In 2009, Aston University hosted the
Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference. For videos of keynote speeches, photos and more, go to the
website.
Research Interests
Health and illness experience Through
my applied research in local health care services I have become more interested
in the relationship between health practitioners and members of the public and the impact this relationship has on the
management of health and the experience of illness.
eHealth and the mass media I am interested in what it means to be a 'patient' (or 'virtual patient') in contemporary culture. Innovative health technologies, the exponential growth of e-communities for those with chronic health conditions or seeking health advice or support have created new phenomena that must be understood in relation to existing, more traditional health care services.
Phenomenology, mixing methodologies and health psychology Much of my substantive research involves methodological projects too - e.g. testing out innovative methods like online interviewing, exploring theoretical questions about possible links between phenomenology and health psychology models, or developing everyday mechanisms for engaging in reflexivity.
Current and Recent Grants
Staff retention in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. PI.
Birmingham Children’s Hospital, £3,500, 2011.
Evaluation of the Vascular Screening Programme. With R. Cooke (PI), H. Pattison, C. Holland, E. Peel (all LHS, Aston University). Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust, £85,000, 2010-12.
Development of an intervention to promote breast screening uptake in Chinese-British women. Breast Cancer Campaign, £18,000, with H. Pattison (PI; LHS, Aston University) (2008-2009).
Development of e-learning materials for health master’s programmes. With H. Pattison, C. Holland, R. Cooke (all LHS, Aston University). Aston University’s Centre for Learning Innovation and Professional Practice (CLIPP), £2,000, 2008-9.
Development of a web-based resource to aid the teaching of qualitative research methods at undergraduate level. Higher Education Academy, £6,000, with S. Gibson (PI; York St John University) (2007-2008).
Exploring media representations of voluntary childlessness. £7000, British Academy Small Research Grant, with D. Giles (University of Lancaster) (2007-2008).
Taking part in DESMOND: A study of views and experiences of care for people with type 2 diabetes. Qualitative Research Sub-study of the DESMOND Trial. £25000, Diabetes UK, with M. Dixon-Woods (PI; University of Leicester) (2004-2006).
Neuroimaging: Understanding the perceptions and experiences of participants. £7000, British Academy Small Research Grant, with L. Peel (PI) and R. Cooke (both LHS, Aston University) (2005-2006).
A new support worker role for breast-feeding women in adverse socio-economic environments: health professionals’ ideas and women’s needs. £5000, Warwick-West Midlands Primary Care Research Network Start-up Grant and £3,000, Coventry Primary Care Trust Small Award Funding Scheme, with L.M. Wallace (PI; Coventry University) (2002-2003).
Research Students
Peter Reddy. Undergraduate
development, scholarship, employability and employment. Principal
supervisor with E. Moores (Aston University). 2011-14.
Adrienne McCabe. Preparing nurses to care for a child suffering an acute life threatening event (2010-2013). Principal supervisor with H. Duncan (Birmingham Children’s Hospital), External consultant and H. Pattison (Aston University). West Midlands Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Training Award.
Amy Bennion. Quality of Life and Wellbeing in Older Patients with Macular Degeneration: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study (2009-12). Associate supervisor with J. Gibson (Principal supervisor) and E. Peel. ARCHA Studentship.
Christian Borg Xuereb. Patients' knowledge and beliefs about atrial fibillation and anticoagulant therapy and their impact on INR control and quality of life (2009-12). Principal Supervisor with Deidre Lane (City Hospital) as External Consultant.
Adam Jowett. Chronic Illness and LBTQ psychology (completed). Associate Supervisor with Liz Peel as Principal Supervisor.
Louise Donnelly. Virtual help seeking among infertile couples (completed). Principal Supervisor.
Peer Reviewed Publications
Frost, N., Eatough, V., Shaw,
R.L., Lee Weille, K., Tzemou, E.
& Baraitser, L. (in press). Pleasure, pain and procrastination: reflections
on the experience of doing memory-work research. Qualitative Research in Psychology.
Jowett, A.J., Peel, E. & Shaw, R.L. (in press). Online interviewing in psychology:
reflections on the process. Qualitative
Research in Psychology.
Shaw, R.L. (2011). Celebrating the achievements and preparing for the challenges ahead in IPA research. Invited commentary. Health Psychology Review, 5(1), 28-33..DOI:10.1080/17437199.2010.524808
Taylor, C., Shaw,
R.L., Dale, J. & French, D. (2011). Enhancing delivery of health
behaviour change interventions in primary care: a meta-synthesis of views and
experiences of primary care nurses. Patient
Education & Counselling, 85(2),
615-322. DOI:10.1016/j.pec.2010.10.001
Shaw, R.L.
(2011). Women’s experiential journey toward voluntary childlessness. Journal of Community & Applied Social
Psychology, 21, 151-163. DOI: 10.1002/casp.1072
Shaw, R.L.,
Whitehead, C. & Giles,
D.C. (2010).
“Crack down on the celebrity junkies”: does media coverage of celebrity drug
use pose a risk to young people? Health,
Risk & Society, 12(6), 575-589. DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2010.515736
Shaw, R.L. (2010). Embedding reflexivity within experiential qualitative psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 7(3), 233-243. DOI: 10.1080/14780880802699092
Giles, D.C. & Shaw, R.L. (2009). The psychology of news influence and development of Media Framing Analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Compass, 3/4, 375-393. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2009.00180.x
Giles, D.C., Shaw, R.L. & Morgan, W. (2009). Representations of voluntary childlessness in the UK press, 1990-2008. Journal of Health Psychology, 14, 1218-1228.
Shaw, R.L. & Giles, D.C. (2009). Motherhood on ice? A media framing analysis of older mothers in the UK news. Psychology & Health, 24(2), 221-236.
Shaw, R.L., Senior, C., Peel, E.A., Cooke, R. & Donnelly, L.S. (2008). Ethical issues in neuroimaging health research: an IPA study with research participants. Journal of Health Psychology, 13(8), 1051-1059.
Eatough, V., Smith, J.A. & Shaw, R.L. (2008). Women, anger and aggression: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23(12), 1767-1799.
Donnelly, L.S., Shaw, R.L. & van den Akker, O.B.A. (2008). eHealth as a challenge to ‘expert’ power: a focus group study of Internet use for health information and management. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 101, 501-506.
Shaw, R.L., Dyson, P.O. & Peel, E. (2008). Qualitative psychology at M level: a dialogue between learner and teacher. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 5(3), 179-191.
Ockleford, E., Shaw, R.L., Willars, J. & Dixon-Woods, M. (2008). Education and self-management for people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes: a qualitative study of patients’ views. Chronic Illness, 4, 28-37.
Senior, C., Smyth, H., Cooke, R., Shaw, R.L. & Peel, E. (2007) Mapping the mind for the modern market researcher. Qualitative Market Research: An international journal, 10(2), 153-167.
Dixon-Woods, M., Sutton, A.J., Shaw. R.L., Miller, T., Smith, J.A., Young, B., Bonas, S., Booth, A., Jones, D.R. (2007) Appraising qualitative research for inclusion in systematic reviews: a quantitative and qualitative comparison of three methods. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 12(1), 42-47.
Cooke, R., Peel, E., Shaw, R.L. & Senior, C. (2007) The neuroimaging research process from the participants’ perspective. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 63, 152-158.
Altaff, S., Oppenheimer, C., Shaw, R.L., Waugh, J. & Dixon-Woods, M. (2006) Practices and views on fetal heart monitoring: a structured observation and interview study. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 113, 409-418.
Dixon-Woods, M., Bonas, S., Booth, A., Jones, D.R., Miller, T.A., Shaw, R.L., Smith, J.A. Sutton, A.J., & Young, B. (2006) How can systematic qualitative reviews incorporate qualitative research? A critical perspective. Qualitative Research, 6(1), 27-44.
Dixon-Woods, M., Shaw, R.L., Agarwal, S., Smith, J.A. (2004) The problem of quality in qualitative research. Quality & Safety in Healthcare, 13, 223-225.
Shaw, R.L., Booth, A., Sutton, A.J., Miller, T., Smith, J.A., Young, B., Jones, D.R., Dixon-Woods, M. (2004) Finding qualitative research: an evaluation of search strategies. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 4, issue 5 (Open Access article available at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/4/5).
Shaw, R.L., Wallace, L.M., Cook, M.K.M., Phillips, A.C. (2004) Perceptions of the Breast-feeding Best Start Protocol. The Practising Midwife, 7(1), 20-24.
Shaw, R.L. (2004) Making sense of violence: a study of narrative meaning. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 1(2), 131-151.
Shaw, R.L., Wallace, L.M., Bansal, M. (2003) Is breast best? Perceptions of infant feeding. Community Practitioner, 76(8), 299-303.
Professional Publications
Shaw, R.L. (2010). On being thrown into phenomenological research: a book review of J.A. Smith, P. Flowers & M. Larkin (2009). Interpretative phenomenological analysis: theory, method and research. London: Sage. Journal of Health Psychology, 15(2), 310-312.
Shaw, R.L. (2007) Theory and research in qualitative psychology: a review of Prof David Rennie’s keynote address and the qualitative methods in psychology symposium at the BPS Annual Conference 2007. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Newsletter, 4, 5-8.
Shaw, R.L. (2007) Showcasing qualitative psychology: seminar review. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Newsletter, 3, 26-28.
Shaw, R.L. (2007) HEA teaching qualitative research methods at undergraduate level. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Newsletter, 3, 39-40.
Aroboto, T. & Shaw, R.L. (2006) Why we use qualitative methods in psychology. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Newsletter, 2, 17-18.
Shaw, R.L. (2005) A profile of health psychology at Aston University. Health Psychology Update, 14(3), 51-54.
Shaw, R.L. (2001) Why use interpretative phenomenological analysis in health psychology? Health Psychology Update, 10(4), 48-52.
Book Chapters
Shaw, R.L. (forthcoming). The lived experience of a qualitative health psychologist. In M. Forshaw & D. Sheffield (Eds.) Health psychology in action. Wiley Blackwell.
Shaw, R.L. (2011). Identifying and synthesising qualitative literature. In D. Harper & A. Thompson (Eds.) Qualitative research methods in mental health and psychotherapy: An introduction for students and practitioners. Wiley Blackwell.
Shaw, R.L. (2010). Conducting literature reviews. In M. Forrester (Ed.) Doing qualitative research in psychology. London: Sage.
Shaw, R.L. (2010). Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In M. Forrester (Ed.) Doing qualitative research in psychology. London: Sage.
Invited Conference Presentations
Shaw, R.L.
& Bonas, S. (2011). Making sense of voluntary childlessness: an
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of four women’s accounts. Invited as
part of Symposium,Phenomenological
Psychology and the Question of Complexity, Chaired by Prof P. Ashworth, British Psychological Society Annual
Conference, 4-6 May, Glasgow, UK.
Shaw, R.L. (2008). Embedding reflexivity within IPA research. Keynote address to the 9th Annual IPA Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Shaw, R.L., Booth, A., Sutton, A.J., Dixon-Woods, M., Jones, D.R., Miller, T.A., Smith, J.A. & Young, B. (2004). Electronically searching for qualitative literature. ESRC Research Methods Programme Researchers’ Conference, University of Manchester, UK.
Shaw, R.L., Wallace, L.M. & Bansal, M. (2002). Coventry young mothers infant feeding study: mothers’ perceptions of and decision-making processes about infant feeding. The National Infant Feeding Symposium, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Conference Proceedings
Shaw, R.L., Ockleford, E. & Dixon-Woods, M. (2008). “If you delve into it too deeply…you haven’t got a clue how to interpret it”: accounts from health professionals and newly diagnosed patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Psychology & Health, 23 (Suppl.1), 235.
Shaw, R.L. & Giles, D.C. (2007) A media framing analysis of representations of ageing motherhood. Health Psychology Review, 1 (Suppl.1), 97-8.
Giles, D.C. & Shaw, R.L. (2006) Media framing of health messages: an analytic procedure. Psychology & Health, 21 (Suppl.1), 55-6.
Peel E.A., Shaw, R.L., Donnelly L., Cooke, R. & Senior, C. (2006) Preparing patients for fMRI: promoting an embodied approach. Psychology & Health, 21 (Suppl.1), 118.
Shaw, R.L., Buckley, J. & Larkin, M. (2006) Exploring culture in health psychology research: reflexive data collection. Psychology & Health, 21 (Suppl.1), 136-7.
Cooke, R., Peel, E., Senior, C. & Shaw, R.L. (2005) Exploring perceptions of fMRI: some quantitative findings. Psychology & Health, 20 (Suppl. 1), 51-52.
Shaw, R.L., Booth, A., Sutton, A.J., Miller, T., Smith, J.A., and Young, B., Jones, D.R., Dixon-Woods, M. (2003) Electronic literature searching for systematic review of qualitative literature. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57 (Suppl. I), A15.
Shaw, R.L., Booth, A., Sutton, A.J., Miller, T., Smith, J.A., and Young, B., Jones, D.R., Dixon-Woods, M. (2003) Electronic literature searching for systematic review of qualitative literature. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57 (Suppl I), A15.
Conference Presentations
Sein, K. & Shaw, R.L. (2011). Living and coping with Parkinson's disease: an
interpretative phenomenological analysis. European Health Psychology Conference, 20-24 Sep, Crete, Greece.
Borg Xuereb, C., Shaw, R.L. & Lane, D. (2011). Living with atrial fibrillation and anti-coagulation: an interpretative phenomenological analysis with patients and physicians. European Health Psychology Conference, 20-24 Sep, Crete, Greece.
Borg Xyereb, C., Lane, D. & Shaw, R.L. (2011). Barriers and facilitators to prescribing warfarin for atrial fibrillation: a meta-synthesis. European Health Psychology Conference, 20-24 Sep, Crete, Greece.
Shaw, R.L. & Bonas, S. (2010). Reflecting on voluntary childlessness: a collaborative analysis from two childfree women. International Human Science Research Conference, 4-8 Aug, Seattle University, US.
Donnelly, L.S. & Shaw, R.L. (2009). The infertility journey: a narrative analysis of women's experiences and their interactions with the virtual community. Division of Health Psychology Conference, Aston University, Birmingham, 9-11 Sept
Giles, D.C. & Shaw, R.L. (2009). The use of media framing analysis to explore representations of voluntary childlessness. Division of Health Psychology Conference, Aston University, Birmingham 9-11 Sept.
Shaw, R.L., Giles, D.C. & Morgan, W. (2009). Choosing childlessness? From description to interpretation and reflection. International Human Sciences Research Conference, Molde University, Norway, 17-20 June.
Shaw, R.L., Ockleford, E. & Dixon-Woods, M. (2008). “If you delve into it too deeply…you haven’t got a clue how to interpret it”: accounts from health professionals and newly diagnosed patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Health Psychology Conference - joint organised by the Division of Health Psychology and the European Society of Health Psychology, University of Bath, 9-12 September.
Giles, D.C. & Shaw, R.L. (2008). Character-based analysis: a method for studying media framing processes in news media. BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Inaugural Conference, University of Leeds, 2-4 Sept.
Frost, N., Eatough, V., Shaw, R.L., Weille, K.L., Tzemou, E. & Baraitser, L. (2009). Memory-work: early encounters. BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Inaugural Conference, University of Leeds, 2-4 Sept.
Shaw, R.L., Peel, E., Donnelly, L.S., Cooke, R. & Senior, C. (2008). Using IPA to understand users’ expectations and experiences of having an MRI brain scan. BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Inaugural Conference, University of Leeds, 2-4 Sept.
Shaw, R.L. (2007) Women’s lived experience of voluntary childlessness. International Human Science Research Conference, University of Trento, Italy, 13-16 June.
Shaw, R.L. & Giles, D.C. (2007) A media framing analysis of representations of ageing motherhood. European Health Psychology Society Conference, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, 14-18 August.
Giles, D.C. & Shaw, R.L. Media framing of health messages: an analytic procedure. Oral presentation at the European Health Psychology Society Annual Conference, 31 Aug-2 Sept 2006, Warsaw, Poland.
Shaw, R.L., Peel E.A., Donnelly L., Cooke, R. & Senior, C. Preparing patients for fMRI: promoting an embodied approach. Poster presentation at the European Health Psychology Society Annual Conference, 31 Aug-2 Sept 2006, Warsaw, Poland.
Shaw, R.L. Exploring culture in health psychology research: reflexive data collection. Oral presentation at the European Health Psychology Society Annual Conference, 31 Aug-2 Sept 2006, Warsaw, Poland.
Shaw, R.L., Buckley, J. & Larkin, M. (2006) Reflexivity, othering and qualitative methods. Oral presentation at the Qualitative Research and Marginalisation, 3-5 May, University of Leicester, UK.
Smyth, H., Senior, C., Shaw, R.L. & Peel, E. (2005) How do participants experience neuroimaging procedures? Preliminary qualitative findings. Poster presented at the Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, 7-9 Sept, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
Cooke, R., Peel, E., Senior, C. & Shaw, R.L. (2005) Exploring perceptions of fMRI: some quantitative findings. Poster presented at the European Health Psychology Society Annual Conference, 31 Aug – 2 Sept, Galway, Ireland.
Peel, E., Cooke, R., Shaw, R.L. & Senior, C. (2005) How do participants experience neuroimaging procedures? Oral presentation at The fMRI Experience: Methods in Minds Conference, 12-16 Sept, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Shaw, R.L. (2005) Can we communicate health risk without causing hysteria? Making sense of the MMR scare. Oral presentation at the Critical Health Psychology Conference, 29 Mar-1 Apr 2005, Sheffield, UK.
Shaw, R.L., Larkin, M., Buckley, J., Newton, E., Penny, E. & Williams, K. (2004) Exploring IPA & culture. Symposium at The 6th IPA Conference, 6-7 Jul 2004, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Shaw, R.L., Booth, A., Sutton, A.J., Dixon-Woods, M., Jones, D.R., Miller, T., Smith, J.A., & Young, B. (2003) Electronic literature searching for systematic review of qualitative literature. Oral presentation at The Society for Social Medicine 47th Annual Scientific Meeting, 17-19 September, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Shaw, R.L., Wallace, L.M. & Bansal, M. (2003) Coventry young mothers infant feeding study. Poster presented at the Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference, 3-5 September, University of Stafford, UK.
Shaw, R.L. (2003) Power relations and reflexivity in IPA: implications for interviewing and analysis. Oral presentation at the 5th Annual IPA Conference, 23-24 June, University of Plymouth, UK.
Shaw, R.L. & Wallace, L.M. (2003) Qualitative research interviewing: power relations and cultural dissonance. Oral presentation at the Qualitative Psychology Conference, 10-11 April, University of Leeds, UK.
Shaw, R.L. (2000) Interpretative phenomenological analysis and coding. Oral presentation at The 1st Annual IPA Conference. 11-12th July, Bath, UK.
Shaw, R.L. (1999) Discursive study of experiences of representations of violence in film. Oral presentation The 18th International Human Science Research Conference, 26-19 July, Sheffield, UK.
Shaw, R.L. (1997) The Popular Culture of Violence: a study of the responses to representations of violence in the visual media. Oral presentation at The Communication and Cultural Studies Conference, 12-13 December, Sheffield, UK.
Invited Speaker at Research Seminars
Shaw, R.L. & Cooke, R. Understanding users' expectations and experiences of an MRI brain scan. Brains in Dialogue on Brain Imaging. University of Cambridge (www.neuromedia.eu), 17-18 March 2009.
Shaw, R.L., Peel, E.A., Cooke, R., Senior, C. Neuroethics research. Midlands Health Psychology Network, University of Leicester, 14 June 2006.
Shaw, R.L., Dixon-Woods, M., Miller, T.A., Jones, D.R., Sutton, A.J., Smith, J.A. Booth, A. & Young, B. How can systematic reviews incorporate qualitative research? Issues in finding and appraising qualitative research. Neurosciences Research Institute Research Seminar Series, Aston University, 13 April 2005.
Miller, T.A. & Shaw, R.L. Appraising qualitative research. Multidisciplinary Health Research Network, Oxford and Oxford Brookes Universities Joint Seminar Series, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford University, 19 April 2005.
Shaw, R.L., Dixon-Woods, M., Miller, T.A., Jones, D.R., Sutton, A.J., Smith, J.A. Booth, A. & Young, B. Assessing qualitative research quality. ESRC Research Methods Programme Methods Festival, St Catherine’s College, Oxford, 2 July 2004.
Shaw, R.L. & Dixon-Woods, M. Systematic review of qualitative research. Health Services Research Centre Seminar Series, Coventry University, 3 March 2004.
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