Expertise
Ageing and wellbeing; qualitative research; qualitative evidence synthesis
Biography
I am a social scientist with a particular interest in using qualitative research methods and qualitative evidence synthesis to understand ageing and wellbeing. I have experience in undertaking in-depth interviews, life story interviews, focus groups, and in using visual methods in primary research projects. More recently, I have led on the qualitative evidence synthesis strand of a mixed methods review on a NIHR: RfPB funded project on older people and physical activity. I have also worked on a collaborative project with the Sensory Trust on a qualitative evidence synthesis on older people’s sensory experiences of the natural environment. The findings from this review are informing the development of a training toolkit, My Nature, for the residential and nursing care sector. This project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council’s Impact Acceleration Scheme.
Projects
- What do we know about topical steroid withdrawal syndrome?
- Characteristics, quality and volume of the evidence synthesis infodemic: a meta-research study
- PhD Project – Non-pharmacological interventions for dementia behaviours: developing and evaluating a ‘living’ evidence and gap map
- Social Prescribing – Understanding what works in, and supporting provision of, nature – based therapeutic interventions for people with an identifiable mental illness
- Social Prescribing – Nature on Prescription
- Effects of animals on the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes
Publications
- What are the effects of animals on the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes? A systematic review of the qualitative and quantitative evidence
- Systematic reviews of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 continue to be poorly conducted and reported: a systematic review
- Bursting out of our bubble: using creative techniques to communicate within the systematic review process and beyond
- OP31 A snapshot of the characteristics, quality and volume of the COVID-19 evidence synthesis infodemic: systematic review*
- Therapeutic Nature: Nature-based social prescribing for diagnosed mental health conditions in the UK: Research Briefing
- Characteristics, quality and volume of the first 5 months of the COVID-19 evidence synthesis infodemic: a meta-research study
- “It Makes You Feel That You Are There”: Exploring the Acceptability of Virtual Reality Nature Environments for People with Memory Loss
- “It Makes You Feel That You Are There”: Exploring the Acceptability of Virtual Reality Nature Environments for People with Memory Loss
- How do robopets impact the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes? A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence.
- Analysing exceptions within qualitative data: promoting analytical diversity to advance knowledge of ageing and physical activity
- How do older people describe their sensory experiences of the natural world? A systematic review of the qualitative evidence
Other team members
Dr Rebecca Abbott
Senior Research Fellow
Morwenna Rogers
Information Specialist
Alison Bethel
Information Specialist
Dr Harriet Hunt
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Professor Ken Stein
Professor of Public Health
Rebecca Whear
Senior Research Fellow