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20 April 2019

Medical science, humanising care & sociology

BU Challenges, innovation, NHS, Publishing Edwin van Teijlingen

This week saw the successful launch of an important new partnership between Bournemouth University (BU), the local NHS, charities and industry. The aim is using innovation to drive forward improvements in healthcare outcomes for people across Dorset. This ‘Transforming Healthcare Through Innovation’ event marked the start of a formal partnership between BU and Dorset’s Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a partnership of all NHS and local authorities in the county. This partnership fits very well with BU’s Strategic Investment Area (SIA) Medical Science. The development of Medical Science is a core component of BU2025.

It was widely recognised that the social and behavioural sciences are essential to health and health care. Dr. Phil Richardson from the NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group, who leads the ICS, stressed the importance of moving from a medical model of public health to a more social model. This ties in closely with sociological work on the medical/social model conducted at BU in maternity care [1-6].

Also at the launch event Dr. Caroline Ellis-Hill highlighted the importance of humanising care in a hands-on session. BU academics in have developed a philosophically-driven approach to caring, health and wellbeing based on humanising practices. The theoretical underpinning was originally developed by BU Prof. Les Todres and colleagues [7-11]. Humanising practice is supported by work settings that encourage connection to personal experience and research which privileges subjective experience and knowing; such as phenomenology, narrative, auto-ethnography, embodied knowing and arts–based approaches.

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health

References:

van Teijlingen E. (2005) A critical analysis of the medical model as used in the study of pregnancy and childbirth, Sociological Research Online, 10 (2)
MacKenzie Bryers H., van Teijlingen, E. (2010) Risk, Theory, Social & Medical Models: critical analysis of the concept of risk in maternity care, Midwifery 26(5): 488-496.
Brailey, S., Luyben, A., Firth, L, van Teijlingen, E. (2017) Women, midwives & medical model of maternity care in Switzerland, International Journal of Childbirth 7(3): 117-125.
van Teijlingen, E. (2017) The medical and social model of childbirth, Kontakt 19(2): e73-e74
Luce, A., Cash, M., Hundley, V., Cheyne, H., van Teijlingen, E., Angell, C. (2016) “Is it realistic?” the portrayal of pregnancy and childbirth in the media BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth 16: 40 http://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-016-0827-x
Taylor, A., van Teijlingen, E., Ryan, K., Alexander, J. (2019) ‘Scrutinised, judged and sabotaged’: A qualitative video diary study of first-time breastfeeding mothers, Midwifery 75: 16-23.
Todres, L., Galvin, K.T., Holloway, I. (2009) The humanization of healthcare: A value framework for qualitative research, International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 4:2, 68-77, DOI: 10.1080/17482620802646204
Galvin, K., Todres, L. (2013) Caring and Wellbeing. London: Routledge.
Hemingway, A, Scammel, J., Heaslip, V. (2012) Humanising nursing care: a theoretical model. Nursing Times 108 (40) / www.nursingtimes.net
Scammel,J ,Hemingway, A., Heaslip,V. (2012) Humanising values at the heart of nursing education. Nursing Times 108 (41)/ www.nursingtimes.net
Scammell, J., Tait, D. (2014) Using humanising values to support care. Nursing Times 110 (15) / www.nursingtimes.net

18 April 2019

New sexual health research paper on Vietnam

international, PG research, Public engagement, Publishing, student research, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

Following the successful Bournemouth University’s visit to Vietnam as part of the Global Festival of Learning Great as highlighted in the Daily Echo, Thanh-Hang Dinh a FHSS MSc in Public Health graduate had an article accepted on her research dissertation. Her paper ‘Factors influencing engagement in premarital sex among Vietnamese young adults: a qualitative study’ was published ‘online first’ this week in the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine & Health.

The paper highlights the rising trend of sexual engagement among Vietnamese young adults in recent years, and its potential health consequences. In order to prevent such consequences and further promote health, an in-depth understanding of factors influencing young people to have premarital sex would be valuable. The qualitative analysis ‘generated’ six emergent themes: (a) desire as the ‘direct cause’; (b) the facilitators; (c) social changes; (d) media; (e) peer and (f) absence of family. The latter four themes are ‘indirect causes’ that influence through desire and the facilitators. The study concluded that there is a need for a reliable source of information to be tailor-designed to suit young people. Additionally, the stigma of talking about sex needs to be reduced to allow for more open discussions on sex, True Pheromones, and sexual health.

After completing her MSc at BU Thanh-Hang Dinh (known as Hana to her fellow students) started working at the famous Pasteur Institute Nha Trang in Vietnam.

Congratulations!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH

17 April 2019

ESRC Festival of Social Science 2019: Call for proposals

Funding opportunities, Knowledge Exchange, Public engagement gdelrosa

The call for event proposals is now open for the Economic and Social Research Council’s Festival of Social Science 2019.

The festival offers a fascinating insight into some of the country’s leading social science research and how it influences our social, economic and political lives – both now and in the future.

This year represents the 17^th ESRC Festival of Social Science. Taking place from Saturday 2 – Saturday 9 November 2019, the festival is back in Bournemouth for the eighth year running.

The celebration of the social sciences takes place across the UK – via public debates, conferences, workshops, interactive seminars, film screenings, virtual exhibitions and much more.

Events can target a variety of non-academic audiences including young people, the public, third sector, business or government.

The festival provides an excellent opportunity for BU researchers to try their hand at public engagement with research. Support for events is provided by BU’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team and funding of up to £1,000 is available to deliver your event.

How to apply

Bournemouth University is an official festival partner and will run a minimum of 10 events as part of the festival. Applicants should apply directly to BU’s Public Engagement team, NOT via the ESRC. Please download the application form here.

Before completing the application form, please ensure you’ve read through the applicant guidelines available on the ESRC website.

The call closes on Friday 24 May. Please send your completed application form to publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk.

If you’d like to discuss your event idea, please contact BU’s Engagement Officer Adam Morris who can support you to design your event.

What’s involved in organising a festival event?

Deciding on the intended outcomes and audience for your event
Designing the format of your event
Investigating an appropriate venue for your event that will be appropriate to your audience
Identifying and inviting your attendees
Advertising your event via your networks, website and social media channels
Setting up and delivering your event on the day
Using your social media channels to create discussion at and around your event
Evaluating your event to see if you achieved your intended outcomes
Celebrating your event successes – perhaps with a BU research blog post

What support is available?

BU’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team can support you with designing your event, including identifying your audience and thinking about your outcomes. We will support successful applicants with booking venues and catering, arranging speaker travel and accommodation, and purchasing any materials for the event. We will advertise your event as part of the Festival through the BU website and social media channels, and we will set up an Eventbrite link for registrations. We will also produce and circulate printed marketing materials to encourage attendance. We will be present on the day to support event set-up, registration and to ensure the event runs smoothly.

The ESRC will advertise your event on their website and social media, and in their printed programme which contains all events across the UK. They will also provide banners and materials for your event to brand it as part of the Festival.

16 April 2019

Excellent scientific paper by Dr. Alison Taylor

NHS, PG research, Publishing, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

Congratulations to Dr. Alison Taylor and her Ph.D. supervisors on the acceptance of the paper ‘’Scrutinised, judged and sabotaged’: A qualitative video diary study of first-time breastfeeding mothers’ by Midwifery (published by Elsevier) [1]. This is the second paper from Alison’s extremely interesting Ph.D. research, the first one was accepted late last year. The first article ‘The therapeutic role of video diaries: A qualitative study involving breastfeeding mothers’ was accepted by the international journal Women & Birth [2]. Alison is Senior Lecturer in Midwifery in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) and Infant Feeding Lead in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences. Her co-authors are Professor Emerita Jo Alexander, Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen (in CMMPH) and Prof. Kath Ryan based at the University of Reading.

Reference:

Taylor, A.M., van Teijlingen, E., Ryan, K., Alexander, J., 2019, Scrutinised, judged and sabotaged’: A qualitative video diary study of first-time breastfeeding mothers. Midwifery, 75: 16-23.
Taylor, A.M., van Teijlingen, E., Alexander, J., Ryan, K., 2018, The therapeutic role of video diaries: A qualitative study involving breastfeeding mothers, Women and Birth, (online first) DOI. 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.08.160

13 April 2019

Ten years at BU

Festival of Learning, Fusion, international, Publishing, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

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10 April 2019

British Academy Small Grant Call – Now Open

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The call for the next round of BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants will open 10^th April 2019 and close 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019 and is aimed at Early Career Researcher and/or pump priming purposes.

If you can’t attend this session, then we ask you to submit your intention to bid form to your Funding Development Officer by 17^th April 2019, after this date applications will be moved to the Autumn round.

The British Academy have provided updated guidance on the small grants – BA scheme notes for applicants and BA FAQs . They have asked that all applicants read the documentation carefully before starting their application.

Timeline

The call closes at 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019.

20^th March 2019	RDS British Academy Guidance session
10^th April 2019	Call Opens – start reading guidance
17th April 2019	Intention to bid forms to be submitted to your faculty Funding Development Officer.
27^th May 2019	Nominated referee supporting statement to be completed via FlexiGrant
28^th May 2019	Your final application must be submitted on FlexiGrant by this date at the latest.
28^th May -5^th June 2019	Institutional checks to take place by RDS

Any queries please contact Alexandra Pekalski

2 April 2019

Congratulations to Prof. Parker on his latest publication

Publishing, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

Congratulations to Sociology Prof. Jonathan Parker on the publication of his book review of Society of Fear. This book is written by Jessica Spengler & Heinz Bude and published by Polity Press. The book review is published by the international journal Sociological Research Online (published by SAGE).

Books are major tools of the trade in the social sciences, not just in the discipline of sociology. Book reviews give social scientists an insight in one particular book in the wide array of books published in one’s research domain. Book reviews are a bit of a rarity in online journals, but Sociological Research Online has been publishing book review since its inception 24 years ago.

Congratulations!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH & Book Review Editor Sociological Research Online

28 March 2019

New funding from Wellcome to boost global research capacity in humanities and social sciences

Funding opportunities Lisa Andrews

Wellcome have recently announced their plans to launch two new one-off calls to fund international exchange networks, and infrastructure costs for humanities and social science researchers around the world.

As a result, the Investigator Awards and Collaborative Awards in Humanities and Social Sciences will be paused to new applicants for one year from mid-2020.

The two new one-off schemes will be launched in July 2019, with a deadline for expressions of interest due in Spring 2020. The two new calls are as follows:

International Exchange Awards – These will be made to groups of researchers based in at least two different countries. They are designed to encourage radical and innovative research agendas through the exchange of knowledge, people and resources.

Research Development Awards – These awards are likely to be made to groups of researchers in a single organisation or region. The purpose is for emerging and established clusters of HSS research excellence to have access to a reliable source of infrastructure funding so they can concentrate on building research agendas and developing careers.

If you are interested in these schemes and would like to be notified once these calls are launched, please contact Lisa Andrews, RDS Research Facilitator.

27 March 2019

BU media coverage in Nepal

international, open access, Publishing, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

The article “Why suicide rate among pregnant women in Nepal is rising” written by BU academics was published in The Conversation last year. At the time this attracted Indian newspaper attention. Clearly it is still a relevant issue as it attracted national coverage in a Nepali newspaper this week.

Dr. Bibha Simkhada & Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

28 February 2019

Dr. Aryal funded to attend international workshop on migration & health

conferences, international, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

Congratulations to Dr. Nirmal Aryal in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences has been selected to participate in an international workshop targeting early career researchers (ECRs) on ‘Engendering research and reframing policy debate on migration & health and intersectional rights’ to be held in Kathmandu (Nepal) from 25th to 28th April 2019.

This workshop is jointly organized by several universities in the UK, India as well as the International Organisation for Migration, as well as the Migration Health and Development Research Initiative(MHADRI). There will be 18 ECRs from South Asia and South East Asia and Nirmal is one for the six from the UK. The organizers will fund flight to and accommodation in Nepal.

Congratulations!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH

26 February 2019

British Academy Small Grants – Opens 10th April 2019

apekalski

The call for the next round of BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants will open 10^th April 2019 and close 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019 and is aimed at Early Career Researcher and/or pump priming purposes.

If you can’t attend this session, then we ask you to submit your intention to bid form to your Funding Development Officer by 17^th April 2019, after this date applications will be moved to the Autumn round.

The British Academy have provided updated guidance on the small grants – BA scheme notes for applicants and BA FAQs . They have asked that all applicants read the documentation carefully before starting their application.

Timeline

The call closes at 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019.

20^th March 2019	RKEO British Academy Guidance session
10^th April 2019	Call Opens – start reading guidance
17th April 2019	Intention to bid forms to be submitted to your faculty Funding Development Officer.
27^th May 2019	Nominated referee supporting statement to be completed via FlexiGrant
28^th May 2019	Your final application must be submitted on FlexiGrant by this date at the latest.
28^th May -5^th June 2019	Institutional checks to take place by RDS

Any queries please contact Alexandra Pekalski

26 February 2019

BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Workshop

apekalski

The call for the next round of BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants will open 10^th April 2019 and close 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019 and is aimed at Early Career Researcher and/or pump priming purposes.

It is strongly advised that you attend the British Academy small guidance session on 20^th March 2019, where the Funding Development team will go through:

The British Academy scheme notes for applicants
The British Academy FAQs
The British Academy Assessment Criteria
As well as a chance to ask questions from recent British Academy award winners

After the session you will have the chance to sit with a Research Facilitator and Funding Development Officer, to go through costs and your draft proposal. As well as the opportunity to have your proposal reviewed by an external application reviewer.

If you can’t attend this session, then we ask you to submit your intention to bid form to your Funding Development Officer by 17^th April 2019, after this date applications will be moved to the Autumn round.

The British Academy have provided updated guidance on the small grants – BA scheme notes for applicants and BA FAQs . They have asked that all applicants read the documentation carefully before starting their application.

Timeline

The call closes at 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019.

20^th March 2019	RDS British Academy Guidance session
10^th April 2019	Call Opens – start reading guidance
17th April 2019	Intention to bid forms to be submitted to your faculty Funding Development Officer.
27^th May 2019	Nominated referee supporting statement to be completed via FlexiGrant
28^th May 2019	Your final application must be submitted on FlexiGrant by this date at the latest.
28^th May -5^th June 2019	Institutional checks to take place by RDS

Any queries please contact Alexandra Pekalski

25 February 2019

BU contributes to International Conference in India.

Centre for Excellence in Learning, international, Publishing, Training, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

This past weekend saw BU Visiting Professor Padam Simkhada, who is a Professor of International Public Health in the Public Health Institute at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), delivering the keynote speech in an International Conference on Mixed-Methods Research (ICMMR 2019). His presentation at the conference, held at the Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala (India), was held on Saturday. The next day (Sunday 24th February) the two Bournemouth University academics Dr. Pramod Regmi and Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen and facilitated a session on academic publishing under the heading “Meet the editors” via Skype. Over 200 delegates from 10 countries, mainly from India and other South Asian countries participated in the conference.

BU focuses its global collaborations on three geographical areas, one of these is the Indian sub-continent. Connect India is BU’s strategic Hub of Practice for the Indian sub-continent, bringing together a community of researchers, educators, practitioners and students to collaborate with colleagues in India and Nepal.

19 February 2019

BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Workshop- Now Open

apekalski

The call for the next round of BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants will open 10^th April 2019 and close 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019 and is aimed at Early Career Researcher and/or pump priming purposes.

It is strongly advised that you attend the British Academy small guidance session on 20^th March 2019, where the Funding Development team will go through:

The British Academy scheme notes for applicants
The British Academy FAQs
The British Academy Assessment Criteria
As well as a chance to ask questions from recent British Academy award winners

After the session you will have the chance to sit with a Research Facilitator and Funding Development Officer, to go through costs and your draft proposal. As well as the opportunity to have your proposal reviewed by an external application reviewer.

If you can’t attend this session, then we ask you to submit your intention to bid form to your Funding Development Officer by 17^th April 2019, after this date applications will be moved to the Autumn round.

The British Academy have provided updated guidance on the small grants – BA scheme notes for applicants and BA FAQs . They have asked that all applicants read the documentation carefully before starting their application.

Timeline

The call closes at 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019.

20^th March 2019	RDS British Academy Guidance session
10^th April 2019	Call Opens – start reading guidance
17th April 2019	Intention to bid forms to be submitted to your faculty Funding Development Officer.
27^th May 2019	Nominated referee supporting statement to be completed via FlexiGrant
28^th May 2019	Your final application must be submitted on FlexiGrant by this date at the latest.
28^th May -5^th June 2019	Institutional checks to take place by RDS

Any queries please contact Alexandra Pekalski

18 February 2019

New epilepsy paper by BU academics

Publishing, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Collard and Dr. Pramod Regmi whose paper ‘Qualitative insights into feelings, knowledge, and impact of SUDEP: A narrative synthesis’. The paper has been accepted by the scientific journal Epilepsy & Behavior (published by Elsevier). Epilepsy Action is a charity that improves the lives of everyone affected by epilepsy. Epilepsy Action gives advice, improves healthcare, funds research and campaigns for change.

Well done!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH

12 February 2019

British Academy Small Grants Workshop – Now Open

apekalski

The call for the next round of BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants will open 10^th April 2019 and close 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019 and is aimed at Early Career Researcher and/or pump priming purposes.

It is strongly advised that you attend the British Academy small guidance session on 20^th March 2019, where the Funding Development team will go through:

The British Academy scheme notes for applicants
The British Academy FAQs
The British Academy Assessment Criteria
As well as a chance to ask questions from recent British Academy award winners

After the session you will have the chance to sit with a Research Facilitator and Funding Development Officer, to go through costs and your draft proposal. As well as the opportunity to have your proposal reviewed by an external application reviewer.

If you can’t attend this session, then we ask you to submit your intention to bid form to your Funding Development Officer by 17^th April 2019, after this date applications will be moved to the Autumn round.

The British Academy have provided updated guidance on the small grants – BA scheme notes for applicants and BA FAQs . They have asked that all applicants read the documentation carefully before starting their application.

Timeline

The call closes at 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019.

20^th March 2019	RDS British Academy Guidance session
10^th April 2019	Call Opens – start reading guidance
17th April 2019	Intention to bid forms to be submitted to your faculty Funding Development Officer.
27^th May 2019	Nominated referee supporting statement to be completed via FlexiGrant
28^th May 2019	Your final application must be submitted on FlexiGrant by this date at the latest.
28^th May -5^th June 2019	Institutional checks to take place by RDS

Any queries please contact Alexandra Pekalski

5 February 2019

British Academy Small Grants Workshop – Open Now

apekalski

The call for the next round of BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants will open 10^th April 2019 and close 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019 and is aimed at Early Career Researcher and/or pump priming purposes.

It is strongly advised that you attend the British Academy small guidance session on 20^th March 2019, where the Funding Development team will go through:

The British Academy scheme notes for applicants
The British Academy FAQs
The British Academy Assessment Criteria
As well as a chance to ask questions from recent British Academy award winners

After the session you will have the chance to sit with a Research Facilitator and Funding Development Officer, to go through costs and your draft proposal. As well as the opportunity to have your proposal reviewed by an external application reviewer.

If you can’t attend this session, then we ask you to submit your intention to bid form to your Funding Development Officer by 17^th April 2019, after this date applications will be moved to the Autumn round.

The British Academy have provided updated guidance on the small grants – BA scheme notes for applicants and BA FAQs . They have asked that all applicants read the documentation carefully before starting their application.

Timeline

The call closes at 5pm on Wednesday 5^th June 2019.

20^th March 2019	RDS British Academy Guidance session
10^th April 2019	Call Opens – start reading guidance
17th April 2019	Intention to bid forms to be submitted to your faculty Funding Development Officer.
27^th May 2019	Nominated referee supporting statement to be completed via FlexiGrant
28^th May 2019	Your final application must be submitted on FlexiGrant by this date at the latest.
28^th May -5^th June 2019	Institutional checks to take place by RDS

Any queries please contact Alexandra Pekalski

27 January 2019

New textbook for medical students

Centre for Excellence in Learning, international, Publishing, Training, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

Experts from universities across the UK have contributed to a new edition of a best-selling textbook which is out this month. This is the fourth edition of Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine which is a jargon-free 179-page introduction to psychology and sociology for medical students (and other health care students). The book is published by one of the largest academic publishers in the world, Elsevier in its series of Illustrated Colour Texts.

Seventy-three academics contributed chapters to the book which was edited by psychologist Prof. Gerry Humphris (University of St. Andrews) and sociologist Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen (Bournemouth University). The contributors are discipline and topic experts and come mainly from the UK but some are from further afield such as Ireland and Australia. Compared to the third edition this latest edition has 45 new authors, who contribute the most up-to-date knowledge on classical psychological and sociological concepts and issues. All chapters have been updated and several have been renamed and revamped to reflect changes in society, and three new ones have been added. The editors are very grateful to Catherine Calderwood, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, for writing the Foreword.

Teaching behavioural and social sciences to students is of vital importance for good health care in the future. This textbook covers topics across the life cycle from birth to death. A range of concepts and issues such as health screening, personality & health, quality of life, self-care, and anxiety are explained in an easy to understand fashion. This makes the textbook excellent introductory text as well as an essential revision tool for students. This textbook for medical students is Bournemouth University’s latest contribution to medical training.

Reference:

van Teijlingen, E. & Humphris, G. (Eds.) (2019)Psychology & Sociology Applied to Medicine: An Illustrated Colour Text (4^th Edn), Edinburgh: Elsevier The book is available as eBook [ISBN: 9780702062995] and as paperback [ISBN: 9780702062988].

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