Dr Elizabeth Croot

PhD, MMedSci, Grad Dip Phys, SFHEA

School of Health and Related Research

Senior Lecturer

Deputy Director of HSR Section

Deputy Director of HCRU

Liz Croot
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l.croot@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 1725

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Dr Elizabeth Croot
School of Health and Related Research
3004
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I am deputy director of the Health and Care Research Unit which focuses on the development and evaluation of complex interventions and services in healthcare, social care and third sector organisations. 

My research interests lie in user centred disability research and complex intervention development and evaluation.  I am interested in working closely with people with intellectual disabilities, using qualitative methods, to improve access to, and outcomes of, health and social care services as well as other community assets. I currently hold a career development award from the School for Social Care Research which I am using to develop networks within adult social care to extend the reach of my work with disabled people.

My background is physiotherapy and I have an MMedSci in primary and community care. I completed my PhD at ScHARR in 2005. This was an exploration of the experiences of Pakistani parents caring for children with high support needs.

I joined the Medical Care Research Unit in 2011 and have been PI and co-applicant on a range of research grants with people with intellectual disabilities.

I am a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy and have a strong commitment to promoting and supporting clinical academic careers for nurses and allied health professionals.

Research interests
  • User centred disability research methods
  • Improving service user experience of health and social care services
  • Development and evaluation of complex interventions

Current projects

  • Career Development Award, NIHR School for Social Care

Previous projects

  • Gaining entry access to primary and community health care services for adults with intellectual disabilities: mapping and targeted systematic review
  • INDEX Identifying and critiquing approaches to intervention development
  • DEUCE Drivers of Demand for Emergency and Urgent Care services
  • WiLD Weight loss for people with learning disabilities
  • COPES Community-based peer support: Developing a model for promoting health literacy
  • PEFUTIA Patients’ experiences of follow up after transient ischaemic attack 
Publications

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Journal articles

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Journal articles

Chapters

  • Croot EJ (2007) Prioritising Paediatric Physiotherapy Services for Children with Profound Multiple Learning Difficulties In Roulstone S (Ed.), Prioritising Child Health Practice and Principles Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Roulstone S () Prioritising Child Health Routledge RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

Other

  • Read J, Cantrell A & Croot E (2022) What is known about the provision of Occupational therapy within adult primary care services and how this provision affects service delivery, service users and carers? A systematic review with narrative synthesis. PROSPERO 2022 CRD42022374182. RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

Teaching interests

I am particularly interested in engaging students in the design and development of our programmes and in working with public and private sector organisations to ensure our programmes are relevant and attractive to future employers. I supervise Masters dissertations for the MPH suite of programmes and the MClinRes.

I currently supervise two PhD students and advise on another PhD funded by an NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship:

  • Nuha Alshaaili: The Rehabilitation Journey of a Child with Disability: Parental Acceptance and Resilience.
  • Cheryl Grindell: Exploring the role of co-design as a knowledge mobilisation strategy for musculoskeletal physiotherapy.
  • Marilyn Bradbury: Developing an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in non-ambulant young people with long-term disabilities (advisor).

I have supervised four PhD students to successful completion and I would be interested in hearing from students interested in research with people with learning disabilities, physiotherapy research or developing and evaluating complex interventions.

Professional activities and memberships

I am a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and HPCP registered (PH41760).