Freda Mold
Biographic Data
| ID | 6578125 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Freda Mold |
| GIVEN NAMES | Freda |
| FAMILY NAME | Mold |
| SIGNATURE | MOLD F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Surrey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6279-5537 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Closing the rural diabetes research gap
Rural, regional and remote communities experience a disproportionate burden of diabetes and persistent barriers to specialist care, including workforce shortages, geographic isolation, transport costs, fragmented services and uneven digital infrastructure. However, much of the evidence guiding diabetes service design is derived from urban settings, while rural studies are often localised, short-term and difficult to compare or scale. This article…
Improving chatbot design and intent recognition
Designing chatbots that provide a good user experience, guide users to their goals, and are inclusive and accessible is vital to ensure that key public and commercial services are available to a wide range of users who hold varying social norms and exhibit different patterns of social interaction. However, chatbot design can be undermined by a lack of consideration of user needs and LLMs that are not fine-tuned to account for these differences. U…
Patients' and professionals' experiences and perspectives of obesity in health‐care settings
Background Obesity‐related stigma likely influences how obese people interact with health‐care professionals and access health care. Aim To undertake a synthesis of studies examining the views and experiences of both obese people in relation to their health‐care provision and health‐care professionals in providing care to obese patients. Search strategy A systematic search of key electronic databases relating to professional or patient experience…
Falling through the net of stroke care
The provision of healthcare services has been shown to differ by social characteristics such as gender, age and social status. The processes by which such differences arise are unclear. We report findings from a qualitative interview study with stroke service providers undertaken during an investigation of inequalities in stroke care. We interviewed 41 professionals from hospital and community settings in south London. Participants’ accounts are …
A review and commentary of the social factors which influence stroke care
Stroke is the third most common cause of death in the UK and a major cause of adult disability. Stroke services have long been criticised for being deficient and there is evidence that some aspects of care provision vary across different population groups. While there is information about the patterns of service provision, questions remain about processes which might underlie these variations. The present paper sought to assess how well the proce…
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A review and commentary of the social factors which influence stroke care
Stroke is the third most common cause of death in the UK and a major cause of adult disability. Stroke services have long been criticised for being deficient and there is evidence that some aspects of care provision vary across different population groups. While there is information about the patterns of service provision, questions remain about processes which might underlie these variations. The present paper sought to assess how well the proce…
Falling through the net of stroke care
The provision of healthcare services has been shown to differ by social characteristics such as gender, age and social status. The processes by which such differences arise are unclear. We report findings from a qualitative interview study with stroke service providers undertaken during an investigation of inequalities in stroke care. We interviewed 41 professionals from hospital and community settings in south London. Participants’ accounts are …
Patients' and professionals' experiences and perspectives of obesity in health‐care settings
Background Obesity‐related stigma likely influences how obese people interact with health‐care professionals and access health care. Aim To undertake a synthesis of studies examining the views and experiences of both obese people in relation to their health‐care provision and health‐care professionals in providing care to obese patients. Search strategy A systematic search of key electronic databases relating to professional or patient experience…
Improving chatbot design and intent recognition
Designing chatbots that provide a good user experience, guide users to their goals, and are inclusive and accessible is vital to ensure that key public and commercial services are available to a wide range of users who hold varying social norms and exhibit different patterns of social interaction. However, chatbot design can be undermined by a lack of consideration of user needs and LLMs that are not fine-tuned to account for these differences. U…
Closing the rural diabetes research gap
Rural, regional and remote communities experience a disproportionate burden of diabetes and persistent barriers to specialist care, including workforce shortages, geographic isolation, transport costs, fragmented services and uneven digital infrastructure. However, much of the evidence guiding diabetes service design is derived from urban settings, while rural studies are often localised, short-term and difficult to compare or scale. This article…
Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Healthcare Systems and Practices (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (1 works) · Alternative medicine (1 works) · Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (1 works) · Chatbot (1 works)