Joy Adamson
Biographic Data
| ID | 272260 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joy Adamson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joy |
| FAMILY NAME | Adamson |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9860-0850 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1956 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Home Fire Safety Visits by the Fire and Rescue Service: A qualitative study of the perspectives of firefighters, advocates and service leaders
HFSVs could address a range of health-related needs. However, whether the FRS should be expected to fill gaps in other services needs further exploration. Supporting underserved groups via HFSVs is important and warrants further investigation
Evaluating the High-Volume, Low-Complexity Surgical Hub Programme: A Qualitative Research Protocol and Further Reflection on Designing Big, Complex Qualitative Studies
In this paper, we outline our qualitative protocol for the largest, independent, mixed-method, evaluation of the High Volume-Low Complexity Surgical Hubs programme in England - The MEASURE study. In addition to serving as a protocol paper, we outline the key methodological considerations and adaptations that are needed when designing big qualitative studies - complex (multi-site, multi-stakeholder), multi-method (e.g. interviews, observations, do…
What is important to adults after lower limb reconstruction surgery: A conceptual framework
The first five domains relate to important outcomes for patients; they are all inter-related and their importance to patients changed throughout recovery. The final domain-support (from work, the hospital, physiotherapists and family/friends)-was vital to patients and lessened the negative impact of the other domains on their HRQL. These new data strengthen our original findings and our understanding of the domains we identified in the QES. The n…
Evidence based spinal surgery or the “journal of anecdotal medicine?” Using qualitative interviews with spinal surgeons to understand how the drivers of orthopaedic decision making can influence the c…
Background: There is uncertainty regarding the best available treatment for stable thoracolumbar fractures without spinal cord injury. We explore what influences surgical decision making for the treatment of stable thoracolumbar fractures in the UK and discuss the implications of variation in spinal surgical work on the creation and adoption of future evidence. Methods: Qualitative semi-structured interviews with 19 spinal surgeons from 13 UK hos…
Conducting a Large, Longitudinal, Multi-Site Qualitative Study Within a Mixed Methods Evaluation of a UK National Health Policy: Reflections From the GPED Study
Over the past decade, there has been a growing trend towards the use of 'big qualitative data' in applied health research, particularly when used as part of mixed methods evaluations of health policy in England. These 'big qualitative' studies tend to be longitudinal, complex (multi-site and multi-stakeholder) and involve the use of multiple methods (interviews, observations, documents) and large numbers of participants ( n = 100+). Despite their…
Exploring online identity construction for the caregivers of adults living with dementia and the value of interactions with health and social care professionals
Becoming an informal caregiver for an adult living with dementia has been shown to have a significant impact upon the conception of identity. This study aimed to identify how identity is constructed online amongst caregivers of individuals living with dementia and how healthcare interactions can influence identity development through the analysis of online web blogs. Sixteen online blogs (172 entries) were selected through purposive and snowball …
Lost in hospital: A qualitative interview study that explores the perceptions of NHS inpatients who spent time on clinically inappropriate hospital wards
BACKGROUND: Prior research suggests that the placement of patients on clinically inappropriate hospital wards may increase the risk of experiencing patient safety issues. OBJECTIVE: To explore patients' perspectives of the quality and safety of the care received during their inpatient stay on a clinically inappropriate hospital ward. DESIGN: Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Nineteen patients who had sp…
How robust is the evidence of an emerging or increasing female excess in physical morbidity between childhood and adolescence? Results of a systematic literature review and meta-analyses
Consultation and illness behaviour in response to symptoms: A comparison of models from different disciplinary frameworks and suggestions for future research directions
Modelling the association of disability according to the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) with mortality in the British Women's Heart and Health Study
BACKGROUND: The WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is now the dominant model for exploring the social consequences of a health condition. This paper investigates the association of the different ICF disability domains with mortality. METHODS: Data are from the British Women Heart and Health Study, a large (n=4157) prospectively studied cohort of women randomly selected from 23 towns aged 64-83 years in 20…
How robust is the evidence of an emerging or increasing female excess in physical morbidity rates between childhood and adolescence? Results of a systematic literature review
Background It is widely acknowledged that higher rates of psychological morbidity found among males in childhood are replaced by an emergence of higher rates in females during the transition to adolescence. Although this pattern has also been reported for asthma prevalence, the extent to which there is evidence of an emerging/increasing female excess in relation to other forms of physical morbidity is yet to be established. Identifying and apprai…
Exercise and the Onset of Disability in Later Life
The promotion of swimming in adulthood could play a role in the prevention of locomotor disability and aid people's ability to follow active living health promotion guidelines in late mid-life and early old-age
Meaningful differences in maternal smoking behaviour during pregnancy: Implications for infant behavioural vulnerability
BACKGROUND: Smoking during pregnancy has been consistently associated with risk of problem behaviour in offspring. There is debate about whether this association reflects a teratological effect or is a marker for problematic maternal characteristics. We test these "competing" hypotheses by examining whether (1) exposure is associated with an early risk pathway by testing its association with infant temperamental difficultness, and (2) whether pre…
The psychosocial versus material hypothesis to explain observed inequality in disability among older adults: Data from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study
Objectives: The possible mechanisms for explaining health inequality are subject to debate. This study considers the roles of psychosocial and material mechanisms in observed inequalities in disability among older people. Design: Cross-sectional analysis of cohort study. Participants: 723 respondents aged 63 years from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. Main outcome measure: The Office of Population Census and Surveys Multidimensional Disabili…
Normal disruption: South Asian and African/Caribbean relatives caring for an older family member in the UK
Social inequalities and disability in older men: Prospective findings from the British regional heart study
Socioeconomic position, occupational exposures, and gender: The relation with locomotor disability in early old age: Table 1
he direction and magnitude of sex differences in health vary according to the particular health condition and phase of the life cycle. In examining gender differences in health it is necessary to assess the contribution made by the particular characteristics of women and men, for example, wealth, health behaviours, and the distribution of labour both inside and outside of the home. 2 Socioeconomic inequalities in disability are likely to result f…
Ethnicity, socio-economic position and gender-do they affect reported health-care seeking behaviour
Association between measures of morbidity and locomotor disability: Diagnosis Alone Is Not Enough
Research in Black and White
The authors consider the methodological, interpretative, and practical issues that arise when there is a difference in ethnicity between researcher and informant in qualitative research by drawing on the academic literature and their fieldwork experiences as White researchers undertaking studies with individuals of African/Caribbean and South Asian descent. Some contemporary issues raised by 'researching the other' in the context of pragmatic hea…
Awareness and understanding of dementia in African/Caribbean and South Asian families: Awareness of dementia in ethnic families
The objective of this study was to explore awareness, recognition and understanding of dementia symptoms in families of South Asian and African/Caribbean descent in the UK. In-depth, semistructured interviews were carried out with South Asian and African/Caribbean carers. Interview transcripts were analysed by coding the data into themes and investigating links between them, using the constant comparison approach of grounded theory. Thirty carers…
Mental Health in Black America
The Peoples of Kenya
Hohnel Island (South Island) in Lake Rudolf
Ethnicity, socio-economic position and gender-do they affect reported health-care seeking behaviour
Normal disruption: South Asian and African/Caribbean relatives caring for an older family member in the UK
Research in Black and White
The authors consider the methodological, interpretative, and practical issues that arise when there is a difference in ethnicity between researcher and informant in qualitative research by drawing on the academic literature and their fieldwork experiences as White researchers undertaking studies with individuals of African/Caribbean and South Asian descent. Some contemporary issues raised by 'researching the other' in the context of pragmatic hea…
Awareness and understanding of dementia in African/Caribbean and South Asian families: Awareness of dementia in ethnic families
The objective of this study was to explore awareness, recognition and understanding of dementia symptoms in families of South Asian and African/Caribbean descent in the UK. In-depth, semistructured interviews were carried out with South Asian and African/Caribbean carers. Interview transcripts were analysed by coding the data into themes and investigating links between them, using the constant comparison approach of grounded theory. Thirty carers…
Social inequalities and disability in older men: Prospective findings from the British regional heart study
Socioeconomic position, occupational exposures, and gender: The relation with locomotor disability in early old age: Table 1
he direction and magnitude of sex differences in health vary according to the particular health condition and phase of the life cycle. In examining gender differences in health it is necessary to assess the contribution made by the particular characteristics of women and men, for example, wealth, health behaviours, and the distribution of labour both inside and outside of the home. 2 Socioeconomic inequalities in disability are likely to result f…
Association between measures of morbidity and locomotor disability: Diagnosis Alone Is Not Enough
Consultation and illness behaviour in response to symptoms: A comparison of models from different disciplinary frameworks and suggestions for future research directions
The psychosocial versus material hypothesis to explain observed inequality in disability among older adults: Data from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study
Objectives: The possible mechanisms for explaining health inequality are subject to debate. This study considers the roles of psychosocial and material mechanisms in observed inequalities in disability among older people. Design: Cross-sectional analysis of cohort study. Participants: 723 respondents aged 63 years from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. Main outcome measure: The Office of Population Census and Surveys Multidimensional Disabili…
Conducting a Large, Longitudinal, Multi-Site Qualitative Study Within a Mixed Methods Evaluation of a UK National Health Policy: Reflections From the GPED Study
Over the past decade, there has been a growing trend towards the use of 'big qualitative data' in applied health research, particularly when used as part of mixed methods evaluations of health policy in England. These 'big qualitative' studies tend to be longitudinal, complex (multi-site and multi-stakeholder) and involve the use of multiple methods (interviews, observations, documents) and large numbers of participants ( n = 100+). Despite their…
Exploring online identity construction for the caregivers of adults living with dementia and the value of interactions with health and social care professionals
Becoming an informal caregiver for an adult living with dementia has been shown to have a significant impact upon the conception of identity. This study aimed to identify how identity is constructed online amongst caregivers of individuals living with dementia and how healthcare interactions can influence identity development through the analysis of online web blogs. Sixteen online blogs (172 entries) were selected through purposive and snowball …
Meaningful differences in maternal smoking behaviour during pregnancy: Implications for infant behavioural vulnerability
BACKGROUND: Smoking during pregnancy has been consistently associated with risk of problem behaviour in offspring. There is debate about whether this association reflects a teratological effect or is a marker for problematic maternal characteristics. We test these "competing" hypotheses by examining whether (1) exposure is associated with an early risk pathway by testing its association with infant temperamental difficultness, and (2) whether pre…
The Peoples of Kenya
Hohnel Island (South Island) in Lake Rudolf
Hohnel Island (South Island) in Lake Rudolf
The Peoples of Kenya
Mental Health in Black America
Awareness and understanding of dementia in African/Caribbean and South Asian families: Awareness of dementia in ethnic families
The objective of this study was to explore awareness, recognition and understanding of dementia symptoms in families of South Asian and African/Caribbean descent in the UK. In-depth, semistructured interviews were carried out with South Asian and African/Caribbean carers. Interview transcripts were analysed by coding the data into themes and investigating links between them, using the constant comparison approach of grounded theory. Thirty carers…
Research in Black and White
The authors consider the methodological, interpretative, and practical issues that arise when there is a difference in ethnicity between researcher and informant in qualitative research by drawing on the academic literature and their fieldwork experiences as White researchers undertaking studies with individuals of African/Caribbean and South Asian descent. Some contemporary issues raised by 'researching the other' in the context of pragmatic hea…
Socioeconomic position, occupational exposures, and gender: The relation with locomotor disability in early old age: Table 1
he direction and magnitude of sex differences in health vary according to the particular health condition and phase of the life cycle. In examining gender differences in health it is necessary to assess the contribution made by the particular characteristics of women and men, for example, wealth, health behaviours, and the distribution of labour both inside and outside of the home. 2 Socioeconomic inequalities in disability are likely to result f…
Ethnicity, socio-economic position and gender-do they affect reported health-care seeking behaviour
Association between measures of morbidity and locomotor disability: Diagnosis Alone Is Not Enough
Social inequalities and disability in older men: Prospective findings from the British regional heart study
Normal disruption: South Asian and African/Caribbean relatives caring for an older family member in the UK
The psychosocial versus material hypothesis to explain observed inequality in disability among older adults: Data from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study
Objectives: The possible mechanisms for explaining health inequality are subject to debate. This study considers the roles of psychosocial and material mechanisms in observed inequalities in disability among older people. Design: Cross-sectional analysis of cohort study. Participants: 723 respondents aged 63 years from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. Main outcome measure: The Office of Population Census and Surveys Multidimensional Disabili…
Meaningful differences in maternal smoking behaviour during pregnancy: Implications for infant behavioural vulnerability
BACKGROUND: Smoking during pregnancy has been consistently associated with risk of problem behaviour in offspring. There is debate about whether this association reflects a teratological effect or is a marker for problematic maternal characteristics. We test these "competing" hypotheses by examining whether (1) exposure is associated with an early risk pathway by testing its association with infant temperamental difficultness, and (2) whether pre…
Exercise and the Onset of Disability in Later Life
The promotion of swimming in adulthood could play a role in the prevention of locomotor disability and aid people's ability to follow active living health promotion guidelines in late mid-life and early old-age
How robust is the evidence of an emerging or increasing female excess in physical morbidity rates between childhood and adolescence? Results of a systematic literature review
Background It is widely acknowledged that higher rates of psychological morbidity found among males in childhood are replaced by an emergence of higher rates in females during the transition to adolescence. Although this pattern has also been reported for asthma prevalence, the extent to which there is evidence of an emerging/increasing female excess in relation to other forms of physical morbidity is yet to be established. Identifying and apprai…
Modelling the association of disability according to the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) with mortality in the British Women's Heart and Health Study
BACKGROUND: The WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is now the dominant model for exploring the social consequences of a health condition. This paper investigates the association of the different ICF disability domains with mortality. METHODS: Data are from the British Women Heart and Health Study, a large (n=4157) prospectively studied cohort of women randomly selected from 23 towns aged 64-83 years in 20…
How robust is the evidence of an emerging or increasing female excess in physical morbidity between childhood and adolescence? Results of a systematic literature review and meta-analyses
Consultation and illness behaviour in response to symptoms: A comparison of models from different disciplinary frameworks and suggestions for future research directions
Lost in hospital: A qualitative interview study that explores the perceptions of NHS inpatients who spent time on clinically inappropriate hospital wards
BACKGROUND: Prior research suggests that the placement of patients on clinically inappropriate hospital wards may increase the risk of experiencing patient safety issues. OBJECTIVE: To explore patients' perspectives of the quality and safety of the care received during their inpatient stay on a clinically inappropriate hospital ward. DESIGN: Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Nineteen patients who had sp…
Exploring online identity construction for the caregivers of adults living with dementia and the value of interactions with health and social care professionals
Becoming an informal caregiver for an adult living with dementia has been shown to have a significant impact upon the conception of identity. This study aimed to identify how identity is constructed online amongst caregivers of individuals living with dementia and how healthcare interactions can influence identity development through the analysis of online web blogs. Sixteen online blogs (172 entries) were selected through purposive and snowball …
Evidence based spinal surgery or the “journal of anecdotal medicine?” Using qualitative interviews with spinal surgeons to understand how the drivers of orthopaedic decision making can influence the c…
Background: There is uncertainty regarding the best available treatment for stable thoracolumbar fractures without spinal cord injury. We explore what influences surgical decision making for the treatment of stable thoracolumbar fractures in the UK and discuss the implications of variation in spinal surgical work on the creation and adoption of future evidence. Methods: Qualitative semi-structured interviews with 19 spinal surgeons from 13 UK hos…
Conducting a Large, Longitudinal, Multi-Site Qualitative Study Within a Mixed Methods Evaluation of a UK National Health Policy: Reflections From the GPED Study
Over the past decade, there has been a growing trend towards the use of 'big qualitative data' in applied health research, particularly when used as part of mixed methods evaluations of health policy in England. These 'big qualitative' studies tend to be longitudinal, complex (multi-site and multi-stakeholder) and involve the use of multiple methods (interviews, observations, documents) and large numbers of participants ( n = 100+). Despite their…
What is important to adults after lower limb reconstruction surgery: A conceptual framework
The first five domains relate to important outcomes for patients; they are all inter-related and their importance to patients changed throughout recovery. The final domain-support (from work, the hospital, physiotherapists and family/friends)-was vital to patients and lessened the negative impact of the other domains on their HRQL. These new data strengthen our original findings and our understanding of the domains we identified in the QES. The n…
Evaluating the High-Volume, Low-Complexity Surgical Hub Programme: A Qualitative Research Protocol and Further Reflection on Designing Big, Complex Qualitative Studies
In this paper, we outline our qualitative protocol for the largest, independent, mixed-method, evaluation of the High Volume-Low Complexity Surgical Hubs programme in England - The MEASURE study. In addition to serving as a protocol paper, we outline the key methodological considerations and adaptations that are needed when designing big qualitative studies - complex (multi-site, multi-stakeholder), multi-method (e.g. interviews, observations, do…
Home Fire Safety Visits by the Fire and Rescue Service: A qualitative study of the perspectives of firefighters, advocates and service leaders
HFSVs could address a range of health-related needs. However, whether the FRS should be expected to fill gaps in other services needs further exploration. Supporting underserved groups via HFSVs is important and warrants further investigation
Medicine (16 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Demography (7 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Qualitative research (7 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Physical therapy (5 works) · Political science (5 works)