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Professor Fiona Wood
(she/her)
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Fiona Wood
Personal Chair
Emeritus Professor
Overview
I am a medical sociologist with a particular interest in public and patient beliefs and behaviours in relation to common infections in the community. I also have a keen interest in person-centred care which draws on the philosophy of patient empowerment and engaging patients and members of the public in their health and well-being. This may be through shared decision making, inclusion in research, self-management support, and improving health literacy. Finally, I have an interest in health care communication.
I have over 20 years of post-doctoral research experience, during which time I have developed a broad portfolio of expertise particularly in qualitative research methods and qualitative evidence synthesis.
I am lead for Education within the Division of Population Medicine.
Publication
2025
- Gillespie, D. et al. 2025. Influencing factors for the acceptability of accessing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis via community pharmacies in Wales. Health Expectations 28 (2) e70247. (10.1111/hex.70247)
- Phillips, R. et al., 2025. Are you afraid of COVID-19? Motivation and engagement in infection–prevention behaviour in a UK community cohort during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic. British Journal of Health Psychology 30 (4) e70034. (10.1111/bjhp.70034)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2025. Feasibility of a Study Within a Trial to evaluate a decision support intervention for families deciding about research on behalf of adults lacking capacity to consent (CONSULT SWAT). Trials 26 (1) 313. (10.1186/s13063-025-09021-3)
- Thompson, L. et al. 2025. “We’re all in the same boat… some of us just have more holes in their boat”: a qualitative interview study primary care staff views of Deep End Cymru. British Journal of General Practice Open (10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0019)
- Trotman, H. et al. 2025. Mapping social participation interventions for adults with a neurodegenerative condition: a scoping review of in-person and digital community approaches. Disability and Rehabilitation (10.1080/09638288.2025.2499582)
- Williams, D. et al. 2025. Recommendations for a communication strategy to support informed decision-making about self or clinician sampling for cervical screening in the UK: qualitative study. Health Expectations 28 (2) e70191. (10.1111/hex.70191)
2024
- Cope, A. L. et al. 2024. Systemic antibiotics for symptomatic apical periodontitis and acute apical abscess in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024 (5) CD010136. (10.1002/14651858.CD010136.pub4)
- Davies, A. et al. 2024. Primary care health professionals' approach to clinical coding: a qualitative interview study. British Journal of General Practice (10.3399/BJGP.2024.0036)
- Khammas, Z. et al., 2024. HIV Pre‐Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) users' experiences of PrEP access, sexual behaviour, and well‐being during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A Welsh qualitative study. Health Expectations 27 (5) e70064. (10.1111/hex.70064)
- Nocivelli, B. et al. 2024. “Research happens a lot in other settings—so why not here?” A qualitative interview study of stakeholders’ views about advance planning for care home residents’ research participation. Age and Ageing 53 (10) afae235. (10.1093/ageing/afae235)
- Nocivelli, B. et al. 2024. Widening research participation: a survey exploring stakeholders' views about opportunities for older adults living in UK care homes to participate in research. Nursing and Residential Care 26 (7), pp.1-9. (10.12968/nrec.2023.0039)
- Sanyaolu, L. et al. 2024. Recurrent urinary tract infections and prophylactic antibiotic use in women: a cross-sectional study in primary care. British Journal of General Practice 74 (746), pp.e619-e627. (10.3399/BJGP.2024.0015)
- Shepherd, V. , Hood, K. and Wood, F. 2024. ‘It’s not making a decision, it’s prompting the discussions’: a qualitative study exploring stakeholders’ views on the acceptability and feasibility of advance research planning (CONSULT-ADVANCE). BMC Medical Ethics 25 (1) 80. (10.1186/s12910-024-01081-5)
2023
- Gillespie, D. et al. 2023. Between- and within-individual sociodemographic and psychological determinants of PrEP adherence among men who have sex with men prescribed a daily PrEP regimen in Wales. AIDS and Behavior 27 , pp.1564-1572. (10.1007/s10461-022-03890-4)
- Gillespie, D. et al. 2023. Psychometric Properties of an Adapted Stigma Scale and Experiences of Stigma Associated with HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use Among Men Who have Sex with Men: A Mixed Methods Study. AIDS and Behavior (10.1007/s10461-022-03967-0)
- Hurt, L. et al. 2023. What matters to families about the healthcare of preterm or low birth weight infants: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Patient Education and Counseling 115 107893. (10.1016/j.pec.2023.107893)
- Nocivelli, B. et al. 2023. Identifying barriers and facilitators to the inclusion of older adults living in UK care homes in research: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics
- Nocivelli, B. et al. 2023. Identifying barriers and facilitators to the inclusion of older adults living in UK care homes in research: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics 23 (1) 446. (10.1186/s12877-023-04126-3)
- Sanyaolu, L. N. et al. 2023. Patients’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences and views of recurrent urinary tract infections in women: qualitative evidence synthesis and meta-ethnography. Antibiotics 12 (3) 434. (10.3390/antibiotics12030434)
- Shepherd, V. , Hood, K. and Wood, F. 2023. Planning ahead for research participation: survey of public and professional stakeholders' view about the acceptability and feasibility of advance research planning. BMC Medical Ethics 24 70. (10.1186/s12910-023-00948-3)
2022
- Busse, M. et al. 2022. A web-based life-style, exercise and activity intervention for people with progressive multiple sclerosis results of a single-arm feasibility study. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 57 103388. (10.1016/j.msard.2021.103388)
- Clark, E. , Wood, F. and Wood, S. 2022. Barriers and facilitators to the use of personal information documents in health and social care settings for people living with dementia: a thematic synthesis and mapping to the COM-B framework. Health Expectations 25 (4), pp.1215-1231. (10.1111/hex.13497)
- Fitzpatrick, A. , Wood, F. and Shepherd, V. 2022. Trials using deferred consent in the emergency setting: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of stakeholders' attitudes. Trials 23 411. (10.1186/s13063-022-06304-x)
- Gillespie, D. et al. 2022. PrEP use, sexual behaviour, and PrEP adherence among men who have sex with men living in Wales prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. AIDS and Behavior 26 , pp.2746-2757. (10.1007/s10461-022-03618-4)
- Gillespie, D. et al. 2022. Experiences of men who have sex with men when initiating, implementing, and persisting with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Health Expectations 25 (4), pp.1332-1341. (10.1111/hex.13446)
- Morgan-Jones, P. et al. 2022. Monitoring and managing lifestyle behaviours using wearable activity trackers: a mixed methods study of views from the Huntington's disease community. JMIR Formative Research 6 (6) e36870. (10.2196/36870)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2022. Perceived threat of COVID-19, attitudes towards vaccination, and vaccine hesitancy: A prospective longitudinal study in the UK. British Journal of Health Psychology 27 (4), pp.1354-1381. (10.1111/bjhp.12606)
- Poole, R. et al. 2022. Tobacco use, smoking identities and pathways into and out of smoking among young adults: a meta-ethnography. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 17 24. (10.1186/s13011-022-00451-9)
- Scott, H. et al. 2022. A qualitative exploration of decisions about dental recall intervals. Part 1: attitudes of NHS general dental practitioners to NICE Guideline CG19 on the interval between oral health reviews. British Dental Journal 232 , pp.327-331. (10.1038/s41415-022-3998-z)
- Scott, H. et al., 2022. A qualitative exploration of decisions about dental recall intervals. Part 2: perspectives of dentists and patients on the role of shared decision making in dental recall decisions. British Dental Journal (10.1038/s41415-022-4046-8)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2022. Development of a measure to assess the quality of proxy decisions about research participation on behalf of adults lacking capacity to consent: the Combined Scale for Proxy Informed Consent Decisions (CONCORD scale). Trials 23 843. (10.1186/s13063-022-06787-8)
- Shepherd, V. , Hood, K. and Wood, F. 2022. Unpacking the 'black box of horrendousness': a qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators to conducting trials involving adults lacking capacity to consent. Trials 23 471. (10.1186/s13063-022-06422-6)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2022. Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to prevent COVID-19 in care homes (COS-COVID-PCARE Study). BMC Geriatrics 22 710. (10.1186/s12877-022-03395-8)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2022. Feasibility, effectiveness and costs of a decision support intervention for consultees and legal representatives of adults lacking capacity to consent (CONSULT): protocol for a randomised study within a trial. Trials 23 (1) 957. (10.1186/s13063-022-06887-5)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2022. Recruitment interventions for trials involving adults lacking capacity to consent: methodological and ethical considerations for designing Studies Within a Trial (SWATs). Trials 23 756. (10.1186/s13063-022-06705-y)
- Williams, A. et al. 2022. Changing sexual behaviours amongst MSM during the COVID-19 restrictions in Wales: a mixed methods study. BMC Public Health 22 (1) 396. (10.1186/s12889-022-12821-w)
- Williams, A. D. N. et al. 2022. The relationship between HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, sexually transmitted infections, and antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative interview study of men who have sex with men. BMC Public Health 22 (1) 2222. (10.1186/s12889-022-14645-0)
2021
- Busse, M. et al. 2021. A web-based physical activity intervention for people with progressive Multiple Sclerosis: application of consensus-based intervention development guidance. BMJ Open 11 (3) e045378. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045378)
- Gillespie, D. et al. 2021. Early impact of COVID-19 social distancing measures on reported sexual behaviour of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis users in Wales. Sexually Transmitted Infections 97 , pp.85-87. (10.1136/sextrans-2020-054598)
- Hayes, C. V. et al., 2021. Knowledge and attitudes of adolescents towards the human microbiome and antibiotic resistance: a qualitative study. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 3 (2) dlab039. (10.1093/jacamr/dlab039)
- Jones, A. et al. 2021. Conducting focus groups in neurodegenerative disease populations: ethical and methodological considerations. BMJ Open 11 (1) e041869. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041869)
- Latchem-Hastings, J. et al. 2021. Lifestyle, exercise and activity package for people living with progressive multiple sclerosis (LEAP-MS): protocol for a single-arm feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 7 111. (10.1186/s40814-021-00852-w)
- Moriarty, Y. et al. 2021. Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a targeted cancer awareness intervention for adults living in deprived areas of the UK. British Journal of Cancer 125 , pp.1100-1110. (10.1038/s41416-021-01524-5)
- Phillips, R. et al., 2021. Cohort profile: The UK COVID-19 Public Experiences (COPE) prospective longitudinal mixed-methods study of health and well-being during the SARSCoV2 coronavirus pandemic. PLoS ONE 16 (10) e0258484. (10.1371/journal.pone.0258484)
- Raven-Gregg, T. , Wood, F. and Shepherd, V. 2021. Effectiveness of participant recruitment strategies for critical care trials: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. Clinical Trials 18 (4), pp.436-448. (10.1177/1740774520988678)
- Richards, R. et al., 2021. Cancer Clinicians’ Views Regarding an App That Helps Patients With Cancer Meet Their Information Needs: Qualitative Interview Study. JMIR Cancer 7 (2) e23671. (10.2196/23671)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2021. Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to enhance trial participation decisions on behalf of adults who lack capacity to consent: a mixed methods study (COnSiDER Study). Trials 22 935. (10.1186/s13063-021-05883-5)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2021. 'There's more to life than money and health': family caregivers' views on the role of Power of Attorney in proxy decisions about research participation for people living with dementia. Dementia 20 (1), pp.308-325. (10.1177/1471301219884426)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2021. Development of a decision support intervention for family members of adults who lack capacity to consent to trials. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 21 30. (10.1186/s12911-021-01390-4)
- Wood, F. 2021. Doing qualitative health services research remotely: A rejoinder to 'Collecting qualitative data during a pandemic' by David Silverman. Communication and Medicine 17 (2), pp.194-198. (10.1558/cam.19749)
2020
- Davies, F. et al. 2020. Training in health coaching skills for health professionals who work with people with progressive neurological conditions: A realist evaluation. Health Expectations 23 (4), pp.919-933. Volume23, Issue4 August 2020 Pages 919-933. (10.1111/hex.13071)
- Kolovou, V. et al., 2020. Recruitment and retention of participants from socioeconomically deprived communities: lessons from the awareness and beliefs about cancer (ABACus3) randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Research Methodology 20 272. (10.1186/s12874-020-01149-x)
- Raja, A. , Wood, F. and Joshi, H. B. 2020. The impact of urinary stone disease and their treatment on patients' quality of life: a qualitative study. Urolithiasis 48 , pp.227-234. (10.1007/s00240-019-01142-0)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2020. Constructing authentic decisions: proxy decision making for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent. Journal of Medical Ethics 47 (12) e42. (10.1136/medethics-2019-106042)
2019
- Addis, S. et al. 2019. Implementing Prudent Healthcare in the NHS in Wales; what are the barriers and enablers for Clinicians?. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 25 (1), pp.104-110. (10.1111/jep.13023)
- Emmerson, C. and Wood, F. 2019. A critical discourse analysis of how public participants and their evidence are presented in Health Impact Assessment reports in Wales. Health Expectations 22 (3), pp.585-593. (10.1111/hex.12889)
- Goldsmith, R. , Williams, N. and Wood, F. 2019. Understanding sciatica: Illness and treatment beliefs in a lumbar radicular pain population. A qualitative interview study. BJGP Open (10.3399/bjgpopen19X101654)
- Holland-Hart, D. M. et al. 2019. Coproduction and health: Public and clinicians' perceptions of the barriers and facilitators. Health Expectations 22 (1), pp.93-101. (10.1111/hex.12834)
- Jordan, A. et al. 2019. "I'd like to have more of a say because it's my body?: Adolescents' perceptions around barriers and facilitators to shared decision-making. Journal of Adolescent Health , pp.-. (10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.05.024)
- Joseph-Williams, N. et al. 2019. A descriptive model of shared decision making derived from routine implementation in clinical practice ('Implement-SDM'): Qualitative study. Patient Education and Counseling 102 (10), pp.1774-1785. (10.1016/j.pec.2019.07.016)
- Moriarty, Y. et al. 2019. Improving cancer symptom awareness and help-seeking among adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities in the UK using a facilitated health check: A protocol for the Awareness and Beliefs About Cancer (ABACus) Randomised Control Trial. BMC Public Health 19 (1) 285. (10.1186/s12889-019-6612-9)
- Richards, R. et al., 2019. The preferences of patients with cancer regarding an app to help them to meet their illness-related information needs: a qualitative interview study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 7 (7) e14187. (10.2196/14187)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2019. 'It's a tough decision': A qualitative study of proxy decision-making for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent in England and Wales. Age and Ageing 48 (6), pp.903-909. (10.1093/ageing/afz115)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2019. Protection by exclusion? The (lack of) inclusion of adults who lack capacity to consent to research in clinical trials in the UK. Trials 20 474. (10.1186/s13063-019-3603-1)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2019. Research involving adults lacking capacity to consent: a content analysis of participant information sheets for consultees and legal representatives in England and Wales. Trials 20 233. (10.1186/s13063-019-3340-5)
- Sherlock, R. et al. 2019. 'What would you recommend doctor?'- Discourse analysis of a moment of dissonance when sharing decisions in clinical consultations. Health Expectations 22 (3), pp.547-554. (10.1111/hex.12881)
- Williams, D. et al. 2019. The ability of observer and self-report measures to capture shared decision making in clinical practice in the United Kingdom: a mixed-methods study.. BMJ Open 9 (8) e029485. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029485)
2018
- Cooper, J. et al. 2018. Classification of patient-safety incidents in primary care. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 96 (7), pp.498-505. (10.2471/BLT.17.199802)
- Cope, A. et al. 2018. Systemic antibiotics for symptomatic apical periodontitis and acute apical abscess in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 9 CD010136. (10.1002/14651858.CD010136.pub3)
- Cope, A. et al. 2018. Patients' reasons for consulting a GP when experiencing a dental problem: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice 68 (677), pp.e877-e883. (10.3399/bjgp18X699749)
- Davies, F. et al. 2018. Shifting mindsets: a realist synthesis of evidence from self-management support training. Medical Education 52 (3), pp.274-287. (10.1111/medu.13492)
- Elwyn, G. et al. 2018. On a learning curve for shared decision making: interviews with clinicians using the knee osteoarthritis Option Grid. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 24 (1), pp.56-64. (10.1111/jep.12665)
- Jordan, A. et al. 2018. What adolescents living with long-term conditions say about being involved in decision-making about their healthcare: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of preferences and experiences. Patient Education and Counseling 101 (10), pp.1725-1735. (10.1016/j.pec.2018.06.006)
- Richards, R. et al. 2018. Use of mobile devices to help cancer patients meet their information needs in non-inpatient settings: systematic review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 6 (12) e10026. (10.2196/10026)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2018. Healthcare professionals' understanding of the legislation governing research involving adults lacking mental capacity in England and Wales: a national survey. Journal of Medical Ethics 44 (9), pp.632-637. (10.1136/medethics-2017-104722)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2018. Ethical understandings of proxy decision making for research involving adults lacking capacity: a systematic review (framework synthesis) of empirical research. American Journal of Bioethics 9 (4), pp.267-286. (10.1080/23294515.2018.1513097)
- Smith, P. et al. 2018. Feasibility and acceptability of a cancer symptom awareness intervention for adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities. BMC Public Health 18 (1)(10.1186/s12889-018-5606-3)
- Smits, S. et al. 2018. Development of a behaviour change intervention to encourage timely cancer symptom presentation among people living in deprived communities using the Behaviour Change Wheel. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 52 (6), pp.474-488. (10.1007/s12160-016-9849-x)
2017
- Davies, F. et al. 2017. Interventions to improve the self-management support health professionals provide for people with progressive neurological conditions: protocol for a realist synthesis. BMJ Open 7 e014575. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014575)
- Kinsey, K. et al. 2017. Patients' views on the use of an Option Grid for knee osteoarthritis in physiotherapy clinical encounters: an interview study. Health Expectations 20 (6), pp.1302-1310. (10.1111/hex.12570)
- McCutchan, G. et al. 2017. Development of a lung cancer awareness intervention targeted at socioeconomically deprived communities in Wales, UK. Presented at: IASLC 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer Vienna, Austria 4-6 Dec 2016. (10.1016/j.jtho.2016.11.1992)
- McNamara, R. et al. 2017. A pilot randomised controlled trial of community-led ANtipsychotic Drug REduction for Adults with Learning Disabilities. Project Report.[Online].Health Technology Assessment. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta21470.
- Shepherd, V. , Wood, F. and Hood, K. 2017. Establishing a set of research priorities in care homes for older people in the UK: a modified Delphi consensus study with care home staff. Age and Ageing 46 (2), pp.284-290. (10.1093/ageing/afw204)
- Wood, F. et al. 2017. Working with interpreters: the challenges of introducing Option Grid patient decision aids. Patient Education and Counseling 100 (3), pp.456-464. (10.1016/j.pec.2016.09.016)
2016
- Carson-Stevens, A. et al. 2016. Characterising the nature of primary care patient safety incident reports in the England and Wales National Reporting and Learning System: a mixed-methods agenda-setting study for general practice. Health Services and Delivery Research 4 (27), pp.1-76. (10.3310/hsdr04270)
- Cope, A. L. et al. 2016. Dental consultations in UK general practice and antibiotic prescribing rates: a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of General Practice , pp.e329-e336. (10.3399/bjgp16X684757)
- Cope, A. L. et al. 2016. Antibiotic prescribing in UK general dental practice: a cross-sectional study. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 44 (2), pp.145-153. (10.1111/cdoe.12199)
- Davies, F. et al. 2016. The transition to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: an exploratory qualitative study of health professionals' experiences. International Journal of MS Care 18 (5), pp.257-264. (10.7224/1537-2073.2015-062)
- Elwyn, G. et al., 2016. Supporting shared decision making using an Option Grid for osteoarthritis of the knee in an interface musculoskeletal clinic: a stepped wedge trial. Patient Education and Counseling 99 (4), pp.571-577. (10.1016/j.pec.2015.10.011)
- Evans, A. , Wood, F. and Carter, B. R. 2016. National community pharmacy NHS influenza vaccination service in Wales: a primary care mixed methods study. Brtitish Journal of General Practice 66 (645), pp.e248-e257. (10.3399/bjgp16X684349)
- McCutchan, G. et al. 2016. Barriers to cancer symptom presentation among people from low socioeconomic groups: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 16 (1) 1052. (10.1186/s12889-016-3733-2)
- Morgan-Trimmer, S. and Wood, F. 2016. Ethnographic methods for process evaluations of complex health behaviour interventions. Trials 17 (232)(10.1186/s13063-016-1340-2)
- Wood, F. et al. 2016. Doctors’ perspectives of informed consent for non-emergency surgical procedures: a qualitative interview study. Health Expectations 19 (3), pp.751-761. (10.1111/hex.12258)
2015
- Carson-Stevens, A. et al. 2015. A cross-sectional mixed methods study protocol to generate learning from patient safety incidents reported from general practice. BMJ Open 5 (12) e009079. (10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009079)
- Cope, A. et al. 2015. General practitioners' attitudes towards the management of dental conditions and use of antibiotics in these consultations: a qualitative study. BMJ Open 5 (10) e008551. (10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008551)
- Davies, F. et al. 2015. "You are just left to get on with it": qualitative study of patient and carer experiences of the transition to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. BMJ Open 5 (7) e007674. (10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007674)
- Edwards, M. et al. 2015. 'Distributed health literacy': longitudinal qualitative analysis of the roles of health literacy mediators and social networks of people living with a long-term health condition. Health Expectations 18 (5), pp.1180-1193. (10.1111/hex.12093)
- Gillespie, D. et al. 2015. Antibiotic prescribing and associated diarrhoea: a prospective cohort study of care home residents. Age and Ageing 44 (5), pp.853-860. (10.1093/ageing/afv072)
- Joseph-Williams, N. et al. 2015. Choosing a specialist: will patients vote with their feet (and wallets) for person-centered care?. Medical Decision Making 35 (6), pp.688-690. (10.1177/0272989X15583267)
- Lugg, F. et al. 2015. Parental views on childhood vaccination against viral gastroenteritis-a qualitative interview study. Family Practice 32 (4), pp.456-461. (10.1093/fampra/cmv035)
- McCutchan, G. et al. 2015. Influences of cancer symptom knowledge, beliefs and barriers on cancer symptom presentation in relation to socioeconomic deprivation: a systematic review. BMC Cancer 15 1000. (10.1186/s12885-015-1972-8)
2014
- Cope, A. et al. 2014. General dental practitioners' perceptions of antimicrobial use and resistance: a qualitative interview study. British Dental Journal 217 (5), pp.653-660. E9. (10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.761)
- Hood, K. et al. 2014. Probiotics for Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea (PAAD): a prospective observational study of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (including Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea) in care homes. Health Technology Assessment 18 (63)(10.3310/hta18630)
- Marrin, K. et al., 2014. Option Grids to facilitate shared decision making for patients with Osteoarthritis of the knee: protocol for a single site, efficacy trial. BMC Health Services Research 14 160. (10.1186/1472-6963-14-160)
- Mustafa, M. et al. 2014. Managing expectations of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study. The Annals of Family Medicine 12 (1), pp.29-36. (10.1370/afm.1583)
- Phillips, K. , Wood, F. and Kinnersley, P. 2014. Tackling obesity: the challenge of obesity management for practice nurses in primary care. Family Practice 31 (1), pp.51-59. (10.1093/fampra/cmt054)
- Rooshenas, L. et al., 2014. The influence of children's day care on antibiotic seeking: a mixed methods study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) 64 (622), pp.e302-e312. (10.3399/bjgp14X679741)
- Witt, J. et al., 2014. Adapting the Coping in Deliberation (CODE) framework: A multi-method approach in the context of familial ovarian cancer risk management. Patient Education and Counseling 97 (2), pp.200-220. (10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.004)
2013
- Brookes-Howell, L. et al., 2013. Trust, openness and continuity of care influence acceptance of antibiotics for children with respiratory tract infections: a four country qualitative study. Family Practice 31 (1), pp.102-110. (10.1093/fampra/cmt052)
- Francis, N. A. et al. 2013. Parents' and clinicians' views of an interactive booklet about respiratory tract infections in children: a qualitative process evaluation of the EQUIP randomised controlled trial. BMC Family Practice 14 (1) 182. (10.1186/1471-2296-14-182)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2013. Primary care clinicians' perceptions of antibiotic resistance: a multi-country qualitative interview study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 68 (1), pp.237-243. (10.1093/jac/dks338)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2013. Consent, including advanced consent, of older adults to research in care homes: a qualitative study of stakeholders' views in South Wales. Trials 14 247. (10.1186/1745-6215-14-247)
2012
- Brookes-Howell, L. et al. 2012. 'The body gets used to them': patients' interpretations of antibiotic resistance and the implications for containment strategies. Journal of General Internal Medicine 27 (7), pp.766-772. (10.1007/s11606-011-1916-1)
- Cope, A. et al. 2012. Systemic antibiotics for symptomatic apical periodontitis and acute apical abscess in adults.. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (10) CD010136. (10.1002/14651858.CD010136)
- Edwards, M. et al. 2012. The development of health literacy in patients with a long-term health condition: the health literacy pathway model. BMC Public Health 12 (1), pp.130-144. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-130)
- Phillips, K. et al. 2012. Counselling patients about behaviour change: The challenge of talking about diet. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) 62 (594), pp.e13-e21. (10.3399/bjgp12X616328)
- Witt, J. et al. 2012. Decision making and coping in healthcare: the Coping in Deliberation (CODE) framework. Patient Education and Counseling 88 (2), pp.256-261. (10.1016/j.pec.2012.03.002)
2011
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2011. A multi-country qualitative study of clinicians' and patients' views on point of care tests for lower respiratory tract infection. Family Practice 28 (6), pp.661-669. (10.1093/fampra/cmr031)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2011. What constitutes consent when parents and daughters have different views about having the HPV vaccine: qualitative interviews with stakeholders. Journal of Medical Ethics 37 (8), pp.466-471. (10.1136/jme.2010.038562)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2011. Achieving online consent to participation in large-scale gene-environment studies: a tangible destination. Journal of Medical Ethics 37 (8), pp.487-492. (10.1136/jme.2010.040352)
2010
- Spanou, C. et al., 2010. Preventing disease through opportunistic, rapid engagement by primary care teams using behaviour change counselling (PRE-EMPT): protocol for a general practice-based cluster randomised trial. BMC Family Practice 11 (1), pp.69. (10.1186/1471-2296-11-69)
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2009
- Butler, C. , Simpson, S. and Wood, F. 2009. General practitioners' perceptions of introducing near-patient testing for common infections into routine primary care: A qualitative study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 26 (1), pp.17-21. (10.1080/02813430701726285)
- Francis, N. A. et al. 2009. Effect of using an interactive booklet about childhood respiratory tract infections in primary care consultations on reconsulting and antibiotic prescribing: a cluster randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal (BMJ) 339 b2885. (10.1136/bmj.b2885)
2008
- Francis, N. et al. 2008. The effect of using an interactive booklet on childhood respiratory tract infections in consultations: Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care. BMC Family Practice 9 (1), pp.23. (10.1186/1471-2296-9-23)
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- Hawkings, N. J. , Butler, C. C. and Wood, F. C. 2008. Antibiotics in the community: a typology of user behaviours. Patient Education and Counseling 73 (1), pp.146-152. (10.1016/j.pec.2008.05.025)
2007
- Hawkings, N. J. , Wood, F. C. and Butler, C. C. 2007. Public attitudes to bacterial resistance: a qualitative study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 59 (6), pp.1155-1160. (10.1093/jac/dkm103)
- Hawkings, N. J. , Wood, F. C. and Butler, C. C. 2007. Public attitudes towards bacterial resistance: a qualitative study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 59 (6), pp.1155-1160. (10.1093/jac/dkm103)
- Metcalf, E. P. et al. 2007. Unwrapping the diagnosis of tuberculosis in primary care: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice 57 , pp.116-122.
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- Phelps, C. et al. 2007. Knowledge and expectations of women undergoing cancer genetic risk assessment: a qualitative analysis of free-text questionnaire comments. Journal of Genetic Counselling 16 (4), pp.505-514. (10.1007/s10897-007-9086-3)
- Shaw, C. et al., 2007. A qualitative study of the assessment and treatment of incontinence in primary care. Family Practice 24 (5), pp.461-467. (10.1093/fampra/cmm041)
- Simpson, S. A. , Wood, F. C. and Butler, C. C. 2007. General practitioners' perceptions of antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 59 (2), pp.292-296. (10.1093/jac/dkl467)
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2006
- Bloor, M. J. and Wood, F. C. 2006. Keywords in qualitative methods: A vocabulary of research concepts.. London: SAGE Publications.
- Hawthorne, K. et al. 2006. Learning to mark: a qualitative study of the experiences and concerns of medical markers. BMC Medical Education 6 (April) 25. (10.1186/1472-6920-6-25)
- Jacobson, L. , Hawthorne, K. and Wood, F. C. 2006. The ‘Mensch’ factor in general practice: a role to demonstrate professionalism to students. Brtitish Journal of General Practice 56 (533), pp.976-979.
- Wood, F. 2006. Ethnography, objectivity, unobtrusive measures. In: Turner, B. S. ed. The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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2005
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- Wood, F. C. et al. 2005. Repositioning the patient: the implications of being 'at risk'. Social Science & Medicine 60 (8), pp.1869-1879. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.020)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2005. Can peer review help the marking experience?. Medical Education 39 (11), pp.1156-1157. (10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02298.x)
2004
- Evans, J. and Wood, F. 2004. Ely: A "dangerous place" revisited. Contemporary Wales 16 , pp.24-38.
2003
- Lewis, M. , Elwyn, G. and Wood, F. C. 2003. Appraisal of family doctors: an evaluation study. British Journal of General Practice 53 (491), pp.454-460.
- Pill, R. et al. 2003. Welsh women’s comments about breast problems and the care given: a qualitative study in the community. European Journal of Cancer Care 12 (3), pp.240-248.
- Prior, L. and Wood, F. 2003. Characteristics of the sick role with examples. In: Halligan, P. W. , Bass, C. and Oakley, D. A. eds. Malingering and Illness Deception: Clinical and Theoretical Perspectives. Oxford University Press. , pp.120-129.
- Wood, F. , Prior, L. and Gray, J. 2003. Translations of risk: decision making in a cancer genetics service. Health, Risk & Society 5 (2), pp.185-198. (10.1080/1369857031000123957)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2003. Stigma revisited, disclosure of emotional problems in primary care consultations in Wales. Social Science & Medicine 56 (10), pp.2191-2200. (10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00235-6)
2002
- Prior, L. et al., 2002. Making risk visible: the role of images in the assessment of (cancer) genetic risk. Health, Risk & Society 4 (3), pp.241-258. (10.1080/1369857021000016614)
- Wood, F. et al. 2002. Patients' opinions of the use of psychiatric case-finding questionnaires in general practice. Health Expectations 5 (4), pp.282-288. (10.1046/j.1369-6513.2002.00186.x)
2001
- Pill, R. , Prior, L. and Wood, F. 2001. Lay attitudes to professional consultations for common mental disorder: a sociological perspective. British Medical Bulletin 57 (1), pp.207-219. (10.1093/bmb/57.1.207)
2000
- Greening, S. et al., 2000. A randomised controlled trial of the value of guidelines and computerised proformas in pathology reporting of cancer specimens: the Wales CROPS project. The Journal of Pathology 190 (1), pp.S31-S31. (10.1002/path.1711900102)
1998
- Bloor, M. J. et al. 1998. Mark-recapture estimation of the local prevalence of problem drinking: an account of the results of a feasibility study. Addiction Research 6 (5), pp.453-463. (10.3109/16066359809026062)
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- Evans, J. and Wood, F. 2004. Ely: A "dangerous place" revisited. Contemporary Wales 16 , pp.24-38.
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- Greening, S. et al., 2000. A randomised controlled trial of the value of guidelines and computerised proformas in pathology reporting of cancer specimens: the Wales CROPS project. The Journal of Pathology 190 (1), pp.S31-S31. (10.1002/path.1711900102)
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- Raja, A. , Wood, F. and Joshi, H. B. 2020. The impact of urinary stone disease and their treatment on patients' quality of life: a qualitative study. Urolithiasis 48 , pp.227-234. (10.1007/s00240-019-01142-0)
- Raven-Gregg, T. , Wood, F. and Shepherd, V. 2021. Effectiveness of participant recruitment strategies for critical care trials: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. Clinical Trials 18 (4), pp.436-448. (10.1177/1740774520988678)
- Richards, R. et al., 2019. The preferences of patients with cancer regarding an app to help them to meet their illness-related information needs: a qualitative interview study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 7 (7) e14187. (10.2196/14187)
- Richards, R. et al. 2018. Use of mobile devices to help cancer patients meet their information needs in non-inpatient settings: systematic review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 6 (12) e10026. (10.2196/10026)
- Richards, R. et al., 2021. Cancer Clinicians’ Views Regarding an App That Helps Patients With Cancer Meet Their Information Needs: Qualitative Interview Study. JMIR Cancer 7 (2) e23671. (10.2196/23671)
- Rooshenas, L. et al., 2014. The influence of children's day care on antibiotic seeking: a mixed methods study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) 64 (622), pp.e302-e312. (10.3399/bjgp14X679741)
- Sanyaolu, L. et al. 2024. Recurrent urinary tract infections and prophylactic antibiotic use in women: a cross-sectional study in primary care. British Journal of General Practice 74 (746), pp.e619-e627. (10.3399/BJGP.2024.0015)
- Sanyaolu, L. N. et al. 2023. Patients’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences and views of recurrent urinary tract infections in women: qualitative evidence synthesis and meta-ethnography. Antibiotics 12 (3) 434. (10.3390/antibiotics12030434)
- Scott, H. et al. 2022. A qualitative exploration of decisions about dental recall intervals. Part 1: attitudes of NHS general dental practitioners to NICE Guideline CG19 on the interval between oral health reviews. British Dental Journal 232 , pp.327-331. (10.1038/s41415-022-3998-z)
- Scott, H. et al., 2022. A qualitative exploration of decisions about dental recall intervals. Part 2: perspectives of dentists and patients on the role of shared decision making in dental recall decisions. British Dental Journal (10.1038/s41415-022-4046-8)
- Shaw, C. et al., 2007. A qualitative study of the assessment and treatment of incontinence in primary care. Family Practice 24 (5), pp.461-467. (10.1093/fampra/cmm041)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2021. Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to enhance trial participation decisions on behalf of adults who lack capacity to consent: a mixed methods study (COnSiDER Study). Trials 22 935. (10.1186/s13063-021-05883-5)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2021. 'There's more to life than money and health': family caregivers' views on the role of Power of Attorney in proxy decisions about research participation for people living with dementia. Dementia 20 (1), pp.308-325. (10.1177/1471301219884426)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2018. Healthcare professionals' understanding of the legislation governing research involving adults lacking mental capacity in England and Wales: a national survey. Journal of Medical Ethics 44 (9), pp.632-637. (10.1136/medethics-2017-104722)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2022. Development of a measure to assess the quality of proxy decisions about research participation on behalf of adults lacking capacity to consent: the Combined Scale for Proxy Informed Consent Decisions (CONCORD scale). Trials 23 843. (10.1186/s13063-022-06787-8)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2018. Ethical understandings of proxy decision making for research involving adults lacking capacity: a systematic review (framework synthesis) of empirical research. American Journal of Bioethics 9 (4), pp.267-286. (10.1080/23294515.2018.1513097)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2019. 'It's a tough decision': A qualitative study of proxy decision-making for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent in England and Wales. Age and Ageing 48 (6), pp.903-909. (10.1093/ageing/afz115)
- Shepherd, V. , Hood, K. and Wood, F. 2024. ‘It’s not making a decision, it’s prompting the discussions’: a qualitative study exploring stakeholders’ views on the acceptability and feasibility of advance research planning (CONSULT-ADVANCE). BMC Medical Ethics 25 (1) 80. (10.1186/s12910-024-01081-5)
- Shepherd, V. , Hood, K. and Wood, F. 2023. Planning ahead for research participation: survey of public and professional stakeholders' view about the acceptability and feasibility of advance research planning. BMC Medical Ethics 24 70. (10.1186/s12910-023-00948-3)
- Shepherd, V. , Hood, K. and Wood, F. 2022. Unpacking the 'black box of horrendousness': a qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators to conducting trials involving adults lacking capacity to consent. Trials 23 471. (10.1186/s13063-022-06422-6)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2022. Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to prevent COVID-19 in care homes (COS-COVID-PCARE Study). BMC Geriatrics 22 710. (10.1186/s12877-022-03395-8)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2020. Constructing authentic decisions: proxy decision making for research involving adults who lack capacity to consent. Journal of Medical Ethics 47 (12) e42. (10.1136/medethics-2019-106042)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2025. Feasibility of a Study Within a Trial to evaluate a decision support intervention for families deciding about research on behalf of adults lacking capacity to consent (CONSULT SWAT). Trials 26 (1) 313. (10.1186/s13063-025-09021-3)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2022. Feasibility, effectiveness and costs of a decision support intervention for consultees and legal representatives of adults lacking capacity to consent (CONSULT): protocol for a randomised study within a trial. Trials 23 (1) 957. (10.1186/s13063-022-06887-5)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2022. Recruitment interventions for trials involving adults lacking capacity to consent: methodological and ethical considerations for designing Studies Within a Trial (SWATs). Trials 23 756. (10.1186/s13063-022-06705-y)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2021. Development of a decision support intervention for family members of adults who lack capacity to consent to trials. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 21 30. (10.1186/s12911-021-01390-4)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2019. Protection by exclusion? The (lack of) inclusion of adults who lack capacity to consent to research in clinical trials in the UK. Trials 20 474. (10.1186/s13063-019-3603-1)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2019. Research involving adults lacking capacity to consent: a content analysis of participant information sheets for consultees and legal representatives in England and Wales. Trials 20 233. (10.1186/s13063-019-3340-5)
- Shepherd, V. , Wood, F. and Hood, K. 2017. Establishing a set of research priorities in care homes for older people in the UK: a modified Delphi consensus study with care home staff. Age and Ageing 46 (2), pp.284-290. (10.1093/ageing/afw204)
- Sherlock, R. et al. 2019. 'What would you recommend doctor?'- Discourse analysis of a moment of dissonance when sharing decisions in clinical consultations. Health Expectations 22 (3), pp.547-554. (10.1111/hex.12881)
- Simpson, S. A. , Wood, F. C. and Butler, C. C. 2007. General practitioners' perceptions of antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 59 (2), pp.292-296. (10.1093/jac/dkl467)
- Smith, P. et al. 2018. Feasibility and acceptability of a cancer symptom awareness intervention for adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities. BMC Public Health 18 (1)(10.1186/s12889-018-5606-3)
- Smits, S. et al. 2018. Development of a behaviour change intervention to encourage timely cancer symptom presentation among people living in deprived communities using the Behaviour Change Wheel. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 52 (6), pp.474-488. (10.1007/s12160-016-9849-x)
- Spanou, C. et al., 2010. Preventing disease through opportunistic, rapid engagement by primary care teams using behaviour change counselling (PRE-EMPT): protocol for a general practice-based cluster randomised trial. BMC Family Practice 11 (1), pp.69. (10.1186/1471-2296-11-69)
- Thompson, L. et al. 2025. “We’re all in the same boat… some of us just have more holes in their boat”: a qualitative interview study primary care staff views of Deep End Cymru. British Journal of General Practice Open (10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0019)
- Trotman, H. et al. 2025. Mapping social participation interventions for adults with a neurodegenerative condition: a scoping review of in-person and digital community approaches. Disability and Rehabilitation (10.1080/09638288.2025.2499582)
- Westmoreland, J. L. et al., 2007. Should your GP be an osteopath? Patients’ views of an osteopathy clinic based in primary care. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 15 (2), pp.121-127. (10.1016/j.ctim.2005.11.006)
- Williams, A. et al. 2022. Changing sexual behaviours amongst MSM during the COVID-19 restrictions in Wales: a mixed methods study. BMC Public Health 22 (1) 396. (10.1186/s12889-022-12821-w)
- Williams, A. D. N. et al. 2022. The relationship between HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, sexually transmitted infections, and antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative interview study of men who have sex with men. BMC Public Health 22 (1) 2222. (10.1186/s12889-022-14645-0)
- Williams, D. et al. 2025. Recommendations for a communication strategy to support informed decision-making about self or clinician sampling for cervical screening in the UK: qualitative study. Health Expectations 28 (2) e70191. (10.1111/hex.70191)
- Williams, D. et al. 2019. The ability of observer and self-report measures to capture shared decision making in clinical practice in the United Kingdom: a mixed-methods study.. BMJ Open 9 (8) e029485. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029485)
- Witt, J. et al., 2014. Adapting the Coping in Deliberation (CODE) framework: A multi-method approach in the context of familial ovarian cancer risk management. Patient Education and Counseling 97 (2), pp.200-220. (10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.004)
- Witt, J. et al. 2012. Decision making and coping in healthcare: the Coping in Deliberation (CODE) framework. Patient Education and Counseling 88 (2), pp.256-261. (10.1016/j.pec.2012.03.002)
- Wood, F. 2021. Doing qualitative health services research remotely: A rejoinder to 'Collecting qualitative data during a pandemic' by David Silverman. Communication and Medicine 17 (2), pp.194-198. (10.1558/cam.19749)
- Wood, F. and Bloor, M. J. 2006. Borna disease virus: The generation and review of a scientific study. Social Science & Medicine 63 (4), pp.1072-1083. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.01.019)
- Wood, F. et al. 2016. Doctors’ perspectives of informed consent for non-emergency surgical procedures: a qualitative interview study. Health Expectations 19 (3), pp.751-761. (10.1111/hex.12258)
- Wood, F. et al. 2017. Working with interpreters: the challenges of introducing Option Grid patient decision aids. Patient Education and Counseling 100 (3), pp.456-464. (10.1016/j.pec.2016.09.016)
- Wood, F. et al. 2002. Patients' opinions of the use of psychiatric case-finding questionnaires in general practice. Health Expectations 5 (4), pp.282-288. (10.1046/j.1369-6513.2002.00186.x)
- Wood, F. , Prior, L. and Gray, J. 2003. Translations of risk: decision making in a cancer genetics service. Health, Risk & Society 5 (2), pp.185-198. (10.1080/1369857031000123957)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2011. A multi-country qualitative study of clinicians' and patients' views on point of care tests for lower respiratory tract infection. Family Practice 28 (6), pp.661-669. (10.1093/fampra/cmr031)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2005. Repositioning the patient: the implications of being 'at risk'. Social Science & Medicine 60 (8), pp.1869-1879. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.020)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2005. Can peer review help the marking experience?. Medical Education 39 (11), pp.1156-1157. (10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02298.x)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2003. Stigma revisited, disclosure of emotional problems in primary care consultations in Wales. Social Science & Medicine 56 (10), pp.2191-2200. (10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00235-6)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2011. What constitutes consent when parents and daughters have different views about having the HPV vaccine: qualitative interviews with stakeholders. Journal of Medical Ethics 37 (8), pp.466-471. (10.1136/jme.2010.038562)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2013. Primary care clinicians' perceptions of antibiotic resistance: a multi-country qualitative interview study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 68 (1), pp.237-243. (10.1093/jac/dks338)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2013. Consent, including advanced consent, of older adults to research in care homes: a qualitative study of stakeholders' views in South Wales. Trials 14 247. (10.1186/1745-6215-14-247)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2010. A question of balance: a qualitative study of mothers' interpretations of dietary recommendations. The Annals of Family Medicine 8 (1), pp.51-57. (10.1370/afm.1072)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2011. Achieving online consent to participation in large-scale gene-environment studies: a tangible destination. Journal of Medical Ethics 37 (8), pp.487-492. (10.1136/jme.2010.040352)
- Wood, F. C. et al. 2010. Disease trajectories and ACT/RCPCH categories in paediatric palliative care. Palliative Medicine 24 (8), pp.796-806. (10.1177/0269216310376555)
- Wood, F. C. , Simpson, S. A. and Butler, C. C. 2007. Socially responsible antibiotic choices in primary care: a qualitative study of GPs' decisions to prescribe broad-spectrum and fluroquinolone antibiotics. Family Practice 24 (5), pp.427-434. (10.1093/fampra/cmm040)
Book sections
- Prior, L. and Wood, F. 2003. Characteristics of the sick role with examples. In: Halligan, P. W. , Bass, C. and Oakley, D. A. eds. Malingering and Illness Deception: Clinical and Theoretical Perspectives. Oxford University Press. , pp.120-129.
- Wood, F. 2006. Ethnography, objectivity, unobtrusive measures. In: Turner, B. S. ed. The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Books
- Bloor, M. J. and Wood, F. C. 2006. Keywords in qualitative methods: A vocabulary of research concepts.. London: SAGE Publications.
Conferences
- McCutchan, G. et al. 2017. Development of a lung cancer awareness intervention targeted at socioeconomically deprived communities in Wales, UK. Presented at: IASLC 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer Vienna, Austria 4-6 Dec 2016. (10.1016/j.jtho.2016.11.1992)
Monographs
- McNamara, R. et al. 2017. A pilot randomised controlled trial of community-led ANtipsychotic Drug REduction for Adults with Learning Disabilities. Project Report.[Online].Health Technology Assessment. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta21470.
Research
Current Grants:
Wales Centre for Primary & Emergency Care Research (PRIME). Funder: Health and Care Research Wales Infrastructure Funding. £2.9M, April 2025- March 2030. Co-applicant.
Understanding the experiences of contraceptive intra-uterine device (IUD) fitting to co-produce effective decision support tools. Health and Care Research Wales. Co-PI. April 2025-Dec 2026. £332,000
Texting for Testing: Effectiveness of text messages from general practice encouraging people to access an online postal testing platform for sexually transmitted infections. Health and Care Research Wales. Co-app. April 2025-July 2026, £323,000
IMproving Prophylactic Antibiotic use for Recurrent urinary Tract infection (IMPART): mixed-methods study to address evidence gaps and develop a decision aid. NIHR PhD application,Co-supervisor Sept 2021-July 2025. £576,735.
Deciding about research for others: a feasibility study and effectiveness trial of a novel decision support intervention for consultees and legal representatives of adults lacking capacity to consent (CONSULT Study). NIHR Advanced Fellowship. Mentor. Jan 2021-Dec 2025. £638,662
Previous Grants:
Engaging care home residents in research: identification of barriers and facilitators and the development of an intervention to support residents in decision-making and advance planning for research (ENGAGE study). Funder: HCRW. PhD Studentship. £65,991. Duration: Jan 2022-Dec 2024
Development of an Intervention to Optimise Adherence to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV in Wales: A Mixed Methods Study [DO-PrEP]. Post-Doc Fellowship to HCRW. David Gillespie, Mentors – K Hood and F Wood. Funder: HCRW, Amount: £250,000, Duration: Oct 2018-Sept 2021
Multi-Domain Lifestyle Targets for Improving Prognosis in Huntington’s Disease. Applicants: Busse M, Rosser A, Holt C, Wood F, Jones L, Holmans P. Funder: JPND, Alzheimer’s Society. Amount: Euros 624,753. Duration: April 2019-March 2022
Wales Centre for Primary & Emergency Care Research (PRIME). Funder: HCRW £4.6M, 2020-2025. Applicants: Edwards (PI), Kenkre J, Snooks H, Wood F, Brain K, Francis N, Chestnut I.
Development and evaluation of a supported self-management life-style exercise and activity package for progressive Multiple Sclerosis. LEAP-MS. Applicants: Busse-Morris M, Edwards A, Davies F, Button K, Wood F, Playle R. Robertson N, Spasic I. Funder: MS Society. £293,296. Feb 2018-June 2021
COVID-19 public experiences in Wales: Understanding attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Lead applicant Philips R. Ser Cymru. 1st Aug 2020- 31st March 2021, £127,871.
Developing a decision aid to support co-production regarding risk and need based recall intervals in general dental practice. Applicants: Cope A, Joseph-Williams N, Wood F, Karki A, Farnell D, Chestnutt I. Funder: HCRW RfPPB, Amount: £197,678. Duration: Oct 2018 – March 2021.
Informed consent and proxy decision making in research involving adults lacking capacity: development of an intervention to support proxy informed decision making, set within ethical and legal frameworks. (PhD Studentship for V Shepherd. F Wood lead supervisor). Funder: NIHR Amount: £266,485. Duration: Oct 2016-Sept 2019
Awareness and Beliefs About Cancer (ABACus): Randomised controlled trial of the health check Yorkshire Cancer Research. Applicants: Brain K, Edwards A, Wood F, Carter B, Smits S, Robling M, Kelson M. Funder: Yorkshire Cancer Research. £486,014. 1st April 2017- 31.08.19
Developing a smoking cessation patient decision aid – scoping phase work. Applicants: Natalie Joseph-Williams (PI), Fiona Wood, Christian Heathcote-Elliott (PHW), Sian Evans (PHW), Ashley Gould (PHW). Public Health Wales. £21,000
Understanding patient perceptions of exercise and conceptual models of pain in a lumbar radicular pain population. Lead: Robert Goldsmith (physiotherapist C&V UHB); PRIME supported: Co-applicants: Nefyn Williams and Fiona Wood, £10K, RCBC First Into Research Fellowship.
Exploring the potential of an ‘app’ to help patients with cancer address their information needs. Funder: Tenovus, Amount: £60,000. Duration: Oct 2013-Sept 2016. Applicants: Wood F, Kinnersley P, Brain K, Staffurth J.
MAGIC 3. Making Good Decisions in Collaboration. Funder: Health Foundation. Amount: £246,000. Duration: Dec 2013-Dec 2015. Applicants: Brain (CI) Joseph-Williams N, Lloyd A, Edwards A, Wood F,
Development and pilot evaluation of the Tenovus health check. Funder: NAEDI. Amount: £135,000. Duration: Sept 2014 – August 2016. Applicants: Brain K (CI), Paranjothy S, Carter B, Wood F, Neal RD et al.
A qualitative study of public and clinicians'views of, and participation in, Prudent Healthcare. Funder: Health and Care Research Wales. £248,000. 2015-2017. Applicants: Wood F (PI), Edwards A, Snooks H, Kenkre J, Neal R, Mead D, Clayton D.
Exploring the transition from relapsing-remitting to secondary progressive MS to inform the production of content programmes for patients and carers, and educational packages for clinicians. Funder: MS Trust. Amount: £50,000. Duration: Sept 2013-Nov 2014. Applicants: Wood and Edwards (co-CIs),
Option Grids: easy to use shared decision making tools for disadvantaged groups. Funder: Bupa Foundation. Amount: £289,000. Duration: Jan 2012 – Dec 2014 Applicants: Wood F and Elwyn G (co-CIs), Edwards A, Brain K, Newcombe R, Nye A, Firth J
Characterising the nature of primary care patient safety incident reports in England and Wales: mixed methods study. Funder: NIHR HS&DR. Amount: £300,000. Duration: Nov 2013 – June 2015. Applicants: Carson-Stevens A (CI), Edwards A, Panesar, Mayor S, Cowie L, Wood F.
Health Beliefs and Behaviour amongst working-class women: Changes over 20 years. Funder: ESRC. Amount: £44,711. Duration: May 2005- July 2006. Applicants: Wood F (CI), Butler C, Robling MR, Kinnersley P, Houston H.
Teaching
My teaching areas include patient centred care, qualitative research methods, research ethics, health beliefs and behaviour and other aspects of medical sociology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. I am involved in teaching on the following courses:
- MBBCh - Evidence Based Medicine Tutorials
- MBBCh - Year 2 Case Based Learning facilitator
- MBBCh - Year 1 Platform for Clinical Sciences
- BSc Population Medicine and BSc Medical Education. Introduction to Qualitative Methods, Advanced Qualitative Methods, Qualitative Data Analysis, Writing a Qualitative Research Protocol. Health Beliefs and Behaviours for Common Infections.
- MPH (Masters in Public Health). Qualitative Research Methods.
Biography
Education and Qualifications
- 2020: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- 2002: PhD (Medical Sociology), Cardiff University, UK
- 1997: MSc Methods and Applications of Social Research, Cardiff University, UK
- 1991: BA (hons) Geography, Manchester University, UK
Career Overview
- 2020- present: Professor, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
- 2017 - 2020: Reader, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
- 2013 - 2017: Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
- 2003-2013: Lecturer, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
- 1997-2003: Tutorial Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
- 1995-1997: Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
- 1991-1995: Research Officer, Public Health Medicine, Gwent Health Authority
Professional Memberships:
- Society for Academicy Primary Care (SAPC)
- International Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH)
- International Shared Decision Making Society (ISDM)
Committees:
- Board member: Health and Care Research Wales Advanced Fellowship Scheme. 2025-present
- Board member: FWO Medical Sciences. Belgium. 2019 - 2024
- Board member: Scientific Foundation Board of the Royal College of General Practitioners 2014-2019
- Board member, Health and Care Research Wales Health Grants and Research for Patient Benefit Board Grant, 2012-2017
External Examining:
- Southampton University, PhD (2013)
- Bristol University PhD. (2017)
Academic positions
- Post-Graduate Research Lead for the Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine.
Supervisions
I am currently supervising the following PhD students:
- Leigh Sanylou (co-supervisor): "IMproving Prophylactic Antibiotic use for Recurrent urinary Tract infection (IMPART): mixed-methods study to address evidence gaps and develop a decision aid." NIHR funded PhD. Sept 2021-July 2025.
- Hannah Trotman (co-supervisor) "Supporting participation and social connectedness for people with neurological conditions to reduce isolation: empowering through social care, community support, and digital technology". Health and Care Research Wales Social Care Studentship. Jan 2024-Dec 2026
- Thomas Purchase (co-supervisor) IncorporAting parental health aDVOcaCy when mAnaging unwell Children in primarY care (ADVOCACY): a multi-methods systems approach to co-develop a complex intervention. NIHR Doctoral Fellowship Scheme. 2024-2027
Current supervision
Past projects
I have supervised the following PhD students to completion:
- Nancy Hawkings (PhD awarded 2009) co-supervisor. "Attitudes to Upper Respiratory Infections, Antibiotics and Bacterial Resistance: Managing common respiratory infections and promoting the appropriate use of antibiotics by the general population"
- Nick Francis (PhD awarded 2010) co-supervisor. "Development and evaluation of an interactive booklet for use in primary care consultations with children with respiratory tract infections"
- Michelle Edwards (PhD awarded 2010) co-supervisor. "The development and practice of health-literacy in patients with a long-term condition through self-directed learning, patient education, and social interaction."
- Leila Rooshenas (PhD awarded 2012) primary supervisor. "Managing common infections in day care settings: Day care providers' sickness exclusion beliefs, advice, and their consequences for parents."
- Jana Witt (PhD awarded 2013) co-supervisor. "The Oophorectomy decision explorer: a decision support intervention to faciliate deliberation and coping efforst in women at increased risk of ovarian cancer".
- Anwen Cope (PhD awarded 2014) President’s Scholarship, co-supervisor."Understanding the use of antibiotics in the management of dental problems in primary care"
- Grace McCuthcan (PhD awarded 2017). co-supervisor. "Understanding the influences on cancer symptom presentation in the context of socio-economic deprivation: development of a targeted cancer awareness intervention."
- Becky Richards (PhD awarded 2017). primary supervisor. "Understanding the needs and preferences of patients with cancer regarding an app to help them to meet their information needs: development of the 'Ask Us' cancer app"
- Freya Davies, PhD (PhD awarded 2019) co-supervisor: "Training health professionals to support self-management among people with multiple sclerosis".
- Vicky Shepherd. (PhD awarded 2019) primary supervisor: "Informed consent and proxy decision making in research involving adults lacking capacity: development of an intervention to support proxy informed decision making, set within ethical and legal frameworks". Oct 2016-Sept 2019
- Amber Jordan. (PhD awarded 2021) primary supervisor: "Development of a theory-based intervention to prepare young people to participate in shared decision making about their healthcare". Oct 2016-Sept 2020
- Jaafer Qasem. (PhD awarded 2023) co-supervisor. "The development and testing of an international patient safety learning system" Jan 2018-Oct 2022
- Adam Williams (PhD awarded 2024) co-supervisor. “Understanding the relationship between pre-exposure prophylaxis, sexually transmitted infections, and antimicrobial resistance in Wales (UNREST)” KESS2 studentship. Oct 2019-Sept 2023
- Brittany Nocivelli (PhD awarded 2025) primary supervisor: "Engaging care home residents in research: identification of barriers and facilitators and the development of an interention to support residents in decision-making and advance planning for research (ENGAGE Study). Health and Care Research Wales Social Care Studentship. Jan 2022-Dec 2024
Contact Details
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+44 29206 87185
Neuadd Meirionnydd, Room 503, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS