is Associated With Better and Worse Symptoms for Patients With Long-term Conditions. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 205 -214. https://doi.org/10.1097/ajp.0000000000000401

BACKGROUND: Activity pacing has been associated with both improved and worsened symptoms, and its role in reducing disability among patients with long-term conditions has been questioned. However, existing studies have measured pacing according to un... Read More about Activity Pacing is Associated With Better and Worse Symptoms for Patients With Long-term Conditions.

Mothers and midwives perceptions of birthing position and perineal trauma: An exploratory study (2016)
Journal Article
Diorgu, F. C., Steen, M. P., Keeling, J. J., & Mason-Whitehead, E. (2016). Mothers and midwives perceptions of birthing position and perineal trauma: An exploratory study. Women and Birth, 29(6), 518-523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2016.05.002

Background
Studies have associated lithotomy position during childbirth with negative consequences and increased risk of perineal injuries.

Aims
To identify prevalence rates of different birthing position and episiotomy and to explore the differ... Read More about Mothers and midwives perceptions of birthing position and perineal trauma: An exploratory study.

A nurse-led clinic for patients consulting with osteoarthritis in general practice: development and impact of training for its delivery in the MOSAICS study. (2016)
Journal Article
Healey, E. L., Main, C. J., Ryan, S., McHugh, G. A., Porcheret, M., Finney, A. G., …Dziedzic, K. S. (2016). A nurse-led clinic for patients consulting with osteoarthritis in general practice: development and impact of training for its delivery in the MOSAICS study. BMC Family Practice, 17, Article 173

Background
Despite a lack of service provision for people with osteoarthritis (OA), each year 1 in 5 of the general population consults a GP about a musculoskeletal condition such as OA. Consequently this may provide an opportunity for practice nurs... Read More about A nurse-led clinic for patients consulting with osteoarthritis in general practice: development and impact of training for its delivery in the MOSAICS study..

A nurse-led clinic for patients consulting with osteoarthritis in general practice: development and impact of training in a cluster randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
Healey, E. L., Main, C. J., Ryan, S., McHugh, G. A., Porcheret, M., Finney, A. G., …Dziedzic, K. S. (2016). A nurse-led clinic for patients consulting with osteoarthritis in general practice: development and impact of training in a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Family Practice, 17, Article 173. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0568-y

Background
Despite a lack of service provision for people with osteoarthritis (OA), each year 1 in 5 of the general population consults a GP about a musculoskeletal condition such as OA. Consequently this may provide an opportunity for practice nurs... Read More about A nurse-led clinic for patients consulting with osteoarthritis in general practice: development and impact of training in a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Human Trafficking in Nepal: Post-Earthquake Risk and Response (2016)
Journal Article
Gyawali, B., Keeling, J., & Kallestrup, P. (2017). Human Trafficking in Nepal: Post-Earthquake Risk and Response. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 11(2), 153-154. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2016.121

As Nepal mourns the 1-year commemoration of the April 2015 earthquake and its aftershocks that killed more than 8500 people and left thousands injured and displaced, other more hidden repercussions of the resultant chaotic environment need attention:... Read More about Human Trafficking in Nepal: Post-Earthquake Risk and Response.

Exploring Nigerian obstetricians' perspectives on maternal birthing positions and perineal trauma (2016)
Journal Article
Diorgu, F., Steen, M., Keeling, J., & Whitehead, E. (2016). Exploring Nigerian obstetricians' perspectives on maternal birthing positions and perineal trauma. Evidence Based Midwifery, 14(2), 64-70

Background. Evidence recommends encouraging expectant mothers to adopt birthing positions that will assist them in having
a normal physiological birth. Upright birthing positions have been shown to have good birth outcomes and assist women
to giv... Read More about Exploring Nigerian obstetricians' perspectives on maternal birthing positions and perineal trauma.