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Garcia, Rebecca and Qureshi, Irtiza (2025). Growing the nursing workforce in the United Kingdom: Aspiration and reality. Evidence Based Nursing, BMJ.

Garcia, Rebecca and Qureshi, Irtiza (2024). Nurse identity: the misrepresentation of nursing in the media. Evidence Based Nursing, 27(1) pp. 4–5.

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Gould, Samantha Joan; Borgstrom, Erica; Garcia, Rebecca; Wee, Bee and McCallum, Kay (2024). British unpaid carers’ perspectives on what impacts their resilience when providing end-of-life care at home: a scoping review. International Journal of Care and Caring (Early access).

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Boyle, Geraldine; Constantinou, Georgina and Garcia, Rebecca (2023). Does gender influence children’s and young people’s caring? A qualitative, systematic review and meta-ethnography. Children & Society, 37(2) pp. 404–423.

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Garcia, Rebecca (2022). Chapter 6: Social Determinants of Health. In: Gary, Faye A. and Lotas, Marylin J. eds. A Population Health Approach to Health Disparities for Nurses: Care of Vulnerable Populations. Springer, pp. 105–130.

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Garcia, Rebecca; Mozdiak, Elizabeth; Taylor, Anne and Vseteckova, Jitka (2022). A systematic review Protocol to determine interventions that are used to support the spiritual well-being of nurses. In PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews NIHR/PROSPERO.

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Garcia, Rebecca and Garcia, Miguel (2022). A cancer diagnosis during covid-19. A nurse’s insider perspective. Evidenced Based Nursing.

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Jones, K.; Methley, A.; Boyle, G.; Garcia, R. and Vseteckova, J. (2022). A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Managing Grief Experienced by Bereaved Spouses or Partners of Adults Who Had Received Palliative Care. Illness, Crisis, & Loss, 30(4) pp. 596–613.

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Garcia, Rebecca and Qureshi, Irtiza (2022). Nurse identity: reality and media portrayal. Evidence Based Nursing, 25(1) pp. 1–5.

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Garcia, Rebecca; Mahon, Aiofe; ; and (2021). Frailty and spousal/partner bereavement in older people: a scoping review. Journal of Health and Social Care Improvement, 4(1) pp. 14–23.

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Qureshi, Irtiza; Garcia, Rebecca; Ali, Nasreen and Randhawa, Gurch (2021). Understanding the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on nurses from ethnic minority backgrounds. Nursing Standard, 36(9) pp. 29–34.

Garcia, Rebecca; Ali, Nasreen; Guppy, Andy; Griffiths, Malcolm and Randhawa, Gurch (2021). Analysis of routinely collected data: Determining associations of maternal risk factors and infant outcomes with gestational diabetes, in Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi and white British pregnant women in Luton, England. Midwifery, 94, article no. 102899.

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Garcia, Rebecca; Ali, Nasreen; Malcolm, Griffiths and Gurch, Randhawa (2020). A qualitative study exploring the experiences of bereavement after stillbirth in Pakistani, Bangladeshi and White British mothers living in Luton, UK. Midwifery, 91, article no. 102833.

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Jones, Kerry; Methley, Abigail; Boyle, Geraldine; Garcia, Rebecca and Vseteckova, Jitka (2020). A systematic review of the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) compared with other psychological therapies in managing grief experienced by bereaved spouses or partners of adults who had received palliative care in the UK. In Prospero NIHR: National Institute for Health Research.

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Garcia, Rebecca; Ali, Nasreen; Guppy, Andrew; Griffiths, Malcolm and Randhawa, Gurch (2020). Ethnic differences in risk factors for adverse birth outcomes between Pakistani, Bangladeshi and White British mothers. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76(1) pp. 174–182.

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Vseteckova, J.; Mahon, A.; Boyle, G.; Jones, K. and Garcia, R. (2020). Frailty and Spousal/Partner Bereavement in Older People: A Systematic Scoping Review Protocol. Biomedical Journal of Scientific and Technical Research, 24(4)

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Qureshi, Irtiza; Ali, Nasreen; Garcia, Rebecca and Randhawa, Gurch (2020). Interventions to Widen Participation for Black and Asian Minority Ethnic Men into the Nursing Profession: A Scoping Review. Diversity and Equality in Healthcare, 17(2) pp. 107–114.

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Jones, Kerry; Methley, Abigail; Boyle, Geraldine; Garcia, Rebecca; Smith, K and Vseteckova, Jitka (2020). Protocol: A systematic review of the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) compared with other psychological therapies in managing grief experienced by bereaved spouses or partners of adults who had received palliative care in the UK. In Prospero - International Prospective register of Systematic Reviews Prospero - International Prospective register of Systematic Reviews.

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Vseteckova, Jitka; Jones, Kerry; Boyle, Geraldine; Garcia, Rebecca and Methley, Abigail (2020). Protocol: A systematic review of the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) compared with other psychological therapies in managing grief experienced by bereaved spouses or partners of adults who had received palliative care worldwide. In Prospero: International prospective register of systematic reviews Prospero - International Prospective register of Systematic Reviews.

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Constantinou, Georgina; Garcia, Rebecca; Cook, Erica and Randhawa, Gurch (2019). Children’s unmet palliative care needs: a scoping review of parents’ perspectives. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 9(4) pp. 439–450.

Vseteckova, Jitka; Mahon, Aoife; Boyle, Geraldine; Guntupalli, Aravinda; Jones, Kerry and Garcia, Rebecca (2019). Frailty and spousal/partner bereavement in older people: a systematic review. In Prospero 2019 Prospero 2019 CRD4201919453.

Garcia, Rebecca; Ali, Nasreen; Griffiths, Malcolm and Randhawa, Gurch (2018). Understanding the consumption of folic acid during preconception, among Pakistani, Bangladeshi and white British mothers in Luton, UK: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18 pp. 1–9.

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Ali, Nasreen; Quereshi, Iritza; Sidika, Tamanna; Mondokova, Andrea; Muhmood, Sultan; Jan, Azra; Garcia, Rebecca; Cook, Erica; Burden, Barbara; Reid, Caroline and Randhawa, Gurch (2018). Barriers and Enablers for UK Home Grown South Asian Prospective Students Choosing Nursing and Midwifery Courses and Careers. Diversity and Equality in Healthcare, 15(4) pp. 190–197.

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Garcia, Rebecca; Ali, Nasreen; Guppy, Andy; Griffiths, Malcolm and Randhawa, Gurch (2017). Differences in the pregnancy gestation period and mean birth weights in infants born to Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and white British mothers in Luton, UK: a retrospective analysis of routinely collected data. BMJ Open, 7 pp. 1–7.

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Garcia, Rebecca; Ali, Nasreen; Guppy, Andy; Griffiths, Malcolm and Randhawa, Gurch (2017). A comparison of antenatal classifications of ‘overweight’ and ‘obesity’ prevalence between white British, Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi pregnant women in England; analysis of retrospective data. BMC Public Health, 17 pp. 1–7.

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Garcia, Rebecca and Hand, Christopher J. (2015). Analgesic effects of self-chosen music type on cold pressor-induced pain: Motivating vs. relaxing music. Psychology of Music, 44(5) pp. 967–983.

Garcia, Rebecca; Ali, Nasreen; Papadopoulos, Chris and Randhawa, Gurch (2015). Specific antenatal interventions for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) pregnant women at high risk of poor birth outcomes in the United Kingdom: a scoping review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15(1), article no. 226.

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