INTRODUCTION: While screening uptake is variable, many individuals feel they 'ought' to participate in screening programmes to aid the detection of conditions amenable to early treatment. Those not taking part in screening are often presented as either hindered by practical or social barriers or personally at fault. Why some people choose not to pa...
Published in Disability and rehabilitation
Interprofessional communication (IPC) in rehabilitation is important for patient care yet it has been shown to be variable and challenging. Existing research does not address the complexity of IPC in this setting. Understanding the influence of contextual factors on IPC may guide improvements to increase the effectiveness of communication within in...
Published in Nursing in critical care
Critical illness is a traumatic experience, often resulting in post-intensive care syndrome, affecting people's physical, psychological, emotional, and social well-being. The early recovery period is associated with increased risk, negatively impacting longer-term outcomes. The aims of this study were to understand the recovery and rehabilitation n...
Published in Autism : the international journal of research and practice
The experiences of coping in parents of autistic children have been extensively studied in the literature. While this research has identified both effective and ineffective coping strategies used by caregivers, no studies to date have examined how coping strategies used by parents might be linked to family quality of life outcomes. Furthermore, few...
The aim of the article is to present the meaning of correction, i.e. the conversation accompanying the study of outdoor painting. Correction is a tool that can support and motivate to pursue artistic work, and at the same time it can introduce students to the language of visual arts. It is widely used at various levels of arts education. Art adepts...
Published in Nurse researcher
Appropriate costing and allocation of resources is vital to ensure that recruitment to a study is achieved on time and on target. However, there is little guidance concerning the workload associated with qualitative research. To review the planned versus actual workloads in a qualitative sub-study following elective cardiac surgery in children. Par...
Published in Culture. Society. Economy. Politics
Research on information and communication technology (ICT) and studies on aging revealed that, despite initial assumptions of technophobia among older adults they actually embrace ICT when perceived as beneficial for their specific needs, for example, to stay connected with loved ones. Considering the current technological era and the transformativ...
Published in Chronic illness
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) displays wide social inequalities that are often explained with reference to lifestyle factors. However, research indicates that social support may also play an important role in social inequality in IHD. This study aims to explore the role of social support in the experience of life with IHD for socially disadvantaged ...
Published in Frontiers in Medicine
Background The European Medicines Agency (EMA) interacts with many different stakeholders involved in the development of drugs, including academic researchers. In recent years, EMA has collaborated more closely with academia, inter alia by taking part in external research projects such as those set up under the Horizon 2020 program in general and t...
Interview taken at the launch of https://plasacolombia.com/ April 27, 2023
