Biography

Research Interests

Professor MacFarlane has over 20 years' experience as a social science health services researcher and have performed as a research project leader in academic primary care since 2002. She is leading a programme of research about service user involvement in primary care.

Anne has extensive experience of quantitative and qualitative research. Her research programme is characterised by inter-disciplinary and inter-agency research collaborations, particularly academic-community partnerships.

Her recent research programme is distinguished by her pioneering use of innovative participatory research methods to conduct community-engaged research, with marginalised communities, to support the involvement of service users in primary care research and development projects. Her work is showing that there is significant congruence between participatory methods and the ideals of user involvement with valuable outcomes for the quality of the empirical data reported in the field, and also for creating meaningful and sustained relationships between academic and community partners. Published and planned papers provide evidence of this.

She has also contributed to her field through her involvement, from the beginning, as an invited member, in an international study group who are developing contemporary social theory − Normalisation Process Theory. This theory is designed to inform and advance the introduction and normalisation of new technologies in routine primary care http://www.normalizationprocess.org/). She has played a key role in operationalising the theory in settings outside the UK, e.g. in Ireland and in other European countries (e.g. http://www.ehealthservices.eu/enews, eNewsletter October 2008).

The international relevance of the research programme on user involvement which she led was endorsed in 2010 by an EU FP7 award of 2.9 million euros, for which she led. This project will involved service users who are migrants living in Ireland and who have limited English, and other key stakeholders, in research to investigate and support the introduction of initiatives to support communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations. The project employed participatory research methods and Normalisation Process Theory to produce state-of-the-art research about user involvement approaches to address translational gaps in health services research.

This award builds on her previous successes in research and development funding. She is PI/grant holder for research and development funding of 4,328,070 euros and co-applicant/collaborator for 2,064,362 euros, giving a total research income of 6,392,432 euros. Anne has
a strong record of research outputs with international and national publications, research reports and book chapters. She is committed to dissemination of research at academic conferences. She is recognised within her discipline as a key resource for capacity building and has had significant success as a postgraduate research supervisor and as methodological advisor for primary care clinicians and non-clinicians.


CURRENT PROJECTS IN RESEARCH PROGRAMME

Prof MacFarlane leads a programme of research about user involvement in primary care and manage a series of inter-linked projects about migrant health and e-health that, taken together, explore important issues about using participatory research methods and contemporary social theory in primary care research and development projects.

2011-present

User involvement in the implementation of guidelines and/or training initiatives to support communication in cross cultural primary care settings - Principal Investigator.
This is an EU FP7 funded project developed in collaboration with local collaborators, the Centre for Participatory Strategies, Galway and with international collaborators in Glasgow, Liverpool, Nijmegen, Vienne and Crete. This project combines participatory learning and action research methodology and contemporary social theory, Normalisation Process Theory, to investigate and support implementation processes.

2010- present

An analysis of user involvement in practice - Principal Investigator.
This is a HRB funded project developed in collaboration with the Centre for Participatory Strategies, Galway and the HSE National Advocacy Unit, Dublin. This project employs participatory learning and action research methodology and contemporary social theory, Normalisation Process Theory, to analyse user involvement in practice in international settings and community participation in primary care teams in the Irish context.

2008-present

UK Normalisation Process Model International Study Group (led by Prof. Carl May, University of Southampton): Invited Member.
This inter-disciplinary, international research group is committed to the development of a theoretical model to explain and predict implementation of innovation in healthcare settings. The group achieved status as a UK National School of Primary Care Peer Learning Set (October 2008). Annual seminars are utilised to advance critical thinking and key outputs include the development of an ESRC funded online manual for Normalisation Process Theory users which was launched at a seminar in the King's Fund, London in October 2010 (see http://www.normalizationprocess.org/). I am a key player in operationalising NPT in settings outside the UK.

COMPLETED PROJECTS

2009-2011

User involvement in the development of guidelines to support communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations: Principal Investigator. This was a Health Research Board Partnership Award based on a collaboration with the HSE Social Inclusion Unit and the Centre for Participatory Strategies, Galway. This project used participatory and qualitative research methods to involve migrant service users and other key stakeholders in the production of guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations.

2007-2011

Competitive health services in rural and remote regions: Partner. This research and development project was funded by the EU Northern Periphery Programme. This project focused on the implementation of e-health services in rural and remote areas. It involved the application, and qualitative evaluation, of an e-Health Implementation Toolkit (e-HIT), developed from the Normalisation Process Model (pre-cursor to Normalisation Process Theory) for which I was lead.

2004-2010

Fellow in Refugee and Asylum Seeker Healthcare: Principal Investigator/ Academic Lead.
This project was funded by the Primary Care Department, HSE Western Area. It was an innovative, inter-agency post which focused on intercultural health issues in general practice with attention to clinical practice, service development and academic projects (quantitative and qualitative research) and was developed and monitored by the Primary Care Department, HSE Western Area, NUI Galway and the Galway Refugee Support Group. I was academic lead and Steering Group Chair.

2007-2009

EU NORFACE Seminar Series: Evidence based policy (led by Prof. Sandra Nutley, University of Edinburgh): Partner. This seminar series explored the relationship between research and policy and the impact of one on the other. Working groups and academic presentations were used to share and advance knowledge between academics, policy makers and service planners about the development of evidence based policy in health care and other sectors in Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, Norway and the Netherlands. I was the lead Irish partner for this project.

2007-2008

Evaluation of uptake of a HSE pilot interpreting service for general practitioners in the Eastern Region: Principal Investigator. Funded by the Health Service Executive Social Inclusion Unit. This research was designed to use quantitative and qualitative methods to examine levers and barriers to the uptake of an available pilot interpreting service for general practitioners from the perspectives of general practice staff, migrant community service users and those working in the interpreting sector. I led on the use of NPM in this research.

2007-2008

An Evaluation of a Peer Research Model in Primary Care Research: CARe follow-on project: Principal Investigator and Researcher. Funded by University College Dublin's Migration and Citizenship Research Initiative. This project was a retrospective, participatory, qualitative evaluation of the experiences of migrant community representatives who had trained and acted as peer researchers for a HRB-funded primary care project about language barriers in general practice.


2006-2007

Telehealthcare for Aranmore Island, Co. Donegal: A Consultation and Development Project: Principal Investigator. Funded by the North Western Health Board. This was an action research project, using qualitative methods, designed to involve island-dwelling service users and Health Service Executive managers and service providers in the development of telehealthcare to improve access to health and social care services on a remote island. I was lead on the use of participatory research approaches in this project.

2005-2006

Undergraduate Inter-disciplinary Teaching in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NUI Galway: An Action Research Development Project: Principal Investigator and Researcher. Funded by the NUI Galway Millennium Research Fund. This was an action research project, using qualitative methods, which involved senior level academics in a participatory process to design the development of inter-disciplinary teaching at undergraduate level in the Faculty of Medicine. This was the first use of action research in educational research in the NUI Galway School of Medicine.

2002-2005

CARe: Communication with Asylum Seekers and Refugees. Funded by the
Health Research Board, Health Services Research Fellowship Scheme (2002-2005). This inter-agency, action research study used quantitative and qualitative methods to generate data from service providers and service users to examine the impact of language as a barrier to primary care services for refugees and asylum seekers. This was the first use of participatory research using a peer research model in academic primary care in Ireland.

2002-2004

A review of telemedicine services in the Western and North Western Health Boards: Principal Investigator. This was a qualitative evaluation of dormant', live and planned telemedicine services with attention to service providers' and service users' perspectives. I was e-health expert for this project.

2000-2002 Virtual Outreach Project: A qualitative analysis of the social, organisational and educational issues involved in joint teleconsultations between general practitioners, hospital consultants and patients, Research Fellow. This was a qualitative process evaluation of a major randomised controlled trial of joint teleconsultations. The project focused on the experiences and perspectives of service users, general practitioners and consultants (from urban and rural areas) on the use of joint teleconsultations at the primary-secondary care interface.

Health Promotion Research Experience

Fieldwork co-ordinator for a quantitative door-to door survey of health and safety issues in the Irish agri-sector undertaken by the Department of Health Promotion, NUI Galway. Responsible for co-ordination of four regional field trips with teams of 10 data collectors for each trip (June-August 1999).

Participation in qualitative data analysis of attitudes to breastfeeding among women from General Medical Scheme and non-General Medical Scheme backgrounds undertaken by the Department of Health Promotion, NUI Galway for the Eastern Health Board. Analysis of focus group data using QSR. NUD.IST software (February-April 1999).
Experienced user of QSR. NUD.IST and QSR. NVivo software for analysis of qualitative data (since 1995).
Dissemination of research findings in the media; Irish and English language radio and television, regional and national newspapers.

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Methodological advisor for use of participatory research for implementation of structured heart failure services in hospitals and primary care in Co. Galway. Led by Dr. David Weakliam, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Department, HSE Area Office, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (November 2008-2009).

Co-applicant and qualitative methodological lead for HRB funded combined methods study on patients' views about the use of their medical records in general practice research. Led by Dr. Brian Buckley, Researcher, Department of General Practice, NUI Galway (September 2007-2010).

Methodological advisor for use of participatory research in e-health initiatives for care and management of diabetes in the community. Led by Dr. Sean Dineen,
Senior Lecturer in Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway; Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, University Hospital Galway (April 2007-September 2007).

Methodological advisor and research associate supervisor for a qualitative interview study on non consultant hospital doctors anti microbial prescribing. Led by Professor Martin Cormican, Dept. of Microbiology NUI Galway; Consultant Microbiologist, University Hospital Galway (2004-2005).

Methodological advisor, data collection and analysis for a qualitative interview and focus group study about peer learning with second and fifth year medical students. Led by Dr. Liam Glynn, Department of General Practice, NUI Galway (2004).

Research design and planning for a research needs assessment among primary care providers in the West and North West of Ireland. Led by Dr. Liam Glynn, Department of General Practice, NUI Galway (2004-2006).

Research Interests

I have 20 years' experience as a social science health services researcher and have performed as a research project leader in academic primary care since 2002. I am leading a programme of research about service user involvement in primary care.

I have extensive experience of quantitative and qualitative research. My research programme is characterised by inter-disciplinary and inter-agency research collaborations, particularly academic-community partnerships.


My recent research programme is distinguished by my pioneering use of innovative participatory research methods to conduct community-engaged research, with marginalised communities, to support the involvement of service users in primary care research and development projects. My work is showing that there is significant congruence between participatory methods and the ideals of user involvement with valuable outcomes for the quality of the empirical data reported in the field, and also for creating meaningful and sustained relationships between academic and community partners. Published and planned papers provide evidence of this.

I have also contributed to my field through my involvement, from the beginning, as an invited member, in an international study group who are developing contemporary social theory − Normalisation Process Theory. This theory is designed to inform and advance the introduction and normalisation of new technologies in routine primary care http://www.normalizationprocess.org/). I have played a key role in operationalising the theory in settings outside the UK, e.g. in Ireland and in other European countries (e.g. http://www.ehealthservices.eu/enews, eNewsletter October 2008).

The international relevance of the research programme on user involvement which I lead was endorsed in 2010 by an EU FP7 award of €2.9 million, for which I am lead. This project will involve service users who are migrants living in Ireland and who have limited English, and other key stakeholders, in research to investigate and support the introduction of initiatives to support communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations. The project will employ participatory research methods and Normalisation Process Theory to produce state-of-the-art research about user involvement approaches to address translational gaps in health services research.

This award builds on my previous successes in research and development funding. I am PI/grant holder for research and development funding of €4,328,070 and co-applicant/collaborator for €2,064,362, giving a total research income of €6,392,432 .

I have a strong record of research outputs with international and national publications, research reports and book chapters. I am committed to dissemination of research at academic conferences.

I am recognised within my discipline as a key resource for capacity building and I have had significant success as a postgraduate research supervisor and as methodological advisor for primary care clinicians and non-clinicians.


CURRENT PROJECTS IN RESEARCH PROGRAMME

I lead a programme of research about user involvement in primary care and manage a series of inter-linked projects about migrant health and e-health that, taken together, explore important issues about using participatory research methods and contemporary social theory in primary care research and development projects.

2011-present

User involvement in the implementation of guidelines and/or training initiatives to support communication in cross cultural primary care settings – Principal Investigator. This is an EU FP7 funded project developed in collaboration with local collaborators, the Centre for Participatory Strategies, Galway and with international collaborators in Glasgow, Liverpool, Nijmegen, Vienne and Crete. This project combines participatory learning and action research methodology and contemporary social theory, Normalisation Process Theory, to investigate and support implementation processes.

2010- present

An analysis of user involvement in practice – Principal Investigator. This is a HRB funded project developed in collaboration with the Centre for Participatory Strategies, Galway and the HSE National Advocacy Unit, Dublin. This project employs participatory learning and action research methodology and contemporary social theory, Normalisation Process Theory, to analyse user involvement in practice in international settings and community participation in primary care teams in the Irish context.

2008-present

UK Normalisation Process Model International Study Group (led by Prof. Carl May, University of Southampton) – Invited Member. This inter-disciplinary, international research group is committed to the development of a theoretical model to explain and predict implementation of innovation in healthcare settings. The group achieved status as a UK National School of Primary Care Peer Learning Set (October 2008). Annual seminars are utilised to advance critical thinking and key outputs include the development of an ESRC funded online manual for Normalisation Process Theory users which was launched at a seminar in the King's Fund, London in October 2010 (see http://www.normalizationprocess.org/). I am a key player in operationalising NPT in settings outside the UK.

COMPLETED PROJECTS

2009-2011

User involvement in the development of guidelines to support communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations – Principal Investigator. This was a Health Research Board Partnership Award based on a collaboration with the HSE Social Inclusion Unit and the Centre for Participatory Strategies, Galway. This project used participatory and qualitative research methods to involve migrant service users and other key stakeholders in the production of guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations.

2007-2011

Competitive health services in rural and remote regions – Partner. This research and development project was funded by the EU Northern Periphery Programme. This project focused on the implementation of e-health services in rural and remote areas. It involved the application, and qualitative evaluation, of an e-Health Implementation Toolkit (e-HIT), developed from the Normalisation Process Model (pre-cursor to Normalisation Process Theory) for which I was lead.

2004-2010

Fellow in Refugee and Asylum Seeker Healthcare – Principal Investigator/ Academic Lead. This project was funded by the Primary Care Department, HSE Western Area. It was an innovative, inter-agency post which focused on intercultural health issues in general practice with attention to clinical practice, service development and academic projects (quantitative and qualitative research) and was developed and monitored by the Primary Care Department, HSE Western Area, NUI Galway and the Galway Refugee Support Group. I was academic lead and Steering Group Chair.

2007-2009

EU NORFACE Seminar Series: Evidence based policy (led by Prof. Sandra Nutley, University of Edinburgh) – Partner. This seminar series explored the relationship between research and policy and the impact of one on the other. Working groups and academic presentations were used to share and advance knowledge between academics, policy makers and service planners about the development of evidence based policy in health care and other sectors in Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, Norway and the Netherlands. I was the lead Irish partner for this project.


2007-2008

Evaluation of uptake of a HSE pilot interpreting service for general practitioners in the Eastern Region – Principal Investigator. Funded by the Health Service Executive Social Inclusion Unit. This research was designed to use quantitative and qualitative methods to examine levers and barriers to the uptake of an available pilot interpreting service for general practitioners from the perspectives of general practice staff, migrant community service users and those working in the interpreting sector. I led on the use of NPM in this research.

2007-2008

An Evaluation of a Peer Research Model in Primary Care Research: CARe follow-on project – Principal Investigator and Researcher. Funded by University College Dublin's Migration and Citizenship Research Initiative. This project was a retrospective, participatory, qualitative evaluation of the experiences of migrant community representatives who had trained and acted as peer researchers for a HRB-funded primary care project about language barriers in general practice.


2006-2007

Telehealthcare for Aranmore Island, Co. Donegal: A Consultation and Development Project – Principal Investigator. Funded by the North Western Health Board. This was an action research project, using qualitative methods, designed to involve island-dwelling service users and Health Service Executive managers and service providers in the development of telehealthcare to improve access to health and social care services on a remote island. I was lead on the use of participatory research approaches in this project.

2005-2006

Undergraduate Inter-disciplinary Teaching in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NUI Galway: An Action Research Development Project – Principal Investigator and Researcher. Funded by the NUI Galway Millennium Research Fund. This was an action research project, using qualitative methods, which involved senior level academics in a participatory process to design the development of inter-disciplinary teaching at undergraduate level in the Faculty of Medicine. This was the first use of action research in educational research in the NUI Galway School of Medicine.

2002-2005

CARe: Communication with Asylum Seekers and Refugees. Funded by the Health Research Board, Health Services Research Fellowship Scheme (2002-2005). This inter-agency, action research study used quantitative and qualitative methods to generate data from service providers and service users to examine the impact of language as a barrier to primary care services for refugees and asylum seekers. This was the first use of participatory research using a peer research model in academic primary care in Ireland.

2002-2004

A review of telemedicine services in the Western and North Western Health Boards – Principal Investigator. This was a qualitative evaluation of ‘dormant', live and planned telemedicine services with attention to service providers' and service users' perspectives. I was e-health expert for this project.

2000-2002

Virtual Outreach Project – A qualitative analysis of the social, organisational and educational issues involved in joint teleconsultations between general practitioners, hospital consultants and patients – Research Fellow. This was a qualitative process evaluation of a major randomised controlled trial of joint teleconsultations. The project focused on the experiences and perspectives of service users, general practitioners and consultants (from urban and rural areas) on the use of joint teleconsultations at the primary-secondary care interface.


Health Promotion Research Experience

Fieldwork co-ordinator for a quantitative door-to door survey of health and safety issues in the Irish agri-sector undertaken by the Department of Health Promotion, NUI Galway. Responsible for co-ordination of four regional field trips with teams of 10 data collectors for each trip (June-August 1999).



Participation in qualitative data analysis of attitudes to breastfeeding among women from General Medical Scheme and non-General Medical Scheme backgrounds undertaken by the Department of Health Promotion, NUI Galway for the Eastern Health Board.Analysis of focus group data using QSR. NUD.IST software (February-April 1999).

Experienced user of QSR. NUD.IST and QSR. NVivo software for analysis of qualitative data (since 1995).


Dissemination of research findings in the media; Irish and English language radio and television, regional and national newspapers.

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Methodological advisor for use of participatory research for implementation of structured heart failure services in hospitals and primary care in Co. Galway. Led by Dr. David Weakliam, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Department, HSE Area Office, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (November 2008-2009).


Co-applicant and qualitative methodological lead for HRB funded combined methods study on patients' views about the use of their medical records in general practice research. Led by Dr. Brian Buckley, Researcher, Department of General Practice, NUI Galway (September 2007-2010).

Methodological advisor for use of participatory research in e-health initiatives for care and management of diabetes in the community. Led by Dr. Sean Dineen, Senior Lecturer in Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway; Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, University Hospital Galway (April 2007-September 2007).

Methodological advisor and research associate supervisor for a qualitative interview study on non consultant hospital doctors anti microbial prescribing. Led by Professor Martin Cormican, Dept. of Microbiology NUI Galway; Consultant Microbiologist, University Hospital Galway (2004-2005).

Methodological advisor, data collection and analysis for a qualitative interview and focus group study about peer learning with second and fifth year medical students. Led by Dr. Liam Glynn, Department of General Practice, NUI Galway (2004).

Research design and planning for a research needs assessment among primary care providers in the West and North West of Ireland. Led by Dr. Liam Glynn, Department of General Practice, NUI Galway (2004-2006).


Peer Reviewed Journals

2023

The Limerick Declaration on Rural Health Care 2022

Glynn L.;Murphy A.W.;Scully R.;Strasser R.;Quinlan D.;Cowley J.;Hayes P.;O'Donnell P.;O'Regan A.;Tuli S.;Santana M.A.d.O.;Sparrow-Downes V.M.;Petrazzuoli F.;Nowlan S.;Collins C.;Fogarty F.;MacFarlane A.;Wynn-Jones J.;Chater A.B. (2023) The Limerick Declaration on Rural Health Care 2022. Rural And Remote Health :-7905

2022

Life-Course Marginalities of Positive Health and Aging: A Participatory Approach Integrating the Lived Experiences of Older Irish Travelers and Older Homeless Adults in Multistakeholder Research Processes

Walsh K.;Carroll B.;MacFarlane A.;O’Donovan D.;Cush P. (2022) Life-Course Marginalities of Positive Health and Aging: A Participatory Approach Integrating the Lived Experiences of Older Irish Travelers and Older Homeless Adults in Multistakeholder Research Processes. Qualitative health research :1139-1152

2022

Service user and service provider perceptions of enablers and barriers for refugee and asylum-seeking women accessing and engaging with perinatal mental health care services in the WHO European region: A scoping review protocol.

Markey, K.; MacFarlane, A.; Noonan, M.; Moloney, M.; Huschke, S.; O'Donnell, K.; O'Donnell, C.; Tuohy, T.; Mohamed, A.H.; Doody, O. (2022) Service user and service provider perceptions of enablers and barriers for refugee and asylum-seeking women accessing and engaging with perinatal mental health care services in the WHO European region: A scoping review protocol.. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health :937-

2022

Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: a normalisation process theory coding manual for qualitative research and instrument development

May, CR;Albers, B;Bracher, M;Finch, TL;Gilbert, A;Girling, M;Greenwood, K;MacFarlane, A;Mair, FS;May, CM;Murray, E;Potthoff, S;Rapley, T (2022) Translational framework for implementation evaluation and research: a normalisation process theory coding manual for qualitative research and instrument development. LONDON : BMC Implementation Science

2021

Involving migrants in the adaptation of primary care services in a 'newly' diverse urban area in Ireland: The tension between agency and structure

MacFarlane, A;Dowrick, C;Gravenhorst, K;O'Reilly-de Brun, M;de Brun, T;van den Muijsenbergh, M;Baumgarten, EV;Lionis, C;Papadakaki, M (2021) Involving migrants in the adaptation of primary care services in a 'newly' diverse urban area in Ireland: The tension between agency and structure. OXFORD : ELSEVIER SCI LTD Health & Place

2021

'If relevant, yes; if not, no': General practitioner (GP) users and GP perceptions about asking ethnicity questions in Irish general practice: A qualitative analysis using Normalization Process Theory

Roura, M;LeMaster, JW;Hannigan, A;Papyan, A;McCarthy, S;Nurse, D;Villarroel, N;MacFarlane, A (2021) 'If relevant, yes; if not, no': General practitioner (GP) users and GP perceptions about asking ethnicity questions in Irish general practice: A qualitative analysis using Normalization Process Theory. SAN FRANCISCO : PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE Plos One

2018

Material practices for meaningful engagement: An analysis of participatory learning and action research techniques for data generation and analysis in a health research partnership

O'Reilly-de Brun, M,de Brun, T,O'Donnell, CA,Papadakaki, M,Saridaki, A,Lionis, C,Burns, N,Dowrick, C,Gravenhorst, K,Spiegel, W,Van Weel, C,Van Weel-Baumgarten, E,Van den Muijsenbergh, M,MacFarlane, A (2018) Material practices for meaningful engagement: An analysis of participatory learning and action research techniques for data generation and analysis in a health research partnership. Health Expectations :159-170

2017

Using participatory learning & action (PLA) research techniques for inter-stakeholder dialogue in primary healthcare: An analysis of stakeholders’ experiences

de Brún T.;O’Reilly-De Brún M.;Van Weel-Baumgarten E.;Burns N.;Dowrick C.;Lionis C.;O’donnell C.;Mair F.;Papadakaki M.;Saridaki A.;Spiegel W.;Van Weel C.;Van den Muijsenbergh M.;Macfarlane A. (2017) Using participatory learning & action (PLA) research techniques for inter-stakeholder dialogue in primary healthcare: An analysis of stakeholders’ experiences. Research Involvement And Engagement

2017

Implementing guidelines and training initiatives to improve cross-cultural communication in primary care consultations: a qualitative participatory European study

Teunissen, E,Gravenhorst, K,Dowrick, C,Van Weel-Baumgarten, E,Mareeuw, FV,de Brun, T,Burns, N,Lionis, C,Mair, FS,O'Donnell, C,O'Reilly-de Brun, M,Papadakaki, M,Saridaki, A,Spiegel, W,Van Weel, C,Van den Muijsenbergh, M,MacFarlane, A (2017) Implementing guidelines and training initiatives to improve cross-cultural communication in primary care consultations: a qualitative participatory European study. International Journal For Equity In Health

2017

Supporting the use of theory in cross-country health services research: a participatory qualitative approach using Normalisation Process Theory as an example

O'Donnell, CA,Mair, FS,Dowrick, C,O'Reilly-de Brun, M,de Brun, T,Burns, N,Lionis, C,Saridaki, A,Papadakaki, M,van den Muijsenbergh, M,van Weel-Baumgarten, E,Gravenhorst, K,Cooper, L,Princz, C,Teunissen, E,Mareeuw, FV,Vlahadi, M,Spiegel, W,MacFarlane, A (2017) Supporting the use of theory in cross-country health services research: a participatory qualitative approach using Normalisation Process Theory as an example. BMJ open

2016

Exploring levers and barriers to accessing primary care for marginalised groups and identifying their priorities for primary care provision: a participatory learning and action research study

O'Donnell, P,Tierney, E,O'Carroll, A,Nurse, D,MacFarlane, A (2016) Exploring levers and barriers to accessing primary care for marginalised groups and identifying their priorities for primary care provision: a participatory learning and action research study. International Journal For Equity In Health

2016

Engaging migrants and other stakeholders to improve communication in cross-cultural consultation in primary care: a theoretically informed participatory study

Lionis, C,Papadakaki, M,Saridaki, A,Dowrick, C,O'Donnell, CA,Mair, FS,van den Muijsenbergh, M,Burns, N,de Brun, T,de Brun, MO,van Weel-Baumgarten, E,Spiegel, W,MacFarlane, A (2016) Engaging migrants and other stakeholders to improve communication in cross-cultural consultation in primary care: a theoretically informed participatory study. BMJ open

2015

Guidelines and training initiatives that support communication in cross-cultural primary-care settings: appraising their implementability using Normalization Process Theory

de Brun, T,de-Brun, MO,van Weel-Baumgarten, E,van Weel, C,Dowrick, C,Lionis, C,O'Donnell, CA,Burns, N,Mair, FS,Saridaki, A,Papadakaki, M,Princz, C,van den Muijsenbergh, M,MacFarlane, A (2015) Guidelines and training initiatives that support communication in cross-cultural primary-care settings: appraising their implementability using Normalization Process Theory. Family practice :420-425

2015

Mental health problems of undocumented migrants in the Netherlands: A qualitative exploration of recognition, recording, and treatment by general practitioners

Teunissen, E.;Van Bavel, E.;Van Den Driessen Mareeuw, F.;Macfarlane, A.;Van Weel-Baumgarten, E.;Van Den Muijsenbergh, M.;Van Weel, C.; (2015) Mental health problems of undocumented migrants in the Netherlands: A qualitative exploration of recognition, recording, and treatment by general practitioners. Scandinavian journal of primary health care

2015

Involving migrants in the development of guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations: a participatory learning and action research project

O'Reilly-de Brun, M,MacFarlane, A,de Brun, T,Okonkwo, E,Bokanga, JSB,Silva, MMD,Ogbebor, F,Mierzejewska, A,Nnadi, L,van den Muijsenbergh, M,van Weel-Baumgarten, E,van Weel, C (2015) Involving migrants in the development of guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations: a participatory learning and action research project. BMJ open

2014

Healthcare for migrants, participatory health research and implementation science-better health policy and practice through inclusion. The RESTORE project

MacFarlane, A,O'Reilly-de Brun, M,de Brun, T,Dowrick, C,O'Donnell, C,Mair, F,Spiegel, W,van den Muijsenbergh, M,Baumgarten, EV,Lionis, C,Clissmann, C,RESTORE Consortium (2014) Healthcare for migrants, participatory health research and implementation science-better health policy and practice through inclusion. The RESTORE project. European Journal Of General Practice :148-152

2014

Communication in cross-cultural consultations in primary care in Europe: the case for improvement. The rationale for the RESTORE FP 7 project

van den Muijsenbergh, M,van Weel-Baumgarten, E,Burns, N,O'Donnell, C,Mair, F,Spiegel, W,Lionis, C,Dowrick, C,O'Reilly-de Brun, M,de Brun, T,MacFarlane, A (2014) Communication in cross-cultural consultations in primary care in Europe: the case for improvement. The rationale for the RESTORE FP 7 project. Primary Health Care Research and Development :122-133

2013

Health-care access for migrants in Europe

O'Donnell, Catherine,Burns, Nicola,Dowrick, Christopher,Lionis, Christos,MacFarlane, Anne,Team, RESTORE (2013) Health-care access for migrants in Europe. Lancet :393-

2012

REsearch into implementation STrategies to support patients of different ORigins and language background in a variety of European primary care settings (RESTORE): study protocol

MacFarlane, A,O'Donnell, C,Mair, F,O'Reilly-de Brun, M,de Brun, T,Spiegel, W,van den Muijsenbergh, M,van Weel-Baumgarten, E,Lionis, C,Burns, N,Gravenhorst, K,Princz, C,Teunissen, E,Mareeuw, FV,Saridaki, A,Papadakaki, M,Vlahadi, M,Dowrick, C (2012) REsearch into implementation STrategies to support patients of different ORigins and language background in a variety of European primary care settings (RESTORE): study protocol. Implementation Science

2012

REsearch into implementation STrategies to support patients of different ORigins and language background in a variety of European primary care settings (RESTORE): study protocol

MacFarlane, Anne,O'Donnell, Catherine,Mair, Frances,O'Reilly-de Brun, Mary,de Brun, Tomas,Spiegel, Wolfgang,van den Muijsenbergh, Maria,van Weel-Baumgarten, Evelyn,Lionis, Christos,Burns, Nicola,Gravenhorst, Katja,Princz, Christine,Teunissen, Erik,Mareeuw, Francine van den Driessen,Saridaki, Aristoula,Papadakaki, Maria,Vlahadi, Maria,Dowrick, Christopher (2012) REsearch into implementation STrategies to support patients of different ORigins and language background in a variety of European primary care settings (RESTORE): study protocol. Implementation Science

2008

Participatory approach works

MacFarlane, A., O'Reilly-de Brún, M. and de Brún, T. (2008) Participatory approach works. British Medical Journal

2008

Not quite a theory

May, C., Ballini, L., Dowrick, C., Finch, T., Gunn, J., MacFarlane, A., McColl, E., Mair, F., Murray, E., Montori, V., O'Donnell, C., Pauline Ong, Pope. C. Rapley, T., Rogers, A., Treweek, S. and Wilson, R. (2008) Not quite a theory . British Medical Journal

Books

Book Chapters

2018

Commentary on Case 3.1

MacFarlane A.;Roche B. (2018) Commentary on Case 3.1. Ethics in Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being: Cases and Commentaries :-65

2018

Commentary on Case 3.4

MacFarlane A.;Roche B. (2018) Commentary on Case 3.4. Ethics in Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being: Cases and Commentaries :-75

2018

Commentary on Case 3.3

MacFarlane A.;Roche B. (2018) Commentary on Case 3.3. Ethics in Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being: Cases and Commentaries :-72

2018

Commentary on Case 3.2

MacFarlane A.;Roche B. (2018) Commentary on Case 3.2. Ethics in Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being: Cases and Commentaries :-68

2018

Part 3: Concluding comments

MacFarlane A.;Roche B. (2018) Part 3: Concluding comments. Ethics in Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being: Cases and Commentaries :76-79

2010

Medical pluralism: Biomedicines as ethnomedicines

MacFarlane, A. and deBrún, T (2010) Medical pluralism: Biomedicines as ethnomedicines. Oxford, UK : Berghahn Books Folk Healing and Healthcare Practices in Britain and Ireland: Stethoscopes, Wands and Crystals

2010

Republic of Ireland: Biomedicines as ethnomedicines

McClean, S. and Moore, R (2010) Republic of Ireland: Biomedicines as ethnomedicines. Oxford,UK : Berghahn Books Folk Healing And Health Care Practices In Britain And Ireland: Stethoscopes, Wands and Crystals

2005

Women Health Workers

Pelan, R. and Hayes, A. (2005) Women Health Workers. Galway,Ireland : Women's Studies Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway Women Emerging: A Decade of Irish Feminist Scholarship

Edited Books

This author has not written any publications of this type yet.

Other Journals

Conference Publications

Conference Contributions

2014

AUDGPI

Hennelly SJ, MacFarlane A, Hannigan A, Culhane A, Klimas J, McGrath D, Dunne C, Cullen W. (2014) AUDGPI.

2014

AUDGPI

Hennelly SJ, MacFarlane A, Hannigan A, Culhane A, Klimas J, McGrath D, Dunne C, Cullen W. (2014) AUDGPI.

Published Reports

2002

Practice and Process: A qualitative evaluation of the organisational, social and educational processes involved in joint teleconferenced medical consultations.

Harrison, R., MacFarlane, A., Murray, E., Berlin, A. and Wallace, P (2002) Practice and Process: A qualitative evaluation of the organisational, social and educational processes involved in joint teleconferenced medical consultations.. Dublin,Ireland : Final report for Department of Health, Information Communication Technologies Programme, Grant 367

Editorials

Book Reviews

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Other Publications

2022

Service User and Service Provider Perceptions of Enablers and Barriers for Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Women Accessing and Engaging with Perinatal Mental Health Care Services in the WHO European Region: A Scoping Review Protocol

Markey, K;MacFarlane, A;Noonan, M;Moloney, M;Huschke, S;O'Donnell, K;O'Donnell, C;Tuohy, T;Mohamed, AH;Doody, O (2022) Service User and Service Provider Perceptions of Enablers and Barriers for Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Women Accessing and Engaging with Perinatal Mental Health Care Services in the WHO European Region: A Scoping Review Protocol. BASEL : MDPI International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health

2018

Developing a health care system level response to support the routine use of trained interpreters in the Irish healthcare system: A participatory, theoretically informed project

Puthoopparambil, S;Roura, M;Boyle, P;Silva, MD;Gleeson, C;Grogan, J;Kenny, M;Nurse, D;Phelan, M;Quilty, T;MacFarlane, A (2018) Developing a health care system level response to support the routine use of trained interpreters in the Irish healthcare system: A participatory, theoretically informed project. OXFORD : OXFORD UNIV PRESS European Journal Of Public Health :60-60

2018

Migrant health in Ireland: a scoping review

Villarroel-Williams, N;Puthoopparambil, S;Hannigan, A;Severoni, S;MacFarlane, A (2018) Migrant health in Ireland: a scoping review. OXFORD : OXFORD UNIV PRESS European Journal Of Public Health :77-78