Dr Abi Woodward, PhD

Profile

I am based in the Unit for Psychological Medicine in the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health.

I am a qualitative researcher with a PhD in Sociology. I am interested in how socioeconomic deprivation and health inequalities intersect and have experience of research with underserved populations and ethnic minority groups.

I have conducted research as a Principal Investigator funded by the NIHR School of Primary Care Research (SPCR) on the ‘Improving support for Pakistani family carers through social Prescribing’ project. I was awarded a NIHR SPCR Post-doctoral Fellowship which began in April 2024. The Fellowship project focuses on the co-production of a set of guidelines to support culturally relevant social prescribing opportunities for South Asian carers. I was the qualitative lead on a NIHR SPCR funded study focused on the self-management of multiple long-term conditions in those experiencing socioeconomic deprivation.

I have extensive experience of community engagement and have been awarded several grants to conduct small community engagement projects where I was the lead. I have supervised undergraduate and post-graduate students, and mentored and supervised an student placement through the In2Research programme.

Research

Research Interests:

I have a particular interest in research with South Asian and other minority ethnic groups. My research is interdisciplinary, focusing on how socioeconomic deprivation, ethnicity and health inequalities intersect. 

Publications

Engaging people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation in qualitative research: reflections. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14780887.2024.2384926?casa_token=1qx9pGE7RdAAAAAA:lgG8_flFtdQ9f8PEzOvKKzeidv_tfj7uQvnniU9GPs4Mc7f01rNhjz1iozKvRZTx1mmNexF0ubt_

 A qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators to self‐managing multiple long‐term conditions amongst people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/hex.14046

• Burnand, A., Woodward, A., Kolodin, V., Manthorpe, J., Jani, Y., Orlu, M., Bhanu, C., Samsi, K., Vickerstaff., Wilcock, J., Rait, G., & Davies, N. (under review). The potential for clinical pharmacists to support older people with dementia in the community: a qualitative interview study, Age and Ageing
• Burnand, A., Woodward, A., Kolodin, V., Manthorpe, J., Jani, Y., Orlu, M., Bhanu, C., Samsi, K., Vickerstaff., Wilcock, J., Rait, G., & Davies, N. (under review). Understanding the perspectives of people with dementia and family carers about clinical pharmacists in primary care: a qualitative study, BJGP
• Burnand, A., Woodward, A., Kolodin, V., Manthorpe, J., Jani, Y., Orlu, M., Bhanu, C., Samsi, K., Vickerstaff., Wilcock, J., Rait, G., & Davies, N. (2024). Service delivery and the role of clinical pharmacists in UK primary care for older people, including people with dementia: A scoping review, BMC Primary Care,
• McMullen, S., Poduval, S., Armstrong, M., Davies, N., Dayson, C., Kharicha, K., Nair, P., Mistry, M., Sajid, M., Walters, K., and Woodward, A. (2024). A qualitative exploration of the potential for culturally relevant and adapted social prescribing to assist with the health and wellbeing of Pakistani carers living in the UK. Health Expectations, 27(6).
• Armstrong, M., and Woodward, A. (2024). Engaging people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation in qualitative research: reflections. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 1-8.
• Woodward, A., Nimmons, D., Davies, N., Walters, K., Stevenson, F., Protheroe, J., Chew-Graham, C., and Armstrong, M. (2024). A qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators to self‐managing multiple long‐term conditions amongst people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation. Health Expectations, 27(2).
• Woodward, A., Walters, K., Davies, N., Nimmons, D., Protheroe, J., Chew-Graham, C., Stevenson, F., and Armstrong, M. (2024 Barriers and facilitators of self‐management of diabetes amongst people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis. Health Expectations, 27(3).
• Woodward, A., Davies, N., Walters, K., Nimmons, D., Stevenson, F., Protheroe, J., Chew-Graham, C., and Armstrong, M. (2023). Self-management of multiple long-term conditions: A systematic review of the barriers and facilitators amongst people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation, Plos one, 18(2).
• Natarajan, L., Cho, H., Yanful, B., & Woodward, A. (2024). Chapter 8: Food resilient urbanism: reconstructing hunger with NGOs. In Pandemic Recovery?. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. 
• Okpako, T., Woodward, A., Walters, K., Davies, N., Stevenson, F., Nimmons, D., ... & Armstrong, M. (2023). Effectiveness of self-management interventions for long-term conditions in people experiencing socio-economic deprivation in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Public Health, 45(4), 970-1041.
• Davies, N., Kolodin, V., Woodward, A., Bhanu, C., Jani, Y., Manthorpe, J., ... & Rait, G. (2023). Models of care and the role of clinical pharmacists in UK primary care for older adults: A scoping review protocol. Plos one, 18(7)
• Woodward, A. (2022). “It is like second nature”: Informal giving among Pakistani Muslims in an English city, Voluntary Sector Review, 13(3), 355-375.
• Woodward, A., Patmore, B., Cliff, G., & Dayson, D. (2022). The value and contribution of BAME- led organisations during and beyond COVID- 19. In Rees, J., Macmillan, R., Dayson, C., Damm, C., and Bynner, C. COVID-19 and the Voluntary and Community Sector in the UK. Bristol: Policy Press. pp.104-117.
• Dayson, C., Harris, C., & Woodward, A. (2021). Voluntary sector interventions to address loneliness and mental health in older people: taking account of emotional, psychological and social wellbeing. Perspectives in Public Health, 141 (4), 237-243.