Political video mashups as allegories of citizen empowerment (2009)
Richard Edwards; IUPUI, Chuck Tryon; Fayetteville State University
When the viral video “Vote Different” broke into the mainstream media in March 2007, the political video mashup became a notable media phenomenon. User-generated mashups threatened to cut through...
Distribution of new graphic warning labels: Are tobacco companies following regulations? (2009)
Wilson, Nick, Peace, Jo, Li, Judy, Edwards, Richard, Hoek, Janet, Stanley, James, ...
Abstract Objective To test the hypothesis that tobacco companies would not follow a regulation that required seven new graphic health warnings (GHWs) to be evenly distributed on cigarette packs and...
Misperceptions of "light" cigarettes abound: National survey data (2009)
Wilson, Nick, Weerasekera, Deepa, Peace, Jo, Edwards, Richard, Thomson, George, Devlin, Miranda
Abstract Background Many smokers believe that "light" cigarettes are less harmful than regular cigarettes, which is at variance with the scientific evidence. The Framework Convention on Tobacco...
Edwards, Richard, Gifford, Heather, Waa, Andrew, Glover, Marewa, Thomson, George, Wilson, Nick
Abstract Background Smokefree environments legislation is increasingly being implemented around the world. Evaluations largely find that the legislation is popular, compliance is high and report...
Introduction: Life as a Learning Context? (2009)
First paragraph: Questions of context are not new, but are brought into particularly stark relief by developments promoted through a discourse of lifelong learning. If learning is lifelong and...
Authoring research, plagiarising the self? (2009)
First paragraph: Following Roz Ivanič’s influential work on writing and identity, this chapter explores the effects of information technology in the writing of research and on the identity of the...
Thomson, George, Wilson, Nick, Edwards, Richard
Introduction Outdoor smoke-free areas have been adopted increasingly in North America, Britain, Ireland, Australasia, and elsewhere. Their use appears to be one of the frontier areas of tobacco...
Spousal smoking as an indicator of total secondhand smoke exposure (2009)
Introduction This study assessed the utility of spousal smoking as a measure of secondhand smoke exposure. Methods The investigation involved secondary analysis of data from 526 female participants...
The impact of tobacco promotion at the point of sale: A systematic review (2009)
Paynter, Janine, Edwards, Richard
Introduction: Tobacco promotion increases the likelihood that adolescents will start smoking. Much of the tobacco industry's promotional budget is spent on point of sale (PoS) promotion in many...
Wilson, Nick, Baker, Michael, Edwards, Richard, Simmons, Greg
Abstract Background Case-control studies and outbreak investigations are the major epidemiological tools for providing detailed information on enteric disease sources and risk factors, but these...
Education -an impossible practice? (2008)
This article explores theoretically the argument that education is an impossible practice as it cannot mandate the future. The significance of this is that educational practice needs to be developed...
Matthew Chalmers, Richard Edwards
While mobile computers and context-aware computing are increasingly common topics of research, relatively little work has investigated the analysis of the data provided by such devices and...
'Smoke gets in your eyes': a research-informed professional education and advocacy programme (2007)
Thornton, Judith, Edwards, Richard, Harrison, Roger A., Elton, Peter, Astbury, Nick, Kelly, Simon P.
Smoking is associated with common sight-threatening eye conditions. We suspected that this link was little known and it might be a potent novel health promotional tool. We therefore developed a...
Working with Toronto neighbourhoods toward developing indicators of community capacity (2003)
Jackson, Suzanne F., Cleverly, Shelley, Poland, Blake, Burman, David, Edwards, Richard, Robertson, Ann
Often the goal of health and social development agencies is to assess communities and work with them to improve community capacity. Particularly for health promoters working in community settings and...
Students and smoking: Targeted tobacco promotion in the North East of England (2000)
SENGUPTA, SOUMEN, STERRY, JOYCE, JORDAN, CHRISTINE, EDWARDS, RICHARD
Background: The aim of this study was to Investigate the extent to which students in the North East of England are exposed to two alternative tobacco marketing tactics: direct mailing (‘junk...
Tecla Jiménez, Alfredo, Montera Gutiérrez, Fernando, Edwards, Richard
Estudio de los efectos que la globalización creciente y la reestructuración económico-política, está produciendo en la educación. Se estudia el papel de la educación en el caos contemporáneo...
Guiding adults impartially: a Scottish study (1999)
Connelly, Graham, Milburn, Ted, Thomson, Sandy, Edwards, Richard
In Scotland, the development of guidance for adults has been significant in the last few years. A 1992 Inspectorate report concluded that: 'Considerable progress has been made in developing effective...
Guiding adults impartially: a Scottish study (1999)
Connelly, Graham, Milburn, Ted, Thomson, Sandy, Edwards, Richard
In Scotland, the development of guidance for adults has been significant in the last few years. A 1992 Inspectorate report concluded that: 'Considerable progress has been made in developing effective...
Towards a critical social science perspective on health promotion research (1996)
EAKIN, JOAN, ROBERTSON, ANN, POLAND, BLAKE, COBURN, DAVID, EDWARDS, RICHARD
As part of our on-going efforts to formulate an alternative paradigm for health promotion research, we discuss an approach that we have called a ‘critical social science perspective’ (CSSP). This...
Comparative susceptibility of cefminox and cefoxitin to {beta}-lactamases of Bacteroides spp. (1991)
Soriano, Francisco, Edwards, Richard, Greenwood, David
The susceptibility of the new cephamycin antibiotic, cefminox, to hydrolysis by various types of β-lactamase produced by organisms of the Bacteroides fragilis group was compared with that of...
Laboratory assessment of lomefloxacin (SC-47111) in comparison with norfloxacin (1988)
Edwards, Richard, Kanematsu, Minoru, Greenwood, David
The activity of lomefloxacin and norfloxacin against 681 bacterial strains, including 520 strains isolated from infected urine was assessed in vitro. All strains were tested in two inocula and the...
Union-Nonunion Earnings Differentials and the Decline of Private-Sector Unionism (1986)
Recent years have been difficult ones for the American labor movement. Especially during the past half-decade, the economic and political environment for unions has become increasingly...
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