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Understanding experiences and the impact of accessing physical rehabilitation services and assistive products for orthosis and wheelchair users in Cambodia: A qualitative study (Preprint) Open

Charlotte Spurway, Andrew Power, Maggie Donovan-Hall, Andrew Amos Channon · 2025

BACKGROUND Access to physical rehabilitation services, including orthotics and wheelchairs, is recognised as a fundamental human right but remains limited in many LMICs due to resource constraints, fragmented care, and a shortage of train…

Cardiac Injury Causing Traumatic Ventricular Septal Rupture With Right Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Open

Meenakshi Tyagi, Matthew Shotwell, Andrew Power, Gurnoor Singh, Dinesh Kalra · 2025

This case emphasizes the importance of early recognition and the value of serial imaging in blunt cardiac trauma, with surgical repair recommended for significant defects and management tailored to the anatomy, timing of complications, and…

Vulnerability in action: the role of the disabled body in shaping geographies of protest Open

Angharad Butler-Rees, Andrew Power · 2025

Protest has been a long-held concern of geographers who have examined the socio-spatial practices of activists and social movements. Yet, within this corpus of work, limited attention has been paid to the role and experience of the body am…

Data space inversion for efficient predictions and uncertainty quantification for geothermal models Open

Alex de Beer, Andrew Power, Daniel Wong, Ken Dekkers, Michael Gravatt , et al. · 2025

What does ‘feeling at home’ mean for adults with intellectual disabilities living in group homes in England? Open

Deborah Chinn, Tony Levitan, Andrew Power, Katy Brickley, Shalim Ali · 2024

Background Shared housing for adults with intellectual disabilities with staff support, is a common housing model internationally. We explored an overlooked aspect of group homes, namely the extent to which they enable a sense of ‘feeling …

Data Space Inversion for Efficient Predictions and Uncertainty Quantification for Geothermal Models Open

Alex de Beer, Andrew Power, Daniel Wong, Ken Dekkers, Michael Gravatt , et al. · 2024

The ability to make accurate predictions with quantified uncertainty provides a crucial foundation for the successful management of a geothermal reservoir. Conventional approaches for making predictions using geothermal reservoir models in…

In response to ‘Day service cultures from the perspectives of autistic people with profound learning disabilities’ (Ned Redmore) Open

Shalim Ali, Andrew Power · 2024

My name is Shalim Ali. I am part of a research team and have worked on different research projects. I am also an expert by experience with Choice Support. I write a column in the Community Living magazine, commissioned by Saba Salman. I ha…

Involvement of Lay Assessors in the Inspection and Regulation of Public Services: A Systematic Review Open

Deborah Chinn, Katy Brickley, Andrew Power · 2024

Public services have increasingly sought to use lay assessors (often known as “experts by experience”) as members of inspection teams in health, social care, and education settings. This involvement has been credited as giving more influen…

Social networking; the people's politics Open

Andrew Power · 2024

Social networking gives a public voice to individuals and allows them to engage with society in ways not previously possible. Shirky (2010) argues that a driver for building civic engagement is the group working which is fundamental to soc…

The role of the Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group in shaping an evolving field over time Open

Andrew Power · 2023

The Geographies of Health and Wellbeing Research Group of the Royal Geographical Association‐Institute of British Geographers is perhaps the major professional organisation for health and medical geographers working in the UK. This paper r…

Parent health and wellbeing at home before and during COVID-19 Open

Rachel Houweling, Andrew Power, D.J. Smith · 2022

Intrabony mandibular metastases caused by papillary thyroid carcinoma masquerading as a parotid swelling Open

Jonathan Wareing, BES Dawoud, Andrew Power, David Sutton · 2021

Papillary carcinoma is the most common type of thyroid cancer, accounting for 80–90% of cases. Distant metastasis of papillary thyroid cancer is uncommon, but when it does occur, it is most commonly to the lungs, liver and bone. Bone metas…

Voluntary support in a post-welfare state: Experiences and challenges of precarity Open

Andrew Power, Edward Hall, Alex Kaley, Hannah Macpherson · 2021

Debilitating landscapes of care and support: envisaging alternative futures Open

Hannah Macpherson, Edward Hall, Andrew Power, Alex Kaley · 2021

This paper explores the impact of policy changes and budget cuts on the service and support landscape faced by people with learning disabilities. Drawing upon collaborative research in England and Scotland and interviews with commissioners…

Researching belonging with people with learning disabilities: Self‐building active community lives in the context of personalisation Open

Alex Kaley, John P. Donnelly, Lisa A. Donnelly, Sally Humphrey, Steven Reilly , et al. · 2021

Accessible Summary We wanted to understand more about how people with learning disabilities are building active community lives to help belonging. We spoke to 39 people from 29 different support organisations, 7 local authority representat…

Personalisation policy in the lives of people with learning disabilities: a call to focus on how people build their lives relationally Open

Andrew Power, Andy Coverdale, Abigail Croydon, Edward Hall, Alex Kaley , et al. · 2021

Social care provision across high-income countries has been transformed over the last ten years by personalisation – a policy agenda to give people with eligible support needs more choice and control over their support. Yet the ideological…

Milk allergy and tooth reimplantation Open

O. Marland, E. Swinnerton, Andrew Power · 2020

Understanding leadership in higher education as a tool for change in relation to gender Open

Andrew Power · 2020

Leadership in Irish higher education remains something of a monoculture. This extends not just to age, gender and ethnicity but to discipline. In an attempt to identify, nurture, motivate and empower new leaders of all genders, a first ste…

Building Relationships in Inclusive Research in Diverse Contexts Open

Anna Chalachanová, Melanie Nind, May Østby, Andrew Power, Elizabeth Tilley , et al. · 2020

This article explores relationships between academics and people with intellectual disabilities collaborating in inclusive research. The authors present and reflect upon narrative accounts from Norway and England from both sides of the rel…

Self-building Our Lives: social care research report Open

Andrew Power, Melanie Nind, Edward Hall, Andy Coverdale, Hannah Macpherson , et al. · 2020

#SelfBuildingOurLives is a collaborative research project drawing upon the work of Andrew Power, Melanie Nind, Andy Coverdale, Hannah Macpherson and Abigail Croydon at University of Southampton, Ed Hall and Alex Kaley at University of Dund…

“Disciplined research in undisciplined settings”: Critical explorations of in situ and mobile methodologies in geographies of health and wellbeing Open

Ronan Foley, Sarah Bell, Heli Gittins, Hannah Grove, Alex Kaley , et al. · 2019

In situ and mobile methodologies are increasingly popular within research into diverse geographies of health and wellbeing. These methodologies include data‐gathering techniques and modes of analysis carried out with research participants …

Voluntary Sector and Urban Health Systems Open

Andrew Power, Mark W. Skinner · 2019

Beyond the role of the state and private sector, the task of responding to increasingly complex challenges in delivering urban health care in the early 21st century is being met by the voluntary sector. This chapter outlines some of the ke…

‘Hopeful adaptation’ in health geographies: Seeking health and wellbeing in times of adversity Open

Andrew Power, Sarah Bell, Richard G. Kyle, Gavin J. Andrews · 2018

Pre-surgical sickle cell disease screening and The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance (NICE) Open

Allan O’Connor, Andrew Power, Anastasios Kanatas, Jeanie Russell · 2017

Culturally mapping legacies of collaborative heritage projects Open

Karen Smyth, Andrew Power, Rik Martin · 2017

Placing care in times of austerity Open

Andrew Power, Edward Hall · 2017

There has been a flourishing of geographical studies of care and caring in recent times. Drawing on a range of new theoretical insights, and driven by questions of who and where in the provision of care, geographers have critically examine…

Heritage, health and place: The legacies of local community-based heritage conservation on social wellbeing Open

Andrew Power, Karen Smyth · 2016

Geographies of health challenge researchers to attend to the positive effects of occupying, creating and using all kinds of spaces, including 'green space' and more recently 'blue space'. Attention to the spaces of community-based heritage…

Peer advocacy in a personalized landscape Open

Andrew Power, Ruth Bartlett, Edward Hall · 2016

Whilst personalization offers the promise of more choice and control and wider participation in the community, the reality in the United Kingdom has been hampered by local council cuts and a decline in formal services. This has left many p…

Disability, (auto)mobility and austerity: shrinking horizons and spaces of refuge Open

Andrew Power · 2016

In Britain, many disabled people have access to a car through the Motability Scheme. However, with recent news of thousands of disability claimants losing their cars in cuts, it is worth reflecting on the cultural and symbolic importance o…

Budget 2015: safe havens at risk as the welfare axe falls on most vulnerable Open

Andrew Power · 2015

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