All Outputs (16)

Helping women through the perimenopause (2022)
Journal Article

Context Standard setting is critically important to assessment decisions in medical education. Recent research has demonstrated variations between medical schools in the standards set for shared items. Despite the centrality of judgement to criterio... Read More about Helping women through the perimenopause.

Safeguarding Across the Life Span (2020)
Book

Considering safeguarding across the life span and placing it within a multiagency context, this book gives students a grounding to the key issues in safeguarding today, highlighting the key skills and knowledge necessary for effective practice along... Read More about Safeguarding Across the Life Span.

Perspectives on supporting fathers affected by postnatal depression and a history of violence (2018)
Journal Article

Intimate partner violence in the perinatal period is a significant problem that remains underscreened, underdiagnosed and undertreated. The establishment of evidence-based guidelines to enable health visitors to identify couples experiencing violence... Read More about Perspectives on supporting fathers affected by postnatal depression and a history of violence.

Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Against Men: Voices of Victimization Among Ex-Servicemen of the British Armed Forces (2017)
Journal Article

This study presents the personal testimonies of male British ex-Armed Forces personnel who have experienced violence and abuse victimization that was perpetrated by civilian female partners. In this research, we argue that to embark upon any understa... Read More about Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Against Men: Voices of Victimization Among Ex-Servicemen of the British Armed Forces.

Mothers and midwives perceptions of birthing position and perineal trauma: An exploratory study (2016)
Journal Article

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.

Human Trafficking in Nepal: Post-Earthquake Risk and Response (2016)
Journal Article

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

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.

A qualitative study exploring midlife women's stages of change from domestic violence towards freedom. (2016)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND: Domestic Violence (DV) remains a significant global health problem for women in contemporary society. Existing literature on midlife women's experiences of domestic violence is limited and focuses on health implications. Leaving a violent... Read More about A qualitative study exploring midlife women's stages of change from domestic violence towards freedom..

Women's narratives on their interactions with the first response police officer following an incident of domestic violence in the UK (2015)
Journal Article

Background: Historically police responses towards the treatment of domestic disturbances regard them as a noncriminal problem. Recent changes to societal and Criminal Justice System attitudes to domestic violence now places an emphasis on first resp... Read More about Women's narratives on their interactions with the first response police officer following an incident of domestic violence in the UK.

Cervical cancer screening in Nepal: ethical considerations (2015)
Journal Article

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths for women worldwide. Cervical screening and early treatment can help to prevent cervical cancers. Cervical screening programs in Nepal are often associated with a number of socioeconomic, cultur... Read More about Cervical cancer screening in Nepal: ethical considerations.

Health Professionals' Responses to Women's Disclosure of Domestic Violence (2014)
Journal Article

This study explored women’s experiences of their responses from health professionals following disclosure of domestic violence within a health setting. The existence of health-based policies guiding professionals in the provision of appropriate suppo... Read More about Health Professionals' Responses to Women's Disclosure of Domestic Violence.

How to Write Well: A Guide for Health and Social Care Students (2013)
Book

Presenting your writing in different formats (2013)
Book Chapter

Communication, Interpersonal Skills, and Decision Making (2013)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores the various aspects of communication and how these relate to our own interpersonal skills in communicating with others. The effectiveness of our communication—that is, how good we are at passing on information and ensuring that... Read More about Communication, Interpersonal Skills, and Decision Making.

Exploring women’s experiences of domestic violence: Injury, impact and infant feeding (2012)
Journal Article

This article reports on a qualitative study involving 15 women who had experienced domestic violence in pregnancy. Findings from the general literature on this subject have highlighted many of the effects of domestic violence. There is, however, a ga... Read More about Exploring women’s experiences of domestic violence: Injury, impact and infant feeding.

An exploratory study: Student nurses' perceptions of professionalism (2012)
Journal Article

Aim of the study To explore final year nursing students' perceptions of professionalism using a reflective approach. Design A phenomenological approach informed the study, and data was collected by a focus group and five individual semi-structur... Read More about An exploratory study: Student nurses' perceptions of professionalism.