Books/Chapters/Monographs
Ruston, A., Wells, G. & Robinson, S. (2008) Health promotion for the voluntary and community sector. CHSCR
Ruston, A. & Clayton, J. (2004) Continuing Professional Development for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - a practical, no-nonsense, plain English approach for all practitioners. CHRE. 2nd Edition
Flanagan, J., Holmes, S. and MacInnes, D. (2002) Advancing Nursing in Family Nursing Across the Cancer Continuum. In D. Clarke, J. Flanagan, and K. Kendrick (Eds.) Advancing Nursing Practice in Cancer and Palliative Care. Basingstoke, Palgrave. pp 117-139
MacInnes, D. (2001) The Nurse as Therapist and Counsellor. In S. Forster (Ed.) The Role of the Mental health Nurse. Nelson Thorne, Cheltenham. pp 64-91
MacInnes D. The Nurse as Researcher. (2001) In S. Forster (Ed.) The Role of the Mental health Nurse. Nelson Thorne, Cheltenham. pp 160-181
MacInnes, D. (2000) The Relatives and Informal Carers of Mentally Disordered Offenders. In C. Chaloner & M. Coffey (Eds.) Forensic Psychiatric Nursing: Current Concepts. Blackwell, Oxford. pp 208-231
Ruston, A. (2000) Continuing Professional Development for Complementary and Alternative Medicine – Further Notes for Professional Bodies
Ruston, A., Clayton, J., Tiran, D. & Jordan, G. (2000) Continuing Professional Development for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - a practical, no nonsense, plain English approach for all practitioners. CHRE. ISBN 1 86166 172 X
Sloane, H., Tremble, H., Ruston, A., Calnan, M. & Lowen, N. (1999) Pharmacists within the primary health care team, realising the potential: a literature review of research. Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. London
Sloane, H., Tremble, H., Ruston, A., Calnan, M. & Lowen, N. (1999) Pharmacists within the primary health care team, realising the potential: epidemiological review of chronic disease. Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. London
Ruston, A. & Lawes, M. (1999) Implementing guidelines for the management of leg ulcers in the community: a multi-disciplinary experience in primary care. In Littlejohns and Humphries D (Eds) Making use of guidelines in clinical practice. Radcliffe Medical Press. pp 63-76
Ruston, A. (1997) Literature Review of Secondary and Tertiary Prevention in Health of the Nation Key Areas. Health Education Authority. London
Peer Reviewed Journals
MacInnes, D. & Lewis, M. (in Press). Using a Cognitive Based Group approach to Reduce Self Stigma: An Evaluation of the Approach. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Ruston, A. (2009) Expert versus Lay Risk Discourses in Public Health: Implications for Disease Prevention. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. 4 (9) pp 37-49
Ruston, A. (2009) Isolation: A threat and means of spatial control. Living with risk in a deprived neighbourhood. Health, Risk and Society. 11 (3). pp 257-268
Ruston, A. (2007) Life After Traumatic Brain Injury: The Carer's Trajectory. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. 2 (3). pp159-164
Ruston, A. & Clayton, J. (2007) Women's interpretation of cardiac symptoms at the time of their cardiac even: the effect of co-occurring illness. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Vol 6. pp 321-328
MacInnes, D. (2006) Self esteem and self acceptance: an examination into their relationship and their effect on psychological health. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 13 (5). pp 483-489
Ruston, A. (2006) Interpreting and managing risk in a machine bureaucracy: professional decision making in NHS Direct. Health Risk and Society. 8 (3). pp 257-271
Stewart, J., Clayton, J. & Ruston A (2006) Housing as a health determinant: is there consensus form public health partnerships on a way forward? Journal of Environmental Health Research. 5 (2). pp 87-94
Stewart, J., Clayton, J. & Ruston, A. (2006) Encouraging and enabling low income, owner occupiers to maintain their homes: an exploratory study. Property Management. 24 (5). pp 449-463
Stewart, J., Clayton, J. & Ruston, A. (2006) Personal responsibility for private sector housing renewal: issues in health improvement. Health Education Journal. 65 (1) pp 73-83
Meerabeau, E., Ruston, A., & Clayton, J. (2005) The Research Governance Framework: Implications for Developing Research in Primary Care. Nursing Times Research. 9 (6) pp 421-42
Ruston, A. (2004) Risk, anxiety and defensive action: general practitioners referral decisions for women with breast problems. Health, Risk and Society. 6 (1). pp 25-38
MacInnes D. (2004) The Theories Underpinning Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: Where's The Supportive Evidence? International Journal of Nursing Studies. Vol 41. pp 685-695
Stewart, J., Clayton, J. & Ruston, A. (2004) Maintenance and repair: an exploratory study into homeowners views on alternatives to grants. Journal of Environmental Health Research. 3 (2)
Clayton, J. & Ruston, A. (2003) Exercising for a healthy heart: a qualitative study of women's beliefs. Health Education Journal. 62 (1). pp 29-40
MacInnes, D. & Holmes, S. (2003) Contributors to Stress Among Prison Staff. British Journal of Forensic Practice. 6 (2). pp 6-14
MacInnes, D. (2003) Evaluating an Assessment Scale of Irrational beliefs for People with Mental Health Problems. Nurse Researcher. 10 (4). pp 53-67
Ruston, A. & Clayton, J. (2002) Coronary Heart Disease: women's assessment of risk- a qualitative study. Health Risk & Society. 4 (2). pp 125-137
MacInnes, D. & Watson J. (2002) The Differences in Perceived Burdens between Forensic and Non-Forensic Caregivers of Individuals Suffering from Schizophrenia. Journal of Mental Health. 11 (4). pp 375-388
Ruston, A. (2002) Factors influencing a change in community nurses' treatment of leg ulcers in line with evidence of best practice. British Journal of Nursing. 11 (1). pp 12-22
Ruston, A. (2001) Accessing emergency care at the time of a heart attack: why people don't dial 999 for an ambulance. Journal of Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 121 (4). pp 243-247
Ruston, A. (2001) Achieving re-professionalisation: factors that influence the adoption of an 'extended role' by community pharmacists. Journal of Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 18 (3). pp 103-110
Coakley, A. L. & Ruston, A. (2001) Pulmonary disease and smoking: a case for health promotion. British Journal of Nursing. 10 (1). pp 20-24
MacInnes, D. (2000) Risk Assessment in Mental Health. Nursing Times Clinical Monograph No 47, Emap, London. Monograph. p 17
MacInnes, D. (2000) Nursing in Prisons - Past, Present and Future. Health Matters in Prisons. 5 (1). pp 14-20
MacInnes, D. (2000) Interventions in Forensic Psychiatry; The Caregiver's Perspective. British Journal of Nursing. 9 (15). pp 992-1000
Coakley, A. L. & Ruston, A. (2000) Promoting better health for patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 120 (3). pp 142-143
MacInnes, D. (1999) Ethical Issues in Clinical Research Nursing. Times Clinical Monographs, Number 14, Emap, London. Monograph. p 20
MacInnes, D. & Enser, J. (1999) The Relationship between Building Design and Escapes from Medium Secure Units. Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 119 (3). pp 170-174
Ruston, A. & Lawes, A. (1999) Implementing clinical effectiveness: generalising the findings of a project based approach to implementing clinical guidelines for the management of leg ulcers. Audit Trends. 7 (1). pp 5-10
MacInnes, D. (1998) The Differences between Health Professionals in Assessing Levels of Caregiver Burden. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 5 (4). pp 265-272
MacInnes, D. (1998) Illness Representations: A Way Forward in Developing Therapeutic Interventions. Mental Health O.T. 3 (1).pp 13-18
Ruston, A., Clayton, J. & Calnan, M. (1998) Patients action during their cardiac event: a qualitative study exploring differences and modifiable factors. British Medical Journal. Vol 316. 4th April 1998. pp 1060-1064
Smith, A. M. & Tilley, S. (1998) Quality Assurance and the role of a national organisation involved in credit rating Quality Assurance in Education. 6 (3). pp 172-179
MacInnes, D. (1996) Relatives and Carers of Clients with Schizophrenia. Mental Health OT. 1 (1). pp 16-21
Ruston, A., (1996) Women and 'Safer Sex' promotion: perceptions of risk and provision of effective interventions in different health care settings. Health Education Journal. Vol 55. pp 404-412
Professional Journals
Ruston, A.J., Clayton, J. & Ruston, A. (2003) CPD for complementary Medicine: current practice and problems. Homeopathy in Practice. January 2003. pp 18-22
Ruston, A.J., Clayton, J. & Ruston, A. (2003) CPD for complementary Medicine: Is the self-assessment approach the way forward? Homeopathy in Practice. April 2003. pp 10-12
Ruston, A. (1996) "Women and sexually transmitted diseases": Are women being marginalised? Medical WOMAN. 15 (2). Summer
Research Reports
Smith, A. M. & Wells, G. (2009) The Locality Health and Social Care Mapping Project Shepway Qualitative report Presented to East Coast Kent Public Engagement Directorate and the PCT Board as part of the full Shepway mapping report
Smith, A. M. & Watson, J. M. (2008) Health Visiting and Public Health: Using Action Research to develop practice. Report presented to West Kent PCT
Smith, A. M., Adams, R., Bushell, F. (2008) Elvington Health Needs Assessment Report presented to East Coast Kent NHS Public Engagement Directorate
Parrott, J., Casey, T., Finnerty, S., MacInnes, D. & McMorrow, D. (2007) Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Current Care and Treatment Practices in the Central Mental Hospital. Mental Health Commission of Ireland, Dublin ISBN: 978-0-9553994-0-4
Colyer, H. & Smith, A. M. (2007) Evaluation of the Collaborative Practice Module of the IPL Pre-registration programme at Canterbury Christ Church University Report for Faculty of Health and Social Care Canterbury Christ Church University
Bremner, J. & Smith, A. M. ( 2006) Health Needs Assessment Broadwater Ward Tunbridge Wells Report presented to the South West Kent Primary Care Trust Board
Thompson, M. & Smith, A. M. (2006) Health Needs Assessment Trench Ward Tonbridge Report presented to the South West Kent Primary Care Trust Board
Watson, J. & Smith, A. M. (2006) Health Needs Assessment of Otford, Shoreham and Kemsing Report presented to the South West Kent Primary Care Trust Board
Clayton, J. & Ruston, A. (2005) Making effective decisions about hospital care: what information will patients need to be able to benefit from Choose and Book policy? Report to Medway Maritime Hospital Patient and Public Involvement Forum
Smith, A. M. & Greaves, J. (2005) Evaluation of the Professional Development for Practice Nurses Action Learning Sets in Medway and East Kent Coastal Teaching PCTs. Report presented to the Teaching PCT Boards
Clayton, J. & Ruston, A. (2004) Bexley: Social Audit. Report to Bexley Care Trust
Ruston, A. (2004) Prevention activities amongst statutory and voluntary sector organisations working with children and young people. Report to Medway Council
Smith, A. M., Crilley, L., Lungmuss, J., Robinson, S., Winstanley, A., Bailey, D. (2004) An Action Research Project Evaluating Core Health Visiting Service in South West Kent Primary Care NHS Trust Report to the South West Kent Primary Care Trust Board
Stewart, J., Ruston, A., & Clayton, J. (2004) Home maintenance: strategies for encouraging home owners to maintain their homes. Report to Southwark Housing
Meerabeau, L., Ruston, A. & Clayton, J. (2003) The Research Governance Framework: facilitating its operationalisation in primary, community and social care. Report to Southwark PCT
Ruston, A. (2003) Promoting Health in Medway: the Role of Voluntary Sector Organisations. Report to Medway CVS
Ruston, A. and Clayton, J. (2003) Call Management and Delivery in NHS Direct - Explaining Variations in Practice. Report to NHS Direct
Ruston, A. (2003) Sexual Health Services Audit. Report for Maidstone Weald PCT
Painter, A., Bailey, E., Rana, B., Smith, A. M. (2003) Edenbridge Health Needs Assessment Report to West Kent Primary Care Trust Board
Smith, A. M. (2003) An Evaluation of the Protected Learning Time scheme in Maidstone and Weald Primary Care NHS Trust Report to the Clinical Governance Board Maidstone and Weald Primary Care NHS Trust
Ruston, A. & Coakley, L. (2001) Secondary Prevention of CHD in Primary Care. Report to Bexley & Greenwich HA
Ruston, A. & Clayton, J. (2001) Understanding Women's Experiences and Perceptions of CHD. Report to the BUPA Foundation
Ruston, A. & Clayton J (2000) CPD in Complementary Medicine: Findings of a National Survey Report to Department of Health
Ruston, A. (2000) Meeting the needs of carers of head injured people. Report to Headway East Kent
Coakley, L., Ruston, A. & Woodward, L. (2000) Consumers Views of Midwifery Services. Report to Queen Mary's Trust
Ruston, A., Shaw, S., Ajayi, Rodway, A. & Calnan (1999) Explaining variations in GP referral patterns for women with breast problems. Report to South Thames NHS Executive
Edmunds, J., Calnan, M., Ruston, A., Colwill, S., Knight, J., Woodward, J. & Stewart, A. (1999) Community Pharmacy Wider Roles Project. Report to the Department of Health
Ruston, A., Sloane, H., Tremble, H., Calnan, M. & Lowen, N. (1998) Pharmacists within the Primary Health Care Team – Realizing the Potential: National Survey. Report to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Ruston, A., Clayton, J. & Calnan, M. (1998) Patient Action in a Cardiac Event. Report to the British Heart Foundation
Ruston, A. (1997) 'Implementation of Guidelines for the Management of Leg Ulcers in the Community project'. Report to the South Thames Clinical Effectiveness Programme
Ruston, A. (1997) Community nurses' experience of a clinical effectiveness programme. Report to South Thames Clinical Effectiveness Programme
Ruston, A. (1996) WaSSP (Women and 'safer sex' promotion). Report to South Thames (East) Regional Office
Ruston, A. (1996) Future Structure of West Kent Medical Audit Advisory Group. Report to West Kent MAAG
Ruston, A. & Pitzalla D (1995) Meeting the contraceptive needs of young people in Greenwich. Report to Bexley and Greenwich Health Authority
Ruston, A. & Clift, S. (1995) 'Greenwich and Bexley Council on alcohol Young peoples' HIV/Alcohol Project Evaluation report'. Greenwich Health Authority
Conference Presentations
Smith, A. M. (2008) Innovation in Interprofessional Education: An evaluation of a module in a Pre-registration programme Final report. RCN International Nursing Research Conference
Smith, A. M. (2008) Innovation in Interprofessional Education: An evaluation of a module in a Pre-registration programme - Final report and The 'Lecturer' Practitioner: Case Studies of Principles Purpose and Professional Knowledge. Nurse Education Tomorrow Conference. Cambridge
Smith, A. M. (2008) Concurrent paper A Passage to Interprofessional Learning; a report of a study visit to a hospital in South India. 9th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference Transforming Healthcare through Research, Education & Technology. Trinity College Dublin
Smith, A. M. (2008) Concurrent paper Using Action Research to Develop Health Visiting Practice. Community Practitioner and Health Visitor's Association Annual Conference Harrogate (presented with Jackie Watson, Health Visitor West Kent)
Ruston, A. (2007) Transforming General Practice: Organisational Change in Response to a Pay for Performance Contract.The Seventh International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations. Singapore 24th -27th July
Ruston, A. (2007) Life after traumatic brain injury: the carers trajectory. The Second International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Granada Spain 12th-15th July
Smith, A. M. (2007) 'Modernising' the Primary Care workforce Case studies from the frontline. Invited Research seminar with Dr Kevin Corbett. Liverpool John Moores University
Smith, A. M. (2007) Innovation in Interprofessional Education: an evaluation of a module in a Pre-registration programme Interim report. Nurse Education Tomorrow Conference. Fitzwilliam College Cambridge
MacInnes, D., Beer, D., Keeble, P., Rees, D. & Reid, L. (2006) The Development of a Questionnaire to Measure In-Patient Satisfaction with Forensic Services – The Forensic Satisfaction Scale. National Forensic Mental Health Research and Development Programme, Liverpool
Ruston, A. (2006) Isolation – a threat and means of spatial control: risk and protection in a deprived neighbourhood . British Sociological Association – Risk and Society Study Group. 6th Annual Conference – Health, Risk and Society, University of Kent 3rd-5th September
Ruston, A. (2006) Professional Behaviour in a Machine BureaucracyThe Sixth International Conference on Knowledge Culture and Change in Organisations. Monash University Centre Prato Italy 11th-14th July
Ruston, A., Clayton, J. and Lamb, B. (2006)The new general medical services (GMS) contract: appreciative inquiry: interprofessional collaboration and quality improvement, a recipe for innovation? All Together Better Health 111: Challenges in Interprofessional Education and Practice International Conference. Imperial College. London April
Ruston, A. (2006) The effect of the new GMS contract on the extended primary care team- findings from a qualitative study. Kent and Medway PCRN and Medway/East Kent Coastal Teaching PCT, Kings Hill, Kent 16th March
Smith, A. M. (2006) Evaluation of a series of Action Learning Sets designed to provide Professional Development opportunities for Nurses in General Practice. RCN International Nursing Research Conference. March 2006
Smith, A. M. (2006) Effective Learning: An Evaluation of the Protected Learning Time Project in a PCT in the South of England.
UK Federation of Primary Care Research Networks Conference, Liverpool
Ruston, A. (2005) Access book and choice: public perceptions of choice. Public and Patient Involvement Forum. Public Choice Conference. Rochester. March
Ruston, A. (2005) Building Local Research. Queen Mary Hospital Sidcup. Sidcup. June
Smith, A.M (2005) Implementing a New Health Visiting Service: An Action Research project. RCN International Nursing Research Conference
Smith, A. M. (2005) Implementing a New Health Visiting Service: An Action Research project. Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association Annual Conference Bournemouth. November (presented with Alison Corden-Dilley, Health Visitor Team Leader South West Kent PCT)
Smith, A. M. (2005) Education for Nurses in General Practice: Another form of Health Inequality? UK Federation of Primary Care Research Networks Conference Bristol (presented with Jane Greaves, Senior Lecturer Department of Health and Social Welfare Studies Canterbury Christ Church University)
Ruston, A. (2004) Women and CHD. Swale R&D Seminar. October
Ruston, A. (2005) Women and CHD: perceptions of the role of exercise and diet in the development of CHD. Medway Long Term Conditions Interest Group. July.
Ruston, A. (2004) Barriers to joint working in the prevention of CHD: Are 'Compacts' the way forward? BSA Medical Sociology 26th Annual Conference. York
Clayton, J. & Ruston, A. (2004) Professionals' perceptions of the importance of joint working in tackling health inequalities in a London Borough. BSA Medical Sociology 26th Annual Conference. York
Meerabeau, E., Ruston, A. & Clayton, J. (2004) Research Governance Framework: views of researchers in primary, community and social care. RCN International Nursing Research Conference. 21st-24th March.
Ruston, A. (2004) Voluntary Sector's role in prevention. Medway CVS Inter-professional Conference.
Ruston, A. (2004) Building Local Research Programmes. Starnet
Ruston, A. (2003) NHS Direct: Bureaucratic Control and Professional Decision Making. BSA Medical Sociology 25th Annual Conference
Ruston, A. (2002) 'CPD and Complementary Medicine' invited to present paper at British Complementary Medicine National Conference. Olympia London
Ruston, A. (2002) 'Women's beliefs about CHD: barriers to assessing and managing personal risk' invited to present paper at Centre for Health Services Studies Seminar Programme. University of Kent
Ruston, A.(2002) 'Women and CHD: inequality in provision of preventative health services.' International Qualitative Research in Health and Social Care Conference. Bournemouth
Ruston, A. (2002) Women's beliefs about CHD: Managing Personal Risk' British Medical Sociology 24th Annual Conference. York
MacInnes, D. The Illness Beliefs of Caregivers of the Mentally Ill (2000) Workgroup of European Nurse Researchers Conference Proceedings. WENR, Reykjavik (pp291-308)
Ruston, A. (1997) 'Effective Health Education in Different Provider Settings' invited to present paper at Kent County Council HIV/AIDS Conference. Maidstone
Ruston, A. (1996) Patient action in a cardiac event' invited to present a paper at the British Heart Foundation National Conference on CHD. Ashford
Ruston, A. (1995) 'Women and Safer Sex' invited to present at Sexual Health Odyessy Conference. Guys and St Thomas Conference Centre.