Expertise
Qualitative methods in mixed methods teams
Biography
Cath Quinn (Weyer Brown) joined the Primary Care department in 2008, having previously worked in research positions in Exeter and Plymouth Universities and the NHS, and began her career in the history of psychiatry. Cath’s research has focused on mental health, particularly of socially marginalised groups. Specialising originally in qualitative methodologies she has developed an interest in mixed methods working, particularly within realistic evaluation frameworks. Areas of research interest: • Mental health • Socially marginalised groups, particularly offenders • Mental health recovery • The involvement of people with lived experience of conditions in research
Publications
- Pilot randomised controlled trial of the ENGAGER collaborative care intervention for prisoners with common mental health problems, near to and after release
- Engaging seldom heard groups in research and intervention development: Offender mental health.
- Evaluation of a complex intervention (Engager) for prisoners with common mental health problems, near to and after release: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
- General practitioner contributions to achieving sustained healthcare for offenders: a quantitative study
- The social, relational and mental health characteristics of justice-involved men in the south-west England
- Using realist review to inform intervention development: Methodological illustration and conceptual platform for collaborative care in offender mental health
- Improving community health networks for people with severe mental illness: a case study investigation
- “The Work and Social Adjustment Scale: Reliability, Sensitivity, and Value”
- The Work and Social Adjustment Scale: Reliability, Sensitivity, and Value