Miranda Cunningham

Biographic Data

ID3857097
NAMEMiranda Cunningham
GIVEN NAMESMiranda
FAMILY NAMECunningham
SIGNATURECUNNINGHAM M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Plymouth
ORCID0000-0002-0691-3148
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS23
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX2

  • Participatory food events as collaborative public engagement opportunities

    Open AccessClare Pettinger, Julie M Parsons et al.ARTICLEMethodological Innovations2019Cited by: 2References: 51

    There is an urgent need to 'get creative' with the way we tackle social and nutritional inequalities. The Food as a Lifestyle Motivator (FLM) project has explored the use of creative participatory approaches to engage 'harder to reach' communities in dialogues to improve their well-being and life skills. Preliminary findings have confirmed that food can be a powerful catalyst for social inclusion with the potential to empower 'marginalised' indiv…

  • Homelessness

    Leonie Boland, Miranda CunninghamARTICLEJournal of Occupational Science2018Cited by: 1References: 9

    This comment is the result of our critical reflections, observations and discussions in relation to occupation and homelessness, inspired by our participation in the fourth conference of Occupational Science Europe and informed by our research and experiences in the field. Whilst we acknowledge the growing contribution of occupational science and therapy to homelessness, our practices have led us to identify a number of complex factors that impac…

  • Employing participatory methods to engage an under-researched group

    Open AccessClare Pettinger, Gayle Letherby et al.ARTICLEMethodological Innovations2018Cited by: 8References: 43

    In this article, we report on our experience of working on an exploratory project where the primary objective was to involve homeless service users with food-based participatory qualitative approaches. The project FLM aimed to explore food experiences and behaviours in a sample of users of homelessness services in a south west UK coastal city, in order to create solutions to improve their wellbeing. A mixture of qualitative methods was used, incl…

  • The New Politics of Social Work

    James Kennerly Nash, Kevin M Cherry et al.ARTICLESocial Work2016Cited by: 1References: 1

    In early 2015 several faculty and PhD students at our school, interested in pushing social work to challenge structures that cause social injustice, read and discussed The New Politics of Social Work edited by Gray and Webb (2013). Five of us contributed to this review of the book and, as in our discussions, contributors may disagree on certain points therein. The book aims to “devise a ‘new politics’ for social work in the belief that [the field…

  • Aging out

    Open AccessMiranda Cunningham, Miranda J Cunningham et al.ARTICLEQualitative Social Work2013

    Foster youth in the United States face significant barriers in a transition to independence which is markedly abrupt compared to the ‘emerging adulthood’ that is expected of most young adults. While many of the difficulties that foster youth face in this transition are known at the larger demographic level, first-person narratives of the process of ‘aging out’ of foster care are largely missing from academic literature. To date, most qualitative …

  • Assessing Restrictiveness

    Jessica Schmidt, Miranda Cunningham et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2013Cited by: 11References: 4

    The aim of the study was to examine the experience of restrictiveness among transition-aged youth with disabilities in foster care. Utilizing a sample of 207 youth, placement types were explored for differences in disability status, race and sex. Further, youth perceptions of restriction around communication, movement around one's home, and access to the community were examined for youth receiving special education services (SPED), youth receivin…