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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Leicester School of Pharmacy [1097]
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From formulation to in vivo model: A comprehensive study of a synergistic relationship between vancomycin, carvacrol and cuminaldehyde against Enterococcus faecium
(Article)Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) has become endemic in healthcare settings, reducing treatment options for enterococcal infections. New antimicrobials for VRE infections are a high priority, but the development ... -
Barriers to HIV Treatment as Prevention (TasP) in men who have sex with men in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
(Article)The significant reduction in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viremia to ‘undetectable’ levels (HIV plasma viral load < 40 copies/ml) in response to effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) removes the risk of HIV ... -
Care across the lifespan
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Tensin1 expression and function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(Article)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) constitutes a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Genome wide association studies have shown significant associations between airflow obstruction or COPD with a non-synonymous ... -
Masculinities in the construction industry: A double-edged sword for health and wellbeing?
(Article)Construction remains a male-dominated industry and men in construction suffer high rates of illness and injury compared to other industries. Consideration of men and masculinities may support any attempt to maintain ... -
The LGBTI Movement in Cyprus: Activism, Law, and Change Across the Divide
(Other)Following the end of the British rule of Cyprus in 1960, the recognition of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex (LGBTI) community as a legitimate political actor and the recognition of LGBTI rights has been a ... -
Effective parent-practitioner partnerships in childrens secondary education
(Article)This paper presents results from a qualitative case study project into effective strategies for fostering parent-practitioner partnerships in secondary education in England. It discusses the nature of a true ‘community ... -
Behind the rainbow, "Tongqi" wives of men who have sex with men in China: a systematic review
(Article)Background: Due to the restrictions and stigmatization of homosexuality in China, there has emerged the “Tongqi,” or the wives of men who have sex with men (MSM). There are around 14 million Tongqi wives whose needs for ... -
Disturbance at the Dinner Table: Exploring mothers’ experiences of mealtimes when caring for their son or daughter with anorexia nervosa
(Article)This study examined mothers’ (n=9) mealtime experiences when caring for their son or daughter with anorexia nervosa (AN) through semi-structured interviews. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis identified three themes: ... -
'When one doesn’t even exist': Europeanization, trans* subjectivities, and agency in Cyprus
(Article)In the context of Europeanization, transnational LGBTI rights and politics discourses and paradigms interact with local ones. However, the effects of this interaction on trans* people in the margins of ‘Europe’ have received ... -
Understanding the effects of a polymer on the surface dissolution of pharmaceutical cocrystals using combined experimental and molecular dynamics simulation approaches
(Article)The molecular interactions between the surfaces of cocrystals [i.e., flufenamic acid and theophylline (FFA-TP), flufenamic acid and nicotinamide (FFA-NIC), and carbamazepine and nicotinamide (CBZ-NIC)] and the polymers ... -
A balancing act: Agency and constraints in university students’ understanding of and responses to sexual violence in the night-time economy
(Article)This paper extends our understanding of how university students make sense of, and respond to, sexual violence in the night-time economy (NTE). Based on semi-structured interviews with 26 students in a city in England, we ... -
Factors influencing the utilisation of free-standing and alongside midwifery units in England: A Qualitative Research Study
(Article)Objective: To identify factors influencing the provision, utilisation and sustainability of midwifery units (MUs) in England Design: Case studies, using individual interviews and focus groups, in six NHS Trust maternity ... -
Are digital interventions for smoking cessation in pregnancy effective? A systematic review protocol
(Article)Background: Behavioural support for smoking cessation in pregnancy can be effective; however, many pregnant women face barriers to seeking support to stop smoking. Some digital interventions have been found to be effective ... -
Developing a 'core of steel': the key attributes of effective practice assessors
(Article)Background: the Nursing and Midwifery Council has emphasised that its recently introduced standards for student supervision and assessment aim to ‘ensure that no one gets onto the register who shouldn't be there’. A key ... -
Are digital interventions for smoking cessation in pregnancy effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis
(Other)Smoking in pregnancy remains a global public health issue due to foetal health risks and potential maternal complications. The aims of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to explore: (1) whether digital interventions ... -
Re-framing egg 'donation' in Europe: socio-technical transformations and the emergence of new markets.
(Conference)The expansion of the use of donor eggs in fertility treatment has been exponential. Whilst the majority of egg donation historically took place in the US, donor eggs are used in over 56, 000 cycles of fertility treatment ... -
A comparative analysis of marketing materials used to recruit egg donors in Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom (Poster).
(Conference)Study question: How is egg donation framed in clinic marketing material used to recruit and/or inform potential egg donors in (Dutch speaking) Belgium, Spain and the UK? Summary answer: In Belgium, egg donation (ED) was ... -
Investigating the cultural, political and moral framing of egg donation: an interdisciplinary study of the UK, Belgium and Spain.
(Conference)Donated eggs are now used in over 25,000 IVF treatment cycles in Europe, creating over 7000 babies per year yet evidence about the motivation, decision making and experiences of women who provide eggs, the views of clinicians, ... -
Whose eggs? Egg providers' perspectives on the creation and utilisation of eggs in the reproductive bio-economy.
(Conference)As part of the expansion of global fertility markets and an increasingly neo-liberal framing of reproduction, egg donation has undergone a number of technical, political and commercial transformations. Its use by a growing ...
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