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Child and family social worker knowledge and skills: rapid evidence review
Get PDFThis report is based on a rapid evidence review of the knowledge and skills required by child and family social workers to improve outcomes for children and their families. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
A systematic review of influences on engagement with remote health interventions targeting weight management for individuals living with excess weight
Get PDFBackground: Obesity rates are continually rising and remote weight management interventions appear to demonstrate feasible prospects. Previous reviews have investigated influential factors to engagement of such interventions in community settings; however, limited research has examined adults' engagement in remote weight management programmes. Aim: To systematically review the influences on the engagement of adults living with excess weight in synchronous (real time), remote health interventions for weight management. Methods: A systematic review of 12 databases was conducted from inception to October 2023. Studies were included if they delivered a synchronous, remote weight management intervention with participants that were >18 years old with a body mass index ≥ 27.5 kg/m2. A narrative synthesis with inductive thematic analysis was conducted to iteratively extrapolate barriers and facilitators to engagement. This set of themed influences were then deductively mapped to the COM-B model of behaviour change and the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Results: From 36,359 studies screened, 39 studies met the inclusion criteria. A total of 61themed influences were iteratively coded and mapped to the COM-B model: physical capability (n = 3); psychological capability (n = 9), reflective motivation (n = 19); automatic motivation (n = 11); physical opportunity (n = 8); and social opportunity (n = 11) with the assistance of the TDF to guide the coding. Barriers to engagement (n = 18) included concerns surrounding privacy, time burden to engage, embarrassment/anxiety surrounding self-disclosure, technical issues, access to technology, and access to the internet. Facilitators to engagement (n = 43) included digital competency, familiarity with technology, self-monitoring, tailored feedback, convenience, accountability, regular check-ins, support from a professional, social support, peer support, ease of use and simplicity. Conclusion: There are a number of things to consider in relation to capability, opportunity and motivation when designing remote weight management interventions. This review provides evidence to specific barriers and facilitators that if addressed could optimise future efforts
Working with Students as Partners to amplify the student voice and develop graduate competencies: the Student Experience Leader initiative
Get PDFOur university launched a Student Experience Leader (SEL) initiative in 2022. This initiative aims to amplify the student voice and facilitate participating students to develop graduate competencies. The initiative provides the opportunity for students to work in partnership with faculty or professional service teams to co-develop and deliver student voice-focused projects. SELs also act as representatives for their schools, enabling collaboration with the Students’ Union and other student representatives. The SEL initiative was evaluated over two academic years using mixed methods, including a student questionnaire, focus group, staff interviews, and end-of-year reports. Our evaluation found that both students and faculty recognized the value of the SEL initiative in amplifying student voice and developing graduate competencies, with participants showing strongest gains in organization and communication skills, while identifying information management and research competencies as areas of improvement. This case study also considers the enablers and inhibitors that influenced the initiative's success
Partnering with students in the evaluation of higher education: reflections from a diverse university
Get PDFThe employment of undergraduate students as partners in research projects has typically focused on teaching, learning and assessment, with students working with academic staff to evaluate their degree courses. In a move away from the norm, a project was designed to capture student voice across the University of Bedfordshire, encouraging collaboration between students from a range of disciplines and research fellows in the Evaluation and Enhancement Team. Recognising students as partners, the project aimed to design research investigating the experiences of minority ethnic students across the university, while simultaneously training the students in research methodologies, ethics and data analysis. In this reflective essay, researchers and undergraduates reflect on the successes and challenges of employing undergraduate students in cross-disciplinary research at a diverse post-1992 university. The article explores the benefits of this type of partnership and offers suggestions for improvements. It emphasises the importance of accessing student voice in such a project
Cohort profile: the Children's Health in London and Luton (CHILL) cohort
Get PDFThe Children’s Health in London and Luton (CHILL) cohort was established to investigate the impact of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) on children’s health. Key strengths of CHILL include: the parallel prospective cohort, natural experimental design in which children living in London (exposed to the ULEZ) and children living in Luton (not exposed to a ULEZ or other major air-pollution control measure) are followed over time and compared; its large size (compared with similar studies) and ethnic diversity; high-resolution air pollution exposure data; and objective physiological measurements of lung function
Could AI technologies be harnessed to break down barriers to inclusivity for women entrepreneurship in tourism?
Get PDFDespite growing scholarly attention to artificial intelligence (AI) and gender-related challenges in tourism research, a void exists in how responsible AI could be harnessed to enhance women’s inclusivity in tourism entrepreneurship. Drawing on Rawls’ theory of justice, this study aims to fill this glaring gap by exploring whether and how AI could contribute to fostering a more equitable, inclusive and ethically responsible entrepreneurial ecosystem for women, help break down existing barriers, and thus, support women’s entrepreneurial endeavours in the tourism sector. Based on qualitative data collected from semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with elite informants, the study highlights significant positive externalities of AI technologies adoption, beyond the generally recognized benefits in customer engagement and personalized offerings, efficiency, and overall performance, to help female entrepreneurs in particular deal with work-life balance predicaments, unanimously considered the most significant barrier to inclusivity. The findings also emphasise how responsible AI design, adoption and governance can help deal with prevalent ethical concerns of AI in tourism, namely, bias, lack of transparency, fairness and privacy, the absence of a human-centred approach, and accountability. The latter two, alongside gender biases, emerge as the ‘most sensitive ethical parameters’ for women’s inclusivity in tourism entrepreneurship. By integrating Rawls’ perspective, the study offers a novel analytical lens for understanding how responsible AI can foster a more just and equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem for women in tourism, and for evaluating attendant strategies contributing to sustainable and inclusive growth. Important theoretical contributions and actionable managerial implications flow from the findings
Extreme context exposure and counterproductive work behaviour:the role of exhaustion, authentic leadership and spirituality
Get PDFIn recent years, research on extreme contexts has expanded significantly, focussing on management practices in unusual or atypical work environments. However, individual behavioural responses in these settings have received less attention. Our study addresses this gap by using Job-Demand Resources (JD-R) theory to explore how extreme context exposure (i.e. frequent exposure to extreme events) influences counterproductive work behaviour towards the organisation (CWB-O) in high-risk contexts of aviation and shipping. In Study 1, based on data from 297 flight cadre, we found that extreme context exposure is positively linked to CWB-O, with exhaustion linking the two variables. Study 2 replicated these findings with data from 309 seafarers, reinforcing the robustness of our results. Additionally, we identified authentic leadership and spirituality as key job and personal resources that moderate this relationship, reducing the impact of extreme context exposure on CWB-O. We conclude by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of our findings, emphasising the importance of addressing individual behaviours in extreme work environments.</p
Meaningful work, psychological well-being, thriving at work and patient aggression: testing a moderated-mediation model
Get PDFDrawing on the socially embedded theory of thriving, our article investigates the mediating role of thriving at work between work meaningfulness and psychological well-being (PWB). It also examines patient aggression as a moderator of the effect of work meaningfulness on thriving at work. Data were collected from 103 employees working in private hospitals in Northern Cyprus and analyzed via structural equation modeling. The results indicated that work meaningfulness has a significant impact on PWB mediated via thriving at work. Moreover, the findings revealed the positive effect of work meaningfulness on thriving at work in low-aggression contexts. To our knowledge, this study is the first to assess thriving at work as a mediator linking work meaningfulness and PWB, highlighting the moderating role of patient aggression in a single study. Based on the paper’s findings, theoretical and managerial implications, as well as future research suggestions, were discussed
Sexual harassment in early adolescence:findings from a cross-sectional survey in secondary schools in England
Get PDFThere is little research on sexual harassment among younger adolescents or on how rates vary by gender and other student/school characteristics. Drawing on data from 50 English schools, we explored the prevalence and patterning of victimization in the past year among students aged 12-13. Of 7,060 participants, almost a tenth had experienced sexual harassment. Girls, non-binary students, and sexual-minority students reported the highest rates. Student commitment to school was associated with reduced victimization, particularly among straight students and in higher-attaining schools. Sexual harassment is a priority area for intervention, particularly for students facing the highest risk.</p
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