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| Louise M WallaceSummaryAffiliation: Coventry University Country: UK Publications
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Organisational strategies for changing clinical practice: how trusts are meeting the challenges of clinical governanceL M Wallace
School of Health and Social Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK Health Services Management Centre, Birmingham University, Birmingham B15 2RT, UK
Qual Health Care 10:76-82. 2001....
Survey evaluation of the National Patient Safety Agency's Root Cause Analysis training programme in England and Wales: knowledge, beliefs and reported practicesL M Wallace
Applied Research Centre Health and Lifestyles Interventions, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 18:288-91. 2009..The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) in England and Wales commissioned a survey evaluation of its national training programme which consisted of 3-day workshops and internet support materials...
Influencing exercise and diet to prevent osteoporosis: lessons from three studiesLouise Wallace
Health Services Research Centre, Coventry University
Br J Community Nurs 9:102-9. 2004..Women were more willing to change diet than exercise. Suggestions are made to help primary care teams to motivate women to make sustained changes in diet and exercise...- Organizational interventions to promote risk management in primary care: the experience in Warwickshire, EnglandLouise M Wallace
Health Services Research Centre, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Health Serv Manage Res 20:84-93. 2007..g. recording systems for adverse events, root cause analysis to understand error generation) and enable staff to see tangible personal and organizational benefits for the extra effort involved... - A randomised-controlled trial in England of a postnatal midwifery intervention on breast-feeding durationLouise M Wallace
Health Services Research Centre, GE404, School of Health, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
Midwifery 22:262-73. 2006..To determine whether postnatal 'hands off' care by midwives on positioning and attachment of the newborn baby improves breast-feeding duration... - Informing school sex education using the stages of change construct: sexual behaviour and attitudes towards sexual activity and condom use of children aged 13-16 in EnglandLouise M Wallace
Coventry University, UK
J Health Psychol 12:179-83. 2007..82 per cent were in Contemplation or Preparation stages for intercourse, and 85.4 per cent would use condoms every time. Sex education should be tailored to Stage, and signposting to sexual health and contraception services... - From root causes to safer systems: international comparisons of nationally sponsored healthcare staff training programmesL M Wallace
Health Services Research Centre, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 15:388-9. 2006 - Training needs survey of midwives, health visitors and voluntary-sector breastfeeding support staff in EnglandLouise M Wallace
Health Services Research Centre, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
Matern Child Nutr 3:25-39. 2007..35, d.f. = 547; P < 0.0001). Core training is relevant to all practitioners, and practice-based training with access to evidence-based policies is required... - A process evaluation using a Self Determination Theory measure of the co-delivery of self management training by clinicians and by lay tutorsShilpi Sharma
Applied Research Centre for Health and Lifestyle Interventions, Coventry University, England, UK
Patient Educ Couns 90:38-45. 2013..To evaluate the co-delivery style of lay and clinician co-tutors of courses for patients, and courses for clinicians to support their patients' self-management skills... - Development and psychometric properties of a self report measure to assess clinicians' practices in self management support for patients with long term conditionsJoanna Kosmala-Anderson
Applied Research Centre for Health and Lifestyle Interventions, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Patient Educ Couns 85:475-80. 2011.... - Improving patient safety incident reporting systems by focusing upon feedback - lessons from English and Welsh trustsLouise M Wallace
Applied Research Centre Health and Lifestyles Interventions, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Health Serv Manage Res 22:129-35. 2009..We draw recommendations of enduring relevance to the UK NHS that can be used by trust staff to improve their systems. The recommendations will be of relevance in general terms to health services worldwide... - Breastfeeding Best Start study: training midwives in a 'hands off' positioning and attachment interventionSusan M Law
Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Care, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Matern Child Nutr 3:194-205. 2007..It is applicable to all midwives, and could be a cost-effective way of improving the ability of mothers to begin and continue to breastfeed successfully... - Attitudes towards disability amongst Pakistani and Bangladeshi parents of disabled children in the UK: considerations for service providers and the disability movementPaul Bywaters
Centre for Social Justice, School of Health and Social Scienes, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Health Soc Care Community 11:502-9. 2003..There was also no evidence that the families' attitudes had been informed by the disability movement. The implications for service providers and the movement are considered... - Young women's experience of termination and miscarriage: a qualitative studyGeraldine Brady
Applied Research Centre for Sustainable Regeneration, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Hum Fertil (Camb) 11:186-90. 2008.... - Confidence matters: a Self-Determination Theory study of factors determining engagement in self-management support practices of UK cliniciansJ P Kosmala-Anderson
Applied Research Centre for Health and Lifestyle Interventions, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Psychol Health Med 15:478-91. 2010.... - A training needs survey of doctors' breastfeeding support skills in EnglandLouise M Wallace
Health Services Research Centre, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Matern Child Nutr 2:217-31. 2006..All training should be evaluated and implemented alongside breastfeeding policies and clinical leadership to improve the practice of all healthcare practitioners... - Which outcome expectancies are important in determining young adults' intentions to use condoms with casual sexual partners?: a cross-sectional studyKatie V Newby
Applied Research Centre in Heath and Lifestyle Interventions, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
BMC Public Health 13:133. 2013.... - How do young adults perceive the risk of chlamydia infection? A qualitative studyKatie V Newby
Applied Research Centre in Health and Lifestyle Interventions, Coventry University, UK
Br J Health Psychol 17:144-54. 2012..This study aimed to improve understanding of how young UK genito-urinary medicine (GUM) patients perceive the risk of chlamydia, and identify implications for health education... - Evaluation and measurement for improvement in service-level quality improvement initiativesNicholas C C Russell
Applied Research Centre in Health and Lifestyle Interventions, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Health Serv Manage Res 24:182-9. 2011..We recommend that health service managers use the framework to determine the most appropriate approach to evaluation and measurement for improvement for their context, to ensure that their decisions are evidence based... - 'Breast is not always best': South Asian women's experiences of infant feeding in the UK within an acculturation frameworkKubra Choudhry
The Applied Research Centre in Health and Lifestyle Interventions, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Matern Child Nutr 8:72-87. 2012..This paper highlights ways to tailor information for South Asian women depending on levels of acculturation... - Does the professional and working context of United Kingdom clinicians predict if they use practices to support patients with long term conditions to self manage?Joanna Kosmala-Anderson
Applied Research Centre in Health and Lifestyle Interventions, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
Arch Med Sci 6:815-21. 2010..Our study examines how the professional and employment context may influence clinicians' practice self management support for patients with long term conditions (LTC)... - Breastfeeding works: the role of employers in supporting women who wish to breastfeed and work in four organizations in EnglandJoanna Kosmala-Anderson
Health Services Research Centre, CWG04, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 28:183-91. 2006..Recommendations are made for employers... - Developing practice in breastfeedingMary J Renfrew
Mother and Infant Research Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
Matern Child Nutr 2:245-61. 2006..This question needs to be addressed if public health guidance is to be of sustained benefit... - Barriers to breastfeeding: a qualitative study of the views of health professionals and lay counsellorsRuth Tennant
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham
Community Pract 79:152-6. 2006..Practical problems in accessing training make it difficult for health professionals to stay up-to-date with new evidence. Information from the study was used to develop a self-study training workbook for local health professionals... - Addressing the learning deficit in breastfeeding: strategies for changeMary J Renfrew
Mother and Infant Research Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
Matern Child Nutr 2:239-44. 2006..Organizational barriers could be addressed through a public health policy and evidence-based approach... - Empowerment and advocacy: reflections on action research with Bangladeshi and Pakistani families who have children with severe disabilitiesQulsom Fazil
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Health Soc Care Community 12:389-97. 2004..These issues must be addressed if services are to reap their potential to make a positive impact on the lives of the most vulnerable and powerless members of the community... - A home-based, transtheoretical change model designed strength training intervention to increase exercise to prevent osteoporosis in Iranian women aged 40-65 years: a randomized controlled trialKambiz Karimzadeh Shirazi
Department of Health Education, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Al Ahmad hamran Cross, PO Box 14115 111, Tehran, Iran
Health Educ Res 22:305-17. 2007..These results support the applicability of the TTM for a PA intervention and indicate that this training program is very effective in improving balance and lower body strength in older women...