Critiques of gender mainstreaming (GM) as the officially agreed strategy to promote gender
equity in health internationally have reached a critical mass. There has been a notable lack …

Past research into smoking and motherhood has explained how smoking enables mothers to
care in conditions of hardship and poverty. However, much of this research was conducted …

… Jude Robinson led the coding process with Olivia Howland adding comments and suggestions,
and we discussed any negative cases, to reach a shared interpretation of the assigned …

As leg ulcer research has generally focused on aspects of treatment, the psychosocial impact
of leg ulceration remains understudied. This article reports the findings of a study exploring …

… June E Jones is tissue viability nurse, Sefton Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Southport PCT,
and senior lecturer at Edge Hill University, Lancashire; Jude Robinson is senior lecturer and …

There is increasing evidence for the efficacy of non-medical strategies to improve mental
health and well-being. Get into Reading is a shared reading intervention which has …

Objective To thematically synthesise primary qualitative studies of the barriers, motivators and
enablers of smoke-free homes (SFHs). Design Systematic review and thematic synthesis. …

This study investigated the therapeutic benefits of shared reading in relation to depression
and well-being, and was conducted via a partnership between researchers in English, Health …

Focus groups were first used in the 1920s in market research and subsequently adopted as
an academic research method in the 1950s by the sociologist Robert Merton, who …

Objectives To explore the views of clinicians and lay people about the minimum benefit
needed to justify drug treatment to prevent heart attacks, and to explore the rationale behind …