Dr Amanda Edmondson

Amanda is an experienced health services qualitative researcher with a particular interest in health and wellbeing. She has undertaken research related to topic areas such as deprescribing in older adults, sexual health, sexual assault, suicide, self-harm, diabetes, and cancer using various methods of data collection and analyses. Amanda’s first post-doctoral research position involved leading a multi-centre psychological wellbeing study in teenage and young adults diagnosed with cancer at the University of Leeds. Since then she has project managed and/or collaborated on various externally funded projects. Examples include: A multisite Randomised Evaluation of Sexual Health Promotion Effectiveness informing Care and Treatment (RESPECT) NIHR HTA funded feasibility trial A systematic review of the treatment of mental health and substance misuse problems in Sexual Assault Referral Centres (NIHR funded) An international review to understand conversations about work in healthcare and identify opportunities to make work conversations a part of everyday health interactions, funded by Public Health England A pilot study exploring the care of diabetes in a secure forensic service (Research for Change funding) A photovoice study exploring healthy lifestyles for people with serious mental illness (Research for Change funding) An evaluation of creative approaches to mental health and wellbeing (Health Foundation Q funding) Amanda reviews manuscripts for Qualitative Health Research, BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin, Psychology and Psychotherapy. She is also a reviewer for the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).

TWIDDY, M., BIRTWISTLE, J., EDMONDSON, A., CROFT, J., GORDON, K., MEADS, D., BURKE, D., GRIFFITHS, B., ROSE, A., SAGAR, P., STOCKEN, D., MB BROWN, J. and HARJI, D., 2022. Recruiting in surgical trial in the emergency setting: understanding clinician and patient perspectives: a mixed methods study. British Journal of Surgery. ISSN 0007-1323

EDMONDSON, A.J., BORTHWICK, R., HUGHES, E. and LUCOCK, M., 2022. Using photovoice to understand and improve healthy lifestyles of people diagnosed with serious mental illness. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. ISSN 1351-0126

ROODT, C.A., KEELEY, P., TURNER, M., EDMONDSON, A. and KENDAL, S., 2022. Perspectives of an international sample of adults with trichotillomania on the acceptability and feasibility of an asynchronous qualitative email interview method. Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences, 3 (2), pp. 55-64. ISSN 2632-0843

CHADWICK, Z., EDMONDSON, A. and MCDONALD, S., 2022. Engaging with animal-assisted interventions (AAIs): exploring the experiences of young people with ASD/ADHD diagnoses. Support for Learning, 37 (1), pp. 44-61. ISSN 0268-2141

WALKER, T., EDMONDSON, A., RILEY, F., HARPER, M., LUCOCK, M. and WRIGHT, N., 2021. Using mixed methods to explore diabetes care in a medium‐secure setting in England: a case study. Health Science Reports, 4 (4): e462. ISSN 2398-8835

ROODT, C.A., TURNER, M., EDMONDSON, A., KEELEY, P. and KENDAL, S., 2021. A qualitative study exploring international experiences of seeking treatment for adults with trichotillomania: a story of frustration and unmet need. Journal of Patient Experience, 8. ISSN 2374-3743

BARTYS, S., MARTIN, R., PARKER, C., EDMONDSON, A. and BURTON, K., 2021. Empathy is key to addressing obstacles to policy progress: the example of ‘work focused healthcare’. Evidence and Policy. ISSN 1744-2648

HUGHES, E., MITCHELL, N., GASCOYNE, S., MOE-BRYNE, T., EDMONDSON, A., COLEMAN, E., MILLETT, L., ALI, S., COURNOS, F., DARE, C., HEWITT, C., JOHNSON, S., KAUR, H.D., MCKINNON, K., MERCER, C., NOLAN, F., WALKER, C., WAINBERG, M. and WATSON, J., 2020. The RESPECT Study: a feasibility randomised controlled trial of a sexual health promotion intervention for people with serious mental illness in community mental health services in the UK. BMC Public Health, 20: 1736. ISSN 1471-2458

STEFANIDOU, T., HUGHES, E., KESTER, K., EDMONDSON, A., MAJEED-ARISS, R., SMITH, C., ARISS, S., BROOKER, C., GILCHRIST, G., KENDAL, S., LUCOCK, M., MAXTED, F., PEROT, C., SHALLCROSS, R., TREVILLION, K. and LLOYD-EVANS, B., 2020. The identification and treatment of mental health and substance misuse problems in sexual assault services: a systematic review. PLoS ONE, 15 (4): e0231260. ISSN 1932-6203

HUGHES, E., MITCHELL, N., GASCOYNE, S., MOE-BYRNE, T., EDMONDSON, A., COLEMAN, E., MILLETT, L., ALI, S., DARE, C., HEWITT, C., JOHNSON, S., LLEWELLYN, C., MERCER, C., NOLAN, F., WALKER, C. and WATSON, J., 2019. Sexual health promotion in people with severe mental illness: the RESPECT feasibility RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 23 (65), pp. 1-136. ISSN 1366-5278

RICHARDSON, C., AKHTAR, I., SMITH, C., EDMONDSON, A., MORRIS, A., HARGREAVES, J., RHODES, C. and TAYLOR, J., 2019. Effective involvement: a report on the evaluation of a research awareness training package for public involvement in health research. Research Involvement and Engagement, 5 (1): 21. ISSN 2056-7529

EDMONDSON, A.J. and PINI, S., 2019. The pros and cons of using photographs in nursing research. Nurse Researcher, 27 (2), pp. 8-13. ISSN 1351-5578

BROOKER, C., EDMONDSON, A. and HUGHES, L., 2019. The contribution of mental health services to a new strategic direction for sexual assault and abuse services. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 64, pp. 45-48. ISSN 1752-928X

HUGHES, E., EDMONDSON, A.J., ONYEKWE, I., QUINN, C. and NOLAN, F., 2018. Identifying and addressing sexual health in serious mental illness: views of mental health staff working in two National Health Service organizations in England. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27 (3), pp. 966-974. ISSN 1445-8330

EDMONDSON, A.J., BRENNAN, C. and HOUSE, A.O., 2018. Using photo-elicitation to understand reasons for repeated self-harm: a qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry, 18 (1): 98.

EDMONDSON, A.J., BIRTWISTLE, J.C., CATTO, J.W.F. and TWIDDY, M., 2017. The patients' experience of a bladder cancer diagnosis: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 11 (4), pp. 453-461. ISSN 1932-2259

EDMONDSON, A.J., BRENNAN, C.A. and HOUSE, A.O., 2016. Non-suicidal reasons for self-harm: a systematic review of self-reported accounts. Journal of Affective Disorders, 191, pp. 109-117. ISSN 0165-0327

HALES, H., EDMONDSON, A., DAVISON, S., MAUGHAN, B. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2015. The impact of contact with suicide related behavior in prison on young offenders. Crisis, 36 (1), pp. 21-30. ISSN 0227-5910

HALES, H., FREEMAN, M., EDMONDSON, A. and TAYLOR, P., 2014. Witnessing suicide-related behavior in prison: a qualitative study of young male prisoners in England. Crisis, 35 (1), pp. 10-17. ISSN 0227-5910