Joanna Reynolds

Dr. Joanna Reynolds FHEA

Senior Lecturer in Sociology


Summary

I am a researcher and lecturer in public health and social science.

About

I teach on the MSc Public Health and BA Sociology and have experience teaching public health methods and principles to a range of students.

I have particular interest in teaching research methods and currently lead the dissertation module on the MSc Public Health. My research interests are varied, falling under the broad heading of 'critical' public health.

My current areas of research include: community empowerment, community engagement and involvement in policy and decision-making, and alcohol policy.

My broader research experience also includes: the social determinants of health, health inequalities, evaluation methods for 'complex interventions', and global health issues including malaria and anti-microbial resistance. I am also a keen qualitative methodologist, and reflecting my disciplinary background in anthropology, I have interests in applications of ethnography in health and policy research.

Teaching

Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics

College of Social Sciences and Arts

Public Health and Sociology

MSc Public Health; BA Sociology

Publications

Reynolds, J., & Beresford, R. (2020). “An Active, Productive Life”: Narratives of, and Through, Participation in Public and Patient Involvement in Health Research. Qualitative Health Research. http://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320961053

Reynolds, J., McGrath, M., Halliday, E., Ogden, M., Hare, S., Smolar, M., ... Egan, M. (2020). ‘The opportunity to have their say’? Identifying mechanisms of community engagement in local alcohol decision-making. International Journal of Drug Policy, 85. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102909

Reynolds, J., & Claire, W. (2020). Accessibility of ‘essential’ alcohol in the time of COVID-19: casting light on the blind spots of licensing? Drug and Alcohol Review. http://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13076

McGrath, M., Reynolds, J., Smolar, M., Hare, S., Ogden, M., Popay, J., ... Egan, M. (2019). Identifying opportunities for engaging the ‘community’ in local alcohol decision-making: a literature review and synthesis. International Journal of Drug Policy, 74, 193-204. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.09.020

Reynolds, J., & Lewis, S. (2019). Ethnography and evaluation: temporalities of complex systems and methodological complexity. Anthropology and Medicine, 1-16. http://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2018.1507106

Garnett, E., Reynolds, J., & Milton, S. (Eds.). (2018). Ethnographies and Health. Springer International Publishing. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89396-9

Reynolds, J., McGrath, M., Engen, J., PashmI, G., Andrews, M., Lim, J., & Lock, K. (2018). Processes, practices and influence: a mixed methods study of public health contributions to alcohol licensing in local government. BMC Public Health, 18, 1385. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6306-8

Thompson, C., & Reynolds, J. (2018). Reflections on the go-along: how “disruptions” can illuminate the relationships of health, place and practice. Geographical Journal. http://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12285

Reynolds, J., McGrath, M., Engen, J., Pashmi, G., Andrews, M., Sharpe, C., ... Lock, K. (2018). 'A true partner around the table?' Perceptions of how to strengthen public health's contributions to the alcohol licensing process. Journal of public health. http://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdy093

Reynolds, J. (2018). Boundary work: understanding enactments of ‘community’ in an area-based, empowerment initiative. Critical Public Health, 28 (2), 201-212. http://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2017.1371276

Reynolds, J. (2017). ‘Missing out’: Reflections on the positioning of ethnographic research within an evaluative framing. Ethnography, 18 (3), 345-365. http://doi.org/10.1177/1466138116664106

Reynolds, J., Egan, M., Renedo, A., & Petticrew, M. (2015). Conceptualising the 'community' as a recipient of money - A critical literature review, and implications for health and inequalities. Social Science and Medicine, 143, 88-97. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.049

Reynolds, J., DiLiberto, D., Mangham-Jefferies, L., Ansah, E.K., Lal, S., Mbakilwa, H., ... Chandler, C.I.R. (2014). The practice of 'doing' evaluation: Lessons learned from nine complex intervention trials in action. Implementation Science, 9 (1), 75. http://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-9-75

Journal articles

Popay, J., Halliday, E., Mead, R., Townsend, A., Akhter, N., Bambra, C., ... Whitehead, M. (2023). Investigating health and social outcomes of the Big Local community empowerment initiative in England: a mixed method evaluation. Public health research (Southampton, England), 11 (9), 1-147. http://doi.org/10.3310/grma6711

MacPherson, E.E., Reynolds, J., Sanudi, E., Nkaombe, A., Mankhomwa, J., Dixon, J., & Chandler, C.I.R. (2022). Understanding antimicrobial use in subsistence farmers in Chikwawa District Malawi, implications for public awareness campaigns. PLOS Global Public Health, 2 (6), e0000314. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000314

Goettke, E., & Reynolds, J. (2019). "It's all interconnected… like a spider web": a qualitative study of the meanings of food and healthy eating in an Indigenous community. Int J Circumpolar Health, 78 (1), 1648969. http://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1648969

Chandler, C.I.R., Burchett, H., Boyle, L., Achonduh, O., Mbonye, A., DiLiberto, D., ... Whitty, C.J.M. (2016). Examining Intervention Design: Lessons from the Development of Eight Related Malaria Health Care Intervention Studies. Health systems and reform, 2 (4), 373-388. http://doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2016.1179086

Ansbro, É.M., Gill, M.M., Reynolds, J., Shelley, K.D., Strasser, S., Sripipatana, T., ... Mabey, D. (2015). Introduction of syphilis point-of-care tests, from pilot study to national programme implementation in Zambia: A qualitative study of healthcare workers' perspectives on testing, training and quality assurance. PLoS ONE, 10 (6), e0127728. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127728

Mangesho, P.E., Reynolds, J., Lemnge, M., Vestergaard, L.S., & Chandler, C.I.R. (2014). "Every drug goes to treat its own disease..." - a qualitative study of perceptions and experiences of taking anti-retrovirals concomitantly with anti-malarials among those affected by HIV and malaria in Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 13 (1), 491. http://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-491

Ansah, E.K., Reynolds, J., Akanpigbiam, S., Whitty, C.J.M., & Chandler, C.I.R. (2013). "Even if the test result is negative, they should be able to tell us what is wrong with us": a qualitative study of patient expectations of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria. Malaria Journal, 12 (1), 258. http://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-258

Reynolds, J., Wood, M., Mikhail, A., Ahmad, T., Karimullah, K., Motahed, M., ... Leslie, T. (2013). Malaria "diagnosis" and diagnostics in Afghanistan. Qualitative health research, 23 (5), 579-591. http://doi.org/10.1177/1049732312470761

Reynolds, J., & Wills, J. (2012). Workplace health improvement: perspectives of environmental health officers. Occupational medicine (Oxford, England), 62 (1), 17-22. http://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqr134

Reynolds, J., Kizito, J., Ezumah, N., Mangesho, P., Allen, E., & Chandler, C. (2011). Quality assurance of qualitative research: a review of the discourse. Health Research Policy and Systems, 9 (1), 43. http://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-9-43

Wills, J., Reynolds, J., & Swanwick, T. (2009). 'Just a lovely luxury?' What can public health attachments add to postgraduate general practice training? Education for primary care : an official publication of the Association of Course Organisers, National Association of GP Tutors, World Organisation of Family Doctors, 20 (4), 278-284. http://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2009.11493799

Reynolds, J., Crichton, N., Fisher, W., & Sacks, S. (2008). Determining the need for ethical review: a three-stage Delphi study. Journal of medical ethics, 34 (12), 889-894. http://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2008.025056

Reynolds, J., & Crichton, N. (2007). The implications of distinguishing research from anything. Critical Public Health, 17 (4), 289-292. http://doi.org/10.1080/09581590701769539

Conference papers

Djordjevic, F., Wilkinson, C., Reynolds, J., Dwyer, R., & Hickman, P. (2021). PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: A CRITICAL COMPARISON OF LIQUOR LICENSING LEGISLATION IN AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 40, S67.

Djordjevic, F., Wilkinson, C., Reynolds, J., Cook, M., & Dwyer, R. (2021). AUSTRALIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG CONSUMPTION DURING COVID-19. DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 40, S67.

Book chapters

Reynolds, J. (2018). Ethnographic Encounters with the ‘Community’: Implications for Considering Scale in Public Health Evaluation. In Ethnographies and Health. (pp. 195-212). Springer International Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89396-9_12

Reynolds, J., Milton, S., & Garnett, E. (2018). Introduction: Entangling Ethnography and Health. In Garnett, E., REYNOLDS, J., & Milton, S. (Eds.) Ethnographies and Health Reflections on Empirical and Methodological Entanglements. (pp. 1-17). Palgrave Macmillan

Wills, J., Reynolds, J., & Swanwick, T. (2016). Public health and general practice education. In Health Promotion in Medical Education: From Rhetoric to Action. (pp. 139-144).

Reports

Reynolds, J., Ogden, M., & Beresford, R. (2021). "Something quite special"? Understanding PPI experiences over time, and in the context of health research systems. Sheffield Hallam University.

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