Dominic Upton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3801189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dominic Upton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dominic |
| FAMILY NAME | Upton |
| SIGNATURE | UPTON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canberra |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5547-6204 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Types, delivery modes, and outcomes of training and education programs for formal caregivers of older adults
Healthcare professionals working in the aged care sector globally are constantly under pressure to deliver quality care for older adults who often have complex health conditions and multiple comorbidities. In addition, systemic issues along with increasing economic and social demands have enforced countries to reform their aged care sector including the training and education of their frontline professional support workers (formal caregivers). Th…
Nurses’ resilience and the emotional labour of nursing work
Social Return on Investment
Interventions and activities that influence health are often concerned with intangible outcomes that are difficult to value despite their potential significance. Social Return on Investment is an evaluation framework that explores all aspects of change and expresses these in comparable terms. It combines qualitative narratives and quantitative measurements with a financial approach to enable outcomes that can otherwise be overlooked or undervalue…
Agriculture – Who cares? An investigation of ‘care farming’ in the UK
Promoting Healthy Behaviour
Lifestyle diseases are the scourge of the modern Western world. Smoking, eating badly, not exercising, excessive drinking: these are but a few of the major challenges facing the NHS. People understand why these habits are bad for them, and most people understand how to tackle them – so why is it that so many people don’t have a healthy lifestyle? And, more importantly, how can we change this?This book is designed for healthcare professionals of a…
Reply to ‘Evaluation of the Food Dudes programme by Upton et al .’
Increasing children's lunchtime consumption of fruit and vegetables
Objectives Although previous research has shown that the Food Dudes programme increases children's fruit and vegetable consumption at school, there has been limited evaluation of the extent to which changes are maintained in the long term. Furthermore, despite knowledge that the nutritional content of home-supplied meals is lower than that of school-supplied meals, little consideration has been given to the programme's impact on meals provided fr…
Agriculture – Who cares? An investigation of ‘care farming’ in the UK
Social Return on Investment
Interventions and activities that influence health are often concerned with intangible outcomes that are difficult to value despite their potential significance. Social Return on Investment is an evaluation framework that explores all aspects of change and expresses these in comparable terms. It combines qualitative narratives and quantitative measurements with a financial approach to enable outcomes that can otherwise be overlooked or undervalue…
Promoting Healthy Behaviour
Lifestyle diseases are the scourge of the modern Western world. Smoking, eating badly, not exercising, excessive drinking: these are but a few of the major challenges facing the NHS. People understand why these habits are bad for them, and most people understand how to tackle them – so why is it that so many people don’t have a healthy lifestyle? And, more importantly, how can we change this?This book is designed for healthcare professionals of a…
Reply to ‘Evaluation of the Food Dudes programme by Upton et al .’
Increasing children's lunchtime consumption of fruit and vegetables
Objectives Although previous research has shown that the Food Dudes programme increases children's fruit and vegetable consumption at school, there has been limited evaluation of the extent to which changes are maintained in the long term. Furthermore, despite knowledge that the nutritional content of home-supplied meals is lower than that of school-supplied meals, little consideration has been given to the programme's impact on meals provided fr…
Agriculture – Who cares? An investigation of ‘care farming’ in the UK
Social Return on Investment
Interventions and activities that influence health are often concerned with intangible outcomes that are difficult to value despite their potential significance. Social Return on Investment is an evaluation framework that explores all aspects of change and expresses these in comparable terms. It combines qualitative narratives and quantitative measurements with a financial approach to enable outcomes that can otherwise be overlooked or undervalue…
Nurses’ resilience and the emotional labour of nursing work
Types, delivery modes, and outcomes of training and education programs for formal caregivers of older adults
Healthcare professionals working in the aged care sector globally are constantly under pressure to deliver quality care for older adults who often have complex health conditions and multiple comorbidities. In addition, systemic issues along with increasing economic and social demands have enforced countries to reform their aged care sector including the training and education of their frontline professional support workers (formal caregivers). Th…
Psychological intervention (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · MEDLINE (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 work) · Adult education (1 work)