• The effectiveness of an interactive audio-tactile map for the process of cognitive mapping and recall among people with visual impairments 

  Griffin, Edward; Picinali, Lorenzo; Scase, Mark (Article)

  Background: People with visual impairments can experience numerous challenges navigating unfamiliar environments. Systems that operate as prenavigation tools can assist such individuals. This mixed-methods study examined ...

• Seeing is believing: The effect of prison-based insight-days on student nurses’ perceptions of undertaking practice placements within a prison healthcare environment 

  Hunt, Emma Louise; Booth, Natalie; Hunt, Louise Anne (Article)

  Prisoners' access to healthcare should mirror that of the general public, but is adversely affected by challenges in recruiting nurses to work in custodial settings, potentially impacting on prisoner well-being. To address ...

• There is substantial variation in maternity care processes and outcomes among maternity care providers: what can midwives do with the evidence from the 2016/17 clinical report from the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit 

  Harris, Tina (Conference)

  After three years, The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) continues to provide evidence of substantial variation in the care of women and babies in Great Britain. Whilst some variation is inevitable and may ...

• Experiencing place identity and place belongingness at a children’s hospice: Parents’ perspectives 

  Dunbar, Helena; Carter, Bernie (Article)

  Children’s hospices are key players in the provision of palliative care services for families with children with life-limiting conditions (LLCs). However, evidence suggests that some of the negative terminology/language ...

• Healthy weight maintenance strategy in early childhood: the views of Black African migrant parents and health visitors 

  Ochieng, Bertha (Article)

  In Europe and the US, childhood obesity is found to be higher in migrant children from Black African communities and other visible minority ethnic groups. However, very little is known about the factors that contribute to ...

• P-81 ‘place bonding’- a new model to understanding parental decision making when accessing a hospice 

  Dunbar, Helena; dunbar (Conference)

  Respite/short breaks have been recognized as an important supportive service in paediatric palliative care (Knapp & Contro, 2009; Ling, 2012). In some countries, for example the UK, hospices are key players in this delivery. ...

• Resilience, mental health and urban migrants: a narrative review 

  Coope, Jonathan; Barrett, Andy; Brown, Brian J.; Crossley, Mark; Sivakami, Muthusamy; Raghavan, Raghu (Article)

  The purpose of this paper is to provide a narrative review of the literature on mental health resilience and other positive mental health capacities of urban and internal migrants. The methodology for this narrative review ...

• Place Bonding in Children's Hospice Care Poster presentation Number 180 

  Dunbar, Helena (Conference)

  Background: Relative to the numbers of children with LLI the overall numbers accessing hospices are low. Aim: The study's aim was to explore parents’ perspectives of hospices in one region in England and identify ...

• Factors influencing utilisation of ‘free-standing’ and ‘alongside’ midwifery units for low-risk births in England: a mixed-methods study 

  Walsh, Denis; Spiby, Helen; McCourt, Christine; Coleby, Dawn; Grigg, Celia; Bishop, Simon; Scanlon, Miranda; Culley, Lorraine; Wilkinson, jane; Pacanowski, Lynne; Thornton, Jim (Other)

  Abstract Background Midwifery-led units (MUs) are recommended for ‘low-risk’ births by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence but according to the National Audit Office were not available in one-quarter ...

• Waterbirth: characteristics and outcomes in low risk women and babies: a retrospective population cohort study in England 2015/16. 

  Aughey, Harriet; Jardine, Jen; Blotkamp, Andrea; Harris, Tina; NMPA Project Team (Conference)

  Background Little is known about the incidence of delivery in water and concerns have been raised about the effects of waterbirth on women and their babies as it becomes more popular. Aims and objectives of the study To ...

• Giving birth in water in England; a National retrospective cohort study of factors associated with its use in 50,482 women 

  Aughey, Harriet; Jardine, Jen; Moitt, Natalie; Blotkamp, Andrea; Pasupathy, Dharmintra; Harris, Tina; The NMPA Project Team (Conference)

• Indigenous knowledge and techno-scientific modernity: ‘hierarchical integration’ reconsidered 

  Coope, Jonathan (Article)

  With growing awareness of the urgent need for action on environmental problems, increasing attention is being given to how wisdom traditions and Indigenous cultures might usefully inform and engage with western scientific ...

• Exploring the impacts of organisational structure, policy and practice on the health inequalities of marginalised communities: illustrative cases from the UK healthcare system 

  Hui, Ada; Latif, Asam; Chen, Timothy; Hinsliff-Smith, K. (Article)

  This paper explores how organisational structure, policies and practices in healthcare can inadvertently disadvantage marginalised populations (e.g. individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds) and reinforce health ...

• Identification and Management of Frailty in Older People in Brazil: a scoping review protocol 

  Cervato, C.J.; Aprahamian, I.; Gavin, J.; Robinson, K.; Frost, R.; Schmidt Azevedo, P.; Villas-Boas, P.; Hinsliff-Smith, K.; Gordon, A.L.; de Melo, R.C. (Article)

  Objective: to look for evidence on how researchers, health and social care professionals in Brazil currently detect and treat frailty in older adults. Introduction: rapid population aging and associated increased ...

• Barriers and facilitators to fertility-related discussions with Teenagers and Young Adults with cancer: Nurses’ experiences. 

  Norton, Wendy; Wright, Elaine (Article)

  Background Improvements in cancer survival rates for Teenagers and Young Adults (TYAs) have resulted in quality-of-life issues into survivorship becoming increasingly important. However, infertility is a potential late ...

• Understanding the NICE Guidance on Endometriosis 

  Norton, Wendy; Holloway, Debby (Article)

  Endometriosis is a long-term gynaecological condition where endometrial tissue forms lesions outside the uterus, resulting in internal bleeding, inflammation, fibrosis, and adhesion formation. The condition is estimated ...

• Care across the lifespan 

  McVeigh, H. (Book chapter)

• Factors influencing the utilisation of free-standing and alongside midwifery units in England: A Qualitative Research Study 

  Walsh, Denis; Spiby, Helen; McCourt, Christine; Grigg, Celia; Coleby, Dawn; Bishop, Simon; Scanion, Miranda; Culley, Lorraine; Wilkinson, Jane; Pacanowski, Lynne; Thornton, Jim (Article)

  Objective: To identify factors influencing the provision, utilisation and sustainability of midwifery units (MUs) in England Design: Case studies, using individual interviews and focus groups, in six NHS Trust maternity ...

• Are digital interventions for smoking cessation in pregnancy effective? A systematic review protocol 

  Griffiths, Sarah Ellen; Brown, Katherine; Fulton, Emily Anne; Tombor, Ildiko; Naughton, Felix (Article)

  Background: Behavioural support for smoking cessation in pregnancy can be effective; however, many pregnant women face barriers to seeking support to stop smoking. Some digital interventions have been found to be effective ...

• Developing a 'core of steel': the key attributes of effective practice assessors 

  Hunt, Louise A (Article)

  Background: the Nursing and Midwifery Council has emphasised that its recently introduced standards for student supervision and assessment aim to ‘ensure that no one gets onto the register who shouldn't be there’. A key ...

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