Tushna Vandrevala
Biographic Data
| ID | 1564026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tushna Vandrevala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tushna |
| FAMILY NAME | Vandrevala |
| SIGNATURE | VANDREVALA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kingston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1140-8445 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Understanding Inequalities Shaping Engagement With Cultural and Green Assets to Improve Mental Health for Underserved Communities
Research Leadership Development and Academic Inequality
Research leadership is central to shaping research culture, advancing institutional excellence, and fostering innovation, yet opportunities for leadership development remain unevenly distributed across disciplines, career stages, and professional roles. Inequalities in access risk reproducing privilege in academic research, raising questions about how programmes can support equitable participation and career progression. This paper examines equal…
Ingroup conspiratorial beliefs
Research has consistently identified the tendency of minority ethnic groups to more strongly endorse universal conspiracy theories (where the general public is targeted) as well as ingroup conspiratorial beliefs (where one’s ethnic group is specifically targeted), but the relationship between these two types of conspiratorial beliefs remains largely unexplored. Across two studies, we assessed the relationship between these beliefs and race/ethnic…
Examining the role of community champions to promote vaccine uptake in under-served communities in the United Kingdom
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how ethnic minority groups are disproportionally affected by health crises and the potential for community engagement to provide equitable public health information and services. Policymakers, practitioners, and academics have presented community engagement as a way to improve the access and uptake of health services, including vaccination, but the role of community members for health promotion is rarely ques…
Navigating vaccination choices
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted intersectionally marginalised migrants, revealing systemic disparities in health outcomes and vaccine uptake. Understanding the underlying social and structural factors influencing health behaviours is necessary to develop tailored interventions for migrants, but these factors have been seldom explored. This qualitative study aimed to explore contextual factors shaping COVID-19 vaccination decisio…
Co‐designing a theory‐informed, multicomponent intervention to increase vaccine uptake with Congolese migrants
INTRODUCTION: Disparities in the uptake of routine and COVID-19 vaccinations have been observed in migrant populations, and attributed to issues of mistrust, access and low vaccine confidence. Participatory research approaches and behaviour change theory hold the potential for developing tailored vaccination interventions that address these complex barriers in partnership with communities and should be explored further. METHODS: This study used a…
Peer reviewers’ dilemmas
Independent evaluations of grant applications by subject experts are an important part of the peer-review system. However, little is known about the real-time experiences of peer reviewers or experts who perform reviews of a grant application independently. This study sought to gain insight into this stage of the grant evaluation process by observing how experts conduct an independent review in near real time. Using the think aloud approach and C…
Willingness of the UK public to volunteer for testing in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic
Implications for effective risk communication and localised public health approaches to encouraging public to put themselves forward for testing are discussed. We strongly advocate for effective communications and localised intervention by public health authorities, using media outlets to ensure that members of the public get tested for SARs-CoV2 when required
Perceptions and experiences of live-in carers
For some older people and their families, live-in care offers a way of continuing to live independently at home in their local community. While research in the care industry has consistently highlighted the effects of caring on workers, little research has specifically explored the experiences of live-in carers. The current study examines the ways in which live-in carers construct their role, the different challenges they face and the strategies …
Mitigating the identity and health threat of Covid-19
The recognition and representation of BAME community as 'high risk' of Covid-19 in the UK presents both a health and an identity threat to this ethnic group. This study employed thematic analysis to explore response to these threats as related by a sample of 13 middle class members of the South Asian community. This work advances both health and identity psychological theory by recognising the affinity between expressions of health efficacy and i…
Understanding pregnant women's readiness to engage in risk-reducing measures to prevent infections during pregnancy
The aim of this study was to develop a conceptual understanding of women's readiness to engage in behaviours to reduce the risk of acquiring infections during pregnancy, using cytomegalovirus, the most common congenital infection as a case. Thirty-three pregnant women participated in semi-structured interviews. The findings illustrate that for behavioural change to become viable, it is necessary for individuals to consider barriers or facilitator…
Working with colleagues and other professionals when caring for people with dementia at the end of life
Caring for people with dementia often necessitates inter-professional and inter-agency working but there is limited evidence of how home care staff work as a team and with professionals from different agencies. Through analysis of semi-structured interviews, we explored the experiences of home care workers ( n = 30) and managers of home care services ( n = 13) in England (2016–17). Both groups sought to collaboratively establish formal and inform…
An examination of how to engage migrants in the research process
Introduction: Ensuring all members of society can equally participate in research and the provision of services is a challenging goal. Increased migration has been mirrored by media narratives of social threat, leaving many migrants feeling differentiated and distrustful of mainstream society.Objectives: We explore how migrant and ethnic minority populations can be given the opportunity to participate in the research process. In this work, we ite…
The need for flexibility when negotiating professional boundaries in the context of home care, dementia and end of life
Professional boundaries may help care staff to clarify their role, manage risk and safeguard vulnerable clients. Yet there is a scarcity of evidence on how professional boundaries are negotiated in a non-clinical environment ( e.g. the home) by the home-care workforce in the context of complex care needs ( e.g. dementia, end-of-life care). Through analysis of semi-structured interviews, we investigated the experiences of home-care workers (N = 30…
Feeling misidentified
Family members' perspectives on potential discussions about life prolongation for their older relatives
Family members (or health-care confidants) of incapacitated patients are often consulted by doctors when making life-prolongation decisions. Little research has been conducted on confidants' views on life prolongation and advance care planning. This study investigated the health-care confidant's view on life prolongation and their involvement in being a potential decision-maker for their relatives in the event of incapacitation. Confidants (N = 1…
Understanding gender differences in older people's attitudes towards life-prolonging medical technologies
Dilemmas in decision-making about resuscitation-a focus group study of older people
An examination of how to engage migrants in the research process
Introduction: Ensuring all members of society can equally participate in research and the provision of services is a challenging goal. Increased migration has been mirrored by media narratives of social threat, leaving many migrants feeling differentiated and distrustful of mainstream society.Objectives: We explore how migrant and ethnic minority populations can be given the opportunity to participate in the research process. In this work, we ite…
The need for flexibility when negotiating professional boundaries in the context of home care, dementia and end of life
Professional boundaries may help care staff to clarify their role, manage risk and safeguard vulnerable clients. Yet there is a scarcity of evidence on how professional boundaries are negotiated in a non-clinical environment ( e.g. the home) by the home-care workforce in the context of complex care needs ( e.g. dementia, end-of-life care). Through analysis of semi-structured interviews, we investigated the experiences of home-care workers (N = 30…
Understanding gender differences in older people's attitudes towards life-prolonging medical technologies
Dilemmas in decision-making about resuscitation-a focus group study of older people
Feeling misidentified
Mitigating the identity and health threat of Covid-19
The recognition and representation of BAME community as 'high risk' of Covid-19 in the UK presents both a health and an identity threat to this ethnic group. This study employed thematic analysis to explore response to these threats as related by a sample of 13 middle class members of the South Asian community. This work advances both health and identity psychological theory by recognising the affinity between expressions of health efficacy and i…
Working with colleagues and other professionals when caring for people with dementia at the end of life
Caring for people with dementia often necessitates inter-professional and inter-agency working but there is limited evidence of how home care staff work as a team and with professionals from different agencies. Through analysis of semi-structured interviews, we explored the experiences of home care workers ( n = 30) and managers of home care services ( n = 13) in England (2016–17). Both groups sought to collaboratively establish formal and inform…
Dilemmas in decision-making about resuscitation-a focus group study of older people
Family members' perspectives on potential discussions about life prolongation for their older relatives
Family members (or health-care confidants) of incapacitated patients are often consulted by doctors when making life-prolongation decisions. Little research has been conducted on confidants' views on life prolongation and advance care planning. This study investigated the health-care confidant's view on life prolongation and their involvement in being a potential decision-maker for their relatives in the event of incapacitation. Confidants (N = 1…
Understanding gender differences in older people's attitudes towards life-prolonging medical technologies
Working with colleagues and other professionals when caring for people with dementia at the end of life
Caring for people with dementia often necessitates inter-professional and inter-agency working but there is limited evidence of how home care staff work as a team and with professionals from different agencies. Through analysis of semi-structured interviews, we explored the experiences of home care workers ( n = 30) and managers of home care services ( n = 13) in England (2016–17). Both groups sought to collaboratively establish formal and inform…
An examination of how to engage migrants in the research process
Introduction: Ensuring all members of society can equally participate in research and the provision of services is a challenging goal. Increased migration has been mirrored by media narratives of social threat, leaving many migrants feeling differentiated and distrustful of mainstream society.Objectives: We explore how migrant and ethnic minority populations can be given the opportunity to participate in the research process. In this work, we ite…
The need for flexibility when negotiating professional boundaries in the context of home care, dementia and end of life
Professional boundaries may help care staff to clarify their role, manage risk and safeguard vulnerable clients. Yet there is a scarcity of evidence on how professional boundaries are negotiated in a non-clinical environment ( e.g. the home) by the home-care workforce in the context of complex care needs ( e.g. dementia, end-of-life care). Through analysis of semi-structured interviews, we investigated the experiences of home-care workers (N = 30…
Feeling misidentified
Understanding pregnant women's readiness to engage in risk-reducing measures to prevent infections during pregnancy
The aim of this study was to develop a conceptual understanding of women's readiness to engage in behaviours to reduce the risk of acquiring infections during pregnancy, using cytomegalovirus, the most common congenital infection as a case. Thirty-three pregnant women participated in semi-structured interviews. The findings illustrate that for behavioural change to become viable, it is necessary for individuals to consider barriers or facilitator…
Peer reviewers’ dilemmas
Independent evaluations of grant applications by subject experts are an important part of the peer-review system. However, little is known about the real-time experiences of peer reviewers or experts who perform reviews of a grant application independently. This study sought to gain insight into this stage of the grant evaluation process by observing how experts conduct an independent review in near real time. Using the think aloud approach and C…
Willingness of the UK public to volunteer for testing in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic
Implications for effective risk communication and localised public health approaches to encouraging public to put themselves forward for testing are discussed. We strongly advocate for effective communications and localised intervention by public health authorities, using media outlets to ensure that members of the public get tested for SARs-CoV2 when required
Perceptions and experiences of live-in carers
For some older people and their families, live-in care offers a way of continuing to live independently at home in their local community. While research in the care industry has consistently highlighted the effects of caring on workers, little research has specifically explored the experiences of live-in carers. The current study examines the ways in which live-in carers construct their role, the different challenges they face and the strategies …
Mitigating the identity and health threat of Covid-19
The recognition and representation of BAME community as 'high risk' of Covid-19 in the UK presents both a health and an identity threat to this ethnic group. This study employed thematic analysis to explore response to these threats as related by a sample of 13 middle class members of the South Asian community. This work advances both health and identity psychological theory by recognising the affinity between expressions of health efficacy and i…
Examining the role of community champions to promote vaccine uptake in under-served communities in the United Kingdom
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how ethnic minority groups are disproportionally affected by health crises and the potential for community engagement to provide equitable public health information and services. Policymakers, practitioners, and academics have presented community engagement as a way to improve the access and uptake of health services, including vaccination, but the role of community members for health promotion is rarely ques…
Navigating vaccination choices
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted intersectionally marginalised migrants, revealing systemic disparities in health outcomes and vaccine uptake. Understanding the underlying social and structural factors influencing health behaviours is necessary to develop tailored interventions for migrants, but these factors have been seldom explored. This qualitative study aimed to explore contextual factors shaping COVID-19 vaccination decisio…
Co‐designing a theory‐informed, multicomponent intervention to increase vaccine uptake with Congolese migrants
INTRODUCTION: Disparities in the uptake of routine and COVID-19 vaccinations have been observed in migrant populations, and attributed to issues of mistrust, access and low vaccine confidence. Participatory research approaches and behaviour change theory hold the potential for developing tailored vaccination interventions that address these complex barriers in partnership with communities and should be explored further. METHODS: This study used a…
Ingroup conspiratorial beliefs
Research has consistently identified the tendency of minority ethnic groups to more strongly endorse universal conspiracy theories (where the general public is targeted) as well as ingroup conspiratorial beliefs (where one’s ethnic group is specifically targeted), but the relationship between these two types of conspiratorial beliefs remains largely unexplored. Across two studies, we assessed the relationship between these beliefs and race/ethnic…
Understanding Inequalities Shaping Engagement With Cultural and Green Assets to Improve Mental Health for Underserved Communities
Research Leadership Development and Academic Inequality
Research leadership is central to shaping research culture, advancing institutional excellence, and fostering innovation, yet opportunities for leadership development remain unevenly distributed across disciplines, career stages, and professional roles. Inequalities in access risk reproducing privilege in academic research, raising questions about how programmes can support equitable participation and career progression. This paper examines equal…
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