Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Health and Life Sciences has around 380 members of staff in the Faculty, organised into four Schools: The Schools of Allied Health Sciences, Applied Social Sciences and Leicester School of Pharmacy are located in the Hawthorn Building on the City Campus; The School of Nursing and Midwifery is located on the Charles Frears campus, which is situated some two miles from the City Campus in Leicester. The faculty grouping allows the academic schools to collaborate across the subject boundaries in teaching, consultancy and research. Students in this area have an enquiring mind, good analytical skills, and are concerned about the health and welfare of others.
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Investigation into attitudes towards older people with dementia in acute hospital using the Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire
(Article)Background: Health care professionals have poor recognition of cognitive impairment among older patients and often have difficulties in providing care for people with dementia in acute hospitals. There are also reported ... -
A serious game to explore human foraging in a 3D environment
(Article)Traditional search tasks have taught us much about vision and attention. Recently, several groups have begun to use multiple-target search to explore more complex and temporally extended “foraging” behaviour. Many of ... -
Development of and adherence to a gamified environment promoting health and wellbeing in older people with mild cognitive impairment
(Conference)Overview and aims: This project aimed to promote active aging by delivering tasks via a tablet computer to participants aged 65-80 with mild cognitive impairment. The aims were to develop an age-appropriate gamified ... -
National Maternity and Perinatal Audit: Organisational Report 2019
(Other)Maternity and neonatal services in England, Scotland and Wales are going through an eventful time. Wide-ranging transformation plans are being implemented as a result of the English national maternity services review and ... -
Development of a tool to support managers in planning and evaluating staff training
(Article)Aim To explore decision-making and evaluation strategies used by healthcare managers in relation to staff training and education, and to develop a tool to support managers with these tasks. Method Using snowball sampling, ... -
The development of an inclusive model to construct teacher’s professional knowledge: pedagogic content knowledge for sound-based music as a new subject area
(Article)This paper outlines a systematic process for developing the different knowledge domains required for teaching sound-based (electroacoustic) music as a new subject area. As a new area within the discipline of music, teachers ... -
Using blackboard collaborate, a digital web conference tool, to support nursing students placement learning: A pilot study exploring its impact
(Article)Ensuring student nurses, when in clinical placement areas, receive good quality Higher Education Institution (HEI) lecturer support is challenging. This is because conventional HEI placement support, is resource intensive ... -
Disclosure in lesbian, gay and bisexual cancer care: towards a salutogenic healthcare environment
(Article)Background: The literature on sexual orientation disclosure is arguably one of the most developed in the field of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people in healthcare in English speaking countries however, relatively little ... -
Ontological Diversifications: Greening Domestic Violence and Abuse Studies on Companion Animals. Protection, Prevention and Intervention
(Conference)Arguably, first championed by the second wave of feminism, the origins of the Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) sector in the UK are intertwined with issues of gender inequality and concerns about the harm and violence ... -
Determining the location of suitable satellite centres for chronic kidney disease (CKD) treatment within Edo state, Nigeria
(Article)The study investigates the accessibility to healthcare for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients within Edo state, Nigeria. This was done with the aim of determining the efficiency of the health service available to CKD ... -
Using a dual kernel density estimate as a preliminary evaluation of the spatial distribution of diagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Edo State, Nigeria
(Article)Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing problem in Nigeria, presenting challenges to the nation’s health and economy. This study presents an analysis of 442 patients with CKD referred to the renal department at the ... -
Chronic kidney disease in Nigeria: an evaluation of the spatial accessibility to healthcare for diagnosed cases in Edo State
(Article)Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing problem in Nigeria, presenting challenges to the nation’s health and economy. This study evaluates the accessibility to healthcare in Edo State of CKD patients diagnosed between ... -
Riparian Corridors Encroachment and Flood Risk Assessment in Ile-Ife: A GIS Perspective
(Article)Recent development and expansion of paved surfaces as a result of urban growth has resulted in encroachment of riparian corridors, the immediate effect of which poses flood risk to affected areas. Geographic Information ... -
A preliminary spatial analysis of diagnosed stroke disease in Osun state, Nigeria
(Article)Introduction: There have been a number of clinical studies on diagnosed Stroke disease. However, there have been few studies on the geographical disparities for stroke. This study investigates the spatial pattern of stroke ... -
Effect of Opioids and Benzodiazepines on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Palliative Care: An Exploratory Analysis
(Article)Background: Medications for symptom management in palliative care have associated, but poorly understood, harms. Drug-related harms have important clinical implications,may impact on patients’ compliance and contribute to ... -
Time intervals from first symptom to diagnosis for head and neck cancers: An analysis of linked patient reports and medical records from the UK
(Article)Background: England has significantly higher mortality risks due to Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) compared with other European countries. Early diagnosis is important as it is likely to increase early-stage diagnosis and ... -
All the lonely people, where do they all belong? An interpretive synthesis of loneliness and social support in older lesbian, gay and bisexual communities.
(Article)Purpose: Loneliness is a phenomenon which affects people globally and constitutes a key social issue of our time. Yet few studies have considered the nature of loneliness and social support for older lesbian, gay and ... -
Applicability of the DMU e-Parasitology for teaching cell and parasite culture
(Conference)De Montfort University (DMU, UK) and the Spanish University of San Pablo CEU (USP-CEU) and Miguel Hernández de Elche, are developing a complete on-line package for teaching and learning medical parasitology, named DMU ...
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