Karen Whittaker
Biographic Data
| ID | 6023670 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Whittaker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Whittaker |
| SIGNATURE | WHITTAKER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lancashire |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3493-9396 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Predictors of Mother and Infant Emergency Department Attendance and Admission
Improving the reproductive and mental health of mothers may help to avoid poor maternal and infant health outcomes and reduce emergency service utilisation and hospitalisation
Adapting breastfeeding support in areas of socio-economic deprivation
Findings suggest that while PSs are commissioned to focus on those most in need, there is limited discussion, collection, or use of knowledge about women's lives to develop needs-led service delivery. The key recommendation is the development of a social ecological tool to facilitate the use and application of contextual knowledge
The challenges of assessing sample representativeness within community‐based evaluations of parenting programmes delivered in England and Ireland
The findings from evaluations of parenting programmes can help inform policy and practice decisions, including how best to allocate scarce resources designed to support families. However, studies often fail to consider the extent to which the findings can be generalised to other settings or populations. One, yet unexplored solution, is to compare study findings and large-scale data sets including publicly available population data. The aims of th…
Use of domestic craft for meaning‐making post‐disaster
Much of the post‐disaster research has focused on the vulnerability of affected populations and deleterious effects of such events on mental health, living conditions and employment. Little scholarly consideration has been given to investigating the resourceful activities of everyday living that occupants of disaster‐ridden locations use to strengthen coping and aid recovery. This article reports on research conducted after the Christchurch 2010–…
Making a difference for children and families
The study aimed to develop an understanding of health visitor recruitment and retention by examining what existing staff and new recruits wanted from their job, their professional aspirations and what would encourage them to start and stay in employment. Following a period of steady decline in numbers, the health visitor workforce in England has recently been invested in and expanded to deliver universal child public health. To capitalise on this…
Examining the Role of Craft in Post-Earthquake Recovery
This article reports on research conducted in Christchurch, New Zealand, after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. This quake and thousands of subsequent aftershocks have left the city of Christchurch with serious infrastructure damage to roads, sewage supply, housing and commercial buildings. The emergence of a vibrant art and craft movement in the Christchurch region post earthquake has been an unexpected aspect of the recovery process. The articl…
A qualitative study of parents' experiences using family support services
United Kingdom policy and practice endorses family support for child well-being. Achieving such support requires multi-agency approaches that consider all aspects of parents' and children's lives and which offer practical, social and emotional help. The potential for services to make a positive impact on parents and their families will depend in part on the level and nature of engagement. In this paper, a case is made for the application of the t…
An effective programme is not enough
The provision of parenting support is a key feature of wealthier nations’ health and social care services. However, attendance and engagement by the neediest parents remains poor. Barriers experienced by parents include personal life factors (beliefs, lifestyles and limited resources) and programme‐specific factors (delivery, content and support arrangements). Here we give consideration to these issues, drawing on published reviews of parenting p…
Pragmatic randomised controlled trials in parenting research
Study objective: To evaluate trials of parenting programmes, regarding their use of intention to treat (ITT). Design: Individual trials included in two relevant Cochrane systematic reviews were scrutinised by two independent reviewers. Data on country of origin, target audience, trial type, treatment violations, use of ITT, and the management of missing data were extracted. Main results: Thirty trial reports were reviewed. Three reported the use …
Examining the Role of Craft in Post-Earthquake Recovery
This article reports on research conducted in Christchurch, New Zealand, after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. This quake and thousands of subsequent aftershocks have left the city of Christchurch with serious infrastructure damage to roads, sewage supply, housing and commercial buildings. The emergence of a vibrant art and craft movement in the Christchurch region post earthquake has been an unexpected aspect of the recovery process. The articl…
A qualitative study of parents' experiences using family support services
United Kingdom policy and practice endorses family support for child well-being. Achieving such support requires multi-agency approaches that consider all aspects of parents' and children's lives and which offer practical, social and emotional help. The potential for services to make a positive impact on parents and their families will depend in part on the level and nature of engagement. In this paper, a case is made for the application of the t…
Use of domestic craft for meaning‐making post‐disaster
Much of the post‐disaster research has focused on the vulnerability of affected populations and deleterious effects of such events on mental health, living conditions and employment. Little scholarly consideration has been given to investigating the resourceful activities of everyday living that occupants of disaster‐ridden locations use to strengthen coping and aid recovery. This article reports on research conducted after the Christchurch 2010–…
Pragmatic randomised controlled trials in parenting research
Study objective: To evaluate trials of parenting programmes, regarding their use of intention to treat (ITT). Design: Individual trials included in two relevant Cochrane systematic reviews were scrutinised by two independent reviewers. Data on country of origin, target audience, trial type, treatment violations, use of ITT, and the management of missing data were extracted. Main results: Thirty trial reports were reviewed. Three reported the use …
An effective programme is not enough
The provision of parenting support is a key feature of wealthier nations’ health and social care services. However, attendance and engagement by the neediest parents remains poor. Barriers experienced by parents include personal life factors (beliefs, lifestyles and limited resources) and programme‐specific factors (delivery, content and support arrangements). Here we give consideration to these issues, drawing on published reviews of parenting p…
A qualitative study of parents' experiences using family support services
United Kingdom policy and practice endorses family support for child well-being. Achieving such support requires multi-agency approaches that consider all aspects of parents' and children's lives and which offer practical, social and emotional help. The potential for services to make a positive impact on parents and their families will depend in part on the level and nature of engagement. In this paper, a case is made for the application of the t…
Use of domestic craft for meaning‐making post‐disaster
Much of the post‐disaster research has focused on the vulnerability of affected populations and deleterious effects of such events on mental health, living conditions and employment. Little scholarly consideration has been given to investigating the resourceful activities of everyday living that occupants of disaster‐ridden locations use to strengthen coping and aid recovery. This article reports on research conducted after the Christchurch 2010–…
Making a difference for children and families
The study aimed to develop an understanding of health visitor recruitment and retention by examining what existing staff and new recruits wanted from their job, their professional aspirations and what would encourage them to start and stay in employment. Following a period of steady decline in numbers, the health visitor workforce in England has recently been invested in and expanded to deliver universal child public health. To capitalise on this…
Examining the Role of Craft in Post-Earthquake Recovery
This article reports on research conducted in Christchurch, New Zealand, after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. This quake and thousands of subsequent aftershocks have left the city of Christchurch with serious infrastructure damage to roads, sewage supply, housing and commercial buildings. The emergence of a vibrant art and craft movement in the Christchurch region post earthquake has been an unexpected aspect of the recovery process. The articl…
Adapting breastfeeding support in areas of socio-economic deprivation
Findings suggest that while PSs are commissioned to focus on those most in need, there is limited discussion, collection, or use of knowledge about women's lives to develop needs-led service delivery. The key recommendation is the development of a social ecological tool to facilitate the use and application of contextual knowledge
The challenges of assessing sample representativeness within community‐based evaluations of parenting programmes delivered in England and Ireland
The findings from evaluations of parenting programmes can help inform policy and practice decisions, including how best to allocate scarce resources designed to support families. However, studies often fail to consider the extent to which the findings can be generalised to other settings or populations. One, yet unexplored solution, is to compare study findings and large-scale data sets including publicly available population data. The aims of th…
Predictors of Mother and Infant Emergency Department Attendance and Admission
Improving the reproductive and mental health of mothers may help to avoid poor maternal and infant health outcomes and reduce emergency service utilisation and hospitalisation
Medicine (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Attendance (3 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (3 works)