Conducting a Mixed Methods Study to Explore Staff Perceptions in Providing Care to Individuals With Co-Occurring Mental Health Problems and Illicit Substance Use.

Vickie Howard has published:

Howard, V. (2020) Conducting a Mixed Methods Study to Explore Staff Perceptions in Providing Care to Individuals With Co-Occurring Mental Health Problems and Illicit Substance Use. Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health doi: 10.4135/9781529709650

Impact Acceleration Funding bid success for Suicide Postvention and Social Media (Jo Bell with Humber Coast and Vale Suicide Prevention Board).

Dr Jo Bell, in partnership with Humber Coast and Vale Suicide Prevention Board, has secured funding to carry out a series of knowledge exchange workshops across the Humber Coast and Vale (HCV) region (Hull, Scunthorpe, York, Scarborough). The workshops will bring together professionals and practitioners who work in services supporting those who are affected by suicide in the HCV area (e.g, emergency responders, mental health professionals, pastoral care providers from schools, colleges and Universities, bereavement services, 3rd sector and voluntary organisations). The objectives are to share our research-based knowledge of suicide bereavement and the scope, impact and implications of social media practices in the aftermath of a suicide, and to undertake further research in this area in order to inform best practice. By the end of each workshop, attendees will take away new evidence-based knowledge of:

• The uniqueness of suicide bereavement
• Harmful and protective effects of social media use in aftermath of a suicide: how social media use can be harnessed to manage trauma, alleviate grief and reach those who need support
• Recommendations and guidance for practice: how to mitigate against harmful effects and promote positive effects.

Participants will be invited to give feedback via an online survey and end-of-project evaluation workshop. The evaluation activities will provide an opportunity to measure the impact of workshop attendance on participants’ knowledge and practice. We will also conduct one-to-one interviews after the evaluation in order to gain new data on suicide bereavement and social media use.

If you would like to find out more, or would like to attend one of the workshops, please contact Dr Jo Bell.

Dr Alvisa Palese

Professors Mark Hayter and Roger Watson were very proud to attend the graduation of Dr Alvisa Palese at the University of Hull. Alvisa is an Associate Professor at Udine University and her thesis was entitled: 

Maintaining self-feeding independence in residents with cognitive decline living in nursing homes: findings from a mixed-method multicentre study design

During her PhD Alvisa published the following articles:

Palese A, Decaro A, Bressan V, Marin M, Achil I, Hayter M, Watson R (2010) Measuring the therapeutic properties of nursing home environments in the Italian context: findings from a validation and cross-sectional study design Annals de igiene 32, 117-131

Palese A, Grassetti L, Bressan V, Decaro A, Kasa T, Longorbardi M, Hayter H, Watson R (2019) A path analysis on the direct and indirect effects of the unit environment on eating dependence among cognitively impaired nursing home residents BMC Health Services Research 19:775

Palese A, Grassetti L, Zuttion R, Ferrario B, Ponta S, Achil I, Hayter M, Watson R (2019) Self-feeding dependence incidence and predictors among nursing home residents: findings from a 5-year retrospective regional study Nursing and Health Sciences doi: 10.1111/nhs.12596

Palese A, Gonella S, Kasa T, Caruzzo D, Hayter M, Watson R (2018) Negative prompts aimed at maintaining eating independence Nursing Ethics 26:2158-2171

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

Palese A, Grassetti L, Bandera D, Zuttion R, Ferrario B, Ponta S, Hayter M, Watson R (2018) High feeding dependence prevalence in residents living in Italian nursing homes requires new policies: findings from a regionally based cross-sectional study Health Policy 122, 301-308

Watson R, Palese A, Zuttion R, Ferrario B, Ponta S, Hayter M (2017) Identifying longitudinal sustainable hierarchies in activities of daily living Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 71, 122-128

Palese A, Menegazzi J, Tullio A, Zigotti M, Hayter M, Watson R (2016) Functional decline in residents living in nursing homes: a systematic review of the literature JAMDA 17, 694-705

An evolution of socioeconomic related inequality in teenage pregnancy and childbearing in Malawi

Gloria Likupe has co-authored:

Gowokani Chijere Chirwa, Jacob Mazalale, Gloria Likupe, Dominic Nkhoma, Levison Chiwaula, Jesman Chintsanya (2019) An evolution of socioeconomic related inequality in teenage pregnancy and childbearing in Malawi PLoS ONE 14(11): e0225374 

The magic carpet of scholarship - an academic-led staff development project to promote the scholarship of teaching and learning

Peter Draper has co-authored:

Draper P, Scott G, Peaslind E (2019)




The magic carpet of scholarship - an academic-led staff development project to promote the scholarship of teaching and learning
Educational Developments 20:4 5-9

Coping with multiple morbidities: Asian perspectives to inform culturally appropriate caregiving

Amanda Lee has published:

Coping with multiple morbidities: Asian perspectives to inform culturally appropriate caregiving Evidence-Based Nursing