A team at the Overseas Development Institute1 recently had a chance to investigate these questions in a scoping study undertaken for the International Development Research Centre2. The aim of the study was to re-appraise the role of urban agriculture in poverty reduction in developing countries. The research was based on an extensive review of the literature, key informant discussions3 and fiel...

The purpose of this paper was to conduct a scoping review on Co-Active (Life) Coaching (CALC) literature related to health behaviour change. The scoping methodological framework developed by Arksey and O’Malley (2005) informed the retrieval of appropriate articles. Six questions provided an indepth exploration of CALC in the health coaching literature. This paper provides a broad overview of th...

Copies of this work may be made for non-commercial distribution to aid social care workforce development. Any other copying requires the permission of Skills for Care. Skills for Care is the employer-led strategic body for workforce development in social care for adults in England. It is part of the sector skills council, Skills for Care and Development. A scoping study of workforce development...

INTRODUCTION Immigrant patients often meet barriers to patient-centred healthcare in their new host countries. Given the heterogeneity of patients from ethnic minorities, established strategies for patient centredness might not work in their case. The concept of coproduction provides a new perspective on how to collaboratively create the highest possible value for both the patient and the healt...

In 2001 Thomas Pocklington Trust commissioned a one year scoping study from the Research Group for Inclusive Environments (RGIE) at the University of Reading to undertake initial survey work and a small practical trial. This paper summarises the content and output of this study. The output from this project is the initial stage in the development of lighting guidance and recommendations for vis...

Analytical usability evaluation methods (UEMs) can complement empirical evaluation of systems: for example, they can often be used earlier in design, and can provide accounts of why users might experience difficulties, as well as what those difficulties are. However, their properties and value are only partially understood. One way to improve our understanding is by detailed comparisons using a...