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    Indicators of integration: a conceptual analysis of refugee integration (version 5.7): a report to the Home Office on behalf of Michael Bell Associates
    (Queen Margaret University, 2001) Ager, Alastair; Strang, Alison; O'May, Fiona; Garner, Paul
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    Involving Older People: lessons for Community Planning.
    (Scottish Executive Social Research, 2004) Dewar, Belinda; Jones, C.; O'May, Fiona; Scottish Executive Social Research; CoSLA
    The study was commissioned by the Scottish Executive and CoSLA to provide information about the current ways in which older people are involved in the planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of public services throughout Scotland, and to draw some lessons for the future involvement of older people in the Community Planning process.
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    Contextual effects in suicidal behaviour: evidence, exploration and implications.
    (Oxford University Press, 2005) Platt, S.; Pavis, S.; Sharpe, M.; O'May, Fiona; Hawton, K.
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    Bolder and Wiser: Participatory Appraisal for Older People.
    (Queen Margaret university College, 2005) O'May, Fiona; Petrie, M.; Wilsdon, D.
    NHS Health Scotland funded The Royal Bank of Scotland Centre for the Older Person’s Agenda to offer a further course with older people on developing participatory appraisal skills, following the successful course run in May and June 2004. Participatory approaches to research, learning and action can help people to find out about issues in their own communities and to develop solutions with their local communities to bring about change. The use of this approach demonstrates an understanding that older people are the best experts – they are wiser - about the problems that face older people. It enables the initiation of peer research and community solutions by older people themselves. Participatory appraisal also encourages people to be bolder - to take action and to speak out about the issues that concern them. This Bolder and Wiser course was held during June of 2005. The aim of the course was to engage older people in a participatory appraisal process which is enjoyable, wholly accessible and stimulates ongoing interest and involvement in research and development activity. The objectives of the course were: 1. To identify key issues of concern for older people that can be investigated further using participatory appraisal methods. 2. Offer experiential and practical training in participatory appraisal principles and methods. 3. Develop the confidence and skills of older people to use at least five participatory appraisal methods to engage in peer research, learning and action. 4. Take the first steps towards establishing a network of older people who are adequately prepared to engage in research and development work. This report summarises the Bolder and Wiser course, giving an outline of activities, and identifying learning. Challenges and outcomes are summarised, and recommendations for further work with this group, as well as for any similar courses in the future, are presented.
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    External evaluation of the Dumfries and Galloway Better Neighbourhood Services Fund (BNSF) Vulnerable Older People's Pathfinder.
    (Queen Margaret University College, 2005) Newall, Elinor; Gilloran, Alan; O'May, Fiona; Donaldson, Caroline
    In January 2001, the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund (BNSF) was set up by the Scottish Executive to enable local authorities and their community planning partners to improve services in Scotland in accordance with the Social Justice initiative. Twelve local authorities were asked to put forward strategies for the delivery of better services within neighbourhoods in their pathfinder area. Dumfries and Galloway council developed a strategy for older people called the Vulnerable Older People Pathfinder (VOPP), known locally as ‘Guid Services for Older Folk’, which was funded by BNSF for a three year period. The VOPP, together with the Scottish Executive, developed a Local Outcome Agreement (LOA), with a headline aim, or outcome, to: “Enable more vulnerable people to stay living in their own homes for longer, by increasing the range, quality and accessibility of preventative services”. To that end BNSF has funded a number of projects providing preventative services for older people. This approach is underpinned by a wealth of research that highlights the benefits of low-level preventative services to older people’s quality of life (e.g. Clark,et al. 1998).
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    Direct payments: the views of older people from rural communities and ethnic minority groups.
    (Queen Margaret University College, 2005) Dewar, Belinda; O'May, Fiona; Donaldson, Caroline
    The origins of the direct payments scheme lie with the Disabled People’s movement and the revolutionary idea of providing disabled people with cash to pay directly for their assessed care and support needs. Authorisation was given in 1997 to local authorities in England to offer cash payments to purchase care and support services through the implementation of The Community Care 1996 (Direct Payments) Act. This scheme was initially restricted to those aged between the ages of 18-65 years. However since February 2000 (July 2000 in Scotland) this has been extended to include disabled people aged 65 and over, and further expanded in 2001 to include young disabled people between the ages of 16 and 18 years. Prior to the implementation of the Community Care Act, procedures following a community care assessment placed the local authority in complete control regarding arranging and coordinating an individual’s care package. The local authority arranged when and where services were provided, and who would provide them. The direct payments scheme could offer an alternative, more flexible approach, with the potential to empower individuals choosing to opt into this scheme. Individuals in receipt of direct payments have control in making arrangements for the provision of services that work with their lifestyle as opposed to their lifestyle ‘fitting around’ local authority organised care and support services. Direct payments position the individual at the centre of control for their own service provision. Initially, direct payments as a scheme was relaxed and local authorities were not obliged to offer direct payments as an alternative to everyone. However, since April 2003 (June 2003 in Scotland), local authorities are now obliged to offer direct payments to all those eligible. Key criteria for eligibility to opt into this scheme are that direct payments in the form of cash can only be offered to those deemed able to consent and manage the direct payment, either alone or with support
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    Binge Drinking: a Commentary.
    (Nova Publishers, 2009-03) Gill, Jan; Murdoch, J.; O'May, Fiona; DiGuarde, Kevin I.
    Binge drinking is now usually used to refer to heavy drinking over an evening or similar time span - sometimes also referred to as heavy episodic drinking. Binge drinking is often associated with drinking with the intention of becoming intoxicated and, sometimes, with drinking in large groups. It is sometimes associated with physical or social harm.
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    If changing skill mix is the answer, what is the question?
    (Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2001) Buchan, James; Ball, Jane; O'May, Fiona
    Changing skill mix is often identified as a potential solution to health services staffing and resourcing problems, or is related to health sector reform. This paper discusses what is meant by skill mix, provides a typology of the different approaches to assessing skill mix and examines, by means of case studies, the contextual, political, social and economic factors that play a part in determining skill mix. These factors are examined in relation to three factors: the reasons (or drivers) for examining skill mix; the impact of contextual constraints; and the effect of varying spans of managerial control. Case studies conducted in Costa Rica, Finland, Mexico, the UK and the USA are used to explore the reality of assessing skill in different contexts and health care settings. We argue that, although skill mix may be a universal challenge, it is not a challenge that all managers or health professionals can meet in the same way, or with the same resources. Context can have a significant effect on the ability of health service managers to assess and change skill mix. The key determinant is the extent to which these factors are in the locus of control of management nationally, regionally, or locally, within different countries. We emphasise the need to evaluate the problem and examine the context, before deciding if a change in skill mix is the answer. The local managerial span of control and degree of organisational flexibility will be major factors in determining the likely impact of any attempts to change skill mix. Before embarking on a skill mix review, any organisation should ask itself the question: 'If changing skill mix is the answer, what is the question?'
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    The changing hospital workforce in Europe.
    (Open University Press, 2002) Buchan, James; O'May, Fiona; Healy, J.; McKee, Martin