Shelina Visram
Biographic Data
| ID | 298631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shelina Visram |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shelina |
| FAMILY NAME | Visram |
| SIGNATURE | VISRAM S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northumbria University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9576-2689 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Equalising the Research Space: The Role of Qualitative Methods in Contemporary Public Health
They're not mentally ill, their lives are just shit”: Stakeholders' understanding of deaths of despair in a deindustrialised community in North East England
The rise in mortality in high-income countries from drug, suicide, and alcohol specific causes, referred to collectively as 'deaths of despair', has received growing interest from researchers. In both the US and UK, mortality rates from deaths of despair are higher in deprived, deindustrialised communities. In this qualitative study, we sought to learn how stakeholders working with vulnerable populations in Middlesbrough, a deindustrialised town …
‘How I'm feeling today, I probably won't be feeling tomorrow’. Using I-Poems to explore young people's changing emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic – A qualitative, longitudinal study
Background: Relatively little published qualitative research has explored children and young people's (CYP) prolonged or longitudinal experiences of the pandemic, and their emotional responses to such unreserved change to everyday life. As part of a broader, qualitative longitudinal study, this paper explores change and continuity in young people's emotions over time during the Covid-19 pandemic in North East England. Methods: I-Poems were curate…
Experiences and perceptions of nutritional health and wellbeing amongst food insecure women in Europe: A qualitative meta-ethnography
Since the 2008 global financial crisis, there has been a rise in the number of people experiencing food insecurity. Particularly vulnerable are mothers with young children, pregnant women, and lone parents (the majority of whom are women). This systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies focused on women's experiences of food insecurity and how it affects their nutritional health and wellbeing. Six electronic databases (Medline,…
‘I’m Gonna Tell You about How Mrs Rona Has Affected Me’. Exploring Young People’s Experiences of the Covid-19 Pandemic in North East England: A Qualitative Diary-Based Study
Children and young people risk being 'disproportionately harmed' by the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst an evolving body of literature focuses on the impact of the pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people, less attention has been paid to the collection of qualitative, exploratory data. The aim of this study was to examine young people in North East England's experiences of COVID-19 and associated control measures. Flexib…
Health and wellbeing boards as theatres of accountability: A Dramaturgical Analysis
Health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) were established in England in 2013, bringing together partners from local government, health services and consumer champions, to ensure strategic planning based on local needs. Similar partnership-working arrangements have achieved limited success, particularly in terms of engaging members of the public in decision-making. Drawing on data collected in five heterogeneous case study sites, we examined the role of…
Assessing the value for money of an integrated health and wellbeing service in the UK
Lay health workers have been utilized to deliver health promotion programmes in a variety of settings. However, few studies have sought to determine whether these programmes represent value for money, particularly in a UK context. The present study involved an economic evaluation of Wellbeing for Life, an integrated health and wellbeing service in northern England. The service combined one-to-one interventions delivered by lay health workers (kno…
Designing equitable workplace dietary interventions: Perceptions of intervention deliverers
Intervention deliverers perceived that workplace dietary interventions should be equally and easily accessible (in terms of cost and timing of sessions) for all staff, regardless of their job role. Additional effort should be taken to ensure those staff working outside normal working hours, and those working off-site, can easily engage with any intervention, to avoid the risk of intervention-generated inequalities (IGIs)
Mechanisms of change of a novel weight loss programme provided by a third sector organisation: A qualitative interview study
There is an urgent need to establish robust interventions that can support people who are overweight and obese to achieve a healthy weight and maintain this change. Third sector organisations may be a feasible alternative to private and public sector weight loss programmes. We have presented findings from one example of a novel community-based weight loss programme and identified how the programme components resulted in change amongst the partici…
PP19 Formative Evaluation of a Community-based NHS Health Check Service
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the UK. The national CVD prevention strategy centres on the NHS Health Check Programme, which involves offering a vascular risk assessment to those aged 40-74 years without established disease. It is estimated that the programme could prevent 9,500 cardiovascular events and 2,000 deaths each year, if there is universal uptake. Durham County Council commissioned a health chec…
Class, Inequality and Wellbeing
Interpreting interviews
Short and medium term effects of a community-based intervention to address social inequalities in health
Background Health Trainers were introduced in the 2004 ‘Choosing Health’ White Paper with the aim of promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours among people living in disadvantaged areas. This is achieved through the use of techniques based on evidence and theories from health psychology. The initiative also aims to combat social exclusion by recruiting and training local people as Health Trainers. The evidence to support the effectiveness of behavio…
P60 “It's like the service that was never there”: A qualitative longitudinal study of lay health trainer services in the North East of England
Background Despite considerable improvements in the overall health of the UK population, the gap between the richest and poorest groups in society continues to widen. Health trainers are a new workforce introduced in the 2004 “Choosing Health” White Paper to address these inequalities by targeting individuals from the poorest groups and supporting them to make healthy lifestyle choices. The largely grass-roots development of health trainers has r…
They're not mentally ill, their lives are just shit”: Stakeholders' understanding of deaths of despair in a deindustrialised community in North East England
The rise in mortality in high-income countries from drug, suicide, and alcohol specific causes, referred to collectively as 'deaths of despair', has received growing interest from researchers. In both the US and UK, mortality rates from deaths of despair are higher in deprived, deindustrialised communities. In this qualitative study, we sought to learn how stakeholders working with vulnerable populations in Middlesbrough, a deindustrialised town …
Health and wellbeing boards as theatres of accountability: A Dramaturgical Analysis
Health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) were established in England in 2013, bringing together partners from local government, health services and consumer champions, to ensure strategic planning based on local needs. Similar partnership-working arrangements have achieved limited success, particularly in terms of engaging members of the public in decision-making. Drawing on data collected in five heterogeneous case study sites, we examined the role of…
Interpreting interviews
P60 “It's like the service that was never there”: A qualitative longitudinal study of lay health trainer services in the North East of England
Background Despite considerable improvements in the overall health of the UK population, the gap between the richest and poorest groups in society continues to widen. Health trainers are a new workforce introduced in the 2004 “Choosing Health” White Paper to address these inequalities by targeting individuals from the poorest groups and supporting them to make healthy lifestyle choices. The largely grass-roots development of health trainers has r…
Short and medium term effects of a community-based intervention to address social inequalities in health
Background Health Trainers were introduced in the 2004 ‘Choosing Health’ White Paper with the aim of promoting healthy lifestyle behaviours among people living in disadvantaged areas. This is achieved through the use of techniques based on evidence and theories from health psychology. The initiative also aims to combat social exclusion by recruiting and training local people as Health Trainers. The evidence to support the effectiveness of behavio…
Interpreting interviews
PP19 Formative Evaluation of a Community-based NHS Health Check Service
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the UK. The national CVD prevention strategy centres on the NHS Health Check Programme, which involves offering a vascular risk assessment to those aged 40-74 years without established disease. It is estimated that the programme could prevent 9,500 cardiovascular events and 2,000 deaths each year, if there is universal uptake. Durham County Council commissioned a health chec…
Class, Inequality and Wellbeing
Mechanisms of change of a novel weight loss programme provided by a third sector organisation: A qualitative interview study
There is an urgent need to establish robust interventions that can support people who are overweight and obese to achieve a healthy weight and maintain this change. Third sector organisations may be a feasible alternative to private and public sector weight loss programmes. We have presented findings from one example of a novel community-based weight loss programme and identified how the programme components resulted in change amongst the partici…
Designing equitable workplace dietary interventions: Perceptions of intervention deliverers
Intervention deliverers perceived that workplace dietary interventions should be equally and easily accessible (in terms of cost and timing of sessions) for all staff, regardless of their job role. Additional effort should be taken to ensure those staff working outside normal working hours, and those working off-site, can easily engage with any intervention, to avoid the risk of intervention-generated inequalities (IGIs)
Assessing the value for money of an integrated health and wellbeing service in the UK
Lay health workers have been utilized to deliver health promotion programmes in a variety of settings. However, few studies have sought to determine whether these programmes represent value for money, particularly in a UK context. The present study involved an economic evaluation of Wellbeing for Life, an integrated health and wellbeing service in northern England. The service combined one-to-one interventions delivered by lay health workers (kno…
‘I’m Gonna Tell You about How Mrs Rona Has Affected Me’. Exploring Young People’s Experiences of the Covid-19 Pandemic in North East England: A Qualitative Diary-Based Study
Children and young people risk being 'disproportionately harmed' by the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst an evolving body of literature focuses on the impact of the pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people, less attention has been paid to the collection of qualitative, exploratory data. The aim of this study was to examine young people in North East England's experiences of COVID-19 and associated control measures. Flexib…
Health and wellbeing boards as theatres of accountability: A Dramaturgical Analysis
Health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) were established in England in 2013, bringing together partners from local government, health services and consumer champions, to ensure strategic planning based on local needs. Similar partnership-working arrangements have achieved limited success, particularly in terms of engaging members of the public in decision-making. Drawing on data collected in five heterogeneous case study sites, we examined the role of…
Experiences and perceptions of nutritional health and wellbeing amongst food insecure women in Europe: A qualitative meta-ethnography
Since the 2008 global financial crisis, there has been a rise in the number of people experiencing food insecurity. Particularly vulnerable are mothers with young children, pregnant women, and lone parents (the majority of whom are women). This systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies focused on women's experiences of food insecurity and how it affects their nutritional health and wellbeing. Six electronic databases (Medline,…
‘How I'm feeling today, I probably won't be feeling tomorrow’. Using I-Poems to explore young people's changing emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic – A qualitative, longitudinal study
Background: Relatively little published qualitative research has explored children and young people's (CYP) prolonged or longitudinal experiences of the pandemic, and their emotional responses to such unreserved change to everyday life. As part of a broader, qualitative longitudinal study, this paper explores change and continuity in young people's emotions over time during the Covid-19 pandemic in North East England. Methods: I-Poems were curate…
They're not mentally ill, their lives are just shit”: Stakeholders' understanding of deaths of despair in a deindustrialised community in North East England
The rise in mortality in high-income countries from drug, suicide, and alcohol specific causes, referred to collectively as 'deaths of despair', has received growing interest from researchers. In both the US and UK, mortality rates from deaths of despair are higher in deprived, deindustrialised communities. In this qualitative study, we sought to learn how stakeholders working with vulnerable populations in Middlesbrough, a deindustrialised town …
Equalising the Research Space: The Role of Qualitative Methods in Contemporary Public Health
Sociology (11 works) · Qualitative research (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Psychological intervention (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works)