Nick Pollard
Biographic Data
| ID | 243679 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nick Pollard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nick |
| FAMILY NAME | Pollard |
| SIGNATURE | POLLARD N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sheffield Hallam University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1995-6902 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Special Issue
Occupation has color, gender, and class
A ocupação tem cor, gênero e classe
Health group walks
Literature about health group walks typically focuses on explaining health and wellbeing outcomes. Less attention has been paid to how encounters with the natural landscape are experienced during these walks. This paper is based on an ethnographic study of a health walk group in a rural area of the UK that encapsulated health, social and environmental connections. It examines how walkers describe and make sense of their connections with natural l…
Theorising Occupational Therapy Practice in Diverse Settings
Promoting critically informed learning and knowing about occupation through conference engagements
As occupation-focused discussions and applications of critical theoretical perspectives increase, attention must also be paid to how different spaces of knowledge dissemination, exchange, and production support critically informed learning and knowing about occupation. This paper presents the reflections of a group of international scholars and lecturers whose shared interest in critical theoretical perspectives prompted the incremental co-develo…
Integrating physical activity into the treatment of depression in adults
Around 246 million people globally suffer from depression. Physical activity (PA) can reduce the risk of depression by 30% and is recognised as an effective treatment for mild-to-moderate depression (MMD). However, a high proportion of patients with MMD are currently inactive and the implementation of PA as an adherent treatment for MMD is not well understood. This study contributes to a growing body of research exploring how to support people wh…
Contributing to social transformation through occupation
Occupational therapy is underpinned by the premise that engagement in occupation is fundamental to health and well-being. Through occupations, people are able to orchestrate their lives in ways that enable them not only to survive, but also to experience human flourishing. Through occupation, people can develop and maintain their families, neighbourhoods and communities as sources of belonging, opportunities and common action. Occupation, therefo…
Walking, sustainability and health
Not only is it tacitly understood that walking is good for health and well-being but there is also now robust evidence to support this link. There is also growing evidence that regular short walks can be a protective factor for a range of long-term health conditions. Walking in the countryside can bring additional benefits, but access to the countryside brings complexities, especially for people with poorer material resources and from different e…
The Social Relations of a Health Walk Group
It is already well established that regular walks are conducive to health and well-being. This article considers the production of social relations of regular, organized weekly group walks for older people. It is based on an ethnographic study of a Walking for Health group in a rural area of the United Kingdom. Different types of social relations are identified arising from the walk experience. The social relations generated are seen to be shaped…
Occupying Disability
Building model trains and planes
This research utilised an autoethnographic method, termed collective autobiography, to explore the nature and meaning of the amateur hobby of building models from childhood to adulthood. Hobbies and leisure activities are areas of human occupation of increasing interest to a variety of disciplines. Although model making may concern the miniature representation of any subject, this paper focuses on the construction of model aircraft kits, trains a…
Localization and expression of heat shock protein 70 with rat myocardial cell damage induced by heat stress in vitro and in vivo
The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between heat shock protein (Hsp) 70 expression kinetics and heat stress‐induced damage to rat myocardial cells in vitro and in vivo. The results showed that the activity of heart injury‐associated enzymes, including aspartate aminotransferase and creatine kinase, significantly increased and myocardial cells developed acute histopathological lesions; this therefore suggested that heat…
The Idea of Creativity
The Idea of Creativity Michael Krausz, Denis Dutton& Karen Bardsley (Eds). 2009. Leiden: Brill. 346pp.US$ 147.00 Hardcover. The philosophical underpinning of creativity is integral to any study of
JOS Comment
Human death and dying are events which involve intense experiences, both for people whose life is at an end and those around them. This article, a response to the question ‘Is dying arn occupation?’ explores some of the occupational implications of dying and an awareness of death. Both the approach of death and the experience of bereavement can be a time of great significance in the expression of human relationships through occupation. Whether th…
Walking, sustainability and health
Not only is it tacitly understood that walking is good for health and well-being but there is also now robust evidence to support this link. There is also growing evidence that regular short walks can be a protective factor for a range of long-term health conditions. Walking in the countryside can bring additional benefits, but access to the countryside brings complexities, especially for people with poorer material resources and from different e…
Contributing to social transformation through occupation
Occupational therapy is underpinned by the premise that engagement in occupation is fundamental to health and well-being. Through occupations, people are able to orchestrate their lives in ways that enable them not only to survive, but also to experience human flourishing. Through occupation, people can develop and maintain their families, neighbourhoods and communities as sources of belonging, opportunities and common action. Occupation, therefo…
Promoting critically informed learning and knowing about occupation through conference engagements
As occupation-focused discussions and applications of critical theoretical perspectives increase, attention must also be paid to how different spaces of knowledge dissemination, exchange, and production support critically informed learning and knowing about occupation. This paper presents the reflections of a group of international scholars and lecturers whose shared interest in critical theoretical perspectives prompted the incremental co-develo…
The Social Relations of a Health Walk Group
It is already well established that regular walks are conducive to health and well-being. This article considers the production of social relations of regular, organized weekly group walks for older people. It is based on an ethnographic study of a Walking for Health group in a rural area of the United Kingdom. Different types of social relations are identified arising from the walk experience. The social relations generated are seen to be shaped…
Health group walks
Literature about health group walks typically focuses on explaining health and wellbeing outcomes. Less attention has been paid to how encounters with the natural landscape are experienced during these walks. This paper is based on an ethnographic study of a health walk group in a rural area of the UK that encapsulated health, social and environmental connections. It examines how walkers describe and make sense of their connections with natural l…
JOS Comment
Human death and dying are events which involve intense experiences, both for people whose life is at an end and those around them. This article, a response to the question ‘Is dying arn occupation?’ explores some of the occupational implications of dying and an awareness of death. Both the approach of death and the experience of bereavement can be a time of great significance in the expression of human relationships through occupation. Whether th…
Occupation has color, gender, and class
A ocupação tem cor, gênero e classe
Building model trains and planes
This research utilised an autoethnographic method, termed collective autobiography, to explore the nature and meaning of the amateur hobby of building models from childhood to adulthood. Hobbies and leisure activities are areas of human occupation of increasing interest to a variety of disciplines. Although model making may concern the miniature representation of any subject, this paper focuses on the construction of model aircraft kits, trains a…
JOS Comment
Human death and dying are events which involve intense experiences, both for people whose life is at an end and those around them. This article, a response to the question ‘Is dying arn occupation?’ explores some of the occupational implications of dying and an awareness of death. Both the approach of death and the experience of bereavement can be a time of great significance in the expression of human relationships through occupation. Whether th…
The Idea of Creativity
The Idea of Creativity Michael Krausz, Denis Dutton& Karen Bardsley (Eds). 2009. Leiden: Brill. 346pp.US$ 147.00 Hardcover. The philosophical underpinning of creativity is integral to any study of
Localization and expression of heat shock protein 70 with rat myocardial cell damage induced by heat stress in vitro and in vivo
The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between heat shock protein (Hsp) 70 expression kinetics and heat stress‐induced damage to rat myocardial cells in vitro and in vivo. The results showed that the activity of heart injury‐associated enzymes, including aspartate aminotransferase and creatine kinase, significantly increased and myocardial cells developed acute histopathological lesions; this therefore suggested that heat…
Occupying Disability
Building model trains and planes
This research utilised an autoethnographic method, termed collective autobiography, to explore the nature and meaning of the amateur hobby of building models from childhood to adulthood. Hobbies and leisure activities are areas of human occupation of increasing interest to a variety of disciplines. Although model making may concern the miniature representation of any subject, this paper focuses on the construction of model aircraft kits, trains a…
Walking, sustainability and health
Not only is it tacitly understood that walking is good for health and well-being but there is also now robust evidence to support this link. There is also growing evidence that regular short walks can be a protective factor for a range of long-term health conditions. Walking in the countryside can bring additional benefits, but access to the countryside brings complexities, especially for people with poorer material resources and from different e…
The Social Relations of a Health Walk Group
It is already well established that regular walks are conducive to health and well-being. This article considers the production of social relations of regular, organized weekly group walks for older people. It is based on an ethnographic study of a Walking for Health group in a rural area of the United Kingdom. Different types of social relations are identified arising from the walk experience. The social relations generated are seen to be shaped…
Contributing to social transformation through occupation
Occupational therapy is underpinned by the premise that engagement in occupation is fundamental to health and well-being. Through occupations, people are able to orchestrate their lives in ways that enable them not only to survive, but also to experience human flourishing. Through occupation, people can develop and maintain their families, neighbourhoods and communities as sources of belonging, opportunities and common action. Occupation, therefo…
Promoting critically informed learning and knowing about occupation through conference engagements
As occupation-focused discussions and applications of critical theoretical perspectives increase, attention must also be paid to how different spaces of knowledge dissemination, exchange, and production support critically informed learning and knowing about occupation. This paper presents the reflections of a group of international scholars and lecturers whose shared interest in critical theoretical perspectives prompted the incremental co-develo…
Integrating physical activity into the treatment of depression in adults
Around 246 million people globally suffer from depression. Physical activity (PA) can reduce the risk of depression by 30% and is recognised as an effective treatment for mild-to-moderate depression (MMD). However, a high proportion of patients with MMD are currently inactive and the implementation of PA as an adherent treatment for MMD is not well understood. This study contributes to a growing body of research exploring how to support people wh…
Health group walks
Literature about health group walks typically focuses on explaining health and wellbeing outcomes. Less attention has been paid to how encounters with the natural landscape are experienced during these walks. This paper is based on an ethnographic study of a health walk group in a rural area of the UK that encapsulated health, social and environmental connections. It examines how walkers describe and make sense of their connections with natural l…
Theorising Occupational Therapy Practice in Diverse Settings
Special Issue
Occupation has color, gender, and class
A ocupação tem cor, gênero e classe
Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Occupational science (5 works) · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Geography (3 works)