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2. Print and online textual news media coverage of UK low‐risk drinking guidelines from 2014 to 2017: A review and thematic analysis.
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Kersbergen, Inge, Buykx, Penny, Brennan, Alan, Brown, Jamie, Michie, Susan, and Holmes, John
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NEWS websites ,THEMATIC analysis ,AUTONOMY (Psychology) ,DATABASE searching - Abstract
Introduction: The UK low‐risk drinking guidelines were revised in 2016. Drinkers were primarily informed about the guidelines via news media, but little is known about this coverage. This study investigated the scale and content of print and online textual news media coverage of drinking guidelines in England from February 2014 to October 2017. Methods: We searched the Nexis database and two leading broadcasters' websites (BBC and Sky) for articles mentioning the guidelines. We randomly selected 500 articles to code for reporting date, accuracy, tone, context and purpose of mentioning the guidelines, and among these, thematically analysed 200 randomly selected articles. Results: Articles mentioned the guidelines regularly. Reporting peaked when the guidelines revision was announced (7.4% of articles). The most common type of mention was within health‐ or alcohol‐related articles and neutral in tone (70.8%). The second most common was in articles discussing the guidelines' strengths and weaknesses, which were typically negative (14.8%). Critics discredited the guidelines' scientific basis by highlighting conflicting evidence and arguing that guideline developers acted politically. They also questioned the ethics of limiting personal autonomy to improve public health. Criticisms were partially facilitated by announcing the guidelines alongside a 'no safe level of drinking' message, and wider discourse misrepresenting the guidelines as rules, and highlighting apparent inconsistencies with standalone scientific papers and international guidelines. Discussion and Conclusions: News media generally covered drinking guidelines in a neutral and accurate manner, but in‐depth coverage was often negative and sought to discredit the guidelines using scientific and ethical arguments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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3. A glimpse behind the organisational curtain: A dramaturgical analysis exploring the ways healthcare staff engage with online patient feedback 'front' and 'backstage' at three hospital Trusts in England.
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Ramsey, Lauren, O'Hara, Jane, Lawton, Rebecca, and Sheard, Laura
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MEDICAL quality control ,PATIENT participation ,INTERNET ,ATTITUDES of medical personnel ,PATIENT satisfaction ,DIGITAL health ,NATIONAL health services ,PATIENTS' attitudes ,ETHNOLOGY research ,QUALITY assurance ,ACCESS to information ,COMMUNICATION ,AUTONOMY (Psychology) ,ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness ,RESEARCH funding ,PATIENT-professional relations ,CORPORATE culture ,PATIENT safety - Abstract
Healthcare staff are encouraged to use feedback from their patients to inform service and quality improvement. Receiving patient feedback via online channels is a relatively new phenomenon that has rarely been conceptualised. Further, the implications of a wide, varied and unknown(able) audience being able to view and interact with online patient feedback are yet to be understood. We applied a theoretical lens of dramaturgy to a large ethnographic dataset, collected across three NHS Trusts during 2019/2020. We found that organisations demonstrated varying levels of 'preparedness to perform' online, from invisibility through to engaging in public conversation with patients within a wider mission for transparency. Restrictive 'cast lists' of staff able to respond to patients was the hallmark of one organisation, whereas another devolved responding responsibility amongst a wide array of multidisciplinary staff. The visibility of patient‐staff interactions had the potential to be culturally disruptive, dichotomously invoking either apprehensions of reputational threat or providing windows of opportunity. We surmise that a transparent and conversational feedback response frontstage aligns with the ability to better prioritise backstage improvement. Legitimising the autonomous frontstage activity of diverse staff groups may help shift organisational culture, and gradually ripple outwards a shared responsibility for transparent improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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4. 'A lot of small things make a difference'. Mental health and strategies of coping during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
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Halliday, Emma C., Holt, Vivien, Khan, Koser, Ward, Fiona, Wheeler, Paula, and Sadler, Gill
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MENTAL illness prevention ,WELL-being ,FOCUS groups ,COVID-19 ,SOCIAL support ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,SOCIAL networks ,HELP-seeking behavior ,DIARY (Literary form) ,EXPERIENCE ,ATTITUDES toward illness ,RISK perception ,SOCIAL isolation ,SOCIAL context ,LIFE ,RESEARCH funding ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,AUTONOMY (Psychology) ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,STAY-at-home orders ,EMOTIONS ,RESIDENTIAL patterns ,NATURE ,DATA analysis software ,THEMATIC analysis ,COVID-19 pandemic ,PUBLIC opinion - Abstract
Introduction: The social and economic consequences of COVID‐19 have the potential to affect individuals and populations through different pathways (e.g., bereavement, loss of social interaction). Objective: This study adopted a solicited diary method to understand how mental health was affected during England's first lockdown. We also considered the experiences of diary keeping during a pandemic from the perspective of public participants. Methods: Fifteen adults older than 18 years of age were recruited from northwest England. Diarists completed semistructured online diaries for 8 weeks, which was combined with weekly calls. A focus group captured participants' experiences of diary keeping. Findings: Four key factors influenced mental health, which fluctuated over time and in relation to diarists' situations. These concerned navigating virus risk, loss of social connections and control and constrictions of the domestic space. Diarists also enacted a range of strategies to cope with the pandemic. This included support from social networks, engagement with natural environments, establishing normality, finding meaning and taking affirmative action. Conclusion: Use of diary methods provided insights into the lived experiences of the early months of a global pandemic. As well as contributing evidence on its mental health effects, diarists' accounts illuminated considerable resourcefulness and strategies of coping with positive effects for well‐being. While diary keeping can also have therapeutic benefits during adversity, ethical and practical issues need to be considered, which include the emotional nature of diary keeping. Public Contribution: Members of the public were involved in interpretation of data as well as critiquing the overall diary method used in the study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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