This community contains the ePrints and eTheses produced by the Faculty's staff and students. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/204 2026-10-31T18:20:01Z 2026-10-31T18:20:01Z Connell, Catriona Kjellgren, Richard Hunt, Kate Savinc, Jan http://hdl.handle.net/1893/38424 2026-10-31T01:01:10Z 2026-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Cohort Profile: A Scottish population-level study on the outcomes of people released from prison (RELEASE) Author(s): Connell, Catriona; Kjellgren, Richard; Hunt, Kate; Savinc, Jan Abstract: First paragraph: The RELEASE cohort was established to compare the health outcomes of people who had experienced imprisonment in Scotland, with a demographically matched general-population sample who had not experienced imprisonment. The RELEASE study was originally funded by the Chief Scientist Office, Scotland (CSO; HIPS/21/54). RELEASE is now a program of studies. Funders include the CSO (HIPS/25/19) and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR504345). People with imprisonment experience continue to be involved as co-investigators and through Lived Experience Advisory Panels. Additional involvement and advisory panels are set up on a per-study basis from parties spanning policy, practice, and academia.

2026-12-01T00:00:00Z Crookston, Colin J A K http://hdl.handle.net/1893/38421 2026-10-30T10:37:17Z 2026-07-08T00:00:00Z

Title: Exploring factors associated with paramedic conveyance decisions for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a retrospective cohort study Author(s): Crookston, Colin J A K Abstract: Background: Paramedic non-conveyance is an established and expanding component of pre-hospital care; however, the processes underpinning these decisions remain incompletely understood. Existing research is characterised by heterogeneous patient populations, reliance on measurable risk predictors, and limited linkage to outcomes, resulting in an incomplete account of how decisions are made in practice. This gap is particularly evident in condition-specific analyses, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), where clinical complexity and baseline physiological variability introduce significant uncertainty into decision-making. Aim: This study examines the associations among patient demographics, physiological observations, service-level factors, COPD pathway suitability and paramedic conveyance decisions, and examines how hospital admission, length of stay and 30-day mortality vary across physiological risk classifications, pathway-defined groups and observed dispositions. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using routinely collected Scottish Ambulance Service data linked to hospital outcome data. Patients presenting with COPD were identified and analysed with respect to conveyance decisions. Variables included demographics, physiological observations, and service-level factors. Outcomes were examined across physiological risk classifications, pathway-defined groups and observed disposition categories. Results: Respiratory rate and heart rate were strongly associated with conveyance decisions, while oxygen saturation showed a directional but statistically non-significant association. Associations between physiological and pathway classifications and subsequent outcomes varied across the cohort. Patients identified as higher risk were more likely to be conveyed, admitted, and to experience adverse outcomes. In contrast, demographic and service-level factors showed no consistent association with conveyance decisions. However, measurable variables did not fully explain decision-making. Divergence between physiological status and disposition was consistently observed, with both non-conveyance of higher-risk patients and conveyance of lower-risk patients evident in the dataset. Conclusions: The findings suggest that recorded physiological variables and pathway criteria do not fully account for observed variation in conveyance decisions. Although this pattern is consistent with influences beyond the measured variables, including clinical and contextual factors, those influences were not directly examined.

2026-07-08T00:00:00Z Walker, Ross Sharples, Bradley Lin, Chun-Chieh Holmes, Matthew http://hdl.handle.net/1893/38418 2026-10-23T00:06:15Z 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z

Title: Sportwashing: a growing international concern in sport-for-development Author(s): Walker, Ross; Sharples, Bradley; Lin, Chun-Chieh; Holmes, Matthew Abstract: With organisations today required to operate in more ethically and socially responsible ways, different types of ‘washing’ in sport are emerging, while instances of illiberal practices, such as human rights issues, are becoming a growing concern worldwide. Thus, to situate sportwashing as a global issue, the research draws on four international case studies from England (Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games), Taiwan (2022 Workers’ World Cup), Zambia (Response Network) and Scotland (Scottish basketball). Through this global lens, the research offers insights into structural incentives for sportwashing amongst efforts to leverage sport for social development. Collectively, the cases highlight how organisations operate under banners of social impact; albeit underpinned by broader economic, political, and performance-based objectives. Within the individual cases, nine themes: commercialisation, participation and talent development; institutional legitimacy and reputation building; funding and power beneath democratic prestige; and social exclusion and legacy framing. Furthermore, it is argued that sportwashing manifests by over-exaggerating social impact through and from sport. While the extent of sportwashing varies across ecosystems, such altruistic public-facing notions of social impact actively obfuscate lived realities and go unnoticed, subsequently constraining people’s development. A key issue entails that sportwashing is largely unchallenged until it is too late to proactively address, with the main ramifications experienced by the people and communities that programmes were meant to support. The research thus advances SFD for understanding the negative impact of washing in social impact‑driven environments. It also highlights the need to document sportwashing cases individually, as considering sportwashing broadly conceals individual contextual nuances.

2026-10-05T00:00:00Z Sun, Qingjie Walker, Ross Rocha, Claudio http://hdl.handle.net/1893/38413 2026-10-23T00:03:24Z 2026-12-31T00:00:00Z

Title: Social impacts of community sport organisations: a scoping literature review Author(s): Sun, Qingjie; Walker, Ross; Rocha, Claudio Abstract: The aim of this study was to conduct a scoping literature review (SLR) to explore and describe the social impacts of community sport organisations (CSOs) within local communities in which they are located. Following the PRISMA protocol, we conducted a search of academic and grey literature in sport and broader social sciences and humanities databases. From the initial 16,438 records found, 40 made the final sample. Specifically, we conducted a scoping review on CSOs to describe what social impacts such organisations have produced based on previous empirical data. Findings showed that social impacts are not automatically produced by sport participation but emerge through deliberate organisational practices, relationship building and strategic resource mobilisation through CSOs. The selected studies showed that these deliberate organisational practices operate across organisational, individual, and community levels. The review also revealed that whilst sports participation is the fundamental instrument for individual changes and for CSOs’ survival, participation is not sufficient to produce social impacts. To produce social impacts, CSOs need deliberate programming, with activities designed specifically to promote social development. The study indicates that purposeful approaches are the most optimal means for accruing social impacts. Thus, social impacts within CSOs are produced not from participation itself but from the intentional strategies of sport programmes.

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