Paul Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3657573 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Umeå University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0306-2664 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 30 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Development of an evidence-based practical Framework to Implement Technology-supported Integrated Care (FIT in Integrated Care)
Background: In recognition of the value and impact of holistic and patient-centred care, clinicians, patients, and healthcare organisations have advocated for practical changes to help integrate existing services. Technology is needed to enable the scale and speed of data organisation and sharing and communication needed to integrate clinical services and sites. Implementing complex or technology-supported interventions is difficult, and has high…
IMPLEMENT Study
Background: As older adults constitute a growing segment of the population, multimorbidity, defined as the presence of two or more health conditions, is increasingly prevalent. Among individuals aged 65 to 84, 65% experience multimorbidity, rising to 81% for those aged 85 and older. This condition often leads to a diminished quality of life, significant disease burden, impaired health outcomes, and heightened risk of premature mortality. Current …
Development of a Framework to Implement Technology-supported Integrated Care (FIT in Integrated Care) as part of a Geronte’s multisite RCT
Background: In recognition of the value and impact of holistic and patient-centred care, clinicians, patients, and healthcare organisations have advocated for practical changes to help integrate existing services. Technology is needed to enable the scale and speed of data organisation and sharing and communication needed to integrate clinical services and sites. Implementing complex or technology-supported interventions is difficult, and has high…
Innovative Evaluation Methods for Integrated Care Projects
Introduction: Despite the global increase in multimorbid patients, evaluating complex interventions for multimorbid patients faces numerous challenges. These include the underrepresentation of older patients in randomized controlled trials (RCTs), a scarcity of robust economic evaluations, a lack of validated quality key performance indicators (QKPIs), insufficient analyses of healthcare system characteristics impacting multimorbidity care delive…
The New Zealand bracken fern rhizome, Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst)
The two species of bracken fern, Pteridium esculentum and Pteridium aquilinum , are well known to produce neoplastic lesions and thiamine deficiency when consumed by mammals, with severe consequences to health. New Zealand Pre‐European Māori are known to have consumed rhizomes of P. esculentum as food with little or no recorded consequences to health. Processing methods by Māori prior to consumption may have helped to detoxify this food. We carri…
The Association between Esports Participation, Health and Physical Activity Behaviour
We investigated the association between obesity, self-reported physical activity, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and perceived health in esports players, and the influence of player in-game rank. Data was collected with an online survey with an international participant sample of esports players representing five esports and all skill levels ( n = 1772). Esports players were more likely to be categorized as normal weight, or obesity clas…
Recall of Affective Responses to Exercise
Affective responses to exercise are noted to be dynamic and frequently vacillate between positive and negative valence during physical activity. Recalled affect following exercise can influence anticipated affective responses to exercise and guide future behaviors. Research examining affective memory processes indicates that the recall of an experience can substantially differ from the actual experience and change over time. Grounded in the dual …
Should Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) be Used With Focus Groups? Navigating the Bumpy Road of 'Iterative Loops,' Idiographic Journeys, and 'Phenomenological Bridges
Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a qualitative thematic approach developed within psychology underpinned by an idiographic philosophy, thereby focusing on the subjective lived experiences of individuals. However, it has been used in focus groups of which some have been critical because of the difficulties of extrapolating the individual voice which is more embedded within the group dynamics and the added complexity of multiple he…
Handling 'Hot Potatoes
Conducting qualitative field research involving drug users within a politicized criminal justice setting presents a unique set of ethical, legal, and safeguarding concerns and quandaries for researchers. There is a paucity of qualitative research with community-based drug-using offenders who form part of the UK Government (England and Wales) criminal justice strategies (Senker and Green; Hucklesby and Wincup). Hodgson, Parker, and Seddon highligh…
The evolution of physical activity
Introduction: In order to facilitate delivery of a musculo-skeletal (MSK) service in adherence with the evidence base outlined in the National Physical Activity Implementation plan for care pathways, which include physical activity as part of the recognised treatment for many long term conditions and physical limitations due to disability, in a climate of reduced funding and waiting time targets, our department undertook a service wide redesign t…
Using Behavioral Indicators to Detect Potential Violent Acts
Provides an overview of research on how observable behavioral indicators might be used to detect potential violent attacks, such as by suicide terrorists or those laying improvised explosive devices
Changes in mindfulness skills and treatment response among veterans in residential PTSD treatment
Recent research has explored the use of mindfulness principles as a component in treatments for various mental health difficulties, although limited research has explored the relationships between mindfulness and PTSD. Therefore, the current study assessed the relationships between mindfulness skills and PTSD and depression severity for a veteran sample (N 149) in a residential PTSD treatment program. Although overall mindfulness skills did not c…
Using global health initiatives to strengthen health systems
Research into the effects of global health initiatives (GHIs) on health systems has largely left out the viewpoints and contributions of civil society. This study details civil society's perspective regarding the effects of two GHIs, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), on country health systems and the added value of civil society interacting with GHIs to …
What Is the Public Value of Government Action? Towards a (New) Pragmatic Approach to Values Questions in Public Endeavours
There has been a resurgence of interest in values in recent public administration research, based on two distinct arguments. For different reasons, neither approach is likely to secure a robust normative basis for public endeavours. These reasons are assessed, using an alternative body of theory rooted in contemporary social theory that we term, ‘new pragmatism’. New pragmatic ideas are deployed to critique the divorce of values from facts; the a…
Carl Frost (1914–2009)
Social Science for Counterterrorism
This monograph surveys and integrates scholarly social-science literature relevant to counterterrorism. It draws from numerous disciplines and then uses high-level conceptual models to pull the pieces together regarding root causes, individual radicalization, public support, and the ways in which terrorism fades. It identifies points of agreement and disagreement and discusses the consequences of different contexts and perspectives
Philosophical Perspectives on Gender in Sport and Physical Activity
Dedication. Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Sport and the Construction of the Female Chapter 1. The Exclusion of Women From Sport: Conceptual and Existential Dimensions Chapter 2. Woman as Body: Ancient and Contemporary Views Chapter 3. The Philosophy of 'Woman' Versus the Ideal Athlete Part 2: Objectification Chapter 4. Sexualization and Sexuality in Sport Chapter 5: Mere and Partial Means: The Full Range of the Objectification of Women Chapter 6…
Translation and the Poet's Life
A Note on the Text Abbreviations List of Illustrations 1. Introduction 2. Wanting Voices 3. The Secret Lives of Abraham Cowley 4. Dryden and the Bounds of Liberty 5. Pope's Family Trade Bibliography
Translation and the poet's life
Dryden and the Bounds of Liberty
What Do Public Values Mean for Public Action
Public values are moving from a research concern to policy discourse and management practice. There are, though, different readings of what public values actually mean. Reflection suggests two distinct strands of thinking: a generative strand that sees public value emerging from processes of public debate; and an institutional interpretation that views public values as the attributes of government producers. Neither perspective seems to offer a p…
Reading between the lines
Despite the popularity of reading groups, and the increased number of general-practitioner-referred bibliotherapy schemes in the UK, there has been relatively little research on the effects of reading works of literature on the well-being and health of readers. This paper reports the findings of a study set up to explore people's experiences of taking part in community reading groups run by the Get into Reading Project in Wirral, Merseyside, UK. …
The Effectiveness of Relational Contracting in a Temporary Public Organization
This article evaluates the factors that shaped the effectiveness of three strategic contracts pursued with private firms by a local authority in the English West Midlands. The contracts generated highly political outputs that supported the council’s defence of the core interests of local residents. The analysis explores the form taken by the contracts; the mechanisms that delivered and integrated them; and the wider structural factors that helped…
The Limits of Realist Evaluation
This article builds on an earlier experiment in applying Realist Evaluation (RE) techniques to a set of Best Value Reviews (BVRs) undertaken in a single English local authority. That experiment used a range of assumptions regarding context (C), mechanisms (M) and outcomes (O) that restricted the possible pathways in the resulting CMO causal loop. They were ‘heroic’ in nature and left largely implicit. The article subjects those assumptions to rig…
Dryden and the invention of Augustan culture
The idea that between the Restoration and the middle of the eighteenth century England enjoyed an “Augustan age” may soon be a thing of the past. Historians were the first to jettison the concept, and by and large literary critics have now followed suit: twenty years ago there would have been a Cambridge Companion to Augustan Literature; today we have the Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650-1740. Some have flung off the term Augustan …
What Is the Public Value of Government Action? Towards a (New) Pragmatic Approach to Values Questions in Public Endeavours
There has been a resurgence of interest in values in recent public administration research, based on two distinct arguments. For different reasons, neither approach is likely to secure a robust normative basis for public endeavours. These reasons are assessed, using an alternative body of theory rooted in contemporary social theory that we term, ‘new pragmatism’. New pragmatic ideas are deployed to critique the divorce of values from facts; the a…
What Do Public Values Mean for Public Action
Public values are moving from a research concern to policy discourse and management practice. There are, though, different readings of what public values actually mean. Reflection suggests two distinct strands of thinking: a generative strand that sees public value emerging from processes of public debate; and an institutional interpretation that views public values as the attributes of government producers. Neither perspective seems to offer a p…
Should Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) be Used With Focus Groups? Navigating the Bumpy Road of 'Iterative Loops,' Idiographic Journeys, and 'Phenomenological Bridges
Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a qualitative thematic approach developed within psychology underpinned by an idiographic philosophy, thereby focusing on the subjective lived experiences of individuals. However, it has been used in focus groups of which some have been critical because of the difficulties of extrapolating the individual voice which is more embedded within the group dynamics and the added complexity of multiple he…
Reading between the lines
Despite the popularity of reading groups, and the increased number of general-practitioner-referred bibliotherapy schemes in the UK, there has been relatively little research on the effects of reading works of literature on the well-being and health of readers. This paper reports the findings of a study set up to explore people's experiences of taking part in community reading groups run by the Get into Reading Project in Wirral, Merseyside, UK. …
Handling 'Hot Potatoes
Conducting qualitative field research involving drug users within a politicized criminal justice setting presents a unique set of ethical, legal, and safeguarding concerns and quandaries for researchers. There is a paucity of qualitative research with community-based drug-using offenders who form part of the UK Government (England and Wales) criminal justice strategies (Senker and Green; Hucklesby and Wincup). Hodgson, Parker, and Seddon highligh…
The Limits of Realist Evaluation
This article builds on an earlier experiment in applying Realist Evaluation (RE) techniques to a set of Best Value Reviews (BVRs) undertaken in a single English local authority. That experiment used a range of assumptions regarding context (C), mechanisms (M) and outcomes (O) that restricted the possible pathways in the resulting CMO causal loop. They were ‘heroic’ in nature and left largely implicit. The article subjects those assumptions to rig…
Thomas Hobbes's Translations of Homer
(1997). THOMAS HOBBES'S TRANSLATIONS OF HOMER: EPIC AND ANTICLERICALISM IN LATE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND. The Seventeenth Century: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 231-255
Recall of Affective Responses to Exercise
Affective responses to exercise are noted to be dynamic and frequently vacillate between positive and negative valence during physical activity. Recalled affect following exercise can influence anticipated affective responses to exercise and guide future behaviors. Research examining affective memory processes indicates that the recall of an experience can substantially differ from the actual experience and change over time. Grounded in the dual …
A Realist Evaluation Approach to Understanding the Best Value Review Process
This article evaluates a sample of ten Best Value reviews (BVRs) using realist evaluation techniques. The underlying logic of the BVR process is taken from a reconstruction of the relationship between the review context, the mechanisms used in undertaking the review and outcomes achieved. This 'abstract configuration' is then used to map the actual processes driving the sample BVRs (the 'focused configurations') and variances explored. These vari…
American experiences and the contemporary perception of terrorism
(1996). American experiences and the contemporary perception of terrorism. Small Wars & Insurgencies: Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 220-242
American experiences and the contemporary perception of terrorism
(1996). American experiences and the contemporary perception of terrorism. Small Wars & Insurgencies: Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 220-242
Thomas Hobbes's Translations of Homer
(1997). THOMAS HOBBES'S TRANSLATIONS OF HOMER: EPIC AND ANTICLERICALISM IN LATE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND. The Seventeenth Century: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 231-255
Platonic jealousy’
Romantic jealousy has long been of interest to psychodynamically oriented clinicians. More recently empirical investigations have emerged into the causes and treatments of romantic jealousy. What has not kept pace with this interest is a wider research agenda into non‐romantic forms of jealousy. While work has appeared in relation to specific groups or topics, such as sibling rivalry, no attempt has been made to draw together the material on non‐…
Dryden and the Consolations of Philosophy
The translations which Dryden contributed to Sylvae: or, the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies (1685) occupy a pivotal position in the prevailing understanding of his mentality and career. Commentators seeking to counter the impression, derived from coarse readings of the 'public' poems, that his works are 'closely tied to the immediate circumstances in which they were written', by assigning greater importance to his translations from the clas…
A Mis-signalling Problem? The Troubled Performance Relationship between Credit Unions and Local Government in the UK
This article argues that the development of British credit unions is being held back by the unclear objectives and performance measures set by different external stakeholders. Credit unions are particularly vulnerable to contradictory accountability requirements, because they can serve a number of different socio-economic purposes. They may therefore face multiple lines of managerial and political accountability in a situation where they remain h…
Dryden and the invention of Augustan culture
The idea that between the Restoration and the middle of the eighteenth century England enjoyed an “Augustan age” may soon be a thing of the past. Historians were the first to jettison the concept, and by and large literary critics have now followed suit: twenty years ago there would have been a Cambridge Companion to Augustan Literature; today we have the Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650-1740. Some have flung off the term Augustan …
The Cambridge Companion to John Dryden
John Dryden, Poet Laureate to Charles II and James II, was one of the great literary figures of the late seventeenth century. This Companion provides a fresh look at Dryden's tactics and triumphs in negotiating the extraordinary political and cultural revolutions of his time. The newly commissioned essays introduce readers to the full range of his work as a poet, as a writer of innovative plays and operas, as a purveyor of contemporary notions of…
A Realist Evaluation Approach to Understanding the Best Value Review Process
This article evaluates a sample of ten Best Value reviews (BVRs) using realist evaluation techniques. The underlying logic of the BVR process is taken from a reconstruction of the relationship between the review context, the mechanisms used in undertaking the review and outcomes achieved. This 'abstract configuration' is then used to map the actual processes driving the sample BVRs (the 'focused configurations') and variances explored. These vari…
The Limits of Realist Evaluation
This article builds on an earlier experiment in applying Realist Evaluation (RE) techniques to a set of Best Value Reviews (BVRs) undertaken in a single English local authority. That experiment used a range of assumptions regarding context (C), mechanisms (M) and outcomes (O) that restricted the possible pathways in the resulting CMO causal loop. They were ‘heroic’ in nature and left largely implicit. The article subjects those assumptions to rig…
Reading between the lines
Despite the popularity of reading groups, and the increased number of general-practitioner-referred bibliotherapy schemes in the UK, there has been relatively little research on the effects of reading works of literature on the well-being and health of readers. This paper reports the findings of a study set up to explore people's experiences of taking part in community reading groups run by the Get into Reading Project in Wirral, Merseyside, UK. …
The Effectiveness of Relational Contracting in a Temporary Public Organization
This article evaluates the factors that shaped the effectiveness of three strategic contracts pursued with private firms by a local authority in the English West Midlands. The contracts generated highly political outputs that supported the council’s defence of the core interests of local residents. The analysis explores the form taken by the contracts; the mechanisms that delivered and integrated them; and the wider structural factors that helped…
Translation and the Poet's Life
A Note on the Text Abbreviations List of Illustrations 1. Introduction 2. Wanting Voices 3. The Secret Lives of Abraham Cowley 4. Dryden and the Bounds of Liberty 5. Pope's Family Trade Bibliography
Translation and the poet's life
Dryden and the Bounds of Liberty
What Do Public Values Mean for Public Action
Public values are moving from a research concern to policy discourse and management practice. There are, though, different readings of what public values actually mean. Reflection suggests two distinct strands of thinking: a generative strand that sees public value emerging from processes of public debate; and an institutional interpretation that views public values as the attributes of government producers. Neither perspective seems to offer a p…
Social Science for Counterterrorism
This monograph surveys and integrates scholarly social-science literature relevant to counterterrorism. It draws from numerous disciplines and then uses high-level conceptual models to pull the pieces together regarding root causes, individual radicalization, public support, and the ways in which terrorism fades. It identifies points of agreement and disagreement and discusses the consequences of different contexts and perspectives
Philosophical Perspectives on Gender in Sport and Physical Activity
Dedication. Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Sport and the Construction of the Female Chapter 1. The Exclusion of Women From Sport: Conceptual and Existential Dimensions Chapter 2. Woman as Body: Ancient and Contemporary Views Chapter 3. The Philosophy of 'Woman' Versus the Ideal Athlete Part 2: Objectification Chapter 4. Sexualization and Sexuality in Sport Chapter 5: Mere and Partial Means: The Full Range of the Objectification of Women Chapter 6…
Using global health initiatives to strengthen health systems
Research into the effects of global health initiatives (GHIs) on health systems has largely left out the viewpoints and contributions of civil society. This study details civil society's perspective regarding the effects of two GHIs, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), on country health systems and the added value of civil society interacting with GHIs to …
What Is the Public Value of Government Action? Towards a (New) Pragmatic Approach to Values Questions in Public Endeavours
There has been a resurgence of interest in values in recent public administration research, based on two distinct arguments. For different reasons, neither approach is likely to secure a robust normative basis for public endeavours. These reasons are assessed, using an alternative body of theory rooted in contemporary social theory that we term, ‘new pragmatism’. New pragmatic ideas are deployed to critique the divorce of values from facts; the a…
Carl Frost (1914–2009)
Changes in mindfulness skills and treatment response among veterans in residential PTSD treatment
Recent research has explored the use of mindfulness principles as a component in treatments for various mental health difficulties, although limited research has explored the relationships between mindfulness and PTSD. Therefore, the current study assessed the relationships between mindfulness skills and PTSD and depression severity for a veteran sample (N 149) in a residential PTSD treatment program. Although overall mindfulness skills did not c…
Using Behavioral Indicators to Detect Potential Violent Acts
Provides an overview of research on how observable behavioral indicators might be used to detect potential violent attacks, such as by suicide terrorists or those laying improvised explosive devices
The evolution of physical activity
Introduction: In order to facilitate delivery of a musculo-skeletal (MSK) service in adherence with the evidence base outlined in the National Physical Activity Implementation plan for care pathways, which include physical activity as part of the recognised treatment for many long term conditions and physical limitations due to disability, in a climate of reduced funding and waiting time targets, our department undertook a service wide redesign t…
Handling 'Hot Potatoes
Conducting qualitative field research involving drug users within a politicized criminal justice setting presents a unique set of ethical, legal, and safeguarding concerns and quandaries for researchers. There is a paucity of qualitative research with community-based drug-using offenders who form part of the UK Government (England and Wales) criminal justice strategies (Senker and Green; Hucklesby and Wincup). Hodgson, Parker, and Seddon highligh…
The Association between Esports Participation, Health and Physical Activity Behaviour
We investigated the association between obesity, self-reported physical activity, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and perceived health in esports players, and the influence of player in-game rank. Data was collected with an online survey with an international participant sample of esports players representing five esports and all skill levels ( n = 1772). Esports players were more likely to be categorized as normal weight, or obesity clas…
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