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E R Perkins

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PubMed2001

Family support by lay workers: a health visiting initiative.

There has been considerable research on the effectiveness of intensive professional home visiting schemes in improving parenting; lay visiting schemes, however, although often popular with clients, are under-researched. This article focuses on a lay visiting scheme set up and supported by health visitors in a deprived inner city area of Sheffield between 1998 and 2000. Although this scheme was designed to run for 2 years, an interim evaluation has taken place to track its effectiveness. This mainly qualitative evaluation has not only shown benefits to clients but also identified a number of issues for safe practice. The scheme has now been awarded core funding. It illuminates the kind of relationships that can develop between lay workers and clients, and enables a discussion of the benefits of this project and the challenge such schemes can present to both policy and practice.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

Teaching research to nurses: issues for tutor training.

Research is unknown territory, in too many ways, for many nurses and nurse tutors. It is seen as the province of an elite, using obscure language and esoteric skills with no obvious connection with the world of nursing; in particular, it involves statistics. Pressure for nursing to become a research-based profession can make the fear worse; the gap between research and practice generates blame and guilt in addition to fear. It is not surprising that learning and teaching about research can be very difficult for nurses. This article explores sources of bad feelings about research and suggests ways forward in the training of nurse and midwifery tutors, considering course planning and teaching methods, and peer support in and out of the classroom. It also argues for expanding the range of nursing research used to teach about research, incorporating more qualitative methods and drawing more fully on the social science traditions.

Curriculum↗
PubMed1991

Screening elderly people: a review of the literature in the light of the new general practitioner contract.

There is a considerable volume of literature on the needs of elderly people, derived from both the medical and social sciences. This article reviews material relevant to preventive care and the best ways of arranging it, with particular reference to the developments as a result of the new general practitioner contract. It is argued that although the new contract disregards much of the medical research, there are still some benefits to be gained by applying research findings within the new framework, as well as by reviewing its operation in the light of research and experience currently available.

Aged↗
PubMed1984

Incidence of second primary breast cancer among patients with a first primary salivary gland tumor.

A survey was conducted through the Virginia Tumor Registry to ascertain whether there was a higher-than-expected rate of second primary breast cancers among women having a first primary tumor (benign or malignant) of the salivary glands. The population included 372 patients (182 men and 190 women) diagnosed between January 1, 1960 and December 31, 1979. Second primary breast cancer occurrence among women in this group was 4.8 times the expected number (P = 0.0102). Ages of those developing a second primary fell between 37 and 79 years. No racial prevalence was observed. The time of diagnosis of the first and second primary tumors was more than 6 years in 75% of the cases. It was concluded that women in our population incurred a fourfold-to-fivefold increased risk of a second primary breast cancer subsequent to the first primary salivary gland tumor. Consideration of this observation should be in the minds of clinicians seeing patients for follow-up.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1984

Research in health education units--warts and all.

While there is general agreement that research in health education is valuable, there is considerable disagreement on the form it should take, and how it should be organised. After a review of the problems and opportunities from two perspectives, a number of points are suggested which should be taken into account by anyone considering basing research posts in service units.

Health Education↗