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Palliative and end-of-life care for military veterans: the forgotten few? Open

Mila Petrova, Nick Caddick, Michael Almond · 2021

Military veterans are likely to have encountered death, pain, and suffering, and to have prepared for them like few other groups in society.This is also a group trained to follow highly ceremonial rituals around death, burials, and commemo…

Confident, valued and supported: Examining the benefits of employment support for military spouses Open

Lauren Godier‐McBard, Nick Caddick, Matt Fossey · 2020

Military spouses face numerous challenges in obtaining employment as a result of their connection to the military. Previous research has linked military spouses underemployment to reduced well-being and satisfaction with military life, whi…

The Impact of a Novel Structured Health Intervention for Truckers (SHIFT) on Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Open

Verónica Varela-Mato, Nick Caddick, James A. King, Vicki Johnson, Charlotte L. Edwardson , et al. · 2018

This study highlights the feasibility of implementing a multicomponent health intervention within the transport setting and provides preliminary evidence of its beneficial effects on some markers of health.

Ageing, limb-loss and military veterans: a systematic review of the literature Open

Nick Caddick, Helen Cullen, Amanda Clarke, Matt Fossey, Michael A. Hill , et al. · 2018

The impact of losing a limb in military service extends well beyond initial recovery and rehabilitation, with long-term consequences and challenges requiring health-care commitments across the lifecourse. This paper presents a systematic r…

A Structured Health Intervention for Truckers (SHIFT) Open

Verónica Varela-Mato, Nick Caddick, James A. King, Thomas Yates, David J. Stensel , et al. · 2017

This process-evaluation suggests that the SHIFT program should now be evaluated on a larger scale and tested through fully randomized controlled trials.

Why we need to talk about sexual violence in the military Open

Lauren Godier‐McBard, Matt Fossey, Nick Caddick · 2017

Reflections on being a civilian researcher in an ex-military world: expanding horizons? Open

Nick Caddick, Alex Cooper, Brett Smith · 2017

This paper provides a series of critical reflections on the tensions involved in researching the lives of military veterans. In particular, tensions arising when civilian researchers attempt to speak on behalf of veterans, combined with pr…

Exercise is medicine for mental health in military veterans: a qualitative commentary Open

Nick Caddick, Brett Smith · 2017

Different approaches to treatment for mental health problems in military veterans continue to attract research attention. In addition to the NICE-approved treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder such as trauma-focused cognitive behav…

Early service leavers: History, vulnerability and future research Open

Matt Fossey, Lauren Godier‐McBard, Nick Caddick · 2017

Providing help for personnel, whose time in the military is cut short due to disciplinary, administrative or early separation reasons, is an area that has generated considerable debate. Recent changes in the UK military's approach to the p…

COMBAT SURFERS: A NARRATIVE STUDY OF VETERANS, SURFING, AND WAR TRAUMA Open

Nick Caddick, Brett Smith · 2017

Usamos a investigação narrativa para ilustrar as vidas complexas e experiências de veteranos de combate que vão surfar para lidar com as conseqüências traumáticas da guerra. As histórias que coletamos revelam as qualidades ricas e variadas…

Quality participation experiences in the physical activity domain: Perspectives of veterans with a physical disability Open

Celina H. Shirazipour, M. Blair Evans, Nick Caddick, Brett Smith, Alice Aiken , et al. · 2016

Pluralistic data analysis: theory and practice Open

Nicola Clarke, Nick Caddick, Nollaig Frost · 2016

In his provocatively titled book The Qualitative Manifesto, Denzin (2010) proposed that in order to effectively advocate the benefits of qualitative work to practitioners, policymakers and stakeholders, social science researchers must find…

Understanding the health of lorry drivers in context: A critical discourse analysis Open

Nick Caddick, Verónica Varela-Mato, Myra A. Nimmo, Stacy A. Clemes, Tom Yates , et al. · 2016

This article moves beyond previous attempts to understand health problems in the lives of professional lorry drivers by placing the study of drivers’ health in a wider social and cultural context. A combination of methods including focus g…

The Impact of Living in a Care Home on the Health and Wellbeing of Spinal Cord Injured People Open

Brett Smith, Nick Caddick · 2015

In the UK, 20% of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) are discharged from rehabilitation into an elderly care home. Despite this, and knowledge that the home is central to health and wellbeing, little research has examined the impact of b…

Collective stories and well-being: Using a dialogical narrative approach to understand peer relationships among combat veterans experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder Open

Nick Caddick, Cassandra Phoenix, Brett Smith · 2015

Using a dialogical narrative approach, this original research explored how combat veterans experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder made sense of peer relationships with other veterans and what effects these relationships had on their w…

Doing Narrative Analysis Open

Nick Caddick · 2015

Male combat veterans’ narratives of<span>PTSD</span>, masculinity, and health Open

Nick Caddick, Brett Smith, Cassandra Phoenix · 2015

This article uniquely examines the ways a group of male combat veterans talk about masculinity and how, following post‐traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ), they performed masculinities in the context of a surfing group, and what effects thi…

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