Julia Bishop
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590723 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia Bishop |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia |
| FAMILY NAME | Bishop |
| SIGNATURE | BISHOP J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1926-9715 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Intergovernmental or fully independent? Designing a scientific panel on evidence for action against antimicrobial resistance
Effective global action against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) relies on the successful synthesis and translation of rigorous scientific evidence into policy and practice. Despite a call in 2019 by the Interagency Coordination Group on AMR to establish a policy-science interface, and the reaffirmation to establish a scientific panel in the 2024 Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance, no authoritative entity currently exists that synthe…
Infection or inflection? Reflecting on constructions of children and play through the prism of the Covid-19 pandemic
During crisis times, what children are playing and what grown-ups think their games signify can become a focus of adult anxiety. The Play Observatory, a COVID-19 research project, drew on folklore studies and cultural histories of childhood to collect, document and understand what children were playing and doing during extraordinary times, in ways which were meaningful to children themselves. This article discusses some of the children’s and fami…
June Factor (1936–2024)
Play in a Covid Frame: Everyday Pandemic Creativity in a Time of Isolation
During the international coronavirus lockdowns of 2020–2021, millions of children, youth, and adults found their usual play areas out of bounds and their friends out of reach. How did the pandemic restrict everyday play and how did the pandemic offer new spaces and new content? This unique collection of essays documents the ways in which communities around the world harnessed play within the limiting frame of Covid-19. Folklorists Anna Beresin an…
An ecological perspective on children's play with digital technologies in South Africa and the United Kingdom
This paper reports a mixed-methods study of the play of children (3-11) with digital technologies in South Africa (SA) and the United Kingdom (UK), discussing the interrelatedness of access to devices and the Internet, contextual realities, and adult-child relations. An adapted ecological model [Bronfenbrenner (1979) The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design. Harvard University Press] guided analysis. Parents and carers i…
Preserving the Present: Designing a Child-Centered Qualitative Survey for a National Observatory of Children’s Play
This case study examines the complexities of rapid-response data collection via the Play Observatory project’s online qualitative survey of children, families, and child-oriented organizations. This research took place during a global pandemic and combined data collection with cataloguing and preserving materials for future research. Placing child-centerdness, inclusivity, and playful and emotional experiences at the heart of our methodology pres…
Compensation models for community health workers: Comparison of legal frameworks across five countries
BACKGROUND: , there is an urgent need to better understand the types of CHW payment models and their implications. METHODS: This study examines the legal framework on CHW compensation in five countries: Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa. In order to map the characteristics of each approach, a review of the regulatory framework governing CHW compensation in each country was undertaken. Law firms in each of the five countries were en…
Instructive roles and supportive relationships: Client perspectives of their engagement with community health workers in a rural South African home visiting program
These findings highlight the important roles that CHWs can assume in providing both instructive and supportive care to clients; as deepening relationships may be key for encouraging behavior change, these findings pinpoint the need to bolster training and support for CHWs in similar programs. They also emphasize the importance of integrating more channels for client feedback into existing programs, to ensure that clients' voices are heard and acc…
Prioritising the role of community health workers in the Covid-19 response
COVID-19 disproportionately affects the poor and vulnerable. Community health workers are poised to play a pivotal role in fighting the pandemic, especially in countries with less resilient health systems. Drawing from practitioner expertise across four WHO regions, this article outlines the targeted actions needed at different stages of the pandemic to achieve the following goals: (1) PROTECT healthcare workers, (2) INTERRUPT the virus, (3) MAIN…
Under threes’ play with tablets
This paper outlines the findings from a study that examined the tablet and app use of children aged from birth to three. The aim of the study was to examine how far use of tablets and apps promoted play and creativity. A total of 954 UK parents of children aged from birth to three who had access to a tablet in the home completed an online survey that explored the children’s use of apps. Ethnographic case studies of four children aged from birth t…
Balancing roles and blurring boundaries: Community health workers’ experiences of navigating the crossroads between personal and professional life in rural South Africa
As demand for health services grows, task-shifting to lay health workers has become an attractive solution to address shortages in human resources. Community health workers (CHWs), particularly in low-resource settings, play critical roles in promoting equitable healthcare among underserved populations. However, CHWs often shoulder additional burdens as members of the same communities in which they work. We examined the experiences of a group of …
Iona Opie (1923–2017)
Iona Opie died peacefully on 23 October 2017, just a few days after her ninety-fourth birthday. As one half of the husband-and-wife team ‘the Opies’, and as an individual in her own right, Iona pio
Digital play: A new classification
This paper draws on an ESRC-funded study of play and creativity in preschool-aged children’s use of apps in the UK. The main objectives of the study were to collect information about access to and use of apps in the home, establish the most popular apps and identify the features of those apps that are successful in promoting play and creativity. A mixed-method approach was used to collect data, including video filming of children using the most p…
From ‘Breathless Catalogue’ to ‘Beyond Text’: A Hundred Years of Children’s Folklore Collecting
This lecture draws attention to research into children’s folklore in Britain from the last century, stressing its potential to inform understandings of contemporary childhoods, particularly children’s play. The emphasis is on archival sources, such as the collections of Norman Douglas, James Ritchie, and Iona and Peter Opie. The changing nature of contemporary evidence, such as children’s self-produced films of their play shared on YouTube, is al…
Co-production of family literacy projects to enhance early literacy development
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on how early years practitioners worked with the ORIM Framework to support work with parents to promote early literacy experiences. Design/methodology/approach – Co-produced Knowledge Exchange (KE) was used to develop and evaluate work with parents to facilitate their young children’s literacy. Information was gathered in discussion groups, interviews with parents and practitioners and feedback fro…
The lives and legacies of Iona and Peter Opie
This article outlines the biographies of Iona (1923 –) and Peter (1918–1982) Opie and describes their aims, methods and theoretical orientation with particular reference to their work on children's play and games in the third quarter of the twentieth century. The account illustrates their separate identities as well as portraying the joint working relationship they built up as a husband-and-wife team. The Opies’ reputation as pioneer researchers …
We're playingJeremy Kyle'! Television talk shows in the playground
This paper focuses on an episode of play in a primary school playground in England, which featured a group of children re-enacting elements of the television talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show. The episode is analysed in the light of work that has identified the key elements of the talk show genre and the children's play is examined in relation to conceptualisations of talk shows as cruelty-verité, carnivalesque spectacle and vehicles of social class…
Rewind and replay? Television and play in the 1950s/1960s and 2010s
In this paper, we consider the way in which television's impact on children's play has changed over the past 60 years. The UK has unique collections of children's playground games and rhymes. The folklorists Iona and Peter Opie collected children's playground games and rhymes in the 1950s–1980s and their collection is deposited at the Bodleian Library. A recent study funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of the Beyond Text pr…
Going Outside Together: Good Practice with Respect to the Inclusion of Disabled Children in Primary School Playgrounds
This paper reports some of the findings of research which has investigated the inclusion of disabled children in six primary school playgrounds in Yorkshire, in England. Initially the paper sets the policy context before moving on to discuss the importance of play for children, especially in a primary school setting and particularly for disabled children in such a setting. The inclusion of disabled children is discussed with respect to a series o…
Going Outside Together: Good Practice with Respect to the Inclusion of Disabled Children in Primary School Playgrounds
This paper reports some of the findings of research which has investigated the inclusion of disabled children in six primary school playgrounds in Yorkshire, in England. Initially the paper sets the policy context before moving on to discuss the importance of play for children, especially in a primary school setting and particularly for disabled children in such a setting. The inclusion of disabled children is discussed with respect to a series o…
Balancing roles and blurring boundaries: Community health workers’ experiences of navigating the crossroads between personal and professional life in rural South Africa
As demand for health services grows, task-shifting to lay health workers has become an attractive solution to address shortages in human resources. Community health workers (CHWs), particularly in low-resource settings, play critical roles in promoting equitable healthcare among underserved populations. However, CHWs often shoulder additional burdens as members of the same communities in which they work. We examined the experiences of a group of …
An ecological perspective on children's play with digital technologies in South Africa and the United Kingdom
This paper reports a mixed-methods study of the play of children (3-11) with digital technologies in South Africa (SA) and the United Kingdom (UK), discussing the interrelatedness of access to devices and the Internet, contextual realities, and adult-child relations. An adapted ecological model [Bronfenbrenner (1979) The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design. Harvard University Press] guided analysis. Parents and carers i…
Under threes’ play with tablets
This paper outlines the findings from a study that examined the tablet and app use of children aged from birth to three. The aim of the study was to examine how far use of tablets and apps promoted play and creativity. A total of 954 UK parents of children aged from birth to three who had access to a tablet in the home completed an online survey that explored the children’s use of apps. Ethnographic case studies of four children aged from birth t…
Co-production of family literacy projects to enhance early literacy development
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on how early years practitioners worked with the ORIM Framework to support work with parents to promote early literacy experiences. Design/methodology/approach – Co-produced Knowledge Exchange (KE) was used to develop and evaluate work with parents to facilitate their young children’s literacy. Information was gathered in discussion groups, interviews with parents and practitioners and feedback fro…
We're playingJeremy Kyle'! Television talk shows in the playground
This paper focuses on an episode of play in a primary school playground in England, which featured a group of children re-enacting elements of the television talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show. The episode is analysed in the light of work that has identified the key elements of the talk show genre and the children's play is examined in relation to conceptualisations of talk shows as cruelty-verité, carnivalesque spectacle and vehicles of social class…
Rewind and replay? Television and play in the 1950s/1960s and 2010s
In this paper, we consider the way in which television's impact on children's play has changed over the past 60 years. The UK has unique collections of children's playground games and rhymes. The folklorists Iona and Peter Opie collected children's playground games and rhymes in the 1950s–1980s and their collection is deposited at the Bodleian Library. A recent study funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of the Beyond Text pr…
Going Outside Together: Good Practice with Respect to the Inclusion of Disabled Children in Primary School Playgrounds
This paper reports some of the findings of research which has investigated the inclusion of disabled children in six primary school playgrounds in Yorkshire, in England. Initially the paper sets the policy context before moving on to discuss the importance of play for children, especially in a primary school setting and particularly for disabled children in such a setting. The inclusion of disabled children is discussed with respect to a series o…
Rewind and replay? Television and play in the 1950s/1960s and 2010s
In this paper, we consider the way in which television's impact on children's play has changed over the past 60 years. The UK has unique collections of children's playground games and rhymes. The folklorists Iona and Peter Opie collected children's playground games and rhymes in the 1950s–1980s and their collection is deposited at the Bodleian Library. A recent study funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of the Beyond Text pr…
The lives and legacies of Iona and Peter Opie
This article outlines the biographies of Iona (1923 –) and Peter (1918–1982) Opie and describes their aims, methods and theoretical orientation with particular reference to their work on children's play and games in the third quarter of the twentieth century. The account illustrates their separate identities as well as portraying the joint working relationship they built up as a husband-and-wife team. The Opies’ reputation as pioneer researchers …
We're playingJeremy Kyle'! Television talk shows in the playground
This paper focuses on an episode of play in a primary school playground in England, which featured a group of children re-enacting elements of the television talk show The Jeremy Kyle Show. The episode is analysed in the light of work that has identified the key elements of the talk show genre and the children's play is examined in relation to conceptualisations of talk shows as cruelty-verité, carnivalesque spectacle and vehicles of social class…
Co-production of family literacy projects to enhance early literacy development
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on how early years practitioners worked with the ORIM Framework to support work with parents to promote early literacy experiences. Design/methodology/approach – Co-produced Knowledge Exchange (KE) was used to develop and evaluate work with parents to facilitate their young children’s literacy. Information was gathered in discussion groups, interviews with parents and practitioners and feedback fro…
Digital play: A new classification
This paper draws on an ESRC-funded study of play and creativity in preschool-aged children’s use of apps in the UK. The main objectives of the study were to collect information about access to and use of apps in the home, establish the most popular apps and identify the features of those apps that are successful in promoting play and creativity. A mixed-method approach was used to collect data, including video filming of children using the most p…
From ‘Breathless Catalogue’ to ‘Beyond Text’: A Hundred Years of Children’s Folklore Collecting
This lecture draws attention to research into children’s folklore in Britain from the last century, stressing its potential to inform understandings of contemporary childhoods, particularly children’s play. The emphasis is on archival sources, such as the collections of Norman Douglas, James Ritchie, and Iona and Peter Opie. The changing nature of contemporary evidence, such as children’s self-produced films of their play shared on YouTube, is al…
Iona Opie (1923–2017)
Iona Opie died peacefully on 23 October 2017, just a few days after her ninety-fourth birthday. As one half of the husband-and-wife team ‘the Opies’, and as an individual in her own right, Iona pio
Prioritising the role of community health workers in the Covid-19 response
COVID-19 disproportionately affects the poor and vulnerable. Community health workers are poised to play a pivotal role in fighting the pandemic, especially in countries with less resilient health systems. Drawing from practitioner expertise across four WHO regions, this article outlines the targeted actions needed at different stages of the pandemic to achieve the following goals: (1) PROTECT healthcare workers, (2) INTERRUPT the virus, (3) MAIN…
Under threes’ play with tablets
This paper outlines the findings from a study that examined the tablet and app use of children aged from birth to three. The aim of the study was to examine how far use of tablets and apps promoted play and creativity. A total of 954 UK parents of children aged from birth to three who had access to a tablet in the home completed an online survey that explored the children’s use of apps. Ethnographic case studies of four children aged from birth t…
Balancing roles and blurring boundaries: Community health workers’ experiences of navigating the crossroads between personal and professional life in rural South Africa
As demand for health services grows, task-shifting to lay health workers has become an attractive solution to address shortages in human resources. Community health workers (CHWs), particularly in low-resource settings, play critical roles in promoting equitable healthcare among underserved populations. However, CHWs often shoulder additional burdens as members of the same communities in which they work. We examined the experiences of a group of …
Compensation models for community health workers: Comparison of legal frameworks across five countries
BACKGROUND: , there is an urgent need to better understand the types of CHW payment models and their implications. METHODS: This study examines the legal framework on CHW compensation in five countries: Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa. In order to map the characteristics of each approach, a review of the regulatory framework governing CHW compensation in each country was undertaken. Law firms in each of the five countries were en…
Instructive roles and supportive relationships: Client perspectives of their engagement with community health workers in a rural South African home visiting program
These findings highlight the important roles that CHWs can assume in providing both instructive and supportive care to clients; as deepening relationships may be key for encouraging behavior change, these findings pinpoint the need to bolster training and support for CHWs in similar programs. They also emphasize the importance of integrating more channels for client feedback into existing programs, to ensure that clients' voices are heard and acc…
Preserving the Present: Designing a Child-Centered Qualitative Survey for a National Observatory of Children’s Play
This case study examines the complexities of rapid-response data collection via the Play Observatory project’s online qualitative survey of children, families, and child-oriented organizations. This research took place during a global pandemic and combined data collection with cataloguing and preserving materials for future research. Placing child-centerdness, inclusivity, and playful and emotional experiences at the heart of our methodology pres…
Play in a Covid Frame: Everyday Pandemic Creativity in a Time of Isolation
During the international coronavirus lockdowns of 2020–2021, millions of children, youth, and adults found their usual play areas out of bounds and their friends out of reach. How did the pandemic restrict everyday play and how did the pandemic offer new spaces and new content? This unique collection of essays documents the ways in which communities around the world harnessed play within the limiting frame of Covid-19. Folklorists Anna Beresin an…
An ecological perspective on children's play with digital technologies in South Africa and the United Kingdom
This paper reports a mixed-methods study of the play of children (3-11) with digital technologies in South Africa (SA) and the United Kingdom (UK), discussing the interrelatedness of access to devices and the Internet, contextual realities, and adult-child relations. An adapted ecological model [Bronfenbrenner (1979) The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design. Harvard University Press] guided analysis. Parents and carers i…
Infection or inflection? Reflecting on constructions of children and play through the prism of the Covid-19 pandemic
During crisis times, what children are playing and what grown-ups think their games signify can become a focus of adult anxiety. The Play Observatory, a COVID-19 research project, drew on folklore studies and cultural histories of childhood to collect, document and understand what children were playing and doing during extraordinary times, in ways which were meaningful to children themselves. This article discusses some of the children’s and fami…
June Factor (1936–2024)
Intergovernmental or fully independent? Designing a scientific panel on evidence for action against antimicrobial resistance
Effective global action against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) relies on the successful synthesis and translation of rigorous scientific evidence into policy and practice. Despite a call in 2019 by the Interagency Coordination Group on AMR to establish a policy-science interface, and the reaffirmation to establish a scientific panel in the 2024 Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance, no authoritative entity currently exists that synthe…
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (6 works) · History (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (4 works)