Multiplicity, variability and incongruity in the meanings of risk encountered throughout research process (and beyond) are key foci inquiry within socio-cultural research, which attaches considerable importance to appreciating participants' perspectives, orientations contextual understandings. These also associated with epistemological methodological dilemmas since as social science more widely, researchers' theoretical assumptions problem formulations inevitably serve anchor points for that...

Stroke can lead to physical, mental and social long-term consequences, with the incidence of stroke increasing age. However, there is a lack evidence how improve outcomes for people stroke. Resilience, ability 'bounce back', flourish or thrive in face adversity improves health quality life older adults. role resilience adjustment after has been little investigated. The purpose this study report on development preliminary evaluation novel intervention promote We applied first two phases...

Background The ‘Productive Ward: Releasing Time to Care’ programme is a quality improvement (QI) intervention introduced in English acute hospitals decade ago to: (1) Increase time nurses spend direct patient care. (2) Improve safety and reliability of (3) experience for staff patients. (4) Make changes physical environments improve efficiency. Objective To explore how timing adoption, local implementation strategies processes assimilation into day-to-day practice relate one another shape...

Abstract Background As coproduction in public services increases, understanding the role of leadership this context is essential to tasks establishing relational partnerships and addressing power differentials among groups. The aims review are explore models processes involved leading as well as, based on that exploration, develop a guiding framework for practices. Methods A systematic synthesizes evidence reported by 73 papers related health welfare. Results Despite fact coleadership...

Ever-growing demands on care systems have increased reliance healthcare support workers. In the UK, their training has been variable, but organisation-wide failures in prompted questions about how this crucial section of workforce should be developed. Their training, and assessment become a policy priority. This paper examines: workers' access to assessment; perceived gaps provision; barriers facilitators implementation relevant policies acute care. We undertook qualitative study staff...

Abstract Children's centres are intended to be a mainstream, universal service. They began in 2004 and their origins diverse. Some replaced various forms of local provision, most notably Sure Start programmes; others were established from scratch. Issues for exploratory empirical work have been identified the guidance issued by central government. Using interview data three urban authorities, this article explores nature ‘core offer’ that expected provide way which they pursued goal...

Despite policies to encourage children's sense of citizenship and increase young people's participation in the Voluntary Sector, there has been very little research on volunteering by under-16s, scant attention paid existing evidence.This paper uses UK Time Use Survey 2000 explore formal informal children i aged 8 15: their rates; time spent; activities they do; give some idea characteristics child volunteers.It is shown that are a core group active volunteers who should no longer be...

Parental regulation of teenagers’ time is pervasive. Parents attempt to constrain, well into adolescence, what their children do with time, when they it and how long for. This article draws on interviews 14- 16-year-olds in the UK explore experiences parents’ temporal regulation, whether perceptions are affected by processes meanings attached it. Where values, rationalities around temporalities shared, can be relatively unproblematic. Sometimes however, there a clash frames, which impacts...

As dual‐earner families have become the norm, different kinds of ‘time’ children spend with parents has an important issue. We use 2000 Time Use Survey to identify adolescent spending time alone at home, and interviews 50 aged 14 15 explore young people's experiences. investigate their views on situations, appropriate domestic responsibilities how they manage time. suggest that simple parental presence or absence is not necessarily main issue for children. However, employment may be problematic some

Abstract In socio-cultural risk research, an epistemological tension often follows if real hazards in the world are juxtaposed against essentially socially constructed nature of all risk. this editorial, we consider how paradox is manifest at a practical level number ethical dilemmas for researcher. (1) terms strategies seeking informed consent, and addressing power inequalities involved interpretative analytical work, researchers can find themselves pushing boundaries standard...

Objective To develop supportive interventions for adults with new-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) to facilitate positive adaptive strategies during their transition into a life diabetes. Design The study used co-design approach informed by Thinking stimulate participants’ reflections on experiences of current care and generate ideas new interventions. Visual illustrations were depict support needs challenges. Initial discussions these challenges facilitated researchers people in workshops. Data...

Background Older people account for an increasing proportion of those receiving NHS acute care. The quality health care delivered to older has come under increased scrutiny. Health-care assistants (HCAs) provide much the direct in hospital. Patients’ experience tends be based on relational aspects that including dignity, empathy and emotional support. Objective(s) We aimed understand training needs HCAs caring people, design a intervention assess feasibility cluster randomised controlled...

Abstract The value of co-produced research is increasingly recognised. This a case study lay conducted, qualitative on the experiences social workers and Disabled users their services using (or not) digital technologies when communicating with each other. We describe co-production process from inception to dissemination draw out lessons for future studies. researchers developed interview topic guides, conducted semi-structured interviews work services, analysed data led or contributed...

Abstract The contributions that adult men and women make to households in terms of paid unpaid work have undergone substantial change, particularly respect women's responsibility for income generation, been seen as part the processes individualization. Recent literature suggested children are now acquiring independence earlier those same processes. paper uses qualitative methods explore way which parents two-parent families, where both employed, perceive risks attached children's exercise...

Background The ‘Productive Ward: Releasing Time to Care’™ programme (Productive Ward; PW) was introduced in English NHS acute hospitals 2007 give ward staff the tools, skills and time needed implement local improvements (1) increase nurses spend on direct patient care, (2) improve safety reliability of (3) experience (4) make structural changes wards efficiency. Evidence whether or not these goals were met sustained is very limited. Objective To explore if PW had a impact over past decade....

People aged 75 years and over account for 1 in 4 of all hospital admissions. There has been increasing recognition problems the care older people, particularly hospitals. Evidence suggests that people judge they receive terms kindness, empathy, compassion, respectful communication being seen as a person not just patient. These are aspects to which we refer when use term 'relational care'. Healthcare assistants deliver an proportion direct yet their training needs often overlooked.This study...

Policies and practices around school work, operating within beyond the family, are fundamentally rooted in perpetuate a particular generational order. Working from temporal perspective this article focuses on ‘school work’ order to demonstrate how time operates across spheres as key means of constructing generation, making not only children, but children. Outlining UK policies children’s time-use, employing findings study families with teenagers, examines entanglement work family life...

Abstract Background ‘Older People’s Shoes’ is a training intervention designed for healthcare assistants (HCAs) to improve the relational care of older people in hospital. The formed part broader evaluation, this paper we describe its development from learning design and methodological perspective. Methods Learning theory an instructional model were key components In-PREP (Input, Process, Review Evaluation, Product) methodology used delivery by front-line hospital staff. An expert panel,...

The often unremarked processes through which gender and generation play out in families with teenage children in, through, over time, was the topic of a mixed qualitative methods study, drawing on accounts multiple family members – 14 15 year olds their resident parent(s). Using this as case study paper critically considers number methodological, ethical, political issues faced undertaking research, particularly respect to research children. These pertain challenges social constructionist...