Dr Becky Field
MSc, PhD
School of Medicine and Population Health
Research Fellow
Full contact details
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I am a qualitative health services researcher in the Health and Care Research Unit, in the Division of Population Health (Sheffield Centre, for Health and Related Research, SCHARR)
I am currently leading the 'Inclusive Dementia Research Priorities Project" , working with a Somali community organisation, funded by the NIHR Three Schools for Dementia Research Programme. I also work on other research projects involving complex intervention development.
I first joined SCHARR in February 2013 after completing the MSc in Clinical Research at SCHARR in 2012. I worked on an NIHR programme grant evaluating the clinical and cost effectiveness of an occupational therapy intervention for people with dementia and their family carers. I then worked on projects evaluating and developing services in the NHS. My PhD (2020) focused on acceptance and rejection of psychosocial interventions by people living with early dementia after diagnosis. (Supervisors: Professor Gail Mountain, Dr Elizabeth Coates). Between 2021-24 I conducted qualitative research about public views of different kinds of health and wellbeing inequalities, for the 'Systems Science in Public Health and Health Economics' (SIPHER) consortium.
Prior to joining SCHARR, I was an NHS occupational therapist. I worked in a variety of clinical settings, but mostly in community brain injury rehabilitation.
- Qualifications
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PhD (Heath Services Research), MSc Clinical Research, University Diploma, Occupational Therapy, BA Hons.
- Research interests
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My research interests include qualitative and participatory and complex intervention development methods. I am particularly interested in dementia, dementia risk reduction and brain health, occupational therapy and conducting research with community organisations.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Theories, models and frameworks to understand barriers to the provision of mobility-assistive technologies: a scoping review. BMJ Open, 14(5), e080633-e080633.
- User attitudes towards virtual home assessment technologies. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology. View this article in WRRO
- What influences uptake of psychosocial interventions by people living with early dementia? A qualitative study. Dementia.
- Occupational therapists need to be involved in developing and evaluating technological solutions to support remote working. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. View this article in WRRO
- Recruiting hard to reach populations to studies: breaking the silence: an example from a study that recruited people with dementia. BMJ Open, 9(11). View this article in WRRO
- Influences on uptake of a community occupational therapy intervention for people with dementia and their family carers. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 82(1), 38-47. View this article in WRRO
- Weaving a clinical academic career: Illuminating the method and pattern to follow. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 82(1), 60-64. View this article in WRRO
- Enablers and challenges to occupational therapists’ research engagement: A qualitative study. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. View this article in WRRO
- Exploring the need for a new UK occupational therapy intervention for people with dementia and family carers: Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia (COTiD). A focus group study. Aging & Mental Health, 20(7), 762-769. View this article in WRRO
- Using the Knowledge to Action Framework in practice: a citation analysis and systematic review. Implementation Science, 9(1). View this article in WRRO
- Testing the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research on health care innovations from South Yorkshire. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, n/a-n/a. View this article in WRRO
- Exploring social preferences for health and wellbeing across the digital divide. A qualitative investigation based on tasks taken from an online discrete choice experiment. Value in Health.
- Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia and their family carers in the UK: the VALID research programme including RCT. Programme Grants for Applied Research, 1-76.
- Remote home visits: Exploring the concept and applications of remote home visits within health and social care settings. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 030802262110002-030802262110002.
Conference proceedings papers
- INTERVENTIONS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS OFFER PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AFTER DIAGNOSIS: INFLUENCES ON UPTAKE. BRITISH JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, Vol. 82 (pp 59-59)
- Identifying influences on take-up of a community occupational therapy intervention for people with dementia and their family carers. BRITISH JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, Vol. 80 (pp 36-37)
Reports
- Sheffield City Region Test Bed, ‘Perfect Patient Pathway’ Final Evaluation Report View this article in WRRO
- Theories, models and frameworks to understand barriers to the provision of mobility-assistive technologies: a scoping review. BMJ Open, 14(5), e080633-e080633.
- Research group
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Health and Care Research Unit, Health Services Research, Division of Population Health Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research - SCHARR
- Grants
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URMS number: 183801
Title: Identifying brain health and dementia research priorities with a Somali community and developing inclusive dementia research methods.
(Sept 24-Dec 25, NIHR Three Schools for Dementia Research Programme: £85,742
URMS number: 185283
Title: NIHR Three Schools' Dementia Rapid Call - additional funding for Career Development Award (Jan 24-March 24: £16,718)
URMS number: 175445
Title: Establishing a dementia related research career and writing a research funding proposal focused on developing a complex intervention to support the wellbeing of people with mild cognitive impairment, using a public health approach.
(June 2022-July 2023, NIHR Three Schools for Dementia Research Programme: £36,145)
- Teaching interests
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Inclusive research methods, building research capacity within the NHS and Care workforce.
- Teaching activities
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Deputy Module Lead, Inclusive Research Practice, Health and Care Research Delivery Programme (online masters programme).
- Professional activities and memberships
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British Association of Occupational Therapy, Health Professions Council
- Key publications
Field B et al (2020) "Occupational therapists need to be involved in developing and evaluating technological solutions to support remote working" (awaiting publication; accepted by the British Journal of Occupational Therapy)
Field B, Coates E and Mountain G (2019) ‘Influences on uptake of a community occupational therapy intervention for people with dementia and their family carers’, British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 82(1), pp. 38–47. doi: 10.1177/0308022618804479.
Field B, Mountain G, et al Recruiting hard to reach populations to studies: breaking the silence. An example from a study that recruited people with dementia. BMJOpen 9(11) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030829
Field B, Booth A, Ilott I, Gerrish K Using the Knowledge to Action Framework in practice: a citation analysis and systematic review Implementation Science 9(1):Dec 2014
Di Bona, L, Field B, Read, J et al (2018) Weaving a clinical academic career: illuminating the method and pattern to follow British Journal of Occupational Therapy 82(1) p. 030802261878425. doi: 10.1177/0308022618784258.
Di Bona, L Wenborn J, Field, B Hynes, S, Ledgerd R, Mountain G and Swinson T (2017) Enablers and challenges to occupational therapists research engagement: a qualitative study British Journal of Occupational Therapy 1-9 published online 11 Aug 2017 doi:10.1177/0308022617719218
Hynes SM, Field B, et al (2016) Exploring the need for a new UK occupational therapy intervention for people with dementia and family carers: Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia (COTiD). A focus group study. Aging & Mental Health 20(7):762-769
Ilott I, Gerrish K, Booth A, Field B (2013) Testing the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research on health care innovations from South Yorkshire Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 19 (5). 915 – 924