Scoping the nursing and midwifery research and development capacity in Scotland to inform the development of a future strategy
Journal Article
Fyffe, T., & Hanley, J. (2002)
Scoping the nursing and midwifery research and development capacity in Scotland to inform the development of a future strategy. NT research, 7(4), 255-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960200700404
Scotland is currently developing a nursing and midwifery research strategy. This paper briefly describes the process and the groundwork carried out so far. Consultation on ini...
Promoting research participation: Why not advertise altruism?
Journal Article
Williams, B., Entwistle, V., Haddow, G., & Wells, M. (2008)
Promoting research participation: Why not advertise altruism?. Social Science and Medicine, 66(7), 1451-1456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.013
Participation rates have a major impact on the quality, cost and timeliness of health research. There is growing evidence that participation rates may be falling and that new ...
Images in Health Care: Potential and Problems
Journal Article
Williams, B., & Cameron, L. (2009)
Images in Health Care: Potential and Problems. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 14(4), 251-254. https://doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2009.008168
Although communication issues within health care have received greater research and policy attention in recent years, one growing aspect of such communication has been largely...
Audio-visual recording of patient–GP consultations for research purposes: A literature review on recruiting rates and strategies
Journal Article
Themessl-Huber, M., Humphris, G., Dowell, J., Macgillivray, S., Rushmer, R., & Williams, B. (2008)
Audio-visual recording of patient–GP consultations for research purposes: A literature review on recruiting rates and strategies. Patient Education and Counseling, 71(2), 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2008.01.015
Objective
To identify ethical processes and recruitment strategies, participation rates of studies using audio or video recording of primary health care consultations for rese...
Cross-sectional survey of patients in receipt of long-term repeat prescriptions for antidepressant drugs in primary care
Journal Article
Cruickshank, G., MacGillivray, S., Bruce, D., Mather, A., Matthews, K., & Williams, B. (2008)
Cross-sectional survey of patients in receipt of long-term repeat prescriptions for antidepressant drugs in primary care. Mental Health in Family Medicine, 5(2), 105-109
This cross-sectional survey describes the clinical characteristics of 92 patients from across 12 general medical practices, in receipt of a long-term repeat prescription of an...
Interventions for sustained healthcare professional behaviour change: a protocol for an overview of reviews
Journal Article
Dombrowski, S. U., Campbell, P., Frost, H., Pollock, A., McLellan, J., MacGillivray, S., …Williams, B. (2016)
Interventions for sustained healthcare professional behaviour change: a protocol for an overview of reviews. Systematic Reviews, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0355-9
Background
Failure to successfully implement and sustain change over the long term continues to be a major problem in health and social care. Translating evidence into routine...
Hepatitis C in a new therapeutic era: Recontextualising the lived experience
Journal Article
Whiteley, D., Whittaker, A., Elliott, L., & Cunningham-Burley, S. (2017)
Hepatitis C in a new therapeutic era: Recontextualising the lived experience. Journal of Clinical Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14083
Aims and Objectives
To explore the experience of adults living with hepatitis C in a new era of interferon-free treatment.
Background
Hepatitis C is a leading cause of morbidi...
Delivering health care through managed clinical networks (MCNs): lessons from the North
Report
Guthrie, B., Davies, H., Greig, G., Rushner, R., Walter, I., Duguid, A., …Farrar, S. (2009)
Delivering health care through managed clinical networks (MCNs): lessons from the North. Southampton, UK: PublisherNIHR Service Delivery and Organisation
The purpose of this study is to explore how health care professionals come together to deliver care across managed clinical networks. We will examine how networks are put toge...
Reflections on applying for NHS ethical approval and governance in a climate of rapid change: prioritising process over principles
Journal Article
McDonach, E., Barbour, R. S., & Williams, B. (2009)
Reflections on applying for NHS ethical approval and governance in a climate of rapid change: prioritising process over principles. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 12(3), 227-241. doi:10.1080/13645570701606127
Ethical review and governance of health services research in the UK have undergone significant changes in recent years. Tracing this incremental development helps to understan...
Genetics Healthcare & Public Health Screening in Scotland
Report
Kerr, G. (2012)
Genetics Healthcare & Public Health Screening in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament
This briefing describes genetic healthcare services and public health screening programmes in Scotland. It includes a brief introduction to genetics in relation to healthcare;...