Friday 26 January 2018

Book review of: Chris Clarke and Emma Wolverson (eds), Positive psychology approaches to dementia



An excellent review, by Prof John Keady of University of Manchester has been published in Dementia; the opening paragraph of John's review says:

This is a ground-breaking book. It is also an important book as it challenges (past) negative discourses in dementia and sets out a new direction for dementia studies and everyday clinical practice. As the name of the text suggests, the focus is squarely on affirming person-centred values with each of the chapters presenting positive psychology understanding/themes and their application to living well with dementia. In the hands of less experienced editors, advancing this understanding could be seen as a form of idealism as, at times, the lived experience of dementia can dance uncontrollably to the tune of stress and distress, emotions that ripple through the generations and into the communities where people with dementia live. However, to their enormous credit, the editors do not shirk from this critique/responsibility and emphatically stress that a balance needs to be struck between idealism and realism. Idealism as expressed through the positive narrative of the text and realism in that this will not be everyone’s experience.

Wednesday 24 January 2018

Special edition of Nursing Education in Practice - seeing submissions

Jane Wray
Dr Jane Wray, Director of Research in the School of Health and Social Work is co-editing a special edition of Nurse Education in Practice with Kerry Pace, Founder of Diverse Learners, an organisation that provides support and training to students, practitioners, universities and the healthcare sector.

The Call for Papers in now open and is focused on learning diversity in nurse education and practice - Current challenges, contemporary perspectives and innovative solutions.

Nurse Education in Practice is inviting authors to submit papers that relate to students with additional and diverse learning needs within nursing, medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and other allied health professions. Educators, clinicians, academics, researchers and students are asked to consider how best to respond proactively to student entitlements and capitalise on the opportunities afforded by recent innovations in teaching and learning. Additional information regarding the call can be found here.

 

Monday 22 January 2018

HYMS and Sport, Health & Exercise Science publication in Frontiers in Endocrinology

A collaborative project between HYMS and the School of Life Science (Sport, Health and Exercise Science) has led to a publication in Frontiers in Endocrinology, section Diabetes. This work took place in the Environmental Chamber based in Sport, Health and Exercise Science.

The publication is titled: The effect of a simulated commercial flight environment with hypoxia and low humidity on clotting, platelet and endothelial function in participants with type 2 diabetes – a cross-over study.

Authors: Judit Konya, Ahmed Al Qaissi, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Ramzi Ajjan, Leigh Madden, Khalid M Naseem, Andrew T Garrett, Eric Kilpatrick, and Stephen L Atkin.




PhD success in Sports Health & Exercise Science

Many congratulations to Alasdair O’Doherty for passing his PhD with the most minor of corrections. His PhD was entitled “The effects of acute exercise and nutritional interventions on postprandial lipid metabolism”, and his supervisory team was Prof Sean Carroll and Prof Lee Ingle, with support from Dr Huw Jones (Chemistry). His external examiner was Prof David Stensel (Loughborough); internal examiner, Dr Mark Fogarty (SHES); and independent chair was Pedro Beltran-Alvarez (BMS). Many congratulations to all, especially Alasdair. We wish him continued success as a Lecturer in Exercise Physiology at the University of Northumbria.

Friday 19 January 2018

Wednesday 17 January 2018

Publication from Catriona Jones and Professor Mark Hayter from their NIHR prevention of second teenage pregnancy project in partnership with RDASH NHS Foundation Trust’

Mark Hayter
A new publication in Community Practitioner by Catriona Jones and Professor Mark Hayter reports the findings from qualitative research with staff working in a novel service to reduce the rate of further unplanned pregnancy in new teenage mothers. It was taken from an NIHR funded project to evaluate the RDASH P2P service.
Catriona Jones









Reference

Jones C, Hayter M Owens J, Tweheyo R, Harrison C, Coleman S (2018)
Preventing teenage pregnancy through home-based sexual healthcare: a qualitative study of practitioners’ experiences Community Practitioner

Wednesday 10 January 2018

Sports Health & Exercise colleagues in Japan

Andrew Garrett
Dr Andrew Garrett, Rachel Burke (PhD candidate) and Damien Gleadall-Siddall (PhD Candidate and academic staff) from Sport Health and Exercise Science recently attended the 17th International Conference of Environmental Ergonomics held in Kobe, Japan from the 12th-17th November, 2017.
Andrew, Rachel and Damien
Dr Garrett presented two studies determining the health and safety of male and female participants in the heat. This work was funded by the João Havelange Research Scholarship (FIFA)Rachel presented two studies with support from Damien from her PhD work investigating the effectiveness of nitrate supplementation on prolonged exercise and this work has been supported by VitaCress, UK. We would like to acknowledge the School of Life Science Research funding support for this conference.
Rachel Burke