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A Critical Social Analysis of Senior Professional Football Coaches’ Video-Based Coaching Practices
No full textA Tale of Three Cities: Nigerian Women Entrepreneurs Negotiating Identity at the Intersection of Power and Compromise
No full textFraming and the Mechanisms of Criminalisation in the Migration Context
Get PDFThis scoping review synthesises empirical literature on the criminalisation of migrants, focusing on how criminalisation is framed and the mechanisms through which it is enacted and experienced. Drawing on 16 peer-reviewed studies published between 2013 and 2023, the review demonstrates that criminalisation operates as a multidimensional regime of governance, extending beyond formal law enforcement to encompass spatial, administrative, discursive, and internalised forms of regulation. Criminalisation is shown to function through anticipatory suspicion, racialised moral sorting, and the bureaucratic production of illegitimacy governing migrant life through control, delay, surveillance, and symbolic devaluation. Thematic analysis reveals four key modalities: (1) spatial and institutional control; (2) administrative and legal mechanisms of control; (3) discursive and symbolic violence; and (4) internalised moral governance. These mechanisms intersect to produce a lived experience of marginalisation, in which migrants are simultaneously managed, silenced, and morally judged
Adapting PRIMM to a Primary (K-5) Computing Setting
Get PDFPRIMM (Predict-Run-Investigate-Modify-Make) is an approach to teaching programming that focuses on code comprehension as well as providing a structure for lessons. Little research has investigated how PRIMM can be used in primary education. This paper describes a small-scale practitioner inquiry project whereby PRIMM was used to teach 8-9 year-old students in a school in England. Two teachers implemented the practice using a series of adapted lessons which incorporated actions for the children to help them remember the PRIMM stages. Analysis of qualitative data from pupils and teachers showed that pupils developed a sense of agency from learning the actions and that the teachers were able to readily assess student progress. Further work could explore the use of PRIMM at the primary level in a wider range of schools
‘In the midst of a thunderstorm’: young people’s experiences of physical restraint in inpatient mental health services in the UK"
Get PDFWithin inpatient mental health services, young people who express distress through behaviours may be physically restrained. Little is known about their experiences or perspectives of this restraint. This qualitative Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) study explored young people’s experiences of physical restraint. Young people were recruited from three inpatient mental health units in England. Individual, face-to-face augmented, audio-recorded semi-structured interviews were undertaken. IPA data analysis facilitated the development of subordinate and superordinate themes. The study design was informed by public consultation with young people and their families. Eight young people (five boys, three girls, aged 10-13 years) shared their experiences of physical restraint. The findings are presented within the trajectory of a thunderstorm within three themes; The Gathering (‘pre-escalation’), The Thunderstorm (the restraint), and The Aftermath (‘debriefing and making sense’). Young people talked about how feelings of being restrained could start long before any physical touch and could continue long after the physical element of the restraint had ended. They described emotional, traumatic and confusing experiences of restraint and often being left with emotional ‘debris’ for a long time after the incident. They also described situations where physical restraint was used instead of an investment in de-escalation strategies. The current understanding of the trajectory of physical restraint for children and young people within mental health units needs to be adapted to recognise the extended gathering and aftermath stages associated with this intervention.
Randomised Controlled Trial of Online Behavioural Sleep Intervention for Children with Epilepsy
Get PDFWe evaluated the clinical and cost effectiveness of an online sleep intervention (COSI) for parents of children with epilepsy. We conducted a multicentre, parallel-group, unblinded, randomised controlled trial. We recruited children aged 4–12 years with epilepsy and sleep problems through 26 UK outpatient clinics. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) via a computer-generated minimisation algorithm. The primary outcome was the Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) at three months. Cost-effectiveness was estimated at six months. We conducted intention to treat analyses. 85 children were enrolled (42 SC; 43 SC+COSI). At three months, the adjusted mean CSHQ difference between arms was 3.00 (95% CI 0.06–5.93; p=0.05), indicating significant superiority of SC. Children in the SC+COSI group showed a mean 16.5-minute reduction in sleep onset latency and parents increased their knowledge. Only 23 (53%) families accessed the core materials. Incremental mean cost of SC+COSI was £1,232 (95% credibility interval £535–£3,455) with a mean incremental Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) of 0.00 (95% CI -0.03 to 0.04), yielding an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of £433,167 per QALY gained a (0.04 probability of being cost-effective at the £30,000/QALY threshold). Improved objective sleep onset latency and enhanced parental knowledge suggest that the underlying behaviour change techniques hold value
Feasibility of glycated haemoglobin target-setting in adults with diabetes: A mixed-methods study
Get PDFBackgroundHbA1c targets guide diabetes management to reduce complications, yet their psychological effects are poorly understood. This feasibility study evaluated the practicality of conducting a definitive trial evaluating the impact of explicit HbA1c target-setting in adults with diabetes.MethodsWe conducted a randomised mixed-methods feasibility study. Adults with diabetes were allocated 1:1 to receive an explicit HbA1c target set 5 mmol/mol above (Group A) or below (Group B) their current HbA1c. Biomedical (HbA1c, blood pressure, BMI) and psychometric patient-reported outcomes were measured at baseline and 3 months. Quantitative data were analysed in SPSS using independent-sample t-tests or Mann-Whitney U tests for between-group comparisons, and paired t-tests or Wilcoxon signed-rank tests for within-group changes. Qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with patients and healthcare professionals were analysed using the Framework Method of thematic analysis in NVivo. Acceptability was assessed via interview, and mixed-methods findings were integrated through triangulation to enhance validity.ResultsFifty participants were recruited; 34% withdrew. Though not powered to determine statistical significance, no between-group differences were observed in HbA1c or patient-reported outcomes. Across groups, diabetes distress decreased, self-efficacy improved, and HbA1c improved. Interviews indicated high acceptability and identified key motivators (target achievability, hypoglycaemia avoidance) and demotivators (limited understanding, perceived unattainability).DiscussionA randomised mixed-methods approach to HbA1c target-setting is feasible and acceptable, providing methodological insights for a definitive trial.Trial registrationThe study is registered with the ISRCTN (registration number: 12461724; date registered: 11th June 2021)
Cognitive profiles of Autism, ADHD, and co-occurring presentations in childhood: insights from an online working memory task
Get PDFAccess to standardized cognitive assessment remains limited in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs), with direct implications for the identification and support of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Among these, Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ADHD are highly prevalent and frequently co-occurring yet characterized by distinct cognitive profiles. Online assessment methods represent a promising avenue for scalable, cost-effective screening and research. The present study investigated whether a brief online cognitive task could reliably distinguish performance patterns among children and adolescents with ADHD, ASC, both (ASC + ADHD) and a group of typically developing (TD) peers. Children between the ages of 8 and 14 from diverse regions of Mexico completed a brief online working memory task, where they were required to remember either the identity(N = 61) or the emotional expression (N = 99) of a face. Task completion rates were high, demonstrating the feasibility of remote administration (84.6%). Clinical groups showed expected differences relative to TD peers: the ADHD group was distinguished by poorer overall working memory performance and increased intra-subject variability. The ASC group was selectively impaired in the emotion task. This study demonstrates the feasibility of deploying online cognitive tasks in LMIC contexts, providing a scalable approach to developmental research and early identification and referral. Intra-subject variability is a robust marker for ADHD, while careful future work should continue to disentangle overlapping disorders
Consuming the Wound
Get PDFThis paper investigates the expanding cultural phenomenon of consuming the wound, where trauma, death and suffering are transformed into commodified experiences across both physical and digital landscapes. Drawing on dark tourism scholarship, Seltzer’s wound culture theory and contemporary cases of digital voyeurism, the article examines how consumers engage with sites, images and narratives of violenc from historical murder locations to algorithmically amplified online content. The paper highlights how influencer practices, social media speculation and death-related participation accelerate the circulation, reproduction and normalisation of the wound as entertainment. By connecting historical spectacles of violence with modern digital behaviours, the authors argue that this shift demands renewed theoretical, ethical and regulatory attention. The article concludes by calling for deeper enquiry into algorithmic amplification, consumer motivations and the moral implications of dark leisure, advocating for critical media literacy, mindful tourism and responsible communication practices across sectors