Staff Profile
Dr Jennifer Liddle
Senior Research Associate
- Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Newcastle University
Urban Sciences Building (Open Lab)
Newcastle Helix
NE4 5TG
Background
I’m a Senior Research Associate working in the EPSRC-funded Digital Economy Research Centre (DERC) across Open Lab and the Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University. My research interests include the everyday experiences of older people, and the development of innovative (digital) approaches to address societal challenges such as loneliness, isolation, health and care in later life.
Over the last 12 years, I’ve worked with older people and health care professionals on a range of qualitative and mixed methods studies to explore experiences of everyday life related to housing, health and care.
Current work:
- Feasibility/pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of use of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) in care homes
- Innovate UK and Anchor Hanover - Emerging and Enabling Technologies Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)
- Exploring the journeys and experiences of people interacting with Care and Repair Newcastle (CARN), in collaboration with colleagues in Newcastle City Council
- New approaches to measure social interaction using wearable digital technologies
Recent projects:
- Online UK passport applications: the experiences of older adults in the North East of England, in collaboration with the Home Office
- Caring as a social determinant of health: Evidence review and implementation resource for Public Health England (PHE)
- Exploring the role of technology in optimising social connections in later life within a geographically local community context
- Exploring patient barriers to the diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis in primary care
- Pilot trial of an integrated approach to improve care for people with long term conditions (ENHANCE)
- Hip Injection Trial (HIT) for patients with hip osteoarthritis
- Patient Experiences of Gout study
- Longitudinal study of Ageing in a Retirement Community (LARC),
Current PhD students:
Anne O’Brien (part-time)
Publications
- Liddle J, Pitcher N, Montague K, Hanratty B, Standing H, Scharf T. Connecting at Local Level: Exploring Opportunities for Future Design of Technology to Support Social Connections in Age-Friendly Communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17(15), 5544.
- Russell S, Stocker R, Barker R, Liddle J, Adamson J, Hanratty B. Implementation of the National Early Warning Score in UK care homes: a qualitative evaluation. British Journal of General Practice 2020, epub ahead of print.
- Reuter A, Bartindale T, Morrissey K, Scharf T, Liddle J. Older voices: supporting community radio production for civic participation in later life. In: 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2019, Glasgow: ACM.
- Chean CS, Prior JA, Helliwell T, Belcher J, Mackie SL, Hider SL, Liddle J, Mallen CD. Characteristics of patients with giant cell arteritis who experience visual symptoms. Rheumatology International 2019, 39(10), 1789-1796.
- Liddle J, Bartlam R, Mallen CD, Mackie SL, Prior JA, Helliwell T, Richardson JC. What is the impact of giant cell arteritis on patients’ lives?: A UK qualitative study. BMJ Open 2017, 7, e017073.
- Walker J, Liddle J, Jordan KP, Campbell P. Affective concordance in couples: A cross-sectional analysis of depression and anxiety consultations within a population of 13,507 couples in primary care. BMC Psychiatry 2017, 17, 190.
- Richardson J, Liddle J. Where does good quality qualitative health care research get published?. Primary Health Care Research & Development 2017, 18(5), 515-521.
- Prior JA, Ranjbar H, Belcher J, Mackie SL, Helliwell T, Liddle J, Mallen CD. Diagnostic delay for giant cell arteritis - a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine 2017, 15(1), 120.
- Chandratre P, Mallen CD, Roddy E, Liddle J, Richardson J. "You want to get on with the rest of your life": a qualitative study of health-related quality of life in gout. Clinical Rheumatology 2016, 35(5), 1197-1205.
- Richardson JC, Liddle J, Mallen CD, Roddy E, Hider S, Prinjha S, Ziebland S. A joint effort over a period of time: factors affecting use of urate-lowering therapy for long-term treatment of gout. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2016, 17, 249.
- Richardson JC, Liddle J, Mallen CD, Roddy E, Prinjha S, Ziebland S, Hider S. "Why me? I don't fit the mould … I am a freak of nature": a qualitative study of women's experience of gout. BMC Women's Health 2015, 15, 122.
- Liddle J, Roddy E, Mallen CD, Hider SL, Prinjha S, Ziebland S, Richardson JC. Mapping patients' experiences from initial symptoms to gout diagnosis: a qualitative exploration. BMJ Open 2015, 5(9), e008323.
- Liddle J, Scharf T, Bartlam B, Bernard M, Sim J. Exploring the age-friendliness of purpose-built retirement communities: evidence from England. Ageing and Society 2014, 34(9), 1601-1629.
- Bartlam B, Bernard M, Liddle J, Scharf T, Sim J. Creating home-like places in a purpose-built retirement village in the United Kingdom. In: Rowles,GD;Bernard,M, ed. Environmental Gerontology: Making Meaningful Places in Old Age. New York: Springer, 2013.
- Sim J, Liddle J, Bernard M, Scharf T, Bartlam B. Home from home? A mixed-methods study of relocation within a purpose-built retirement community. Journal of Housing for the Elderly 2012, 26(4), 372-394.
- Bernard M, Liddle J, Bartlam B, Scharf T, Sim J. Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village. Ageing & Society 2012, 32(1), 103-129.