scholarly journals A cause for celebration

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Caroline A.W. Dickson ◽  
◽  
Kate Sanders ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Associate Editor ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Associate Member ◽  
Management Board ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Clinical Background ◽  
High Quality Journal ◽  
Nursing Quality ◽  
Practice Development

In the current climate where there often appears to be little to celebrate, we have something we would like to celebrate with you. We have succeeded in becoming joint Academic Editors of the International Practice Development Journal and we couldn’t be more pleased! The qualities we bring to the role are based on backgrounds that are similar yet distinct. Kate has been a member of the Foundation of Nursing Studies team for 20 years, and has a previous clinical background in acute nursing and health visiting. Caroline is an academic at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, and an associate member of the Centre for Person-centred Practice Research, with a clinical background in community nursing, quality and practice development. Where we connect is as committed practice developers and participatory researchers, with extensive and continuously growing knowledge of the philosophical, theoretical and methodological underpinnings of person-centred practice. We see our differences and shared interests as strengths that we can bring to our editorial partnership. We can draw on our individual attributes to be efficient in terms of role allocation, while giving each other support and opportunities to continue to grow in areas we feel we need to develop as Academic Editors. We celebrate the journey the IPDJ has travelled to become a high-quality journal of choice for health and social care practitioners, social entrepreneurs, educators and academics with an interest in person-centred practice, participatory ways of working and researching and practice development, as well as related fields of inquiry, improving and transforming practices and cultures of care. We also celebrate the contributions of previous Academic Editors, Professor Jan Dewing and Dr Gemma Stacey, acknowledging the strong foundations they have created for us to build on. And as we take forward their work, we are also building on our own longstanding involvement with the journal. Kate was instrumental in its creation in 2011 and has helped steer it as Managing Editor and Associate Editor, while Caroline has been involved as a reviewer for a number of years and more recently as a member of the Editorial Management Board.

Commentary on “Keep safe: collaborative practice development and research with people with learning disabilities”

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 181-184
Author(s):  
Matt Clifton ◽  
Steve Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Deep Dive ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Production Values ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Equal Sharing ◽  
Practice Development

Purpose Inspired by the work of the Keep Safe Advisory Group, this paper aims to explain and make the case for co-production as a powerful model for working alongside people with learning disabilities. Design/methodology/approach The collaborative approach of the Keep Safe advisory group is the authors’ springboard for a deep dive into the power and potential of co-production as a model. As organisational leaders – one with and one without a learning disability – the authors draw on their personal experience to argue that co-production is essential to recognising the adulthood of people with learning disabilities. Findings Co-production means the equal sharing of power and responsibility from the start, best served by the leap of faith of a blank agenda. Co-production values different kinds of expertise as complementary – broadly considered as expertise from lived experience and professional expertise. When working co-productively, a deep investment of time to understand people pays dividends in outcomes and everyone’s personal and professional growth. Co-production enriches the lives of everyone taking part. Originality/value Co-production, though common currency in health and social care, remains too rarely understood and practiced. Readers will benefit from this reflective viewpoint, which aims to clarify and deepen what co-production really means. In particular, enabling people with learning disabilities to take responsibility for themselves and others is rarely considered but is presented here as foundational to human maturity and adulthood.

scholarly journals The Impact of Demographic, Socio-Economic and Geographic Factors on Mortality Risk among People Living with Dementia in England (2002–2016)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (24) ◽  
pp. 13405
Author(s):  
James Watson ◽  
Frances Darlington-Pollock ◽  
Mark Green ◽  
Clarissa Giebel ◽  
Asangaedem Akpan
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Clinical Practice Research Datalink ◽  
Geographic Factors ◽  
North East ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
South Central ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The Impact

Increasing numbers of people living with dementia (PLWD), and a pressured health and social care system, will exacerbate inequalities in mortality for PLWD. There is a dearth of research examining multiple factors in mortality risk among PLWD, including application of large administrative datasets to investigate these issues. This study explored variation mortality risk variation among people diagnosed with dementia between 2002–2016, based on: age, sex, ethnicity, deprivation, geography and general practice (GP) contacts. Data were derived from electronic health records from a cohort of Clinical Practice Research Datalink GP patients in England (n = 142,340). Cox proportional hazards regression modelled mortality risk separately for people with early- and later- onset dementia. Few social inequalities were observed in early-onset dementia; men had greater risk of mortality. For early- and later-onset, higher rates of GP observations—and for later-onset only dementia medications—are associated with increased mortality risk. Social inequalities were evident in later-onset dementia. Accounting for other explanatory factors, Black and Mixed/Other ethnicity groups had lower mortality risk, more deprived areas had greater mortality risk, and higher mortality was observed in North East, South Central and South West GP regions. This study provides novel evidence of the extent of mortality risk inequalities among PLWD. Variance in mortality risk was observed by social, demographic and geographic factors, and frequency of GP contact. Findings illustrate need for greater person-centred care discussions, prioritising tackling inequalities among PLWD. Future research should explore more outcomes for PLWD, and more explanatory factors of health outcomes.

Blending practice development methods with social science research: an example of pushing new practice research boundaries

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Walsh ◽  
Cheryle Moss
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Health Board ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Development Methods ◽  
Practice Development

Innovating research methods to better suit clinical contexts and practice puzzles is key to the advancement of practice. To illustrate a mechanism by which this development can be achieved the authors offer a research narrative which is revealing of their thinking, methodological positioning and research activities as they sought to innovate a research design to suit the clinical issues, puzzle and research context. The trigger for this innovative research design was the opportunity provided by a short timeframe and small amount of research funding to work with a health board clinical puzzle to explore presentations of older people to emergency departments in relation to those could be avoided, and by implication consider how better ways of caring for older people could be devised. In the example provided, the authors reveal how they blended practice development methods with collaborative action research to develop a reconnaissance study. The findings and outcomes of the study are affirming of the approach, methodological strategy and use of practice development methods to support engagement and puzzling as methods which support reconnaissance in relation to a complex clinical scenario such as ‘avoidable’/‘inappropriate’ presentation of older persons in the emergency department.

scholarly journals Editorial: Investing in Learning about Practice Development as a Critical Response

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Jan Dewing ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Planning ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Critical Response ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Strategic Influence ◽  
Practice Development

Learning about practice development is best achieved in and through work. Learning how to 'be' a practice developer and not just to 'do' practice development takes many years of learning based on self-inquiry amongst other things. Maybe, once in a while it can help to stand back and have a burst of learning away from work and with others who share one's passions and dreams. It is increasingly hard for practice developers to find learning opportunities that are embedded in practice development and where new and creative learning is offered. In many health and social care provider organisations, the emphasis is on training and knowing how to meet targets and to 'comply'. Compliance is necessary for minimum safety standards but it is not enough. People need to be creative and feel inspired in different ways. Most training simply doesn't do that. Further, short term bans on education and travel which prevents networking and learning between peers is short sighted and long term bans are dangerous as this contributes to developing insular teams and services with little exposure to external challenge. Economic concerns will always contribute to the value that is placed on learning; however, they shouldn't be the only or even the most important factor (Johnson 2011, p457). Those of us in roles with strategic influence need to work more closely with our colleagues in learning and development and workforce planning towards a ‘critical response’ (Johnson, 2011, p459) that can influence how resources are allocated to education, including continuing professional development, and to gradually bring practice development influenced education and learning more to the fore. Not all education and learning should be explicitly focused on practice development; however it should be part of it in some way. Employers have a social responsibility to fulfil in regard to learning and it is one that is often overlooked. It is, as Dewey so well argued, the investment in workers education and learning that brings the energy and skills needed for organisational growth and increased success (Butler, 2000).

scholarly journals The influence of music on black, Asian and minority ethnic women working in the field of domestic violence and abuse: critical reflection on music as method

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Kathryn Waddington ◽  
◽  
Maria Erbmann ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Drug Misuse ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Domestic Violence And Abuse ◽  
Practice Development ◽  
Minority Ethnic

Background: Arts-based research practices draw upon music, visual art, poetry and other media as methodological tools throughout the research process. There is also growing recognition of the contribution of arts-based practices, including music as method, to interdisciplinary fields of health, social sciences, humanities and education. Research into: i) the role of music as a therapeutic intervention; and ii) the use of creative approaches to practice development are clearly evident in the literature. What is less evident is the role of music as method. This article is a critical reflection on the novel use of music recordings during qualitative interviews in a small-scale study exploring the role of music in the work and lives of black, Asian and minority ethnic women working in a UK domestic violence and abuse charity. Aim: To describe a critical reflection on music as method in a small-scale qualitative research study. Implications for practice: Music has potential as a model and method in qualitative health and social care research practice, particularly with sensitive topics such as drug misuse or homelessness Music is a means of developing compassion and critically reflective practice development in the field of domestic violence and abuse and other areas of practice

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