Communities, Young People and Family Lives
The Communities, Young People and Family Lives Research Unit is led by Professor Kathryn Almack. It is a multi-disciplinary team of researchers with research interests broadly addressing aspects of family lives, health and well-being across the life-course.
For further information, contact Professor Rebecca O'Connell.
Unit staff
Staff | Job title |
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Professor Kathryn Almack | Professor of Family Lives and Care |
Professor Wendy Wills | Professor of Food and Public Health |
Professor Brian Littlechild | Professor of Social work and Research Lead for Social Work |
Dr Angela Dickinson | Senior Research Fellow |
Dr Claire Thompson | Reader in Food Inequalities and Health |
Dr Jennifer Lynch | Reader in Social Care Technology and Knowledge Mobilisation |
Dr Alison Tingle | Research Fellow |
Dr Laura Hamilton | Research Fellow |
Professor Mark Whiting | Visiting Professor of Community Children's Nursing |
Terry Hall | Communications Research Assistant |
Professor Rebecca O'Connell | Professor of Food, Families and Society |
Our activities fall into the following areas:
Additional research
Professor Kathryn Almack is also the research lead in the School for Children's Nursing and Midwifery. She works with:
- Dr Lisa Whiting (Professional lead for Children’s Nursing)
- Dr Julia Petty
- Dr Rosemary Godbold
- Dr Catherine Hamilton (Professional lead for Midwifery)
- Dr Laura Abbott
Together, their activities fall under the following areas:
- Evaluating the use of simulation dolls to assess parenting capacity
- Providing care and support for parents of premature babies at home
- Children’s palliative care nursing workforce which is responsive to patient need.
- Neonatal Nurses Engagement with Research
- Digital storytelling and the parent experience in neonatal care
- Pregnancy and separation of women from new-born babies in prison
- Midwifery Practices during the Second Stage of Labour
- Induction of labour: how do women get information and make decisions
- Asylum seekers and trafficked women’s experiences of pregnancy and birth.
- High Risk pregnant women’s experiences of High Dependency Care
- The impact of 12-hour shift patterns on the maternity workforce
We also have several members of staff undertaking doctoral studies in some of the above research areas.