• Making ‘assisted world families’? Parenting projects and family practices in the context of globalised gamete donation. 

  Hudson, Nicky (Article)

  As a culturally pervasive technology, IVF and its related techniques have globalised at a rapid rate, spreading to most regions of the world. As one corollary of this development, cross-border assisted reproduction has ...
• Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century 

  Byrne, D. ; Ruane, Sally (Book)

  What does the future hold for welfare in the post-industrial 21st century? Political and economic forces are threatening the taxation regimes of highly globalised, capitalist societies, prompting an urgent debate around ...
• Who’s serious about the NHS? Reviewing the Labour and Conservative pledges 

  Ruane, Sally (Other)

  The blog provides a brief discussion of the Conservative Party and Labour Party election pledges on the NHS.
• Beyond knowing nature: Contact, emotion, compassion, meaning, and beauty are pathways to nature connection 

  Lumber, Ryan ; Richardson, Miles ; Sheffield, David (Article)

  Feeling connected to nature has been shown to be beneficial to wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour. General nature contact and knowledge based activities are often used in an attempt to engage people with nature. ...
• Pharmacological treatment options for low Bone Mineral Density and secondary osteoporosis in Anorexia Nervosa: A systematic review of the literature. 

  Robinson, L. ; Aldridge, V. K. ; Clark, E. M. ; Misra, M. ; Micali, N. (Article)

  Objective: Although there are several evidence-based treatments available to increase Bone Mineral Density (BMD) and reduce fracture risk in aging men and women, there are still uncertainties regarding which treatments are ...
• A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between eating disorders and bone density. 

  Robinson, L. ; Aldridge, V. K. ; Clark, E. M. ; Misra, M. ; Micali, N. (Article)

  This meta-analysis investigates the effect of an eating disorder on bone mineral density in two eating disorder subtypes. Following conflicting findings in previous literature, this study finds that not only anorexia ...
• Measuring oral sensitivity in clinical practice: A quick and reliable behavioural method. 

  Dovey, T. M. ; Aldridge, V. K. ; Martin, C. I. (Article)

  This article aims to offer a behavioural assessment strategy for oral sensitivity that can be readily applied in the clinical setting. Four children, ranging in age and with a variety of developmental and medical problems, ...
• Screening for feeding disorders. Creating critical values using the behavioural pediatrics feeding assessment scale. 

  Dovey, T. M. ; Jordan, C. ; Aldridge, V. K. ; Martin, C. I. (Article)

  The aim of the current study was to discriminate between clinical and non-clinical samples on the Behavioural Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale (BPFAS). The objective was to present a cut-off value, that was derived ...
• Typology of Feeding Disorders Based on a Single Assessment System: Formulation of a Clinical Decision-Making Model 

  Dovey, T. M. ; Isherwood, E. ; Aldridge, V. K. ; Martin, C. I. (Article)

  The highly individual and complex nature of feeding disorders makes the initial diagnosis and subsequent choice of which management strategy (MS) to employ professionally challenging. This article describes a clinical ...
• Typology of Feeding Disorders Based on a Single Assessment System: Case Study Evidence 

  Dovey, T. M. ; Isherwood, E. ; Aldridge, V. K. ; Martin, C. I. (Article)

  Six children diagnosed with different forms of food refusal participated as case study descriptions. Along with their treatment outcomes, these descriptions show enough significant differences between them to allow for ...
• Formative Feedback - Supporting and Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Statistics. 

  Aldridge, V. K. ; Wade, A. (Conference)

  Practice and formative feedback are valuable and practical tools when teaching statistics to non-statisticians. Non-specialist learners of statistics frequently seek statistical training to acquire practical skills and ...
• The relative contributions of parent perceived child characteristics to variation in child feeding behaviour. 

  Aldridge, V. K. ; Dovey, T. M. ; Martin, C. I. ; Meyer, C. (Article)

  Background: Few studies have examined the relative impact of co-occurring child characteristics on problematic feeding behaviour. The aim of the current study was to assess the relative contributions of parent perceived ...
• Screening Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in children: Outcomes from utilitarian versus specialist psychometrics. 

  Dovey, T. M. ; Aldridge, V. K. ; Martin, C. I. ; Wilken, M. ; Meyer, C. (Article)

  This study assessed the specificity and sensitivity of two commonly used psychometric methods to assess ARFID in children. To achieve this, a sample of 329 mothers and one father completed the Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding ...
• Identifying clinically relevant feeding problems and disorders 

  Aldridge, V. K. ; Dovey, T. M. ; Martin, C. I. ; Meyer, C. (Article)

  The current paper outlines what is currently understood, and what can be hypothesised about paediatric feeding dysfunctions. The paper highlights the current lack of awareness of psychological factors implicated in infant ...
• Measures, measures everywhere, but which one should I use? 

  Dovey, T. M. ; Martin, C. I. ; Aldridge, V. K. ; Haycraft, E. ; Meyer, C. (Article)
• The role of familiarity in dietary development 

  Aldridge, V. K. ; Dovey, T. M. ; Halford, J. C. G (Article)

  The rise in inadequate and unhealthily diets in children has led investigations to examine the development of food preferences. This review outlines the ways in which children choose between foods made available to them ...
• Development of and adherence to a computer-based gamified environment designed to promote health and wellbeing in older people with mild cognitive impairment. 

  Scase, M. O. ; Marandure, B. N. ; Hancox, J. ; Kreiner, K. ; Hanke, S. ; Kropf, J. (Book chapter)

  Background: The older population of Europe is increasing and there has been a corresponding increase in long term care costs. This project sought to promote active ageing by delivering tasks via a tablet computer to ...
• Improving Research about us, with us: a draft framework for inclusive autism research 

  Chown, Nick ; Robinson, Jackie ; Beardon, Luke ; Downing, Jillian ; Hughes, Elizabeth ; Leatherland, Julia ; Fox, Katrina ; Hickman, Laura ; MacGregor, Duncan (Article)

  It is both epistemologically, as well as ethically, problematic if the autistic voice is not heard in relation to social scientific research seeking to further develop knowledge of autism. Ever since autism first emerged, ...
• Designing for difference: lessons from a cross-disciplinary implementation of Universal Design for Learning 

  Brown, James Benedict ; Hall, Richard ; Lishman, Ros ; Rushworth, Jo ; Snape, J. Richard (Conference)

  Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a pedagogical framework that seeks to provide students with flexible ways of learning, flexiblestudyresources,andflexiblewaysoftestinglearning. Just as Universal Design (UD) provides ...
• Music technology, education and maps: The use of geospatial technology and data to inform music education research 

  Purves, Ross (Article)

  Recent developments in geographical information systems and geospatial statistics, together with greater access to large, fine-resolution ‘geocoded’ datasets, are transforming environmental, social and economic research. ...

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