Papers by Judith Sixsmith
WELL-BEING AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING CONTENTS Programme Preface Well-Being and Sustainable Living. D... more WELL-BEING AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING CONTENTS Programme Preface Well-Being and Sustainable Living. Dr. Sam Thompson Abstracts Exploring Geographies of Happiness and Weil-Being in Britain. Dr. Dimitris Bailas The Impact of Regeneration on the Weil-Being of ...
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A collaborative, multi-method qualitative case study of three secondary schools was undertaken as... more A collaborative, multi-method qualitative case study of three secondary schools was undertaken as part of a Healthy Schools initiative. Year 8 and Year 10 pupils gave accounts of how school made them feel. Thematic analysis of these accounts revealed positive and negative links between environment and wellbeing in schools. In particular, spaces such as the playground and places within school provided sites for bullying and exclusion, and at the same time friendship and belonging. Properties of spaces, such as the physical fabric of buildings and degrees of surveillance also influenced wellbeing. Pupils exercised control over their environments largely through the breaking of what were considered petty and disempowering rules. The research indicates the powerful role of place in the emotional wellbeing of children at schools and suggests that the development of schools as emotionally 'restorative and healthy places' require a much fuller understanding of the personenvironment relationship.
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 2007
In this paper, we use the multi-dimensional model of power to interrogate arts and mental health ... more In this paper, we use the multi-dimensional model of power to interrogate arts and mental health community based projects. Using data retrospectively gathered during a series of participative evaluations, we re-analyse the data focusing on the ways in which power is located and negotiated across levels of analysis and multiple ecological domains. Evidence from the evaluations is richly presented illustrating power at the micro, meso and macro level. Whilst the model offers a rich reading of power, it is difficult to operationalize historically. Moreover, the static nature of the model fails to adequately capture the multiplicity of sometimes polar positions adopted. Engaging in a particular framework of community psychology, we argue that this project may be seen as part of a wider prefigurative action research agenda. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
In this paper we report on our use of a participatory research methodology to consult with childr... more In this paper we report on our use of a participatory research methodology to consult with children in the UK on how to improve pupil well-being in secondary schools, framed within the wider social policy context of healthy schools. We worked with children on the selection of our research methods and sought to voice the views of children to a local education authority to improve the design of school environments. The consultation process ultimately failed not because the children were unforthcoming with their views on either methods or on well-being in schools, but because of difficulties in how their views were received by adults. We show how the socio-economic, cultural and political context in which those difficulties were set might have led to the eventual break down of the consultation process, and we draw out a number of possible implications for consultative and participatory work with children in school settings.
Pathways: Health and Well-Being through the Arts The Pathways project aims to deliver participato... more Pathways: Health and Well-Being through the Arts The Pathways project aims to deliver participatory arts practice within communities in Manchester addressing issues of mental health and social inclusion. From September 2004 - 2005, a research team from the Research Institute for ...
Research Institute for …, 2004
Acknowledgements ................................................................................... more Acknowledgements ......................................................................................... 5 Executive summary ......................................................................................... 6 1 Introduction ............... ... ... Schools', pupils' and teachers' names and some details of their stories have been altered to protect ...
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2015
Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 2014
ABSTRACT Title Are final year physiotherapy students able to independently recognise errors encou... more ABSTRACT Title Are final year physiotherapy students able to independently recognise errors encountered in their own simulated practice? Aims: The aim of this study was to explore the error recognition ability of final year physiotherapy students when reviewing their own high-fidelity cardio-respiratory simulated learning experience. Background: Innovations in teaching and learning within physiotherapy education have included various forms of simulation based education including the use of simulated or standardized patients, clinical training wards and video vignettes. Only one video analysis study has provided an insight into how qualified physiotherapists communicate with patients about errors of performance1. No published studies have explored error recognition abilities of physiotherapy students with regards to their own simulated experience. Methods: A sequential explanatory mixed methods strategy was designed to explore the application of SBE within cardio-respiratory physiotherapy. The overarching methodology drew inferences from both action research and (video) ethnography. The Think Aloud Review (TAR) method2 was chosen as a method to stimulate the participants to review their SLE experience, with an emphasis on error recognition. All 12 TAR video interviews and simulated practice videos were transcribed verbatim and analysed using a thematic framework approach3. Results: All twenty-seven volunteer physiotherapy students (34% of the maximum available sample) participated in 12 simulation and TAR interviews. Students were able to independently identify ‘active failure’ error types4 from their video. Student typically identified more errors and in much more detail whilst/after reviewing their video. Despite using the TAR method, students were not always able to identify all errors made during the simulation. Although students independently reflected on their actions, the detail provided was mainly superficial during the TAR (without faculty facilitation, pre-debrief). Thematic and video analysis identified active failures4 (e.g. violations including infection control measures), error producing factors4 (e.g. individual knowledge and skill deficits) and latent errors4. Conclusion: Whilst students were able to identify some errors in their simulated practice, they required further facilitative probing to explore the nature and reasons for their errors. The use of TAR method alone was not enough to stimulate deep reflection relating to errors. This session will present an overview of the findings in relation to error recognition, whilst exploring students’ reflections ‘in and on action’ within a simulated environment. References: 1) Parry R. A video analysis of how physiotherapists’ communication with patients about errors of performance: insights for practice and policy. Physiotherapy. 2005;91(4):204-214. 2) Van Someren, MW, Barnard, YF., and Sandberg JAC. The Think Aloud Method. A practical guide to modelling cognitive processes. London: Academic Press, 1994. 3) Ritchie J, and Spencer L. Analyzing qualitative data. In Bryman, A and Burgess, R.G (Eds) Qualitative data analysis for applied policy research. London: Routledge, 1994; pp.173-194. 4) Reason, J.T. Human error. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1999. Keywords: Curriculum, Debriefing, Physiotherapy, Simulation, Think Aloud.
Simulation in healthcare: journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Title Are final year physiotherapy students able to independently recognise errors encountered in... more Title Are final year physiotherapy students able to independently recognise errors encountered in their own simulated practice? Aims: The aim of this study was to explore the error recognition ability of final year physiotherapy students when reviewing their own high-fidelity cardio-respiratory simulated learning experience. Background: Innovations in teaching and learning within physiotherapy education have included various forms of simulation based education including the use of simulated or standardized patients, clinical training wards and video vignettes. Only one video analysis study has provided an insight into how qualified physiotherapists communicate with patients about errors of performance1. No published studies have explored error recognition abilities of physiotherapy students with regards to their own simulated experience. Methods: A sequential explanatory mixed methods strategy was designed to explore the application of SBE within cardio-respiratory physiotherapy. Th...
Participatory arts projects have been around for some considerable time. However, perhaps now mor... more Participatory arts projects have been around for some considerable time. However, perhaps now more than ever before, their role in contributing to the health and well-being of participants is being both supported via funding streams beyond the arts council to include health and ...
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This paper explores the opportunities that developments in computer-mediated Communication (CMC) ... more This paper explores the opportunities that developments in computer-mediated Communication (CMC) are making available for social science research. In particular, the use of electronic mail (e-mail) is proposed as a viable and valuable research medium for conducting qualitative interviews, alongside the traditional face-to-face interview. The practical, methodological and conceptual implications of e-mail interviewing are explored. In addition, important ethical dilemmas concerning informed consent, privacy, confidentiality, protection from harm, interpretation and ownership of material are discussed.
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2015
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