Dr Elizabeth Croot
PhD, MMedSci, Grad Dip Phys, SFHEA
School of Health and Related Research
Senior Research Fellow
Director of Learning and Teaching

+44 114 222 1725
Full contact details
School of Health and Related Research
3004
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I am director of learning and teaching, deputy director of the MCRU and a Senior Research Fellow in ScHARR.
My research expertise lies in qualitative methodology, user-centred disability research and complex intervention development and evaluation.
I currently hold a career development award from the School for Social Care and I am using this to explore how people with learning disabilities can be supported to make decisions about their lives.
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 have a strong commitment to promoting and supporting clinical academic careers for nurses and allied health professionals.
- Research interests
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- Health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities
- Improving patient experience of health and social care
- Development and evaluation of complex interventions
Current projects
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Career Development Award, NIHR School for Social Care
Previous projects
- 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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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Access to primary and community health-care services for people 16 years and over with intellectual disabilities: a mapping and targeted systematic review. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(5), 1-142. View this article in WRRO
- Guidance on how to develop complex interventions to improve health and healthcare. BMJ Open, 9(8). View this article in WRRO
- Understanding successful development of complex health and healthcare interventions and its drivers from the perspective of developers and wider stakeholders : an international qualitative interview study. BMJ Open, 9(5). View this article in WRRO
- Taxonomy of approaches to developing interventions to improve health: a systematic methods overview. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5. View this article in WRRO
- Adjusting a mainstream weight management intervention for people with intellectual disabilities: a user centred approach. International Journal for Equity in Health, 17(1), 159-171. View this article in WRRO
- How stakeholder participation can contribute to systematic reviews of complex interventions. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70(2), 207-214. View this article in WRRO
- Towards a methodology for cluster searching to provide conceptual and contextual "richness" for systematic reviews of complex interventions: case study (CLUSTER).. BMC Med Res Methodol, 13, 118. View this article in WRRO
- Coping strategies used by Pakistani parents living in the United Kingdom and caring for a severely disabled child.. Disabil Rehabil, 34(18), 1540-1549.
- The care needs of Pakistani families caring for disabled children: how relevant is cultural competence?. PHYSIOTHERAPY, 98(4), 356-361.
All publications
Journal articles
- Guidance for reporting intervention development studies in health research (GUIDED) : an evidence-based consensus study. BMJ Open, 10(4). View this article in WRRO
- Access to primary and community health-care services for people 16 years and over with intellectual disabilities: a mapping and targeted systematic review. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(5), 1-142. View this article in WRRO
- Developing interventions to improve health : a systematic mapping review of international practice between 2015 and 2016. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5(1). View this article in WRRO
- Attending to design when developing complex health interventions : a qualitative interview study with intervention developers and associated stakeholders. PLOS ONE, 14(10). View this article in WRRO
- Guidance on how to develop complex interventions to improve health and healthcare. BMJ Open, 9(8). View this article in WRRO
- Understanding successful development of complex health and healthcare interventions and its drivers from the perspective of developers and wider stakeholders : an international qualitative interview study. BMJ Open, 9(5). View this article in WRRO
- Taxonomy of approaches to developing interventions to improve health: a systematic methods overview. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5. View this article in WRRO
- Adjusting a mainstream weight management intervention for people with intellectual disabilities: a user centred approach. International Journal for Equity in Health, 17(1), 159-171. View this article in WRRO
- The facilitators and barriers to implementing patient reported outcome measures in organisations delivering health related services: a systematic review of reviews. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. View this article in WRRO
- Influences of Extended Family on Intimate Partner Violence: Perceptions of Pakistanis in Pakistan and the United Kingdom. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. View this article in WRRO
- Not Managing Expectations: A Grounded Theory of Intimate Partner Violence From the Perspective of Pakistani People. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. View this article in WRRO
- How stakeholder participation can contribute to systematic reviews of complex interventions. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70(2), 207-214. View this article in WRRO
- Intimate Partner Violence in Pakistan: A Systematic Review.. Trauma Violence Abuse, 16(3), 299-315. View this article in WRRO
- Can community-based peer support promote health literacy and reduce inequalities? A realist review. Journal of Public Health Research, 3(3). View this article in WRRO
- Transient ischaemic attack: a qualitative study of the long term consequences for patients. BMC Family Practice, 1(15). View this article in WRRO
- Towards a methodology for cluster searching to provide conceptual and contextual "richness" for systematic reviews of complex interventions: case study (CLUSTER).. BMC Med Res Methodol, 13, 118. View this article in WRRO
- PP58 Prevention of Stroke following a TIA – who Receives Care? A descriptive study of Patients Referred to TIA Clinics between 2007-2010 in a NHS Foundation Trust. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67(Suppl 1), A71.3-A72.
- Coping strategies used by Pakistani parents living in the United Kingdom and caring for a severely disabled child.. Disabil Rehabil, 34(18), 1540-1549.
- The care needs of Pakistani families caring for disabled children: how relevant is cultural competence?. PHYSIOTHERAPY, 98(4), 356-361.
- Evaluating standards in cross-language research: A critique of Squires' criteria. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 48(8), 1002-1011.
- A study to Define Profound multiple Learning Disabilities:PMLD. Journal of Intellectual Disabilites, 14, 221-235.
- Perceptions of the causes of childhood disability among Pakistani families living in the UK.. Health Soc Care Community, 16(6), 606-613.
Chapters
- Prioritising Child Health Routledge
Conference proceedings papers
- Why is the early intervention development phase for complex health care interventions important? An overview of new guidance. Trials, Vol. 20(Supplement 1) (pp 99-99). Brighton, UK, 6 October 2019 - 9 October 2019. View this article in WRRO
- FAILING TO MEET EXPECTATIONS: THE MEANING OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE FOR PAKISTANIS. J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H, Vol. 65
- Access to primary and community health-care services for people 16 years and over with intellectual disabilities: a mapping and targeted systematic review. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(5), 1-142. View this article in WRRO
- Teaching interests
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I am director of learning and teaching for ScHARR. 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 three PhD students:
- 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.
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
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I am a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and HPCP registered (PH41760).