Research groups
Marta Santillo
Qualitative Research Fellow
Dr Marta Santillo is a Qualitative Research Fellow within the Infectious Diseases Research Group.
Marta is currently involved in the development and evaluation of an health intervention on penicillin allergy testing, as part of the ALABAMA (Allergy Antibiotics And Microbial Resistance) project.
Marta worked as Research Fellow within the Centre of Applications of Health Psychology, University of Southampton, and was involved in the development of an online health intervention on antibiotic reduction, as part of the ARK (Antibiotic Review Kit) project.
Marta completed a PhD in Health and Social Psychology, at the School of Psychology, University of Leeds. Her research focused on the effects of the quality of intergroup contact between doctors and nurses on professional communication and attitudes. During her PhD Marta also worked as Research Fellow as part of the Quality and Safety Research Team at the Bradford Institute for Health Research. She was involved in the development and delivery of Behaviour Change Interventions on Patient Safety for health care professionals.
Recent publications
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Developing a behavioural intervention package to identify and amend incorrect penicillin allergy records in UK general practice and subsequently change antibiotic use
Journal article
Santillo M. et al, (2020), BMJ open, 10
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Patient engagement with antibiotic messaging in secondary care: A qualitative feasibility study of the 'review and revise' experience
Journal article
Mowbray F. et al, (2020), Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6
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Adaptation and implementation of the ARK (Antibiotic Review Kit) intervention to safely and substantially reduce antibiotic use in hospitals: a feasibility study
Journal article
Cross ELA. et al, (2019), Journal of Hospital Infection, 103, 268 - 275
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Intervention planning for Antibiotic Review Kit (ARK): A digital and behavioural intervention to safely review and reduce antibiotic prescriptions in acute and general medicine
Journal article
Santillo M. et al, (2019), Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74, 3362 - 3370
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Antibiotic Review Kit for Hospitals (ARK-Hospital): Study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial
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Walker AS. et al, (2019), Trials, 20