Staff profiles
Dr Ian Brown
BSc RN SCPHN PhD PGCE
Phone 0114 225 5798
E-mail ian.brown@shu.ac.uk
My background is in public health nursing and primary health care. I have maintained a clinical role in primary care, currently in a post supporting patients in managing long term conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. I have an honorary contract with Sheffield Primary Care Trust for this.
I also lead or contribute to a number of undergraduate and postgraduate modules focused on public health and on management of long term conditions.
I have led a number of research projects about the management of obesity in primary care. Health professionals' attitudes to obesity and the impact of these on the outcomes of health service interventions for patients is an area of interest.
I am currently seconded part time to the position of Trial Coordinator with the PANDAs Project at the University of Sheffield. The PANDAs study (a cluster RCT) will evaluate the use of a decision aid for patients facing choices about how best to manage type 2 diabetes. The project is funded by the National Institute for Health Research.
Research collaborations
Academic collaborators include medical, nursing, psychology departments at the University of Sheffield. Health service collaborators include Primary Care Organisations in the NHS in England.
Recent peer reviewed research publications
Brown, I. and Psarou, K. (2008) Literature review of nursing practice in managing obesity in primary care: developments in the UK. Journal of Clinical Nursing 17, 17-28.
Brown, I. and Thompson, J. (2007) Attitudes, beliefs and own body size in relation to obesity management: qualitative study of primary care nurses and health visitors. Journal of Advanced Nursing 60, 535-543 .
Brown, I. Stride, C. Psarou, A. Brewins, L. and Thompson, J. (2007) Management of obesity: survey of practices, beliefs and attitudes of primary care nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing 59, 329-341.
Brown, I. Thompson, J. Tod, A. and Jones, G (2006) Primary care support for tackling obesity: qualitative study of the perceptions of obese patients. British Journal of General Practice. 56, 666-672.
Brown, I. and Jones, G (2006) Obesity, stigma and quality of life: a qualitative study. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 1 (2) 169-178.
Brown, I. (2006) Nurses' attitudes towards adult patients who are obese: literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing 53, 221-232.
Brown, I and Macintosh, M (2006) Involving patients with coronary heart disease in developing e-learning assets for primary care nurses. Nurse Education in Practice, 6, 237-242.
Other recent publications
Brown, I. Howarth, B. and Miller, L. (2008) Obesity and Weight Bias Awareness: An Interactive Learning Resource for Health and Wellbeing Practitioners. Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University.
Aylott, J. Brown, I. Copeland, R. and Johnson, D. (2008) Tackling Obesities: The Foresight Report and Implications for Local Government. London, Improvement and Development Agency. (Available www.idea.gov.uk)
Brown, I. (2008) Images of obesity. Community Practitioner, 81, 14-15.
Psarou, K. and Brown, I. (2008) Patients' views and experiences of weight loss medications: implications for clinicians. Sheffield, Sheffield PCT.
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