Claire Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3583463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Zoological Society of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8967-5159 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Application of Complexity Theory in Health and Social Care Leadership Research
Background: Leadership is valued as a critical approach to inspire and drive new changes within integrated care contexts. Health and social care systems are extremely complex with multiple organisations structures, care pathways, financial models, cultures, professional groups, and legal responsibilities. Traditional leadership models often struggle to address the complexities and unpredictability inherent in healthcare settings. Complexity theor…
Bridging policy and practice
A fisher's perspective
The evolution of marine fisheries has broadly influenced the ecology, distribution and abundance of coastal elasmobranchs. However, quantifying these interactions remains a challenge due to the scarcity of historical records. Fishers' local ecological knowledge (LEK) is an essential tool in fisheries research, providing an avenue to regain scarce information on rare or cryptic species and contextualise modern observations and trends. LEK was coll…
Social dimensions of shark–human interactions in a large remote marine protected area
The impact of shifting marine conservation policy, including marine protected area (MPA) designation, in shaping interactions between humans and imperilled species, such as sharks, remains understudied, despite its importance in determining the success of these interventions. We investigated perceptions of shark–human interactions (SHI) among the community in a remote, large‐scale MPA (Ascension Island) where two recent shark attacks and perceive…
Opportunities and challenges in value chain analysis for sustainable management of sharks and rays
Studies on elasmobranch trade have often focused on a single commodity, shark fins. Such a narrow focus can result in an incomplete understanding of the socio-cultural importance of sharks, limiting discussion on the range and efficacy of potential management interventions. Assessments must be performed across the value chain from fisher to retail vendor to better conserve vulnerable elasmobranch species, offering a broader view of capture, use, …
Insights into general practitioners’ self-care across 38 countries during the pandemic
GPs have navigated the pandemic uniquely, and despite applying self-care practices they faced some level of impact, hence self-care interventions for healthcare professionals should be regarded as essential rather than optional. A long-term investment in strategies focused on improving GPs' self-care is necessary to increase resilience among GPs and ensure their optimal well-being levels are achieved
Physician Wellbeing in a National Rehabilitation Hospital, a qualitative study utilizing Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as a Framework for analysis
Introduction: Globally, health and care systems are experiencing a workforce crisis which has been exacerbated by the COVID19 pandemic. Numerous reports have documented a deterioration in health and care workforce wellbeing, with burnout being called the new pandemic. Burnout is defined as a state of exhaustion in response to chronic organisational stress, which results in feelings of work-related exhaustion, depersonalisation, and reduced person…
Digital maturity and its determinants in General Practice
Background The extent to which digital technologies are employed to promote the delivery of high-quality healthcare is known as Digital Maturity. Individual and systemic digital maturity are both necessary to ensure a successful, scalable and sustainable digital transformation in healthcare. However, digital maturity in primary care has been scarcely evaluated. Objectives This study assessed the digital maturity in General Practice (GP) globally …
The role of contextual factors in decision-making by General Practitioners on paediatric referral to the Emergency Department in Ireland
A General Practitioner's (GP) decision to refer a patient to the emergency department (ED) requires consideration of a multitude of factors, and significant variation in GP referral patterns to secondary care has been recorded. This study examines the contextual factors that influence GPs when referring a paediatric patient with potentially self-limiting clinical symptoms to the ED. Utilizing a discrete choice experiment, survey data was collecte…
The Application of Complexity Theory in Health and Social Care Research
Background: Complexity theory has been utilised by many researchers as an appropriate lens through which to examine health and care. Notwithstanding its potential value, many studies apply complexity theory in a tokenistic manner without engaging with its underlying concepts and underpinnings. Objectives: This scoping review aimed to map and synthesise available research which has utilised complexity theory in health and social care settings. The…
The Organization of Outreach Work for Vulnerable Patients in General Practice during Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected vulnerable populations' access to health care. By proactively reaching out to them, general practices attempted to prevent the underutilization of their services. This paper examined the association between practice and country characteristics and the organization of outreach work in general practices during COVID-19. Linear mixed model analyses with practices nested in countries were performed on…
Differences between Rural and Urban Practices in the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
This paper explores the differences between rural and urban practices in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing aspects such as management of patient flow, infection prevention and control, information processing, communication and collaboration. Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected through the online PRICOV-19 questionnaire sent to general practices in 38 countries. Rural practices in our sample were smaller than urban…
Screening for and Disclosure of Domestic Violence during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic left no one untouched, and reports of domestic violence (DV) increased during the crisis. DV victims rarely seek professional help, yet when they do so, they often disclose it to their general practitioner (GP), with whom they have a trusting relationship. GPs rarely screen and hence rarely take the initiative to discuss DV with patients, although victims indicate that offering this opportunity would facilitate their disclos…
Localising and democratising goal-based governance for sustainability
Accelerating social and environmental change raises pressing questions about how existing institutions can be reformed to mount a more effective response. In this context, goal-based governance has been widely adopted in order to mobilise existing bodies to agree shared goals and develop common purpose. Increasingly employed in sustainability governance at the international scale, goal-based governance concerns setting pan-organisational goals an…
Participation rate in cervical cancer screening in general practice related to the proximity of gynecology care facilities
Cervical cancer screening (CCS) by Pap tests is mainly performed by gynecologists in France, but also by general practitioners (GPs) and midwives. The screening uptake is insufficient to reduce the incidence of cervical neoplasms. Our aim was to investigate the association between screening rates in patients listed with GPs and the distance between GPs' offices and gynecology facilities. The population of 345 GPs, and their 93,918 female patients…
Radically Changing Medical Student Mental Health Programming
To the Editor: Having an identity crisis in medical school was not what I pictured when I first put on my short white coat. Failing exams and falling behind were once foreign experiences, but they soon became my reality. Not even my best coping mechanisms could overcome the depression and anxiety that were setting in. I felt isolated and abandoned as I embarked on my first leave of absence. I soon found out that I was not the only one struggling.…
Practice and System Factors Impact on Infection Prevention and Control in General Practice during Covid-19 across 33 Countries
Infection prevention and control (IPC) is an evidence-based approach used to reduce the risk of infection transmission within the healthcare environment. Effective IPC practices ensure safe and quality healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for enhanced IPC measures and the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized the need for strict adherence to the basic principles of IPC. This paper aims to describe the IPC strategies impleme…
Responding to Covid-19
COVID-19 proved that primary care (PC) providers have an important role in managing health emergencies, such as epidemics. Little is known about the preparedness of primary care practice infrastructure to continue providing high quality care during this crisis. The aim of this paper is to describe the perceived limitations to the infrastructure of PC practices during COVID-19 and to determine the factors associated with a higher likelihood of inf…
Safety Culture and the Positive Association of Being a Primary Care Training Practice during Covid-19
The day-to-day work of primary care (PC) was substantially changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Teaching practices needed to adapt both clinical work and teaching in a way that enabled the teaching process to continue, while maintaining safe and high-quality care. Our study aims to investigate the effect of being a training practice on a number of different outcomes related to the safety culture of PC practices. PRICOV-19 is a multi-country cross-se…
Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during Covid-19
Emerging literature is highlighting the huge toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health workers. However, prior to the crisis, the wellbeing of this group was already of concern. The aim of this paper is to describe the frequency of distress and wellbeing, measured by the expanded 9-item Mayo Clinic Wellbeing Index (eWBI), among general practitioners/family physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify levers to mitigate the risk…
Self-rated health and quality of life among Syrian refugees in Ireland – data from a cross-sectional study
Chronic pain is relatively widespread among these young and otherwise healthy refugees. Psychological distress and trauma are important factors in respondents' quality of life scores. Chronic pain is associated with one's mental health. Our findings and the literature suggests that the diagnosis and treatment of pain and providing care in a culturally sensitive manner should be a priority and included in the preparation and training of the releva…
Unpacking the Black Box of Medical Leadership in a Complex Specialist Rehabilitation Hospital
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Policy of free GP care for children under 6 years
Ocean‐scale footprint of a highly mobile fishing fleet
Managing the footprint of highly mobile fishing fleets is increasingly important due to continuing declines in fish populations. However, social‐ecological drivers for fisher behaviour remain poorly understood for many fleets globally. Using the Sri Lankan fleet as a case study, we explored the role of social, environmental and policy drivers of effort distribution and illegal fishing. We used semi‐structured interviews and participatory mapping …
Textual Magic
Localising and democratising goal-based governance for sustainability
Accelerating social and environmental change raises pressing questions about how existing institutions can be reformed to mount a more effective response. In this context, goal-based governance has been widely adopted in order to mobilise existing bodies to agree shared goals and develop common purpose. Increasingly employed in sustainability governance at the international scale, goal-based governance concerns setting pan-organisational goals an…
Policy of free GP care for children under 6 years
Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to improve child health. Ireland, the only country in the European Union without universal access to primary care, introduced general practitioner (GP) care at no charge for children aged under six in 2015. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of this policy on attendance at the emergency department (ED). A difference-in-difference (DiD) analysis was applied to visit records of 367,000 paediatric patients at…
Irish General Practitioner (GP) Perspectives Toward Decriminalisation, Legalisation and Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes (CTP)
Making Every Contact Count (Mecc) – Chronic Disease Risk Factor and Brief Advice Recording
Introduction: Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is about encouraging and assisting people to make healthier choices to achieve positive long-term behaviour change. In order to achieve this, organisations must build a culture that supports health improvement through the contacts it has with patients.Health Behaviours such as tobacco use, diet, physical activity and alcohol consumption make a significant contribution to the health status of individ…
Promoting the physical health of people with severe mental illness
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Using perceptions to examine human responses to blanket bans
Ocean‐scale footprint of a highly mobile fishing fleet
Managing the footprint of highly mobile fishing fleets is increasingly important due to continuing declines in fish populations. However, social‐ecological drivers for fisher behaviour remain poorly understood for many fleets globally. Using the Sri Lankan fleet as a case study, we explored the role of social, environmental and policy drivers of effort distribution and illegal fishing. We used semi‐structured interviews and participatory mapping …
Envisioning a resilient future for biodiversity conservation in the wake of the Covid‐19 pandemic
As the COVID‐19 pandemic continues to affect societies across the world, the ongoing economic and social disruptions are likely to present fundamental challenges for current and future biodiversity conservation. We review the literature for outcomes of past major societal, political, economic and zoonotic perturbations on biodiversity conservation, and demonstrate the complex implications of perturbation events upon conservation efforts. Building…
Policy of free GP care for children under 6 years
Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to improve child health. Ireland, the only country in the European Union without universal access to primary care, introduced general practitioner (GP) care at no charge for children aged under six in 2015. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of this policy on attendance at the emergency department (ED). A difference-in-difference (DiD) analysis was applied to visit records of 367,000 paediatric patients at…
Participation rate in cervical cancer screening in general practice related to the proximity of gynecology care facilities
Cervical cancer screening (CCS) by Pap tests is mainly performed by gynecologists in France, but also by general practitioners (GPs) and midwives. The screening uptake is insufficient to reduce the incidence of cervical neoplasms. Our aim was to investigate the association between screening rates in patients listed with GPs and the distance between GPs' offices and gynecology facilities. The population of 345 GPs, and their 93,918 female patients…
Radically Changing Medical Student Mental Health Programming
To the Editor: Having an identity crisis in medical school was not what I pictured when I first put on my short white coat. Failing exams and falling behind were once foreign experiences, but they soon became my reality. Not even my best coping mechanisms could overcome the depression and anxiety that were setting in. I felt isolated and abandoned as I embarked on my first leave of absence. I soon found out that I was not the only one struggling.…
Practice and System Factors Impact on Infection Prevention and Control in General Practice during Covid-19 across 33 Countries
Infection prevention and control (IPC) is an evidence-based approach used to reduce the risk of infection transmission within the healthcare environment. Effective IPC practices ensure safe and quality healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for enhanced IPC measures and the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized the need for strict adherence to the basic principles of IPC. This paper aims to describe the IPC strategies impleme…
Responding to Covid-19
COVID-19 proved that primary care (PC) providers have an important role in managing health emergencies, such as epidemics. Little is known about the preparedness of primary care practice infrastructure to continue providing high quality care during this crisis. The aim of this paper is to describe the perceived limitations to the infrastructure of PC practices during COVID-19 and to determine the factors associated with a higher likelihood of inf…
Safety Culture and the Positive Association of Being a Primary Care Training Practice during Covid-19
The day-to-day work of primary care (PC) was substantially changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Teaching practices needed to adapt both clinical work and teaching in a way that enabled the teaching process to continue, while maintaining safe and high-quality care. Our study aims to investigate the effect of being a training practice on a number of different outcomes related to the safety culture of PC practices. PRICOV-19 is a multi-country cross-se…
Distress and Wellbeing among General Practitioners in 33 Countries during Covid-19
Emerging literature is highlighting the huge toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline health workers. However, prior to the crisis, the wellbeing of this group was already of concern. The aim of this paper is to describe the frequency of distress and wellbeing, measured by the expanded 9-item Mayo Clinic Wellbeing Index (eWBI), among general practitioners/family physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify levers to mitigate the risk…
Self-rated health and quality of life among Syrian refugees in Ireland – data from a cross-sectional study
Chronic pain is relatively widespread among these young and otherwise healthy refugees. Psychological distress and trauma are important factors in respondents' quality of life scores. Chronic pain is associated with one's mental health. Our findings and the literature suggests that the diagnosis and treatment of pain and providing care in a culturally sensitive manner should be a priority and included in the preparation and training of the releva…
Unpacking the Black Box of Medical Leadership in a Complex Specialist Rehabilitation Hospital
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Policy of free GP care for children under 6 years
Digital maturity and its determinants in General Practice
Background The extent to which digital technologies are employed to promote the delivery of high-quality healthcare is known as Digital Maturity. Individual and systemic digital maturity are both necessary to ensure a successful, scalable and sustainable digital transformation in healthcare. However, digital maturity in primary care has been scarcely evaluated. Objectives This study assessed the digital maturity in General Practice (GP) globally …
The role of contextual factors in decision-making by General Practitioners on paediatric referral to the Emergency Department in Ireland
A General Practitioner's (GP) decision to refer a patient to the emergency department (ED) requires consideration of a multitude of factors, and significant variation in GP referral patterns to secondary care has been recorded. This study examines the contextual factors that influence GPs when referring a paediatric patient with potentially self-limiting clinical symptoms to the ED. Utilizing a discrete choice experiment, survey data was collecte…
The Application of Complexity Theory in Health and Social Care Research
Background: Complexity theory has been utilised by many researchers as an appropriate lens through which to examine health and care. Notwithstanding its potential value, many studies apply complexity theory in a tokenistic manner without engaging with its underlying concepts and underpinnings. Objectives: This scoping review aimed to map and synthesise available research which has utilised complexity theory in health and social care settings. The…
The Organization of Outreach Work for Vulnerable Patients in General Practice during Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected vulnerable populations' access to health care. By proactively reaching out to them, general practices attempted to prevent the underutilization of their services. This paper examined the association between practice and country characteristics and the organization of outreach work in general practices during COVID-19. Linear mixed model analyses with practices nested in countries were performed on…
Differences between Rural and Urban Practices in the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
This paper explores the differences between rural and urban practices in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing aspects such as management of patient flow, infection prevention and control, information processing, communication and collaboration. Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected through the online PRICOV-19 questionnaire sent to general practices in 38 countries. Rural practices in our sample were smaller than urban…
Screening for and Disclosure of Domestic Violence during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic left no one untouched, and reports of domestic violence (DV) increased during the crisis. DV victims rarely seek professional help, yet when they do so, they often disclose it to their general practitioner (GP), with whom they have a trusting relationship. GPs rarely screen and hence rarely take the initiative to discuss DV with patients, although victims indicate that offering this opportunity would facilitate their disclos…
Localising and democratising goal-based governance for sustainability
Accelerating social and environmental change raises pressing questions about how existing institutions can be reformed to mount a more effective response. In this context, goal-based governance has been widely adopted in order to mobilise existing bodies to agree shared goals and develop common purpose. Increasingly employed in sustainability governance at the international scale, goal-based governance concerns setting pan-organisational goals an…
Opportunities and challenges in value chain analysis for sustainable management of sharks and rays
Studies on elasmobranch trade have often focused on a single commodity, shark fins. Such a narrow focus can result in an incomplete understanding of the socio-cultural importance of sharks, limiting discussion on the range and efficacy of potential management interventions. Assessments must be performed across the value chain from fisher to retail vendor to better conserve vulnerable elasmobranch species, offering a broader view of capture, use, …
Insights into general practitioners’ self-care across 38 countries during the pandemic
GPs have navigated the pandemic uniquely, and despite applying self-care practices they faced some level of impact, hence self-care interventions for healthcare professionals should be regarded as essential rather than optional. A long-term investment in strategies focused on improving GPs' self-care is necessary to increase resilience among GPs and ensure their optimal well-being levels are achieved
Medicine (20 works) · Family medicine (13 works) · Nursing (13 works) · Health care (12 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (7 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Pandemic (7 works) · Business (6 works)