Outputs (59)

Delivery of community-centred public mental health interventions in diverse areas in England: a mapping study protocol (2020)
Journal Article
Duncan, F. H., McGrath, M., Baskin, C., Osborn, D., Dykxhoorn, J., Kaner, E. F., Gnani, S., LaFortune, L., Lee, C., Walters, K. R., Kirkbride, J., Fischer, L., Jones, O., Pinfold, V., Stansfield, J., & Oliver, E. J. (2020). Delivery of community-centred public mental health interventions in diverse areas in England: a mapping study protocol. BMJ Open, 10(7), Article e037631. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037631

Background: Public mental health (PMH) is a global challenge and a UK priority area for action. However, to progress, practitioners require a stronger evidence base regarding the effectiveness of approaches, particularly regarding promotion and preve... Read More about Delivery of community-centred public mental health interventions in diverse areas in England: a mapping study protocol.

‘I just want to be left alone’: novel sociological insights into dramaturgical demands on professional athletes (2020)
Journal Article
Roderick, M., & Allen Collinson, J. (2020). ‘I just want to be left alone’: novel sociological insights into dramaturgical demands on professional athletes. Sociology of Sport Journal, 37(2), 108-116. https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.2019-0135

To date, no sociological studies of professional athletes have investigated the lived experiences of sportspeople in highly publicly-visible occupations that provide relatively few opportunities for back-stage relaxation from role demands. Drawing on... Read More about ‘I just want to be left alone’: novel sociological insights into dramaturgical demands on professional athletes.

Overweight and obese men’s experiences in a sport-based weight loss intervention for men (2020)
Journal Article
Budden, T., Dimmock, J. A., Smith, B., Beauchamp, M., Rosenberg, M., & Jackson, B. (2020). Overweight and obese men’s experiences in a sport-based weight loss intervention for men. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 50, Article 101750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101750

In Western countries, such as Australia and the UK, a significantly greater proportion of men (relative to women) are overweight and obese, yet relatively few weight loss interventions have been developed that sufficiently target men. This lack of ma... Read More about Overweight and obese men’s experiences in a sport-based weight loss intervention for men.

Live sport during the COVID-19 crisis: fans as creative broadcasters (2020)
Journal Article
Majumdar, B., & Naha, S. (2020). Live sport during the COVID-19 crisis: fans as creative broadcasters. Sport in Society, 23(7), 1091-1099. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1776972

The hiatus in stadium spectatorship due to the COVID-19 pandemic presents us with a unique opportunity to rethink the way sport fans participate in the making of live events. Some sport leagues have resumed, with others to follow, but the stadium exp... Read More about Live sport during the COVID-19 crisis: fans as creative broadcasters.

Digital Pruning: Agency and Social Media Use as a Personal Political Project Among Female Weightlifters in Recovery from Eating Disorders (2020)
Journal Article
Hockin-Boyers, H., Pope, S., & Jamie, K. (2021). Digital Pruning: Agency and Social Media Use as a Personal Political Project Among Female Weightlifters in Recovery from Eating Disorders. New Media and Society, 23(8), 2345-2366. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820926503

In the past decade, a wealth of research has focused on women and social media. Typically assembled according to the logic of ‘risk’ and ‘exposure’, this extensive work tends to operate within a negative paradigm whereby women’s engagement with the d... Read More about Digital Pruning: Agency and Social Media Use as a Personal Political Project Among Female Weightlifters in Recovery from Eating Disorders.

Exploring older people's experiences of ageing and ageism: A pilot qualitative piece from Costa Rica, The Gambia, Pakistan and Serbia (2020)
Report
Phoenix, C. (2020). Exploring older people's experiences of ageing and ageism: A pilot qualitative piece from Costa Rica, The Gambia, Pakistan and Serbia. [No known commissioning body]

Research on experiences of ageism and age discrimination in lower and middleincome countries is rare. In order to advocate and campaign effectively for an end to ageism and age discrimination, an understanding of older people’s experiences of ageing,... Read More about Exploring older people's experiences of ageing and ageism: A pilot qualitative piece from Costa Rica, The Gambia, Pakistan and Serbia.

Covid-19: Reflections on threat and uncertainty for the future of elite women’s football in England (2020)
Journal Article
Clarkson, B. G., Culvin, A., Pope, S., & Parry, K. D. (2022). Covid-19: Reflections on threat and uncertainty for the future of elite women’s football in England. Managing Sport and Leisure, 27(1-2), 50-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2020.1766377

This commentary offers an analysis of the implications of Covid-19 on the future of elite women’s football, with the intention of reflecting on and illuminating the threat and uncertainty facing the game. Topics covered include (1) organisational and... Read More about Covid-19: Reflections on threat and uncertainty for the future of elite women’s football in England.

Stakeholders' perceptions and experiences of the National Health Service diabetes prevention programme in England: qualitative study with service users, intervention providers and deliverers, commissioners and referrers (2020)
Journal Article
Rodrigues, A., Haste, A., Penn, L., Bell, R., Summerbell, C., White, M., Adamson, A., & Sniehotta, F. (2020). Stakeholders' perceptions and experiences of the National Health Service diabetes prevention programme in England: qualitative study with service users, intervention providers and deliverers, commissioners and referrers. BMC Health Services Research, 20, Article 307. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05160-2

Background: The National Health Service diabetes prevention programme in England, (NHS DPP) aims to identify people at high risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and offer them a face-to-face, group-based, behaviour change intervention for at least 9 months.... Read More about Stakeholders' perceptions and experiences of the National Health Service diabetes prevention programme in England: qualitative study with service users, intervention providers and deliverers, commissioners and referrers.

Effect of portable non-invasive ventilation on exercise tolerance in COPD: One size does not fit all (2020)
Journal Article
Chynkiamis, N., Armstrong, M., Hume, E., Alexiou, C., Snow, L., Lane, N. D., Hartley, T., Bourke, S. C., & Vogiatzis, I. (2020). Effect of portable non-invasive ventilation on exercise tolerance in COPD: One size does not fit all. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 277, Article 103436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resp.2020.103436

In a cross-over RCT, portable NIV (pNIV) reduced dynamic hyperinflation (DH) compared to pursed lip breathing (PLB) during recovery from intermittent exercise in COPD, but not consistently in all subjects. In this post-hoc analysis, DH response was d... Read More about Effect of portable non-invasive ventilation on exercise tolerance in COPD: One size does not fit all.

Targeting childhood obesity through primary schools: reviewing alignment amongst English policies for physical activity and healthy eating (2020)
Journal Article
Chapman, P., Lindsey, I., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Oliver, E., & Summerbell, C. (2020). Targeting childhood obesity through primary schools: reviewing alignment amongst English policies for physical activity and healthy eating. Child and Adolescent Obesity, 3(1), 20-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/2574254x.2020.1740548

Introduction: Primary schools have been widely identified as a key site to tackle childhood obesity. While specific school-based interventions have been widely researched, there is an absence of collective analysis of national policies targeting chil... Read More about Targeting childhood obesity through primary schools: reviewing alignment amongst English policies for physical activity and healthy eating.