Publications by year
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Griffiths ML, Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Davies AR (In Press). Exploring the health impacts and inequalities of the new way of working: findings from a cross-sectional study.
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Exploring the health impacts and inequalities of the new way of working: findings from a cross-sectional study
AbstractAimTo explore the working Welsh adult population’s ability to work from home, their preferences for the future, and the self-reported health impacts of home-working.Subject and MethodsA nationally-representative household survey was undertaken across Wales (Public Health Wales’ COVID-19, Employment and Health in Wales study), with cross-sectional data on home-working being collected between November 2020 and January 2021 from 615 employed working-aged adults in Wales (63.7% female, 32.7% aged 50-59). Respondents were asked about their ability to work from home, their perceptions of its impact on their health and their preferences for time spent home-working in future.ResultsOver 50% were able to work from home, and showed a preference towards home-working to some capacity, with over a third wishing to work from home at least half the time. However, those living in the most deprived areas, in atypical employment, with high wage precarity or with limiting pre-existing conditions were less likely to report being able to work from home. of those that could work from home, over 40% reported that it worsened their mental well-being and loneliness, and for people in poorer health, home-working negatively impacted their diet, physical activity, smoking and alcohol use. People aged 30 to 39 and those who lived alone were more likely to report wanting to spend some time working in an office/base instead of at home.ConclusionThe inequity in the ability to work from home reflects underlying inequalities in Wales, with those facing the greatest insecurity (e.g. those living in most deprived areas, those with more precarious work or financial circumstances) being less able to participate in home-working. Working from home offers greater flexibility, reduces the financial and time costs associated with commuting, and protects individuals from exposure to communicable diseases. However, working from home presents an enormous challenge to preserving the mental-wellbeing of the workforce, particularly for younger individuals and those with low mental well-being. Younger respondents and those in poorer health who could work from home were also more likely to engage in health-harming behaviours, and reduce their engagement in health-protective behaviours such as eating well and moving more. Reflecting on the future, providing pathways for accessing work from home arrangements, integrating hybrid models and preparing targeted health support for at risk groups may be best suited to the working population’s preferences and needs.
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2023
Collier-Sewell F, Atherton I, Mahoney C, Kyle RG, Hughes E, Lasater K (2023). Competencies and standards in nurse education: the irresolvable tensions. Nurse Education Today, 125, 105782-105782.
Kyle RG, Bastow F, Harper-McDonald B, Jeram T, Zahid Z, Nizamuddin M, Mahoney C (2023). Effects of student-led drama on nursing students' attitudes to interprofessional working and nursing advocacy: a pre-test post-test educational intervention study. Nurse Education Today, 123, 105743-105743.
Dick S, Kyle R, Wilson P, Aucott L, France E, King E, Malcolm C, Hoddinott P, Turner SW (2023). Insights from and limitations of data linkage studies: analysis of short-stay urgent admission referral source from routinely collected Scottish data.
ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD,
108(4), 300-306.
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Watts T, Sydor A, Whybrow D, Temeng E, Hewitt R, Pattinson R, Bundy C, Kyle RG, Jones B (2023). Registered Nurses' and nursing students' perspectives on moral distress and its effects: a mixed-methods systematic review and thematic synthesis.
Nurs Open,
10(9), 6014-6032.
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Registered Nurses' and nursing students' perspectives on moral distress and its effects: a mixed-methods systematic review and thematic synthesis.
AIM: to examine Registered Nurses (RNs') and nursing students' perspectives on factors contributing to moral distress and the effects on their health, well-being and professional and career intentions. DESIGN: Joanna Briggs Institute mixed-methods systematic review and thematic synthesis. Registered in Prospero (Redacted). METHODS: Five databases were searched on 5 May 2021 for studies published in English since January 2010. Methodological quality assessment was conducted in parallel with data extraction. RESULTS: Searches yielded 2343 hits. Seventy-seven articles were included. Most were correlational design and used convenience sampling. Studies were mainly from North America and Asia and situated in intensive and critical care settings. There were common, consistent sources of moral distress across continents, specialities and settings. Factors related to perceived inability or failure to enact moral agency and responsibility in moral events at individual, team and structural levels generated distress. Moral distress had a negative effect on RNs health and psychological well-being. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: No patient or public contribution to this systematic review.
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Mahoney C, Hoyle L, Van Splunter C, Kyle RG (2023). Wearable activity trackers for nurses' health: a qualitative acceptability study.
Nurs Open,
10(9), 6357-6368.
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Wearable activity trackers for nurses' health: a qualitative acceptability study.
AIM: to assess the practical, social and ethical acceptability of the use of a POLAR® H7 chest-strap wearable device to influence health behaviours among pre-registered nurses. DESIGN: Qualitative acceptability study including a simulated test of use reported using COREQ guidelines. METHODS: Pre-registered nurses simulated nine nursing tasks while wearing the chest strap in a clinical simulation facility in a Scottish university in 2016. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted to assess technology acceptance with participants who did and did not participate in the simulated nursing tasks. Focus groups and interviews were transcribed and analysed thematically guided by a theoretical model of technology acceptance. RESULTS: Pre-registered nurses thought the use of chest-strap devices to monitor their own health in real-time was acceptable. However, participants shared that it was important that the use of technology was inclusive and supportive of nurses' health and cautioned against misuse of data from wearable devices for individual performance management or stigmatisation.
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2022
Kyle R (2022). Being Physically Active. In Blake H, Stacey G (Eds.)
Health and Wellbeing at Work for Nurses and Midwives, London: Elsevier, 137-142.
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Being Physically Active
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Isherwood KR, Kyle RG, Gray BJ, Davies AR (2022). Challenges to self-isolation among contacts of cases of COVID-19: a national telephone survey in Wales. Journal of Public Health, 45(1).
Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Song J, Davies AR (2022). Characteristics of those most vulnerable to employment changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationally representative cross-sectional study in Wales.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health,
76(1), 8-15.
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Characteristics of those most vulnerable to employment changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationally representative cross-sectional study in Wales
Background the public health response to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a detrimental impact on employment and there are concerns the impact may be greatest among the most vulnerable. We examined the characteristics of those who experienced changes in employment status during the early months of the pandemic. Methods Data were collected from a cross-sectional, nationally representative household survey of the working age population (18-64 years) in Wales in May/June 2020 (n=1379). We looked at changes in employment and being placed on furlough since February 2020 across demographics, contract type, job skill level, health status and household factors. χ 2 or Fisher's exact test and multinomial logistic regression models examined associations between demographics, subgroups and employment outcomes. Results of our respondents, 91.0% remained in the same job in May/June 2020 as they were in February 2020, 5.7% were now in a new job and 3.3% experienced unemployment. In addition, 24% of our respondents reported being placed on furlough. Non-permanent contract types, individuals who reported low mental well-being and household financial difficulties were all significant factors in experiencing unemployment. Being placed on € furlough' was more likely in younger (18-29 years) and older (60-64 years) workers, those in lower skilled jobs and from households with less financial security. Conclusion a number of vulnerable population groups were observed to experience detrimental employment outcomes during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Targeted support is needed to mitigate against both the direct impacts on employment, and indirect impacts on financial insecurity and health.
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Griffiths ML, Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Song J, Davies AR (2022). Exploring the Health Impacts and Inequalities of the New Way of Working.
Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine,
64(10), 815-821.
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Exploring the Health Impacts and Inequalities of the New Way of Working
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. The aim of the study is to provide insights into the working Welsh adult population’s perceptions of the health impacts of working from home (WFH), their ability to WFH, and their WFH preferences.
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. Data were collected from 615 working adults in Wales between November 2020 and January 2021 in a household survey.
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. More than 45% of those able to WFH reported worsened mental well-being and loneliness. Working from home worsened the diets, physical activity, smoking, and alcohol use of those in poorer health. Approximately 50% were able to WFH, although individuals living in more deprived areas, in atypical employment or with precarious income, were less able to WFH. Nearly 60% wanted to WFH to some capacity.
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. The new way of working introduces new challenges to preserving workforce mental well-being, regulating health behaviors, and tackling inequalities. Hybrid models and targeted health support could make WFH healthier and more equitable.
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Griffiths ML, Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Davies AR (2022). Exploring the health impacts and inequalities of the new way of working: findings from a cross-sectional study. International Journal for Population Data Science, 7(2).
Griffiths ML, Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Davies AR (2022). Good work in the COVID-19 recovery: priorities and changes for the future.
Gray B, Kyle R, Davies A (2022). Health and wellbeing of the nursing and midwifery workforce in Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cardiff, UK, Public Health Wales.
Young J, Snowden A, Kyle RG, Stenhouse R (2022). Men's perspectives of caring for a female partner with cancer: a longitudinal narrative study.
Health Soc Care Community,
30(6), e5346-e5355.
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Men's perspectives of caring for a female partner with cancer: a longitudinal narrative study.
Increasing evidence on men's involvement in informal, unpaid care has not transferred to the research literature around men's experiences. The aim was to explore the perspectives of men who are caring for a female partner with cancer over 1 year. Longitudinal narrative interviews (n = 22) were conducted with eight men in the UK from 2018 to 2019. Participants were aged from 32 to 76 years old, were all white British and in heterosexual relationships with women diagnosed with a range of cancer types. Interviews were transcribed and then analysed using a structural and performance approach to narrative analysis. We present, across four scenes, a process of change, transition and emotion management as the men were launched into a role that came with new responsibilities and expectations. Our study advances knowledge by highlighting the way that men perform and reflect on their negotiation with masculine discourses while supporting their partner, with implications for policy, research and practice.
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Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Challenger A, Davies AR (2022). Mental health of the nursing and midwifery workforce in Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis. The Lancet, 400
Dienes KA, Kyle R, Griffiths S, Davies A, Isherwood K, Bailey J, Williams S (2022). PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF TEST TRACE PROTECT WALES: UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING SELF-ISOLATION ADHERENCE.
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Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Isherwood KR, Humphreys C, Griffiths ML, Davies AR (2022). Precarious employment and associations with health during COVID-19: a nationally representative survey in Wales, UK.
Griffiths ML, Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Davies AR (2022). Seeking Good Work in the COVID-19 Recovery. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 65(1), 86-92.
Griffiths ML, Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Davies AR (2022). Shifting priorities and employment choices among workers in Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis. The Lancet, 400
Malcolm C, King E, France E, Kyle RG, Kumar S, Dick S, Wilson P, Aucott L, Turner SW, Hoddinott P, et al (2022). Short stay hospital admissions for an acutely unwell child: a qualitative study of outcomes that matter to parents and professionals.
PLoS One,
17(12).
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Short stay hospital admissions for an acutely unwell child: a qualitative study of outcomes that matter to parents and professionals.
BACKGROUND: Numbers of urgent short stay admissions (SSAs) of children to UK hospitals are rising rapidly. This paper reports on experiences of SSAs from the perspective of parents accessing urgent care for their acutely unwell child and of health professionals referring, caring for, or admitting children. METHODS: a qualitative interview study was conducted by a multi-disciplinary team with patient and public involvement (PPI) to explore contextual factors relating to SSAs and better understand pre-hospital urgent care pathways. Purposive sampling of Health Board areas in Scotland, health professionals with experience of paediatric urgent care pathways and parents with experience of a SSA for their acutely unwell child was undertaken to ensure maximal variation in characteristics such as deprivation, urban-rural and hospital structure. Interviews took place between Dec 2019 and Mar 2021 and thematic framework analysis was applied. RESULTS: Twenty-one parents and forty-eight health professionals were interviewed. In the context of an urgent SSA, the themes were centred around shared outcomes of care that matter. The main outcome which was common to both parents and health professionals was the importance of preserving the child's safety. Additional shared outcomes by parents and health professionals were a desire to reduce worries and uncertainty about the illness trajectory, and provide reassurance with sufficient time, space and personnel to undertake a period of skilled observation to assess and manage the acutely unwell child. Parents wanted easy access to urgent care and, preferably, with input from paediatric-trained staff. Healthcare professionals considered that it was important to reduce the number of children admitted to hospital where safe and appropriate to do so. CONCLUSIONS: the shared outcomes of care between parents and health professionals emphasises the potential merit of adopting a partnership approach in identifying, developing and testing interventions to improve the acceptability, safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of urgent care pathways between home and hospital.
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2021
Isherwood KR, Kyle RG, Gray BJ, Davies AR (2021). Challenges of self-isolation among contacts of cases of COVID-19: a national telephone survey in Wales.
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Isherwood KR, Kyle RG, Gray BJ, Davies AR (2021). Challenges to self-isolation among contacts of cases of COVID-19: a national telephone survey in Wales.
Kyle RG, Atherton IM, Lasater K (2021). Context, complexity and cross-pollination: Nursing leaders' views of the role of the voluntary and community sector in nurse education.
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Lewis L, Isherwood K, Kyle RG, Povey R, Cowap L, Clark-Carter D, Davies A (2021). Does capability, opportunity, and motivation predict intentions to repeat self-isolation if required? an analysis of a national telephone survey with contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wales.
Willatt A, Jones D, Kyle R, Davies A (2021). Emerging drivers of vulnerability to health inequity in the context of COVID-19: Perspectives and response from the voluntary and community sector in Wales. Cardiff, UK, Public Health Wales.
McInally W, Gray-Brunton C, Chouliara Z, Kyle RG (2021). Experiences of living with cancer of adolescents and young adults and their families: a narrative review and synthesis.
Enfermeria Clinica,
31(4), 234-246.
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Experiences of living with cancer of adolescents and young adults and their families: a narrative review and synthesis
Introduction: Adolescence is a critical life stage marked by significant physical, psychological, and social change. Cancer diagnosis during adolescence profoundly affects this experience for adolescents and young adults (AYA) and their families with an impact that continues throughout life. It is important to understand these experiences to ensure delivery of appropriate and high-quality supportive care. This narrative review critically appraised and synthesised qualitative literature that explored the experiences of AYAs and their families living with cancer. Method: Narrative review and synthesis of qualitative research of AYAs’ and their families’ experiences of cancer. MEDLINE, CINAHL and PsycINFO were searched between February 2000 and September 2019 using search terms including «adolescent», «young people», «young adult», «cancer», «family», and «qualitative». Literature was appraised and synthesised using Popay et al.1 framework. Results: 3016 articles were retrieved (Medline n = 1298, CINAHL n = 1632, PsycINFO n = 86). of these, 151 duplicates were removed. 2865 papers were screened with 121 abstracts considered for eligibility for inclusion. Eighteen papers met the inclusion criteria. Three inter-related themes were identified: being diagnosed with cancer; uncertainty - holding on to life and gaps in care delivery. Discussion and recommendations: Few studies discuss the impact of cancer on the families of AYA living with cancer. Future research should explore this experience. By doing so the relational impact of cancer will be better understood as the basis of supportive family-centred care. PROSPERO Registration: CRD42017084148.
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Bright D, Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Bolton S, Davies AR (2021). Factors influencing initiation of health behaviour conversations with patients: Cross-sectional study of nurses, midwives, and healthcare support workers in Wales.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING,
77(11), 4427-4438.
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Hanson CL, Neubeck L, Kyle RG, Brown N, Gallagher R, Clark RA, McHale S, Dawkes S (2021). Gender Differences in Uptake, Adherence and Experiences: a Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study of a Physical Activity Referral Scheme in Scotland, UK.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,
18(4).
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Young J, Kyle RG, Sun A (2021). Gender differences in research samples of family carers of adults with cancer: a systematic review.
International Journal of Care and Caring,
5(2), 283-318.
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Gender differences in research samples of family carers of adults with cancer: a systematic review
Rising global demand for informal care makes it increasingly important to have a comprehensive understanding of carers’ experiences. However, research is thought to be skewed towards women’s experience, leading some to call men ‘forgotten carers’. A systematic review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines was conducted to assess the gender balance of study samples of family carers of someone living with cancer. A total of 82 articles involving 14,352 participants were reviewed. Overall, 35.5 per cent of participants were men and 64.5 per cent were women. Researchers should seek to overcome barriers to men’s participation in carer research in order to ensure the experiences of male and female carers are recognised through research.
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McInally W, Gray-Brunton C, Chouliara Z, Kyle RG (2021). Life Interrupted: Experiences of adolescents, young adults and their family living with malignant melanoma.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING,
77(9), 3867-3879.
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Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Isherwood KR, Humphreys C, Davies AR (2021). Precarious employment and self-reported health: a cross-sectional analysis.
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Coull AF, Kyle RG, Hanson CL, Watterson AE (2021). Risk factors for leg ulceration in people who inject drugs: a cross-sectional study.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING,
30(11-12), 1623-1632.
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Kyle R, Isherwood K, Bailey J, Davies A (2021). Self-isolation confidence, adherence and challenges: Behavioural insights from contacts of cases of COVID-19 starting and completing self-isolation in Wales. Cardiff, UK, Public Health Wales.
MacKay SC, Smith A, Kyle RG, Beattie M (2021). What influences nurses' decisions to work in rural and remote settings? a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research.
RURAL AND REMOTE HEALTH,
21(1).
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2020
Gray BJ, Kyle RG, Song J, Davies AR (2020). Characteristics of those most vulnerable to employment changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationally representative cross-sectional study in Wales.
Brown L, Campbell K, Kyle R (2020). Co-designing with older adults living with cancer: Exploring the strengths and limitations.
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Young J, Kyle RG, Snowden A, Stenhouse R (2020). Looking back, staying still, moving on: exploring the relationship between time orientations and emotional reactions in spousal carers of people with cancer.
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Lasater K, Atherton IM, Kyle RG (2020). Population health as a 'platform' for nurse education: a qualitative study of nursing leaders.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY,
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Kyle R, Jones S, Roycroft-Davis S (2020). Revolutionising participants' health and wellbeing through neuro-reprogramming via the Slimpod® app: a randomised controlled trial.
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Revolutionising participants' health and wellbeing through neuro-reprogramming via the Slimpod® app: a randomised controlled trial.
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Ball W, Atherton I, Kyle R (2020). Self-Rated Health Inequalities in British Nurses. International Journal for Population Data Science, 5(5).
Bak MAR, Hoyle LP, Mahoney C, Kyle RG (2020). Strategies to promote nurses ' health: a qualitative study with student nurses.
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Hubbard G, Cherrie J, Gray J, Kyle RG, Nioi A, Wendelboe-Nelson C, Cowie H, Dombrowski S (2020). Sun protection education for adolescents: a feasibility study of a wait-list controlled trial of an intervention involving a presentation, action planning, and SMS messages and using objective measurement of sun exposure.
Hubbard G, Cherrie J, Gray J, Kyle RG, Nioi A, Wendelboe-Nelson C, Cowie H, Dombrowski S (2020). Sun protection education for adolescents: a feasibility study of a wait-list controlled trial of an intervention involving a presentation, action planning, and SMS messages and using objective measurement of sun exposure.
Hubbard G, Cherrie J, Gray J, Kyle RG, Nioi A, Wendelboe-Nelson C, Cowie H, Dombrowski S (2020). Sun protection education for adolescents: a feasibility study of a wait-list controlled trial of an intervention involving a presentation, action planning, and SMS messages and using objective measurement of sun exposure.
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH,
20(1).
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Kyle RG, Beattie M, Smith A (2020). Transition into remote and rural nurse education and careers: a qualitative study of student nurses.
Journal of Research in Nursing,
25(6-7), 509-520.
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Transition into remote and rural nurse education and careers: a qualitative study of student nurses
Background: Global nurse shortages present a threat to the sustainability of remote and rural healthcare. Interventions have been developed to support recruitment and retention of nurses that focus on providing pre-nursing experience for school pupils who intend to pursue nursing careers. However, there is a lack of evidence around how pre-nursing experience supports transition into nurse education. Aims: This study aims to explore the impact of a pre-nursing scholarship for school pupils in remote and rural areas of Scotland on experiences of transition into nurse education. Methods: This was a qualitative study involving semi-structured telephone and face-to-face interviews with pre-nursing scholarship participants. Results: an authentic pre-nursing experience supported school pupils’ transition to nurse education. First, it increased students’ self-efficacy, both in their decision to choose nursing as a career and their ability to nurse. Second, it helped students to realise that the opportunity to study closer to home was available to them. Third, it supported students’ educational and social integration, helping them feel prepared for university teaching and learning approaches and the social experience of being a student. Conclusions: Pre-nursing experience can support transition into nurse education and contribute to career pathways that support recruitment and retention of nurses in remote and rural areas.
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2019
Brown L, Campbell K, Kyle R (2019). Co-designing a behaviour change intervention for older adults living with cancer: Initial insights.
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Young J, Kyle RG, Snowden A, Stenhouse R (2019). Exploring men's experiences of caring for their partner: a longitudinal narrative study.
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Schneider A, Bak M, Mahoney C, Hoyle L, Kelly M, Atherton IM, Kyle RG (2019). Health-related behaviours of nurses and other healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING,
75(6), 1239-1251.
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Scheffer MMJ, Lasater K, Atherton LM, Kyle RG (2019). Student nurses' attitudes to social justice and poverty: an international comparison.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY,
80, 59-66.
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Hubbard G, Cherrie J, Gray J, Kyle RG, Nioi A, Wendelboe-Nelson C, Cowie H, Dombrowski S (2019). Sun protection education for adolescents: a feasibility study of a wait-list controlled trial of an intervention involving a presentation, action planning, and SMS messages and using objective measurement of sun exposure.
Hubbard G, Cherrie J, Gray J, Kyle RG, Nioi A, Wendelboe-Nelson C, Cowie H, Dombrowski S (2019). Sun protection education for adolescents: a feasibility study of a wait-list controlled trial of an intervention using objective measurement of sun exposure.
Ireland AV, Finnegan-John J, Hubbard G, Scanlon K, Kyle RG (2019). Walking groups for women with breast cancer: Mobilising therapeutic assemblages of walk, talk and place.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE,
231, 38-46.
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Young J, Kyle RG, Sun A (2019). Who cares? a systematic review on the proportion of males and females in cancer carer samples.
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Lasater K, Kyle RG, Atherton IM (2019). Zooming out to prioritise population health in nurse education.
COLLEGIAN,
26(5), 511-513.
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Power A, Bell SL, Kyle R, Andrews G (2019). ‘Hopeful Adaptation’ in Health Geographies: seeking health and wellbeing in times of adversity. Social Science and Medicine, 231, 1-5.
2018
Brown L, Young J, Campbell K, Snowden A, Kyle R (2018). Co-designing a behaviour change intervention for older adults living with and beyond cancer: Lessons from the literature.
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Young J, Snowden A, Stenhouse R, Kyle R (2018). Exploring male identity and the experience of caring for a partner with a cancer diagnosis: preliminary analysis.
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Ball W, Kyle R, Atherton I, Dougall N (2018). Health Inequalities in British Nurses using Census derived databases linked to an adjusted UK Index of Multiple Deprivation.
Ball W, Kyle R, Atherton I, Dougall N (2018). Health Inequalities in the British Nursing Workforce.
Young J, Loke A, Li Q, Snowden A, Kyle R, Stenhouse R (2018). Male caring across cultures: Comparing the experiences of male spousal caregivers from the UK and China.
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Hoyle LP, Smith E, Mahoney C, Kyle RG (2018). Media Depictions of “Unacceptable” Workplace Violence Toward Nurses.
Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice,
19(3-4), 57-71.
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Media Depictions of “Unacceptable” Workplace Violence Toward Nurses
Violence and aggression toward nurses are global concerns. Despite repeated research on causal factors and widespread zero tolerance campaigns, rates of violence and aggression have not declined. Violence and aggression toward nurses can negatively affect their health and ultimately patient care. Media reporting of violence and aggression toward nurses might shape people’s perceptions of the profession, perhaps impeding nurse recruitment and retention efforts in the face of global nursing shortages. The purpose of this study was to determine how print media in Scotland depicted reports of violence and aggression toward nurses. We used qualitative thematic analysis of newspaper articles and online news reporting of incidents of violence and aggression toward nurses between June 1, 2006 and May 31, 2016. Searches of Nexis and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News Online databases returned 92 relevant newspaper articles. Standards for reporting qualitative research informed presentation of results. Key themes included blame (of perpetrator or senior management), helplessness (of nurses specifically or victimization), culture (social or organizational), and prevention and reduction measures. We concluded that media coverage of violence and aggression was overwhelmingly negative and reductionist. Normalization of violence and aggression was an accepted and acceptable part of the nursing role. We conclude with recommendations for policy and call for nurse leaders to challenge this culture of acceptability, especially to support recruitment and retention of nursing staff.
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Smith J, Kyle RG, Daniel B, Hubbard G (2018). Patterns of referral and waiting times for specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH,
23(1), 41-49.
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Hubbard G, Kyle RG, Neal RD, Marmara V, Wang Z, Dombrowski SU (2018). Promoting sunscreen use and skin self-examination to improve early detection and prevent skin cancer: quasi-experimental trial of an adolescent psycho-educational intervention.
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH,
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2017
Kyle RG, Medford W, Blundell J, Webster E, Munoz S-A, Macaden L (2017). Learning and unlearning dignity in care: Experiential and experimental educational approaches.
NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE,
25, 50-56.
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Hoyle LP, Kyle RG, Mahoney C (2017). Nurses’ views on the impact of mass media on the public perception of nursing and nurse–service user interactions.
Journal of Research in Nursing,
22(8), 586-596.
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Nurses’ views on the impact of mass media on the public perception of nursing and nurse–service user interactions
The aim of this study was to examine nurses’ views on the impact that mass media has on service users and how this affects nurse/service user interactions. Internationally, the mass media is an important source of health information for the public. Media framing therefore exerts considerable influence on the public’s perceptions of healthcare professionals and services. However, it is not known how the reporting of health stories by the media impacts the work of front-line nursing staff. This is a qualitative interpretivist study using a single case study design, and includes semi-structured interviews with qualified nursing staff (n = 31) within a large hospital in the United Kingdom. There are three key themes: ‘scaremongering health stories’, ‘negative portrayal of the nursing profession’ and ‘informed service users’. Nurses perceived media framing of health and healthcare services as predominantly negative. Nurses need greater awareness of how service users receive and respond to health information and how health stories are reported. Closer engagement between health journalists and nurses through ‘journalist-in-residence’ programmes could enable nurses and journalists to gain greater appreciation of their respective sets of knowledge to support shared and informed decision-making between service users and professionals.
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Kyle RG, Wills J, Mahoney C, Hoyle L, Kelly M, Atherton IM (2017). Obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England: a cross-sectional study using the Health Survey for England.
BMJ OPEN,
7(12).
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Atherton IM, Lasater K, Richards EA, Mathews LR, Simpson V, Kyle RG (2017). Population health and nurse education – time to step-up. Nurse Education Today, 51, 117-119.
Munoz S-A, Macaden L, Kyle R, Webster E (2017). Revealing student nurses' perceptions of human dignity through curriculum co-design.
Soc Sci Med,
174, 1-8.
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Revealing student nurses' perceptions of human dignity through curriculum co-design.
Dignity is a slippery concept to define - yet it has been at the heart of media and policy debates around the provision of health and social care in recent years; particularly in the United Kingdom following the Mid-Staffordshire scandal and subsequent Francis Inquiry. This paper considers the concept of dignity in care from the perspective of student nurses. Thus, it allows us to discuss how professional nurses-to-be conceptualise dignity and also how they consider it should/could be taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels of training, and as part of their Continuing Professional Development. It is only through understanding how student nurses conceptualise and experience human dignity, and the giving and receiving of dignity in care, that it will be possible to support its facilitation in the preparation of practitioners. This paper reports on findings from a series of participatory research workshops held with undergraduate nursing students in Scotland in 2013-14 that were designed to engage the students in the development of educational resources to support the teaching of dignity in care within the nursing curriculum. The outputs from each workshop, along with analysis of transcripts of the workshop discussions, demonstrate the value of co-design as a methodology for involving students in the development of interdisciplinary resources. We observed a desire from students to actively enhance their understandings of dignity - to be able to recognise it; to see dignity in care being practiced; to experience providing such care and to have the appropriate tools to reflect on their own experience. Overall, the research revealed a rich understanding of the ways in which human dignity is conceptualised by nursing students as an embodied practice, associated with memory and personal to an individual. It was understood by the students as shifting, experiential and fragile.
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Macaden L, Kyle RG, Medford W, Blundell J, Munoz SA, Webster E (2017). Student nurses' perceptions of dignity in the care of older people.
British Journal of Nursing,
26(5), 274-280.
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Student nurses' perceptions of dignity in the care of older people
Aim: the aim of this research was to investigate student nurses' perceptions of the concept of dignity in the care of older people. Student nurses regularly move between the classroom and the clinical setting and are thus ideally placed to cast light on the barriers that exist to providing dignity in care and the way in which their theoretical understanding of dignity is shaped by exposure to the practice setting. Method: all student nurses on a three-year undergraduate nursing programme at one university were invited to participate in an online questionnaire survey and focus groups. Results: Students equated the practice of upholding dignity with listening to individuals, involving them in decision making and maintaining their privacy. Participants were mostly confident about what dignity meant in practice, but were unsure about the more theoretical aspects. Four major barriers to the promotion of dignity were highlighted-these were organisational, environmental, professional and personal in nature. Conclusion: Dignity education should occupy a more prominent position in pre-registration nursing programmes.
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2016
Kyle RG, Atherton IM (2016). Biogeography as critical nursing pedagogy: Breathing life into nurse education.
NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE,
20, 76-79.
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Neall RA, Atherton IM, Kyle RG (2016). Nurses' health-related behaviours: protocol for a quantitative systematic review of prevalence of tobacco smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and dietary habits.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING,
72(1), 197-204.
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Kyle RG, Neall RA, Atherton IM (2016). Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: a cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES,
53, 126-133.
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Leung J, Atherton I, Kyle RG, Hubbard G, McLaughlin D (2016). Psychological distress, optimism and general health in breast cancer survivors: a data linkage study using the Scottish Health Survey.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER,
24(4), 1755-1761.
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Hubbard G, Kyle R, Stoddart I, Forbat L, Neal R, O'Carroll R, Haw S (2016). RAISING ADOLESCENT CANCER AWARENESS AND CANCER COMMUNICATION IN FAMILIES.
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Hubbard G, Kyle R, Stoddart I, Forbat L, Neal RD, O'Carroll R, Haw S (2016). RAISING ADOLESCENT CANCER AWARENESS AND CANCER COMMUNICATION IN FAMILIES.
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Hubbard G, Stoddart I, Forbat L, Neal RD, O'Carroll RE, Haw S, Rauchhaus P, Kyle RG (2016). School-based brief psycho-educational intervention to raise adolescent cancer awareness and address barriers to medical help-seeking about cancer: a cluster randomised controlled trial.
PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY,
25(7), 760-771.
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Atherton IM, Kyle RG (2016). The devil's in the demography: comparison and change in the remote and rural nursing workforce in Scotland between 2001 and 2011 using representative longitudinal data.
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Kyle RG, Atherton IM, Kesby M, Sothern M, Andrews G (2016). Transfusing our lifeblood: Reframing research impact through inter-disciplinary collaboration between health geography and nurse education.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE,
168, 257-264.
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Kyle R, Ireland A, Finnegan-John J, Knight C, Taylor-Sturdy L, Hubbard G, Scanlon K (2016). Walking and talking, together: a mixed-methods evaluation of a volunteer-led walking group intervention for women living with and beyond breast cancer (Best Foot Forward).
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2015
Leung J, Hubbard G, Kyle R, McLaughlin D, Mullen R, Atherton I (2015). 33. Positive mental health in women living with breast cancer across geographic locations of residence: a data linkage study using the Scottish Health Survey.
Kyle RG, Kearns R, Milligan C (2015). Beyond 'the paradox of our own complicity': the place of activism and identity in 'voluntary sector' stories from Manchester and Auckland.
SOCIAL & CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY,
16(3), 315-331.
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Atherton I, Kyle R (2015). By reaching out we can change worlds.
Nurs Stand,
29(19), 22-23.
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By reaching out we can change worlds.
The Ebola epidemic has forced many nurses to face the limits of their power to help. But our feelings of empathy can be used to spark more local engagement with the people we help.
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Scanlon K, Hubbard G, Kyle R, Venning C, Walker A, Lavelle E (2015). Issues needs and concerns of women with Breast Cancer in rural Scotland.
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Leung J, Macleoad C, McLaughlin D, Woods L, Henderson R, Watson A, Kyle R, Hubbard G, Mullen R, Atherton I, et al (2015). P001. Rural-urban differences in screening mammography uptake in Australia and Scotland.
Kyle RG, Angus NJ, Smith J, Stewart C, MacLennan F (2015). Pedagogical Innovation to Establish Partnerships in Adolescent Health Promotion: Lessons from a Scottish Undergraduate Nursing Program.
Pedagogy in Health Promotion,
1(2), 83-90.
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Pedagogical Innovation to Establish Partnerships in Adolescent Health Promotion: Lessons from a Scottish Undergraduate Nursing Program
Nurses have an established and expanding role in health promotion in support of public health strategies to reduce health inequalities, refocus health care on prevention, and rebalance responsibility for health toward individuals. However, evidence suggests that nurses may be unclear about the content and lack the skills to conduct health promotion. Education has been identified as an important vehicle to increase nurses’ competence and confidence in health promotion, and health promotion is a required component of undergraduate nurse education in the United Kingdom. This article presents a pedagogical innovation that enabled undergraduate student nurses in Scotland to research and rehearse health promotion to raise adolescents’ awareness of risk-taking behaviors. Student nurses completed a 2-week group-work project to develop a resource (e.g. mobile app, poster, lesson plan) targeted toward an adolescent risk behavior (e.g. self-harm, unsafe sex, alcohol misuse). The project culminated with a public “marketplace” event where students showcased their resource and obtained professional, peer, and public feedback. Opportunities afforded by the national curriculum for high school pupils enabled partnerships in adolescent health promotion to be established through involvement of pupils from a local secondary school with an interest in health care careers. School pupils participated in focus groups where students “pitched” their resource and appraised students’ work at the marketplace. This article shares the design and delivery of this project to enable replication or adaptation by health educators elsewhere and offers reflections on perceived project outcomes from the perspective of student nurses, school pupils, and nursing faculty.
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Hubbard G, Kyle R, MacMillan I, Harding A, Neal R (2015). School-based Brief Psychoeducational Intervention to Raise Adolescent Cancer Awareness and Address Barriers to Seeking Medical Help about Cancer: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Leung J, Macleod C, McLaughlin D, Woods LM, Henderson R, Watson A, Kyle RG, Hubbard G, Mullen R, Atherton I, et al (2015). Screening mammography uptake within Australia and Scotland in rural and urban populations.
Preventive Medicine Reports,
2, 559-562.
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Screening mammography uptake within Australia and Scotland in rural and urban populations
Objective: to test the hypothesis that rural populations had lower uptake of screening mammography than urban populations in the Scottish and Australian setting. Method: Scottish data are based upon information from the Scottish Breast Screening Programme Information System describing uptake among women residing within the NHS Highland Health Board area who were invited to attend for screening during the 2008 to 2010 round (N = 27,416). Australian data were drawn from the 2010 survey of the 1946-51 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (N = 9890 women). Results: Contrary to our hypothesis, results indicated that women living in rural areas were not less likely to attend for screening mammography compared to women living in urban areas in both Scotland (OR for rural = 1.17, 95% CI = 1.06-1.29) and Australia (OR for rural = 1.15, 95% CI = 1.01-1.31). Conclusions: the absence of rural-urban differences in attendance at screening mammography demonstrates that rurality is not necessarily an insurmountable barrier to screening mammography.
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Ireland A, Finnegan-John J, Scanlon K, Knight C, Taylor-Sturdy L, Hubbard G, Kyle R (2015). Shoulder-to-Shoulder Support: Using Walking Interviews to Understand the Significance of a Peer-led Walking Group Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors.
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Scanlon K, Kyle R, Ireland A, Finnegan-John J, Taylor-Sturdy L, Knight C, Lavelle E (2015). Shoulder-to-shoulder support: using walking interviews to understand the significance of a peer-led walking group intervention for breast cancer survivors.
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Atherton I, Kyle R (2015). Stepping outside your comfort zone.
Nurs Stand,
29(21), 24-25.
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Smith A, Beattie M, Kyle RG (2015). Stepping up, stepping back, stepping forward: Student nurses' experiences as peer mentors in a pre-nursing scholarship.
NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE,
15(6), 492-497.
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Hubbard G, Venning C, Walker A, Scanlon K, Kyle RG (2015). Supportive care needs of women with breast cancer in rural Scotland.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER,
23(6), 1523-1532.
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Smith A, Beattie M, Kyle RG (2015). “I know exactly what I’m going into”: Recommendations for pre-nursing experience from an evaluation of a pre-nursing scholarship in rural Scotland.
Nursing Open,
2(3), 105-118.
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“I know exactly what I’m going into”: Recommendations for pre-nursing experience from an evaluation of a pre-nursing scholarship in rural Scotland
Aim to develop a model of pre-nursing experience from evaluation of a pre-nursing scholarship for school pupils in Scotland. Design Action research study. Methods School pupils (n = 42) completed questionnaire surveys and participated in anecdote circles. Student nurses acting as pupil ‘buddies’ (n = 33) participated in focus groups. Descriptive quantitative data and thematic analyses of qualitative data were integrated across cohorts and campuses. Results Ten recommended components of a model of pre-nursing experience were identified: educational experience of: (1) face-to-face on-campus teaching; (2) hands-on clinical skills sessions; and (3) andragogy, practice exposure to (4) nursing language; (5) nurses’ emotional labour; (6) patients’ stories; (7) pupils socializing with buddies; (8) buddies planning placement activities; and (9) supporting pupils during placements. Academic attainment was not a central component of the model due to pupils’ need to (10) prioritize examined work for further/higher education entry.
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2014
Hubbard G, Macmillan I, Canny A, Forbat L, Neal RD, O'Carroll RE, Haw S, Kyle RG (2014). Cancer symptom awareness and barriers to medical help seeking in Scottish adolescents: a cross-sectional study.
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH,
14 Author URL.
Atherton I, Kyle R (2014). Habitat and health: why place matters.
Nurs Stand,
29(3), 24-25.
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Habitat and health: why place matters.
Each of us is shaped by the places we spend our lives in. Thinking about your patients in their geographical context – their biogeography – can enable more holistic care.
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Atherton I, Kyle R (2014). How empathy skills can change nursing.
Nurs Stand,
29(11), 24-25.
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Kyle RG (2014). Inside-out: Connecting indoor and outdoor spaces of informal education through the extraordinary geographies of the boys' brigade camp. In (Ed) Informal Education, Childhood and Youth: Geographies, Histories, Practices, 21-35.
Atherton I, Kyle R (2014). Learn to see patients in their own world.
Nurs Stand,
28(50), 22-24.
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Learn to see patients in their own world.
Insights from the social sciences can help nurses understand the influences that shaped their patients and the decisions they make. This can develop empathy and encourage better care. Nurses are passionate about their patients' wellbeing. They can use the social sciences to improve the care they deliver and improve their patients' lives.
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Beattie M, Smith A, Kyle RG (2014). Sadness, socialisation and shifted perceptions: School pupils' stories of a pre-nursing scholarship.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY,
34(6), 894-898.
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Kyle RG, MacMillan I, Forbat L, Neal RD, O'Carroll RE, Haw S, Hubbard G (2014). Scottish adolescents' sun-related behaviours, tanning attitudes and associations with skin cancer awareness: a cross-sectional study.
BMJ OPEN,
4(5).
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Callery P, Kyle RG, Weatherly H, Banks M, Ewing C, Powell P, Kirk S (2014). Substituting community children's nursing services for inpatient care: a case study of costs and effects.
EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL,
31(E1), E55-E59.
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Venning C, Walker A, Wray J, Scanlon K, Kyle R, Hubbard G (2014). Supportive Care Needs of Women Living with Breast Cancer in Rural and Remote Areas of Scotland: Implications for Statutory and Voluntary Sector Services.
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Wells M, Amir Z, Cox T, Eva G, Greenfield D, Hubbard G, Kyle R, McLennan S, Munir F, Scott S, et al (2014). Time to act: the challenges of working during and after cancer, initiatives in research and practice.
Eur J Oncol Nurs,
18(1), 1-2.
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2013
Kyle RG, Macmillan I, Rauchhaus P, O'Carroll R, Neal RD, Forbat L, Haw S, Hubbard G (2013). Adolescent Cancer Education (ACE) to increase adolescent and parent cancer awareness and communication: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.
TRIALS,
14 Author URL.
Kyle RG, Nicoll A, Forbat L, Hubbard G (2013). Adolescents' awareness of cancer risk factors and associations with health-related behaviours.
HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH,
28(5), 816-827.
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Kyle RG, Banks M, Kirk S, Powell P, Callery P (2013). Avoiding inappropriate paediatric admission: facilitating General Practitioner referral to Community Children's Nursing Teams.
BMC FAMILY PRACTICE,
14 Author URL.
Scanlon K, Knight C, Taylor-Sturdy L, Hubbard G, Kyle R (2013). Best Foot Forward: Designing a Pilot Intervention and Feasibility Study of a Peer-Led Delivered Walking Groups for Breast Cancer Survivors.
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Hubbard G, Gray NM, Ayansina D, Evans JMM, Kyle RG (2013). Case management vocational rehabilitation for women with breast cancer after surgery: a feasibility study incorporating a pilot randomised controlled trial.
TRIALS,
14 Author URL.
Callery P, Kyle RG, Weatherly H, Banks M, Ewing C, Powell P, Kirk S (2013). Comparison of the costs of care during acute illness by two community children's nursing teams.
EMERGENCY MEDICINE JOURNAL,
30(12), 1029-1032.
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Callery P, Kyle RG, Banks M, Ewing C, Kirk S (2013). Enhancing parents' confidence to care in acute childhood illness: triangulation of findings from a mixed methods study of Community Children's Nursing.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING,
69(11), 2538-2548.
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Kyle RG, Forbat L, Rauchhaus P, Hubbard G (2013). Increased cancer awareness among British adolescents after a school-based educational intervention: a controlled before-and-after study with 6-month follow-up.
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH,
13 Author URL.
2012
Kyle RG, Forbat L, Hubbard G (2012). Cancer awareness among adolescents in Britain: a cross-sectional study.
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH,
12 Author URL.
Kyle RG, Banks M, Kirk S, Powell P, Callery P (2012). Integrating community children's nursing in urgent and emergency care: a qualitative comparison of two teams in North West England.
BMC PEDIATRICS,
12 Author URL.
Kyle RG, Campbell M, Powell P, Callery P (2012). Relationships between deprivation and duration of children's emergency admissions for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea in North West England: an analysis of hospital episode statistics.
BMC PEDIATRICS,
12 Author URL.
2011
Kyle RG, Kukanova M, Campbell M, Wolfe I, Powell P, Callery P (2011). Childhood disadvantage and emergency admission rates for common presentations in London: an exploratory analysis.
ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD,
96(3), 221-226.
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Weatherly H, Kirk S, Kyle RG, Callery P (2011). Comparison of costs of acute care by children's community nursing teams. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 96(Suppl 1).
Kyle RG, Milligan C, Kearns RA, Larner W, Fyfe NR, Bondi L (2011). The Tertiary Turn: Locating "The Academy" in Autobiographical Accounts of Activism in Manchester, UK and Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
ANTIPODE,
43(4), 1181-1214.
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Milligan C, Kearns R, Kyle RG (2011). Unpacking stored and storied knowledge: Elicited biographies of activism in mental health.
HEALTH & PLACE,
17(1), 7-16.
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Kyle RG, Culbard B, Evans J, Gray NM, Ayansina D, Hubbard G (2011). Vocational rehabilitation services for patients with cancer: design of a feasibility study incorporating a pilot randomised controlled trial among women with breast cancer following surgery.
TRIALS,
12 Author URL.
2010
Kyle RG (2010). Living and working longer with cancer. British Journal of Community Nursing, 15(12).
Callery P, Kyle RG, Campbell M, Banks M, Kirk S, Powell P (2010). Readmission in children's emergency care: an analysis of hospital episode statistics.
ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD,
95(5), 341-346.
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2009
Kyle R (2009). Familiar rooms in foreign fields: placing the 'BB atmosphere' in the Boys' Brigade's Recreation Hut, Rouen, France, 1915-1919. In (Ed) Essays in the History of Youth and Community Work Discovering the Past, Russell House Pub Limited, 176-191.