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Details for Dr Ali Heawood
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Ali Heawood |
| Job title | Senior Research Fellow In Primary Care Research |
| Department | School of Social and Community Medicine University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | BA(Sheff), MSc(Wales), PhD(Bristol) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | health services qualitative methods healthcare health complementary medicine asthma NHS cancer |
| Areas of expertise | I am a qualitative health services researcher, with interest in how qualitative methods can be used to investigate patients' and professionals' understanding, experiences and decision-making about health and healthcare. I have undertaken several studies on patients' use of complementary medicine, having been awarded several grants in this area. These include the following: a NHS Post-Doctoral Award to undertake research on the use of complementary medicine for asthma; a linked NHS Researcher Development Award studying the role of complementary medicine within NHS Primary Care (undertaken by Dr Lesley Wye); a grant to conduct a survey of the prevalence of complementary medicine use and predictors of use among asthma patients in primary care; and a Department of Health grant to investigate male cancer patients' views and experiences of complementary medicine. I also undertake qualitative research on other topics relevant to primary health care. |