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Psychometric evaluation of the Perinatal Illness Perceptions Scale (PIPS)

Julie Jomeen and Colin Martin have co-authored:

Jomeen, J Martin, CR, Jarrett, PM (2018) Psychometric evaluation of the Perinatal Illness Perceptions Scale (PIPS), The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, doi 10.1108/JMHTEP-09-2018-0054

Validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions to identify maternal distress in Dutch pregnant women

Julie Jomeen has co-authored:


Fontein-Kuipers, Y and Jomeen, J (2018) Validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions to identify maternal distress in Dutch pregnant women, The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice doi: 10.1108/JMHTEP-06-2018-0034

Use of the partogram in a private hospital in South Africa

Julie Jomeen has co-authored:

Yazbek, M and Jomeen J (2018). Use of the partogram in a private hospital in South Africa. Midwifery .69:128-134. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2018.11.009

Vicky Hewson SFHEA

Vicky Hewson has been awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

A scoping review to determine themes that represent perceptions of self as mother (‘ideal mother’ vs ‘real mother’)

Colin Martin has co-authored:

Caroline J. Hollins Martin, Lara Anderson, Colin R Martin (2018) A scoping review to determine themes that represent perceptions of self as mother (‘ideal mother’ vs ‘real mother’) Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

doi 10.1080/02646838.2018.1556786

Women’s Decision-Making About Birthplace Choices: Booking for Birth Center, Hospital, or Home Birth in the North of England

Carol Lambert and Julie Jomeen have co-authored:
Lambert, Carol, Jomeen, Julie, McSherry, Wilf (2018) Women’s Decision-Making About Birthplace Choices: Booking for Birth Center, Hospital, or Home Birth in the North of England International Journal of Childbirth Vol 8 Issue 2, DOI:10.1891/2156-5287.8.2.115

Spanish validation and factor structure of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R)

Colin Martin has co-authored: 

Borja Romero-Gonzalez, Maria Isabel Peralta-Ramirez, Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez, Almudena Cambil-Ledesma, Caroline J. Hollins Martin, Colin R. Martin (2018) Spanish validation and factor structure of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) Midwifery doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2018.12.009

Intensive Interaction and discourses of personhood: A focus group study with dementia caregivers

Cheyann J Heap and Emma Wolverson have published:

Heap CJ & Wolverson E (2018) Intensive Interaction and discourses of personhood: A focus group study with dementia caregivers Dementia doi: 10.1177/1471301218814389

Evidence for the continuum-severity model of psychosis through scrutiny of the architecture of symptoms associated with schizophrenia

Colin Martin has co-authored:

Martin C, Fleming M (2018) Evidence for the continuum-severity model of psychosis through scrutiny of the architecture of symptoms associated with schizophrenia Psychosis doi: 10.1080/17522439.2018.1545861

National Apprenticeships Conference presentation

University of Hull (Deborah Robinson), Hull and East Yorkshire hospitals (Mike Wright) and  Hull College (Michelle Swithenbank) presented together at the National Apprenticeships Conference in London 5 December 2018 on our innovative solution to the nursing talent pipeline in Hull.

University of Hull Scarborough & Coast Business Day

Fiona Earle

29 November 2018

Scarborough Spa

Dr Jane Wray (Director of Research, School of Health and Social Work), Dr Fiona Earle (Senior Lecturer, Psychology, School of Life Sciences) and Fay Treloar (Director of Business Engagement and Enterprise) represented the Faculty at the recent Scarborough & Coast Business Day.

Fay Treloar

The event brought together businesses from across the region to discuss and provided an opportunity for the University to showcase its research, innovation and enterprise to the business community. 

Jane Wray

The event took place at Scarborough Spa was opened by the VC Professor Susan Lea and included an after lunch speech by Lord John Prescott.  The presentation from the FHS team was focused on ‘Supporting the Health and Wellbeing of Your Workforce”. Fay provided an overview of FHS business and enterprise initiatives and this was followed by Jane presenting on ‘Supporting an ageing workforce in SMEs’ and then Fiona on ‘Exploring areas of high risk to employee health and wellbeing’.

There were lots of useful questions from the audience and feedback on the event was very positive with many new business contacts for the FHS.

Experiential learning of HIV self-test among student nurses: A qualitative study

Amanda Lee and Mark Hayter have co-authored:

Piao-Yi Chiou, Chih-Yin Chien, Amanda Lee, Hayter Mark, Nai-Ying Ko (2018) Experiential learning of HIV self-test among student nurses: A qualitative study Nurse Education Today doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2018.11.012

Interventions maintaining eating Independence in nursing home residents: a multicentre qualitative study

Alvisa Palese, Mark Hayter & Roger Watson have published:

Palese A , Bressan V, Kasa T, Meri M, Hayter M, Watson R (2018) Interventions maintaining eating Independence in nursing home residents: a multicentre qualitative study BMC Geriatrics 18:292

A Delphi survey of practitioner’s understanding of mental capacity

Colin Martin has co-authored:

George Clerk, Jason Schaub, David Hancock, Colin Martin, (2018) "A Delphi survey of practitioner’s understanding of mental capacity", The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 20 Issue: 5/6, pp.174-186

Sara Booth, Liz Price and Liz Walker have published:

Fluctuation, invisibility, fatigue – the barriers to maintaining employment with systemic lupus erythematosus: results of an online survey Lupus doi: 10.1177/0961203318808593

What a coincidence!

Tim Buescher writes:

 

I sat down on a plane to Cork, heading for the 10^th Critical Voices Network Ireland conference and heard a familiar voice coming from the seats behind me. I turned round and found one of the external examiners at my viva exam, sat right behind me! I was introduced to other academics from UCLAN who made feel like a welcome part of their group. This spirit of welcome and inclusion pervaded the conference, even though there were about 600 attendees.

This conference brings together activists, academics, service users, survivors of mental health services and systems and their supporters, clinicians, alternative practitioners, students (the conference runs around and within the usual teaching curriculum) and it’s free to attend. My presentation on compulsive hoarding and co-production was well received by those present and I can see future projects arising from this. In addition, people in my session managed to find local sources of help for people struggling with their possessions.

For anyone interested in finding out more about the conference, the book of abstracts can be viewed here

Some of the plenary sessions were live streamed and are available to view here

 

For anyone interested in developing coproduction in mental health research and practice, mad studies, peer workers, recovery, mad politics there is a lot to think about here.

Treatable traits in the European U‐BIOPRED adult asthma cohorts

Andrew Simpson is one of a group of co-authors for the U‐BIOPRED Study Group to publish: 

Treatable traits in the European U‐BIOPRED adult asthma cohorts Allergy (The European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) DOI: 10.1111/all.13629

Evaluating falls prevention strategies in community settings: marginal reduction on rate of falls with individual risk-based multifactorial interventions compared to 'usual care

Amanda Lee and Mark Hayter have published:

Evaluating falls prevention strategies in community settings: marginal reduction on rate of falls with individual risk-based multifactorial interventions compared to 'usual care Evidence Based Nursing 

News from Biomedical Sciences

1) Sophie Feathery (PhD student in Biomedical Sciences, UoH) won the prize for the best poster at the 2018 conference of British Society of Haemostasis and Thrombosis. See Twitter.

2) Furthermore, Yahya Madkhali (also PhD student in Biomedical Sciences, UoH) was included in the top five abstract presentations for trainees at the same meeting.

3) Researchers from University of Hull presented a total of 9 abstracts: 6 posters (higher than any other institute) and were selected to present a further 3 oral presentations (second highest after Imperial College) at the 2018 conference of British Society of Haemostasis and Thrombosis.

Visit of Associate Professor Sam Robertson from Victoria University in Australia-Performance Analysis expert

Associate Professor Sam Robertson from Victoria University in Australia, visited the Department of Sports, Health & Exercise Science at the University of Hull on Thursday 8 November.

Sam is one of the world's leading researchers in performance analysis, together with having considerable experience working in elite Australian rules football. 

The Distance Caring Project

People with long-term conditions may receive help, support or care from a relative or friend. Carers have been the subject of much research and policy development, however, there appears to have been an assumption that most carers live with or close to the person they support.

Members of SPARC (Caroline White, Jane Wray and Clare Whitfield) have recently conducted an exploratory study of the experiences of people who provide help, care and support from a distance. They suggest that ‘distance carers’ are an important group who are increasing in number and face specific and distinct challenges whilst providing significant amounts of support. They argue that this particular group should in future be considered in discussions of carers’ needs.

A report summarising their main findings is available Distance Caring -Final Report October 2018

A mixed methods study of the factors associated with HIV testing among young people in Saudi Arabia

Professor Mark Hayter and Dr Abdullah (former Hull PhD student) have published:

Almilaibary A, Hayter M (2018) A mixed methods study of the factors associated with HIV testing among young people in Saudi Arabia Journal of AIDS and HIV Research 10, 96-102

Faculty of Health Sciences Professor Mark Hayter at Georgetown University, Washington DC

Professor Mark Hayter visited the school of nursing at Georgetown University, Washington DC to meet Faculty and give a lecture on academic publishing. He also held meetings to discuss research links with Hull

Promoting independence in dementia

Esme Moniz-Cook has co-authored:

Emese Csipke, Lauren Yates, Esme Moniz Cook, Phuong Leung, Georgina Charlesworth, Holly Walton, Linda Birt, Martin Orrell (2018) Promoting independence in dementia: protocol for a feasibility trial of the PRIDE intervention for living well with dementia International Journal of Clinical Trials DOI: 10.18203/2349-3259.ijct2018439

Jacquie White in Australia

Jacquie White presented on the impact of implementing the Health Improvement Profile at The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Annual Conference (24-26 October 2018) in Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Humour between people living with dementia and their partners

Chris Clarke, Emma Wolverson have co-authored:

Helen Hickman, Chris Clarke, Emma Wolverson (2018) A qualitative study of the shared experience of humour between people living with dementia and their partners Dementia doi: 10.1177/1471301218805895

Minimum Sample Size Requirements for a Validation Study of The Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale-Revision 4 (SQLS-R4)

Colin Martin has co-authored:

Martin C.R., Larkin D. Minimum Sample Size Requirements for a Validation Study of The Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale-Revision 4 (SQLS-R4). J Basic Clin Health Sci 2018; 2(3): 076-081. http://dx.doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.2018.411

RCN appointment for Caroline Drewe

Caroline Drewe has been appointed to the RCN’s Society of a Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing committee.

SPARC – PhD Scholarships

Bridging the Divide: Living with Multimorbidity

We were recently successful in the University PhD scholarship scheme competition where we were awarded three scholarships which will focus on the experience of living with multiple health conditions.  We have identified the following three areas:  Multimorbidity where dementia is one of the conditions; Multimorbidity in mid-life where mental health is implicated and the embodied experience of living with multiple conditions. We can now advertise our three scholarships:

We are aiming to recruit from a wide field of possible candidates, please distribute our advert to your networks as you feel appropriate.  

Dr Andrew Garrett presents in Croatia

Dr Andrew Garrett from Sport, Health+Exercise Science and the Postgraduate Research Director in the Faculty of Health Science has just presented his work at the 7^th International Conference of Physiology and Pharamcology in Split, Croatia.

This work investigated the ‘Physiological and performance differences in the follicular and luteal menstrual phases of moderately-trained females during intermittent exercise in the heat’. This project has been funded by the Joel Havelange Research Scholarship awarded from FIFA.

Abstract:

Physiological and performance differences in the follicular and luteal menstrual phases of moderately-trained females during intermittent exercise in the heat

Andrew Garrett^1*, Jarrod Gritt¹, Edward Dodd¹, Victoria Biddlecombe¹, Damien Gleadall-Siddall¹, Rachel Burke¹, Richard Turpin¹, Jake Shaw¹, James Bray¹, Huw Jones² & Grant Abt¹.

Sport, Health and Exercise Science, School of Life Science, Faculty of Health Science, University of Hull, UK¹.

School of Mathematics and Physical Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Hull, UK².

*Corresponding author

Introduction: The menstrual cycle plays a key role in athletic performance but how it affects exercise for trained females in the heat is unclear. Therefore, the aims of this study were to investigate physiological and performance differences in the follicular and luteal phases of moderately-trained females during intermittent exercise in the heat.

Methods: Ten, healthy, active, moderately-trained females (Mean [SD]; age 22.6 [2.7] y; stature 165.3 [6.2] cm; body mass 61.5 [8.7] kg; VO2_peak 43.9 [8.6] mL^.kg^-1.min^-1) participated. The heat stress test (HST) (31.0°C; 50% RH) consisted of 9x5min (45-mins) of intermittent exercise based on match-play of female footballers. Completing two HSTs (HST1 and HST2) separated by one week, in the follicular and luteal menstrual phases respectively. Determined by self-reported menstrual cycle questionnaire and plasma 17β-estradiol.

Results: In the follicular (HST1) versus luteal (HST2) menstrual phases there was limited change in resting T_re by 0.05 (95% CI -0.20 to 0.27°C; P = 0.74), end-exercise T_re (0.10; -0.20 to 0.40°C; P=0.47); resting T_sk (-0.45; -1.15 to 0.20°C; P=0.15), end-exercise T_sk (-0.20; -0.95 to 0.60°C; P=0.64); resting T_b (-0.15; -0.30 to 0.05°C; P=0.14), end-exercise T_b (0.05; -0.20 to 0.30°C; P=0.56). Similarly, there was limited change in end-exercise f_c (1; -6 to 7 b^.min^-1; P=0.84); %PV (-3.7; -10.5 to 3.0%; P=0.22) and mean power output (6; -25 to 36 W; P=0.68) in the sprint performance test.

Discussion and conclusion: This work has demonstrated limited physiological and performance differences in the follicular and luteal menstrual phases of moderately-trained females during intermittent exercise in the heat. This may be due to trained females having less bi-phasic fluctuations in steroidal hormones that may attenuate the differences in the effector responses of cutaneous vasodilation during heat stress.   

Medication review plus person-centred care: a feasibility study of a pharmacy-health psychology dual intervention to improve care for people living with dementia

Andrea Hilton has co-authored:

Ian D Maidment, Sarah Damery, Niyah Campbell, Nichola Seare, Chris Fox, Steve Iliffe, Andrea Hilton, Graeme Brown, Nigel Barnes, Jane Wilcock, Emma Randle, Sarah Gillespie, Garry Barton and Rachel Shaw (2018) Medication review plus person-centred care: a feasibility study of a pharmacy-health psychology dual intervention to improve care for people living with dementia BMJ Psychiatry 18:340 doi:10.1186/s12888-018-1907-4

Memorandum of understanding signed with The Affiliated Hospital of Southwestern Medical University, China

On 17 October a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the University of Hull and The Affiliated Hospital of Southwestern Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China.

Pictured is Professor Roger Watson*, signing on behalf of the Vice Chancellor with Vice President Hui Xi of The Affiliated Hospital of Southwestern Medical University. Behind, from left to right: Dr David Barrett, Business Manager, Faculty of Health Sciences; Dr Amanda Lee, Associate Dean (International) Faculty of Health Sciences; and from The Affiliated Hospital of Southwestern Medical University: Yu Ke Director HR; Liu Jiexiong, Director of exchange; Qin Gang, Director of ENT.

* Roger Watson has been a visiting professor at the The Affiliated Hospital of Southwestern Medical University for five years and makes an annual visit. The Deputy Director of Nursing Chen Yanhua completed her PhD at Hull recently and another PhD student Xiaolei Zhao is currently with us. Earlier this year we had a visiting academic - Ai Zhongping - for 12 months.

New publication on perception of itch intensity

Igor Schindler and Henning Holle and Olivia Jones (former PhD student) have co-authored: 

Olivia Jones, Igor Schindler, Henning Holle (2018) Transcranial magnetic stimulation over contralateral primary somatosensory cortex disrupts perception of itch intensity Experimental Dermatology doi: 10.1111/exd.13803

Influences on Decision-Making of Young People About Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

Helen Sisson and Yvonne Wilkinson (2018) have co-authored:

An Integrative Review of the Influences on Decision-Making of Young People About Human Papillomavirus Vaccine The Journal of School Nursing doi: 10.1177/1059840518805816

Cultivating Compassion, Positive Emotion and Wellbeing

Dr Philip Molyneux presented two posters based on research recently completed by Trainee Clinical Psychologists (now qualified) – Sean Malkin and Mary Walker – at the Compassionate Mind Foundation’s 7th International Conference, themed “Cultivating Compassion, Positive Emotion and Wellbeing”. These were both supervised by myself and Tim Alexander.

Sean’s poster won 2nd prize at the conference.

Cross-cultural validation of the Health Care Provider HIV/AIDS Stigma Scale

Roger Watson has co-authored:
Xie H, Yu HT, Watson R, Wen J, Xiao l, Yan M, Chen YH (2018) Cross-cultural validation of the Health Care Provider HIV/AIDS Stigma Scale (HPASS) in China AIDS and Behavior doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2312-1

Learning Professionalism on the Touch-Line: Pedagogical Challenges and Recommendations

Colin Johnson has published: 

Colin Johnson and Lucy Hammond (2018) Learning Professionalism on the Touch-Line: Pedagogical Challenges and Recommendations. Athletic Training Education Journal: July–September 2018, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 290-298.

Hull Midwifery student presented at RCM annual conference

One of our 3rd year student midwives - Melissa Tweddle - presented at the Royal College of Midwives annual conference last week; one of three student midwives in the UK selected to present. The conference was held in Manchester, on 4^th and 5^th October 2018.

Melissa spoke about the idea of having a discussion and listening service available to all women at a time suitable for them (even years after birth) where they can discuss their birth with a midwife, using their maternity notes. This is so that women can understand how events unfolded in their birth experiences, which is aimed to help women who have experienced traumatic births.  A service, such as this, may help reduce anxiety, depression and postpartum-post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (which is estimated to affect around three percent of childbearing women).  It is also hoped that this might reduce secondary tokophobia (a pathological fear of childbirth engendered in women following a previous birth).

Melissa was given the opportunity to talk about her idea with Gill Walton (Chief Executive of the RCM) who was very much in favour of the idea and thought it was needed in all trusts. This is something Melissa would love to see implemented in the future.  Melissa really enjoyed the experience and hopes to do more public speaking in the future.

Maybe it’s kind of normal to hear voices

Chris Sanderson and Anjula Gupta from the department of Clinical Psychology have published:

Lewis SH, Sanderson C, Gupta A, Klien C (2018) “Maybe it’s kind of normal to hear voices”: The role of spirituality in making sense of voice hearing Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health doi 10.1080/19349637.2018.1520183

Implementing e-learning and e-tools for care home staff supporting residents with dementia and challenging behaviour

Esme Moniz-Cook has co-authored: 


Keenan J, Poland F, Manthorpe J, Hart C, Moniz-Cook E (2018) Implementing e-learning and e-tools for care home staff supporting residents with dementia and challenging behaviourbehaviour: A process evaluation of the ResCare study using normalisation process theory Dementia DOI: 10.1177/1471301218803195