Lisa Hinton
BA (Hons) DPhil
Deputy Director of Applied Research
- Senior Qualitative Researcher
- University Research Lecturer
I am a medical sociologist working with the Health Experiences Research Group (HERG). My research focuses on women's health, in particular experiences of infertility, pregnancy, childbirth and experiences of neonatal care, and the role of the Internet in mediating health experiences. How our research on patient experiences can make a difference to patients and health professionals is crucial and I am interested in how we can apply our research to improve the commissioning and delivery of health care services.
Before joining HERG in 2007 to start my doctoral studies, I was a TV and web producer, working for the BBC and Channel 4. My DPhil explored the information and support needs of women and men going through infertility. I have completed three modules for the award-winning Healthtalk website - Infertility (published in 2012) and Experiences of life-threatening illnesses in pregnancy and childbirth (published in April 2013) and Parent's experiences of neonatal surgery (published February 2017).
I am involved with a programme of work studying self-monitoring of blood pressure during pregnancy (See Hypertension) and have two ongoing collaborations with the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU). A qualitative interview study of parent experiences of neonatal surgery in collaboration with Professor Marian Knight and BAPS-CASS (https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/baps-cass) and an online focus group and discrete choice study on women's choice of birthplace, Birthplace Choices, with Jennifer Hollowell (https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/birthplace/birthplace-choices-project).
I am involved in teaching on the HERG Qualitative Research Methods courses and the MSc in Evidence-based Healthcare, doctoral supervision and reviewing for peer-review journals.
Key Publications
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Maternal critical care: what can we learn from patient experience? A qualitative study
Hinton L. et al, (2015), BMJ open, 5
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Experiences of the quality of care of women with near-miss maternal morbidities in the UK
Hinton L. et al, (2014), BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 121, 20 - 23
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Partner experiences of "near-miss" events in pregnancy and childbirth in the UK: A qualitative study
Hinton L. et al, (2014), PLoS ONE, 9
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Mapping men's anticipations and experiences in the reproductive realm: (In)fertility journeys
Hinton L. and Miller T., (2013), Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 27, 244 - 252
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Reassured or fobbed off? Perspectives on infertility consultations in primary care: A qualitative study
Hinton L. et al, (2012), British Journal of General Practice, 62
Recent Publications
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Towards optimising local reviews of severe incidents in maternity care: Messages from a comparison of local and external reviews
Shah A. et al, (2017), BMJ Quality and Safety, 26, 271 - 278
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Self-monitoring blood pressure in patients with hypertension: An internet-based survey of UK GPs
Fletcher BR. et al, (2016), British Journal of General Practice, 66, e831 - e837
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Beyond maternal death: improving the quality of maternal care through national studies of 'near-miss' maternal morbidity
Knight M. et al, (2016)
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"I can remember sort of vivid people...but to me they were plasticine." Delusions on the intensive care unit: What do patients think is going on?
Darbyshire JL. et al, (2016), PLoS ONE, 11
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Self-monitoring blood pressure in hypertension, patient and provider perspectives: A systematic review and thematic synthesis
Fletcher BR. et al, (2016), Patient Education and Counseling, 99, 210 - 219