Dr Alexis Foster

Journal articles

• Pilbery R, Sampson FC, Herbert E, Goodacre S, Bell F, Spaight R, Rosser A, Webster P, Millins M, Pountney A , Coster J et al (2025) What factors predict ambulance prealerts to the emergency department? Retrospective observational study from three UK ambulance services. BMJ Open, 15(3). View this article in WRRO
• Foster A, Caunt S, Schofield H, Glerum–Brooks K, Begum S, Gleeson P, Prestwich G & Baird W (2024) Evaluating a grant development public involvement funding scheme: a qualitative document analysis. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10. View this article in WRRO
• Holding E, Gettings R, Foster A, Dowrick L, Hampshaw S, Haywood A, Homer C, Booth A & Goyder E (2024) Developing the embedded researcher role: learning from the first year of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC), Doncaster, UK. Public Health in Practice, 7. View this article in WRRO
• Bryant M, Burton W, Collinson M, Martin A, Copsey B, Groves-Williams D, Foster A, Willis TA, Garnett P & O'Cathain A (2024) Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a sustainable obesity prevention programme for preschool children delivered at scale ‘HENRY’ (Health, Exercise, Nutrition for the Really Young): protocol for the HENRY III cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 14(3). View this article in WRRO
• Holding E, Foster A, Lumley E, Gilbertson J, Roxby S, Portman D, Holliday J, Peace A, Del Rosario I, Kahn W , Blank L et al (2023) Exploring the impact of a housing support service on hospital discharge: a mixed-methods process evaluation in two UK hospital trusts. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023. View this article in WRRO
• Thompson J, Holding E, Haywood A & Foster A (2023) Service users’ perspectives of a national social prescribing programme to address loneliness and social Isolation: a qualitative study. Health & Social Care in the Community, 2023. View this article in WRRO
• O’Cathain A, Foster A, Carroll C, Preston L, Ogden M, Clowes M & Protheroe J (2022) Health literacy interventions for reducing the use of primary and emergency services for minor health problems: a systematic review. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 10(38). View this article in WRRO
• Foster A, Holding E, Lumley E, Roxby S, Portman D, Holliday J, Peace A, Del Rosario I, Khan W, Brenman A , Gillett M et al (2022) Learning from the challenges of undertaking an evaluation of a multi-partner housing support initiative delivered within a hospital setting. Public Health in Practice, 4. View this article in WRRO
• Foster A, O’Cathain A, Harris J, Weston G, Andrews L & Andreeva O (2022) Using co-production to implement patient reported outcome measures in third sector organisations: a mixed methods study. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 6(1).
• Mountain G, Wright J, Cooper CL, Lee E, Sprange K, Beresford-Dent J, Young T, Walters S, Berry K, Dening T , Loban A et al (2022) An intervention to promote self-management, independence and self-efficacy in people with early-stage dementia : the Journeying through Dementia RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 26(24), 1-151. View this article in WRRO
• Harris J, Springett J, Mathews D, Weston G & Foster A (2021) Using knowledge brokering to produce community-generated evidence. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice.
• Foster A, Wood E & Clowes M (2021) Identifying the evidence base of interventions supporting mental health nurses to cope with stressful working enviroments: a scoping review. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(6), 1639-1652.
• Foster A, Thompson J, Holding E, Ariss S, Mukuria C, Jacques R, Akparido R & Haywood A (2021) Impact of social prescribing to address loneliness: A mixed methods evaluation of a national social prescribing programme. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29(5), 1439-1449.
• Foster A, O'Cathain A & Harris J (2020) How do third sector organisations or charities providing health and wellbeing services in England implement patient reported outcome measures (PROMs)?: A qualitative interview study. BMJ Open, 10. View this article in WRRO
• Holding E, Thompson J, Foster A & Haywood A (2020) Connecting communities: A qualitative investigation of the challenges in delivering a national social prescribing service to reduce loneliness. Health & Social Care in the Community, 28(5), 1535-1543. View this article in WRRO
• Wright J, Foster A, Cooper C, Sprange K, Walters S, Berry K, Moniz-Cook E, Loban A, Young TA, Craig C , Dening T et al (2019) Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Journeying through Dementia (JtD) intervention compared to usual care. BMJ Open, 9(9).
• Foster A, Croot L, Brazier J, Harris J & O'Cathain A (2018) 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, 2. View this article in WRRO
• Salisbury C, O'Cathain A, Thomas C, Edwards L, Montgomery A, Hollinghurst S, Large S, Nicholl J, Pope C, Rogers A , Lewis G et al (2017) An evidence-based approach to the use of telehealth in long-term health conditions: development of an intervention and evaluation through pragmatic randomised controlled trials in patients with depression or raised cardiovascular risk. Programme Grants for Applied Research, 5(1). View this article in WRRO
• Saxon D, Barkham M, Foster A & Parry G (2017) The Contribution of Therapist Effects to Patient Dropout and Deterioration in the Psychological Therapies. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 24(3), 575-588. View this article in WRRO
• Dixon P, Hollinghurst S, Ara R, Edwards L, Foster A & Salisbury C (2016) Cost-effectiveness modelling of telehealth for patients with raised cardiovascular disease risk: evidence from a cohort simulation conducted alongside the Healthlines randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 6(9).
• Dixon P, Hollinghurst S, Edwards L, Thomas C, Gaunt D, Foster A, Large S, Montgomery AA & Salisbury C (2016) Cost-effectiveness of telehealth for patients with raised cardiovascular disease risk: evidence from the Healthlines randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 6(8). View this article in WRRO
• Dixon P, Hollinghurst S, Edwards L, Thomas C, Foster A, Davies B, Gaunt D, Montgomery AA & Salisbury C (2016) Cost-effectiveness of telehealth for patients with depression: evidence from the Healthlines randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry Open, 2(4), 262-269.
• O'Cathain A, Drabble SJ, Foster A, Horspool K, Edwards L, Thomas C & Salisbury C (2016) Being Human: A Qualitative Interview Study Exploring Why a Telehealth Intervention for Management of Chronic Conditions Had a Modest Effect. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH, 18(6).
• Salisbury C, O'Cathain A, Thomas C, Edwards L, Gaunt D, Dixon P, Hollinghurst S, Nicholl J, Large S, Yardley L , Fahey T et al (2016) Telehealth for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease: pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 2016. View this article in WRRO
• Salisbury C, O'Cathain A, Edwards L, Thomas C, Gaunt D, Hollinghurst S, Nicholl J, Large S, Yardley L, Lewis G , Foster A et al (2016) Effectiveness of an integrated telehealth service for patients with depression: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention. The Lancet Psychiatry. View this article in WRRO
• Edwards L, Salisbury C, Horspool K, Foster A, Garner K & Montgomery AA (2016) Increasing follow-up questionnaire response rates in a randomized controlled trial of telehealth for depression: three embedded controlled studies. Trials, 17. View this article in WRRO
• Foster A, Horspool KA, Edwards L, Thomas CL, Salisbury C, Montgomery AA & O'Cathain A (2015) Who does not participate in telehealth trials and why? A cross-sectional survey. Trials, 16(1). View this article in WRRO
• Chambers E, Cook S, Thake A, Foster A, Shaw S, Hutten R, Parry G & Ricketts T (2015) The self-management of longer-term depression: learning from the patient, a qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry, 15. View this article in WRRO
• Kilgarriff-Foster A & O'Cathain A (2015) Exploring the components and impact of social prescribing. Journal of Public Mental Health, 14(3), 127-134. View this article in WRRO
• Tosh J, Ben K, Brennan A, Parry G, Ricketts T, Saxon D, Kilgarriff-Foster A, Thake A, Chambers E & Hutten R (2013) Innovation in Health Economic Modelling of Service Improvements for Longer-Term Depression: Demonstration in a Local Health Community. JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND ECONOMICS, 16, S34-S35.
• Tosh J, Kearns B, Brennan A, Parry G, Ricketts T, Saxon D, Kilgarriff-Foster A, Thake A, Chambers E & Hutten R (2013) Innovation in health economic modelling of service improvements for longer-term depression: demonstration in a local health community.. BMC Health Serv Res, 13, 150.

Conference proceedings

• Holding E, Foster A, Lumley E, Brennan A, Gillett M & Goyder E (2021) Facilitating hospital discharge through housing support : a mixed-methods evaluation of a housing association support service in two UK hospitals. The Lancet, Vol. 398(Supplement 2) (pp S53-S53). Virtual conference, 25 November 2021 - 25 November 2021. View this article in WRRO

Reports

• Haywood A, Dayson C, Garside R, Foster A, Lovell R, Husk K, Holding E, Thompson J, Shearn K, Hunt H , Dobson J et al (2023) National Evaluation of the Preventing and Tackling Mental Ill Health through Green Social Prescribing Project View this article in WRRO