- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Community Health and Development
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Persona Design and Applications
- Family Support in Illness
- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Online Learning and Analytics
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
University of Exeter
2015-2025
Royal Cornwall Hospital
2020
Abstract Background Research and policy have identified social cohesion as a potentially modifiable determinant of health wellbeing that could contribute to more sustainable development. However, the function appears vary between communities. The aim this study was analyse levels of, associations, cohesion, mental wellbeing, physical health-related quality life among cohort housing residents from low socioeconomic status communities in Cornwall, UK. Social is below market-rate rental...
Abstract Patient and public involvement in health research care has been repeatedly theorised using the metaphor of spaces, knowledge spaces participatory citizenship spaces. Drawing on data from a three year qualitative study people involved with organisations across England, this article explores where these fit wider social, political historical landscape. It outlines theme recurring frequently data: unified public/patient/service‐user perspective opposition to...
This article consists of two personal reflections about the changing status lay knowledge over last 20 years. The first reflection is by Nicky Britten from perspective a sociologist working in medical schools whose interest this topic was motivated my own experience health care and teaching general practitioners. Starting with problematic deficit model ‘ignorant patients’, I trace literature on patient-centredness, shared decision-making, knowledge, public involvement research social...
Increasingly, the potential short and long-term impacts of climate change on human health wellbeing are being demonstrated. However, other environmental factors, particularly relating to natural environment, need be taken into account understand totality these interactions impacts. This paper provides an overview ongoing research in Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) Environmental Change Health, around positive negative effects environment well-being primarily within a UK context. In...
Within health services research in the UK, there has been growing interest evidence-based medicine (EBM) and patient public involvement (PPI) research. These two movements have a common goal of improving quality transparency clinical decision making. So far, relatively little discussion about how these might relate to each other, despite their concern. Indeed, some PPI movement expressed doubts implications EBM for because they worry that its emphasis on evidence from trials marginalises...
Background Personas, based on customer or population data, are widely used to inform design decisions in the commercial sector. The variety of methods available means that personas can be produced from projects different types and scale. Objective This study aims experiment with use bring together data a survey, household air measurements electricity usage sensors, an interview within research innovation project, aim supporting eHealth eWell-being product, process, service development...
Involving and engaging the public are crucial for effective prioritisation, dissemination implementation of research about complex interactions between environments health. Involvement is also important to funders policy makers who often see it as vital building trust justifying investment money. In health research, ‘the public’ can seem an amorphous target researchers engage with, short-term nature projects be a challenge. Technocratic pedagogical approaches have frequently met with...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Personas, based on customer or population data, are widely used to inform design decisions in the commercial sector. The variety of methods available means that personas can be produced from projects different types and scale. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study aims experiment with use bring together data a survey, household air measurements electricity usage sensors, an interview within research innovation project, aim supporting eHealth eWell-being...