How empathy skills can change nursing.
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. G. (2014)
How empathy skills can change nursing. Nursing Standard, 29, 24-25. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.11.24.s28
Empathetic understanding could be the basis of a revolution in nurse education and practice, freeing nurses from a reliance on stereotypical labels that mask the complex reali...
Exploring stakeholder experiences for the MMR and HPV vaccines: A qualitative study in progress.
Presentation / Conference
Kennedy, C., Gray Brunton, C., McIntosh, P., & Hogg, R. (2010, April)
Exploring stakeholder experiences for the MMR and HPV vaccines: A qualitative study in progress. Paper presented at Scottish School of Primary Care Conference
Background: Childhood immunisation is an important public health issue which protects against infectious diseases. Uptake of vaccines is complex in the literature with various...
Crossing boundaries: the role of the advanced nurse practitioner in an integrated specialist palliative care service in Scotland.
Presentation / Conference
Kennedy, C., Gray Brunton, C., Black, P., Campbell, K., & Nicol, J. (2011, September)
Crossing boundaries: the role of the advanced nurse practitioner in an integrated specialist palliative care service in Scotland. Paper presented at European Cancer Congress ECCO
Following international trends, increasing adoption of Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) have occurred in the United Kingdom (UK) in the face of economic drives towards cost...
Beyond the ‘Conveyor Belt’ experience: parents and professional views of childhood immunisation services in Edinburgh.
Presentation / Conference
Kennedy, C., Gray Brunton, C., McIntosh, P., Hogg, R., & Christie, J. A. (2009, June)
Beyond the ‘Conveyor Belt’ experience: parents and professional views of childhood immunisation services in Edinburgh. Poster presented at NHS Lothian Best Practice Day/Improving the Quality of the Patient Experience
Aims: This initial six month study was instigated by Patricia McIntosh and funded by Edinburgh Napier University. The work involved collaboration between NHS Lothian and Edinb...
Minimum Wear Duration for the activPAL Professional Activity Monitor in Adolescent Females
Journal Article
Dowd, K. P., Purtill, H., Harrington, D. M., Hislop, J. F., Reilly, J. J., & Donnelly, A. E. (2017)
Minimum Wear Duration for the activPAL Professional Activity Monitor in Adolescent Females. Pediatric Exercise Science, 29(3), 427-433. https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.2016-0188
Objectives: This study aims to determine the minimum number of days of monitoring required to reliably predict sitting/lying time, standing time, light intensity physical acti...
Dramatic Effect - enhancing nurse education through performance
Presentation / Conference
Mahoney, C., Bastow, F., & Harper-McDonald, B. (2019, September)
Dramatic Effect - enhancing nurse education through performance. Paper presented at RAISE Annual Conference, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Health and social care integration (HCI) is an important policy priority across the United Kingdom. HCI is a complex process, not least because it results in blurring and rede...
An investigation into the minimum accelerometry wear time for reliable estimates of habitual physical activity and definition of a standard measurement day in pre-school children.
Journal Article
Hislop, J., Law, J., Rush, R., Grainger, A., Bulley, C., Reilly, J. J., & Mercer, T. (2014)
An investigation into the minimum accelerometry wear time for reliable estimates of habitual physical activity and definition of a standard measurement day in pre-school children. Physiological Measurement, 35(11), 2213-2228. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/35/11/2213
The purpose of this study was to determine the number of hours and days of accelerometry data necessary to provide a reliable estimate of habitual physical activity in pre-sch...
Young Women's Constructions of the HPV Vaccine: A Cross-Cultural, Qualitative Study in Scotland, Spain, Serbia and Bulgaria
Journal Article
Gray Brunton, C., Farver, I., Jaeger, M., Lenneis, A., Parve, K., Patarcic, D., …Todorova, I. (2013)
Young Women's Constructions of the HPV Vaccine: A Cross-Cultural, Qualitative Study in Scotland, Spain, Serbia and Bulgaria. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-013-9357-3
Background: Following international trends, the HPV (human
papilloma virus) vaccine was introduced in Europe for protection against infection from common strands of the HPV vi...
Instruments to measure patient experience of healthcare quality in hospitals: a systematic review
Journal Article
Beattie, M., Murphy, D. J., Atherton, I., & Lauder, W. (2015)
Instruments to measure patient experience of healthcare quality in hospitals: a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-015-0089-0
Improving and sustaining the quality of hospital care is an international challenge. Patient experience data can be used to target improvement and research. However, the use o...
How active are women who play bingo: a cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project
Journal Article
Ryde, G. C., Gorely, T., Jepson, R., Gray, C., Shepherd, A., Mackison, D., …Evans, J. M. M. (2017)
How active are women who play bingo: a cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project. BMC Women's Health, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0405-z
Background
The benefits of physical activity are well established, yet large numbers of people are not sufficiently active to gain health benefits. Certain population groups a...