Staff profiles
Professor Kate Gerrish
B.Nurs, MSc, PhD, RN, RM, Specialist Practitioner District Nursing
Phone 0114 2255497
E-mail k.gerrish@shu.ac.uk
Kate Gerrish is research professor in nursing in the Centre of Health and Social Care Research. Her post is jointly funded with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where she contributes at a strategic level to the development of nursing research and evidence-based practice.
Kate graduated with a Bachelor of Nursing / RN from the University of Wales College of Medicine in 1977. She subsequently gained a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Manchester and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. During a career spanning 30 years, Kate has held a variety of clinical nursing and midwifery posts in community and hospital settings in the UK and Zambia and she has extensive experience teaching in under-graduate and graduate nurse education
Kate has a longstanding research interest in the area of knowledge translation with a focus on the implementation and evaluation of strategies to promote evidence-based practice. She is currently leading a five year £2 million programme of knowledge translation and implementation research as part of the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Research and Care (CLAHRC) for South Yorkshire and is Implementation Lead for the NIHR CLAHRC SY which is taking forward a £20 million, five year programme of applied research and implementation of research findings in the area of long-term conditions. She has also undertaken research in the area of nursing development. Research spanning both primary and secondary care sectors has focused on policy issues associated with innovative approaches to nursing organisation and the implementation and evaluation of new role developments. She is currently principal investigator for a two year project funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing examining approaches to assessing the impact of nurse consultant roles.
Kate's other research interests are the area of transcultural nursing, most notably in the experiences and perspectives of different ethnic groups in relation to their access to and passage through health services and the nurse's role in supporting these groups, in understanding cultural conflicts that can arise, the cultural congruence of services and how these affect the performance of nurses. She has recently completed a collaborative project with Age Concern examining the experiences of growing older in the African Caribbean community. She is currently principal investigator for a study examining socio-cultural influences on TB prevention and management within the Somali community. In 2005 she was appointed adjunct professor in Transcultural Nursing at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden and is working on a related programme of research in Sweden.
Kate has published widely in her field and has presented papers at national and international conferences. She has recently co-edited the 6th edition of The Research Process in Nursing, a seminal research text for nursing. She served for seven years as a joint editor to the international journal Ethnicity and Health and is a member of the editorial board of four scientific journals. In 2003 Kate was elected as chair of the Research Society of the Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom. Kate also holds an honorary Chair and the School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield.
Doctoral students
Kate welcomes students who have an interest in the following two areas
- innovative service delivery and organisation of health care - individuals who have an interest in new role development in health care and/or knowledge translation
- the broad area of ethnicity and health - she would particularly encourage individuals who have an interest in the experiences of different ethnic groups in relation to their access to and utilisation of health services, the cultural congruence of services and / or the health care practitioner's role in supporting these groups
Kate's primary methodological expertise is in qualitative approaches, although she does has experience of a broader range of methodological approaches.
Kate's recently completed PhD students include
- Sara Laker (2008) Taboo or not taboo? A constructivist exploration of moving from an acute hospital to a care home: a multi-voiced, temporal account.
- Maria Jirwe (2009) Cultural competence in nursing
- Gina Higginbottom (2004) The meaning and consequences of hypertention for individuals of African Caribbean origin: perceptions of primary health care services
Kate is currently supervising
- Angela Eddy - An examination of the experiences of therapy radiographers working in extended roles
- Helen Olt - Intercultural communication, equality and diversity in care among diverse healthcare providers working in elderly care settings in Sweden- collaboration with Karolinska Institute, Sweden
- Madrean Schober - Factors influencing the development of advanced practice nursing (APN) roles in Singapore
- Maxine Simmons - An ethnographic study of the implementation of nurse consultant roles in the NHS
- Caryl Skene - An ethnographic study of parental involvement in neonatal pain management following the implementation of the Comfort Care Programme
Research outputs
Selected refereed journal papers
Gerrish K, Mawson S, Hill C, Gerrish P (2009) A pragmatic approach to resolving tensions between the educational validity of masters projects in health care settings and ethical and governance requirements In press Learning in Health and Social Care 8:2 123-134
Jirwe M, Gerrish K, Keeney S, Emami A (2009) Identifying the core components of cultural competence: findings from a Delphi study. Journal of Clinical Nursing 18:18 2622-26434.
Salway S, Allmark P, Barley R, Higginbottom G, Gerrish K, Ellison G (2009) Social research for a multiethnic population: do the research ethics and standards guidelines of UK Learned Societies address this challenge. 21st Century Society 4:1 53-81
Gerrish K, Ashworth P, Lacey A, Bailey J (2008) Developing evidence-based practice: experiences of senior and junior clinical nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing 62: 62-73
Gerrish K (2008) Caring for the carers: the characteristics of district nursing support for family carers. Primary Care Research and Development 9: 1 14-24
Gerrish K, Ashworth P, Lacey A, Bailey J, Cooke J, Kendall S, McNeilly E (2007) Factors influencing the development of evidence-based practice: a research tool. Journal of Advanced Nursing 57 (3), 328-338
Gerrish K and Guillaume L (2006) Whither survey research: the challenges of undertaking postal surveys within the UK research governance framework. Journal of Nursing Research 11:6 485-497
Jirwe M, Gerrish K and Emami A (2006) The theoretical framework of cultural competence. Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health, 12:3 6-16
Gerrish K, Morgan L, Mabbott I, Debbage S, Entwistle B, Ireland M, Taylor C, Warnock C (2006) Factors influencing use of information technology by nurses and midwives. Practice Development in Health Care 5:2 92-101.
Gerrish K and Mawson S (2005) Research, audit and practice development: implications for research and clinical governance. Practice Development in Health Care 4:1 33-39
Gerrish, K. (2005) Getting published: practicalities, pitfalls and plagiarism Journal of Community Nursing 19:8 13-15
Gerrish, K., McMahon, A. (2005) Research and development policy: a UK perspective Nursing Management, 12:7 16-17
Gerrish K Chau R, Sobowale A, Birks, E (2004) Bridging the language barrier: the use of interpreters in primary care nursing. Health and Social Care in the Community 12:5 407-413
Gerrish K. and Griffith V. (2004) Integration of Overseas Registered Nurses: evaluation of an adaptation programme. Journal of Advanced Nursing 45:6 579-587
Gerrish K, Clayton J (2004) Promoting evidence-based practice: an organisational approach. Journal of Nursing Management, 12 114-123
Gerrish K (2004) European collaboration in nursing research: looking to the future. NT Research 9:3 231-232
Gerrish K, Entwistle B, Parmakis G et al (2004) Sharing best practice: the development of a web-based database of practice-based innovation in nursing and midwifery. British Journal of Nursing 13:1 44-48
Books
Gerrish, K. and Lacey, A. (eds) (2010) The Research Process in Nursing, 6th edition, Wiley-Blackwell. (ISBN: 978-1-4051-9048-0). www.wiley.com/go/gerrish
Gerrish K and Lacey A (eds) (2008) Investigaciόn en enfermeria. Quinta Ediciόn. McGraw Hill (ISBN 987-84-481-6390-7)
Gerrish, K. and Lacey, A. (eds) (2006) The Research Process in Nursing, 5th edition, Blackwell Science. (ISBN 140513013X)
Gerrish, K., McManus, M. and Ashworth, P. (1997) Levels of Achievement: a review of the assessment of practice, Researching Professional Education Series, Report No 5, London, ENB (ISBN 1 901697 06 1)
Gerrish, K., Husband, C. and Mackenzie, J. (1996) Nursing for a multi-ethnic society. Buckingham, Open University Press (ISBN 0 335 19615 2)
Book chapters
Gerrish K (2010) Evidence-based practice. In K. Gerrish, A Lacey (eds) The Research Process in Nursing, 6th edition, Wiley Blackwell pp 488-500
Gerrish K (2010) Translating research findings into practice. In K. Gerrish, A Lacey (eds) The Research Process in Nursing, 6th edition, Wiley Blackwell pp 501-526
Gerrish K, Lacey A (2010) Research and development in nursing. In K. Gerrish, A Lacey (eds) The Research Process in Nursing, 6th edition, Wiley Blackwell pp 3-12
Gerrish K, Lacey A (2010) Disseminating research findings. In K. Gerrish, A Lacey (eds) The Research Process in Nursing, 6th edition, Wiley Blackwell pp 475-486
Gerrish, K. and McMahon, A. (2006) Research and development in Nursing In K. Gerrish, A Lacey (eds) The Research Process in Nursing, 5th edition, Blackwell Science. pp 3-15
Bond, S. and Gerrish, K. (2006) Preparing a research proposal In K. Gerrish, A Lacey (eds) The Research Process in Nursing, 5th edition, Blackwell Science. pp 123-137
Gerrish, K. and Lacey, A. (2006) Communicating and dissemination research In K. Gerrish, A Lacey (eds) The Research Process in Nursing, 5th edition, Blackwell Science. pp 477-490
Gerrish, K. (2006) Evidence-based Practice In K. Gerrish, A Lacey (eds) The Research Process in Nursing, 5th edition, Blackwell Science. pp 491-505
Gerrish K (2004) Developing and Implementing a Family Health Assessment: commentary. In B McCormack, K Manley, R Garbett (eds) Practice Development in Nursing. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford pp 312-24
Gerrish, K (2004) Self and others: the rigor and ethics of self-reflexive ethnography. In J. Latimer (ed) Advanced Qualitative Research for Nursing. Blackwell Science. Oxford. pp 77-94
Research reports
Gerrish K, Naisby A, Ismail M (2010) Socio-cultural factors influencing an understanding of TB within the Somali community. Sheffield Hallam University
Gerrish K, Guillaume L, Kirshbaum M, McDonnell A, Nolan M, Read S, Tod A (2007) Empowering front-line staff to deliver evidence-based care the contribution of nurses in advanced practice roles. Final report submitted to the Department of Health, Policy Research Programme plus Executive Summary
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Gerrish K and Cooke J (2006) Moving forward the evidence-based practice agenda: a report of a survey of factors influencing the development of evidence-based practice among primary care nurses in South Yorkshire, University of Sheffield and Sheffield Health and Social Research Consortium
Gerrish, K., McNair, B. and Higginbottom, G. (2005) Expectations of growing older in the African Caribbean Community in Sheffield, Age Concern, Sheffield
Gerrish, K. and Griffith, V. (2003) An evaluation of the Professional Development Programme for Overseas Registered Nurses. University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Gerrish, K. and Clayton, J. (2002) Moving forward the evidence-based practice agenda: a report of a survey of factors influencing the development of evidence-based practice. University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Whitfield M, Gerrish K, (2001) A review of Community Nursing in Doncaster West PCT (The modernisation agenda, current position, resource allocation and community involvement) ScHARR Report Series32, University of Sheffield ISBN 1 900 752 30 1
Gerrish, K. and Whitfield, M. (2001) A Review of Community Nursing in Leeds: A report on a consultation exercise with key stakeholders. ScHARR. University of Sheffield.
Eve, R., Gerrish, K., Mares, P., Metcalf, H., Munro, J. (2001) More than one way to skin a cat: Building capacity in primary care to reduce pressure on hospitals. Centre for Innovation in Primary Care, Sheffield.
