Dr Katrina Turner

Summary

Katrina is a senior qualitative methodologist.  She has extensive knowledge and experience of using in-depth interviews, focus groups and observations. Katrina has particular expertise in designing and overseeing qualitative studies nested within large randomised controlled trials, and developing and supervising the qualitative elements of large programme grants. Most of her research has been in the areas of primary care mental health.

Biography

Katrina joined the Centre of Academic Primary Health Care in September 2004.  Prior to doing so she worked at the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, and at the University of Glasgow on mixed method studies that focused on the health and health behaviours of children and adolescents.

Katrina has a background in health sciences, health promotion and health education, and a PhD from a Department of Applied Social Science. Her PhD thesis focused on young women's views and experiences of teenage pregnancy and motherhood.

Teaching

Teaching leadership:

Current responsibilities

Joint Helical theme lead for Social and Behavioural Science in Medicine. (2015 to present) 

Previous responsibilities

Joint lead for the Human Basis of Medicine teaching (HBoM) unit.

Lead of the Society, Health and Medicine course

Member of the MB ChB year one curriculum development group.  

Teaching deliverly

Main undergraduate teaching responsibilities

• Lecturer and tutor for the Behavioural and Social Sciences unit taught to all undergraduate medical students (2017 to present).
• Professional mentor to five undergraduate medical students (2017 to present).
• Lecturer and tutor for Society, Health and Medicine course delivered to all medical students. (2005-16)
• Supervised undergraduate medical students’ Student Selected Choice (SSC) projects (2005-7)

Main postgraduate teaching responsibilities

• Supervise doctoral students. (2004-present)
• Teach and supervise AF2 doctors (2006-present)
• Lecture on the MSc in Public Health

Contribution to Life-long Learning and continuing professional development courses

Lecture on the following short courses delivered within the Bristol Medical School:

• Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (2006 to present).
• Qualitative Research in Randomised Trials (2012-15, 2017 to present). 
• Critical Appraisal of Published Qualitative Research (2011-3, 2016).

Keywords

• Qualitative research methods
• Randomised controlled trials (RCTs)

Skills

• Depression
• psychosis
• personality disorders

Methodologies

• in-depth interviews focus groups secondary analysis and synthesis

Expertise

In my current post I have a responsibility to develop and manage qualitative studies, many of which are nested within large RCTs. I also provide advice to students and colleagues about the design and conduct of qualitative research projects. My research interests include childhood obesity, diabetes, depression, and sexual health.

Memberships

Organisations

Bristol Medical School (PHS)

Other sites

• Populationhealth

Centres, collaborations and units

• Centre for Academic Primary Care
• Centre for Academic Mental Health
• Bristol Randomised Trials Collaboration
• NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West (CLAHRC West)

Admin staff

• School of Social and Community Medicine Admin staff

Links

• @DrKMTurner

Recent publications

• Selman, LE, Fox, F, Aabe, N, Turner, K, Rai, D & Redwood, S, 2018, ‘‘You are labelled by your children’s disability’–A community-based, participatory study of stigma among Somali parents of children with autism living in the United Kingdom’. Ethnicity and Health, vol 23., pp. 781-796
• Richards, SH, Campbell, JL, Dickens, C, Anderson, R, Gandhi, M, Gibson, A, Kessler, D, Knight, L, Kuyken, W, Richards, DA, Taylor, RS, Turner, K, Ukoumunne, OC, Davey, A, Warren, FC, Winder, RE & Wright, CA, 2018, ‘Enhanced psychological care in cardiac rehabilitation services for patients with new-onset depression: the CADENCE feasibility study and pilot RCT’. Health Technology Assessment, vol 22., pp. 1-220
• Sebire, SJ, Toumpakari, Z, Turner, KM, Cooper, AR, Page, AS, Malpass, A & Andrews, RC, 2018, ‘"I've made this my lifestyle now": a prospective qualitative study of motivation for lifestyle change among people with newly diagnosed type two diabetes mellitus’. BMC Public Health, vol 18.
• Wiles, N, Taylor, A, Turner, N, Barnes, M, Campbell, J, Lewis, G, Morrison, J, Peters, T, Thomas, L, Turner, K & Kessler, D, 2018, ‘Management of treatment resistant depression in primary care: a mixed methods study’. British Journal of General Practice.
• Richards, SH, Dickens, C, Anderson, R, Richards, DA, Taylor, RS, Ukoumunne, OC, Turner, KM, Gandhi, M, Kuyken, W, Gibson, A, Davey, A, Warren, F, Winder, R & Campbell, J, 2018, ‘Assessing the effectiveness of Enhanced Psychological Care for patients with depressive symptoms attending cardiac rehabilitation compared with treatment as usual (CADENCE): A pilot cluster randomised controlled trial’. Trials, vol 19.
• Fox, F, Aabe, N, Turner, K, Redwood, S & Rai, D, 2017, ‘“It was like walking without knowing where I was going”: A Qualitative Study of Autism in a UK Somali Migrant Community’. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, vol 47., pp. 305-315
• Searle, A, Jago, R, Henderson, J & Turner, K, 2017, ‘Children’s, parents' and health professionals' views on the management of childhood asthma: a qualitative study’. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, vol 27.
• Percival, J, Donovan, J, Kessler, D & Turner, K, 2017, ‘'She believed in me'. What patients with depression value in their relationship with practitioners: A secondary analysis of multiple qualitative data sets’. Health Expectations, vol 20., pp. 85-97
• French, LR, Turner, KM, Dawson, S & Moran, P, 2017, ‘Psychological treatment of depression and anxiety in patients with co-morbid personality disorder: A scoping study of trial evidence’. Personality and Mental Health, vol 11., pp. 101-117
• Jeal, N, Macleod, J, Salisbury, C & Turner, K, 2017, ‘Identifying possible reasons why female street sex workers have poor drug treatment outcomes: a qualitative study’. BMJ Open, vol 7.

View complete publications list in the University of Bristol publications system

Projects

• ComMando: Community Mandolean trial