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Welcome to this EBN podcast. Dr Joanna Smith, Associate Editor, will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper.

In this session, Dr Kirsten Davison, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Social and Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Nutrition Harvard, T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston discusses issues raised in her commentary of a mixed method study that explore the potential role of Maternal and Child Health nurses in delivering childhood obesity prevention services to promote optimal growth in young children.

As an expert in the field of evidence-based medicine, Dr Kirsten Davison, whose research primarily focuses on family and community level factors that influence children’s lifestyle behaviors and risk of obesity, reflects on the study reviewed, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice and policy.

ebnurs-2015-102169.R1 Child health nurses miss opportunities to tackle obesity http://ebn.bmj.com/content/19/1/14.full

Original research article: Laws R, Campbell KJ, van der Pligt P, et al. Obesity prevention in early life: an opportunity to better support the role of Maternal and Child Health Nurses in Australia. BMC Nurs 2015; 14: 26.

http://bmcnurs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12912-015-0077-7

In this podcast Helen Noble talks to Felix Naughton about the paper "Daily e-cigarette use increases quit attempts and reduces smoking with no effect on cessation" recently published in the journal.

They discuss the methods and the outcomes of the study and the implications for clinical practice.

Full article >> http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2015/09/16/eb-2015-102173.full

In this podcast Dr Helen Noble talks to Dr Alice Ammerman, from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA about her recent commentary published in EBN.

The study commentary titled " Behavioural counselling improves physiological outcomes in those with cardiovascular risk factors” reflected on a study which addressed four topics: (1) the effect of dietary and physical activity counselling on patient health outcomes; (2) intermediate CVD-related outcomes; (3) behavioural outcomes; and (4) harms of counselling.

In this podcast they explore the need for the study, its strengths and weaknesses and the implications for clinical practice.

Welcome to this EBN podcast. My name is Allison Shorten. I am an associate editor of EBN and an Associate Professor at Yale School of Nursing in the United States. Today I am talking

with Dr Middeldorp who is one of our expert commentators. Dr. Middeldorp is a professor and co-chair of the Department of Vascular Medicine of the Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam. Dr. Middeldorp will be talking about the risk of venous thromboembolism for women who are hospitalised during pregnancy. Welcome Dr. Middeldorp.

In this podcast Dr Helen Noble talks to Dr Kathleen Baird, from the Centre for Health Practice Innovation, Griffith Health Institute, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia about her recent commentary published in EBN.

The study commentary titled "Primary care professionals and abused women have differing awareness of domestic abuse: a new framework may help facilitate discussions”, reflected on a study which explored the dynamics of domestic abuse awareness and recognition among primary healthcare professionals and women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse.

In this podcast they explore the need for the study, its strengths and weaknesses and the implications for clinical practice.

Welcome to the EBN podcast. Dr. Joanna Smith, Associate Editor, will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper.

In this session, Dr Melissa McPheeters, a healthcare epidemiologist who has worked in evidence-based medicine and comparative effectiveness for over a decade and is based Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center, Nashville, USA, discusses issues raised in her commentary on a clinical trial that examined a nurse-led intervention for supporting the transition of youths with heart disease to adult care services :

As an expert in the field of evidence-based medicine, Dr Melissa McPheeters reflects on the study reviewed, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice and policy.

Original research article: Mackie AS et al. Healthcare transition for youth with heart diseases: a clinical trial. Heart. 2014, 100;1113-1118). http://ebn.bmj.com/content/18/3/83.full.pdf+html

In this podcast Dr Roberta Heale, Associate Editor on EBN talks to Dr David Lee, Oregon State University, about the risk of falls for older people on high blood pressure medication. The discussion includes how the research was carried out, limitations to the study and take home messages for listeners.

As the population ages, so too does the requirement for dialysis. Home dialysis has not been made an option for many older patients. Dr. Edwina Brown discusses research findings that age should not be a contraindication in home dialysis. Associate Editor of EBN, Roberta Heale, hosts the podcast.

Welcome to this Evidence Based Nursing podcast. This month’s commentary for discussion is concerned with patients with heart failure, and their partners, and the value they hold being seen and supported together . Dr Helen Noble, Lecturer Health Services Research, Queens University Belfast, and Associate Editor, Evidence Based Nursing will be joined by Assistant Professor Harleah G. Buck, of Pennsylvania State University who is the commentary author. The key issues that arise from this work including what we already know about the topic, the strengths and weaknesses of the research methods and the implications for clinical practice will be deliberated. The discussion is designed to help you think about issues raised in the commentary and explore the clinical applicability of the original research discussed.

Reference to original commentary:

Patients with heart failure, and their partners, value being seen and supported together. Evid Based Nurs 2015 18: 77 originally published online February 4, 2015 10.1136/eb-2014-102024

On 11 September, the Second Reading of the Assisted Dying Bill will take place in the House of Commons. If eventually passed, it will allow a terminally ill adult (prognosis less than 6 months) resident in England or Wales to be supplied with a lethal prescription to be self-administered under the supervision of ‘an attending health professional’ (doctor or nurse).

Before the prescription is issued, a High Court Judge will have to be satisfied that the person has (mental) capacity, and that the desire to hasten death is voluntary, settled and informed. The key criterion is short prognosis; the patient does not have to be ‘suffering unbearably’.

Professor Robert Twycross, Emeritus Clinical Reader in Palliative Medicine, Oxford University, is against this bill being passed. Here he tells Gary Mitchell, EBN Social Media Editor, why.

Read Professor Twycross's full editorial: http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2015/08/11/eb-2015-102189.full