Rachel Hawkins

BSc (Hons), MSc

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

PhD student

Rhawkins4@sheffield.ac.uk

The Innovation Centre

Full contact details

Rachel Hawkins
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
The Innovation Centre
217 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University

MSc Health Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University

Trainee Health Psychologist (British Psychological Society Qualification in Health Psychology independent route)

Research interests

PhD title: Reducing emergency admission in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Health Psychology, Behavioural Science
Healthcare professional behaviour in service delivery: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, cancer screening
Qualitative methods
Complex interventions
Prevention and early detection of chronic disease
Reducing inequalities in accessing care: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, cancer screening: barriers to access, alternative cervical screening methods - self-sampling; with LGBTQIA+, Black, Asian and Ethnic minority and socio-economically deprived communities.

Publications

Journal articles

Hawkins R, Zia M, Hind D, Lobo A & Ezaydi N (2024) P018 Inequalities in healthcare access, experience and outcomes in adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A scoping review. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, 18(Supplement_1), i269-i270.
Sheldon E, Roman S, Bursnall M, Hawkins R, Lobo A, Hind D, Randall K, Wakeman R & Ainley R (2023) P284 Assessing Patient Experience in an Inflammatory Bowel Disease service. Can we measure an effect from socioeconomic deprivation – experience from the AWARE-IBD programme?. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, 17(Supplement_1), i431-i432.
Hart JK, Michael P, Hawkins R, Bull ER, Farrar A, Baguley C, Turner RR & Byrne‐Davis LMT () ‘We just need to find space for them to practice so that we can help to make a stronger society’: Perceived barriers and facilitators to employing health psychologists in UK public health and clinical health settings. British Journal of Health Psychology.
Hawkins R, Michael P, Byrne‐Davis L, Bull E, Skone‐James R & Hart J () The behaviours identified and the behaviour change techniques planned in health partnerships for antimicrobial stewardship. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being.
Hawkins R, McWilliams L, Ulph F, Evans DG & French DP () Healthcare professionals’ views following implementation of risk stratification into a national breast cancer screening programme. BMC Cancer, 22(1).
McWilliams L, Evans DG, Payne K, Harrison F, Howell A, Howell SJ & French DP () Implementing Risk-Stratified Breast Screening in England: An Agenda Setting Meeting. Cancers, 14(19), 4636-4636.

Conference proceedings papers

Davies J, Carter S, Pinggera E, Hawkins R, Thorpe E, Malcomson L, Mcwilliams L, Gilham C, Sasieni P, Sargent A & Crosbie E (2024) 337 Urine high risk human papillomavirus testing as an alternative cervical screening strategy: the ACES studies. Poster and E-Posters
Hawkins RL, Zia M, Hind D & Lobo AJ () Inequalities in Healthcare Access, Experience and Outcomes in Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Scoping Review. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Professional activities and memberships

Project Coordinator, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Cancer Prevention and Early Detection theme
Patient and public involvement, community-based research with reach, co-creation methods, priority setting
Honorary researcher, University of Manchester
Manchester Centre for Health Psychology
Member of the Health Equity Network