Publications – The Centre for Excellence in Rural Health Research

The following are a list of publications relevant to the work of each research theme. Individual researchers may have additional publications not included here and which can been seen by following the link to the individual’s staff pages.

Technology enhanced care services and Innovation

Keenan, J., Rahman, R., & Hudson, J. (2021). Exploring the acceptance of telehealth within palliative care: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective. Health and Technology, 11, 575-584.

Dalley, D., Rahman, R., & Ivaldi, A. (2021). Healthcare professionals’ and patients’ management of the interactional practices in telemedicine videoconferencing: A conversation analytic and discursive systematic review. In Qualitative Health Research, 31(4), 804-814.

Rahman, R., Keenan, J., & Hudson, J. (2020). Exploring rural palliative care patients’ experiences of accessing psychosocial support through telehealth: A longitudinal approach. In Qualitative research in Healthcare and Medicine, 4, 31-42.

Jones, G. Rahman, R. & Robson, M. (2019). Group art therapy using telemedicine technology for immunesurpressed patients undergoing chemotherapy. In R. Jacobson & M. Wood (Eds). Art therapy in hospice/palliative care and bereavement around the world. Routledge USA .

Jones, G. Rahman, R. & Robson, M. (2018). Group art therapy and communication through technology. In C. Malchiodo (Ed). Art Therapy and Digital Technology. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Chen, Z., Strange, H., Oliver, A., Denton, E.R.E., Boggis, C.R.M., Zwiggelaar, R. 2015. Topological Modelling and Classification of Mammographic Microcalcification Clusters. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 62 (4) pp. 1203-1214. 10.1109/TBME.2014.2385102

He, W., Harvey, S., Juette, A., Denton, E.R.E., Zwiggelaar, R. 2016. Mammographic Segmentation and Density Classification: A Fractal Inspired Approach. In A. Tingberg, K. Lång, P. Timberg (eds), Breast Imaging: 13th International Workshop, IWDM 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 9699 Proceedings 13th International Workshop, IWDM 2016, Malmö,, Sweden, 19/06/2016 – 22/06/2016. Springer Nature pp. 359-366. 10.1007/978-3-319-41546-8_45

He, W., Juette, A., Denton, E.R.E., Oliver, A., Marti, R., Zwiggelaar, R. 2015. A review on automatic mammographic density and parenchymal segmentation. International Journal of Breast Cancer 2015 276217 pp. 1-31. 10.1155/2015/276217

He, W., Hogg, P., Juette, A., Denton, E.R.E., Zwiggelaar, R. 2015. Breast Image Pre-processing For Mammographic Tissue Segmentation. Computers in Biology and Medicine 67 pp. 61-73. 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2015.10.002

Keenan, J., Rahman, R., Hudson, J. 2016. Experiences of palliative care patients accessing psychosocial support through telehealth. European Health Psychology Society and BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2016, Aberdeen, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 23/09/2016 – 27/09/2016. pp. 485.

Keenan, J., Rahman, R., Hudson, J. 2015. Exploring palliative care patients’ experiences of accessing psychological support through telehealth. 15th Annual All Wales Palliative Care Conference, Newtown, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 08/10/2015 – 09/10/2015.

Keenan, J.R., Rahman, R., Hudson, J. 2014. Exploring psychological underpinnings of medical professionals’ perceptions of telehealth implementation in palliative care. European Health Psychology Society conference, Innsbruck, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 18/09/2016.

Knox, L., Rahman, R., Beedie, C. 2016. Quality of life in patients receiving telemedicine enhanced chronic heart failure disease management: A meta-analysis. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 10.1177/1357633X16660418

Rahman, R., & Keenan, J. 2016. Patient and professional acceptability of telehealth to monitor COPD and diabetes. European Health Psychology Society and BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2016, Aberdeen, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 23/09/2016 – 27/09/2016. pp. 622

Rahman, R., & Keenan, J. (2015). Patient and professional acceptability of telehealth to monitor COPD and diabetes. Commissioned report for Hywel Dda UHB.

Rampun, A., Wang, L., Malcolm, P., Zwiggelaar, R. 2016. A Quantatiitive Study of Texture Features across Different Window Sizes in Prostate T2-weighted MRI. Procedia Computer Science 90 20^th Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, Leicester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 06/07/2016 – 07/07/2016. pp. 74-79. 10.1016/j.procs.2016.07.026

Rampun, Y.A., Tiddeman, B., Zwiggelaar, R., Malcolm, P. 2016. Computer aided diagnosis of prostate cancer: A texton base approach. Medical Physics 43 (10) 5412 10.1118/1.4962031

Rampun, A., Zheng, L., Malcolm, P., Tiddeman, B., Zwiggelaar, R. 2016. Computer-aided detection of prostate cancer in T2-weighted MRI within the peripheral zone. Physics in Medicine and Biology 61 (3) pp. 4796-4825. 10.1088/0031-9155/61/13/4796

Rampun, Y.A., Chen, Z., Malcolm, P., Tiddeman, B., Zwiggelaar, R. 2016. Computer-aided diagnosis: Detection and localization of prostate cancer within the peripheral zone. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering 32 (5) 10.1002/cnm.2745

Rampun, Y.A., Malcolm, P., Zwiggelaar, R. 2014. Detection of Prostate Abnormality within the Peripheral Zone Using Grey Level Distribution. International Journal of Image and Graphics 2 (1) pp. 15-21. 10.12720/joig.2.1.15-21

Strange, H.G., Chen, Z., Denton, E.R.E., Zwiggelaar, R. 2014. Modelling mammographic microcalcification clusters using persistent mereotopology. Pattern Recognition Letters 47 pp. 157-163. 10.1016/j.patrec.2014.04.008

Tortajada, M., Oliver, A., Martí, R., Ganau, S., Tortajada, L., Sentís, M., Freixenet, J., Zwiggelaar, R. 2014. Breast peripheral area correction in digital mammograms. Computers in Biology and Medicine 50 pp. 32-40. 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2014.03.010

Zwiggelaar, R., Strange, H.G., He, W., Chen, Z., Kshirasagar, A., Denton, E.R. 2014. Image Based Tissue Segmentation: Towards the Automation of Mammographic Risk Assessment. Oncology News 9 (1) pp. 12-15. Other

Zwiggelaar, R., Denton, E.R.E., Strange, H. 2014. Modelling cancer risk. International Innovation 165 pp. 73-75. Other

Rural Communities and environments

Jones, A., Rahman, R., & Jiaqing, O. (2019). A crisis in the countryside: Barriers to nurse recruitment and retention in high income countries. A qualitative systematic review. Journal of Rural Studies, 72, 153-163.

Keenan, J.R., Rahman, R., Hudson, J. 2014. Identifying the needs of rural based informal care givers of palliative care patients through exploration of their lived experience. BPS Division of Health Psychology conference, York, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 10/09/2014 – 12/09/2014. Other

Keenan, J., Rahman, R., Hudson, J. 2014. Investigating the psychological well-being and need satisfaction of the informal caregivers of palliative care patients through exploration of lived experiences. BPS Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group Annual Conference 2014, Cardiff, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 23/07/2014 – 25/07/2014.

Woods, M. 2015. (In press) Creative ruralities. Journal of Arts and Communities

Woods, M., Heley, J., Jones, L. 2015. Everyday Globalization in a Small Rural Town. Colloque international de géographie rurale, Nantes , France, 02/06/2015 – 06/06/2015.

Woods, M. 2015. Explaining rural protest; A comparative analysis. In G. Voerman, D. Strijker, I. Terluin (eds), Rural Protest and Populist Political Parties. Wageningen Academic Publishers

McDonagh, J., Nienaber, B., Woods, M. (eds) 2015. Globalization and Europe’s Rural Regions. Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning Taylor & Francis

Chronic Disease management and Health education

Knox, L., Norris, G., Lewis, K. & Rahman, R. (2021). Using self-determination theory to predict self-Management and HRQoL in moderate-to-severe COPD. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 9(1), 527-546.

Curtis, F., Tomlinson, S., Hurlin, C., Thatcher, R., Rice, S. 2016. Can Patients Educate Patients? A Feasibility Study. Welsh Endocrine and Diabetes Society, Cardiff, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 05/05/2016.

Rahman, R., & Keenan, J. (2015). Patient and professional acceptability of telehealth to monitor COPD and diabetes. Commissioned report for Hywel Dda UHB.