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Designing a programme to train social workers on how to promote physical activity for disabled people: A Delphi study in the UK (2022)
Journal Article
Monforte, J., Smith, M., & Smith, B. (2022). Designing a programme to train social workers on how to promote physical activity for disabled people: A Delphi study in the UK. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5), e2805-e2817. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13724

Recently, social workers have been identified as a key messenger group for promoting physical activity (PA) to disabled people. Also identified is the need to train social workers in PA promotion. In response, the purpose of this article is to inform... Read More about Designing a programme to train social workers on how to promote physical activity for disabled people: A Delphi study in the UK.

Training Healthcare Professionals on How to Promote Physical Activity in the UK: A Scoping Review of Current Trends and Future Opportunities (2021)
Journal Article
Netherway, J., Smith, B., & Monforte, J. (2021). Training Healthcare Professionals on How to Promote Physical Activity in the UK: A Scoping Review of Current Trends and Future Opportunities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(13), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136701

What physical activity (PA) training do current and future healthcare professionals (HCPs) receive in the UK? How is PA training delivered to them? The present scoping review looks at existing evidence to respond these questions. Seven databases were... Read More about Training Healthcare Professionals on How to Promote Physical Activity in the UK: A Scoping Review of Current Trends and Future Opportunities.

Introducing postqualitative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology (2021)
Journal Article
Monforte, J., & Smith, B. (2023). Introducing postqualitative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2021.1881805

In recent years, qualitative research has gained popularity and legitimacy in sport and exercise psychology. However, this scientific discipline has not yet paid attention to postqualitative inquiry (PQI), despite the possibilities it offers for prod... Read More about Introducing postqualitative inquiry in sport and exercise psychology.

Conventional and Postqualitative Research: An Invitation to Dialogue (2020)
Journal Article
Monforte, J., & Smith, B. (2021). Conventional and Postqualitative Research: An Invitation to Dialogue. Qualitative Inquiry, 27(6), 650-660. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800420962469

This article explores a question that was left mostly unanswered in a recent special issue of Qualitative Inquiry surveying the field of postqualitative research: How can conventional and post qualitative research coexist within the qualitative commu... Read More about Conventional and Postqualitative Research: An Invitation to Dialogue.

Stories, New Materialism and Pluralism: Understanding, Practising and Pushing the Boundaries of Narrative Analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Smith, B., & Monforte, J. (2020). Stories, New Materialism and Pluralism: Understanding, Practising and Pushing the Boundaries of Narrative Analysis. Methods in Psychology, 2, Article 100016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2020.100016

This article introduces narrative analysis as a way of engaging with storied data. Some key assumptions are first unpacked, highlighting the philosophical underpinnings of narrative research. The approach to narrative described in this article derive... Read More about Stories, New Materialism and Pluralism: Understanding, Practising and Pushing the Boundaries of Narrative Analysis.

‘It’s not a part of me, but it is what it is’: the struggle of becoming en-wheeled after spinal cord injury (2019)
Journal Article
Monforte, J., Smith, B., & Pérez-Samaniego, V. (2021). ‘It’s not a part of me, but it is what it is’: the struggle of becoming en-wheeled after spinal cord injury. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(17), 2447-2453. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1702725

Purpose: Many people who experience spinal cord injury become long-term wheelchair users. This article addresses the process of becoming en-wheeled through the case example of a disabled man called Patrick. Design: An intrinsic case study informed by... Read More about ‘It’s not a part of me, but it is what it is’: the struggle of becoming en-wheeled after spinal cord injury.

Traveling Material↔Semiotic Environments of Disability, Rehabilitation, and Physical Activity (2018)
Journal Article
Monforte, J., Pérez-Samaniego, V., & Smith, B. (2020). Traveling Material↔Semiotic Environments of Disability, Rehabilitation, and Physical Activity. Qualitative Health Research, 30(8), 1249-1261. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732318820520

In this article, we apply narrative dialogism and new materialism to health research. We examine how material↔semiotic environments (MSEs) affect the rehabilitation process of Patrick, a man who exercised with the aim to recover from spinal cord inju... Read More about Traveling Material↔Semiotic Environments of Disability, Rehabilitation, and Physical Activity.