Fiona Nation, Andrew Clark, Sean Carroll and Lee Ingle have co-authored:

Simon Nichols, Fiona Nation, Toni Goodman, Andrew L Clark, Sean Carroll, Lee Ingle (2018) CARE CR-Cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory Adaptations to Routine Exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation: a study protocol for a community-based controlled study with criterion methods BMJ Open doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019216

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.

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.

 

Transcranial magnetic stimulation over left inferior frontal and posterior temporal cortex disrupts gesture-speech integration

Wanying Zhao, Kevin Riggs, Igor Schindler and Henning Holle in Psychology have published:

Transcranial magnetic stimulation over left inferior frontal and posterior temporal cortex disrupts gesture-speech integration The Journal of Neuroscience doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1748-17.2017

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.

New publications by Professor Esme Moniz-Cook

Professor Esme Moniz-Cook has published:

Psychosocial interventions for people with dementia: a synthesis of systematic reviews Ageing & Mental Health

Using Meta-Ethnography to Synthesize Relevant Studies: Capturing the Bigger Picture in Dementia With Challenging Behavior Within Families Research Methods

New paramedic degree at Hull

Head of School of Health & Social Work, Deborah Robinson says: I am delighted to inform you all that after a significant amount of combined work from the Paramedic and PPS teams we received full approval from the HCPC at their Education and Standards Committee for the BSc Paramedic Science.

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

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 17^th International Conference of Environmental Ergonomics held in Kobe, Japan from the 12^th-17^th 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