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Dr. Upton is an experienced research psychologist whose work focuses on the improvement of health and healthcare services. Her research interests include health behaviours, patient reported outcomes, the implementation of evidence based practice and health service evaluation. She has led projects related to quality of life and wellbeing in chronic illness and long-term conditions, family weight management and children's eating behaviours, alcohol and tobacco use in adulthood, and the training and support of newly qualified health professionals to apply evidence based practice. Study findings have resulted in changes to policy and strategy both locally and nationally in the UK.
Dr Upton has published widely on topics related to health and wellbeing across the lifespan including the impact of chronic illness on children's quality of life, approaches to changing risky health behaviours such as smoking in adulthood, and the use of touchscreen technology to enhance the wellbeing of older adults with dementia. She is also committed to the development of clinical and teaching practice which is evidence-based and is co-author of the evidence-based practice questionnaire (EBPQ) and the student evidence-based questionnaire (SEBPQ) whcih measure knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of evidence based practice, and which have had an impact internationally in both clinical and educational settings.
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Complications Associated with Dressing Adhesives: A Clinician's Perspective
UPTON, D., Upton, P. & Semple, S.
28/08/17 → 30/03/18
Project: Other
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Smart EVal-Evaluation of Smartward implementation into ACT Health
Bail, K., Currie, M., Davey, R. & Upton, P.
18/07/16 → 18/07/17
Project: Other
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Collaborative Evaluation, Research And Planning Panel 2015
Brown, L., Burroughs, S., Caffery, J., Davey, R., Davis, J., Evans, M., Georges, A., Jorgensen, R., Mccallum, K., Obrien, P., Obrien, P., Tanton, R., Taylor, A. & Upton, P.
12/04/16 → 8/03/19
Project: Other
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National Best Practice Unit for Tackling Indigenous Smoking
Davey, R., Abbott, T., Allen, L., Coopert, L., Evans, M., Fisher, S., Thornton, A. & Upton, P.
18/02/16 → 30/06/18
Project: Other
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Barriers to employment progress of employees with a disability in the APS
Evans, M., EDWARDS, M. & Upton, P.
1/08/15 → 30/04/16
Project: Other
Research output
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Development of SITU: a survey to measure the impact of outreach activities
Vardy, E. J., Upton, P. & Upton, D., 6 Aug 2020, In: Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. 22, 2, p. 162-183 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey
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"Everything is provided free, but they are still hesitant to access healthcare services": why does the indigenous community in Attapadi, Kerala continue to experience poor access to healthcare?
George, M. S., Davey, R., Mohanty, I. & Upton, P., 26 Jun 2020, In: International Journal for Equity in Health. 19, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 105.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Achieving the four dimensions of food security for resettled refugees in Australia: A systematic review
Lawlis, T., Islam, W. & Upton, P., Apr 2018, In: Nutrition and Dietetics. 75, 2, p. 182-192 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Egyptian and Jordanian nurse educators' perception of barriers preventing the implementation of evidence-based practice: A cross-sectional study
Youssef, N. F. A., Alshraifeen, A., Alnuaimi, K. & Upton, P., May 2018, In: Nurse Education Today. 64, p. 33-41 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Female, single and living in poverty, accessing food in the Australian Capital Territory
LAWLIS, T., UPTON, P. & Devine, A., May 2018, In: Nutrition and Dietetics. 75, S1, p. 63-64 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
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