Daniela Austin

University of Plymouth | UoP · School of Psychology

Background In common with the general population, nursing students struggle to live a healthy lifestyle. Aims To recruit students in a behaviour change intervention, using the COM-B model of behaviour change to understand engagement. Methods Nursing students were invited to complete an online survey assessing height, weight, BMI, physical activit...

BACKGROUND International advances in information communication, eHealth and other digital health technologies have led to significant expansions in the collection and analysis of personal health data. However, following a series of high-profile data sharing scandals and emergence of COVID-19, critical exploration of public attitudes and perceptions...

Background International advances in information communication, eHealth, and other digital health technologies have led to significant expansions in the collection and analysis of personal health data. However, following a series of high-profile data sharing scandals and the emergence of COVID-19, critical exploration of public willingness to share...

Purpose: Rare conditions are often poorly understood, creating barriers in determining the value treatments can provide. This study explored barriers and facilitators to personal health data sharing among those with one particular group of rare hematologic disorders, ie, sickle cell disorder (SCD) and its variants. Methods: A single online focus...

Background: Health kiosks are publicly accessible computing devices that provide access to services, including health information provision, clinical measurement collection, patient self–check-in, telemonitoring, and teleconsultation. Although the increase in internet access and ownership of smart personal devices could make kiosks redundant, recen...

Background Many preregistration student nurses tend to be overweight or obese and have unhealthy lifestyles. Aims This study aimed to quantify the prevalence of these issues, to identify barriers to adopting a healthy lifestyle as well as potential solutions, and to explore the use of smartphone health apps. Methods An online questionnaire examin...

BACKGROUND Health kiosks are publicly accessible computing devices that provide access to services including health information provision, clinical measurement collection, patient self-check-in, telemonitoring and teleconsultation. While the increase in internet access and ownership of smart personal devices could make kiosks redundant, recent repo...

Background: Health kiosks are publicly accessible computing devices that provide access to services, including health information provision, clinical measurement collection, patient self-check-in, telemonitoring, and teleconsultation. Although the increase in internet access and ownership of smart personal devices could make kiosks redundant, rece...

University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) is beneficial in many ways, but despite the endorsements for these collaborations, execution is challenging. To identify the benefits industrial collaborators gain from UIC, and the barriers that might prevent UICs from succeeding, this paper reports five case studies from EPIC, a project tasked with developi...