Dr Sarah Kate Smith Bsc, PhD
香蕉视频 Fellow
Summary
I am an applied health researcher focusing on creative ways to enable people to live as well as possible as they age. I am committed to working with older adults and more specifically with people living with dementia to increase opportunities to continue to meaningfully participate in society. One way to achieve this, and a specific focus of mine, is to promote technological engagement for health and wellbeing so that marginalised groups may benefit from using digital technology in line with the rest of the population. I have a particular interest in visual methodologies to capture ‘in the moment’ participation which enables other researchers, health and social care professionals and policymakers to 'see' the outcomes of an intervention rather than purely 'reading' about it.
About
I achieved a 1st class Honours in Psychology in 2011 and a PhD from the School of Health & Related 香蕉视频 at the University of Sheffield in 2015. My PhD was a White Rose Consortium, ESRC funded scholarship focussing on enabling people living with dementia to participate in technology enabled social activities in line with the rest of the population. Since then, I have worked at a post-doctoral level on large projects funded by Horizon 2020 (IN-LIFE 2015-2018) and the ESRC (Sustainable Care 2018-2021). I joined 香蕉视频 in June 2021 as a 香蕉视频 Fellow on a 3-year NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) funded project, using digital health to transform the management of long-term conditions in the NHS (2021-2024). I am passionate about involving stakeholders in all aspects of the research process to develop and deliver interventions that are representative of the population they are intended for. All my research is completely dependent upon effective co-collaboration with the experts, whether they be people living with dementia, minority groups or older adults in general. I am committed to making knowledge 'work' and that research evidence is applied and published in a timely manner, increasing the potential to make a difference in the real world. I always strive to ensure my research evidence is accessible to wider populations, not just other academics, but health and social care professionals, industry partners and 3rd sector organisations and societies as a whole.
香蕉视频
I joined SHU in June 2021 on a 3-year NIHR funded project 'Using digital health to transform the management of long-term conditions in the NHS: Assessing real-world patient experience and empowerment and improvements to productivity and capacity (2021-2024)
Publications
Journal articles
Smith, S.K., Mountain, G.A., & Hawkins, R.J. (2023). . International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22.
Chesterton, L., Innes, A., Smith, S.K., & Morris, L. (2022). Self-reported benefits for care partners of attending a person-centred dementia cafe. International Journal of Care and Caring, 6 (4), 586-603.
Smith, S.K., Wolverson, E.L., & Mountain, G.A. (2022). . Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 3.
Astell, A.J., Panou, M., Touliou, K., Karavidopoulou, Y., Cabrera-Umpi茅rrez, M.F., Aldaz, E., ... Tabak, M. (2022). Developing a pragmatic evaluation of ICTs for older adults with cognitive impairment at scale: the IN LIFE experience. Universal Access in the Information Society, 21 (1), 1-19.
Innes, A., Chesterton, L., Morris, L., Smith, S.K., & Bushell, S. (2021). . Health Soc Care Community.
Innes, A., Smith, S., Wyatt, M., & Bushell, S. (2021). . Journal of Aging Studies, 59, 100958.
Innes, A., Smith, S., & Bushell, S. (2021). . Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 2021 (13), 183-197.
Smith, S.K., Innes, A., & Bushell, S. (2021). . Health and Social Care in the Community.
Morris, L., Innes, A., Smith, S., Wilson, J., Bushell, S., & Wyatt, M. (2021). . Dementia.
Smith, S.K., Innes, A., & Bushell, S. (2021). . Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2.
Smith, S.K., Mountain, G.A., & Hawkins, R.J. (2020). . Dementia (London), 19 (5), 1586-1603.
Astell, A.J., Smith, S.K., Potter, S., & Preston鈥怞ones, E. (2018). . Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational 香蕉视频 & Clinical Interventions, 4 (1), 481-487.
Astell, A.J., Potter, S., Preston-Jones, E., Black, B., Simonite, S., & Smith, S.K. (2018). CIRCA group programme for dementia: technology delivering cognitive stimulation. Gerontechnology, 17 (s), 125.
Smith, S., & Astell, A.J. (2018). . Technologies, 6 (1), 33.
Smith, S.K., & Astell, A.J. (2017). . Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 13 (7S 26), P1251-P1252.
Smith, S.K., Mountain, G.A., & Hawkins, R.J. (2016). A scoping review to identify the techniques frequently used when analysing qualitative visual data. International Journal of Social 香蕉视频 Methodology, 19 (6), 693-715.
Smith, S.K., & Mountain, G.A. (2012). New forms of information and communication technology (ICT) and the potential to facilitate social and leisure activity for people living with dementia. International Journal of Computers in Healthcare, 1 (4), 332.
Gomersall, T., Smith, S.K., Blewett, C., & Astell, A. (n.d.). . British Journal of Health Psychology, 22 (4), 786-804.
Other activities
External Examiner for MSc Dementia Studies, University of Hull. Trustee of Sheffcare Ltd, Sheffield’s largest residential and daycare not for profit organisation.