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The design features and practicalities of conducting a pragmatic cluster randomized trial of obesity management in primary care (2001)
Journal Article
Moore, H., Summerbell, C., Vail, A., Greenwood, D., & Adamson, A. (2001). The design features and practicalities of conducting a pragmatic cluster randomized trial of obesity management in primary care. Statistics in Medicine, 20(3), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0258%2820010215%2920%3A3%3C331%3A%3Aaid-sim795%3E3.0.co%3B2-k

The aim of this paper is to describe the design features and practicalities of conducting a cluster randomized trial of obesity management in primary care. The aim of the trial is to assess the effectiveness of an obesity management educational inter... Read More about The design features and practicalities of conducting a pragmatic cluster randomized trial of obesity management in primary care.

The quantitative/qualitative debate and feminist research: a subjective view of objectivity (2001)
Journal Article
Westmarland, N. (2001). The quantitative/qualitative debate and feminist research: a subjective view of objectivity. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 2(1),

Research methods are "technique(s) for ... gathering data" (HARDING 1986) and are generally dichotomised into being either quantitative or qualitative. It has been argued that methodology has been gendered (OAKLEY 1997; 1998), with quantitative metho... Read More about The quantitative/qualitative debate and feminist research: a subjective view of objectivity.

Edwardian Boys and Labour in the East End of Sunderland: Welfare and work (2001)
Book Chapter
Spence, J. (2001). Edwardian Boys and Labour in the East End of Sunderland: Welfare and work. In R. Gilchrist, T. Jeffs, & J. Spence (Eds.), Essays in the history of community and youth work (77-94). Youth Work Press

Based upon the information recorded in the Minutes Books of the Sunderland Waifs' Rescue Agency and Street Vendors' Club between 1901 and 1910, this chapter analyses the relationship between the benefits which accrued to boys who joined the clubs and... Read More about Edwardian Boys and Labour in the East End of Sunderland: Welfare and work.

Improving health professionals' management and the organisation of care for overweight and obese people (2001)
Journal Article
Harvey, L., Glenny, A., Kirk, S., & Summerbell, C. (2001). Improving health professionals' management and the organisation of care for overweight and obese people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd000984

Background Obesity is increasing throughout the industrialised world. If left unchecked it will have major implications for both population health and costs to health services. Objectives To assess whether health professionals' management or the orga... Read More about Improving health professionals' management and the organisation of care for overweight and obese people.

‘Big and Tough’ : Boys learning about sexuality and manhood (2000)
Journal Article
Forrest, S. (2000). ‘Big and Tough’ : Boys learning about sexuality and manhood. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 15(3), 247-261. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681990050109845

This paper explores adolescent boys" reactions to, and experiences of, school-based sex education. Using data and findings from a range of studies, it describes dominant patterns of response, and posits reasons for boys" frequent rejection and disrup... Read More about ‘Big and Tough’ : Boys learning about sexuality and manhood.

Tourism and the sexual ecology of gay men (2000)
Book Chapter
Clift, S., & Forrest, S. (2000). Tourism and the sexual ecology of gay men. In S. Clift, & S. Carter (Eds.), Tourism and sex : culture, commerce and coercion (179-199). Pinter

Gay tourism, sex and sexual health promotion (2000)
Book Chapter
Clift, S., & Forrest, S. (2000). Gay tourism, sex and sexual health promotion. In J. Horne, & S. Flemming (Eds.), Masculinities : leisure cultures, identities and consumption. Leisure Studies Association