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Latest Journal Articles

Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis to assess the structural validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Proxy version (ASCOT-Proxy) completed by care home staff (2024)
Quality of Life Research
Rand S, Towers AM, Allan S, Webster L, Palmer S, Carroll R, Gordon A, Akdur G, Goodman C.
Assessing progress in managing and improving quality in nascent integrated care systems in England (2023)
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
Mirza Lalani, Priya Sugavanam, James Caiels, Helen Crocker, Sarah Gunn, Harriet Hay, Helen Hogan, Bethan Page, Michele Peters, Raymond Fitzpatrick
Strengths-based approaches - perspectives from practitioners (2023)
British Journal of Social Work
Caiels, J., Silarova, B., Milne, A., Beadle-Brown, J.