Personal and public health / health education Books

Social Problems in the UK: An Introduction contextualises the most pressing social problems of our times drawing upon the disciplines of sociology, social policy, education studies and health studies. This much-needed textbook brings together a comprehensive range of expertise in the applied social sciences to discuss the social myths and moral panics that surround many popular debates. This is an accessible text that carefully guides students through the methodology of social construction and related theories to introduce key topics in the areas of: âRaceâ and ethnicity The future of work Poverty and homelessness Inequalities in education Health, public health and mental health Ageing and the âthird ageâ This completely revised and up-to-date second edition covers the most urgent social issues facing the UK today, including an analysis of the Black Lives Matter movement, the Covid-19 health crisis and th

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Book SynopsisThis valuable book combines psychological theories of health with the lived experience of coping with chronic health conditions, focusing on the ill person as an actor of their own development. It draws on perspectives from developmental and health psychology alongside the authorâs personal experience of chronic illness.Bonino considers all aspects of living with illness, from issues that impact on everyday functioning such as pain and fatigue, to the rebuilding of identity through meaningful new goals and effective actions, and the development of therapeutic relationships. Psychological theories are interweaved with descriptions of lived encounters to center the experience of the person living alongside illness and provide insightful points of reference that everyone could try to use when facing the challenges of chronic disease in the course of their daily lives.Coping with Chronic Illness is important reading for those living with chronic health conditions, as well Trade ReviewThis book brings a new vision into the experience of living with chronic disease. Silvia Bonino had the courage and intelligence to put her knowledge as professor of developmental psychology in dialogue with her personal experience to produce a very fine and sensitive description of the processes, emotions, states of mind, strategies and mechanisms of defence of the chronic patient. It offers both a critical and constructive look at the intervention of different health personnel, highlighting the need for better communication between professionals and patients. An indispensable book for both caregivers and chronically ill!Michel Born, Professor, University of Liège, BelgiumTable of ContentsTable of contentsPreface for this editionWhy this bookPart I 1. Healthy and ill: equal and different 2. Beyond the myth of perfect health3. Protagonist of one’s own development 4. Protagonist of one’s own development in chronic disease Part II 5. Why me?6. Finding meaning 7. Reconstructing identity 8. Self-efficacy: the exercise of control 9. Stress10. Coping with stressPart III 11. It is all your fault12. Pain13. Fatigue14. Depression15. Mourning and loss16. Optimism and happiness 17. Logical thought magical thought18. Telling the story of one’s illness Part IV 19. The therapeutic relationship20. Trust21. Empathy22. The patient between statistical logic and clinical logic23. Alternative medicine24. ConfidentialityPart V 25. Us and the others26. Between visible and invisible27. Solitude28. Attachments29. Work30. Life and deathPart VI 31. Diagnosis: confronting the truth32. "I want to do it on my own"33. Being ill in the Internet age 34. And life goes on35. Parents and childrenBibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book provides practical evidence-based strategies that will help clinicians across a broad range of disciplines to address and discuss the main issues an aging person is likely to face and overcome if they are to maintain a sense of well-being as they age. Based on an extensive body of research, the relevant up-to-date knowledge for each topic is concisely presented, followed by practical, concrete, evidence-based suggestions as to how a healthcare provider might acknowledge and create a partnership with their clients to help the person increase their sense of well-being. Each chapter contains a list of key terms, a summary, and case examples that illustrate in realistic and humanistic ways how a person might present the concern being addressed and intervene. The specific challenges associated with aging that are addressed include: anxiety attached to an increasing awareness of mortality; retirement; the increasing number of losses of significant others; regrTrade Review"Norman M. Brier has written a clear and concise guide for clinicians seeking to help older adults and their families to navigate the challenges of advanced age. The recommendations are realistic, pragmatic and empirically based. Both students and practitioners will benefit as they prepare themselves and those they serve to age with grace." Gary J. Kennedy MD, Professor, Vice Chair for Education, and Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Aging and well-being; 2. Well-being and the anxiety about the awareness of limited time people have remaining; 3. A major challenge to well-being as people age: Retirement; 4. A second major challenge to a person’s well-being as they age: The increasing number of deaths of significant others; 5. Aging, well-being, and life regrets; 6. Still another challenge: Age-associated memory loss; 7. Aging, well-being, and old-old age; 8. Three additional threats to a person’s well-being in old-old age: Loneliness, a loss of purpose, and a feeling of mattering less; 9. Decline, imminent death, and well-being; 10. Summary and synthesis; References; Index

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Book SynopsisTracking technologies are now ubiquitous and are part of many people's everyday lives. Large sections of the population voluntarily use devices and apps to track fitness, medical conditions, sleep, vital signs or their own or others' whereabouts. Governments, health services, immigration and criminal justice agencies increasingly rely upon tracking technologies to monitor individuals' whereabouts, behaviour, medical conditions and interventions. Despite the human rights concerns of some organisations and individuals, most wearers and their significant others tend to welcome the technologies. This paradox is only one of the many fascinating challenges raised by the widespread use of tracking technologies which are explored in this book.This book critically explores the ethical, legal, social, and technical issues arising from the current and future use of tracking technologies. It provides a unique and wide-ranging discussion, via a cross-disciplinary collection of essays, on Table of Contents1.Tracking people: an introduction Anthea Hucklesby and Raymond Holt 2.GPS tracking in care settings: attending to the socio-material context of use Joe Wherton, Trisha Greenhalgh, Sara Shaw, Rob Procter and Jay Shaw 3.Using tracking technologies well: the contribution of the concepts of ‘tightness’ or ‘grip’ Anthea Hucklesby 4.Proportionality and monitoring: penal vs care contexts Tom Sorell 5.‘He’s doing a hokey cokey’: everyday calculations and controversies of digitally mediated punishment in Scotland Ryan Casey 6.Tracking in the interests of counter-terrorism Jessie Blackbourn and Clive Walker 7.Smartphone electronic monitoring (EM), Artificial Intelligence and the mass supervision question in the USA Mike Nellis 8.Reducing opioid related deaths for individuals who are at high risk of overdose: a co-production study Anne Campbell, Sharon Millen, Amanda Taylor-Beswick and Li Guo 9.Using geolocation-based technologies for monitoring people with severe mental illness Niels Peek, Paolo Fraccaro and Sabine van der Veer 10.Tracking people and sociotechnical systems design Raymond Holt 11.Apple AirTags as people trackers Neil McBride

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Book SynopsisDrawing on diverse examples from literature, film, memoirs, and popular culture, Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities analyses cultural representations of male infertility.Going beyond the biomedical and sociological towards interdisciplinary cultural studies, this book studies depictions of men's infertility. It includes fictional representations alongside memoirs, newspaper articles, ethnographies and autoethnographies, and scientific reporting. Works under discussion range from twentieth-century novel Lady Chatterley''s Lover to romantic comedy film Not Suitable For Children, and science fiction classic Mr Adam, as well as encompassing genres including blockbuster romance and memoir. Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities draws upon both sociological and popular culture research to trace how the discourse of cultural anxiety unfolds across disciplines.This engaging work will be of key interest to scholaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Storytelling and Infertility; 1. Reading Infertility in Lady Chatterley’s Lover; 2. "This Unspeakable Idea": Infertility in LaVyrle Spencer’s Blockbuster Romance The Fulfillment; 3. Ejaculation and the Heavy Load of Masculinity; 4. "I have no good sperm": Infertility in The Trouble with Joe by Emilie Richards; 5. Trying and Failing: Men’s Memoirs of Infertility; 6. The Money Shot Transformed: Masculinity, Ejaculation, and the Clinic; 7. Infertility and Missing Out in Not Suitable for Children*; 8. No Future and Worlds without Babies; References;

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how people encounter, understand, live with and respond to health risks associated with social, economic and political inequality. Complementing a traditional public health approach, the book moves beyond a focus on categories of morbidity and their structural causes. Instead, it focuses on everyday understandings and actions for people living in unequal social conditions. Making use of a variety of case studies related to physical and mental health, the authors emphasise interpersonal relationships, biographical meanings and the daily tactics of âgetting byâ. These are recurrently linked to the social-structural aspects of particular times and places.The book: Draws upon, applies and extends the biopsychosocial approach, which is well known to students of public health. Respects and gives due weight to the experience in context of people who live with health inequalities, in domestic and local settings. Explores notions of perTable of ContentsPreface 1.People who need people: A relational approach to living with inequalities 2.Living in the middle and living optimally 3.Feed the poor, eat the rich: Ingestion and inequality 4.Takes your breath away: Inequalities in respiratory health 5.Running up that hill: Living unequally with the meaning of sport and exercise 6.Ordinary distress and loneliness 7.Normal and abnormal suffering 8.Tired of living and scared of dying. 9.Pandemics: The great un-levelling. Index

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Book SynopsisSince its first publication in 1933, Clayâs Handbook of Environmental Health (under its different names) has provided a definitive guide for the environmental health practitioner (EHP), and an essential reference for the consultant and student. This 22nd edition continues with its more recent successful structure, reviewing the core principles, techniques, competencies and skills required of an EHP, and then outlining the specialist subjects without getting bogged down in a legalistic approach, seeking to broaden the content for a more global audience.This new edition seeks to educate the EHP on the public health impacts of global heating and the climate emergency and also reflects the COVID-19 pandemic, as might be expected. Although seeking to have global appeal, the impact of the UK leaving the EU is also addressed. The book examines environmental health in different settings, including in the military, working in both conflict and natural disaster settings, and environmental health at sea and airports. In line with previous editions, case studies are used to illustrate how EH problems have been resolved. This new edition includes guidance on key issues in public and environmental health including air pollution, contaminated land, housing and health, noise, water, food safety, pests and vector control, chemicals in the environment and radiation, as well as sustainability and public health and humanitarian crises.This handbook aims to give a basic understanding of the philosophical basis of environmental health, as well as the required technical aspects and an understanding of environmental health in different settings. All chapters have sections on further reading and sources of information. Clayâs Handbook is essential reading for all practitioners, students and researchers in environmental and public health wherever they are working.Trade Review"Clays is an essential part of the environmental health profession and this update is essential for an everchanging subject presenting new challenges and new legislation. Its contribution informs the profession and its practitioners and helps to raise the standards of health across the world." - Tim Deveaux, EH Consultant, UKTable of Contents1. Historical Context, Philosophy, Principles and Terminology 2. The Environmental Health Practitioner 3. Communication in environmental health 4. Research and Evidence Research and evidence for environmental health policy and practice 5. Law and practice to achieve outcomes 6. Legal implications of the UK leaving the EU 7. Business management and the EHP 8. Quality Management Systems: Environmental Management Systems as examples 9. Constructions and related matters relevant to environmental health 10. Human physiology, hazards and health risks 11. Understanding and responding to the health and the climate emergency 12. Housing, health, and the domestic environment 13. The Influence of society on the UK’s food and food regulatory systems 14. The work and leisure environments 15. Water and environmental health 16. Air quality 17. Pest management and vector control 18. Waste and resource management 19. Contaminated land and land use 20. Noise and vibration 21. Port health 22. Environmental health in different situations 23. A global perspective on environment and health

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Book SynopsisThis exciting new book illustrates and analyses the complexities of children''s and young people's everyday lived experiences throughout childhood. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it provides theoretical frameworks and case studies to critically examine assumptions in the field and explore emerging perspectives. Considering different stages throughout childhood and youth, chapters cover key topics such as eating practices, gender, play, digital media and the environment.Drawing upon insights from cultural studies, sociology, social anthropology, psychology, health and education, this book focuses on four key areas: Bodies and minds Space, place and belonging Inequalities and inclusion Childhood in the past, present and future Essential reading for students on childhood and youth and education courses, Exploring Childhood and Youth is an important resource for pracTrade Review'Exploring Childhood and Youth adds to a growing list of overview texts designed for students of childhood and youth studies. In their short introduction, editors Victoria Cooper and Naomi Holford frame the collection as an overview of core and emerging ideas relating to the study of childhood and youth, providing critical reflections on what they suggest is “now a firmly established academic field” (p. 1)... A core strength of the collection is the depth of engagement with disability across multiple chapters and from diverse perspectives.' - Kate Cairns, Teachers College RecordTable of Contents1. Fluid identities 2. Understanding the Unborn (or Becoming a Child) 3. Critical mental health 4. Everyday experiences of food 5. Everyday violence 6. Spaces for learning 7. Play 8. Young people, children and voluntourism 9. Experiences of poverty 10. How gender hurts, how gender matters 11.: Disability 12. Inequalities in further and higher education 13. The history of disabilities 14. Changing environments: plastic childhoods

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Book SynopsisThis volume analyzes representations of disability in art from antiquity to the twenty-first century, incorporating disability studies scholarship and art historical research and methodology.This book brings these two strands together to provide a comprehensive overview of the intersections between these two disciplines. Divided into four parts: Ancient History through the 17th Century: Gods, Dwarfs, and Warriors 17th-Century Spain to the American Civil War: Misfits, Wounded Bodies, and Medical Specimens Modernism, Metaphor and Corporeality Contemporary Art: Crips, Care, and Portraiture and comprised of 16 chapters focusing on Greek sculpture, ancient Chinese art, Early Italian Renaissance art, the Spanish Golden Age, nineteenth century art in France (Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec) and the US, and contemporary works, it contextualizes understandings of disability historically, as well as in terms of mediciTable of ContentsPart 1: Ancient History through the Seventeenth Century: Gods, Dwarfs, and Warriors1. Hephaestus Represented: a Mêtis-based Inquiry2. The Role of Dwarfs in Tang Postmortem Elite Life3. Disability and Poverty at the Brancacci Chapel4. Disability at the Edge of War: Gendered Violence in the Graphic Practice of Urs GrafPart 2: Seventeenth-Century Spain to the American Civil War: Misfits, Wounded Bodies, and Medical Specimens5. Destierro and Desengaño: The Disabled Body in Golden Age Spanish Portraiture6. An Inartistic Interest: Civil War Medicine, Disability, and the Art of Thomas Eakins7. Empty Sleeves and Bloody Shirts: Disabled American Civil War Veterans and Presidential Campaigns, 1864–1880Part 3: Modernism, Metaphor, and Corporeality8. Deaf Gain: Toulouse-Lautrec’s Early Training with René Princeteau9. Manet’s Syphilis: Masculinity, Debility, and Adaptation in the 1880s10. Facially Disfigured Veterans of World War I in Present-day Art: An Art Historical Analysis Against the Background of Medical History11. Disability Metaphor and American Individualism: Beyond the Glass Menagerie12. "Building the World of Tomorrow": Disability, Eugenics, and Sculpture at the 1939 New York World’s Fair13. Aesthetics of Disability and the Hybrid Body in Louise Bourgeois’s Femme MaisonPart 4: Contemporary Art: Crips, Care, and Portraiture14. Listening to the Queer-crip Body of Derek Jarman’s Blue15. Collaborative Portraiture: A Feminist Disability Studies Approach to the Work of Riva Lehrer and Tanya Raabe-Webber16. On Carolyn Lazard’s Support System (for Tina, Park, and Bob): An Account

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the diversity of methodological approaches to researching ageing, bringing together research from scholars around the world to consider the conditions under which qualitative and quantitative approaches can best be reconciled, and which methodological paradigm best sheds light on the phenomenon of ageing. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Peculiarity of Research on Ageing in The Context of Other Research Areas 1. Older Adults – Terra Incognita? 2. Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches to Ageing and Gerontology 3. Self-Report Measures of Ageism in The Workplace: A Scoping Review 4. Investigate Population Ageing Using National Transfer Accounts: New Economic Age Profiles for Canada and France 5. Protection of The Fundamental Rights of Older Adults – Methodological Perspective of Administrative and Legal Research 6. The Ethics of Research on Old Age Part 2: Research Approaches to Ageing 7. Co-Design the Ingenuity of Ageing: A Cultural Model of Ageing Through Design Thinking 8. The Life Course Perspective in Social Gerontology 9. Considerations When Using Longitudinal Statistical Models to Study Ageing 10. Quantitative and Qualitative Interviews in Older People Research: Specificity and Usability of The Research Tool 11. Conducting Research on Ageing in The Space of Sensitive Issues – As Exemplified by Domestic Violence Against the Elderly 12. Age(Ing) And Things – Methodological Perspectives 13. The Solo Cross-National Researcher of Long-Term Care Systems for Older People Part 3: Implementation as The Main Purpose of Ageing Research 14. Current Challenges in Ageing Population Health Intervention Research: Illustration with The Case of SoBeezy Program 15. Supporting Empowerment of Elderly Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Evidence for Sustainable Practice Improvement 16. Promotion of Physical Activity Among Older Adults: Is Social Marketing an Effective Method? 17. Preserving Autonomy and Quality of Life of The Elderly: The Contribution of French Gerontopoles 18. Measuring Caregivers’ Perceived Work-Based Stress in Nursing Homes for The Elderly – A Concept Considering Residents Suffering from Dementia 19. Application of The Five-Phase Model for Dyadic Analysis in Qualitative Research to Relationships Between Older Israeli Bereaved Mothers and Their Daughters-In-Law Part 4: Older Adults as The Source of Knowledge 20. Older People as Peer Researchers in Ageing Research: Nuisance or Necessity? 21. Including Participants Who Cannot Communicate in Research on Ageing? 22. Exploring the Life Experiences of Less-Educated Rural Older Adults: Challenges and The Possible Solution—Life Story Interviews 23. Senior-Oriented Empirical Research in Nursing Homes for The Elderly: Experiences from Austria 24. A Critical Reflection on Photovoice Applied in Exploring the Lived Experience and Needs of Male Caregivers 25. Recapitulation: Ageing Research on Highways and Byways of Methodology

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Book SynopsisWorldwide, there has been a growth in service user involvement in education and research in recent years. This handbook is the first book which identifies what is happening in different regions of the world to provide different countries and client groups with the opportunity to learn from each other.The book is divided into five sections: Section One examines service user involvement in context exploring theoretical issues which underpin service user involvement. In Section Two we focus on the state of service user involvement in human services education and research across the globe including examples of innovative practice, but also identifying examples of where it is not happening and why. Section Three offers more detailed examination of such involvement in a wide range of professional education learning settings. Section Four focuses on the involvement of service users in research involving a wide range of service user groups and situations. Lastly, Section Five exploreTrade Review"The first book on service user involvement in education and research that highlights its methodological and theoretical issues. It’s impressive in its scope with the presentation of case-studies from all over the globe. With its reflections on what works in practice, it is a significant contribution to the contemporary debate of co-working with service users in human services education and research."Dr Kristel Driessens, Head Centre of Expertise ‘Strengths Based Social Work’, Karel de Grote Hogeschool, Antwerp, Belguim"This book that locates service user involvement in a historical and political context. The theoretical discussions in the book are followed by case presentations from different nations where efforts to implement user involvement in education and/ or research are discussed. To say that service user involvement is a very important thing, and that it is necessary, is not the same as saying that it makes a difference-this book begins to provide the evidence of the impact it can make."Ole Petter Askheim, Professor, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences"As a ‘user’, lecturer, author and social debater, it feels ‘obvious’ that social colleges work actively with experiential knowledge in education, but as a ‘user-representative’, I know that it is unfortunately far from ‘obvious’. The challenge is to take notice of the very useful experience for people to learn from me as a human being, a not scientific experiment. The knowledge of how to make the most of user competence in a proven and dignified way is available and this book provides an excellent basis for taking the form of such an ambition."Malin Widerlöv, User Lecturer"Service User involvement has been central to the process of updating the Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training. The IFSW/IASSW global consultation has revealed that, despite some progress in Service User involvement in research and education, there is a dearth of relevant literature. This seminal collection of essays helps bridge such gap. The editors of this handbook have managed to collect, document and analyse unique examples of Service User involvement in education and research. Crucially, the book also provides a powerful contextualisation of the barriers service users have faced in academic and research contexts. The authors make a passionate case for the necessity of genuine and meaningful co-production of knowledge. This is an essential handbook for all academics, students, service users and activists interested in co-production and the creation of inclusive and empowering academic environments."Vasilios Ioakimidis, Professor of Social Work- Head of Allied Health, Oral Health and Social Work, University of Essex. IFSW Global Commissioner- Interim Education CommissionTable of ContentsIntroduction to the book. Section 1: Service user involvement in context: theoretical issues. 1 Critical issues in the development of service user involvement. 2 Improving understanding of service user involvement and identity: a guide for service providers and practitioners organising involvement activities with disabled people. 3 Who are the service users? Language, neo-liberalism and social constructions. 4 Experiential knowledge in mental health services, research and professional education. 5 Ethical involvement of service users. 6 A matter of power: relationships between professionals and disabled service users. 7 The housing campaign – User Involvement in action. 8 Talking heads: why asylum seeker parents are scared of social workers – mending the gaps between us. 9 Talking heads: training for the non-disabled. Section 2: The state of service user involvement in human services involvement in education and research across the globe. 10 A tsunami of lived experience: from regional Australia to global mental health activism. 11 The meeting place between service users and students: mediums of learning at the School of Social Work of the University of Sherbrooke. 12 Talking heads: the non-existence of meaningful service user consultation in Congo Brazzaville. 13 Service user involvement and gap-mending practices in Sweden. 14 Challenging racism in Hong Kong: an e-learning approach to social work education. 15 Lessons learned: the meaning making power of involvement. 16 Blank page: involvement of expert by experience in social work education in Slovenia. 17 Emergence and clashes in disabled service user organisations in South Korea. 18 Service users and participation – the Spanish experience. 19 Social work in the UK: a case for radical co-production replacing worn out structures. 20 Faculty perceptions of service user involvement in human services education. 21 Talking heads: Nigeria to the UK. Section 3: Service user involvement in human services education. 22 Disabled activists’ involvement in developing and delivering disability studies at St Angela’s College, Sligo, Ireland. 23 Service user involvement in professional skill development: planning and delivering a skills practice workshop. 24 Service users reaching out to help professionals: shaping professional education on substance use and poverty issues. 25 Service user involvement in nurse education. 26 The potential for interprofessional education. 27 All our justice: people with convictions and ‘participatory’ criminal justice. 28 Continuous teacher training for providing specialised educational services in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. 29 Doing more than telling stories. 30 Investing in Children: how a children’s human rights organisation contributes to human services research and education. 31 Don’t judge a book by its cover: lived experiences of the involvement of older people in social work education. 32 Service user involvement in countries of conflict. 33 New Zealand’s indigenous end-of-life care customs: a qualitative study on Māori, by Māori, for Māori, with Māori. 34 ‘Moving away from the sound of one hand clapping?’. 35 Social pedagogy, collaborative learning and outcomes in service user and carer involvement in social work education. Section 4: Service user involvement in research in the human services. 36 Lessons of inclusive learning: the value of experiential knowledge of persons with a learning disability in social work education. How can we survive and thrive as survivor. 38 The trouble with coproduction. 39 Augmented communication: patient and public involvement in research: rhetoric and reality. 40 From tokenism to full participation: autistic involvement in research and the delivery of services. 41 The possibilities and constraints of service user research collaborations: the Peer Qualitative Research Group. 42 Rhetoric to reality: challenges and opportunities for embedding young people’s involvement in health research. 43 "Recently, I have felt like a service user again": conflicts in collaborative research, a case from Norway. 44 What difference does it make? The service user contribution to evaluation. 45 Talking heads: reflections of a researcher with multiple impairments: Raising the voices of young disabled people preparing for life beyond segregated school. 46 Talking heads: reflections on learning from gap mending participants: Experiences matter. Section 5: Future challenges and opportunities. 47 Professional education: does service user involvement make a difference?. 48 Service user involvement in research: what difference does it make?

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Book SynopsisThis accessible resource offers valuable guidance for all student and practising speech and language therapists (SLTs)who are working with older people with communication and swallowing difficulties. Chapters provide up-to-date theory on age-related changes alongside practical strategies for clinicians to use in their daily work, from help with mental capacity decisions to supporting older people with good palliative care. Promoting a holistic approach for ageing well, this resource dispels myths that surround the ageing process while detailing the normal physiological and psychological effects of ageing on communication and swallowing, as well as diseases and conditions associated with older age, such as frailty.Illustrated throughout with clinical case studies and helpful photocopiable resources to use in practice, this book is a key part of the tool kit for any speech and language therapist working with older adults.Table of Contents1. An Overview of Ageing and an Introduction to this Resource 2. Physiology of Ageing, Risk Factors and Rehabilitation 3. Working with an Older Client Group 4. Communication in the Context of Older Age 5. Clinical Assessment and Management of Communication in Older Adults 6. Eating, Drinking and Swallowing in the Context of Older Age 7. Clinical Assessment and Management of Eating, Drinking and Swallowing in Older Adults 8. Decision Making in Later Life 9. Management of Communication and Swallowing at the End of Life 10. Reflecting Back and Looking to the Future of Healthcare Provision for Older Adults

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Book SynopsisThis revised and expanded second edition of Key Themes in Health and Social Care is a learning resource for students in health and social care. It provides an overview of foundational issues and core themes in the field and introduces key areas of debate, moving from an introductory level to in-depth discussion as the book progresses. Divided into three parts: the first part sets the scene, addressing introductory psychology and sociology, social policy, equality and diversity, skills for practice, and working with people the second part considers key themes such as mental health and wellbeing; management of services; the relationship between place and wellbeing; research in health and social care; and person-centred interventions the third part looks at discrete areas of practice such as mental health; ageing, leading and managing health and social care; working with vulnerable populations; and health promotion Each chapter begins with an outlTable of Contents1.Introduction. Part One. 2.Foundations in Health and Social Care. 3.Human Growth and Development. 4.Current Issues in Health and Social Care. 5.Working with People. 6.Social Policy in Health and Social Care. 7.Professional Practice and Work-Based Learning. Part Two. 8.Health, Social Care and Crime. 9.Person Centred Interventions. 10.Valuing Research in Health and Social Care. 11.Managing Health and Social Care. Part Three. 12.Young People and Social Care. 13.Engaging Vulnerable Groups. 14.Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health. 15.Ageing in the 21st century. 16.Transcultural Issues. 17.Leadership in Health and Social Care. 18.Conducting a Student Empirical Research Study in Health and Social Care. 19.Conclusion. 20.Glossary

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Book SynopsisGiving and Taking Voice in Learning Disabled Theatre offers unique insight into the question of âvoiceâ in learning disabled theatre and what is gained and lost in making performance. It is grounded in the author's 18 years of making theatre with Different Light Theatre company in Christchurch, New Zealand, and includes contributions from the artists themselves.This book draws on an extensive archive of performer interviews, recordings of rehearsal processes, and informal logs of travelling together and sharing experience. These accounts engage with the practical aesthetics of theatre-making as well as their much wider ethical and political implications, relevant to any collaborative process seeking to represent the under- or un-represented. Giving and Taking Voice in Learning Disabled Theatre asks how care and support can be tempered with artistic challenge and rigour and presents a case for how listening learning disabled artists to speech encourages attunemTable of Contents1. Introduction: Giving and Taking Voice. 1, Part 2. Setting the Scene: The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes 2. Community Theatre and Myths of Community 3. Dramatic Theatre and the Temporality of Learning Disabled Theatre 4. Intertextuality and Intermediality: Performing Responses to the Disabling of the City 5. Learning Disabled Performance Research: Ecologies, Histories, Philosophies 6. From the Theatre to the After Party

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to grow older as a lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans (LGBT) person? What gaps in knowledge about LGBT ageing remain? This timely and innovative book reports on a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council which aimed to address gaps in knowledge about older LGBT people and their experiences of ageing. The book discusses the project and contains chapters either specially commissioned or written by leading researchers and activists in the field.Informed by a range of theoretical perspectives, empirical research studies, critical observations as well as lived experiences, this book explores areas of LGBT ageing that have been under-studied. These include: bisexual ageing; trans ageing and older trans peopleâs mental health; ethnicity, culture and religion in the lives of older LGBT people and gaps in knowledge about older LGBT people from minority ethnic communities; intergenerational networks; residential and end-of-life care; and the effeTable of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of contributors; Chapter 1: Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People: Minding the Knowledge Gaps (Andrew King, Kathryn Almack and Yui-Tung Suen); Chapter 2: Bisexual ageing: What do we know and why should we care? (Rebecca L. Jones); Chapter 3: You’re not still bisexual, are you? Bi identity, community and invisibility, moving towards and in older age; (Sue George); Chapter 4: Mental Health and Well-Being amongst Older Trans People; (Louis Bailey, Jay McNeil, Sonja J Ellis); Chapter 5: Trans Temporalities and Non-Linear Ageing (Ruth Pearce); Chapter 6: Levels and layers of invisibility: Exploring the intersections of ethnicity, culture and religion in the lives of older LGBT people; (Joanne McCarthy and Roshan das Nair); Chapter 7: Gaps within gaps: Intersecting marginalisations of older Black, Asian and minority ethnic LGBT* people (Sue Westwood, Yiu-Tung Suen and Vernal Scott); Chapter 8: Intergenerationality and LGBT ageing: assessing the UK evidence base and its implications for policy(Dylan Kneale); Chapter 9: A complex matrix of identities: working intergenerationally with LGBTQ people (Catherine McNamara); Chapter 10: Fabled and far-off places: the preferred futures of older lesbian and gay adults in long-term care environments. (Paul Willis, Michele Raithby and Tracey Maegusuku-Hewett); Chapter 11: ‘I Didn't Come Out to Go Back in the Closet’: Ageing and end of life care for older LGBT people(Kathryn Almack); Chapter 12: (Not)Putting Policy into Practice: LGBT* ageing research, knowledge exchange and citizenship in times of austerity (Andrew King); Chapter 13: Not ‘just a nice thing to do’: the effects of austerity on LGBT older people (Martin Mitchell, Mehul Kotecha and Malen Davies); Chapter 14: Conclusion: Minding the Knowledge Gaps? (Andrew King, Kathryn Almack, Yiu-Tung Suen and Sue Westwood); Index

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Social arts are manifold and are initiated by multiple actors, spaces, and direction from many directions and intentions, but generally they aim to generate personal, familial, group, community or general social transformation which can maintain and enhance personal and community resilience, communication, negotiation, and transitions, as well as help with community building and rehabilitation, civic engagement, social inclusion, and cohesion. Occurring via community empowerment, institutions, arts in health, inter-ethnic conflict, and frames of lobbying for social change, social art can transform and disrupt power relations and hegemonic narratives, destigmatize marginalized groups, and humanize society through creating empathy for the other. This book provides a broad range of all of the above, with multiple international examples of projects (photo-voice, community theater, crafts groups for empowerment, creative place-making, arts in institutions, and arts-based participa

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Book SynopsisThis accessible textbook introduces a wide spectrum of ideas, approaches, and examples that make up the emerging field of implementation science, including implementation theory, processes and methods, data collection and analysis, brokering interest on the ground, and sustainable implementation. Containing over 60 concise essays, each addressing the thorny problem of how we can make care more evidence-informed, this book looks at how implementation science should be defined, how it can be conducted, and how it is assessed. It offers vital insight into how research findings that are derived from healthcare contexts can help make sense of service delivery and patient encounters. Each entry concentrates on an important concept and examines the idea's evidence base, root causes and effects, ideas and applications, and methodologies and methods. Revealing a very human side to caregiving, but also tackling its more complex and technological aspects, the contributors draw on rTable of ContentsPart I Principles and Concepts of Implementation Science. 1.Complexity Science. 2.Taking a Systems View. 3.Resilience Changes the Lens for Healthcare Implementation Systems. 4.Implementation Systems That Support Resilient Performance. 5.Principles of Implementation Science. 6.Medical Humanism: The Role of Character in Implementation Science. 7.Theorizing. 8.Theories, Models, and Frameworks in Implementation Science: A Taxonomy. 9.The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). 10.The Theoretical Domains Framework. 11.Organization Theory for Implementation Science. 12.Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) Framework. 13.Implementation Science as Process Ecology: Normalization Process Theory. 14.Diffusion of Innovation Theory. 15.Health-related Quality of Life. 16.Shared Decision Making: Consider Context. 17.Core Aspects of Nudge as a Behaviour Change Paradigm in Implementation Science. 18.Pipeline and Cyclical Models of Evidence Building: The Roles of Implementation Research. Part II Methodology and Methods of Implementation Science. 19.Application. 20.Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA). 21 Formative Evaluation Feedback Loops 22.Implementation or Continuous Design? The Contribution of Human Factors and Engineering to Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. 23.Core and Variation Components. 24.Sensemaking: Appreciating Patterns and Coherence in Complexity. 25.Methodological Diversity. 26.Applying the Theoretical Domains Framework: Its Uses and Limitations. 27.Ethnography. 28.Walking Methods. 29.Modelling Complex Socio-Technical Systems: The Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM). 30.Getting a handle on the social processes of implementation: Social network research. 31.Sentiment Analysis for Use within Rapid Implementation Research: How Far and Fast Can We Go? 32.Mixed Method Design. 33.Simulation to Improve Patient Care. 34.In Situ Simulation. 35.Emergency Implementation Science. 36.Planning for Implementation: Why, Who, and How. 37.Consensus Building: A Key Concept in Implementation Science. 38.Nudge: Finding Clues and Using Cues to Shift Clinician Behaviour. 39.Design and Implementation of Dashboards in Healthcare. 40.Sensemaking: Paying Attention to the Stories We Tell to Improve Our Ability to Act. 41.Adaptations. Part III Challenges with Evidence into Practice: Translation, Evaluation, Sustainability. 42.Evidence Synthesis: Maximizing the Potential. 43.Theory-driven Evaluation. 44.Process Evaluation of Implementation Strategies. 45.Dissemination. 46.A Learning Perspective on Implementation. 47.Alignment: Impact on Implementation Processes and Outcomes. 48.Work-as-Imagined and Work-as-Done. 49.Leading Implementation by Focusing on Strategic Implementation Leadership. 50.Agents of Change: The Example of an Allied Health Professional. 51.Clinical Decision Support. 52.Interprofessional Team Working: The Case of Care Pathways. 53.Older People’s Care. 54.Implementation Interventions to Enhance Patient Self-management. 55.Complex Systems and Unintended Consequences. 56.The Nature and Need for Slack in Healthcare Services. 57.Diagnosis Errors. 58."Scaling-Out" Evidence-based Practices. 59.Implementation Sustainability. 60.De-implementation.

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Book SynopsisPerspectives on a Young Woman''s Suicide is a unique and updated analysis of a diary left behind by Katie, a young woman who took her own life. By drawing on clinicians, researchers, survivors of suicide loss, and those closest to Katie, this book delves into common beliefs about why people die by suicide and into the internal worlds of those who do, as well as ethical and moral questions surrounding those deaths. Several contributors discuss Katie's suicide from the perspective of recent theories of suicide, including Joiner's interpersonal theory and Klonsky's three-step theory. Two contributors who have lost a child to suicide look at Katie's diary from their perspective, one of whom discusses whether it is truly possible to prevent suicide. Finally, Katie's sister reveals her reactions to this project and her ex-boyfriend shares his account of her death. This book is a vital addition to the library of any researcher, academic, or professional interested inTrade Review"Lester and Gunn have provided a brilliant set of new essays on Katie's diary. This is a stunning and diverse collection of international and interdisciplinary views on the diary of a woman who died by suicide. The new edition continues to suggest that any singular view is inadequate and needs to be supplemented by others in efforts to fully understand suicide." — Steven Stack, PhD, Wayne State University, director of the Center for Suicide Research"Highly recommended to all suicide researchers and students. Reading Katie’s diary is like having Katie speaking to you directly, especially about all the pains she was going through. Katie’s diary was carefully analyzed by prominent researchers in this field through various contemporary theoretical frameworks and concepts, which further illustrates the complexity of understanding the suicidal mind." — Bob Lew, PhD, Department of Social Psychology, faculty of Human Ecology, Putra University of Malaysia Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Who is Katie? 3. Katie’s Diary: The First Month Commentaries; 4. The Complexity of Suicide: Exploring Katie’s Diary through a Bioecological Lens 5. Katie from the Perspective of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide 6. Using the Three-Step Theory of Suicide to Understand Katie’s Desire for Suicide 7. Understanding Katie’s Experiences from The Perspective of the Integrated Motivation Volitional Model of Suicidal Behavior 8. Katie’s Implicit Life Plan for the End of Summer: How Implicit Prospection May Influence the Course of Events 9. What is the Meaning Katie? Katie’s Diaries Read through a Meaning-making Lens 10. A Safe Place for Katie: A Gestalt Therapy Perspective on her Suicidal Experience 11. Writing to Remain: Two Diaries from Young Women Who Wrote to Survive 12. Why Are We So Bad at Preventing Suicide? Conclusions;13. From the Ashes of Suicide: A Life Repurposed 14. What Happened During Katie’s Last Few Days: Mark’s Account 15.Why Did Katie Die by Suicide?

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to take an in-depth look at parkrun - the free, weekly, timed 5km run on a Saturday morning - and to examine why its participants love it so much and why it has been such an astonishing success.Author David Hindley a self-described middle of the pack' parkrunner draws on new research, including interviews with other runners, volunteers and organisers, to shine a light on the unique combination of ingredients in parkrun's magic formula. Tracing the development of parkrun from its first event in the UK in 2004 to the global network of today, he takes a close look at themes like inclusion, volunteering, community, green space, health and well-being, and unpacks the mantra of it's a run not a race' that has come to define the spirit of parkrun for so many of its participants. Part sporting event, part social movement, and part public health intervention, parkrun perhaps offers a model for sustainable public participation in other areas of social life.Trade Review"Such an interesting read, offering a real insight into the impact and benefits of parkrun. Not only does David Hindley understand parkrun from a parkrunner's perspective, he also understands our organisational purpose and what drives our decision-making and our approach." – Nick Pearson, parkrun CEO 2015 to 2022"An exceptional and comprehensive book which truly captures the essence of parkrun, its extraordinary 18-year history, and the global running revolution it has become for hundreds and thousands of parkrunners and volunteers around the world. David Hindley critically explores parkrun’s humble beginnings, exponential growth and beautiful journey into the parkrun we have come to know and love, and the future prospects of this wonderful community. I particularly enjoyed the author’s personal experiences which are embedded throughout this book offering glimpses into how they use and value parkrun. It made me reflect on my own personal perspective of parkrun, the wonderful people I have met and the amazing communities I have visited. There have been a number of excellent published books which have explored the perspectives of parkrun. In my opinion, this book cements these perspectives, meanwhile being the first to incorporate the plethora of published parkrun research and wider academic literature. A brilliant and insightful read." - Tom George, Run Director Doddington Hall parkrun, UK.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Rise of parkrun, 2. An Inclusive Community?, 3. Volunteering and Reciprocity, 4. A Panacea for Health and Wellbeing?, 5. ‘A Run Not a Race’, 6. Becoming a (park)runner, 7. Green Exercise, 8. Conclusion: The Future of parkrun

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Book SynopsisIn this unique book, international trainer and consultant Lisa Cherry invites professionals from education, social work and healthcare to engage in conversations on a range of pertinent topics and issues affecting children and young people today.Divided into three main parts, which introduce attachment, adversity and trauma, each discussion places an emphasis on emotion and the understanding that we have as humans for compassion, empathy and connection. By encouraging collaboration between sectors and exploring a range of intersecting themes, the conversations take the reader on a winding journey to broaden their depth of thinking, reflect on their practice and to consider the central message: that we can bring about social change, one interaction at a time.This book is a call to action and an opportunity to look around and decide what kind of service we want to provide, what kind of community we want to live in and what sort of legacy we want to leave. At a time of evTrade ReviewThis beautifully written, accessible, jargon-free and thoughtful book is a wonderful contribution to the world of the power of relationships and connections. It combines poetry, with a range of conversations which have been transcribed with people from lots of different sectors and from a range of contexts. Each interview is filled with so much richness and food for thought, as well as bringing people's journeys and stories alive. Lisa then concludes each section with reflective questions which can be the springboard for so much further learning and interweaving of the theme. A joy to read and one to not be missed!Dr Karen Treisman, Clinical PsychologistAt a time when many of us feel the physical and emotional distance caused by a pandemic, this book is a reminder that some of the most important connections come through open and reflective conversations. Lisa facilitates stories of attachment, adversity and trauma with humility and openness. The contributors illustrate the power of embracing vulnerability for growth and learning. Together, they show us that above everything, it is often the capacity to love and to nurture that can make the biggest difference to those we support. The call to action is to keep talking, feeling and learning.Kerry Payne, Early Childhood Special Educational Needs and Disability SpecialistThis book is a must-have for anyone seeking to understand the importance of conversations when working with children and young people. The voices captured in this book are diverse yet what they all have in common is the focus on the transformative impact that conversations can have on lives and outcomes for children and young people. Although the author introduces theoretical perspectives in an accessible way in her desire to reach a diverse audience, the ‘academic’ nuances are not lost as she provides reflective questions, and identifies relevant additional reading. The key message in this book is that ‘conversations matter’ and with that in mind the author and contributors have used their conversations to explain the value of conversations in relationship focussed work.Dr Prospera Tedam, Honorary Visiting Fellow, Anglia Ruskin UniversityI loved this book! It is beautiful in so many ways; the voice of the author can be heard clearly and she brings to it both her personal and professional lived experience – it and we are richer for that. It is accessible to all, with its mix of conversation, signposting (to further reading) and questions, stimulating reflection and, no doubt, new conversations. This book is equally suited to the solitary reader or a book club of those who wish to make a difference to children’s lives, as Lisa Cherry has and continues to do so, with humility and a singular determination. Lisa and her contributors would produce one hell of a dinner party conversation! Colin Pettigrew, Corporate Director for Children, Young People and SchoolsTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsForewordPrefaceBiographiesPart OneIntroduction: Thinking About Attachment1. A Conversation with Dr Eunice Lumsden: Social Work, Adoption and the Early Years2. A Conversation with Jamel Carly: Child Development, Early Years and Youth Work3. A Conversation with Andi Brierley: Criminal Exploitation, Intergenerational Trauma and Being In Care4. A Conversation with To The Moon and Back Fostering Agency: Daring To Care, Relational Approaches to Fostering and Professional LovePart TwoIntroduction: Thinking About Adversity5. A Conversation with Rachel Tomlinson from Barrowford Primary School: Teaching, Behaviour and Relationships6. A Conversation with TIGERS: Apprenticeships, Nurseries and Leadership7. A Conversation with New Marston Primary School: Diversity, Improving Behaviour and Realising the Vision8. A Conversation with Fiona Holiday: Play Therapy, Artful Expression and Creating SafetyPart ThreeIntroduction: Thinking About Trauma9. A Conversation with Cath Knibbs: Online Harm, Online Living and the Impact for Children and Young People10. A Conversation with Sophie Gilbert: Social Work, Training and Preventing Burnout11. A Conversation with Sass Boucher: Working with Trauma, Staff Retention and Staff Wellbeing12. A Conversation with Benjamin Perks: UNICEF, Intergenerational Transmission of ACEs and Creating Trauma Informed Schools and CommunitiesConclusion13. Bonus Conversation with Pooky KnightsmithGlossary

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Book SynopsisThe places of our daily life affect our health, well-being, and receipt of health care in complex ways. The connection between health and place has been acknowledged for centuries, and the contemporary discipline of health geography sets as its core mission to uncover and explicate all facets of this connection.The Routledge Handbook of Health Geography features 52 chapters from leading international thinkers that collectively characterize the breadth and depth of current thinking on the healthâplace connection. It will be of interest to students seeking an introduction to health geography as well as multidisciplinary health scholars looking to explore the intersection between health and place. This book provides a coherent synthesis of scholarship in health geography as well as multidisciplinary insights into cutting-edge research. It explores the key concepts central to appreciating the ways in which place influences our health, from the micro-space of the bod

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that while notions of trauma in mental health hold promise for the advancement of women's rights, the mainstreaming of trauma treatments and therapies has had mixed implications, sometimes replacing genuine social change efforts with new forms of female oppression by psychiatry. It contends that trauma interventions often represent a business as usual approach within psychiatry, with women being expected to comply with rigid treatment protocols, accepting the advice given by trauma experts that they are mentally unstable and that they must learn to manage the effects of violence in the absence of any real changes to their circumstances or resources. A critique of trauma treatment in its current form, Trauma, Women's Mental Health, and Social Justice recommends practical steps towards a socio-political perspective on trauma which passionately re-engages with feminist values and activist principles. Table of Contents1. Introducing a Critical Perspective on Trauma 2. Interrogating Biomedical Dominance: Critical and Feminist Perspectives on Mental Health 3. The Mainstreaming of Trauma in Mental Health: Radical Critique, or Business as Usual? 4. Symptoms or Social Justice? Contested Understandings of Trauma 5. Dysfunctional and Responsible: Women’s Accounts of Therapeutic Responses to Gender-Based Violence 6. De-therapising Trauma: Negotiating the Contested Trauma Concept

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Book SynopsisThe Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781351026987, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 licenseThe pervasiveness of social media in young peopleâs lives is widely acknowledged, yet there is little evidence-based understanding of the impacts of social media on young peopleâs health and wellbeing.Young People, Social Media and Health draws on novel research to understand, explain, and illustrate young peopleâs experiences of engagement with health-related social media; as well as the impacts they report on their health, wellbeing, and physical activity. Using empirical case studies, digital representations, and evidence from multi-sector and interdisciplinary stakeholders and academics, this volume identifies the opportunities and risk-related impacts of social media. Offering new theoretical insights and practical guidelines foTrade ReviewOverall, this book signals a vital step towards unpicking the complex relationship between young people, social media and health. It is a valuable resource for a variety of stakeholders, including policy makers, researchers and health/education practitioners. Jo Hickman Dunne - Loughborough University

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Book SynopsisThis book draws together both primary and secondary empirical research and existing literature to examine transgressive subcultural activities and engagement in digital social spaces (DSS).The book addresses four objectives:1. To understand how young peoples' subcultures arise online and they are constructed and experienced in DSS2. To understand how and why DSS matter to young people3. To understand if any DSS controls exist in these online spaces and4. To understand how identity locations such as social class, gender and ethnicity and/or their intersections shape young peoples' engagement and behaviour(s) in DSS.In addressing these objectives with a focus on European contributions, the text provides a holistic understanding of the purpose of digital social spaces in shaping young peoples' identities and self-perceptions. It will be of interest to postgraduate students, secondary school teachers, lecturers and scholars in education, socioloTable of ContentsPart I: Contextualising the digital youth subcultural field; theory, methods and ethics1. What are digital youth subcultures and why do they matter?2. Researching youth subcultures; methodology, methods and ethicsPart II: Transgressive Youth? Explorations in digital social spacesSPORT3. Riding, Filming and Posting. Skateboard professionals and transgressive uses of digital media4. Transgressive with knowledge: the construction of the traceur in digital social space.MUSIC5. ‘If you know, you know’. 1990s Ravers’ classed and gendered transgressive engagement in digital social spaces6. ‘This is NOT Rap’. Boundary-works and symbolic violence in YouTube-based music subculturesSEX AND THE BODY7. Exploring the endurance of phallogocentric power relations in young people’s digital sexual cultures 8. ‘Porking Pippi Longstocking’ and other Erotic Stories: Illicit Bodies in the ClassroomPart III: Conclusions, reflections and recommendations9. Looking at Transgression Through a New Lens10. Drawing the threads together: conclusions and recommendations

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Book SynopsisThis is the first textbook to show how research using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods relates to improving health and social care practice. The book shows how different research approaches are undertaken in practice and the challenges and strengths of different methodologies, thus facilitating students to make informed decisions when choosing which to use in their own research projects. The eleven chapters are each structured around different research methods and include: A brief overview of the research and research question Identification and overview of the research approach and associated methods selected to answer this question The sample and recruitment, including issues and challenges Ethical concerns Practical issues in undertaking the research approach Links between the research process and findings to health and social care values Links to the full research study Further reaTable of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Using mixed methods in health and social care research. 3. Inclusive research – as a strategy for improving inclusive communities. 4. Using online surveys to capture health and social care data. 5. Using interviews and focus groups to investigate the effectiveness of mentoring in a UK healthcare trust. 6. Making sense of complexity: using thematic analysis to understand the role of the foster carer. 7. Participatory approaches to building knowledge. 8. Dialogical narrative analysis of practice-based educators’ stories of student placements. 9. An ethnographic approach to researching the communication of people with severe learning disabilities 10. Exploring perceptions of professional expertise within a health and social care context. 11. Health and social care inequalities in relation to ethnicity; British South Asian men and nursing careers.

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Book SynopsisThe term ‘mindlines’ has become common currency in the world of research implementation and evidence-based practice. This book updates, develops and applies the mindlines model more widely. It sheds light on how we can realistically mobilise and transform research-based evidence into practice in context. Trade Review"In the history of ideas, every now and again an evocative concept bursts into existence and captures the zeitgeist of the era. I vividly recall thinking that when I first read the original paper by John Gabbay and Andrée le May in the British Medical Journal not long after it was published in May 2004… Now, in Knowledge Transformation in Health and Social Care, luminaries in the field have come together to give further texture to the mindlines concept and to explicate their understanding of it in different contexts. It follows their earlier book, Practice-Based Evidence in Healthcare: Clinical Mindlines, but now broadens our appreciation of this concept. This book is a must-read for anyone seriously interested in expanding their own horizons about how knowledge is created, replicated and applied, and how to influence and shape knowledge happenings, flows, processes, contexts and outcomes."- Jeffrey Braithwaite, PhD, FIML, FCHSM, FFPHRCP, FAcSS, Hon FRACMA, FAHMS“This rich and insightful volume edited by John Gabbay and Andree le May adds new depth to their original model of `mindlines’ or how knowledge gets into practice. Combining perspectives from clinical practice, education and epistemology, this is an accessible and stimulating read for scholars and practitioners alike.”- Tara Lamont, University of Southampton "A beautifully-written antidote to the reductive depiction of clinical practice as rational, algorithm-based decision science, this new book offers a wealth of detailed examples on the concept of mindlines—collectively shared, continuously evolving, embodied and enacted knowledge — that explain much of the gap between the evidence-based ideal and the practical realities of clinical practice."- Trish Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences and Fellow of Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford"[This book] stands as one of the most groundbreaking and revolutionary concepts in 21st-century health services research [...] it offers an updated model, synthesizing extensive research inspired by mindlines. With its accessible language and unwavering commitment to advancing knowledge, this book is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in evidence-based practice."- Roman Kislov, Professor of Health Policy and Management at Manchester Metropolitan University"[Gabbay and le May's] latest book brings together rich examples of mindlines-oriented research, education and practice that continue to highlight the vital role of complex, internalised wisdom in health and social care. It is a timely reminder that no-one can simply ‘follow the science’ and is a must-read for anyone seeking to explore how knowledge is learned and put into practice.- Vicky Ward, Director of Impact and Co-Director of the Research Unit for Research Utilisation at the School of Management"This authoritative book recognises and celebrates the scholarship of everyday professional practice and so contributes to driving the changes we so urgently need. It offers ideas and inspiration to those engaged in modernising healthcare; and provides challenges to the politicians and policy makers engaged in healthcare redesign. Most of all, to the front-line clinicians caught in a model of healthcare delivery that isn’t working, it offers hope."- Joanne Reeves, Professor of Primary Care Research at Hull York Medical School"There are few concepts as useful to a reflective clinician or health care educator than ‘mindlines.’ first coined by these editors in 2004. [...] In Knowledge Transformation in Health and Social Care, John Gabbay and Andrée Le May and their contributors take this radical project to a new level by showing how different varieties of knowledge actually permeate practice in a range of settings in the real world."- John Launer, Programme Director for Educational Innovation, Health Education England, LondonThe original book on Mindlines (Gabbay and le May 2011) broke new ground by unravelling the complexities of the interplay between research and a wide range of other factors in practice. It was both ahead of its time and a great read. What a treat to see this work revisited and elaborated with examples drawn from a diverse set of health care contexts and beyond. While our collective understanding of evidence use has undoubtably moved forward in the past ten years there is still so much to do in fully deploying this understanding to improve evidence use in practice. There is a challenge for us all to put mindlines to work in support of healthcare (and wider service) improvement. One important change in the landscape – the growing acknowledgment of the relational work involved in evidence use – may well make it possible for mindlines to play a more central role going forwards. With this in mind I would recommend adding this edited collection to the ‘must read’ list. - Annette Boaz, Professor of Health and Social Care Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Transforming Evidence"In their new book John Gabbay and Andrée le May have advanced our thinking with the curation of an excellent repository of international case studies on the practical application of Mindlines, theory and knowledge mobilisation. [...] The Mindlines Model is described as ‘in itself a contextually rooted socially constructed’ model. Deep observations and analysis explain the balancing of patient Mindlines and complex clinical practices. This is the go-to text for advancing our progress and thinking in this discipline."- Krysia Dziedzic, Impact Accelerator Unit in Keele University’s School of Medicine"This rich and absorbing volume brings together a range of perspectives from scholars in many specialties who have applied the lens of mindlines to different branches of practice, education, and knowledge. [...] The most fascinating chapters for me were on guidelines, with a stand-out contribution from Sietse Wieringa which includes some original ethnographic research on how committees develop national guidelines."- Tara Lamont, Senior Scientific Adviser, NIHR Coordinating Centre, Southampton UniversityTable of Contents1.Introducing Mindlines and this Book. 2.What (and Why) are Mindlines? 3.Making Evidence Rich, Relevant, and Real: Using Theatre-Based Knowledge Mobilisation Strategies to Enhance Mindlines and Hence Practice. 4.Mindlines in the Moment – the Constant Unfolding of Complex Performance. 5.Using Co-Creation to Modify Mindlines and Improve childhood Eczema Care. 6.The Confluence of Mindlines and Emotion in Community-Based Palliative Care. 7.Rethinking Nurses’ Mindlines about the Liverpool Carer Pathway: the Knowledge Behind the Care. 8.How Mindlines were Shepherded across Complex Networks, Enabling New Learning about Sepsis to Flourish. 9.On becoming a (Physio)therapist: Mindlines Changing Education. 10.Impure Guidance? How Mindlines Inform Guidelines. 11.The guideline development process: building a lexicon of mindlines. 12.Regressive logic, common sense and evidentness: thoughts of a guideline-writing epidemiologist. 13.Knowledge Transformation amidst the 2020 COVID-19 Surge: report from New York City. 14.The Mindlines Model: an Update. 15.Postscript: Does the Mindline Model Apply Beyond Healthcare?

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Book SynopsisThis book is an interdisciplinary collection of twenty-four essays which critically examine contemporary exhibitions and artistic practices that focus on conceptual and creative aspects of access.Oftentimes exhibitions tack on access once the artwork has already been executed and ready to be installed in the museum or gallery. But what if the artists were to ponder access as an integral and critical part of their artwork? Can access be creative and experimental? And furthermore, can the curator also fold access into their practice, while working collaboratively with artists, considering it as a theoretical and practical generative force that seeks to make an exhibition more engaging for a wider diversity of audiences? This volume includes essays by a growing number of artists, curators, and scholars who ponder these ideas of ad-hoc, experimental and underground approaches within exhibition-making and artistic practices. It considers how, through these nascent exhibition model

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Book SynopsisMental health has always been a low priority worldwide. Yet more than 650 million people are estimated to meet diagnostic criteria for common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety, with almost three-quarters of that burden in low- and middle-income countries. Nowhere in the world does mental health enjoy parity with physical health. Notwithstanding astonishing medical advancements in treatments for physical illnesses, mental disorder continues to have a startlingly high mortality rate. However, despite its widespread neglect, there is now an emerging international imperative to improve global mental health and wellbeing. The UNâs current international development agenda finalised at the end of 2015 contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG3, which seeks to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages. Although much broader in focus than the previous eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the need for worldwide improvement in mentTrade Review'This superb collection of chapters, written by over 30 leading experts around the world including the editor, Laura Davidson, comprehensively surveys mental health in the context of international development. Bringing together a range of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives ….[a] clear message emanating from this book is the inter-connectedness of SDG3 with many of the other SDGs .... [it is] an indispensable and unique tool for what ought to be one of the highest priorities of the SDG era.'—Foreword by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General on the Sustainable Development Goals

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Book SynopsisThis revised edition of Managing Hot Flushes and Night Sweats offers up-to-date and evidence-based information about the menopause and about hot flushes and night sweats, which are the main reason that women seek medical help.The four-week self-help guide uses cognitive behavioral therapy, providing information and strategies for managing hot flushes and night sweats, as well as stress and sleep. The guide is interactive with exercises and homework tailored to womenâs individual circumstances and lifestyles. It challenges myths about menopause and aging and provides better understanding of flushes which in turn reduces stress and improves post-menopausal well-being. The various chapters discuss processes of identification and modification of triggers of hot flushes and offers tips to women on dealing with hot flushes in social and work situations.The guide can be as effective as eight hours of group CBT and will help women who want to try a non-medical treatment that is brief and effective without side effects, or just want to be better informed.Trade Review"CBT helped me a lot. I was able to focus more on the areas I was struggling with. The breathing techniques helped me to manage my anxiety levels when they came on. I made more time for myself and changed my diet. By doing this I was able to stop the triggers for symptoms of menopause - I feel in control again" Nicolina Reynolds "The CBT process was a turning point in managing my menopause experience. Not only did it help me to manage my symptoms and get them into perspective, it accelerated the psychological acceptance of menopause. I went from feeling old and miserable to feeling better about myself than I have in years. It feels really good to finally be happy in my own skin." Rebecca BerryTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1: The Menopause: A bio-psycho-social transition; 2: Menopausal symptoms: Hot Flushes and Night Sweats; 3: A Cognitive Behavioural Approach; Managing Menopausal Hot Flushes and Night Sweats: a Four-week Self-help Guide; 4: Week 1: Being Informed and Reducing Stress; 5: Week 2: Managing Hot Flushes; 6: Week 3: Managing Sleep and Night Sweats; 7: Week 4: Review and Maintaining Changes. Resources. References.

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of Making an Entrance is a practical and thought-provoking introduction to teaching dance with disabled and non-disabled students, updated with expanded coverage, new and revised exercises, and chapters that cover post-pandemic and online practice, diversity and inclusivity.With improvisation as his central concern Benjamin covers an extensive range of topics, including new autoethnographic writing, mental health, performance, feedback, and The Dancers' Forest, and interrogates what we mean when we talk about inclusive' and integrated dance.' There are over 50 stimulating and challenging exercises purposefully designed for dance students of all levels accompanied by teaching notes, and examples drawn from the author's experience as a teacher, performer, and dance maker. Useful hints are provided on the practicalities of setting up workshops covering issues such as class sizes, the safety aspects of wheelchairs and accessibility.Table of ContentsPart 1: Thoughts 1. Finding It When You Get There 2. Improv, Access and Training 3. Just Movement – Ethical Considerations 4. An Evolution in Practice 5. The Dancers’ Forest 6. I’d Rather be Snow – on Language, Impairment, Integration and Inclusivity 7. The Simpson Board and Lisa’s Journey 8. The Great Mistake – Response-ability, Grace and Clues to Practice 9. Tension Seekers – a Poet/Hunter’s Guide to Improvisation 10. Demons and Dragons – On Feeling Artistically Blocked 11. Life on the Edge – Dance and Mental Health 12. Is it Therapy? Part 2: Practice 13. An Unruly Location 14. An Introduction to the Improvisations 15. The Opening Circle 16. Getting Started 17. Listening Through Touch 18. Making an Entrance in Time and Space 19. Space, Time, Resting and Centre 20. A to B Scores 21. Talking Heads – Finding Voice in Dance Improvisation 22. Speed and Timing 23. Weight Sharing 24. Counterbalances and Chair Tilts: Dicing with Newtonian Physics 25. Frames, Eyes, Escaping the Screen 26. Live Music 27. Art and Dance 28. Improvisation, Choreography, Performance Part 3: Outside (the box) 29. Building Connections 30. Excerpts from an African Diary 31. The Fool’s Journey and Poisonous Mushrooms

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Book SynopsisThis practical guide will assist healthcare practitioners to manage and meet the physical and psycho-social needs of people with complex chronic diseases/long-term conditions. Systematic and evidence-based care which takes account of the expert patient and reduces unnecessary hospital admissions is vital to support those with long-term conditions/chronic diseases and those who care for them. Effective management of long-term conditions is an essential part of contemporary nursing and healthcare policy and practice globally. Reflecting recent changes in the curriculum, this fully updated multidisciplinary edition highlights the key issues in managing long-term conditions. It provides a practical and accessible guide for nurses and allied health professionals in the primary care environment including: case studies on HIV and dementia and content on mental health the physical and psychosocial impact of living with long-tTrade Review"This is a practical handbook for long term condition management, suitable for pre and post registration nurses, but not solely to the nursing profession. Despite the scale and complexity of this subject, the author presents a well structured, engaging and accessible guide. This is supported by the use of summary key points and reference to further reading; excellent prompts for reflection are liberally used and a whole chapter on case studies brings the text to life. The patient perspective is always present and recognition of the knowledge they have of their condition(s). The importance of using knowledge comes through strongly, not only through a dedicated chapter but threaded through the book, for example the reference to evidence underpinning self management practice. The author highlights the importance of not throwing out initiatives that work for the sake of something new. Despite digital health being an ever changing area, the author provides a useful overview of this topic. Recognising the speed of technological developments she offers other sources for evolving updates." - Sian Jones, registered nurse and former respiratory nurse specialist Table of Contents1.Social and political background. 2.Physical, psychological and psychosocial impact of living with a LTC and social influences on health 3.Care coordination and the role of multi-disciplinary teams. 4.Importance of self-management. 5.Motivational interviewing. 6.How to identify a person with a long-term condition. 7.Effective management of people with a long-term condition. 8.Evidence-based practice. 9.Case scenarios. 10.Nutritional and medication management. 11.Afterword.

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Book SynopsisShortlisted for the BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2009Traditional distinctions between the experiences of women and men are breaking down and being reconfigured in new, more complex ways. The long-established life expectancy gap between men and women appears to be closing in many affluent societies. Many men appear to be far more âbody and health consciousâ than they ever were in the past and there are perceptible changes in womenâs âhealth behavioursâ, such as increases in cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption.Ellen Annandale provides a comprehensive and persuasive analysis of the contemporary social relations of gender and womenâs health, arguing that the once all important sex/gender distinction fosters an undue separation between the social and the biological whereas it is their interaction and flexibility that is important in the production of health and illness. New theoretical tools are needed in a world where the meaning anTrade Review"...include(s) nuanced and thought-provoking investigations of the body-versus-body-politic debate, the glorification of natural childbirth by 1970s-era radical feminists, the limitations of gender difference research, the deleterious impact of late capitalism on biomedicine, the pitfalls of postfeminism and the "body project," amd the weakening of health-oriented women's activism caused by identity politics and extreme individualism."-- Choice, July 2009'' Ellen Annandale’s book on women’s health and social change is a landmark text'' ''A beautifully written book, with flowing prose and some nice pieces of visual imagery that help bring the arguments expressed to life. Each of the seven chapters is well crafted as both a standalone piece of writing and as a building block for the book as a whole. The key points made and the arguments advanced in each chapter are well drawn out and summarised.'' ''This book will be equally rewarding for both those new to the area of gender and health, and those who have worked in it for some time. It represents both an excellent overview of work in this area and insightful analysis that contributes to long-running debates and suggests potentially fruitful directions for new work.''-- Sociology of Health & Illness, 2010Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Recovering gender and health in history 2. Making connections: feminism, sociology and health 3. Two traditions of research on gender and health 4. Women, health and reproduction 5. Moving beyond sex and gender 6. Morbidity and mortality in transition 7. The making of women’s health: diversity and difference 8. Concluding remarks and ways forward

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Book SynopsisComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an emerging and increasingly popular group of treatments, therapies and philosophies of health and wellbeing. It is a fascinating and fast-changing area of social life, which also poses an interesting challenge to current healthcare delivery and policy making.This reader presents a lively and engaging collection of classic, controversial and new readings on CAM and covers issues including: changes in the way CAM is developing and being delivered holism and what this concept means to CAM practice changes in consumption and the health consumer that have lead to increased interest in CAM the safety and effectiveness of CAM treatments how integration is being achieved in contemporary society. The text provides insight into many of the current and complex issues surrounding CAM, and will appeal to everyone who is concerned with, or who has an interest in, complementTrade Review'Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine presents a lively and engaging collection of classic, controversial and new contributions on the topic.' - FACT, 2005Table of ContentsSECTION 1 CAM in context, SECTION 2 Users, practitioners and health beliefs: the healing relationship in CAM, SECTION 3 CAM in different settings, SECTION 4 Regulation, professionalisation and education: change and diversity, SECTION 5 Evidence and efficacy, SECTION 6 CAM in practice: diversity, integrations and development

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Book SynopsisComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an emerging and increasingly popular group of treatments, therapies and philosophies of health and wellbeing. It is a fascinating and fast-changing area of social life, which also poses an interesting challenge to current healthcare delivery and policy making.This reader presents a lively and engaging collection of classic, controversial and new readings on CAM and covers issues including: changes in the way CAM is developing and being delivered holism and what this concept means to CAM practice changes in consumption and the health consumer that have lead to increased interest in CAM the safety and effectiveness of CAM treatments how integration is being achieved in contemporary society. The text provides insight into many of the current and complex issues surrounding CAM, and will appeal to everyone who is concerned with, or who has an interest in, complementTrade Review'Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine presents a lively and engaging collection of classic, controversial and new contributions on the topic.' - FACT, 2005Table of ContentsSECTION 1 CAM in context, SECTION 2 Users, practitioners and health beliefs: the healing relationship in CAM, SECTION 3 CAM in different settings, SECTION 4 Regulation, professionalisation and education: change and diversity, SECTION 5 Evidence and efficacy, SECTION 6 CAM in practice: diversity, integrations and development

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Book SynopsisAlthough the use of new health technologies in healthcare and medicine is generally seen as beneficial, there has been little analysis of the impact of such technologies on peopleâs lives and understandings of health and illness. This ground-breaking book explores how new technologies not only provide hope for cure and well-being, but also introduce new ethical dilemmas and raise questions about the 'natural' body. Focusing on the ways new health technologies intervene into our lives and affect our ideas about normalcy, the body and identity, Medical Technologies and the Life World explores: how new health technologies are understood by lay people and patients how the outcomes of these technologies are communicated in various clinical settings how these technologies can alter our notions of health and illness and create ânew illnessâ. Written by authors with differing backgrounds in phenomenology, social psychology, sociaTable of ContentsChapter 1 Medical technologies, the lifeworld and normality: An introduction Sonja Olin Lauritzen & Lars-Christer Hydén Chapter 2 Learning to talk and talking about talk: Professional identity and communicative technology Lars-Christer Hydén & Antje Lumma Chapter 3 What’s in a Pap smear? Biology, culture, technology and self in the cytology laboratory Anette Forss Chapter 4 Gyneacologists and geneticists as storytellers: Disease, choice and normality as the fabric of narratives on pre-implantation genetic diagnosis Kristin Zeiler Chapter 5 The normal baby-to-be: Lay and professional negotiations of the ultrasound image Ann-Cristine Jonsson Chapter 6 A normal pregnancy? Women’s experiences of being at high risk after ultrasound screening for Down syndrome Sonja Olin Lauritzen, Susanne Georgsson Öhman & Sissel Saltvedt Chapter 7 Imaging technology and the detection of ‘cold aneurysms’: Illness narratives on the Internet Gunilla Tegern Chapter 8 Phenomenology listens to Prozac: Analyzing the SSRI revolution Fredrik Svenaeus

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Book SynopsisProviding a fascinating overview of healthcare spending and cost-containment mechanisms in the US, this book explores the consequences of managed care for the community with particular attention paid to doctor-patient relationships. The author studies this significant relationship from a social perspective arguing that shifting financial risk onto doctors in a profit-making system seriously damages patient trust. In addition this undermines overall social capital, which in turn has been linked to health outcomes. Including case study examples and policy implications, this insightful text explores an important, though little-discussed outcome of healthcare reform and will be a welcome addition to the current healthcare literature.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Conflicting Values in a Troubled Health Care System 2. Bluffing, Puffing and Spinning 3. Trust: The Scarcest of Medical Resources 4. The Doctor-Patient Relationship in a Social Context 5. Conserving Medical Trust for the Sake of Social Capital 6. Law, Its Meaning, and Its Effect on Social Capital 7. Employer Leadership in the Era of Workplace Rationing Conclusion: Protecting Medical Trust, Conserving Social Capital

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Book SynopsisThe study of death and dying truly crosses disciplinary boundaries. Scholars in the field represent a wide spectrum of disciplines in medicine, nursing, social work, sociology, psychology, philosophy, health education and the humanities. The volumes in this collection therefore take a broad and interdisciplinary approach and cover a wide range of materials, including classic studies that have helped frame the field, significant research that has influenced the development of the field, and current cutting-edge material. Moreover, the work brings together theory, research and clinical practice.Table of ContentsVolume I: The Human Encounter with Death Part 1: The Death System Part 2: Death—Historical Perspectives Part 3: Death in Philosophy and Religion Part 4: Death in Music, Art and Literature Part 5: The Emergence of Death Studies Volume II: Developmental Perspectives Part 1: Children’s Understanding of Death Part 2: Adolescent Experiences with Death Part 3: Adult Perspectives on Death Part 4: Death in Later Life Volume III: Illness, Dying and Death Part 1: Coping with Life-Threatening Illness and Death Part 2: Care of the Dying: Hospice and Palliative Care as International Social Movements, Ethics of Assisted Suicide Part 3: Modes of Death Part 4: Care for the Caregivers Volume IV: Loss and Grief Part 1: Funerals, Memorials and Rituals Part 2: Understanding Grief and Loss—Early Perspectives Part 3: Challenging the Paradigm—New Understandings of Grief

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Book SynopsisInterdependency and Care over the Lifecourse draws upon theories of time and space to consider how informal care is woven into the fabric of everyday lives and is shaped by social and economic inequalities and opportunities. The book comprises three parts. The first explores contrasting social and economic contexts of informal care in different parts of the world. The second looks at different themes and dynamics of caring, using fictional vignettes of illness and health, child care, elderly care and communities of care. The book examines the significance to practices of care throughout the lifecourse of: understandings and expectations of care emotional exchanges involved in care memories and anticipations of giving and receiving care the social nature of the spaces and places in which care is carried out the practical time-space scheduling necessary to caring activities.Table of ContentsPart 1. 1. The Care Context 2. Care and Interdependency Part 2. 3. Living with Care 4. Learning to Care 5. Networks and Chains of Care 6. Working and Caring Part 3. 7. Visions of Care

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Book SynopsisThe spread of HIV/AIDS affects businesses in all sectors, all industries and all countries. For companies and organizations everywhere, the question is no longer whether to take action on HIV/AIDS but which actions to take. Complete with an impressive collection of complex background and research on HIV/AIDS and a foreword by Dr. Peter Piot, former Executive Director of UNAIDS, this volume collects case studies of managers worldwide faced with challenging HIV/AIDS-related management decisions. AIDS and Business will fascinate the general reader seeking an understanding of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and to the advanced reader looking to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the impact of the disease.The case studies in this volume, set in nine countries, detail the issues facing businesses operating in areas where HIV/AIDS prevalence is growing. The topics discussed include understanding the role of sociTable of ContentsPreface. Foreword by Dr. Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, founding Executive Director of UNAIDS, and former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations. Acknowledgments. List of Tables. List of Figures. Case Study One: A Medical Anthropologist in Morocco: Social and Cultural Factors and HIV/AIDS. Case Study Two: Addressing a Global Cause in Local Contexts: Country Case Study of HIV/AIDS in Brazil. Case Study Three: Mexicom Designs a National Public Health HIV/AIDS Campaign. Case Study Four: Ross IVD: Global Marketing Issues for HIV Testing Products and Services. Case Study Five: Protectom: Selling Condoms, a Complex Business. Case Study Six: Global Pricing and Ethics of Marketing HIV/AIDS Drugs. Case Study Seven: Realsource India: HIV/AIDS in the Back Office to the World. Case Study Eight: Winthai: Initiating HIV/AIDS Company Action in a Reborn Epidemic. Case Study Nine: Woolworths South Africa. Case Study Ten: Designing a Company HIV/AIDS Program. Glossary. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisDenial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work forty years ago, are now part of our common understanding of bereavement. The five stages were first identified by Elisabeth KÃbler-Ross in her work with dying patients at the University of Chicago and were considered phases that all or most people went through, when faced with the prospect of their own death. They are now often accepted as a response to any major life change. However, in spite of these terms being in general use, the subject of death is still surrounded by conventional attitudes and reticence that offer only fragile comfort because they evade the real issues. This groundbreaking book is still relevant â giving a voice to dying people and exploring what impending death means to them, often in their own words. People speak about their experience of dying, their relief in expressing their fear and anger and being able to move forward to a state of acceptance and peace.Ideal for all those with an interest in bereavement or the five stages of grief, this book contains a new extended introduction from Professor Allan Kellehear. This additional chapter re-examines On Death and Dying looking at how it has influenced contemporary thought and practice.Trade ReviewPraise for On Death and Dying:'This book is important reading for nurses, doctors, clergy, and others whose work brings them into contact with the dying. It is also recommended to any reader who refuses to believe that the best way to deal with fear is to run away.' – Colin Murray Parkes, from the foreword‘All those involved in social work, be they students, practitioners, or teachers should read it; for it concerns loss, and assisting people to deal with losses of one kind or another is the social worker's commonest task. Here is a book that helps them to do this with sensitivity, insight and compassion.' – British Journal of Social Work‘This is a book to own but every library should have a copy and every medical and nursing syllabus a place for discussion of death and dying with this as a textbook.’ – Nursing TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. On the Fear of Death 2. Attitudes Towards Death and Dying 3. First Stage: Denial and Isolation 4. Second Stage: Anger 5. Third Stage: Bargaining 6. Forth Stage: Depression 7. Fifth Stage: Acceptance 8. Hope 9. The Patient’s Family 10. Some Interviews with Terminally Ill Patients 11. Reactions to the Seminar on Death and Dying 12. Therapy with the Terminally Ill

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Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors provide a much-needed general theory of interdisciplinarity and relate it to health/wellbeing research and professional practice. In so doing they make it possible for practitioners of the different disciplines to communicate without contradiction or compromise, resolving the tensions that beset much interdisciplinary work.Such a general theory is only possible if we assume that there is more to being (ontology) than empirical being (what we can measure directly). Therefore, the unique approach to interdisciplinarity applied in this book starts from ontology, namely that there is a multimechanismicity (a multiplicity of mechanisms) in open systems, and then moves to epistemology. By contrast, the mainstream approach, which fails to acknowledge ontology, is âœunseriousâ and tends to result in a methodological hierarchy, unconducive of interdisciplinarity, in which empiricist science is overtly or tacitly assumed to be the superior version of science.This book is primarily aimed at those people interested in improving health and wellbeing â such as researchers, policy-makers, educators, and general practitioners. However, it will also be useful to academics engaged in the broader academic debate on interdisciplinary metatheory.Trade ReviewThis book is the definitive critical realist account, in accessible prose, of what science must do to maximize its understanding of the world, and in particular human wellbeing and flourishing.Mervyn Hartwig, editor and principal author of Dictionary of Critical RealismTable of Contents1. Introduction Part I: Antinomies of Mainstream Interdisciplinarity 2. Overview of the Contemporary Literature 3. Contemporary Ways to Justify Interdisciplinarity Part II: A Critical Realist General Theory of Interdisciplinarity4. Core Concepts of Critical Realism 5. Critical Realism and Social Science 6. The Ontological Case for Interdisciplinarity 7. The Seven Steps to a Deeper Understanding of Ontology8. Critical Realism and the Alternative Metatheories/MethodologiesPart III: Applied Interdisciplinary Research9. Biophysical Interventions Are Not Enough: the Hidden (Holistic) Healing Ensemble10. The Seven Enigmas of Healing 11. The Biopsychosocial Approach, with Special Reference to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health12. The Practical Organization of Interdisciplinary Co-operation 13. Understanding Methodological Imperialism 14. Interdisciplinarity in Action: Explaining the Epidemiology of HIV15. Concluding Considerations

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Book SynopsisPhysical Activity and Health explains clearly, systematically and in detail the relationship between physical activity, health and disease, and examines the role of exercise in the prevention and management of a wide range of important conditions.Now in a fully updated and expanded third edition, this is the most complete and engaging textbook on the subject. It offers a balanced examination of the latest evidence linking levels of physical activity with the risk of mortality, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, cancer, osteoporosis and dementia. Designed to help the reader evaluate the quality of the evidence, the book includes an invaluable discussion of common study designs and the inherent difficulties of measuring physical activity. It examines the evidence in relation to child and adolescent health, older adults, hazards of exercise, sedentary behaviour, public health policy and, in a new chapter, mental health, and an epilogue considers the emerging evidence regarding the significance of physical activity and COVID-19.Containing chapter summaries, study tasks, guides to supplementary reading, a glossary of key terms and an abundance of figures and tables, Physical Activity and Health is an essential course text, and important reading for undergraduate, masters and postgraduate research students of sport and exercise science, public health, physical therapy, medicine and nursing.This third edition is supported by an updated companion website featuring self-test questions, PowerPoint slides, learning activities and website links.Trade Review"Physical Activity and Health has become a classic in our field, edited by three highly respected international scholars in David, Adrianne, and Jason. This expanded edition, with support from further experts, confirms its place as the leading book on this topic. Coverage of epidemiological foundations linking physical activity with health, the key chronic health conditions affected by physical inactivity, as well as different age groups and issues, are all covered in a clear and engaging style with excellent illustrations. It’s my ‘go to’ text for understanding how physical activity affects our health status."Professor Stuart Biddle, Director, Centre for Health Research, University of Southern Queensland, Australia"This book is a great read for anyone who is looking to develop their breadth and depth of understanding about topics related to physical activity and health. It draws together information in an accessible and interesting way. The updated focus of the book makes it very relevant to every day contemporary issues in physical activity and health."Amanda Daley, Professor of Behavioural Medicine, Loughborough University, UK"I am delighted to see that an updated and expanded third edition of this marvellous book has been published. This is an essential text for anyone interested in understanding how physical activity improves health. It is unique in the way that it cuts through the complexities associated with the underlying evidence to provide a coherent and insightful picture of contemporary understanding."Dylan Thompson, Professor of Human Physiology, Department for Health, University of Bath, UK"This is the core textbook for our M.Sc in Physical Activity for Health and the third edition is most welcome. Chapters and study tasks have been expanded and some new topics, such as mental health, added. There is an important epilogue on the topic of the global pandemic of COVID and the implications for physical activity. Written by a distinguished team of authors led by three giants in this field, it is a go to text for understanding the relationship between physical activity and health."Professor Nanette Mutrie, Director of Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, UKTable of ContentsPart I: Assessing the evidence, 1. Introduction, 2. The nature of the evidence, 3. Physical activity and mortality, Part II: Influence of physical activity on the risk of disease, 4. Cardiovascular disease, 5. Type 2 diabetes, 6. Obesity, 7. Cardio-metabolic risk factors, 8. Cancer, 9. Skeletal health, 10. Mental health, Part III: Physical activity in youth and old age, 11. Child and adolescent health, 12. Ageing, Part IV: Physical activity – risks and opportunities, 13. Hazards, 14. Public health, Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThere is a growing interest in, and acceptance of, qualitative research approaches in the health science disciplines, both as standalone methodologies and integrated with quantitative designs in mixed methods approaches. This comprehensive text provides deeper knowledge and application of a wide range of methodologies, methods and processes, enabling readers to develop their qualitative research skills. Divided into two parts, focusing first on methodologies and then on methods and processes, the text also includes revision of essential aspects of quantitative research as they apply to mixed methods research and a discussion of the uptake of qualitative research in the health sciences. The methodologies covered include: Grounded Theory; Historical Research; Ethnography; Phenomenology; Narrative Inquiry; Case Study Research; Critical Ethnography; Action Research and Mixed Methods.The methods and processes covered include: Interviewing and Analysis; Group Work andTrade Review'...a well-written guide to the basics of qualitative research methodologies and the process of data collection and analysis. Those wanting a nuts-and-bolts overview of qualitative research and how it can be utilized in the health sciences will be pleased with this logical, clear introduction to the subject. Summing Up: Recommended. All academic and professional libraries.' – C.A. Collins, in CHOICE, March 2014'A useful guide for those new to research, as well as clinical and academic staff looking to develop or refresh their knowledge of qualitative methodologies.' – Nursing StandardTable of ContentsPart 1: Methodologies 1. Introduction Beverley Taylor 2. Grounded Theory Beverley Taylor 3. Historical Research Karen Francis 4. Ethnography Karen Francis 5. Phenomenology Beverley Taylor 6. Narrative Inquiry Beverley Taylor 7. Case Study Research Beverley Taylor 8. Feminisms Beverley Taylor 9. Action Research Karen Francis 10. Mixed Methods Research Beverley Taylor Part 2: Methods and Processes 11. Introduction Beverley Taylor 12. Interviewing And Analysis Beverley Taylor 13. Group Work and Analysis Beverley Taylor 14. Narrative Analysis Beverley Taylor 15. Discourse Analysis Karen Francis 16. Creative Forms Of Qualitative Data Collection & Analysis Beverley Taylor 17. Uptake of Qualitative Research in Health Sciences Karen Francis

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Book SynopsisHealth and human services currently face a series of challenges â such as aging populations, chronic diseases and new endemics â that require highly complex responses, and take place in multiple care environments including acute medicine, chronic care facilities and the community. Accordingly, most modern health care interventions are now seen as âcomplex interventionsâ â activities that contain a number of component parts with the potential for interactions between them which, when applied to the intended target population, produce a range of possible and variable outcomes. This in turn requires methodological developments that also take into account changing values and attitudes related to the situation of patientsâ receiving health care. The first book to place complex interventions within a coherent system of research enquiry, this work is designed to help researchers understand the research processes involved at each stage of developing, testing, evaluating and implementTable of ContentsForeword 1. The Complex Interventions Framework 2. Knowledge for Healthcare Practice 3. The Value of Mixed Methods for Researching Complex Interventions 4. The Critical Importance of Patient and Public Involvement for Research into Complex Interventions Part 1: Developing Complex Interventions Part 1 Introduction 5. Systematic Reviews of the Effects of Interventions 6. Advanced Approaches to Evidence Synthesis and its Application to Intervention Design 7. Exploring Complexity in Systematic Reviews of Complex Interventions 8. The Synthesis of Qualitative Data 9. Building a Case for Mixed Method Reviews 10. Development of Complex Interventions: Outcome Modelling 11. Designing Interventions to Change Health-related Behaviour 12. Modelling Process and Outcomes in Complex Interventions Part 2: Investigating the Feasibility and Undertaking Pilot Testing of Complex Interventions: An Introduction Part 2 Introduction 13. Pilot Studies and Feasibility Studies for Complex Interventions: An Introduction 14. How to Use Feasibility and Pilot Trials to Test Alternative Methodologies and Methodological Procedures Prior to Full Scale Trials 15. How to Use Feasibility Studies to Derive Parameter Estimates in Order to Power a Full Trial16. Addressing Issues in Recruitment and Retention Using Feasibility and Pilot Trials 17. Testing the Waters: Piloting a Complex Intervention 18. Feasibility in Practice: Undertaking a Feasibility Study to Answer Procedural, Methodological and Clinical Questions Prior to a Full-scale Evaluation Part 3: Evaluation of Complex Interventions Part 3 Introduction 19. Individually and Cluster Randomised Trials 20. Stepped Wedge, Natural Experiments and Interrupted Time Series Analysis Design 21. Non-standard and Preference Designs 22. Single-subject Designs 23. Process Evaluation of Complex Interventions: A Summary of Medical Research Council Guidance 24. Intervention Fidelity in Clinical Trials 25. Qualitative Process Evaluation for Complex Interventions 26. Economic Evaluations of Complex Interventions Part 4: Implementation of Complex Interventions Part 4 Introduction 27. Implementation Issues: Towards a Systematic and Stepwise Approach 28. Why do Barriers and Facilitators Matter? 29. How to Arrive at an Implementation Plan 30. Applying Normalization Process Theory to the Implementation of Complex Interventions 31. Action Research for the Implementation of Complex Interventions 32. Systems Modelling for Improving Healthcare 33. A Few Final Thoughts

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Book SynopsisThe book is intended as a practical guide to setting up, staffing and running eating disorders services. The guidance and advice given is based on the experience of the eating disorder service at the Royal Free, which does not have specialised beds, but which is nevertheless considered to offer one of the best services in the UK.Trade Review"I would definitely recommend this book. It will appeal to a wide audience due to its easy-to-read format and will be applicable to different people … Informative and full of useful advice." (Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, July 2008)Table of ContentsAbout the Author vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction xi Chapter 1: Establishing a Home-oriented Service 1 Chapter 2: Staff 19 Chapter 3: Initial Outpatient Assessment 32 Chapter 4: Physical Assessment and Monitoring 57 Chapter 5: Psychological Interventions 80 Chapter 6: Day Care 103 Chapter 7: Liaison and Outreach 122 Chapter 8: Inpatient Care 141 Chapter 9: Rehabilitation: Dealing with Seed 165 Chapter 10: Technical and Academic Aspects 177 References 191 Index 193

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