Michelle Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 6242949 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5105-6408 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reflections from the Covid‐19 pandemic on inequalities and patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in social care, health and public health research
Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) has evolved to become widely established practice in social care, health and public health research in the UK. The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused rapid change in practice in PPIE, notably in moving from face‐to‐face meetings to virtual ones. This has opened a space for reflecting on established PPIE practice, but there is a risk this is conducted too narrowly, such as only weighing our preference…
Building collective control and improving health through a place-based community empowerment initiative
Both environmental improvement and collective agency over local decisions are recognised strategies for promoting health and health equity. However, both strategies have been critiqued for their association with policies that emphasise local resources and decision-making while the state disinvests in social and environmental determinants of health. This paper explores the role of place-based community empowerment initiatives in building collectiv…
A ‘strategy of resistance’? How can a place-based empowerment programme influence local media portrayals of neighbourhoods and what are the implications for tackling health inequalities
I realised it weren't about spending the money. It's about doing something together
Community initiatives aiming to reduce health inequalities are increasingly common in health policy. Though diverse many such initiatives aim to support residents of disadvantaged places to exercise greater collective control over decisions/actions that affect their lives - which research suggests is an important determinant of health - and some seek to achieve this by giving residents control over a budget. Informed by theoretical work in which …
Using the Public Involvement Impact Assessment Framework to assess the impact of public involvement in a mental health research context
BACKGROUND: We assess the utility of the Public Involvement Impact Assessment Framework (PiiAF) as a resource to support research teams in assessing the impact of Public Involvement across diverse research and public involvement (PI) contexts. PiiAF was developed in response to a well-documented growth in Public Involvement in health research in the United Kingdom that demands a more sophisticated evidence base to demonstrate its impact. DESIGN: …
Reframing “participation” and “inclusion” in public health policy and practice to address health inequalities
There is a need for greater conceptual clarity in place-based initiatives that seek to give residents of disadvantaged neighbourhoods more control over action to address the social determinants of health inequalities at a local level. In this article, we address this issue as it relates to the concepts of participation and inclusion. We draw on qualitative data generated during the first phase of the Communities in Control Study, a longitudinal m…
Putting context centre stage
It is now widely accepted that context matters in evaluations of the health inequalities impact of community-based social initiatives. Systems thinking offers a lens for uncovering the dynamic relationship between such initiatives and their social contexts. However, there are very few examples that show how a systems approach can be applied in practice and what kinds of evidence are produced when this happens. In this paper, we use data from ethn…
Short Break and Respite Services for Disabled Children in England
Researchers, health and social care workers often seek to understand the perspectives of children; but gathering views directly from children can present difficulties. Parents are often asked to provide accounts of children's feelings or opinions on the assumption that their proxy reports are accurate and unproblematic. This qualitative thematic analysis of open‐question responses from 352 parents and 73 disabled children examines their accounts …
A Break from Caring for a Disabled Child
‘Short breaks’ is a term used in England to refer to a range of services for disabled children, many of which used to be known as respite. Recent legislation in England requires local authorities to provide family carers of disabled children with breaks so that they can continue to care. This qualitative study explored the perceptions of twenty-five parents whose children accessed short breaks. We performed a thematic analysis of data obtained fr…
Do short break and respite services for families with a disabled child in England make a difference to siblings? A qualitative analysis of sibling and parent responses
The Impacts of short break provision on families with a disabled child
There are widespread assumptions about the potential impacts of short breaks on family carers and disabled children. This review aims to evaluate the existing international research evidence concerning the impacts of short breaks on families with a disabled child. Electronic literature searches were conducted using ASSIA, PsycInfo, CINAHL, and Web of Science, and requests for information were sent to selected email lists. Of 60 articles or report…
Reasons for Smoking and Personality
A questionnaire was given to 25 male and 36 female students who smoked (M,,, = 24.4 yr., SD = 7.0), including Billingslea's inventory and the Keirsey and Bates (1984) personality test, a popular modification of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The mean scores (and SDs) on the Keirsey-Bates inventory were for extraversion 7.0 (2.1), for sensing 8.4 (4.6), for thinking 9.1 (4.3), and for judging 11.5 (4.2). Three Pearson correlations out of the 24 …
A ‘strategy of resistance’? How can a place-based empowerment programme influence local media portrayals of neighbourhoods and what are the implications for tackling health inequalities
I realised it weren't about spending the money. It's about doing something together
Community initiatives aiming to reduce health inequalities are increasingly common in health policy. Though diverse many such initiatives aim to support residents of disadvantaged places to exercise greater collective control over decisions/actions that affect their lives - which research suggests is an important determinant of health - and some seek to achieve this by giving residents control over a budget. Informed by theoretical work in which …
Reframing “participation” and “inclusion” in public health policy and practice to address health inequalities
There is a need for greater conceptual clarity in place-based initiatives that seek to give residents of disadvantaged neighbourhoods more control over action to address the social determinants of health inequalities at a local level. In this article, we address this issue as it relates to the concepts of participation and inclusion. We draw on qualitative data generated during the first phase of the Communities in Control Study, a longitudinal m…
A Break from Caring for a Disabled Child
‘Short breaks’ is a term used in England to refer to a range of services for disabled children, many of which used to be known as respite. Recent legislation in England requires local authorities to provide family carers of disabled children with breaks so that they can continue to care. This qualitative study explored the perceptions of twenty-five parents whose children accessed short breaks. We performed a thematic analysis of data obtained fr…
Do short break and respite services for families with a disabled child in England make a difference to siblings? A qualitative analysis of sibling and parent responses
Reasons for Smoking and Personality
A questionnaire was given to 25 male and 36 female students who smoked (M,,, = 24.4 yr., SD = 7.0), including Billingslea's inventory and the Keirsey and Bates (1984) personality test, a popular modification of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The mean scores (and SDs) on the Keirsey-Bates inventory were for extraversion 7.0 (2.1), for sensing 8.4 (4.6), for thinking 9.1 (4.3), and for judging 11.5 (4.2). Three Pearson correlations out of the 24 …
The Impacts of short break provision on families with a disabled child
There are widespread assumptions about the potential impacts of short breaks on family carers and disabled children. This review aims to evaluate the existing international research evidence concerning the impacts of short breaks on families with a disabled child. Electronic literature searches were conducted using ASSIA, PsycInfo, CINAHL, and Web of Science, and requests for information were sent to selected email lists. Of 60 articles or report…
Do short break and respite services for families with a disabled child in England make a difference to siblings? A qualitative analysis of sibling and parent responses
Short Break and Respite Services for Disabled Children in England
Researchers, health and social care workers often seek to understand the perspectives of children; but gathering views directly from children can present difficulties. Parents are often asked to provide accounts of children's feelings or opinions on the assumption that their proxy reports are accurate and unproblematic. This qualitative thematic analysis of open‐question responses from 352 parents and 73 disabled children examines their accounts …
A Break from Caring for a Disabled Child
‘Short breaks’ is a term used in England to refer to a range of services for disabled children, many of which used to be known as respite. Recent legislation in England requires local authorities to provide family carers of disabled children with breaks so that they can continue to care. This qualitative study explored the perceptions of twenty-five parents whose children accessed short breaks. We performed a thematic analysis of data obtained fr…
Putting context centre stage
It is now widely accepted that context matters in evaluations of the health inequalities impact of community-based social initiatives. Systems thinking offers a lens for uncovering the dynamic relationship between such initiatives and their social contexts. However, there are very few examples that show how a systems approach can be applied in practice and what kinds of evidence are produced when this happens. In this paper, we use data from ethn…
Using the Public Involvement Impact Assessment Framework to assess the impact of public involvement in a mental health research context
BACKGROUND: We assess the utility of the Public Involvement Impact Assessment Framework (PiiAF) as a resource to support research teams in assessing the impact of Public Involvement across diverse research and public involvement (PI) contexts. PiiAF was developed in response to a well-documented growth in Public Involvement in health research in the United Kingdom that demands a more sophisticated evidence base to demonstrate its impact. DESIGN: …
Reframing “participation” and “inclusion” in public health policy and practice to address health inequalities
There is a need for greater conceptual clarity in place-based initiatives that seek to give residents of disadvantaged neighbourhoods more control over action to address the social determinants of health inequalities at a local level. In this article, we address this issue as it relates to the concepts of participation and inclusion. We draw on qualitative data generated during the first phase of the Communities in Control Study, a longitudinal m…
A ‘strategy of resistance’? How can a place-based empowerment programme influence local media portrayals of neighbourhoods and what are the implications for tackling health inequalities
I realised it weren't about spending the money. It's about doing something together
Community initiatives aiming to reduce health inequalities are increasingly common in health policy. Though diverse many such initiatives aim to support residents of disadvantaged places to exercise greater collective control over decisions/actions that affect their lives - which research suggests is an important determinant of health - and some seek to achieve this by giving residents control over a budget. Informed by theoretical work in which …
Reflections from the Covid‐19 pandemic on inequalities and patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in social care, health and public health research
Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) has evolved to become widely established practice in social care, health and public health research in the UK. The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused rapid change in practice in PPIE, notably in moving from face‐to‐face meetings to virtual ones. This has opened a space for reflecting on established PPIE practice, but there is a risk this is conducted too narrowly, such as only weighing our preference…
Building collective control and improving health through a place-based community empowerment initiative
Both environmental improvement and collective agency over local decisions are recognised strategies for promoting health and health equity. However, both strategies have been critiqued for their association with policies that emphasise local resources and decision-making while the state disinvests in social and environmental determinants of health. This paper explores the role of place-based community empowerment initiatives in building collectiv…
Medicine (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Empowerment (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Community Health and Development (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works)