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‘The likes of me running and walking? No chance’: Exploring the perceptions of adult patients with bronchiectasis towards exercise
No full textObjective: To explore the views and experiences of adult patients with bronchiectasis towards exercise. Methods: Semi-structured interviews with ten patients with bronchiectasis were conducted to explore perceptions of exercise, potential barriers and facilitators of exercise. Inductive thematic analysis was used to identify key themes. Findings: Five main themes: 1. The language of exercise 2. Facilitators to exercise 3. Barriers to exercise 4. Exercise has a positive impact on health and life expectancy 5. Grief regarding loss of ability Discussion: Participants perceived exercise as positive, but there was variance regarding what this entailed. Findings suggest healthcare professionals should consider the language used when prescribing exercise and provide clarity for patients and reflect on their own role in advising on exercise. There were both common and differing barriers and facilitators to exercise between participants. Holistic needs and the identification of these potential barriers and facilitators to exercise could aid compliance. Further research is needed to explore generalisability and the effectiveness of behaviour change models to improve engagement with exercise.</p
Stopping Gender-based Violence in Higher Education: Policy, Practice, & Partnerships
Get PDFIn this chapter, we argue that gender-based violence within university communities across the UK stems from intersecting issues of sexism and other forms of discrimination in wider society. We argue that cultures of institutionalised sexism in our universities facilitate the persistence of gender-based violence (hereafter GBV) on our campuses. This chapter will demonstrate how Equally Safe in Higher Education - developed in Scotland - adopted a whole campus approach to GBV prevention and intervention which was unequivocally and proudly, grounded in feminist analysis, research and practice. Finally, the chapter provides evidence which confirms the importance of this approach and of contextualising the wide spectrum of GBV within the cultural context of the institution in institutional prevention strategies
An online hazard prediction test demonstrates differences in the ability to identify hazardous situations between different driving groups
No full textPrevious research has found that the traditional approach to measuring hazard perception, as used by the UK Government, does not necessarily transfer well to other countries. The speeded response times of a hazard perception test were susceptible to threshold bias, differentiating drivers according to cultural background more than driving experience. An alternative method–the hazard prediction test–appears to mitigate these problems when used across different countries. The current study applies the hazard prediction methodology to a new cultural context (Israel), delivered via an online platform. A further innovation was to include both hazardous and non-hazardous trials allowing measures of criterion and sensitivity parameters of the Signal Detection Theory to be calculated. In total, 74 participants (43 experienced and 31 novices) watched 26 hazard prediction clips that had been filmed in Tel Aviv (Israel), 13 of which contained cues to genuine hazards. Each hazardous clip was occluded prior to the hazardous situation fully materialising, though with sufficient evidence that any participant who was looking in the right place at the right time would be able to correctly identify the unfolding hazard. Participants were first asked to identify whether there was a hazard (a binary decision), and then to predict how the traffic situation was going to develop by choosing one of four options provided after each video. As hypothesised, experienced drivers outperformed novices in the multiple-choice prediction question, provided that they had correctly identified that the clip contained a hazard in the first question. Novices were poor at selecting the correct multiple-choice option, regardless of whether they correctly identified that the clip contained a hazard. Both driving experience and hazard sensitivity significantly predicted multiple-choice accuracy, though criterion did not. The newly developed online test was successful in differentiating between experienced and novice driver groups for accuracy in prediction. These results support the roll-out of the hazard prediction methodology across different countries. Practitioner summary: This study provides new insights into how to develop an online hazard prediction test suitable for international export. The results suggest that this newly developed test is successful in differentiating between experienced and novice drivers. This raises the possibilit y of assessing and training drivers on a global scale.</p
Historical Perspectives on Infant Care
No full textThis innovative book introduces historical key theories, themes, and concepts of infancy and their care. In understanding infant care from the past, this book invites readers to explore how events, approaches, traditions, studies and stories have shaped modern day practice. From foundlings to wetnurses, community care and edu-carers, it introduces topics about family life, professional roles, and educational settings. It contributes to early childhood education and care discourses, but with an emphasis on care and therefore considered timely for both educators and practitioners.Each chapter provides a historical overview of infant care, making connections about how the past influences current practice. It offers insights into how infant care has and could be studied, with illustrations from short vignettes, imagery, and case studies. Extended reflective thinking and reflective questions for practitioners to contextualize the topics with contemporary practice is included. Each chapter presents a topic such as· pregnancy· parental relationships· developmental studies· professional's role· community services available to infantsFurther reading lists are also available to prompt additional engagement with the content.Historical Perspectives on Infant Care and Development is therefore your essential guide to understanding the historical influences that have shaped infant care today. Accessible and informative, the book is designed to meet the needs of students studying modules related to early years and historical perspectives on a range of foundation, bachelor and master's degrees in childhood studies