By Dr Ryan Essex

Journal articles

Essex R; Beri D; Jagnoor J, 2026, 'A scoping review of the literature on effectiveness of legislative and regulatory measures to prevent drowning', BMC Public Health, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-27234-2

Essex R; Snelling P; Monteverde S, 2026, 'Nursing ethics in times of conflict and crisis', Nursing Ethics, 33, pp. 635 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09697330261442670

Essex R, 2026, 'Against Hierarchy: Organizing Horizontally in Healthcare', Nursing Philosophy, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nup.70083

Derainne E; Essex R; Jagnoor J, 2026, 'Framing Migrant Drownings in Australia: News Media Representations Through the Lens of Critical Discourse', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70176

Essex R; Mainey L; Gonzales-Walters F; Gurnett P; Weldon SM, 2026, 'A Critical Interpretive Review of the Theoretical Literature Related to Healthcare Codes of Ethics', Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 23, pp. 193 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-025-10452-5

Essex R; Jagnoor J, 2026, 'An analysis of global legislation and regulation related to drowning prevention', Plos Global Public Health, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005337

Essex R; Lim S; Jagnoor J, 2026, 'Built environment characteristics and drowning mortality: a global satellite-based analysis of urbanisation, infrastructure, and water proximity', International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2026.2678332

Yoshimatsu Y; Markowski M; Smithard DG; Hansjee D; Hashimoto T; Nagano H; Essex R, 2026, 'Healthcare professionals’ experiences and thoughts on eating and drinking with acknowledged risks in older adults: a comparison of Japan and the UK', Age and Ageing, 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf380

Essex R; Mainey L; Hui A, 2026, 'Negotiating authority and hierarchy amongst UK and Australian nurses', Nursing Ethics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09697330261476268

Essex R; Thompson T; Brophy SA; Sriram V; Jagnoor J; Issa R, 2026, 'Public health, public protest: The role of health burdens and healthcare access in protest mobilisation', Global Public Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2026.2725379

Essex R; Lim S; Jagnoor J, 2026, 'Temporal features of the built environment and associations with drowning mortality: a global satellite-based analysis', Injury Prevention, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2026-046192

Essex R; Smithard D, 2026, 'UK Health Workers’ Experiences of Striking and Not Striking in the 2022–2024 Industrial Disputes', Journal of Nursing Management, 2026, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/jonm/3663164

Essex R; Mainey L; Gonzales-Walters F; Gurnett P; Weldon SM, 2025, 'A Scoping Review of Comparative Healthcare Codes of Ethics Studies', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81, pp. 8457 - 8469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.16857

Sriram V; Essex R; Brophy SA; Kabir F; Scarlett E; Wyatt T, 2025, 'Protest and trainees in the health professions: Exploring the global landscape of recent protest action', Social Science and Medicine, 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118445

Yoshimatsu Y; Markowski M; Smithard DG; Hansjee D; Hashimoto T; Nagano H; Essex R, 2025, 'Eating and Drinking with Acknowledged Risks (EDAR) in Older Adults: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Clinicians in Japan and the UK', Dysphagia, 40, pp. 650 - 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00455-024-10765-4

Mainey L; Richardson S; Essex R; Dillard-Wright J, 2025, 'Nursing advocacy and activism: A critical analysis of regulatory documents', Nursing Ethics, 32, pp. 980 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09697330241299525

Mainey L; Essex R; Gurnett P; Richardson S, 2025, 'Stirring the Sleeping Giant? an Evaluation of a Planetary Health Political Action Sequential Simulation for Nursing Students', Nursing Inquiry, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nin.70017

Ojo O; Boateng J; Pacella R; Hanrahan A; Essex R; Dibley L, 2025, 'Factors Influencing the Care and Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Scoping Review', Endocrine Practice, 31, pp. 380 - 389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eprac.2024.11.010

Essex R; Aked H; Daniels R; Newton P; Weldon SM, 2025, 'Justifying non-violent resistance: The perspectives of healthcare workers', Clinical Ethics, 20, pp. 36 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14777509231156050

Essex R; Dibley L, 2025, 'Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: treatment outcomes, quality of life and implications for practice', Nursing Children and Young People, 37, pp. 30 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2024.e1510

Miller D; Essex R; Brown C, 2025, '‘I’m managed by a White man who’s managed by a White man who’s managed by a White woman who’s managed by a White man’: the problem of institutional racism in a UK-based university', London Review of Education, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.14324/LRE.23.1.08

Essex R; Booth L; Sirois F; Burch J; Dibley L, 2025, 'A scoping review of the qualitative literature reporting experiences of living with a stoma for inflammatory bowel disease', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81, pp. 53 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.16254

Aitchison G; Essex R, 2024, 'Self-harm in immigration detention: political, not (just) medical', Journal of Medical Ethics, 50, pp. 786 - 793, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme-2022-108366

Essex R; Govintharjah P; Issa R; Kalocsányiová E; Lakika D; Markowski M; Smith J; Thompson T, 2024, 'Health Related Quality of life Amongst Refugees: A meta Analysis of Studies Using the SF-36', Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 26, pp. 925 - 935, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-024-01615-4

Essex R; Mainey L; Dillard-Wright J; Richardson S, 2024, 'Political action in nursing and medical codes of ethics', Nursing Inquiry, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nin.12658

Kalocsányiová E; Essex R; Hassan R; Markowski M; Guemar LN; Kazmouz M; Locke C; Muhamud G; Ntabyera E; Vogel P, 2024, 'Intergenerational Contact in Refugee Settlement Contexts: Results from a Systematic Mapping Review and Analysis', Journal of International Migration and Integration, 25, pp. 1687 - 1713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12134-024-01144-x

Yoshimatsu Y; Hansjee D; Markowski M; Essex R; Smithard DG, 2024, 'Decisions on eating and drinking in older adults admitted with pneumonia and referred for swallowing difficulties', European Geriatric Medicine, 15, pp. 771 - 775, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41999-024-00983-2

Lakika D; Essex R, 2024, '“Tokowa po ya ekolo”: The Military Body Within the Congolese Army', Armed Forces and Society, 50, pp. 520 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095327X221120055

Kalocsányiová E; Essex R; Brophy SA; Sriram V, 2024, 'Social media opposition to the 2022/2023 UK nurse strikes', Nursing Inquiry, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nin.12600

Hardy D; Essex R, 2024, 'Neonatal outcomes following one previous caesarean section', British Journal of Midwifery, 32, pp. 120 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2024.32.3.120

Essex R, 2024, 'A deliberative framework to assess the justifiability of strike action in healthcare', Nursing Ethics, 31, pp. 148 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09697330231183076

Kalocsányiová E; Essex R, 2024, 'Health and health care in Australian immigration detention: a comparison between onshore and offshore data', International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care, 20, pp. 62 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJMHSC-03-2023-0031

Markowski M; Kalocsányiová E; Essex R, 2024, 'The Current Landscape of Studies Involving Intergenerational Letter and Email Writing: A Systematic Scoping Review and Textual Narrative Synthesis', Written Communication, 41, pp. 167 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07410883231207103

Miller DA; Essex R, 2024, 'Using Activism to Combat Systemic Racism in Bioethics and Healthcare', American Journal of Bioethics, 24, pp. 43 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2388768

Essex R; Dudley M, 2023, 'Resistance and the delivery of healthcare in Australian immigration detention centres', Monash Bioethics Review, 41, pp. 82 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40592-023-00182-y

Lederman Z; Essex R, 2023, 'Using Ethics Committees to Justify Force-Feeding Political Prisoners in Israel', Health and Human Rights, 25, pp. 53 - 65

Essex R; Thompson T; Evans TR; Fortune V; Kalocsányiová E; Miller D; Markowski M; Elliott H, 2023, 'Ethical climate in healthcare: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Nursing Ethics, 30, pp. 910 - 921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09697330231177419

Essex R; Kennedy J; Miller D; Jameson J, 2023, 'A scoping review exploring the impact and negotiation of hierarchy in healthcare organisations', Nursing Inquiry, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nin.12571

Essex R; Mainey L, 2023, 'Give incivility a chance', Journal of Medical Ethics, 49, pp. 679 - 680, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme-2023-109336

Essex R, 2023, 'The delivery of health services as resistance', Bioethics, 37, pp. 756 - 762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13210

Essex R; Dillard-Wright J; Aitchison G; Aked H, 2023, 'Everyday Resistance in the U.K.’s National Health Service', Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 20, pp. 511 - 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11673-023-10274-3

Essex R, 2023, 'Anarchy and Its Overlooked Role in Health and Healthcare', Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 32, pp. 397 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S096318012200072X

Essex R; Ahmed S; Elliott H; Lakika D; Mackenzie L; Weldon SM, 2023, 'The impact of strike action on healthcare delivery: A scoping review', International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 38, pp. 599 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3610

Essex R; Burns C; Evans TR; Hudson G; Parsons A; Weldon SM, 2023, 'A last resort? A scoping review of patient and healthcare worker attitudes toward strike action', Nursing Inquiry, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nin.12535

Cleaver K; Don C; Chojnacka I; Essex R; Weldon S; Markowski M, 2023, 'A systematic scoping review of undergraduate nursing hub-and-spoke placement models', British Journal of Nursing, 32, pp. 252 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2023.32.5.252

Essex R; Aked H; Daniels R; Newton P; Weldon S, 2023, 'Exploring the concept of non-violent resistance amongst healthcare workers', Nursing Ethics, 30, pp. 7 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09697330221122904

Jameson J; Barnard J; Rumyantseva N; Essex R; Gkinopoulos T, 2023, 'A systematic scoping review and textual narrative synthesis of trust amongst staff in higher education settings', Studies in Higher Education, 48, pp. 424 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2022.2145278

Evans TR; Burns C; Essex R; Finnerty G; Hatton E; Clements AJ; Breau G; Quinn F; Elliott H; Smith LD; Matthews B; Jennings K; Crossman J; Williams G; Miller D; Harold B; Gurnett P; Jagodzinski L; Smith J; Milligan W; Markowski M; Collins P; Yoshimatsu Y; Margalef Turull J; Colpus M; Dayson ML; Weldon S, 2023, 'A systematic scoping review on the evidence behind debriefing practices for the wellbeing/emotional outcomes of healthcare workers', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1078797

Kalocsányiová E; Essex R; Fortune V, 2023, 'Inequalities in Covid-19 Messaging: A Systematic Scoping Review', Health Communication, 38, pp. 2549 - 2558, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2088022

Kalocsányiová E; Essex R; Poulter D, 2023, 'Risk and Health Communication during Covid-19: A Linguistic Landscape Analysis', Health Communication, 38, pp. 1080 - 1089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1991639

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