Sarah Sowden
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6575957 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sarah Sowden |
| PRENOMES | Sarah |
| SOBRENOME | Sowden |
| ASSINATURA | SOWDEN S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9359-3463 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Covid-19 and regional inequalities in childhood vaccination uptake in England
The results highlight the need for national vaccination uptake analyses to consider regional variation, as similarly deprived local authorities do not necessarily exhibit the same COVID-19-associated effects
Coproduction of a resource sharing public views of health inequalities
BACKGROUND: UNderstanding Factors that explain Avoidable hospital admission Inequalities-Research study (UNFAIR) addresses how to reduce health inequalities, particularly for avoidable hospital admissions. Our Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) members broached that health inequalities are complex, challenging to understand and communicate. They identified a need to explore diverse views, including people who have a higher risk …
How can health systems approach reducing health inequalities? An in-depth qualitative case study in the UK
We provide an in-depth exploration of how a local area is working to address health and care inequalities. Key elements of this system's working include fostering strategic coherence, cross-agency working, and community-asset based approaches. Areas requiring action included data sharing challenges across organisations and analytical capacity to assist endeavours to reduce health and care inequalities. Other areas were around the resilience of th…
A Qualitative Evaluation of a Health Access Card for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in a City in Northern England
Refugees and asylum seekers residing in the UK face multiple barriers to accessing healthcare. A Health Access Card information resource was launched in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2019 by Newcastle City Council, intended to guide refugees and asylum seekers living in the city, and the professional organisations that support them, to appropriate healthcare services provided locally. The aim of this qualitative evaluation was to explore service user an…
A change in the narrative, a change in consensus”
England’s primary care crisis threatens the ability of general practice to play its role in the latest attempts to address the nation’s stubbornly persistent health inequalities. The primary care crisis is particularly acute in areas of blanket socioeconomic deprivation, where need is greatest. Deep End networks of general practitioners (GPs) are being established in the UK, and internationally, in response to the challenges of delivering primary…
Socioeconomic Inequalities and Vaccine Uptake
The effectiveness of immunization is widely accepted: it can successfully improve health outcomes by reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with vaccine-preventable diseases. In the era of pandemics, there is a pressing need to identify and understand the factors associated with vaccine uptake amongst different socioeconomic groups. The knowledge generated from research in this area can be used to inform effective interventions aimed at …
Conceptualisation of health inequalities by local healthcare systems
In 2019, local healthcare systems in England were asked to develop formal plans to reduce health inequalities. Here, we explore plans to understand how local healthcare systems conceptualise health inequalities and why. A broad Internet search and targeted search of NHS websites were conducted to identify all publicly accessible healthcare planning documents (National Health Service (NHS) Long-Term Plan (LTP) response documents) produced by local…
Covid-19 at the Deep End
COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting people in low-income communities. Primary care staff in deprived areas have unique insights into the challenges posed by the pandemic. This study explores the impact of COVID-19 from the perspective of primary care practitioners in the most deprived region of England. Deep End general practices serve communities in the region's most socioeconomically disadvantaged areas. This study used semi-structured int…
Patient experiences of the urgent cancer referral pathway—Can the NHS do better? Semi‐structured interviews with patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer
BACKGROUND: Timeliness is viewed as a key feature of health-care quality. Internationally, this is challenging. In England, cancer waiting time targets are currently not being met. For example, between 2015 and 2018 only 71% of patients with upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer started treatment within the recommended 62 days of referral. OBJECTIVE: We explored patients' experiences to identify areas for service improvement. DESIGN: Semi-structure…
Food at checkouts in non-food stores
Objective To investigate the display of food at non-food store checkouts; and to classify foods by type and nutrient content, presence of price promotions and whether food was at child height. Design Cross-sectional survey of checkout displays at non-food stores. Foods were classified as ‘less healthy’ or healthier using the UK Food Standards Agency’s Nutrient Profile Model. Written price promotions were recorded. Child height was defined as the …
Running along parallel lines
Political decisions about the way that public health initiatives are implemented have a significant impact on the ability to evaluate their effectiveness. However, the influence of the political imperative has been little explored. This case study of key research, policy and practice events concerning one initiative, exercise referral schemes (ERSs), demonstrates that these schemes were encouraged to expand by the Department of Health (DH) before…
Conceptualisation of health inequalities by local healthcare systems
In 2019, local healthcare systems in England were asked to develop formal plans to reduce health inequalities. Here, we explore plans to understand how local healthcare systems conceptualise health inequalities and why. A broad Internet search and targeted search of NHS websites were conducted to identify all publicly accessible healthcare planning documents (National Health Service (NHS) Long-Term Plan (LTP) response documents) produced by local…
Running along parallel lines
Political decisions about the way that public health initiatives are implemented have a significant impact on the ability to evaluate their effectiveness. However, the influence of the political imperative has been little explored. This case study of key research, policy and practice events concerning one initiative, exercise referral schemes (ERSs), demonstrates that these schemes were encouraged to expand by the Department of Health (DH) before…
Running along parallel lines
Political decisions about the way that public health initiatives are implemented have a significant impact on the ability to evaluate their effectiveness. However, the influence of the political imperative has been little explored. This case study of key research, policy and practice events concerning one initiative, exercise referral schemes (ERSs), demonstrates that these schemes were encouraged to expand by the Department of Health (DH) before…
Food at checkouts in non-food stores
Objective To investigate the display of food at non-food store checkouts; and to classify foods by type and nutrient content, presence of price promotions and whether food was at child height. Design Cross-sectional survey of checkout displays at non-food stores. Foods were classified as ‘less healthy’ or healthier using the UK Food Standards Agency’s Nutrient Profile Model. Written price promotions were recorded. Child height was defined as the …
Patient experiences of the urgent cancer referral pathway—Can the NHS do better? Semi‐structured interviews with patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer
BACKGROUND: Timeliness is viewed as a key feature of health-care quality. Internationally, this is challenging. In England, cancer waiting time targets are currently not being met. For example, between 2015 and 2018 only 71% of patients with upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer started treatment within the recommended 62 days of referral. OBJECTIVE: We explored patients' experiences to identify areas for service improvement. DESIGN: Semi-structure…
Covid-19 at the Deep End
COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting people in low-income communities. Primary care staff in deprived areas have unique insights into the challenges posed by the pandemic. This study explores the impact of COVID-19 from the perspective of primary care practitioners in the most deprived region of England. Deep End general practices serve communities in the region's most socioeconomically disadvantaged areas. This study used semi-structured int…
Socioeconomic Inequalities and Vaccine Uptake
The effectiveness of immunization is widely accepted: it can successfully improve health outcomes by reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with vaccine-preventable diseases. In the era of pandemics, there is a pressing need to identify and understand the factors associated with vaccine uptake amongst different socioeconomic groups. The knowledge generated from research in this area can be used to inform effective interventions aimed at …
Conceptualisation of health inequalities by local healthcare systems
In 2019, local healthcare systems in England were asked to develop formal plans to reduce health inequalities. Here, we explore plans to understand how local healthcare systems conceptualise health inequalities and why. A broad Internet search and targeted search of NHS websites were conducted to identify all publicly accessible healthcare planning documents (National Health Service (NHS) Long-Term Plan (LTP) response documents) produced by local…
A Qualitative Evaluation of a Health Access Card for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in a City in Northern England
Refugees and asylum seekers residing in the UK face multiple barriers to accessing healthcare. A Health Access Card information resource was launched in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2019 by Newcastle City Council, intended to guide refugees and asylum seekers living in the city, and the professional organisations that support them, to appropriate healthcare services provided locally. The aim of this qualitative evaluation was to explore service user an…
A change in the narrative, a change in consensus”
England’s primary care crisis threatens the ability of general practice to play its role in the latest attempts to address the nation’s stubbornly persistent health inequalities. The primary care crisis is particularly acute in areas of blanket socioeconomic deprivation, where need is greatest. Deep End networks of general practitioners (GPs) are being established in the UK, and internationally, in response to the challenges of delivering primary…
Coproduction of a resource sharing public views of health inequalities
BACKGROUND: UNderstanding Factors that explain Avoidable hospital admission Inequalities-Research study (UNFAIR) addresses how to reduce health inequalities, particularly for avoidable hospital admissions. Our Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) members broached that health inequalities are complex, challenging to understand and communicate. They identified a need to explore diverse views, including people who have a higher risk …
How can health systems approach reducing health inequalities? An in-depth qualitative case study in the UK
We provide an in-depth exploration of how a local area is working to address health and care inequalities. Key elements of this system's working include fostering strategic coherence, cross-agency working, and community-asset based approaches. Areas requiring action included data sharing challenges across organisations and analytical capacity to assist endeavours to reduce health and care inequalities. Other areas were around the resilience of th…
Covid-19 and regional inequalities in childhood vaccination uptake in England
The results highlight the need for national vaccination uptake analyses to consider regional variation, as similarly deprived local authorities do not necessarily exhibit the same COVID-19-associated effects
Medicine (10 obras) · Nursing (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Inequality (6 obras) · Environmental health (5 obras) · Public relations (5 obras) · Qualitative research (5 obras) · Health care (4 obras) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 obras) · Public health (4 obras)