Publications

2009

Baker S, Brown B. (forthcoming 2009) Mothers, Wives and Changing Lives: Women in Mid-Twentieth Century Rural Wales. University of Wales Press

2008

Baker S, Brown B. (In press) Harbingers of Feminism?: Gender, Cultural Capital and Education in Mid-Twentieth Century Rural Wales. Gender and Education.

Brophy S, Snooks H, Griffiths L.
A Practical guide to small scale evaluation in health. SAGE Publications 2008
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Button L Effect of Social Support and Coping Strategies on the Relationship between healthcare-related Occupational Stress and Health. Journal of Research in Nursing. (Accepted for publication)

Davies, J., Lester, C., O’Neill, M. and Williams, G. Sustainable participation in regular exercise among older people: developing an action research approach’, Health Education Journal, Vol. 67, No. 1, 45-55

Elliott E, Williams G Developing public sociology through health impact assessment. Sociology of Health And Illness, Vol 13 (In press)

Gray G, Robinson C, Seddon D, Roberts A. Invisible children: Young carers of parents with mental health problems. Child and Adolscent Mental Health (In press)

Hunter B & Segrott, J. Re-Mapping Client Journeys and Professional Identities: a review of the literature on clinical pathways. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45 (4), 608-625.

Jordan S, Segrott J 'Editorial - 'Evidence based practice: the debate' Journal of Nursing Management. 16(4), 385-387

Mason S, Knowles E, Freeman J, Snooks H Safety of paramedics with extended skills. Academic Emergency Medicine. Accepted for publication March 2008.

Miller R, Butler C, Rollnick S.
Motivational interviewing in health care: helping patients change behavior. Guilford publications.

Peconi J, Snooks H, Edwards A.
'Thematic Research network for emergency and UnScheduled Treatment (TRUST): scoping the potential’. BMC Emergency Medicine 2008 Jan 30;8:2.

Porter A, Snooks H , Youren A, Gaze S, Whitfield R, Rapport F, Woollard M
'Covering our backs': ambulance crew's attitudes towards clinical documentation when 999 patients are not conveyed to hospital
Accepted for publication in the Emergency Medicine Journal

Porter, A., Peconi, J., Evans, A., Snooks, H., Lloyd, K., Russell, I.
'Equity and service innovation: the implementation of a bibliotherapy scheme in Wales' Journal of Health Services Research and Policy Vol 13 Supplement 2 pp26-31.

Rolfe, G. Segrott J, Jordan S. 'Tensions and contradictions in nurses' perspectives of evidence-based practice'. Journal of Nursing Management, 16 (4), 440-451

Smith K, Hunter D, Blackman T, Williams GMcKee L, Harrington B, Elliott E, Marks L, Greene A (in press, 2008) Divergence or convergence? Health inequalities and policy in devolved Britain, Critical Social Policy

Snooks HA, Williams AM, Griffiths LJ, Peconi J, Rance J, Snelgrove S, Sarangi S, Wainwright P, Cheung WY. Real nursing? The development of telenursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2008 Mar;61(6):631-40.

Windle, G., & Porter, A. Policy for Older People in Wales.
In Maltby, T., Kennett, P., & Rummery, K., (eds.). Social Policy Review
(20). Policy Press:Bristol. To order a copy of this book please click here

Woods, B., Keady, J. and Seddon, D.
Involving Families in Care Homes: A relationship-centred approach to dementia care. London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

2007

Baker S, Brown B. Images of Excellence: Constructions of Institutional Prestige and Reflections in the University Choice Process. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 28(3), 377 - 391 ISSN 14653346

Baker S, Brown B. Rethinking Universities; The Social Functions of Higher Education, Continum, International Publishers, 192 pp, ISBN 9780826494191

Brown B, Baker S Higher Learning: Philosophies of Research into Higher Education. International Publishers.

Butler CC, Dunstan F, Heginbothom M, Mason B, Roberts Z, Hillier S, Howe R, Palmer S, Howard A. Containing antibiotic resistance: demonstration of decreased antibiotic resistant coliform urinary tract infections with reduction in antibiotic prescribing by general medical practices. BJGP 2007;57(543), 785-792

Christopher C. Butler; Sharon Simpson; Fiona Wood. General practitioners' perceptions of introducing near-patient testing for common infections into routine primary care: A qualitative study. Scand J Prim Health Care. DOI: 10.1080/02813430701726285

Cals JW, Boumans D, Lardinois RJ, Gonzales R, Hopstaken RM, Butler CC, Dinant GJ. Public beliefs on antibiotics and respiratory tract infections: an internet-based questionnaire study. Br J Gen Pract. 2007 Dec;57(545):942-7. PMID: 18252068

Cals JW. Hopstaken RM. Butler CC. Hood K. Severens JL. Dinant GJ. Improving management of patients with acute cough by C-reactive protein point of care testing and communication training (IMPAC3T): study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Family Practice. 8:15, 2007. UI: 17394651

Cals JW, Scheppers NA, Hopstaken RM, Hood K, Dinant GJ, Goettsch H, Butler CC Evidence based management of acute bronchitis; sustained competence of enhanced communication skills acquisition in general practice. Patient Educ Couns. 2007 Nov;68(3):270-8.

Coenen S, Ferech M, Haaijer-Ruskamp FM, Butler CC, Vander Stichele RH, Verheij TJ, Monnet DL, Little P, Goossens H; ESAC Project Group. European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): quality indicators for outpatient antibiotic use in Europe. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007 Dec;16(6):440-5. PMID: 18055888

Cosby JL, Francis N, Butler CC. The role of evidence in the decline of antibiotic use for common respiratory infections in primary care. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007 Nov;7(11):749-56. PMID: 17961860

Cropper S, Porter A, Williams G, Carlisle S, Moore R, O’Neill M, Roberts C, Snooks H (eds)
Community health and wellbeing: action research on health inequalities
Policy Press, Bristol

Davies J, Lester C, O’Neill M, Williams G
Sustainable participation in regular exercise among older people: developing an action research approach, Health Education Journal No1306. In Press.

Davies, MM., & Elwyn, G. Advocating mandatory patient 'autonomy' in health care: adverse reactions and side effects in Health Care Analysis. URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/qp2l53u165754353/

Dinant GJ, Buntinx FF, Butler CC. The necessary shift from diagnostic to prognostic research. BMC Fam Pract. 2007 Sep 13;8:53.PMID: 17854488 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Evans MR. Prout H. Prior L. Tapper-Jones LM. Butler CC. A qualitative study of lay beliefs about influenza immunisation in older people. British Journal of General Practice. 57(538):352-8, 2007 May.

Fone DL, Dunstan FD, Lloyd K, Williams G, Watkins J, Palmer SR
Does social cohesion modify the association between area income deprivation and mental health? A multilevel analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology, pp 1-8.

Fone D, Dunstan F, Lloyd K, Palmer S, Williams G
Places, people and mental health: a multi-level analysis of economic inactivity, Social Science and Medicine 2007, 64, 633-645.

Green B, Segrott J, et al. Research capacity for everyone? A case study of two academic nursing schools’ capacity building strategies.
Journal of Research in Nursing, 2007, 12: 3, 247-265.

Harrop E, Addis S, Elliott E, Williams G
Resilience, Coping and Salutogenic Approaches to Maintaining and Generating Health: A Review, London: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) 2007.

Nancy J. Hawkings, Fiona Wood, and Christopher C. Butler. Public attitudes towards bacterial resistance: a qualitative study. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., Advance Access

Hillier S, Roberts Z, Dunstan F, Butler C, Howard A, Palmer S. Prior antibiotics and risk of antibiotic-resistant community-acquired urinary tract infection: a case-control study. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Jul;60(1):92-9. Epub 2007 May 30. PMID: 17540675

Hunter B, Segrott J, Darra S and Norris S. (2007) Comment on A pathway to normal labour. RCM Midwives,. 10 (5): 249.

Kinnersley P, Edwards A, Hood K, Cadbury N, Ryan R, Prout H, Owen D, Macbeth F, Butow P, Butler C. Interventions before consultations for helping patients address their information needs. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jul 18;(3):CD004565. PMID: 17636767 [PubMed - in process]

Mason S, Knowles E, Colwell B, Dixon S, Wardrope J, Gorringe, R, Snooks H, Perrin, J, Nicholl J
Effectiveness of paramedic practitioners for older people: results of a cluster randomised controlled trial
BMJ 335 (7626):919

Mason S, Snooks H
Provision of urgent care in the community
Commissioned by BMJ, submitted March 2007

Metcalf EP. Davies JC. Wood F. Butler CC. Unwrapping the diagnosis of tuberculosis in primary care: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice. 57(535):116-22, 2007 Feb. UI: 17263928

O'Brien K, Hillier S, Simpson S, Hood K, Butler C. An observational study of empirical antibiotics for adult women with uncomplicated UTI in general practice. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Jun;59(6):1200-3. PMID: 17449887

Porter A, Snooks H, Gaze S, Youren A, Whitfield R, Rapport F, Woollard M
“Should I stay or should I go?” Deciding whether to go to hospital after a 999 call, Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. April 2007 12 suppl 1, 2007:32-38.

Priest H, Segrott J, Green B & Rout, A.
Harnessing collaboration to build nursing research capacity: a research team journey. Nurse Education Today 2007, 27, 577-587.

Rapport F, Snooks H, Evans A, Tee A.
'Getting involved means making a difference?' Insider views on the perceived impact of a 'healthy living' community intervention.
Critical Public Health, May 2007

Seale C, Butler CC, Hutchby I, Kinnersley P, Rollnick S. Negotiating frame ambiguity: a study of simulated encounters in medical education. Commun Med. 2007;4(2):177-87. PMID: 18052817 [PubMed - in process]

Sheeran Y, Brown B, & Baker S. 'Conflicting philosopies of inclusion:the contestation of knowledge in widening participation' London Review of Education, 5 (3), 249-263

Sharon A. Simpson, Fiona Wood, and Christopher C. Butler. General practitioners' perceptions of antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative study. J. Antimicrob. Chemother., February 2007; 59: 292 - 296.

Snooks H, Nicholl J
Sorting patients: the weakest link in the emergency care system. EMJ commentary. EMJ 2007;24:74.

Sullivan F, Butler C, Cupples M, Kinmonth AL. Primary care research networks in the United Kingdom. BMJ. 2007 May 26;334(7603):1093-4. (Editorial)

Tommis Y, Seddon D, Woods B, Robinson CA, Reeves C, Russell I
Rural-urban differences in the effects on mental well-being of caring for people with stroke or dementia. Journal of Ageing and Mental Health, 11 (6): 743-750

Williams J, Roberts S, Ali F, Cheung WY, Cohen D, Demery G, Edwards A, Greer M, Hellier M, Hutchings H, Ip B, Longo M, Russell I, Snooks H, Williams J
Gastroenterology services in the UK. The burden of disease, and the organisation and delivery of services for gastrointestinal and liver disorders: a review of the evidence. Gut 2007;56;1-113.

Wood F, Simpson S, Butler CC. Socially responsible antibiotic choices in primary care: a qualitative study of GPs' decisions to prescribe broad-spectrum and fluroquinolone antibiotics. Fam Pract. 2007 Oct;24(5):427-34. PMID: 17728289

Woods B, Keady J, Seddon D.
Involving familes in care homes: A relationship-centred approach to dementia care. Jessica Kingsley, 2007.

2006

Anderson E, Shepherd M, Salisbury C
“Taking off the suit”: engaging the community in primary health care decision-making. Health Expectations, 2006, 9, 70 - 78.

Blackman T, Elliott E, Greene A, Harrington B, Hunter DJ, Marks L, McKee L, Williams G
Performance assessment and wicked problems: the case of health inequalities, Public Policy and Administration. 2006, 21, 2, 66-80.

Brown, N.; Faulkner, A.; Kent, J; Michael, M. (2006). Regulating Hybrids: `Making a Mess' and `Cleaning Up' in Tissue Engineering and Transpecies Transplantation. Social Theory & Health, 4, 1, 1-24.

Butler CC, Hillier S, Roberts Z, Dunstan F, Howard A, Palmer S
Antibiotic resistant infections in primary care are symptomatic for longer and increase workload: outcomes for patients with E.coli urinary tract infection. British Journal of General Practice, 2006, 56 (530):686-92, 2006.

Butler C, Francis N, Dinant GJ. Whooping cough in general practice. BMJ. 2006 Jul 22;333(7560):159-60. (Editorial)

Davies MM, Elwyn G
Referral Management Centres: Promising innovations or Trojan horses
BMJ 2006; 332; 7545.844.

Davies MM, Papadopoulos I
Notions of Motherhood and the maternity needs of Arab Muslim women Book chapter in, I Papadopoulos (ed.) Transcultural Health and Social Care: The Development of Culturally Competent Practitioners. Churchill Livingstone: London 2006 pp.145-161.

van Driel ML, De Sutter A, Deveugele M, Peersman W, Butler CC, De Meyere M, De Maeseneer J, Christiaens T. Are sore throat patients who hope for antibiotics actually asking for pain relief? Ann Fam Med. 2006 Nov-Dec;4(6):494-9. PMID: 17148626

Faulkner A, Kent J, Geesink I, Fitzpatrick D. (2006). Purity and the dangers of regenerative medicine: regulatory innovation of human tissue engineered technology. Social Science & Medicine, 63, 2277-2288.

Fone D, Dunstan F, Lloyd K, Palmer S, Williams G
‘Places, people and mental health: a multi-level analysis of economic inactivity’, Social Science and Medicine 2007, 64, 633-645

Green, B, Segrott, J & Hewitt, J. (2006). ‘Developing Nursing and Midwifery Research Capacity in an Academic Department: Findings from a Longitudinal Case Study’, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 56 (3), 302-313.

Hillier S, Bell J, Heginbothom M, Roberts Z, Dunstan F, Howard A, Mason B, Butler CC
When do general practitioners request urine specimens for microbiology analysis? The applicability of antibiotic resistance surveillance based on routinely collected data. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2006 Dec; 58(6): 1303-6. Epub 2006 Oct 24. PMID 17062608.

Hopstaken RM, Coenen S, Butler CC, Nelemans P, Muris JW, Rinkens PE, Kester AD, Dinant GJ
Prognostic factors and clinical outcome in acute lower respiratory tract infections: a prospective study in general practice. Fam Pract. 2006 Jun 20; [Epub ahead of print]

Hopstaken RM, Butler CC, Muris JW, Knotterus JA, Collaboration, Kester AD, Rinkens PE, Dinant FJ
Do clinical findings in lower respiratory tract infection help general practitioners prescribe antibiotics appropriately? An observational cohort study in general practice. Family Practice 2006 Apr; 23 (2): 180-7.

Kent, J., Faulkner, A., Geesink, I., & FitzPatrick, D. (2006). Towards Governance of Human Tissue Engineered Technologies in Europe: Framing the case for a new regulatory regime. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 73, 41-60. (online at: http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0040162505000879).

Leeson SC, Edmondson RJ, Heatley MK, Nunns D, Seddon D, Whitaker R et al (2006). Guidelines for gynecological cancer – an audit of current network documents in England and Wales. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer; 2006, 16: 470-477.

Lindbaek M, Francis N, Cannings-John R, Butler CC, Hjortdahl P
Clinical course of suspected viral sore throat in young adults: cohort study. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2006
Jun;24(2):93-7.

McCambridge J, Strang J, Butler CC, Kearney F, Anderson P. Hazardous drinking and the NHS: the costs of pessimism and the benefits of optimism. Br J Gen Pract. 2006 Apr;56(525):247-8. (Editorial)

Nichols G, Shepherd M
Volunteering in sport: the use of ratio analysis to analyse volunteering and participation, Managing Leisure. 2006, 11, 4, 205-216.

Phillips, C.J., Main, C.J., Buck, R., Button, L., Farr, A., Havard, L. & Brown, G. (2006). Profiling the community in Merthyr Tydfil: Problems, challenges and opportunities. Well-being in Work Partnership Study 1: Final Report. http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3.docmetadata.cfm?orgid=568&id=56220

Reeves C, Whitaker R, Robinson CA, Parsonage RK, Swale K, Bayley L
‘Sexual Health Services and Education: Young People’s Experiences Dissemination and Preferences.’ Health Education Journal. 2006, 65 (4); 368-379

Seddon D, Robinson CA, Reeves C, Tommis Y, Woods RT, Russell I
(2006) ‘In their own right: translating the policy of carer assessments into practice.’ British Journal of Social Work , Published March 29 2006.

Segrott, J, McIvor, M and Green, B (2006). ‘Challenges and strategies in developing nursing research capacity: a review of the literature’, International Journal of Nursing Studies, 43 (5), 637-651.

Segrott, J. (2006) ‘Lessons in nationality: constructing identities at Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain, Contemporary Wales, 18, 122-139.

Shaw I, Faulkner A
Practitioner Evaluation at Work. American Journal of Evaluation, 2006. 27: 44-63.

Simpson SA, Wood F, Butler CC
General practitioners’ perceptions of antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative study. Accepted by Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2006 16 November 2006 (Epub ahead of print ) PMID: 17110392 (Pubmed.)

Snooks H, Halter M, Close J, Cheung WY, Moore F, Roberts SE
Emergency care of older people who fall: a missed opportunity. Quality and Safety in Health Care, Dec 2006; 15: 390-392.

Vidal-Alaball J, Butler CC, Potter CC. Comparing costs of intramuscular and oral vitamin B12 administration in primary care: A cost-minimization analysis.Eur J Gen Pract. 2006;12(4):169-73. PMID: 17127603

Williams G
History is what you live: understanding health inequalities in Wales, in: P. Michael and C. Webster (Eds.) Health and Society in Twentieth Century Wales, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2006, 287-312.

Wismar M, Blau J, Ernst K, Elliott E, Golby A, Van Herten L, Lavin T, Stricka M, Williams G
Implementing and institutionalising health impact assessment in Europe, in: T Ståhl, M Wismar, E Ollila, E Lahtinen, K Leppo (Eds.) Health in All Policies: Prospects and Potentials, Helsinki: Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, 2006, 231-252.

2005

Burholt V & Naylor D
The relationship between rural community type & attachment to place for older people living in North Wales. European Journal of Ageing 2005, 2(2):109-119.

Butler CC , Hood K, Kinnersley P, Prout H, Robling M, Houston H
Predicting the clinical course of URTI, Family Practice, 2005, 22, 92-95.

Button, L., Green, B., Tengnah, C., Johansson, I. & Baker, C. (2005). The impact of international placements on nurses’ personal and professional lives: literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 50(3), 315-324.

van Duijn HJ, Kuyvenhoven MM, Butler CC, Coenen S, Verheij TJ. Variation in outpatient antibiotic use in three European countries: exploration of possible determinants. Eur J Gen Pract. 2005 Sep-Dec;11(3-4):139-40.

Francis N, Rollnick S, McCambridge J, Butler CC
When smokers are resistant to change: experimental analysis of the effect of patient resistance on practitioner behaviour, Addiction, 2005, 1175-1182.

Hopstaken RM, Coenen S, Butler CC
Treating patients not diagnoses: challenging assumptions underlying the investigation and management of LRTI in general practice’ J Antimocrob. Chemother. 2005, 56 (5), 941-943.

Naylor DM
Review of “Cook G, Reed J, Childs S & Hall A (2004). Does Money Matter? Older People’s Views of their Monetary Resources. York Publishing Services, York”. Quality in Ageing 2005, v6(2):38-39.

Naylor DM
Review of “Thomas P (2003). Money at Home: The Home Care Worker’s Guide to Handling Other People’s Finances and Belongings. Age Concern England, London”. Quality in Ageing 2005, v6(2): 39-40.

Rollnick S, Butler C, McCambridge J, Kinnersley P, Elwyn G, Resnicow K
Consultations about changing behaviour, BMJ, 331 961-963, 2005.

Snooks H, Kearsley N, Dale J, Halter M, Redhead J, Foster J
Gaps between policy, protocols and practice: a qualitative study of emergency ambulance crews’ views and practice concerning the care of patients with non-urgent needs. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2005; Aug;14(4):251-7.

Snooks H, Halter M, Moore F, Mapes Y, Booth H
Hearing half the message? A reaudit of the care of patient with acute asthma by emergency ambulance crews in London. Quality and Safety in Health care. Dec 2005; 14: 455 - 458.

van Duijn HJ, Kuyvenhoven MM, Butler CC, Coenen S, Verheij TJ.
Variation in outpatient antibiotic use in three European countries: exploration of possible determinants. Eur J Gen Pract. 2005 Sep-Dec;11(3-4):139-40.

Seddon D, Robinson C
Carers and Caregiving in the context of intermediate and continuing care, in Roe, B and Beech, R (Eds) Intermediate and Continuing Care: Policy and Practice. Oxford, Blackwells

2004

Clarke, D. B, Doel, M. A & Segrott, J. (2004) ‘No alternative? The regulation and professionalization of complementary and alternative medicine in the United Kingdom’, Health and Place, 10 (4), pp329-338.

Dale J, Williams S, Foster T, Higgins J, Snooks H, Crouch R, Hartley-Sharpe C, Glucksman E
Safety of telephone consultation for ‘non-serious’ emergency ambulance service patients. Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2004;13:363-373.

Doel, M. A, & Segrott, J. (2004) ‘Materialising complementary and alternative medicine: aromatherapy, chiropractic, and Chinese herbal medicine in the UK, Geoforum, 35 (6), pp727-738.

Elliott E, Williams GH
Developing a civic intelligence: local involvement in health impact assessment. Environmental Impact Assessment Review; 2004, 24, 231-243.

Elliott E., Williams G. and Rolfe B. (2004) The role of lay knowledge in HIA, in: J. Kemm, J. Parry and S. Palmer (Eds) Health Impact Assessment, Oxford University Press

Gatrell, A., Berridge, D., Bennett, S., Bostock, L., Thomas, C., Popay, J., and Williams, G. (2004) Local geographies of health inequalities, in: Boyle P.J. et al (Eds.) The Geography of Health Inequalities in the Developed World, Ashgate Press

O’Neill, M and Williams, G, (2004) ‘Developing community and agency engagement in an action research study in south Wales’, Critical Public Health, 14, 1

Seddon D, Robinson C, Bowen S and Boyle M
Supporting carers in paid employment: developing a needs-led approach. Quality in Ageing; 2004 5(1):14-23.

Segrott, J & Doel, M. A. (2004) ‘Disturbing geography: obsessive-compulsive disorder as spatial practice’, Social and Cultural Geography, 5 (4), 597-614.

Snooks H, Kearsley N, Dale J, Halter M, Redhead J, Cheung WY
Towards primary care for non-serious 999 callers: results of a controlled study of “Treat and Refer” protocols for ambulance crews. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2004;13(6):435-43.

Tommis, Y, and Robinson CA (2004). ‘Managing emergency admissions: an overview.’ Submitted to Journal of Health Organisation and Management.

Tommis, Y, O’Connell, S. and Robinson, CA (2004). ‘Bringing up baby, a broader learning experience’. Submitted to Health and Social Care in the Community

Davies, M.M., Papadopoulos, I. & Fleming, L. (2004)
Labour Pain and the Passage to Motherhood for Arab Muslim women in London
Journal of Health, Social and Environmental Issues, Vol.5 (1) pp.17 – 22.