Appearance Matters: The Podcast!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the development of the ACCORD resource, including our adult representatives, Headlines Craniofacial Support, Fine Rolling Media, and the specialist NHS craniofacial units. Special thanks to Anna Kearney, Katie Piggott, Andrea White, Dawn Wilkin, Emma McCann and Hannah Saunders. The ACCORD project was funded by the VTCT Foundation. To access ACCORD, visit: https://www.headlines.org.uk/for-adults. To access the short online evaluation survey, visit: tinyurl.com/ACCORD-Evaluation

This month, we are joined by Kieran Moulton, a second year PhD student at the Centre for Appearance Research, who tells us all about his research into tattooing and scars (so far!) Kieran discusses two studies, looking into the experiences of tattoo artists who have provided scar tattoos, and the experiences of those who have used tattoos to either decorate or camouflage their scars. To find out more about Kieran's research, here is a link to his 2021 paper 'Exploring tattoo artists’ understanding of decorative non-medical professional tattooing as a method of scar camouflage and decoration' (Moulton, 2021): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13548506.2022.2057556 To find out about how tattooing can be used in the medical field, head over to episode 61: https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters/medical-tattooing Please share, subscribe, rate and review. It really does mean a lot. Thank you! x Music by Sian Evans & John Landau: toplinefilm.com Cover photo by Seyi Ariyo from Unsplash Episode

This month our very own Appearance Matters the podcast co-host, Bruna Costa, joins us to share insights from her doctoral research project, conducted as part of her Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology. Bruna discusses the importance of increasing representation of marginalised groups within visible difference research and working closely with community partners. Bruna also shares novel insights from her research focussed on the experiences of UK Somali adults with visible facial differences. A message from Bruna: Thank you to the individuals who took part in this research, and shared their experiences so openly, and our community collaborators, who were instrumental to the project. Thank you to the funders of this work, the Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT) Foundation. Thank you to my doctoral supervisors, Heidi Williamson, Diana Harcourt and Habib Naqvi. To find out more about Bruna's research, her thesis will soon be available on the UWE repository. To find out more about Nura Aabe

Tune in to hear about an exciting new body image intervention designed for adolescent girls and young women in Indonesia - Warna Warni Waktu. Guest Timestamps: Dr Kholisah Nasution - 4.42 Jonathan McKay (Girl Effect) - 21.00 Sharon Haywood - 44.15 This project was a collaboration involving Girl Effect, Percolate Galactic, the Centre for Appearance Research and Indonesian research partners based at the University of Indonesia and the University of Hawaii and was funded by the Dove Self-Esteem Project. --- Links --- Warna Waarin Wake video series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2nGjrG-_c Study Protocol Paper: https://www.researchprotocols.org/2022/1/e33596 Study Results Paper: COMING SOON To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us: • On Twitter: twitter.com/CAR_UWE • On Instagram: www.instagram.com/car_uwe/ • On Facebook: www.facebook.com/AppearanceResearch Please share, subscribe, rate and review. It really does mean a lot. Thank you! Music by Sian Evans & John Landau: topli

This month, we are exploring the experiences of children and young people living with eczema. Christine Roxburgh (CEO of charitable organisation Eczema Outreach Support)and Dr Ella Guest(Research Fellow from the Centre for Appearance Research) join us to discuss the psychosocial impact of living with eczema, as well as current and future support available from Eczema Outreach Support. Dr Daniela Ghio (Lecturer in Psychology from the University of Manchester) also discusses her recent research with adolescents and young people living with eczema and a new website designed to support individuals with eczema. To find out more about support for individuals with eczema: - Eczema Support Outreach website: www.eos.org.uk - Eczema Care online website: https://www.eczemacareonline.org.uk/en?language_set=1 To find out more about research on this topic: - Views and experiences of managing eczema: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode of the series, we define APPEARANCE DIVERSITY. Thank you to CAR's Jade Parnell for providing this definition, and members of CARDIE for their recent work in this area. To read Jade's thesis, titled 'Promoting acceptance of diverse appearances in primary school-aged children', visit: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7516984/promoting-acceptance-of-diverse-appearances-in-primary-school-aged-children To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us: On Twitter:  twitter.com/CAR_UWE On Insta

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode of the series, we define THEMATIC ANALYSIS. Thank you to Dr Victoria Clarke for providing support in developing this definition. To find out more about Thematic Analysis, visit: www.thematicanalysis.net Thematic analysis (Clarke and Braun, 2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2016.1262613 Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis (Braun and Clarke, 2019): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2159676X.2019.1628806?journalCode=rqrs21 What can “thematic analysis” offer health and wellbeing researchers? (Brau

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! In this episode, Nadia talks about the term COLOURISM. Paper links: Prof Hunter's paper referenced in the episode: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00006.x Nadia's latest paper on colourism in the UK: https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2149275 To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us: On Twitter:  twitter.com/CAR_UWE On Instagram:  www.instagram.com/car_uwe/ On Facebook:  www.facebook.com/AppearanceResearch Please remember to rate, review, share and subscribe and happy listening! The CAR podcast team xxx Transcript available soon at: bit.ly/3FfqSH6 Cover image designed by Abbi Matthews Episode developed and produced by Nadia Craddock

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode of the series, Maia shares some definitions for the term PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT To find out more about Patient and Public Involvement: Listen to this previous podcast episode to hear about how PPI has been used in research with parents of children with a visible difference: https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters/parenting-a-child-with-a-visible-difference OR) Read this journal article by Zucchelli et al. (2021) which demonstrates the role of PPI in a project developing an intervention for adults with a vi

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode of the series, we define LITERATURE REVIEWING. To read a recently published CAR-based reviews, see: 1.Schneider, J., Pegram, G., Gibson, B., Talamonti, D., Tinoco, A., Craddock, N., Matheson, E. & Forshaw, M. (2022). A mixed‐studies systematic review of the experiences of body image, disordered eating, and eating disorders during the COVID‐19 pandemic. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2.Guest, E., Zucchelli, F., Costa, B., Bhatia, R., Halliwell, E., & Harcourt, D. A Systematic Review of Interventions Aiming

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode, Abbi discusses 'RESEARCH ETHICS'. Episode links: BPS Code of Ethics and Conduct: https://www.bps.org.uk/guideline/code-ethics-and-conduct Please remember to rate, review, share and subscribe and happy listening! The CAR podcast team xxx To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us: On Twitter:  twitter.com/CAR_UWE On Instagram:  www.instagram.com/car_uwe/ On Facebook:  www.facebook.com/AppearanceResearch Transcript available soon at: bit.ly/3FfqSH6 Cover image designed by Abbi Mathews Episode

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! In this episode, Nadia talks about the term intersectionality and its application to qualitative and quantitative research. Paper links: Considerations for employing intersectionality in qualitative health research - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113138 Intersectionality in quantitative research: A systematic review of its emergence and applications of theory and methods - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100798 To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us: On Twitter:  twitter.com/CAR_UWE On Instagram:  www.instagram.com/car_uwe/ On Facebook:  www.facebook.com/AppearanceResearch Please remember to rate, review, share and subscribe and happy listening! The CAR podcast team xxx Transcript available soon at: bit.ly/3FfqSH6 Cover image designed by Abbi Matthews Episode developed and produced by Nadia Craddock

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode of the series, we're focusing on research methods, and will actually be covering three terms: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods. To read a recently published CAR-based qualitative study by Tollow et al., see: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10197927 To read a recently published CAR-based quantitative study by Gentili et al., see: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.6001 To read a recently published CAR-based mixed-methods study by Costa et al., see: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/1

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode of the series, Maia shares some definitions for the term ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY. To find out more about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Listen to this previous podcast episode about an ACT-based intervention developed for adults with a visible difference: https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters/summer-short-series-act-it-out OR Read this journal article why ACT can be a really useful approach for individuals with a visible difference by Zucchelli et al. (2018) https://connect.springerpub.com/content/s

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode, Abbi discusses some definitions of 'COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY'. Episode links: NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/overview/ Assessing the usability and acceptability of FaceIT@home: An online CBT intervention for people with visible differences: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362269959_Assessing_the_Usability_and_Acceptability_of_FaceIThome_an_online_CBT_Intervention_for_People_with_Visible_Differe

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode of the series, Maia shares some definitions for the term PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS: To find out more about psychosocial interventions: Listen to this previous podcast episode about online psychosocial interventions: https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters/episode-34-online-interventions-in-health-psychology OR Read this journal article about the effectiveness of animated films to improve children's body image by Matheson et al. (2020) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144520303946?casa_token=VL

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode of the series, Bruna discusses different FRAMEWORKS OF ADJUSTMENT IN VISIBLE DIFFERENCES. To read more about Kent's (2000)Integrated Model, see: Kent, G. (2000) Understanding the experiences of people with disfigurements: an integration of four models of social and psychological functioning. Psychology, Health & Medicine. To read more about the ARC (2013) framework, see: Clarke, A., Thompson, A.R., Jenkinson, E., Rumsey, N. and Newell, R. (2013) CBT for appearance anxiety: Psychosocial interventions for anxiety due to

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode, Nadia defines "BODY TALK". Episode links: https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters/episode-25-fat-talk?in=appearance-matters/sets/2018-appearance-matters-the&si=48f846cc7a284660a0450010c489cc90&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Please remember to rate, review, share and subscribe and happy listening! The CAR podcast team xxx To find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research, follow us: On Twitter:  twitter.com/CAR_UWE On Instagram:  www.instagram.com/car_uwe/ On Facebook:  www.

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode of the series, Maia shares some definitions for the term PSYCHOSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT. To find out more about psychosocial adjustment: Listen to this previous podcast episode about psychosocial adjustment in young people with Congenital Melanocytic Nevus (a birthmark condition) https://soundcloud.com/appearance-matters/69-young-people-with-cmn OR Read this journal article about psychosocial adjustment in young people with visible differences by Gee et al. (2020): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144

Welcome to our December Dictionary Series! We recognise that we reference a whole bunch of terms and theories on this podcast and felt it was time to have a handy series of definitions that you can keep coming back to. This is a series of 24 x 5 minute episodes covering some key terms that we use a lot in our work at the centre. Episodes will be released daily and definitions have been co-created with or provided by various members of the Centre for Appearance Research team. In this episode, Abbi discusses some definitions of 'OBJECTIFICATION'. Episode links: Appearance Matters Episode 74: Self-Objectification in Girls: www.bit.ly/carpod_73 Becoming an object: A review of self-objectification in girls: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32470822/ Objectificiation Theory: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00108.x Those Speedos Become Them: The Role of Self-Objectification in Gay and Heterosexual Men's Body Image: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167206297403