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Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences (IRIHS)

>£2.5m in ongoing and new research studies

107 peer-reviewed publications in 2022

27 doctoral students and a further 8 students outside IRIHS

 

 

IRIHS, founded in 2015, is a mixed-method research unit led jointly by Professor Trish Greenhalgh and Associate Professor Sara Shaw. We undertake interdisciplinary research, teaching and applied scholarship in fields relating to clinical practice, organisation and delivery of health services, health policy, translational science (covering the social and behavioural science of innovation and adoption), digital health and the patient experience.

Group Leads

Resources

NASSS-CAT Tools

The NASSS-CAT tools have been developed to help you plan, undertake and evaluate technology-supported change projects in health or social care. They are based on the Non-adoption, Abandonment, and challenges to Scale-up, Spread, and Sustainability (NASSS) framework which has been combined with a complexity assessment toolkit. 

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If we all wear masks, we stop droplets and protect others.

Aerosols and making spaces safe

Hands - Face - Space - Replace

A series of animated video summaries of Professor Trish Greenhalgh's research on preventing the spread of Covid-19.

Video resources

Video consulting in the NHS

Developed by Professor Sara Shaw and Professor Trish Greenhalgh from the IRIHS Team in collaboration with Barts Health NHS Trust and Design Science.

Guides for doctors and patients

Projects

Featured publications from 2022:

'I can't cope with multiple inputs': a qualitative study of the lived experience of 'brain fog' after COVID-19

Journal article

Callan C. et al, (2022), BMJ open, 12

Understanding what happens to attendees after an NHS Health Check: a realist review

Journal article

Duddy C. et al, (2022), BMJ Open, 12, e064237 - e064237

Using Linguistic Ethnography to Study Video Consultations: A Call to Action and Future Research Agenda

Journal article

Seuren LM. and Shaw SE., (2022), Qualitative Health Research

Social prescribing for older people and the role of the cultural sector during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: What are link workers' views and experiences?

Journal article

Tierney S. et al, (2022), Health & Social Care in the Community

Health worker experiences of implementing TB infection prevention and control: A qualitative evidence synthesis to inform implementation recommendations

Journal article

van der Westhuizen H-M. et al, (2022), PLOS Global Public Health, 2, e0000292 - e0000292

The role of information infrastructures in scaling up video consultations during Covid-19: a time of opportunity, disruption and exposure (Preprint)

Preprint

Wherton J. et al, (2022)

Safety implications of remote assessments for suspected COVID-19: Qualitative study in UK primary care

Journal article

Wieringa S. et al, (2022), BMJ Quality and Safety

'It was like being hit with a brick': a qualitative study on the effect of clinicians' delivery of a diagnosis of eye disease for patients in primary and secondary care.

Journal article

Ferrey A. et al, (2022), BMJ Open, 12

Why do GPs rarely do video consultations? qualitative study in UK general practice

Journal article

Greenhalgh T. et al, (2022), British Journal of General Practice, 72, E351 - E360

Why doesn’t integrated care work? Using Strong Structuration Theory to explain the limitations of an English case

Journal article

Hughes G. et al, (2021), Sociology of Health and Illness

How have remote and digital approaches impacted continuity? A mixed-studies systematic review

Journal article

LADDS E. et al, (2022), British Journal of General Practice

UK newspapers “on the warpath”: media analysis of remote consulting in 2021

Journal article

Mroz G. et al, (2022), British Journal of General Practice, BJGP.2022.0258 - BJGP.2022.0258

Implementation and delivery of group consultations for young people with diabetes in socioeconomically deprived, ethnically diverse settings.

Journal article

Papoutsi C. et al, (2022), BMC Med, 20

Understanding how and why quality circles improve standards of practice, enhance professional development and increase psychological well-being of general practitioners: a realist synthesis

Journal article

Rohrbasser A. et al, (2022), BMJ Open, 12, e058453 - e058453

Clinical risk in remote consultations in general practice: findings from in-COVID-19 pandemic qualitative research

Journal article

Rosen R. et al, (2022), BJGP Open, 6

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