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"You're making people in the office feel very uncomfortable": Experiences of miscarriage in the pro-natal workplace
Using Twitter⢠to drive research impact : a discussion of strategies, opportunities and challenges
Researchers have always recognised the importance of disseminating the findings of their work, however, recently the need to proactively plan and drive the impact of those findings on the wider society has become a necessity. Firstly, this is because funders require evidence of return from investment and secondly and crucially because national research assessments are becoming powerful determinants of future funding. In research studies associated with nursing, impact needs to be demonstrated by showing the effect on a range of stakeholders including service users, patients, carers, the nursing workforce and commissioners. Engaging these groups is a well-known challenge influenced by lack of access to academic journals, lack of time to read long complex research papers and lack of opportunities to interact directly with the researchers. This needs to be addressed urgently to enable nursing research to increase the impact that it has on health delivery and the work of clinical practitioners. Social media is potentially a novel way of enabling research teams to both communicate about research as studies progress and to disseminate findings and research funders are increasingly using it to publicise information about research programmes and studies they fund. A search of the healthcare literature reveals that advice and guidance on the use of social media for research studies is not well understood or exploited by the research community. This paper, therefore, explores how using social networking platforms, notably Twitter⢠offers potential new ways for communicating research findings, accessing diverse and traditionally hard-to-reach audiences, knowledge exchange at an exponential rate, and enabling new means of capturing and demonstrating research impact. The paper discusses approaches to initiate the setup of social networking platforms in research projects and considers the practical challenges of using Twitter⢠in nursing and healthcare research. The discussion is illuminated with examples from our current research. In summary, we suggest that the use of social media micro-blogging platforms is a contemporary, fast, easy and cost effective way to augment existing ways of disseminating research which helps drive impact
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A scoping review of the psychological and emotional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young people.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many changes to the lives of children and young people. Our aim is to explore the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of children and young people (ages 5â21).
Methods: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines was used to report the findings of this rapid review.
Results: Children and young people are potentially very vulnerable to the emotional impact of traumatic events that disrupt their daily lives. Key areas of concern include: Death Anxiety and Fear of Infection; lack of social interaction and loss of routine.
Conclusions: Despite some early and responsive studies, the evidence base for pandemic impact on children and young people is very limited. Such evidence is urgentlyneeded if adequate and responsive services, that can mitigate the long-term impact of the pandemic for children and young people can be established
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The implications of COVID â19 on health and social care personnel in longâterm care facilities for older people: An international scoping review
This scoping review mapped out the existing literature pertaining to health and social care personnel experiences during the coronavirus diseaseâ2019 (COVIDâ19) pandemic and their work in a longâterm care setting for older people. This review identified the gaps in the implications of health and social care personnel's own health and wellâbeing during the pandemic as well as the ethical dilemmas inherent in providing care during the COVIDâ19 pandemic. The authors utilised the PRISMA checklist for undertaking scoping reviews. The Databases Medline, PsychINFO, CINAHL, SCOPUS, Web of Science and Google Scholar were searched for relevant articles in English that were published between March 28, 2020 and June 1, 2022. This time period was selected to focus specifically on the COVIDâ19 pandemic. In the context of this review, longâterm care facilities were defined to include institutions such as nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, retirement homes and residential care homes. The gaps identified were a paucity of research on the experiences of health and social care personnel in longâterm care facilities, the impact on their mental health, and the wider challenges experienced during the COVIDâ19 pandemic is discussed. The findings of this scoping review indicate a need for adequate preparedness during a pandemic within the health and social care sector to protect health and social care personnel and the individuals they care for
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Long Term Care Staff Experience of Death Anxiety During Viral Outbreaks.
Care Workers Grief and Stressors Experienced During Viral Outbreaks: A Rapid Review
Care workers caring for older people within long term care establishments during the COVID-19 pandemic have been presented with a unique set of circumstances. This included but has not been limited to: the closure of institutions to visitors, including reduced or restricted visits from other health care professionals, and residentsâ relatives; insufficient access to personal protective equipment (PPE); increased hygiene protocols; and in Spring 2020 in the UK, increased admissions of new and existing residents being discharged from hospital. To inform ongoing discussions on how to best support CWs in these settings, we conducted a rapid review on the potential impacts of viral outbreaks on care home staff. Topics included changes to work practices, stressors, staff emotional responses, the impact of grief, and ethical dilemmas. The results from this review can inform ways in which to better support care home staff during the current COVID-19 pandemic and future viral outbreaks