What are the minimal sample size requirements for Mokken scaling? An empirical example with the Warwick- Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale

New open access publication co-authored by Roger Watson:

Watson R, Egberink IJL, Kirke L, Tendeiro J, Doyle F (2018) What are the minimal sample size requirements for Mokken scaling?  An empirical example with the Warwick- Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 6: 203-213

Award for John Mckenzie

Last year I was on the crew of the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance (alongside Jane Pattison – CC’d - and a doctor) and attended a murder.





















We carried out advanced life support on the victim to the best of our ability which included a procedure rarely seen outside of hospitals or larger cities called a thoracotomy, this is often referred to as open heart surgery. Our efforts were in vain and the man died, but in the trial of his murderer the doctor, Jane and I were mentioned for our ’heroic efforts to save his life’, as were several others.

A certificate with this wording and a reward was presented us on Tuesday 17^th July and attached are some photographs of the occasion.

In the pictures along the back row are His Honour Judge Pini QC, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire Ian Walter and Under Sheriff of Lincolnshire David Wood. I am at the front and with my crewmate Jane Pattison in one of the pictures

Professional Services Staff award for Jo Carrison

Our University registrar and secretary Jeannette Strachan presented a ‘Thank you for being you Award’ to one of our staff at our PSS forum awards ceremony last week.

Jo Carrison was nominated by her colleagues for her genuine and kind nature. They described her as ‘always upbeat – ready to drop everything to help’.

Feedback from staff revealed that "they are proud to call her their friend as well as their colleague” Jeanette Strachan asserted that Jo was completely worthy of this award, - a result of a collective colleague voting system.

These forums celebrate staff and showcase the team ethos of our faculty.

PSS support is essential to our core business and having such valued team players in our faculty is key to our ongoing success.

How the internet is changing the way we grieve

Jo Bell has published an article in The Conversation

Tim Buescher presents at International Conference

Last week I presented at the 5^th British International Authoethnography Conference in Bristol. There were approximately 100 people in attendance from a range of academic disciplines from institutions in the US, Norway, Malta, Portugal and all over the UK, including Hull alumni.

Here I am, addressing a full auditorium (no parallel sessions on the first day)! It went well and I made some new friends.

Panel Session 2: Collaborative autoethnographies: working at the border and as a member of a research team.

Tweets from the conference can found using the hashtag #reimaginingexperience.

A short film featuring some highlights from the conference can be viewed here.

More information is available here.

NIHR grant success for Dr Anand Ahankari and Professor Mark Hayter

Dr Ahankari and Professor Hayter have been successful in obtaining an NIHR PPI grant to support the development of an NIHR Research for Patient Benefit grant application for a project to evaluate combined sexual health, mental health and substance misuse services for adolescents in England.

India Research Collaboration Visit by Prof Mark Hayter and Dr Anand Ahankari

Group picture following a meeting with the Swiss-Aid Pune Staff

Prof Hayter and Dr Ahankari received a travel award from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF, responsive mode fund) to design projects around gender equality in India. During the 6 days visit, they conducted meetings with the Swiss-Aid international agency based in Pune, the Centre for Health and Social Justice group based in New Delhi, and the Halo Medical Foundation (HMF) based in Osmanabad.

Interaction with Department of Health staff

The visit enabled opportunities to interact with gender equity project staff, stakeholders, representatives from the State Department of Health, healthcare and allied professionals through HMF's network in Osmanabad district.

Interaction with field staff at HMF

The Hull team in collaboration with Indian partners will work further to finalise project design to prepare submissions for the GCRF, and other relevant funding agencies in the UK, Europe, and India. The visit also included meetings to plan for an MRC grant application to research interventions to address anaemia in Indianfemale adolescents.