Outdoor exercise embodiment

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HART researchers, Dr Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson and Dr Aspasia Leledaki (Independent Researcher and HART Associate Member), have recently published their work on the sensory dimensions of outdoor exercise, and the ways in which people engage in ‘making sense of the senses’. Continue reading Outdoor exercise embodiment

Research on workplace weight-loss programme

HART members, Hannah Henderson and Geoff Middleton, have recently published research that highlights results from a workplace-based weight loss programme for employees working in the private and public sectors. The project was undertaken alongside a number of colleagues from the Continue reading Research on workplace weight-loss programme

HART research on asthma

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P1060038HART researchers, Dr Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson and Dr Helen Owton (Open University), together with Prof Niro Siriwardena of the Community and Health Research Unit at Lincoln University, have recently published an article in Chest journal (the journal of the American College of Chest Physicians). The article, entitled: ‘Using a narrative approach in clinical practice to facilitate change in asthma patients’, investigates a framework for clinicians to listen to patients’ narratives, developed from a qualitative research project on the lived experience of asthma. The article explores how this approach can enhance communication, improve patient-clinician relationship, and foster better patient self-care. A link to the article can be found here
http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=2210009

HART research student takes up key post at Golf Foundation

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Stacey Mitchell, one of our HART postgraduate research students, recently completed her Master’s by Research under the supervision of Dr Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson and Dr Adam Evans.  Stacey’s research investigated gender inequalities in golf, and examined in-depth the perceptions and embodied Continue reading HART research student takes up key post at Golf Foundation

HART publication on Motherhood and Swimming

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HART’s recent run of published research has continued with the release of a new paper in Leisure Studies Journal focusing upon women’s experiences of aquatic leisure with their pre-school aged children. The full paper can be found here. The paper, written Continue reading HART publication on Motherhood and Swimming