R Shaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 19440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Shaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Shaw |
| SIGNATURE | SHAW R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0438-7666 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 203 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Care-giving experiences of parents of young people with PMLD and complex healthcare needs in the transition to adulthood years: A qualitative poetic synthesis
OBJECTIVE: To synthesise qualitative research exploring the care-giving experiences of parents of young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and complex healthcare needs, in the transition to adulthood years. METHOD: Four databases were systematically searched: Scopus, WoS Core Collection, Medline and SciELO. Included papers were assessed for quality and thematically synthesised. Findings are presented in the form of fre…
Development of the First Patient‐Reported Experience Measure (PREM) for Hearing Loss in Audiology Care—My Hearing PREM
CONTEXT: Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) provide important insights into the challenges experienced when living with a chronic condition. Although patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) exist in audiology, there are no validated PREMs to help clinicians understand patient perspectives and identify areas where patients may need additional support or interventions. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate content…
Developing a novel, systematic form of Media Framing Analysis to discursively examine the UK’s Employment and Support Allowance policy
In 2008, the UK government introduced Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) as a welfare policy for individuals who are unable to work due to sickness or disability. Our research project examined the cultural landscape that has been made ‘available’ for those living with chronic health conditions whilst claiming welfare. To increase the transparency of a Foucauldian-inspired discursive analysis, PRISMA reporting guidelines were incorporated into…
Child Victims’ Interactions with Criminal Justice: An Observational Study in West Bengal
Crime occurrence has a serious impact on its victims; the toll is even greater when it concerns children. They have to undergo severe physical, psychological and emotional trauma in the aftermath of a crime. When children interact with the criminal justice system, they are put through the gruelling processes of the police investigation, recording statements, medical examination, appearance in courts, cross-examination and so on. Each component ha…
Resilience Measuring Tools for Risk Assessment & Disaster Preparedness in India: The Current State
In today's increasingly complex and dynamic environment, the ability to manage environmental risks and seize opportunities for enhanced well-being is paramount for individuals, organizations, and governments. However, translating this concept into practice has proven to be a formidable challenge, primarily due to the absence of robust tools for the comprehensive assessment of resilience and its integration into development initiatives
Visual representations of coping with body dysmorphic disorder: A multimodal hermeneutic phenomenological approach
We suggest incorporating artwork creation in BDD research and clinical settings may elucidate understanding of "hidden" experiences. Clinicians may find it helpful to reflect on how the distinctive BDD "way of seeing" can infuse not just specific perceptions of the body, but also the person's wider relationship to the world
When benefit eligibility and patient-led care intersect. Living in the UK with chronic illness: Experiences of the work capability assessment
Individuals living with chronic physical health conditions are more likely to be out-of-work than other groups. Often framed as a ‘response’ to these statistics, many countries have introduced policy instruments for promoting the employment of individuals with chronic conditions. This qualitative study sought to explore the impact of welfare reforms on UK individuals. Employing a phenomenological approach, semi-structured interviews were conducte…
Using artwork and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to explore the experience of coping with body dysmorphic disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder (body dysmorphia; BDD) is a mental health condition characterised by experiencing impairing preoccupations about aspects of one’s appearance. The psychological process of coping with BDD is a highly personal and varied experience that has not yet been explored in qualitative research. It can be extremely difficult to put into language the subtle and ambiguous phenomena that one experiences when attempting to convey what i…
Opportunities, challenges and learnings from qualitative research with stakeholders in frailty in three European countries
The aims of this paper are to reflect upon the experiences of researchers involved in a cross-national qualitative study with stakeholders in three European countries (Italy, Poland and UK), within the context of the FOCUS project on frailty management and optimisation (see http://focus-aha.eu/en/home). Six researchers’ reflections were gathered using open-ended questions. Responses were thematically analysed. We report on our team diversity incl…
Exploring the felt sense of chronic ill-health: Dialoguing between IPA, lifeworld theory and narrative inquiry to make sense of feelings and affect
We present a pluralist approach to analysing emotion and affect within subjective lived experience. We illustrate this by re-engaging with data about living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) to more fully understand the felt sense of chronic ill health. Following Pierce, we engage in abductive reasoning to achieve this. The original data were generated using semi-structured interviews and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. This …
Multiperspectival designs and processes in interpretative phenomenological analysis research
Researchers using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) within applied research typically use homogenous samples exploring shared perspectives on a single phenomenon of interest. This article explores the challenges and opportunities involved with developing rigorous and epistemologically coherent research designs for capturing more complex and systemic experiential phenomena, through the use of multiple perspectives to explore the same …
Understanding frailty: Meanings and beliefs about screening and prevention across key stakeholder groups in Europe
Innovative methods to manage frailty are critical to managing the needs of an ageing population. Evidence suggests there are opportunities to reverse or prevent frailty through early intervention. However, little is known about older adults’, families’ and practitioners’ beliefs about the malleability of frailty. This study examined European stakeholders’ accounts of the acceptability and feasibility of frailty screening and prevention to inform …
Health equity monitoring for healthcare quality assurance
Population-wide health equity monitoring remains isolated from mainstream healthcare quality assurance. As a result, healthcare organizations remain ill-informed about the health equity impacts of their decisions - despite becoming increasingly well-informed about quality of care for the average patient. We present a new and improved analytical approach to integrating health equity into mainstream healthcare quality assurance, illustrate how this…
Exploring students’ unprotected casual sex encounters using interpretative phenomenological analysis
Those under the age of 25 have been identified as being at greatest risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections, and are also at high risk of unplanned pregnancy. Previous studies have highlighted that the university lifestyle, particularly the embedded alcohol culture, facilitates risky sexual behaviour. This qualitative, exploratory study investigated what undergraduate students’ unprotected casual sex encounters (UCSEs) mean to them us…
Patients' perceptions and experiences of cardiovascular disease and diabetes prevention programmes: A systematic review and framework synthesis using the Theoretical Domains Framework
Living together with age-related macular degeneration: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of sense-making within a dyadic relationship
In this article, we present an idiographic analysis of a couple's experience of living and coming to terms with age-related macular degeneration. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to explore three joint interviews, conducted over an 18-month period, with a married couple (aged 82 and 77 years) both living with age-related macular degeneration. Three themes are discussed: the disruption of vision impairment, managing mutual deterio…
Ministers, Minders and the Core Executive: Why Ministers Appoint Political Advisers in Westminster Contexts
Journal Article Ministers, Minders and the Core Executive: Why Ministers Appoint Political Advisers in Westminster Contexts Get access Richard Shaw, Richard Shaw * 1Politics Programme, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand *Correspondence: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Chris Eichbaum Chris Eichbaum 2School of Government, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand Search…
Pleasure, Pain, and Procrastination: Reflections on the Experience of Doing Memory-Work Research
The focus of this article is the process of doing memory-work research. We tell the story of our experience of what it was like to use this approach. We were enthused to work collectively on a “discovery” project to explore a method with which we were unfamiliar. We hoped to build working relationships based on mutual respect and the desire to focus on methodology and its place in our psychological understanding. The empirical activities highligh…
New Zealanders’ perceptions of gift and giving back as participants of organ transfer procedures
There is an established international tradition of empirical research in anthropology and sociology on organ donation and transplantation. However, little empirical research on this topic has been done in New Zealand. This article contributes New Zealand data to the literature, drawing on qualitative research investigating the experiences of 78 Pākehā and Māori and their perceptions of bio‐identity in the course of tissue exchange. In line with i…
Sex and Diabetes: A Thematic Analysis of Gay and Bisexual Men's Accounts
Around 50 per cent of men with diabetes experience erectile dysfunction. Much of the literature focuses on quality of life measures with heterosexual men in monogamous relationships. This study explores gay and bisexual men's experiences of sex and diabetes. Thirteen interviews were analysed and three themes identified: erectile problems; other 'physical' problems; and disclosing diabetes to sexual partners. Findings highlight a range of sexual p…
Online Interviewing in Psychology: Reflections on the Process
The Internet is used across a range of disciplines to conduct qualitative research, and qualitative psychologists are increasingly turning to the Internet as a medium for conducting interviews. In this article, we explore the first author's experience of conducting synchronous online interviews using instant messaging or ‘chat’ software. We highlight the costs and benefits of conducting online interviews and reflect on the development of a rappor…
‘Crack down on the celebrity junkies’: Does media coverage of celebrity drug use pose a risk to young people
This study analysed news media content to examine the role played by celebrity drug use in young people's perceptions of drug use. We know that young people have access to discourses of drug use through music and other media which may emphasise short term gains (of pleasure or sexual success) over longer term health and social problems. This study goes beyond a simple modelling approach by using Media Framing Analysis (MFA) to take an in-depth lo…
Embedding Reflexivity Within Experiential Qualitative Psychology
In this article, it is argued that reflexivity is integral to experiential qualitative research in psychology. Reflexivity has been defined in many ways. Woolgar's continuum of reflexivity though provides a useful gauge by which to judge whether a researcher is involved in simple reflection or reflexivity. The article demonstrates the benefits of adopting a reflexive attitude by presenting “challenge-to-competency.” The author's encounter with Sa…
Women's experiential journey toward voluntary childlessness: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Voluntary childlessness is a relatively novel yet growing phenomenon. This idiographic study explored three women's experiential journeys toward voluntary childlessness. Semi‐structured interviews were carried out and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Themes identified were: Owning the choice to be childless , social expectations , and models of mothering . Despite defining ‘voluntary childlessness’ as an unequivocal decisi…
The Geological History of Hong Kong
This paper presents a review of the 400-million-year geological history of Hong Kong as preserved in rocks exposed at the surface. These lithologies were formed during four major geophases. Terrestrial and marine environments are represented by rocks that were formed during Geophase 1 (416–161 million years ago). During Geophase 2 (180-140 million years ago), Hong Kong was characterised by explosive volcanic activity. The third Geophase (140–55 m…
Multiperspectival designs and processes in interpretative phenomenological analysis research
Researchers using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) within applied research typically use homogenous samples exploring shared perspectives on a single phenomenon of interest. This article explores the challenges and opportunities involved with developing rigorous and epistemologically coherent research designs for capturing more complex and systemic experiential phenomena, through the use of multiple perspectives to explore the same …
Embedding Reflexivity Within Experiential Qualitative Psychology
In this article, it is argued that reflexivity is integral to experiential qualitative research in psychology. Reflexivity has been defined in many ways. Woolgar's continuum of reflexivity though provides a useful gauge by which to judge whether a researcher is involved in simple reflection or reflexivity. The article demonstrates the benefits of adopting a reflexive attitude by presenting “challenge-to-competency.” The author's encounter with Sa…
How can systematic reviews incorporate qualitative research? A critical perspective
Systematic review has developed as a specific methodology for searching for, appraising and synthesizing findings of primary studies, and has rapidly become a cornerstone of the evidence-based practice and policy movement. Qualitative research has traditionally been excluded from systematic reviews, and much effort is now being invested in resolving the daunting methodological and epistemological challenges associated with trying to move towards …
Ministers, Minders and the Core Executive: Why Ministers Appoint Political Advisers in Westminster Contexts
Journal Article Ministers, Minders and the Core Executive: Why Ministers Appoint Political Advisers in Westminster Contexts Get access Richard Shaw, Richard Shaw * 1Politics Programme, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand *Correspondence: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Chris Eichbaum Chris Eichbaum 2School of Government, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand Search…
Online Interviewing in Psychology: Reflections on the Process
The Internet is used across a range of disciplines to conduct qualitative research, and qualitative psychologists are increasingly turning to the Internet as a medium for conducting interviews. In this article, we explore the first author's experience of conducting synchronous online interviews using instant messaging or ‘chat’ software. We highlight the costs and benefits of conducting online interviews and reflect on the development of a rappor…
Women's experiential journey toward voluntary childlessness: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Voluntary childlessness is a relatively novel yet growing phenomenon. This idiographic study explored three women's experiential journeys toward voluntary childlessness. Semi‐structured interviews were carried out and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Themes identified were: Owning the choice to be childless , social expectations , and models of mothering . Despite defining ‘voluntary childlessness’ as an unequivocal decisi…
Sex and Diabetes: A Thematic Analysis of Gay and Bisexual Men's Accounts
Around 50 per cent of men with diabetes experience erectile dysfunction. Much of the literature focuses on quality of life measures with heterosexual men in monogamous relationships. This study explores gay and bisexual men's experiences of sex and diabetes. Thirteen interviews were analysed and three themes identified: erectile problems; other 'physical' problems; and disclosing diabetes to sexual partners. Findings highlight a range of sexual p…
Making sense of violence: A study of narrative meaning
Dramatized violence has been a feature of entertainment in western civilization throughout history. The function of film violence is explored and compared to violence encountered in real life. The role of narrative in individuals' meaning-making processes is also investigated. Six adults were individually interviewed using a semi-structured schedule and narrative analysis was implemented. The findings revealed that real life violence is experient…
Development Reconsidered. Bridging the Gap Between Government and People
Journal Article Development Reconsidered. Bridging the Gap Between Government and People Get access Development Reconsidered. Bridging the Gap Between Government and People. By E. Owens and R. Shaw. (Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books, 1972. Pp. xix + 190. £3.20.) Tom Soper Tom Soper London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 83, Issue 332, 1 December 1973, Pages 1319–1321, …
Understanding frailty: Meanings and beliefs about screening and prevention across key stakeholder groups in Europe
Innovative methods to manage frailty are critical to managing the needs of an ageing population. Evidence suggests there are opportunities to reverse or prevent frailty through early intervention. However, little is known about older adults’, families’ and practitioners’ beliefs about the malleability of frailty. This study examined European stakeholders’ accounts of the acceptability and feasibility of frailty screening and prevention to inform …
Living together with age-related macular degeneration: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of sense-making within a dyadic relationship
In this article, we present an idiographic analysis of a couple's experience of living and coming to terms with age-related macular degeneration. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to explore three joint interviews, conducted over an 18-month period, with a married couple (aged 82 and 77 years) both living with age-related macular degeneration. Three themes are discussed: the disruption of vision impairment, managing mutual deterio…
Health equity monitoring for healthcare quality assurance
Population-wide health equity monitoring remains isolated from mainstream healthcare quality assurance. As a result, healthcare organizations remain ill-informed about the health equity impacts of their decisions - despite becoming increasingly well-informed about quality of care for the average patient. We present a new and improved analytical approach to integrating health equity into mainstream healthcare quality assurance, illustrate how this…
Pleasure, Pain, and Procrastination: Reflections on the Experience of Doing Memory-Work Research
The focus of this article is the process of doing memory-work research. We tell the story of our experience of what it was like to use this approach. We were enthused to work collectively on a “discovery” project to explore a method with which we were unfamiliar. We hoped to build working relationships based on mutual respect and the desire to focus on methodology and its place in our psychological understanding. The empirical activities highligh…
New Zealanders’ perceptions of gift and giving back as participants of organ transfer procedures
There is an established international tradition of empirical research in anthropology and sociology on organ donation and transplantation. However, little empirical research on this topic has been done in New Zealand. This article contributes New Zealand data to the literature, drawing on qualitative research investigating the experiences of 78 Pākehā and Māori and their perceptions of bio‐identity in the course of tissue exchange. In line with i…
Developing a novel, systematic form of Media Framing Analysis to discursively examine the UK’s Employment and Support Allowance policy
In 2008, the UK government introduced Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) as a welfare policy for individuals who are unable to work due to sickness or disability. Our research project examined the cultural landscape that has been made ‘available’ for those living with chronic health conditions whilst claiming welfare. To increase the transparency of a Foucauldian-inspired discursive analysis, PRISMA reporting guidelines were incorporated into…
Exploring the felt sense of chronic ill-health: Dialoguing between IPA, lifeworld theory and narrative inquiry to make sense of feelings and affect
We present a pluralist approach to analysing emotion and affect within subjective lived experience. We illustrate this by re-engaging with data about living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) to more fully understand the felt sense of chronic ill health. Following Pierce, we engage in abductive reasoning to achieve this. The original data were generated using semi-structured interviews and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. This …
The Geological History of Hong Kong
This paper presents a review of the 400-million-year geological history of Hong Kong as preserved in rocks exposed at the surface. These lithologies were formed during four major geophases. Terrestrial and marine environments are represented by rocks that were formed during Geophase 1 (416–161 million years ago). During Geophase 2 (180-140 million years ago), Hong Kong was characterised by explosive volcanic activity. The third Geophase (140–55 m…
Qualitative Psychology at M Level: A Dialogue Between Learner and Teacher
There are now more postgraduate programmes that include qualitative methods in psychology than ever before. This poses problems for teaching qualitative methods at M level because we still lack consistency in what qualitative methods are taught at the undergraduate level. Although the British Psychological Society requires accredited undergraduate programmes to include qualitative methods, we hear very different stories from colleagues across the…
Ethical Issues in Neuroimaging Health Research: An IPA Study with Research Participants
Neuroimaging is increasingly used to understand conditions like stroke and epilepsy. However, there is growing recognition that neuroimaging can raise ethical issues. We used interpretative phenomenological analysis to analyse interview data pre-and post-scan to explore these ethical issues. Findings show participants can become anxious prior to scanning and the protocol for managing incidental findings is unclear. Participants lacked a frame of …
Development Reconsidered. Bridging the Gap Between Government and People
Journal Article Development Reconsidered. Bridging the Gap Between Government and People Get access Development Reconsidered. Bridging the Gap Between Government and People. By E. Owens and R. Shaw. (Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books, 1972. Pp. xix + 190. £3.20.) Tom Soper Tom Soper London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 83, Issue 332, 1 December 1973, Pages 1319–1321, …
The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions In Medieval India
Aerated Constructed Wetlands are a state-of-the-art design that provides a different physical and chemical environment (compared to traditional passive wetland designs) for the wastewater treatment processes and, thus, may have different pathogen removal characteristics. In order to establish the fate of bacterial and viral indicators, a field study was carried out at a Sewage Treatment Works (STW) in the UK (serving 20,000 pe). The STW consists …
Making sense of violence: A study of narrative meaning
Dramatized violence has been a feature of entertainment in western civilization throughout history. The function of film violence is explored and compared to violence encountered in real life. The role of narrative in individuals' meaning-making processes is also investigated. Six adults were individually interviewed using a semi-structured schedule and narrative analysis was implemented. The findings revealed that real life violence is experient…
How can systematic reviews incorporate qualitative research? A critical perspective
Systematic review has developed as a specific methodology for searching for, appraising and synthesizing findings of primary studies, and has rapidly become a cornerstone of the evidence-based practice and policy movement. Qualitative research has traditionally been excluded from systematic reviews, and much effort is now being invested in resolving the daunting methodological and epistemological challenges associated with trying to move towards …
HEA teaching qualitative research methods at undergraduate level: A progress report
Theory and research in qualitative psychology: A review of Prof. David Rennie’s keynote address and the Qualitative Methods in Psychology Symposium at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Confer…
The Society’s Guidelines for Ethical Practice in Psychological Research on the Internet: What do we make of them
Qualitative Psychology at M Level: A Dialogue Between Learner and Teacher
There are now more postgraduate programmes that include qualitative methods in psychology than ever before. This poses problems for teaching qualitative methods at M level because we still lack consistency in what qualitative methods are taught at the undergraduate level. Although the British Psychological Society requires accredited undergraduate programmes to include qualitative methods, we hear very different stories from colleagues across the…
Ethical Issues in Neuroimaging Health Research: An IPA Study with Research Participants
Neuroimaging is increasingly used to understand conditions like stroke and epilepsy. However, there is growing recognition that neuroimaging can raise ethical issues. We used interpretative phenomenological analysis to analyse interview data pre-and post-scan to explore these ethical issues. Findings show participants can become anxious prior to scanning and the protocol for managing incidental findings is unclear. Participants lacked a frame of …
‘Crack down on the celebrity junkies’: Does media coverage of celebrity drug use pose a risk to young people
This study analysed news media content to examine the role played by celebrity drug use in young people's perceptions of drug use. We know that young people have access to discourses of drug use through music and other media which may emphasise short term gains (of pleasure or sexual success) over longer term health and social problems. This study goes beyond a simple modelling approach by using Media Framing Analysis (MFA) to take an in-depth lo…
Embedding Reflexivity Within Experiential Qualitative Psychology
In this article, it is argued that reflexivity is integral to experiential qualitative research in psychology. Reflexivity has been defined in many ways. Woolgar's continuum of reflexivity though provides a useful gauge by which to judge whether a researcher is involved in simple reflection or reflexivity. The article demonstrates the benefits of adopting a reflexive attitude by presenting “challenge-to-competency.” The author's encounter with Sa…
Women's experiential journey toward voluntary childlessness: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Voluntary childlessness is a relatively novel yet growing phenomenon. This idiographic study explored three women's experiential journeys toward voluntary childlessness. Semi‐structured interviews were carried out and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Themes identified were: Owning the choice to be childless , social expectations , and models of mothering . Despite defining ‘voluntary childlessness’ as an unequivocal decisi…
The Geological History of Hong Kong
This paper presents a review of the 400-million-year geological history of Hong Kong as preserved in rocks exposed at the surface. These lithologies were formed during four major geophases. Terrestrial and marine environments are represented by rocks that were formed during Geophase 1 (416–161 million years ago). During Geophase 2 (180-140 million years ago), Hong Kong was characterised by explosive volcanic activity. The third Geophase (140–55 m…
Online Interviewing in Psychology: Reflections on the Process
The Internet is used across a range of disciplines to conduct qualitative research, and qualitative psychologists are increasingly turning to the Internet as a medium for conducting interviews. In this article, we explore the first author's experience of conducting synchronous online interviews using instant messaging or ‘chat’ software. We highlight the costs and benefits of conducting online interviews and reflect on the development of a rappor…
Pleasure, Pain, and Procrastination: Reflections on the Experience of Doing Memory-Work Research
The focus of this article is the process of doing memory-work research. We tell the story of our experience of what it was like to use this approach. We were enthused to work collectively on a “discovery” project to explore a method with which we were unfamiliar. We hoped to build working relationships based on mutual respect and the desire to focus on methodology and its place in our psychological understanding. The empirical activities highligh…
New Zealanders’ perceptions of gift and giving back as participants of organ transfer procedures
There is an established international tradition of empirical research in anthropology and sociology on organ donation and transplantation. However, little empirical research on this topic has been done in New Zealand. This article contributes New Zealand data to the literature, drawing on qualitative research investigating the experiences of 78 Pākehā and Māori and their perceptions of bio‐identity in the course of tissue exchange. In line with i…
Sex and Diabetes: A Thematic Analysis of Gay and Bisexual Men's Accounts
Around 50 per cent of men with diabetes experience erectile dysfunction. Much of the literature focuses on quality of life measures with heterosexual men in monogamous relationships. This study explores gay and bisexual men's experiences of sex and diabetes. Thirteen interviews were analysed and three themes identified: erectile problems; other 'physical' problems; and disclosing diabetes to sexual partners. Findings highlight a range of sexual p…
Ministers, Minders and the Core Executive: Why Ministers Appoint Political Advisers in Westminster Contexts
Journal Article Ministers, Minders and the Core Executive: Why Ministers Appoint Political Advisers in Westminster Contexts Get access Richard Shaw, Richard Shaw * 1Politics Programme, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand *Correspondence: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Chris Eichbaum Chris Eichbaum 2School of Government, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand Search…
Living together with age-related macular degeneration: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of sense-making within a dyadic relationship
In this article, we present an idiographic analysis of a couple's experience of living and coming to terms with age-related macular degeneration. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to explore three joint interviews, conducted over an 18-month period, with a married couple (aged 82 and 77 years) both living with age-related macular degeneration. Three themes are discussed: the disruption of vision impairment, managing mutual deterio…
Patients' perceptions and experiences of cardiovascular disease and diabetes prevention programmes: A systematic review and framework synthesis using the Theoretical Domains Framework
Exploring students’ unprotected casual sex encounters using interpretative phenomenological analysis
Those under the age of 25 have been identified as being at greatest risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections, and are also at high risk of unplanned pregnancy. Previous studies have highlighted that the university lifestyle, particularly the embedded alcohol culture, facilitates risky sexual behaviour. This qualitative, exploratory study investigated what undergraduate students’ unprotected casual sex encounters (UCSEs) mean to them us…
Exploring the felt sense of chronic ill-health: Dialoguing between IPA, lifeworld theory and narrative inquiry to make sense of feelings and affect
We present a pluralist approach to analysing emotion and affect within subjective lived experience. We illustrate this by re-engaging with data about living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) to more fully understand the felt sense of chronic ill health. Following Pierce, we engage in abductive reasoning to achieve this. The original data were generated using semi-structured interviews and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. This …
Multiperspectival designs and processes in interpretative phenomenological analysis research
Researchers using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) within applied research typically use homogenous samples exploring shared perspectives on a single phenomenon of interest. This article explores the challenges and opportunities involved with developing rigorous and epistemologically coherent research designs for capturing more complex and systemic experiential phenomena, through the use of multiple perspectives to explore the same …
Understanding frailty: Meanings and beliefs about screening and prevention across key stakeholder groups in Europe
Innovative methods to manage frailty are critical to managing the needs of an ageing population. Evidence suggests there are opportunities to reverse or prevent frailty through early intervention. However, little is known about older adults’, families’ and practitioners’ beliefs about the malleability of frailty. This study examined European stakeholders’ accounts of the acceptability and feasibility of frailty screening and prevention to inform …
Health equity monitoring for healthcare quality assurance
Population-wide health equity monitoring remains isolated from mainstream healthcare quality assurance. As a result, healthcare organizations remain ill-informed about the health equity impacts of their decisions - despite becoming increasingly well-informed about quality of care for the average patient. We present a new and improved analytical approach to integrating health equity into mainstream healthcare quality assurance, illustrate how this…
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