Dr Sophie Turnbull
BSc, MSc, PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
Sophie's expertise is in the development and evaluation of behavioural change digital health and mental health interventions. She is passionate about ensuring these technologies are accessible and effective for all social groups and reduce rather than exacerbating health inequalities. She has experience of using qualitative and quantitative methodology. Her training is grounded in psychology and neuropsychology and she has worked on the application of behavioural interventions in primary and secondary healthcare settings. Her PhD explored the influences digital health interventions on health inequalities in chronic conditions.
Sophie is currently undertaking a NIHR SPCR launching fellowship which is focussed on adapting a physical activity intervention for underserved groups.
Positions
University of Bristol positions
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Publications
Recent publications
21/12/2020The role of digital health interventions as a resource for people with type 2 diabetes to develop self-care expertise, adapt to identity changes and influence how they are viewed by others
JMIR
The role of economic, educational and social resources in supporting the use of digital health technologies by people with T2D: a qualitative study
Health equity in the effectiveness of web-based health interventions for the self-care of people with chronic health conditions
JMIR
Parental and clinician agreement of illness severity in children with RTIs
British Journal of General Practice
Impact of antibiotics for children presenting to general practice with cough on adverse outcomes
British Journal of General Practice
Thesis
The influence of digital self-care interventions on health inequality in high burden chronic health conditions
Supervisors
Award date
21/05/2019