Alison Metcalfe
Biographic Data
| ID | 4218994 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Metcalfe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Metcalfe |
| SIGNATURE | METCALFE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6466-918X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Communicating Genetic Information in Families with Inherited Late-Onset Neurodegenerative Diseases
Communicating genetic information within families living with inherited genetic conditions (IGCs), especially incurable and progressive late-onset neurodegenerative diseases (LONDs), presents significant challenges. To date, no literature review has specifically addressed this issue in families with LONDs. To fill this gap, a scoping review was conducted following PRISMA and JBI guidelines. Four databases (Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and Psyc…
Co-designing models for the communication of genomic results for rare diseases
The communication of genomic results to patients and families with rare diseases raise distinctive challenges. However, there is little evidence about optimal methods to communicate results to this group of service users. To address this gap, we worked with rare disease families and health professionals from two genetic/genomic services, one in the United Kingdom and one in the Czech Republic, to co-design that best meet their needs. Using the pa…
It didn’t mean anything” – moving within a landscape of knowledge to interpret genetics and genetic test results within familial cancer concerns
Genetics is increasingly defining how we understand health and disease, affecting for some, their understanding of inherited disease, and the meaning of medical genetic information. When interpretations of hereditary conditions are determined, partly, by one’s familial experience of heritable characteristics and partly by various other lived experiences, the meaning of genetics becomes highly personal. Through descriptions of stocks of knowledge,…
Qualitative Methods and Process Evaluation in Clinical Trials Context
Shattered Schemata and Fragmented Identities
While pregnant women's views about antenatal screening have been widely researched, those of expectant fathers remain underexplored. Interviews were thus conducted with 12 men and 6 women, either during pregnancy or soon after birth. Findings suggested that the men started to construct a schema of their child and a paternal identity even before she/he was born. One of the paternal responsibilities men encountered was to participate in screening. …
The role of support groups in facilitating families in coping with a genetic condition and in discussion of genetic risk information
Background Giving children and young people information about genetic conditions and associated risk has been shown to be important to their identity, coping and decision making. Parents, however, find talking to their children difficult, and support from health professionals is often not available to them. Objective To explore the role of support groups in family coping, and in assisting parents’ communication about risk with children in familie…
Breast cancer genetic counselling referrals
Qualitative Methods and Process Evaluation in Clinical Trials Context
Shattered Schemata and Fragmented Identities
While pregnant women's views about antenatal screening have been widely researched, those of expectant fathers remain underexplored. Interviews were thus conducted with 12 men and 6 women, either during pregnancy or soon after birth. Findings suggested that the men started to construct a schema of their child and a paternal identity even before she/he was born. One of the paternal responsibilities men encountered was to participate in screening. …
Breast cancer genetic counselling referrals
The role of support groups in facilitating families in coping with a genetic condition and in discussion of genetic risk information
Background Giving children and young people information about genetic conditions and associated risk has been shown to be important to their identity, coping and decision making. Parents, however, find talking to their children difficult, and support from health professionals is often not available to them. Objective To explore the role of support groups in family coping, and in assisting parents’ communication about risk with children in familie…
Shattered Schemata and Fragmented Identities
While pregnant women's views about antenatal screening have been widely researched, those of expectant fathers remain underexplored. Interviews were thus conducted with 12 men and 6 women, either during pregnancy or soon after birth. Findings suggested that the men started to construct a schema of their child and a paternal identity even before she/he was born. One of the paternal responsibilities men encountered was to participate in screening. …
Qualitative Methods and Process Evaluation in Clinical Trials Context
It didn’t mean anything” – moving within a landscape of knowledge to interpret genetics and genetic test results within familial cancer concerns
Genetics is increasingly defining how we understand health and disease, affecting for some, their understanding of inherited disease, and the meaning of medical genetic information. When interpretations of hereditary conditions are determined, partly, by one’s familial experience of heritable characteristics and partly by various other lived experiences, the meaning of genetics becomes highly personal. Through descriptions of stocks of knowledge,…
Co-designing models for the communication of genomic results for rare diseases
The communication of genomic results to patients and families with rare diseases raise distinctive challenges. However, there is little evidence about optimal methods to communicate results to this group of service users. To address this gap, we worked with rare disease families and health professionals from two genetic/genomic services, one in the United Kingdom and one in the Czech Republic, to co-design that best meet their needs. Using the pa…
Communicating Genetic Information in Families with Inherited Late-Onset Neurodegenerative Diseases
Communicating genetic information within families living with inherited genetic conditions (IGCs), especially incurable and progressive late-onset neurodegenerative diseases (LONDs), presents significant challenges. To date, no literature review has specifically addressed this issue in families with LONDs. To fill this gap, a scoping review was conducted following PRISMA and JBI guidelines. Four databases (Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and Psyc…
Psychology (6 works) · BRCA gene mutations in cancer (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Biology (3 works) · Genetics (3 works) · Genomics and Rare Diseases (3 works) · Cancer (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Feeling (2 works)