Autumn

EDITORIAL

Pandemics, pestilence and plague. Are health care professionals prepared to work in infectious disease environments?

Alan Glasper 

PAPERS

• Development of a novel imaging process to determine the clinical applicability of bone mineral density assessment of the osteoarthritic knee: a research proposal.

  Callum Birch, David Hunter, Nigel Arden, Fiona Mellor, Lindsey Cherry

• Using financial incentives to increase physical activity, weight loss and well being: a randomized control trial     Tanham, J., Murphy, M.H. Breslin, G

• Enhancing student nurses’ maths confidence and ability via numeracy drop-in sessions           Rachel Byatt

• The Burden of Treatment and the Burden of Symptoms: the problem of workload and institutional boundaries in chronic disease      Carl May 

POSTERS

Building the evidence base for practice Programme

The following three posters were awarded gold, silver and bronze status at the recent UK Association of Chief Children's Nurses (ACCN) Children's and Young People's Nursing International Conference 'Building the evidence base for practice' held in Jersey on the 4th and 5th September 2014 

Gold Award 

Factors affecting UK physically disabled children and young people participating in mainstream out-of-school activities: Focus on personal care and training

Kate Knight

ABSTRACT

 

Silver Award

The impact of a school-based asthma health education programme on quality of life, knowledge and attitudes of Saudi children with asthma

Nashi Alreshidi , Joan Livesley, Tony Long, University of Salford (UK)

ABSTRACT

 

Bronze Award

Patient and parent experiences of a Paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (p-OPAT) service in a regional children’s hospital

Helen Green, Marc Tebruegge, Saul N Faust, Sanjay Patel

ABSTRACT

 

Showcased academic posters presented at prestigious conferences.

Pediatric Stem cell transplants without barriers: a qualitative study.

S. Calza, S. Rossi, A. Bagnasco, S. Sasso, P. Petralia