Gemma Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3582740 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gemma Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gemma |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7979-9016 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Transitioning in and out of Autistic Flow
Reflections from ‘Bean Flicks’, an intersectional porn festival celebrating marginalized bodies and sexualities
In response to intersectional violence on marginalised bodies and sexualities, we held ‘Bean Flicks’ (2020), Birmingham’s first ethical, intersectional porn festival. The event brought together sex researchers, performers, educators, and creators who embody or advocate for non-conforming (disabled, trans, non-binary, racially minoritized, queer) identities. Bean Flicks aimed to advocate for bodily autonomy and disrupt heteronormativity by centrin…
Same shit, different crisis? Feminist activism against period poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK
Moments of crisis, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2007 financial crisis, and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis in the United Kingdom, create unique opportunities and challenges for feminist activism. Despite increased awareness, little is known about how organisations engaged in menstrual activism responded to the increased demands of tackling ‘period poverty’ during the pandemic. This article addresses this gap through interviews and survey …
A comparison of social prescribing approaches across twelve high-income countries
BACKGROUND: Social prescribing connects patients with community resources to improve their health and well-being. It is gaining momentum globally due to its potential for addressing non-medical causes of illness while building on existing resources and enhancing overall health at a relatively low cost. The COVID-19 pandemic further underscored the need for policy interventions to address health-related social issues such as loneliness and isolati…
Personal protective equipment for healthcare workers during Covid-19
This study aimed to assess the preparedness of European countries regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and care workers (HCWs), the COVID-19 infection rates of HCWs compared to the general working age population, and the association between these. We developed a PPE-preparedness scale based on responses to a questionnaire from experts in the Health Systems and Policy Monitor network, with a response rate of 19 out of 31 countr…
Towards autistic flow theory
Flow states are heightened moments of concentration, motivation and enjoyment, leading to total absorption in the present moment. A striking parallel exists between flow states and phenomenological accounts of autistic daily life. We analyse the components of flow theory alongside autistic autobiographical accounts to explore similarities and differences, in doing so moving toward an understanding of autistic flow theory . We highlight the consid…
Work like a Doc
BACKGROUND: Medical residents work long, continuous hours. Working in conditions of extreme fatigue has adverse effects on the quality and safety of care, and on residents' quality of life. Many countries have attempted to regulate residents' work hours. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to review residents' work hours regulations in different countries with an emphasis on night shifts. METHODS: Standardized qualitative data on residents' working hours were c…
Population ageing and health financing
There is a perception that population ageing will have deleterious effects on future health financing sustainability. We propose a new method-the Population Ageing financial Sustainability gap for Health systems (or alternatively, the PASH)-to explore how changes in the population age mix will affect health expenditures and revenues. Using a set of six anonymized country scenarios that are based on data from countries in Europe and the Western Pa…
Early health system responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in Mediterranean countries
Providing health services effectively during the first wave of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered abrupt challenges for health care providers, requiring them to simultaneously plan for and manage a rise of COVID-19 cases while maintaining essential health services. Since March 2020, the COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor, a joint initiative of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, and the European Commission, has documented country responses to COVID-1…
European countries' responses in ensuring sufficient physical infrastructure and workforce capacity during the first Covid-19 wave
A comparison of 2020 health policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America
Food group intake at self-reported eating occasions across the day
Objective: To examine core and discretionary food and beverage intake at eating occasions, and to explore the variation in consumption by age and gender in Australian adults and children. Design: The study utilised one 24-h dietary recall with self-reported eating occasions from a nationally representative sample of Australians. Average servings of each food group for age and gender subpopulations were compared with the Australian Dietary Guideli…
Equitable access to health insurance for socially excluded children? The case of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana
Enrolment of older people in social health protection programs in West Africa - Does social exclusion play a part
Although the population of older people in Africa is increasing, and older people are becoming increasingly vulnerable due to urbanisation, breakdown of family structures and rising healthcare costs, most African countries have no social health protection for older people. Two exceptions include Senegal's Plan Sesame, a user fees exemption for older people and Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) where older people are exempt from payi…
Enrolment of older people in social health protection programs in West Africa - Does social exclusion play a part
Although the population of older people in Africa is increasing, and older people are becoming increasingly vulnerable due to urbanisation, breakdown of family structures and rising healthcare costs, most African countries have no social health protection for older people. Two exceptions include Senegal's Plan Sesame, a user fees exemption for older people and Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) where older people are exempt from payi…
Towards autistic flow theory
Flow states are heightened moments of concentration, motivation and enjoyment, leading to total absorption in the present moment. A striking parallel exists between flow states and phenomenological accounts of autistic daily life. We analyse the components of flow theory alongside autistic autobiographical accounts to explore similarities and differences, in doing so moving toward an understanding of autistic flow theory . We highlight the consid…
Equitable access to health insurance for socially excluded children? The case of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana
Enrolment of older people in social health protection programs in West Africa - Does social exclusion play a part
Although the population of older people in Africa is increasing, and older people are becoming increasingly vulnerable due to urbanisation, breakdown of family structures and rising healthcare costs, most African countries have no social health protection for older people. Two exceptions include Senegal's Plan Sesame, a user fees exemption for older people and Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) where older people are exempt from payi…
Equitable access to health insurance for socially excluded children? The case of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana
Food group intake at self-reported eating occasions across the day
Objective: To examine core and discretionary food and beverage intake at eating occasions, and to explore the variation in consumption by age and gender in Australian adults and children. Design: The study utilised one 24-h dietary recall with self-reported eating occasions from a nationally representative sample of Australians. Average servings of each food group for age and gender subpopulations were compared with the Australian Dietary Guideli…
Population ageing and health financing
There is a perception that population ageing will have deleterious effects on future health financing sustainability. We propose a new method-the Population Ageing financial Sustainability gap for Health systems (or alternatively, the PASH)-to explore how changes in the population age mix will affect health expenditures and revenues. Using a set of six anonymized country scenarios that are based on data from countries in Europe and the Western Pa…
Early health system responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in Mediterranean countries
Providing health services effectively during the first wave of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered abrupt challenges for health care providers, requiring them to simultaneously plan for and manage a rise of COVID-19 cases while maintaining essential health services. Since March 2020, the COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor, a joint initiative of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, and the European Commission, has documented country responses to COVID-1…
European countries' responses in ensuring sufficient physical infrastructure and workforce capacity during the first Covid-19 wave
A comparison of 2020 health policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America
Work like a Doc
BACKGROUND: Medical residents work long, continuous hours. Working in conditions of extreme fatigue has adverse effects on the quality and safety of care, and on residents' quality of life. Many countries have attempted to regulate residents' work hours. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to review residents' work hours regulations in different countries with an emphasis on night shifts. METHODS: Standardized qualitative data on residents' working hours were c…
A comparison of social prescribing approaches across twelve high-income countries
BACKGROUND: Social prescribing connects patients with community resources to improve their health and well-being. It is gaining momentum globally due to its potential for addressing non-medical causes of illness while building on existing resources and enhancing overall health at a relatively low cost. The COVID-19 pandemic further underscored the need for policy interventions to address health-related social issues such as loneliness and isolati…
Personal protective equipment for healthcare workers during Covid-19
This study aimed to assess the preparedness of European countries regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and care workers (HCWs), the COVID-19 infection rates of HCWs compared to the general working age population, and the association between these. We developed a PPE-preparedness scale based on responses to a questionnaire from experts in the Health Systems and Policy Monitor network, with a response rate of 19 out of 31 countr…
Towards autistic flow theory
Flow states are heightened moments of concentration, motivation and enjoyment, leading to total absorption in the present moment. A striking parallel exists between flow states and phenomenological accounts of autistic daily life. We analyse the components of flow theory alongside autistic autobiographical accounts to explore similarities and differences, in doing so moving toward an understanding of autistic flow theory . We highlight the consid…
Reflections from ‘Bean Flicks’, an intersectional porn festival celebrating marginalized bodies and sexualities
In response to intersectional violence on marginalised bodies and sexualities, we held ‘Bean Flicks’ (2020), Birmingham’s first ethical, intersectional porn festival. The event brought together sex researchers, performers, educators, and creators who embody or advocate for non-conforming (disabled, trans, non-binary, racially minoritized, queer) identities. Bean Flicks aimed to advocate for bodily autonomy and disrupt heteronormativity by centrin…
Same shit, different crisis? Feminist activism against period poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK
Moments of crisis, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2007 financial crisis, and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis in the United Kingdom, create unique opportunities and challenges for feminist activism. Despite increased awareness, little is known about how organisations engaged in menstrual activism responded to the increased demands of tackling ‘period poverty’ during the pandemic. This article addresses this gap through interviews and survey …
Transitioning in and out of Autistic Flow
Medicine (11 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Health care (6 works) · Pandemic (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Global Health Care Issues (4 works) · Population (4 works)