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2. Obstacles to co-producing evaluation knowledge: power, control and voluntary sector dynamics
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Warwick-Booth, Louise, Cross, Ruth, and Woodall, James
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- 2024
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3. Lessons Learned from a Gender-Specific Educational Programme Supporting Young Women with Experience of Domestic Abuse
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Warwick-Booth, Louise and Coan, Susan
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Background: Domestic abuse is a public health issue, and increasing evidence suggests that young women are more likely to suffer than older women, yet limited evidence exists in England about educational and intervention programmes for young women at risk. Study's objectives: To evaluate a gender-specific (women-only) programme aimed at educating young women aged 13-25 years about abuse and staying safe in one English city. Setting: A third sector (charitable) organisation, aiming to improve women's health in one English city delivered the programme over a 3-year period, funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Young women received both peer and one-to-one support, to educationally inform them, develop their skills and improve their capabilities in responding to abuse. Method: This qualitative evaluation captured the perspectives of young women accessing the programme (n = 33), exploring the positive difference that it made to their lives. We also captured the views of internal stakeholders in 2018 (n = 2), then followed up in 2020 (n = 3), and external stakeholders referring young women to the programme (n = 8). Results: The programme met its aims. Self-reported changes in young women's lives included increased knowledge about staying safe and being happier. Some young women gained or retained custody of their children, and others exited harmful relationships. Young women identified a range of mechanisms of success including a non-judgemental approach from workers, peer support and a trusted space in which to meet and learn. The programme increased young women's skills to stay safe while improving their mental wellbeing. Conclusion: The programme worked well for young women who accessed it. However, it could not reach all those in need, was only funded in the short-term and tended to individualise the responsibility for staying safe. Further research is needed in other community-based educational programmes to provide evidence of their effectiveness as well as transferrable models for workers in other contexts.
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- 2022
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4. Volunteer listeners as co-producers of knowledge: exploring the lived experience of older people’s social isolation through peer research.
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Warwick-Booth, Louise and Woodcock, David
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Social isolation and loneliness are reported as having significant impacts on health, especially for older people. Policy concern has led to the creation of interventions to try and tackle these issues, including the funding of community-based support groups. The National Lottery Ageing Better Fund, 2015–2022 supported voluntary and community sector projects across England, to work with people aged 50 and over to reduce social isolatioand loneliness, through the delivery of area-based activities. One organisation, adopted and implemented a peer research model named Volunteer Listeners, designed and executed by older people as part of their approach to their local evaluation of National Lottery funded projects. This paper documents the peer research model used, its challenges, and its successes, to add to the evidence base about the reality of using participatory approaches, specifically with and for older people researching a health and social care related topic. There are very few published studies discussing how and why older people become involved in evaluation work as peer researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. Health-promoting prisons in the female estate: an analysis of prison inspection data
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Woodall, James, Freeman, Charlotte, and Warwick-Booth, Louise
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- 2021
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6. Lived experience of diet-related health education in type 2 diabetes and hypertension comorbidity in The Gambia.
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Touray, Tahir Ahmad, Woodall, James, and Warwick-Booth, Louise
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HYPERTENSION epidemiology ,HEALTH education ,HYPERTENSION ,PUBLIC health ,INTERVIEWING ,EXPERIENCE ,NUTRITION education ,TYPE 2 diabetes ,QUALITATIVE research ,THEMATIC analysis ,COMORBIDITY ,HEALTH promotion - Abstract
The incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension (and their comorbidity) have been increasing in sub-Saharan Africa, including The Gambia. Diet is a critical driver of these public health problems, and diet-related health education is a major strategy employed for their prevention and management. The aim of this paper is to explore the lived experiences of diet-related health education among individuals with comorbid type 2 diabetes and hypertension in Serrekunda, The Gambia, a subject hitherto unexplored in the country. The study employed a qualitative (interpretivist) methodology. Thirty-two interviews were conducted with 18 participants, with most participating in two interviews at separate time-points between November 2018 and July 2019. In addition to participant validation, the two points in time interviews elicited more depth and provided rich data. The data were analysed using Braun and Clarke's six-phased approach to Thematic Analysis. Four main themes were generated in relation to the experiences: (i) one-off blanket dietary advice (ii) education in a vacuum (iii) diabetes-hypertension diet dichotomy and (iv) imbalanced power relationship. The study underscores the need for a reconfiguration of diet-related health education in The Gambia to include lived experiences as critical components of health promotion in tackling T2DM and hypertension. This requires an ecological approach, critical health education, regulations on unhealthy foods, and active participation of individuals as equal partners in health education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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7. FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) Health Support for Non-Pregnant Women: Evaluation Findings From the NHS Pilot Programme.
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Warwick-Booth, Louise and Starks, Louise
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FEMALE genital mutilation , *WOMEN'S health , *COMMUNICATION barriers , *QUALITATIVE research - Abstract
NHS England funded eight pilot Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) clinics for non-pregnant women across England from 2019 to 2021, with our evaluation exploring how best to meet the health and wellbeing needs of non-pregnant women who had experienced FGM. Prior to these clinics, there had been little progress in meeting the needs of non-pregnant women with FGM seeking medical help in England. Our evaluation commissioned Starks Consulting, Ecorys and Leeds Beckett to evaluate documented service delivery across the eight pilot sites. Within this we explored the importance of delivering clinics within community settings. The evaluation tested how effective/capable these clinics were in meeting the health and wellbeing needs of women accessing them. We also examined the effectiveness of various staff roles (lead clinician, health advocate and therapist) to understand the service delivery approach. We captured the views of a small number of service users through individual interviews, gathering their lived experiences of FGM and clinic attendance. The main aim of the evaluation was to determine whether the clinics improved the health outcomes of non-pregnant survivors of FGM. This paper presents findings from the qualitative component of the evaluation; interview data from 42 professionals and 12 service users. We detail the model of support (community service delivery, with trusted professionals, creating a safe space) and the learning gained from the pilot implementation. Positive outcomes include improved health and well-being for women (mental and physical health improvements). Challenges in service delivery included language barriers, how professionals reach into communities, the stigma associated with FGM as an experience, and mental health problems arising from FGM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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8. Lessons learned from a gender-specific educational programme supporting young women with experience of domestic abuse.
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Warwick-Booth, Louise and Coan, Susan
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Background: Domestic abuse is a public health issue, and increasing evidence suggests that young women are more likely to suffer than older women, yet limited evidence exists in England about educational and intervention programmes for young women at risk. Study's objectives: To evaluate a gender-specific (women-only) programme aimed at educating young women aged 13–25 years about abuse and staying safe in one English city. Setting: A third sector (charitable) organisation, aiming to improve women's health in one English city delivered the programme over a 3-year period, funded by the Big Lottery Fund. Young women received both peer and one-to-one support, to educationally inform them, develop their skills and improve their capabilities in responding to abuse. Method: This qualitative evaluation captured the perspectives of young women accessing the programme (n = 33), exploring the positive difference that it made to their lives. We also captured the views of internal stakeholders in 2018 (n = 2), then followed up in 2020 (n = 3), and external stakeholders referring young women to the programme (n = 8). Results: The programme met its aims. Self-reported changes in young women's lives included increased knowledge about staying safe and being happier. Some young women gained or retained custody of their children, and others exited harmful relationships. Young women identified a range of mechanisms of success including a non-judgemental approach from workers, peer support and a trusted space in which to meet and learn. The programme increased young women's skills to stay safe while improving their mental wellbeing. Conclusion: The programme worked well for young women who accessed it. However, it could not reach all those in need, was only funded in the short-term and tended to individualise the responsibility for staying safe. Further research is needed in other community-based educational programmes to provide evidence of their effectiveness as well as transferrable models for workers in other contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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9. A Partnership Approach: Supporting and Empowering Vulnerable Women Within one UK City.
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Warwick-Booth, Louise and Coan, Susan
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PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability , *WOMEN'S empowerment , *CRIMINAL justice system , *DOMESTIC violence , *CHANGE theory , *WOMEN'S societies & clubs - Abstract
This paper draws upon a three-year longitudinal qualitative evaluation of a voluntary sector strategic partnership and delivery project involving eleven women-centred organisations. The consortium, funded by the Big Lottery (charity), worked together to support the most vulnerable women and girls across a city in the north of England 2017-2021. The partnership of eleven female led organisations delivered front-line services which aimed to enable women and girls to lead safer and healthier lives. Partners combined their expertise to support women with multiple needs including: mental health, domestic abuse, sexual violence and exploitation, experience of the criminal justice system, sex work, and substance misuse. The project aimed to achieve 3 outcomes: Outcome 1: Improved and extended access for vulnerable women and girls in Leeds to the services and support they want when they choose; Outcome 2: A holistic response to ensure that the needs of women and girls with multiple and complex issues are better supported; Outcome 3: Women and girls will be empowered to support their peers and influence service delivery, development and design across the city. Our evaluation placed the project staff, partners, stakeholders and service users at the centre of qualitative data collection, using a co-produced Theory of Change approach to data collection. Our sample of 34 service users, 35 professionals (19 interviewed twice) and monitoring data shows that the project successfully met its objectives and developed a model of practice that could be used in other contexts to support and empower vulnerable women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
10. Tackling health inequalities amongst street sex workers : the Leeds Managed Approach as a case study
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Meth, Fiona, Warwick-Booth, Louise, and Burden, Sarah
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sex work ,health inequalities ,sex work decriminalisation ,creative research methods ,stigma in healthcare ,street sex work ,Holbeck Managed Approach - Abstract
Focus: This thesis gathers data from street sex workers who work in the Managed Approach (MA) in Leeds. Current literature fails to focus on physical or mental health measures, or long-term conditions. Rather, there is a tendency in the sex worker literature to focus on harm reduction, drug use and addiction, and to consider only the risks they pose to others (Department of Health, 2014, Putnis and Burr, 2019). Street sex workers face extreme health inequalities, and without fully understanding the nature or extent of their experiences, from the women's perspective, little can be done to address these. This thesis addresses this gap in the literature using the following research questions. • From the women's perspectives, what are sex-working women's patterns of engagement with health care providers? • From the women's perspectives, what are the critical junctures at which they do and do not seek professional assistance? • What is the impact of criminalisation, stigma, bias on their health outcomes? • What are the implications of these findings for future policy and service provision? Methods: Using Feminist Constructivism, timelines were used alongside semi structured qualitative interviews to capture the women's critical decision-making in their health seeking behaviours. Thematic Analysis (TA) was used to analyse both the timelines and the transcribed interviews - comprising of 16 interviews and timelines from seven interviewees. Findings and Discussion: From the TA, 3 meta narrative threads were generated: service provision; stigma and bias; and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), trauma and experiences. A key unique contribution of this thesis is the evidence that substantiates both the need to advocate for decriminalisation of sex work, and the decriminalisation of possession of drugs for personal use, if street sex worker health inequalities are to be addressed. Additionally, the rich narrative data provided by the creative methods used that gives a first-hand account of the sex workers' experiences in healthcare. Activist Pedagogy (Aslet, 2014) is identified as a strategic tool for development. A further contribution is methodological, and this thesis demonstrates effectively how creative methods can be used to work with underserved populations.
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- 2023
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