Professor HEATHER WHARRAD's Outputs (17)

Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt (2024)
Book Chapter
Alsulami, S., Konstantinidis, S. T., & Wharrad, H. (2024). Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt. In Digital Health and Informatics Innovations for Sustainable Health Care Systems (466-470). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/shti240449

This paper presents the generation of a Q-set for two Q studies investigating the perspectives of (1) patients with multiple sclerosis and (2) their healthcare professionals on the use of wearable technology. It describes the adopted Q methodology an... Read More about Development of a Concourse for Two Q-Method Studies Exploring Perspectives of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthcare Professionals on the Use of Wearable Technology-Lessons Learnt.

Developing a Tool for Assessing the Process of Seeking Health Information: Online Think-Aloud Method (2024)
Journal Article
Alhejaili, A., Wharrad, H., & Windle, R. (2024). Developing a Tool for Assessing the Process of Seeking Health Information: Online Think-Aloud Method. Healthcare, 12(10), Article 1039. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12101039

Nursing students can access massive amounts of online health data to drive cutting-edge evidence-based practice in clinical placement, to bridge the theory–practice gap. This activity requires investigation to identify the strategies nursing students... Read More about Developing a Tool for Assessing the Process of Seeking Health Information: Online Think-Aloud Method.

Use of wearables among Multiple Sclerosis patients and healthcare Professionals: A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Alsulami, S., Konstantinidis, S. T., & Wharrad, H. (2024). Use of wearables among Multiple Sclerosis patients and healthcare Professionals: A scoping review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 184, Article 105376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2024.105376

Introduction
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an increasingly prevalent chronic, autoimmune, and inflammatory central nervous system illness, whose common symptoms undermine the quality of life of patients and their families. Recent technical breakthrough... Read More about Use of wearables among Multiple Sclerosis patients and healthcare Professionals: A scoping review.

Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol (2023)
Journal Article
Porter, L., Matvienko-Sikar, K., Wharrad, H., Spiby, H., Siriwardena, A. N., Howitt, C., Green, K., & Redsell, S. (2024). Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol. Healthcare, 12(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010029

Responsive infant feeding is a key strategy for childhood obesity prevention. Responsive feeding involves caregivers responding to infant hunger and satiety cues in a timely and developmentally appropriate manner. There is a dearth of evidence-based... Read More about Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol.

Eliciting Co-Creation Best Practices of Virtual Reality Reusable e-Resources (2023)
Journal Article
Antoniou, P. E., Pears, M., Schiza, E. C., Frangoudes, F., Pattichis, C. S., Wharrad, H., Bamidis, P. D., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2023). Eliciting Co-Creation Best Practices of Virtual Reality Reusable e-Resources. Virtual Worlds, 2(1), 75-89. https://doi.org/10.3390/virtualworlds2010005

Immersive experiential technologies find fertile grounds to grow and support healthcare education. Virtual, Augmented, or Mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) have proven to be impactful in both the educational and the affective state of the healthcare student’s... Read More about Eliciting Co-Creation Best Practices of Virtual Reality Reusable e-Resources.

The journey from co-creation to impact for digital resources in healthcare (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pears, M., Henderson, J., Wharrad, H., & KONSTANTINIDIS, S. (2022, September). The journey from co-creation to impact for digital resources in healthcare. Presented at ALT Annual Conference 2022, Manchester, UK

Co-creating digital resources in healthcare has many processes, pitfalls, and parameters. The development and transition from co-creation to impact requires effective knowledge exchange. This discussion panel will provide opportunity for attendees to... Read More about The journey from co-creation to impact for digital resources in healthcare.

Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, M., Wharrad, H., & Konstantinidis, S. (2021, September). Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework. Presented at 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2021), Dresden, Germany

With their ability to captivate learners and simulate real world scenarios it is little wonder that healthcare education is experiencing rapid growth in the use of Immersive technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Extend... Read More about Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework.

Digital Soft Skills of Healthcare Workforce – Identification, Prioritization and Digital Training (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Konstantinidis, S., Leonardini, L., Stura, C., Richter, P., Tessari, P., Winters, M., Balagna, O., Farrina, R., van Berlo, A., Schlieter, H., Mayora, O., & Wharrad, H. (2021, September). Digital Soft Skills of Healthcare Workforce – Identification, Prioritization and Digital Training. Presented at International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning-ICL 2021, Dresden, Germany

Digital technologies are increasingly embedded into healthcare aiming to improve quality of patient care, enhance patients’ safety and cut down economical costs. Healthcare professionals’ digital skills are indeed need enhancement with policies and i... Read More about Digital Soft Skills of Healthcare Workforce – Identification, Prioritization and Digital Training.

Q methodology in the covid-19 era (2021)
Journal Article
Alanazi, A. S., Wharrad, H., Moffatt, F., Taylor, M., & Ladan, M. (2021). Q methodology in the covid-19 era. Healthcare, 9(11), Article 1491. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111491

All face-to-face studies were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as they could not be run in person due to rules and guidance linked to social distancing which were in force during the outbreak. Finding and testing an available COVID-secure approach... Read More about Q methodology in the covid-19 era.

Prioritising topics for developing e-learning resources in healthcare curricula: A comparison between students and educators using a modified Delphi survey (2021)
Journal Article
Lim, H. M., Ng, C. J., Teo, C. H., Lee, P. Y., Kassim, P. S. J., Nasharuddin, N. A., Yong, P. V. C., Sellappans, R., Yap, W. H., Lee, Y. K., Hassan, Z. F. A., Krishnan, K., Ghazali, S. S., Idris, F., Hassan, N., Ayub, E., Konstantinidis, S., Taylor, M., Poussa, C., Karlgren, K., …Wharrad, H. (2021). Prioritising topics for developing e-learning resources in healthcare curricula: A comparison between students and educators using a modified Delphi survey. PLoS ONE, 16(6), Article e0253471. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253471

Background Engaging students in the e-learning development process enhances the effective implementation of e-learning, however, students’ priority on the topics for e-learning may differ from that of the educators. This study aims to compare the dif... Read More about Prioritising topics for developing e-learning resources in healthcare curricula: A comparison between students and educators using a modified Delphi survey.

Initial Training for Mental Health Peer Support Workers: Systematized Review and International Delphi Consultation (2021)
Journal Article
Charles, A., Nixdorf, R., Ibrahim, N., Meir, L. G., Mpango, R. S., Ngakongwa, F., Nudds, H., Pathare, S., Ryan, G., Repper, J., Wharrad, H., Wolf, P., Slade, M., & Mahlke, C. (2021). Initial Training for Mental Health Peer Support Workers: Systematized Review and International Delphi Consultation. JMIR Mental Health, 8(5), Article e25528. https://doi.org/10.2196/25528

Co-creation of chatbots as an educational resource: training the trainers workshop (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pears, M., Henderson, J., Bamidis, P. D., Pattichis, C. S., Karlgren, K., Wharrad, H., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2021, March). Co-creation of chatbots as an educational resource: training the trainers workshop. Presented at 15th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Online Conference

BACKGROUND

There is growing need for personalised individual student support in healthcare curricula. A key limitation to providing quality support surrounds large student-to-lecturer ratios. This can result in attenuation of lecturer's efforts t... Read More about Co-creation of chatbots as an educational resource: training the trainers workshop.

The feasibility of an m-health educational programme (m2Hear) to improve outcomes in first-time hearing aid users (2020)
Journal Article
Ferguson, M. A., Maidment, D. W., Gomez, R., Coulson, N., & Wharrad, H. (2020). The feasibility of an m-health educational programme (m2Hear) to improve outcomes in first-time hearing aid users. International Journal of Audiology, 60(Supplement 1), S30-S41. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1825839

© 2020 Crown Copyright. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society. Objective: To (i) assess the delivery, access... Read More about The feasibility of an m-health educational programme (m2Hear) to improve outcomes in first-time hearing aid users.

Supporting the provision of pharmacy medication reviews to marginalised (medically underserved) groups: a before/after questionnaire study investigating the impact of a patient–professional co-produced digital educational intervention (2019)
Journal Article
Latif, A., Waring, J., Chen, L.-C., Pollock, K., Solomon, J., Gulzar, N., Gulzar, S., Anderson, E., Choudhary, S., Abbasi, N., Wharrad, H. J., & Anderson, C. (2019). Supporting the provision of pharmacy medication reviews to marginalised (medically underserved) groups: a before/after questionnaire study investigating the impact of a patient–professional co-produced digital educational intervention. BMJ Open, 9(9), Article e031548. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031548

Objectives People who are marginalised (medically underserved) experience significant health disparities and their voices are often ‘seldom heard’. Interventions to improve professional awareness and engagement with these groups are urgently needed.... Read More about Supporting the provision of pharmacy medication reviews to marginalised (medically underserved) groups: a before/after questionnaire study investigating the impact of a patient–professional co-produced digital educational intervention.

Improving developmental and educational support for children born preterm: evaluation of an e-learning resource for education professionals (2019)
Journal Article
Johnson, S., Bamber, D., Bountziouka, V., Clayton, S., Cragg, L., Gilmore, C., Griffiths, R., Marlow, N., Simms, V., & Wharrad, H. J. (2019). Improving developmental and educational support for children born preterm: evaluation of an e-learning resource for education professionals. BMJ Open, 9(6), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029720

Objectives Children born preterm are at higher risk for special educational needs and poor academic attainment compared with term-born peers, yet education professionals receive limited training and have poor knowledge of preterm birth. We have devel... Read More about Improving developmental and educational support for children born preterm: evaluation of an e-learning resource for education professionals.

eHealth adoption and use among healthcare professionals in a tertiary hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Qmethodology study (2019)
Journal Article
Ladan, M. A., Wharrad, H., & Windle, R. (2019). eHealth adoption and use among healthcare professionals in a tertiary hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Qmethodology study. PeerJ, 7, Article e6326. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6326

Copyright 2019 Ladan et al. Background. The aim of the study was to explore the viewpoints of healthcare professionals (HCPs) on the adoption and use of eHealth in clinical practice in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Information and communication technolog... Read More about eHealth adoption and use among healthcare professionals in a tertiary hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Qmethodology study.

Internet of Things in Health Trends Through Bibliometrics and Text Mining (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Konstantinidis, S., Billis, A., Wharrad, H., & Bamidis, P. D. (2017, April). Internet of Things in Health Trends Through Bibliometrics and Text Mining. Presented at Informatics for Health: Connected Citizen-Led Wellness and Population Health, Machester Central, UK

Recently a new buzzword has slowly but surely emerged, namely the Internet of Things (IoT). The importance of IoT is identified worldwide both by organisations and governments and the scientific community with an incremental number of publications du... Read More about Internet of Things in Health Trends Through Bibliometrics and Text Mining.