Vari M Drennan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1737460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vari M Drennan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vari M |
| FAMILY NAME | Drennan |
| SIGNATURE | DRENNAN V M |
| AFFILIATIONS | St George's, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8915-5185 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Psychological Distress and Interventions for Older Victims of Crime
We aimed to conduct the first systematic narrative review and quality appraisal of existing evidence on the psychological consequences of crime in older victims in the community and psychological interventions. We searched five databases to identify all peer-reviewed literature published in English on psychological impact and/or interventions for older crime victims and quality appraised these using the Mixed-Methods Appraisal Tool, following Pre…
Uptake of advanced clinical practice roles in the health service in England
Health care organisations in many countries are developing advanced clinical practitioner roles to address workforce shortages and growing demand for services. Even in countries where advanced practice roles are more established there are low numbers, clustered in a limited range of professions, mostly nursing specialities. Successful implementation of national policies encouraging increased advanced practice roles and from a broader range of pro…
Introducing physician associates to hospital patients
BACKGROUND: Physician associates (PAs) are one of many new mid-level health practitioner roles being introduced worldwide. They are a recent innovation in English hospitals. Patient confusion with novel mid-level practitioner titles and roles is well documented, alongside evidence of a positive association between patients' ability to identify practitioners and patient satisfaction. No prior research developed an intervention to introduce PAs or …
‘It gives you the skills of how you can cope’
BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of patients are receiving dialysis, particularly in high-income countries. Patients receiving haemodialysis often experience fatigue, anxiety, depression and boredom. It is suggested that arts activities could have a therapeutic effect. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore patients' perspectives of participating while on dialysis in chosen arts and creative living activities provided by tutors at the bedside. DESI…
Integration and retention of American physician assistants/associates working in English hospitals
Understanding the acceptability, barriers and facilitators for chlamydia and gonorrhoea screening in technical colleges
This study offers new insights into the acceptability of college-based sexually transmitted infection screening to young, multi-ethnic students. Future studies in similar high risk, hard to reach groups should consider linking testing with education about sexually transmitted infections, offering non stigmatising incentives and engaging peer influencers
Health promotion for mild frailty based on behaviour change
Mild frailty is common among older people, but it is potentially reversible with health promotion interventions. Behaviour change may be a key to preventing progression of frailty; however, we know little about what interventions work best and how a behaviour change approach would be perceived by this group. The aim of this study was to explore how mildly frail older people perceive health promotion based on behaviour change and what factors affe…
Patients’ experiences of consultations with physician associates in primary care in England
BACKGROUND: Physician associates are new to English general practice and set to expand in numbers. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the patients' perspective on consulting with physician associates in general practice. DESIGN: A qualitative study, using semi-structured interviews, with thematic analysis. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Thirty volunteer patients of 430 who had consulted physician associates for a same-day appointment and had returned a satisfa…
Volunteer peer support and befriending for carers of people living with dementia
With ageing populations and greater reliance on the voluntary sector, the number of volunteer-led peer support and befriending services for carers of people with dementia in England is set to increase. However, little is known about the experiences of the volunteers who deliver these interventions, many of whom are former carers. Using in-depth semi-structured interviews with 10 volunteer peer supporters and befrienders, this exploratory study in…
Identifying acceptable components for home-based health promotion services for older people with mild frailty
Mild frailty is common in later life, increasing the risk of hospitalisation, loss of independence and premature death. Targeted health promotion services may reduce adverse outcomes and increase quality of life; however, effective, well-developed theory-based interventions are lacking. We aimed to explore perceptions of health promotion behaviours undertaken by older people with mild frailty, barriers and facilitators to engagement, and identify…
Physician associates in primary health care in England
Exploring access and attitudes to regular sexually transmitted infection screening
BACKGROUND: Low uptake of sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing by young people is a major public health problem worldwide. The aims of this qualitative, community-based study were to explore access and attitudes to STI screening in high risk, young, ethnically diverse female students. METHODS: Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted at an inner-London further education college with 17 women aged 16-25 years. RESULTS: The wom…
The Experiences of People With Mental Health Problems Who Are Victims of Crime With the Police in England
Despite public beliefs to the contrary, people with mental health problems are more likely to be victims of crime than perpetrators. Dominant media representations of the mentally ill person who murders have deflected attention from the victim with mental health problems including their experiences of accessing the criminal justice system. The qualitative study explored the experiences of 81 people with mental health problems in their decision ma…
Specialist nursing and community support for the carers of people with dementia living at home
Specialist nurses are one way of providing support for family carers of people with dementia, but relatively little is known about what these roles achieve, or if they are more effective than roles that do not require a clinical qualification. The aim of this review was to synthesise the literature on the scope and effectiveness of specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, and set this evidence in the context of other community-based initiative…
Interagency Working to Support the Health of People Who Are Homeless
Interagency working is a recurrent theme in homelessness policy literature, but is ill defined and rarely addressed in UK homelessness research. This article draws on findings from a study that explored how interagency working is achieved between statutory and voluntary sector services concerned with improving the health of people experiencing homelessness. We argue that a focus on the health needs and behaviours perceived as being a risk to the …
The feasibility and acceptability of a specialist health and social care team for the promotion of health and independence in 'at risk' older adults
Population ageing, escalating costs in pensions, health-care and long-term care have prompted a new policy agenda for active ageing and quality of life in old age across the European Union and other developed countries. In England, the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF OP) explicitly demands for the first time that the NHS and local authorities, in partnership, agree programmes to promote health ageing and to prevent disease in old…
Partnership working by default
Older people residents in care homes that only offer residential care rely on primary health care services for medical and nursing needs. Research has investigated the demands that care homes staff and residents make on general practice, but not the involvement of other members of the primary health care team. This paper describes two consecutive studies completed in 2001 and 2003 that involved focus groups and survey methods of enquiry conducted…
The feasibility and acceptability of a specialist health and social care team for the promotion of health and independence in 'at risk' older adults
Population ageing, escalating costs in pensions, health-care and long-term care have prompted a new policy agenda for active ageing and quality of life in old age across the European Union and other developed countries. In England, the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF OP) explicitly demands for the first time that the NHS and local authorities, in partnership, agree programmes to promote health ageing and to prevent disease in old…
Identifying acceptable components for home-based health promotion services for older people with mild frailty
Mild frailty is common in later life, increasing the risk of hospitalisation, loss of independence and premature death. Targeted health promotion services may reduce adverse outcomes and increase quality of life; however, effective, well-developed theory-based interventions are lacking. We aimed to explore perceptions of health promotion behaviours undertaken by older people with mild frailty, barriers and facilitators to engagement, and identify…
Physician associates in primary health care in England
Specialist nursing and community support for the carers of people with dementia living at home
Specialist nurses are one way of providing support for family carers of people with dementia, but relatively little is known about what these roles achieve, or if they are more effective than roles that do not require a clinical qualification. The aim of this review was to synthesise the literature on the scope and effectiveness of specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, and set this evidence in the context of other community-based initiative…
Interagency Working to Support the Health of People Who Are Homeless
Interagency working is a recurrent theme in homelessness policy literature, but is ill defined and rarely addressed in UK homelessness research. This article draws on findings from a study that explored how interagency working is achieved between statutory and voluntary sector services concerned with improving the health of people experiencing homelessness. We argue that a focus on the health needs and behaviours perceived as being a risk to the …
Volunteer peer support and befriending for carers of people living with dementia
With ageing populations and greater reliance on the voluntary sector, the number of volunteer-led peer support and befriending services for carers of people with dementia in England is set to increase. However, little is known about the experiences of the volunteers who deliver these interventions, many of whom are former carers. Using in-depth semi-structured interviews with 10 volunteer peer supporters and befrienders, this exploratory study in…
Partnership working by default
Older people residents in care homes that only offer residential care rely on primary health care services for medical and nursing needs. Research has investigated the demands that care homes staff and residents make on general practice, but not the involvement of other members of the primary health care team. This paper describes two consecutive studies completed in 2001 and 2003 that involved focus groups and survey methods of enquiry conducted…
The Experiences of People With Mental Health Problems Who Are Victims of Crime With the Police in England
Despite public beliefs to the contrary, people with mental health problems are more likely to be victims of crime than perpetrators. Dominant media representations of the mentally ill person who murders have deflected attention from the victim with mental health problems including their experiences of accessing the criminal justice system. The qualitative study explored the experiences of 81 people with mental health problems in their decision ma…
The feasibility and acceptability of a specialist health and social care team for the promotion of health and independence in 'at risk' older adults
Population ageing, escalating costs in pensions, health-care and long-term care have prompted a new policy agenda for active ageing and quality of life in old age across the European Union and other developed countries. In England, the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF OP) explicitly demands for the first time that the NHS and local authorities, in partnership, agree programmes to promote health ageing and to prevent disease in old…
Partnership working by default
Older people residents in care homes that only offer residential care rely on primary health care services for medical and nursing needs. Research has investigated the demands that care homes staff and residents make on general practice, but not the involvement of other members of the primary health care team. This paper describes two consecutive studies completed in 2001 and 2003 that involved focus groups and survey methods of enquiry conducted…
Interagency Working to Support the Health of People Who Are Homeless
Interagency working is a recurrent theme in homelessness policy literature, but is ill defined and rarely addressed in UK homelessness research. This article draws on findings from a study that explored how interagency working is achieved between statutory and voluntary sector services concerned with improving the health of people experiencing homelessness. We argue that a focus on the health needs and behaviours perceived as being a risk to the …
Specialist nursing and community support for the carers of people with dementia living at home
Specialist nurses are one way of providing support for family carers of people with dementia, but relatively little is known about what these roles achieve, or if they are more effective than roles that do not require a clinical qualification. The aim of this review was to synthesise the literature on the scope and effectiveness of specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, and set this evidence in the context of other community-based initiative…
Exploring access and attitudes to regular sexually transmitted infection screening
BACKGROUND: Low uptake of sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing by young people is a major public health problem worldwide. The aims of this qualitative, community-based study were to explore access and attitudes to STI screening in high risk, young, ethnically diverse female students. METHODS: Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted at an inner-London further education college with 17 women aged 16-25 years. RESULTS: The wom…
The Experiences of People With Mental Health Problems Who Are Victims of Crime With the Police in England
Despite public beliefs to the contrary, people with mental health problems are more likely to be victims of crime than perpetrators. Dominant media representations of the mentally ill person who murders have deflected attention from the victim with mental health problems including their experiences of accessing the criminal justice system. The qualitative study explored the experiences of 81 people with mental health problems in their decision ma…
Patients’ experiences of consultations with physician associates in primary care in England
BACKGROUND: Physician associates are new to English general practice and set to expand in numbers. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the patients' perspective on consulting with physician associates in general practice. DESIGN: A qualitative study, using semi-structured interviews, with thematic analysis. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Thirty volunteer patients of 430 who had consulted physician associates for a same-day appointment and had returned a satisfa…
Volunteer peer support and befriending for carers of people living with dementia
With ageing populations and greater reliance on the voluntary sector, the number of volunteer-led peer support and befriending services for carers of people with dementia in England is set to increase. However, little is known about the experiences of the volunteers who deliver these interventions, many of whom are former carers. Using in-depth semi-structured interviews with 10 volunteer peer supporters and befrienders, this exploratory study in…
Identifying acceptable components for home-based health promotion services for older people with mild frailty
Mild frailty is common in later life, increasing the risk of hospitalisation, loss of independence and premature death. Targeted health promotion services may reduce adverse outcomes and increase quality of life; however, effective, well-developed theory-based interventions are lacking. We aimed to explore perceptions of health promotion behaviours undertaken by older people with mild frailty, barriers and facilitators to engagement, and identify…
Physician associates in primary health care in England
Health promotion for mild frailty based on behaviour change
Mild frailty is common among older people, but it is potentially reversible with health promotion interventions. Behaviour change may be a key to preventing progression of frailty; however, we know little about what interventions work best and how a behaviour change approach would be perceived by this group. The aim of this study was to explore how mildly frail older people perceive health promotion based on behaviour change and what factors affe…
Integration and retention of American physician assistants/associates working in English hospitals
Understanding the acceptability, barriers and facilitators for chlamydia and gonorrhoea screening in technical colleges
This study offers new insights into the acceptability of college-based sexually transmitted infection screening to young, multi-ethnic students. Future studies in similar high risk, hard to reach groups should consider linking testing with education about sexually transmitted infections, offering non stigmatising incentives and engaging peer influencers
Introducing physician associates to hospital patients
BACKGROUND: Physician associates (PAs) are one of many new mid-level health practitioner roles being introduced worldwide. They are a recent innovation in English hospitals. Patient confusion with novel mid-level practitioner titles and roles is well documented, alongside evidence of a positive association between patients' ability to identify practitioners and patient satisfaction. No prior research developed an intervention to introduce PAs or …
‘It gives you the skills of how you can cope’
BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of patients are receiving dialysis, particularly in high-income countries. Patients receiving haemodialysis often experience fatigue, anxiety, depression and boredom. It is suggested that arts activities could have a therapeutic effect. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore patients' perspectives of participating while on dialysis in chosen arts and creative living activities provided by tutors at the bedside. DESI…
Uptake of advanced clinical practice roles in the health service in England
Health care organisations in many countries are developing advanced clinical practitioner roles to address workforce shortages and growing demand for services. Even in countries where advanced practice roles are more established there are low numbers, clustered in a limited range of professions, mostly nursing specialities. Successful implementation of national policies encouraging increased advanced practice roles and from a broader range of pro…
Psychological Distress and Interventions for Older Victims of Crime
We aimed to conduct the first systematic narrative review and quality appraisal of existing evidence on the psychological consequences of crime in older victims in the community and psychological interventions. We searched five databases to identify all peer-reviewed literature published in English on psychological impact and/or interventions for older crime victims and quality appraised these using the Mixed-Methods Appraisal Tool, following Pre…
Medicine (15 works) · Nursing (13 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Qualitative research (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Health care (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Family medicine (5 works) · Nursing Roles and Practices (5 works) · Public health (5 works)