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Illiteracy among caregivers: implications for children's educational and social development. (2017)
Journal Article
MAKUNGA, B., SCHENCK, C.J., ROMAN, N.V. and SPOLANDER, G. 2017. Illiteracy among caregivers: implications for children's educational and social development. Southern African journal of social work and social development [online], 29(3), article 2577. Available from: https://doi.org/10.25159/2415-5829/2577

The ability of primary caregivers to provide a healthy, nurturing and stimulating environment for their children is essential for children’s educational advancement and emotional development. However, caregivers who live in the rural areas in South A... Read More about Illiteracy among caregivers: implications for children's educational and social development..

Getting buy-in for climate change adaptation through urban planning: climate change communication as a multi-way process. (2017)
Book Chapter
MABON, L. and SHIH, W.-Y. 2018. Getting buy-in for climate change adaptation through urban planning: climate change communication as a multi-way process. In Leal Filho, W., Manolas, E., Azul, A.M., Azeiteiro, U.M. and McGhie, H. (eds.) Handbook of climate change communication, volume 1: theory of climate change communication. Climate change management. Cham: Springer, pages 61-75. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69838-0_4

This chapter evaluates the role of communication in building support for climate change adaptation through urban spatial planning. We take Durban in South Africa as our case study, a city with significant vulnerability to climate change which is wide... Read More about Getting buy-in for climate change adaptation through urban planning: climate change communication as a multi-way process..

Land use planning as a tool for balancing the scientific and the social in biodiversity and ecosystem services mainstreaming? The case of Durban, South Africa. (2017)
Journal Article
SHIH, W.-Y. and MABON, L. 2018. Land- use planning as a tool for balancing the scientific and the social in biodiversity and ecosystem services mainstreaming? The case of Durban, South Africa. Journal of environmental planning and management [online], 61(13), pages 2338-2357. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2017.1394277

This paper evaluates the role of land use planning, especially open space systems, in mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) at the urban level. Whilst there is increasing interest in BES mainstreaming to balance environmental protec... Read More about Land use planning as a tool for balancing the scientific and the social in biodiversity and ecosystem services mainstreaming? The case of Durban, South Africa..

Death by 'African' democracy: killing consequences of Western power prognosis. (2017)
Journal Article
VERTIGANS, S. 2017. Death by 'African' democracy: killing consequences of Western power prognosis. Historical social research [online], 42(4), pages 169-188. Available from: https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.42.2017.4.169-188

American enthusiasm for promoting democracy has waned since the longer term consequences of the 2003 invasion of Iraq became apparent. The neo-cons misplaced confidence in the superiority of their ideals appeared to blind them to lessons from history... Read More about Death by 'African' democracy: killing consequences of Western power prognosis..

Children's use of multiple categorisations in practice in a multicultural setting. (2017)
Journal Article
WOODS, R. 2018. Children's use of multiple categorisations in practice in a multicultural setting. Children and society, [online], 32(5), pages 357-367. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12254

Little is known about whether and how children combine categories of race, ethnicity, language and religion in multicultural settings where more than one of these dimensions is salient. Ethnographic data from a multicultural London primary school fou... Read More about Children's use of multiple categorisations in practice in a multicultural setting..

Users' perceptions of interprofessional collaborative care during their cancer journeys'. (2017)
Journal Article
JOSEPH, S., BARNARD, S., MACDUFF, C., MOFFAT, M., WALKER, P. and DIACK, L. 2017. Users' perceptions of interprofessional collaborative care during their cancer journeys'. Journal of health science and education [online], 1(3), pages 1-11. Available from: http://escires.com/articles/Health-1-122.pdf

Purpose: The study aimed to construct narratives of journeys that cancer patients and their families experience and to investigate participants' perceptions of related interagency collaboration spanning any engagements with the National Health Servic... Read More about Users' perceptions of interprofessional collaborative care during their cancer journeys'..

Extradition and mental health. (2017)
Journal Article
ARNELL, P. and HENDERSON, S. 2017. Extradition and mental health. Criminal law and justice weekly [online], 181(40), pages 712-714. Available from: https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/

The extradition of Lauri Love is in the balance. It is yet another high profile case involving extradition and mental health. The case is an illustration of how Asperger's Syndrome and the internet can conspire to engender circumstances with grave co... Read More about Extradition and mental health..

Sibling birth order, use of statutory measures and patterns of placement for children in public care: implications for international child protection systems and research. (2017)
Journal Article
HENDERSON, G., JONES, C. and WOODS, R. 2017. Sibling birth order, use of statutory measures and patterns of placement for children in public care: implications for international child protection systems and research. Children and youth services review [online], 82, pages 321-328. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.10.001

Public care of abused and neglected children is one important element of statutory intervention which aims to address the major global challenge of protecting children from abuse and neglect. Where a child is part of a sibling group, this introduces... Read More about Sibling birth order, use of statutory measures and patterns of placement for children in public care: implications for international child protection systems and research..

The effect of person order on egress time: a simulation model of evacuation from a neolithic visitor attraction. (2017)
Journal Article
STEWART, A., ELYAN, E., ISAACS, J., MCEWEN, L. and WILSON, L. 2017. The effect of person order on egress time: a simulation model of evacuation from a neolithic visitor attraction. Human factors [online], 59(8), pages 1222-1232. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720817729608

Objective: The aim of this study was to model the egress of visitors from a Neolithic visitor attraction. Background: Tourism attracts increasing numbers of elderly and mobility-impaired visitors to our built-environment heritage sites. Some such sit... Read More about The effect of person order on egress time: a simulation model of evacuation from a neolithic visitor attraction..

An exploration of ethnic minority communities' understanding and awareness of child protection and the Children's Hearings system in Scotland. (2017)
Report
HENDERSON, G., WOODS, R. and KURLUS, I. 2017. An exploration of ethnic minority communities' understanding and awareness of child protection and the Children's Hearings system in Scotland. Research report. Stirling: SCRA [online]. Available from: https://www.scra.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Ethnic-minority-research-report-final.pdf

Protection of children at risk of abuse and promotion of their rights continues to be at the forefront of policy and legislative developments in Scotland. Organisations such as the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) have both legal an... Read More about An exploration of ethnic minority communities' understanding and awareness of child protection and the Children's Hearings system in Scotland..

Unintentional social consequences of disorganised marketing of corporate social responsibility: figurational insights into the oil and gas sector in Africa. (2017)
Book Chapter
VERTIGANS, S. 2017. Unintentional social consequences of disorganised marketing of corporate social responsibility: figurational insights into the oil and gas sector in Africa. In Connolly, J. and Dolan, P. (eds.) The social organisation of marketing: a figurational approach to people, organisations and markets. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan [online], chapter 4, pages 93-118. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51571-7_4

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a concept that is widely associated with large transnational corporations (TNCs) and increasingly small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The concept is contentious with wide ranging debates about i... Read More about Unintentional social consequences of disorganised marketing of corporate social responsibility: figurational insights into the oil and gas sector in Africa..

Hostage taking. (2017)
Book Chapter
ALEXANDER, D.A. 2017. Hostage taking. In Puri, B.K. and Treasaden, I.H. (eds.) Forensic psychiatry: fundamentals and clinical practice. Boca Raton: CRC Press [online], chapter 46, pages 339-344. Available from: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/hostage-taking-david-alexander/e/10.1201/9781315380797-54

A hostage incident is a crime which may have many motives. It can have long term and serious effects on the hostage. Steps can be taken to reduce the risk of being taken hostage, and there are ways to minimize the adverse effects of being a hostage.

The development of non-essentialist concepts of ethnicity among children in a multicultural London community. (2017)
Journal Article
WOODS, R. 2017. The development of non-essentialist concepts of ethnicity among children in a multicultural London community. British journal of development psychology [online], 35(4), pages 546-567. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12194

Ethnic constancy, the belief that a person cannot change ethnicity, is an important component of ethnic essentialism, the conviction that members of ethnic groups share an immutable underlying essence. Most children in previous research viewed ethnic... Read More about The development of non-essentialist concepts of ethnicity among children in a multicultural London community..

Training peers to support older people with chronic low back pain following physiotherapy discharge: a feasibility study. (2017)
Journal Article
COOPER, K., JEHU, L.M., KLEIN, S., SMITH, B.H. and SCHOFIELD, P. 2018. Training peers to support older people with chronic low back pain following physiotherapy discharge: a feasibility study. Physiotherapy [online], 104(2), pages 239-247. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2017.07.001

Objective - To determine the feasibility and acceptability of a training programme for peer volunteers to support older adults with chronic low back pain (CLBP) following discharge from physiotherapy. Design - Feasibility study. Setting - Community-b... Read More about Training peers to support older people with chronic low back pain following physiotherapy discharge: a feasibility study..

Compare and contrast two different ontological perspectives that might apply to qualitative research in psychology evaluating the impact on epistemology and choice of data collection method in studying straight men who sleep with men (MSM). (2017)
Journal Article
BROADWAY-HORNER, M. 2018. Compare and contrast two different ontological perspectives that might apply to qualitative research in psychology evaluating the impact on epistemology and choice of data collection method in studying straight men who sleep with men (MSM). International journal of culture and mental health [online], 11(2), pages 171-175. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/17542863.2017.1343860

When embarking on a piece of research it is important to decide on which ontological basis the researcher stands. Do they see the world in absolute terms thereby having a positivist view or do they believe in observing through the constructions of th... Read More about Compare and contrast two different ontological perspectives that might apply to qualitative research in psychology evaluating the impact on epistemology and choice of data collection method in studying straight men who sleep with men (MSM)..

South African child and family welfare services: changing times or business as usual? (2017)
Journal Article
STRYDOM, M., SPOLANDER, G., ENGELBRECHT, L. and MARTIN, L. 2017. South African child and family services: challenging times or business as usual. Social work/Maatskaplike werk [online], 53(2), pages 145-164. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15270/53-2-563

South African welfare policy is influenced by global economic trends and has some indicators of neoliberal policy implementation. This paper discusses the indicators of neoliberalism before exploring the implications for child and family welfare serv... Read More about South African child and family welfare services: changing times or business as usual?.

A comparison of car driving, public transport and cycling experiences in three European cities. (2017)
Journal Article
WOODS, R. and MASTHOFF, J. 2017. A comparison of car driving, public transport and cycling experiences in three European cities. Transportation research, part A: policy and practice [online], 103, pages 211-222. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.06.002

Private car use in large cities causes congestion and pollution, and should be reduced. Previous research has shown that private cars are preferred over public transport, but it is not known whether that preference holds in large cities that attenuat... Read More about A comparison of car driving, public transport and cycling experiences in three European cities..

Challenges for social impact assessment in coastal regions: a case study of the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project. (2017)
Journal Article
MABON, L., KITA, J. and XUE, Z. 2017. Challenges for social impact assessment in coastal regions: a case study of the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project. Marine policy [online], 83, pages 243-251. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.06.015

This paper assesses challenges for social impact assessment (SIA) for coastal and offshore infrastructure projects, using the case study of the Tomakomai Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Demonstration Project in Hokkaido, Japan. Interest in SIA and l... Read More about Challenges for social impact assessment in coastal regions: a case study of the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project..

The use of abduction in alienation research: a rationale and a worked example. (2017)
Journal Article
YUILL, C. 2017. The use of abduction in alienation research: a rationale and a worked example. Social theory and health [online], 15(4), pages 465-481. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-017-0038-1

Abduction as a form of inference is recommended as a means of analysis within theory-driven research. Its capacity to provide creative (re)interpretations of data that add to a theory allowing it to become a growing dynamic and nuanced body of though... Read More about The use of abduction in alienation research: a rationale and a worked example..