J. Smedley

Publication List Details

Period

2000 - 2007

Number

28

Co-Authors

Influenza immunisation: attitudes and beliefs of UK healthcare workers (2007)

Smedley, J., Poole, J., Waclawski, E., Stevens, A., Harrison, J., Watson, J., ...

AIM: To explore attitudes to influenza immunisation and rates of uptake among staff working in acute hospitals in the UK. METHOD: A cross-sectional survey of 11,670 healthcare workers in six UK...

Influenza immunisation: attitudes and beliefs of UK healthcare workers (2007)

Smedley, J., Poole, J., Waclawski, E., Stevens, A., Harrison, J., Watson, J., ...

AIM: To explore attitudes to influenza immunisation and rates of uptake among staff working in acute hospitals in the UK. METHOD: A cross-sectional survey of 11,670 healthcare workers in six UK...

Effectiveness of an influenza vaccine programme for care home staff to prevent death, morbidity, and health service use among residents: cluster randomised controlled trial (2006)

Hayward, A.C., Harling, R., Wetten, S., Johnson, A.M., Munro, S., Smedley, J., ...

Objective: To determine whether vaccination of care home staff against influenza indirectly protects residents. Design: Pair matched cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting: Large private chain...

Assessing investment in manual handling risk controls: a scoring system for use in observational studies (2005)

Smedley, J., Poole, J., Waclawski, E., Stevens, A., Harrison, J., Buckle, P., ...

Most UK hospitals now have manual handling policies, but few studies have assessed their impact. To facilitate such research, a system for ranking the investment in manual handling risk controls was...

Assessing investment in manual handling risk controls: a scoring system for use in observational studies (2005)

Smedley, J., Poole, J., Waclawski, E., Stevens, A., Harrison, J., Buckle, P., ...

Most UK hospitals now have manual handling policies, but few studies have assessed their impact. To facilitate such research, a system for ranking the investment in manual handling risk controls was...

Manual handling risk controls in hospitals (MARCH): a cross-sectional survey of UK hospitals (2004)

Smedley, J., Poole, J., Waclawski, E., Harrison, J., Stevens, A., Buckle, P., ...

Injury and ill health among healthcare staff associated with handling patients is an important area of risk for UK National Health Service (NHS) employers. Since the introduction of a specific legal...

Risk factors for incident neck and shoulder pain in hospital nurses (2003)

Smedley, J., Inskip, H., Trevelyan, F., Buckle, P., Cooper, C., Coggon, D.

Aim: To assess the incidence and risk factors for neck and shoulder pain in nurses. Methods: A longitudinal study of neck and shoulder pain was carried out in female nurses at two hospitals in...

Impact of ergonomic intervention on back pain among nurses (2003)

Smedley, J., Trevelyan, F., Inskip, H., Buckle, P., Cooper, C., Coggon, D.

Objectives: This study assessed the impact of ergonomic intervention on rates of low-back pain among hospital nurses. Methods: Altogether 1239 female nurses from two hospitals in southern England...

Risk factors for incident neck and shoulder pain in hospital nurses (2003)

Smedley, J., Inskip, H., Trevelyan, F., Buckle, P., Cooper, C., Coggon, D.

AIM: To assess the incidence and risk factors for neck and shoulder pain in nurses. METHODS: A longitudinal study of neck and shoulder pain was carried out in female nurses at two hospitals in...

Respiratory illness in agricultural workers (2002)

Linaker, C., Smedley, J.

Respiratory diseases have long been recognized in association with work in farming. Overall, only a small proportion of the population is employed in agriculture, so respiratory disease in farmers is...

A survey of the delivery and uptake of influenza vaccine among health care workers (2002)

Smedley, J., Palmer, C., Baird, J., Barker, M.

During the 1990s, policies for immunizing fit health care workers against influenza varied between National Health Service (NHS) employers and the uptake of influenza vaccine by NHS staff was poor....

Laser Ignition of Nitramine Composite Propellants and Crack Propagation and Branching in Burning Solid Propellants (2000)

Kuo, K. K., Kim, J. U., Nimis, J., Smedley, J., Char, J. M.

Two major tasks performed during the report period of investigation were: (i) laser ignition of nitramine-based composite propellants using a high- powered CO2 laser in (ii) crack propagation and...

Prospective cohort study of predictors of incident low back pain in nurses.

Smedley, J., Egger, P., Cooper, C., Coggon, D.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of handling patients and indicators of individual susceptibility on risk of low back pain in nurses. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study with follow up by repeated self...

Manual handling activities and risk of low back pain in nurses.

Smedley, J, Egger, P, Cooper, C, Coggon, D

OBJECTIVE--To investigate the risk factors for low back pain in hospital nurses, with particular emphasis on the role of specific nursing activities. METHODS--A cross sectional survey of 2405 nurses...

Work related respiratory symptoms in radiographers.

Smedley, J, Inskip, H, Wield, G, Coggon, D

OBJECTIVE--To determine the prevalence of work related symptoms among radiographers compared with a control group of physiotherapists. METHOD--A postal questionnaire was used to collect information...

Health and exposures of United Kingdom Gulf war veterans. Part I: The pattern and extent of ill health

Cherry, N, Creed, F, Silman, A, Dunn, G, Baxter, D, Smedley, J, ...

OBJECTIVES—To assess the health of United Kingdom Gulf war veterans, to compare their health to that of similar personnel not deployed, to describe patterns of ill health in both groups, and to...

Health and exposures of United Kingdom Gulf war veterans. Part II: The relation of health to exposure

Cherry, N, Creed, F, Silman, A, Dunn, G, Baxter, D, Smedley, J, ...

OBJECTIVES—To investigate whether, in personnel who served with the United Kingdom forces in the Gulf war, self reported exposures were related to symptoms in a way that was consistent, specific,...

Risk factors for incident neck and shoulder pain in hospital nurses

Smedley, J, Inskip, H, Trevelyan, F, Buckle, P, Cooper, C, Coggon, D

Aim: To assess the incidence and risk factors for neck and shoulder pain in nurses.

Prevalence and risk factors for latex allergy: a cross sectional study in a United Kingdom hospital

Smedley, J., Jury, A., Bendall, H., Frew, A., Coggon, D.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and risk factors for symptoms related to gloves, and the relation between symptoms and immunological evidence of type 1 hypersensitivity to latex in a United...