Moira Lewitt

Research output

Research output per year 1995 2008 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2023

• 28 Article
• 15 Paper
• 5 Chapter
• 4 Commissioned report
• 8 More
  • 3 Review article
  • 2 Meeting Abstract
  • 1 Conference contribution
  • 1 Poster
  • 1 Book/Film/Article review

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Students stand at the door: exploring views on professionalism within midwifery spaces

  Lewitt, M. & McEwan, T., 2 Feb 2023, In: British Journal of Midwifery. 31, 2, p. 66-73 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Professionalism 100%
  • Midwifery 85%
  • Poetry 54%
  • Students 53%
  • Space Simulation 16%

• The political theatre of dirty hands in the UK government response to the COVID-19 pandemic

  Lewitt, M. S., 12 Jan 2023, In: Performance Research. 27, 1, p. 115-121 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Dirty Hands 100%
  • Political Theatre 91%
  • Government 38%
  • Public Health 38%
  • Paradox 20%
  6 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Relationship between abdominal adiposity, cardiovascular fitness, and biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in British adolescents

  Lewitt, M. & Baker, J., 31 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Sport and Health Science. 9, 6, p. 634-644 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Physical Fitness 100%
  • Adiposity 90%
  • Biomarkers 56%
  • Skinfold Thickness 37%
  • Puberty 30%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  135 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Development of a Pilates teaching framework from an international survey of teacher practice

  Lewitt, M., McPherson, L. & Stevenson, M., 31 Oct 2019, In: Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 23, 4, p. 943-949 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Teaching 100%
  • Stereotyping 73%
  • Data Analysis 42%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  142 Downloads (Pure)

• Feline obesity and diabetes: a one health perspective

  Lewitt, M., 17 Apr 2019, In: CAB Reviews. 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • One Health initiative 100%
  • obesity 82%
  • diabetes 78%
  • Felidae 70%
  • cats 51%

• Performance and the power of midwives' voices: exploring professional identity

  McEwan, T. & Lewitt, M., 27 Jun 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  File

  • midwife 100%
  • university teacher 64%
  • curriculum 48%
  • communication 47%
  • performance 41%
  24 Downloads (Pure)

• Sociology in UK nurse education curricula: a review of the literature from 1919-2019

  Molesworth, M. & Lewitt, M., 31 Dec 2019, In: Social Theory & Health. 17, 4, p. 427-442 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Sociology 100%
  • education curriculum 69%
  • Curriculum 66%
  • sociology 52%
  • nurse 51%
  319 Downloads (Pure)

• Student Engagement with Moodle: Can a Better Understanding of Student Interactions with Technology improve the User Experience (UX) for Students?

  Crearie, L., Iliopoulos, C., Wilson, S. & Lewitt, M., 31 Jul 2019, University of the West of Scotland.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • User experience 100%
  • Students 74%
  • Multitasking 16%
  • Online systems 15%

• The role of Insulin-like Growth Factors (IGFs) and IGF-binding proteins in the nervous system

  Lewitt, M. & Boyd, G., 17 Apr 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Biochemistry Insights. 12, 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins 100%
  • Somatomedins 81%
  • Nervous System 62%
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins 41%
  • IGF Type 2 Receptor 36%
  85 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Care of the adult with an endocrine condition

  Molesworth, M. & Lewitt, M., 4 Dec 2018, Essentials of Nursing Adults. Elcock, K., Wright, W., Newcombe, P. & Everett, F. (eds.). SAGE Publications

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Development of a parallel reaction monitoring-MS method to quantify IGF proteins in dogs and a case of nonislet cell tumor hypoglycemia

  Valdés, A., Lewitt, M., Wiss, E., Ramström, M. & Strage, E. M., 30 Oct 2018, In: Journal of Proteome Research. 18, 1, p. 18-29 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor II 100%
  • proinsulin-like growth factor II 94%
  • Hypoglycemia 58%
  • Dogs 44%
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I 36%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  248 Downloads (Pure)

• Effect of insulin treatment on circulating insulin-like growth factor I and IGF-binding proteins in cats with diabetes mellitus

  Strage, E., Sundberg, M., Ström-Holst, B., Andersson Franko, M., Ramström, M., Fall, T. & Lewitt, M., 16 Aug 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 32, 5, 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins 100%
  • diabetes mellitus 98%
  • insulin-like growth factor binding proteins 97%
  • insulin-like growth factor I 83%
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I 76%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  129 Downloads (Pure)

• Mechanisms of action of probiotics in psychopathology

  Lewitt, M., 15 Jun 2018, Probiotics in Mental Health. Martin, C. R. & Larkin, D. (eds.). CRC Press, p. 60-70

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Multi-sector perspectives on learning for interprofessional practice: lessons for higher education and organisational culture

  Lewitt, M., Cross, A., Sheward, L. & Beirne, P., 11 Nov 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Interprofessional Care.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Organizational Culture 100%
  • Psychological Practice 71%
  • Learning 51%
  • Education 43%
  • Interdisciplinary Placement 26%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  159 Downloads (Pure)

• Sources of cardiovascular health information and channels of health communication among urban population in Nigeria

  Ezika, E. A., Cross, B. & Lewitt, M., 31 Mar 2018, In: International Journal of Public Health Science. 7, 1, p. 72-80 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Health Communication 100%
  • Urban Population 92%
  • urban population 86%
  • Nigeria 79%
  • health information 78%
  348 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  A Realist Evaluation of the Dissemination and Networking Dimension of Big Lottery Funded Healthy Powerful Communities Project

  Cross, A., Campbell, P. & Lewitt, M., May 2017, University of the West of Scotland. 35 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Community-based participatory research in healthcare: Ethical issues and impact on healthcare practitioners

  Lewitt, M., Campbell, P. & Cross, A., 24 Apr 2017, Healthcare ethics for healthcare practitioners. Lategan, L. O. K. & Van Zyl, G. J. (eds.). Stellenbosch, South Africa: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, p. 81-96

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Professor Kerstin Hall (1929–1917): pioneer in the field of growth hormone and IGF research

  Lewitt, M. & Hulting, A-L., 1 Jun 2017, In: Growth Hormone & IGF Research. 34, p. 28-30 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  175 Downloads (Pure)

• The role of the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor system in visceral adiposity

  Lewitt, M., 20 Apr 2017, In: Biochemistry Insights. 10, p. 1-10

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • adiposity 100%
  • somatomedins 88%
  • somatotropin 72%
  • obesity 53%
  • metabolic syndrome 35%
• 2016

  An individual approach to feline diabetes care: a case report and literature review

  Lewitt, M., Strage, E. & Church, D., 20 Oct 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. 58, S1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Felidae 100%
  • diabetes 93%
  • insulin 76%
  • case studies 74%
  • cats 72%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Book review: Critical thinking skills for healthcare by Stephanie McKendry

  Lewitt, M., Oct 2016, In: Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. 10

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

  Open Access

• Communication media and cardiovascular health promotion as factors in sustainable development in Nigeria.

  Owolabi, T., Ezika, E. A., Lewitt, M. & Cross, B., 23 May 2016, In: Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa. 18, 1, p. 156-172

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • communication media 100%
  • health promotion 76%
  • Nigeria 70%
  • sustainable development 67%
  • health care 57%

• Developing professional identity in biomedical science: Face-to-face marking of an assignment as a “space of influence”

  Lewitt, M. & Boyd, G., Dec 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  • student 100%
  • social space 62%
  • honor 60%
  • university teacher 41%
  • questionnaire 29%

• Mass spectrometry based method for measurement of canine insulin-like growth factor-I, -II and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3

  Strage, E., Falk, A., Lewitt, M., Wiss, E. & Ramström, M., 20 Oct 2016, p. 158-158. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  • insulin-like growth factor binding proteins 100%
  • insulin-like growth factor I 85%
  • insulin-like growth factor II 73%
  • mass spectrometry 65%
  • dogs 59%

• Preregistration nursing students' perspectives on the learning, teaching and application of bioscience knowledge within practice

  Molesworth, M. & Lewitt, M., Mar 2016, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 25, 5-6, p. 725-732

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• The growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor system in the management of diabetes and obesity

  Lewitt, M., 2016, Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Diabetes and Obesity. ur-Rahman, A. (ed.). Bentham eBooks, Vol. 3. p. 59-80 22 p. (Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research – Diabetes and Obesity; vol. 3).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Obesity Management 100%
  • Somatomedins 77%
  • Growth Hormone 69%
  • Obesity 38%
  • Metabolic Syndrome 33%
• 2015

  Higher serum concentrations of tyrosine and glutamate in schizophrenia patients treated with clozapine, compared to in those treated with conventional antipsychotics

  Melkersson, K., Lewitt, M. & Hall, K., 2015, In: Neuro Endocrinology Letters. 36, 5, p. 465-480

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Clozapine 100%
  • Tyrosine 78%
  • Antipsychotic Agents 77%
  • Glutamic Acid 74%
  • Schizophrenia 69%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Insulin-like growth factor-I in cats: validation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and determination of biological variation

  Strage, E. M., Theodorsson, E., Ström Holst, B., Lilliehöök, I. & Lewitt, M., 2015, In: Journal of Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 44, 4, p. 542-551 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • insulin-like growth factor I 100%
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins 93%
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I 92%
  • insulin-like growth factor binding proteins 91%
  • Cats 77%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Interprofessional Education to Support Collaborative Practice: An Interdisciplinary Approach

  Lewitt, M., Cross, A., Sheward, L. & Beirne, P., 2015, Society for Research into Higher Education. 31 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

• Learning for interprofessional practice: identifying interprofessional capabilities and cultures

  Lewitt, M., Cross, A., Sheward, L. & Beirne, P., 11 Dec 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  • interdisciplinary research 100%
  • learning 94%
  • cultural factors 90%
  • technical language 84%
  • group discussion 81%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Looking while you leap: lessons for negotiating journeys through the interprofessional looking glass

  Lewitt, M., 11 Sept 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  Open Access

  • education 100%
  • conversation 98%
  • coproduction 76%
  • education curriculum 68%
  • curriculum development 66%

• Minding the gap between theory and clinical practice: an individualised approach to the management of feline diabetes mellitus

  Lewitt, M., Strage, E. & Church, D., 25 Sept 2015, Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. BioMed Central, Vol. 57 (Supplement 1). 1 p. (Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica; vol. 57, no. supp. 1).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

  • diabetes mellitus 100%
  • insulin 67%
  • cats 64%
  • blood glucose 39%
  • hypoglycemia 29%

• Performing the research data: interdisciplinary approaches in the construction of knowledge

  Lewitt, M., Cross, A., Sheward, L. & Beirne, P., 9 Dec 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Dance 100%
  • Higher Education Policy 61%
  • Narrative Poetry 53%
  • Shawl 52%
  • Healthcare 48%

• Visual language and reasoning within interdisciplinary dialogue: lessons from SRHE scoping study for interprofessional education to support collaborative practice

  Cross, A. & Lewitt, M., 9 Dec 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • teaching strategy 100%
  • learning strategy 95%
  • technical language 94%
  • metaphor 89%
  • dialogue 74%
• 2014

  Beyond the looking glass: a multi-methods approach to interdisciplinary investigation of interprofessional education

  Lewitt, M., Cross, A., Sheward, L. & Beirne, P., 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  Open Access

• Developing and sustaining a culture of innovation in health higher education: Literature review

  Lewitt, M., Snowden, A., Sheward, L. & Cund, A., 2014, Council of Deans of Health.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

• Factors influencing measurements of adiposity in children and young adults

  Dent, M. & Lewitt, M., 19 Sept 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• IGFBP-1 as a potential marker of environmental stress in fish

  Lewitt, M. & Budige, V., Aug 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • insulin-like growth factor binding proteins 100%
  • fish 44%
  • insulin 34%
  • liver 15%
  • somatomedins 14%

• Insulin-like growth factor-1 in cats with liver disease

  Strage, E., Lewitt, M., Lilliehöök, I. & Fall, T., 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Relationship among insulin resistance, growth hormone, and insulin-like growth factor I concentrations in diestrous Swedish elkhounds

  Strage, E., Lewitt, M., Hanson, J. M., Olsson, U., Norrvik, F., Lillliehook, I., Holst, B. S. & Fall, T., 3 Feb 2014, In: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 28, 2, p. 419-428 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • insulin resistance 100%
  • insulin-like growth factor I 89%
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I 82%
  • Growth Hormone 77%
  • somatotropin 77%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• The Insulin-Like Growth Factor System in Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

  Lewitt, M. S., Dent, M. S. & Hall, K., 2014, In: Journal of Clinical Medicine. 3, 4, p. 1561-74 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1 100%
  • Somatomedins 78%
  • Insulin Resistance 60%
  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 55%
  • Obesity 51%

• Using a CBPR approach to develop a family-centred weight management support programme for children

  Scott, P., Lewitt, M. & Cross, B., 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • research approach 100%
  • management 50%
  • Group 31%
  • research process 24%
  • research method 21%
• 2013

  Effect of Ghrelin on Hepatic IGF-Binding Protein-1 Production

  Lewitt, M. S., 2013, In: ISRN Obesity. 2013, p. 751401

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • hepatic sialoglycoprotein receptor 100%
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1 77%
  • Ghrelin 68%
  • Insulin 31%
  • Liver 17%

• Use of BMI and WaHtR in an intervention programme for overweight and obese Scottish children

  Dent, M. S., Fowler, L. & Lewitt, M. S., 10 Oct 2013, p. 8-8. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  • Waist-Height Ratio 100%
  • MEND 85%
  • Overweight 63%
  • Weights and Measures 36%
  • Child 31%
• 2012

  IGF-1as a determinant of human stature

  Lewitt, M., 2012.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• P02-14 IGF-I as a diagnostic tool in feline medicine: evaluation of an ELISA

  Strage, E., Theodorsson, E., Fall, T., Ström Holst, B., Lilliehöök, I. & Lewitt, M. S., 31 Oct 2012, In: Growth Hormone & IGF Research. 22, Supplement 1, p. S53-S54 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review

  • Felidae 100%
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I 88%
  • Medicine 63%
  • Cats 62%
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay 61%

• Pubertal stage and measures of adiposity in British schoolchildren

  Lewitt, M. S., Baker, J. S., Mooney, G. P., Hall, K. & Thomas, N. E., 2012, In: Annals of Human Biology. 39, 5, p. 440-447

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • puberty 100%
  • Puberty 86%
  • Adiposity 85%
  • schoolchild 71%
  • Waist-Height Ratio 56%
  16 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Case-Based Training of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice in Primary Care and Decreased Mortality in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

  Kiessling, A., Lewitt, M. & Henriksson, P., 2011, In: Annals of Family Medicine. 9, 3, p. 211-218

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Evidence-Based Practice 100%
  • Coronary Disease 79%
  • Primary Health Care 70%
  • Mortality 45%
  • General Practitioners 35%
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• ELISA för att mäta insulin-liknande tillväxtfaktor-I hos katt (tr.

  Translated title of the contribution: ELISA for the measurement of feline IGF-I).Strage, E., Fall, T., Ström-Holst, B., Lilliehöök, I. & Lewitt, M., 2011.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Evaluation of an IGFBP-blocked ELISA for measuring IGF-I in canine serum

  Strage, E., Lewitt, M., Lilliehöök, I., Ström-Holst, B., Jones, B. & Fall, T., Dec 2011, In: Journal of Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 40, 4, p. 567-594 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract