57 research outputs found
‘Having come to university my care was very much in my hands’ : exploration of university students’ perceptions of health care needs and services using common-sense model of self-regulation
No full textFunding: Partial funding for this study was provided by School of Medicine and Enhancement Theme Fund from University of St Andrews.The health care needs and service experiences of higher education students require more research attention, given the increase in students who have a long-term illness, medical condition, or disability (“condition”). It is also important to consider the experiences of rising numbers of international students. This exploratory qualitative study used face-to-face interviews and the common-sense model of self-regulation to investigate students’ perceptions and coping behaviours, in a higher education institution in the UK. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Twenty students who self-identified as having a condition were interviewed. This study adds depth to the understanding of the connections between students’ health-related experiences and their personal, academic, and post-graduation aspirations and the support needs of students, including international students. To optimise institutional support, innovations in partnerships with local care organisations and within the university, staff training about conditions, peer mentorship, and information outreach especially to international students, should be considered.Peer reviewe
WHAT WORKS FOR ME? An exploration of perinatal mental health interventions in Scotland
No full textThis video was co-produced in a creative workshop in April 2023 with women from Home Start Dundee, exploring lived experiences of Perinatal Mental Health services in Scotland.The film was developed by Lisa Hastie, Natasha Scott, Shantel Smith, Mkenzie Walsh and Taylor Walsh and facilitated by Camila Biazus-Dalcin, Sara Cumming, Rosey Adams, Estelle Coulthard, Alison Kettles and Andrew Low.Research team:Camila Biazus-Dalcin (MIRU, School of Health Sciences)Sara Cumming (MIRU, School of Health Sciences)Albert Farre (MIRU, School of Health Sciences)Nicola Gray (MIRU, School of Health Sciences)Anna Gavine (MIRU, School of Health Sciences)Rayna Rogowsky (MIRU, School of Health Sciences)Alison McFadden (MIRU, School of Health Sciences)Rosey Adams (PND&me, Expert by experience)Maura Daly (Social Work, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law)Mark Smith (Social Work, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law)Erin Hardee (Schools Outreach Officer, School of Life Sciences)Organisations involved:Home Start Dundee, https://www.homestart-dundee.org.uk/ PND&me, https://pndandme.co.uk/ Mother, Child and Infant Research Unit (MIRU), School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee, https://www.dundee.ac.uk/mother-infant-research-unit/research School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, University of Dundee, https://www.dundee.ac.uk/humanities-social-sciences-law School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, https://www.dundee.ac.uk/life-sciencesThis video was funded by the Institute of Social Sciences Research (ISSR) at the University of Dundee, https://www.dundee.ac.uk/iss
Methods of connecting primary care patients with community-based physical activity opportunities : a realist scoping review
No full textFunding: NHS Fife Endowment Fund (Grant Number(s): FIF142).Deemed a global public health problem by the World Health Organization, physical inactivity is estimated to be responsible for one in six deaths in the United Kingdom (UK) and to cost the nation's economy £7.4 billion per year. A response to the problem receiving increasing attention is connecting primary care patients with community-based physical activity opportunities. We aimed to explore what is known about the effectiveness of different methods of connecting primary care patients with community-based physical activity opportunities in the United Kingdom by answering three research questions: 1) What methods of connection from primary care to community-based physical activity opportunities have been evaluated?; 2) What processes of physical activity promotion incorporating such methods of connection are (or are not) effective or acceptable, for whom, to what extent and under what circumstances; 3) How and why are (or are not) those processes effective or acceptable? We conducted a realist scoping review in which we searched Cochrane, Medline, PsycNET, Google Advanced Search, National Health Service (NHS) Evidence and NHS Health Scotland from inception until August 2020. We identified that five methods of connection from primary care to community-based physical activity opportunities had been evaluated. These were embedded in 15 processes of physical activity promotion, involving patient identification and behaviour change strategy delivery, as well as connection. In the contexts in which they were implemented, four of those processes had strong positive findings, three had moderately positive findings and eight had negative findings. The underlying theories of change were highly supported for three processes, supported to an extent for four and refuted for eight processes. Comparisons of the processes and their theories of change revealed several indications helpful for future development of effective processes. Our review also highlighted the limited evidence base in the area and the resulting need for well-designed theory-based evaluations.Peer reviewe
Progressing social prescribing:a recommendation for schemes involving link workers
No full textNew research by Kathryn B Cunningham and colleagues presents three key elements concerning the process of connection in indirect route social prescribing schemes (those involving link workers)
Star-Spangled Ghibli: Star voices in the American versions of Hayao Miyazaki's films
No full textThis article offers an examination of the use of American stars in re-voicing a set of Japanese animated texts. The author argues that a new industrial, contextual and textual understanding of stardom is required to penetrate the dense network of meanings attached to star voices in animation. Furthermore, she utilizes a mixed textual and contextual approach to several of Studio Ghibli's American DVD releases to consider the markets for and meanings of anime in America. In so doing this article represents an intervention into a range of academic debates around the nature of contemporary stardom and the significance of anime in America
Connecting primary care patients to community-based physical activity : a qualitative study of health professional and patient views
No full textFunding: NHS Fife Endowment Fund Grant which was awarded as part of a larger project (FIF142).Background Inconclusive evidence supporting referrals from health professionals to gym-based exercise programmes has raised concern for the roll-out of such schemes, and highlights the importance of developing links between healthcare settings and community-based opportunities to improve physical activity (PA) levels. Aim This study aimed to identify methods, and explore barriers and facilitators, of connecting primary care patients with PA opportunities from the perspectives of both health professionals (HPs) and patients, using the example of jogs cotland. Design & setting An exploratory study utilising semi-structured interviews with primary care patients (n = 14) and HPs (n = 14) from one UK NHS board was conducted. Method Patient and HP transcripts were analysed separately using thematic analysis. Potential methods of connection were identified. The Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, behavioural (COM-B) model and theoretical domains framework (TDF) were employed to facilitate identification of barriers and facilitators for connecting primary care to community jogscotland groups. Results Three methods of connecting patients to community-based groups were identified: informal passive signposting, informal active signposting, and formal referral or prescribing. Barriers and facilitators for patient connection fell into five TDF domains for HPs and two COM-B model components for patients. Conclusion For patients, HPs raising the topic of PA can help to justify, facilitate, and motivate action to change. The workload associated with connecting patients with community-based opportunities is central to implementation by HPs. Integrative resource solutions and social support for patients can provide a greater variety of PA options and the vital information and support for connecting with local opportunities, such as jogscotland.Peer reviewe
Why are dominant suicidology approaches failing nurses? A call for a feminist critical suicidology perspective
No full textIn the UK, 90% of nurses are female, a figure replicated at the global level. A significant proportion are also from the global ethnic majority (NMC, 2023; ONS, 2019). Notably, the risk of suicide among female nurses is 23% higher compared to women in other occupational groups (NCISH, 2020). Despite this significant finding, our understanding of this phenomenon remains limited, in part due to how we interpret suicide in certain contexts. This has clear implications for potential solutions
Social prescribing and behaviour change : proposal of a new behaviour change technique concerning the ‘connection’ step
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Open data barometer global report
No full textHighlights the lack of open and accessible data on the performance of key public services. If the political and social impacts of open data are to be realised, work to increase the supply of datasets from right across government will be needed, alongside sustained investment in capacity building, training and support for effective data use.
Introduction
The core idea behind Open Government Data (OGD) is a simple one: public data should be a shared resource. Making data open is valuable not only for the government departments that collect and release the data, but also for citizens, entrepreneurs and other parts of the public sector.
The implementation of OGD takes dedicated and sustained policy attention. Affecting widespread impact through the release of OGD relies not only upon the supply of high-quality data, but also upon the capacity of users to work with the data, and the ability of government to engage proactively with those users.
In our complex world, access to OGD has the power to secure enhanced government accountability, empower coordinated action to improve public services and civil society, and inspire new business ideas. Yet far too often, access to data, along with the skills to understand and make use of it, are distributed unequally, and would-be users frequently encounter unnecessary technical and legal restrictions that prevent data re-use. Calls for a “Data Revolution” — led by the United Nations — have placed renewed attention on ensuring the collection and management of high-quality data around the world through strengthened statistical capacity, and are driving a focus on the use of new “big data” resources in policy making. Against this backdrop, questions concerning who has access to data, and whether citizens have the capability and freedoms to create, access, and analyse data about their own communities and concerns, become ever more important for securing a fair balance of power in our societies
Deciphering Authority: The Balance of Powers in Local Government
No full textThe Balance of Powers Principle, while well-applied in the spheres of federal and state government, is not much discussed when it comes to local government structures. This paper seeks to compare the strengths of some of the more popular forms of municipal governance (i.e., the council-manager and mayor-council systems) to determine, to what extent, the Balance of Powers principle applies in an American local government context. The author then subsequently argues that this principle can be utilized to propose a preferred, counterbalanced model of city government, that uses and relies upon the strengths of all three major authority figures in municipal politics—the city council, the mayor, and the city manager. A theme of mutual reliance and benefit is explored, as is the relational experience of working in local government
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