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Dr Denitza Williams
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Staff academaidd ac ymchwil
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Trosolwyg
Rwyf wedi sefydlu arbenigedd a phortffolio o fewn ymchwil gwasanaethau iechyd a dulliau ymchwil ansoddol iechyd nin iechyd menywod. Mae fy ngwaith ôl-ddoethurol wedi canolbwyntio ar gyfathrebu gofal iechyd, gwella ansawdd a gofal iechyd cydweithredol, yn benodol gwneud penderfyniadau ar y cyd o fewn gwasanaethau gofal iechyd y GIG yn iechyd menywod.
Rwyf wedi arwain nifer o brosiectau dulliau cymysg gan gynnwys asesu anghenion, datblygu a gwerthuso ymyriadau gofal iechyd cydweithredol (gwneud penderfyniadau a rennir) mewn lleoliadau clinigol (clefyd cronig yr arennau / canser y fron / clefyd gwynegol awtoimiwn, ffibrosis systig).
Mae fy ngwaith yn canolbwyntio ar gefnogi iechyd menywod gan gynnwys Sgrinio Serfigol a gwneud penderfyniadau cyn beichiogi mewn menywod â chyflyrau hirdymor (Fibrosis Systig, Clefyd Cronig yr Arennau a Chlefyd Hinsoddol Autoim).
Rwy'n cydweithio'n agos â sefydliadau cenedlaethol a rhyngwladol gan gynnwys Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru, Llywodraeth Cymru a'r Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd (OECD).
Cyfrifoldebau allweddol:
Prif Ymchwilydd, Ymyrraeth cymorth penderfyniadau newydd i gefnogi dewis mewn modd sgrinio serfigol, Gwobr Canfod Cynnar a Diagnosis Primer, Cancer Research UK.
Cyd-arweinydd Cynnwys y Cyhoedd, Canolfan Dystiolaeth Ymchwil Iechyd a Gofal Cymru. https://researchwalesevidencecentre.co.uk/
Rheolwr Ymchwil, Rhaglen Waith Ymchwil Sylfaenol, Canolfan Dystiolaeth COVID-19 Cymru (WCEC).
Rheolwr Rhaglen Genedlaethol rhaglen Arolwg Dangosyddion a adroddir gan Gleifion OECD Cymru (PaRIS) yn GIG Cymru.
Is-adran cynrychiolydd Pwyllgor Rheoli Addysg Meddygaeth Boblogaeth C21.
Arweinydd pecyn gwaith ansoddol ar gyfer astudiaeth COVID-19 aml-asiantaeth fawr (COPE Cymru)
Gwobrau ac enwebiadau
Gwobrau Cyfoethogi Bywyd Myfyrwyr (2020): Enwebiad, Goruchwyliwr Doethurol Eithriadol.
Gwobrau Womenspire Chwarae Teg (2019): Enwebiad ar gyfer 'Rising Star' am waith sy'n canolbwyntio ar gyfathrebiad gofal iechyd yn iechyd menywod.
Gwobr Ysgoloriaeth Audrey Jones (2017): Gwobr ysgoloriaeth am waith doethurol sy'n canolbwyntio ar sgrinio serfigol yng Nghymru.
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- Williams, D. B., Spinks, B., Williams, D., Lewis, R., Bull, F. and Edwards, A. 2024. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people experiencing incarceration: a systematic review. BMJ Open 14, article number: e076451. (10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076451)
- McLaughlin, L., Noyes, J., Neukirchinger, B., Williams, D., Phillips, R. and Griffin, S. 2024. “It was classed as a nonemergency”: Women's experiences of kidney disease and preconception decision‐making, family planning, and parenting in the United Kingdom during COVID ‐19. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (10.1111/psrh.12256)
- Ogbonna, O., Bull, F., Spinks, B., Williams, D., Lewis, R. and Edwards, A. 2024. Interventions to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 for people experiencing homelessness and their effectiveness: a systematic review. Frontiers in Public Health 11, article number: 1286730. (10.3389/fpubh.2023.1286730)
2023
- Ogbonna, O., Bull, F., Spinks, B., Williams, D., Lewis, R. and Edwards, A. 2023. The impact of being homeless on the clinical outcomes of COVID-19: Systematic review. International Journal of Public Health 68, article number: 1605893. (10.3389/ijph.2023.1605893)
- Williams, D. et al. 2023. Sharing decisions on reproductive goals: A mixed-methods study of the views of women who have cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis 22(2), pp. 207-216. (10.1016/j.jcf.2023.02.007)
- Mc Laughlin, L. et al. 2023. Feminizing care pathways: Mixed‐methods study of reproductive options, decision making, pregnancy, post‐natal care and parenting amongst women with kidney disease. Journal of Advanced Nursing (10.1111/jan.15659)
2022
- 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)
- Williams, D. et al. 2022. Identities of women who have an autoimmune rheumatic disease [ARD] during pregnancy planning, pregnancy and early parenting: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE 17(11), article number: e0263910. (10.1371/journal.pone.0263910)
- Grant, A. et al. 2022. Views and experience of breastfeeding in public: A qualitative systematic review. Maternal and Child Nutrition 18(4), article number: e13407. (10.1111/mcn.13407)
- Parish, O., Williams, D., Odd, D. and Joseph-Williams, N. 2022. Barriers and facilitators to shared decision-making in neonatal medicine: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of parental perceptions. Patient Education and Counseling 105(5), pp. 1101-1114. (10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.033)
2021
- Poortinga, W., Bird, N., Hallingberg, B., Phillips, R. and Williams, D. 2021. The role of perceived public and private green space in subjective health and wellbeing during and after the first peak of the COVID-19 outbreak. Landscape and Urban Planning 211, article number: 104092. (10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104092)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2021. Engaging and supporting women with chronic kidney disease with pre‐conception decision‐making (including their experiences during COVID 19): A mixed‐methods study protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing 77(6), pp. 2887-2897. (10.1111/jan.14803)
- Esan, O. et al. 2021. Pregnancy and perinatal outcomes for women with Cystic Fibrosis: a UK population-based cross-sectional study, 2003-2017. Authorea (10.22541/au.162182734.44469184/v1)
- Duckers, J. et al. 2021. Re: The outcome of pregnancy in women with cystic fibrosis: a UK population-based descriptive study.. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 128(4), pp. 773-774. (10.1111/1471-0528.16588)
2020
- Pell, B., Williams, D., Phillips, R., Sanders, J., Edwards, A., Choy, E. and Grant, A. 2020. Using visual timelines in telephone interviews: Reflections and lessons learned from the STAR Family Study. International Journal of Qualitative Methods 19, pp. 1-11. (10.1177/1609406920913675)
2019
- Williams, D. et al. 2019. “Nobody knows, or seems to know how rheumatology and breastfeeding works”: Women's experiences of breastfeeding whilst managing a long-term limiting condition – A qualitative visual methods study. Midwifery 78, pp. 91-96. (10.1016/j.midw.2019.08.002)
- 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)
- 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), article number: e029485. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029485)
- 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)
2018
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Identifying the unmet information and support needs of women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pregnancy planning, pregnancy and early parenting: mixed-methods study. BMC Rheumatology 2, article number: 21. (10.1186/s41927-018-0029-4)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Reaching a consensus on research priorities for supporting women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pre-conception, pregnancy and early parenting: A Nominal Group Technique exercise with lay and professional stakeholders. Wellcome Open Research 3, article number: 75. (10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14658.1)
- Gobat, N. et al. 2018. “Focusing” in motivational interviewing: development of a training tool for practitioners. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 6(1), pp. 37-49.
- Gobat, N. et al. 2018. 'Focusing' in motivational interviewing: development of a training tool for practitioners. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 6(1), pp. 37-49. (10.5750/ejpch.v6i1.1389)
2017
- Grant, A., Williams, D., Pell, B., Stanton, H. and Phillips, R. 2017. The impact of inflammatory rheumatic diseases (such as arthritis and lupus) on transitions to motherhood: The STAR Family study. Presented at: British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2017, University of Manchester, UK, 4-7 April 2017.
- Williams, D., Davies, M., Fiander, A. N., Farewell, D., Hillier, S. and Brain, K. E. 2017. Women’s perspectives on human papillomavirus self-sampling in the context of the UK cervical screening programme. Health Expectations (10.1111/hex.12544)
2016
- Williams, D. 2016. Women’s intentions to Human Papillomavirus self-sample: development of an intervention to increase self-sampling intentions. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Articles
- Williams, D. B., Spinks, B., Williams, D., Lewis, R., Bull, F. and Edwards, A. 2024. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people experiencing incarceration: a systematic review. BMJ Open 14, article number: e076451. (10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076451)
- McLaughlin, L., Noyes, J., Neukirchinger, B., Williams, D., Phillips, R. and Griffin, S. 2024. “It was classed as a nonemergency”: Women's experiences of kidney disease and preconception decision‐making, family planning, and parenting in the United Kingdom during COVID ‐19. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (10.1111/psrh.12256)
- Ogbonna, O., Bull, F., Spinks, B., Williams, D., Lewis, R. and Edwards, A. 2024. Interventions to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 for people experiencing homelessness and their effectiveness: a systematic review. Frontiers in Public Health 11, article number: 1286730. (10.3389/fpubh.2023.1286730)
- Ogbonna, O., Bull, F., Spinks, B., Williams, D., Lewis, R. and Edwards, A. 2023. The impact of being homeless on the clinical outcomes of COVID-19: Systematic review. International Journal of Public Health 68, article number: 1605893. (10.3389/ijph.2023.1605893)
- Williams, D. et al. 2023. Sharing decisions on reproductive goals: A mixed-methods study of the views of women who have cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis 22(2), pp. 207-216. (10.1016/j.jcf.2023.02.007)
- Mc Laughlin, L. et al. 2023. Feminizing care pathways: Mixed‐methods study of reproductive options, decision making, pregnancy, post‐natal care and parenting amongst women with kidney disease. Journal of Advanced Nursing (10.1111/jan.15659)
- 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)
- Williams, D. et al. 2022. Identities of women who have an autoimmune rheumatic disease [ARD] during pregnancy planning, pregnancy and early parenting: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE 17(11), article number: e0263910. (10.1371/journal.pone.0263910)
- Grant, A. et al. 2022. Views and experience of breastfeeding in public: A qualitative systematic review. Maternal and Child Nutrition 18(4), article number: e13407. (10.1111/mcn.13407)
- Parish, O., Williams, D., Odd, D. and Joseph-Williams, N. 2022. Barriers and facilitators to shared decision-making in neonatal medicine: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of parental perceptions. Patient Education and Counseling 105(5), pp. 1101-1114. (10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.033)
- Poortinga, W., Bird, N., Hallingberg, B., Phillips, R. and Williams, D. 2021. The role of perceived public and private green space in subjective health and wellbeing during and after the first peak of the COVID-19 outbreak. Landscape and Urban Planning 211, article number: 104092. (10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104092)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2021. Engaging and supporting women with chronic kidney disease with pre‐conception decision‐making (including their experiences during COVID 19): A mixed‐methods study protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing 77(6), pp. 2887-2897. (10.1111/jan.14803)
- Esan, O. et al. 2021. Pregnancy and perinatal outcomes for women with Cystic Fibrosis: a UK population-based cross-sectional study, 2003-2017. Authorea (10.22541/au.162182734.44469184/v1)
- Duckers, J. et al. 2021. Re: The outcome of pregnancy in women with cystic fibrosis: a UK population-based descriptive study.. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 128(4), pp. 773-774. (10.1111/1471-0528.16588)
- Pell, B., Williams, D., Phillips, R., Sanders, J., Edwards, A., Choy, E. and Grant, A. 2020. Using visual timelines in telephone interviews: Reflections and lessons learned from the STAR Family Study. International Journal of Qualitative Methods 19, pp. 1-11. (10.1177/1609406920913675)
- Williams, D. et al. 2019. “Nobody knows, or seems to know how rheumatology and breastfeeding works”: Women's experiences of breastfeeding whilst managing a long-term limiting condition – A qualitative visual methods study. Midwifery 78, pp. 91-96. (10.1016/j.midw.2019.08.002)
- 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)
- 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), article number: e029485. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029485)
- 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)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Identifying the unmet information and support needs of women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pregnancy planning, pregnancy and early parenting: mixed-methods study. BMC Rheumatology 2, article number: 21. (10.1186/s41927-018-0029-4)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Reaching a consensus on research priorities for supporting women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pre-conception, pregnancy and early parenting: A Nominal Group Technique exercise with lay and professional stakeholders. Wellcome Open Research 3, article number: 75. (10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14658.1)
- Gobat, N. et al. 2018. “Focusing” in motivational interviewing: development of a training tool for practitioners. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 6(1), pp. 37-49.
- Gobat, N. et al. 2018. 'Focusing' in motivational interviewing: development of a training tool for practitioners. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 6(1), pp. 37-49. (10.5750/ejpch.v6i1.1389)
- Williams, D., Davies, M., Fiander, A. N., Farewell, D., Hillier, S. and Brain, K. E. 2017. Women’s perspectives on human papillomavirus self-sampling in the context of the UK cervical screening programme. Health Expectations (10.1111/hex.12544)
Conferences
- Grant, A., Williams, D., Pell, B., Stanton, H. and Phillips, R. 2017. The impact of inflammatory rheumatic diseases (such as arthritis and lupus) on transitions to motherhood: The STAR Family study. Presented at: British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2017, University of Manchester, UK, 4-7 April 2017.
Thesis
- Williams, D. 2016. Women’s intentions to Human Papillomavirus self-sample: development of an intervention to increase self-sampling intentions. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Ymchwil
I have growing national and international reputation within the academic filed of healthcare services research, healthcare communication, women’s health and qualitative research methods. I have numerious research publications and have secured over £1.4 million in grant funding as co-applicant/lead applicant within the field of healthcare communication over the past 5 years.
I have led the dissemination of research findings through the production of reports, stakeholder events, social media (e.g. Twitter) and many oral conference presentations internationally (Netherlands, France, Portugal) and nationally (e.g. SAPC, DHP, PRIME). I have been invited speaker at the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology as well as the Wales Assembly for Women.
Addysgu
Rwyf wedi arwain y gwaith o ddatblygu, cyflwyno ac asesu cyrsiau cydamserol ac anghydamserol.
Mae hyn yn cynnwys meddygaeth sy'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, a modiwlau dulliau ymchwil BSc (Prifysgol Caerdydd) a Lefel Meistr (rolau blaenorol ym Met Caerdydd). Rwyf wedi bod yn gyfrifol am gynllunio cynnwys ac asesu'r modiwlau hyn yn ogystal â datblygu deunyddiau cydamserol ac anghydamserol.
Arweiniais ddatblygiad a chyflwyniad addysgu ar gyfer y Cwrs Meistr mewn Cwnsela Genetig ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd (Theori Seicoleg Iechyd) ac rwyf wedi arwain datblygiad a chyflwyniad modiwl Meistr mewn Poen sy'n canolbwyntio ar gyfathrebu a lles gofal iechyd yn ystod cyn-feichiogi, beichiogrwydd a rhianta mewn menywod â chyflyrau hirdymor poenus.
Rwyf wedi bod yn ymwneud yn weithredol â datblygu dulliau ymchwil newydd sy'n addysgu ar gyfer myfyrwyr BSc Meddygol rhyng-gyfrifedig, gan gynnwys gwerthuso beirniadol meintiol ac ansoddol.
Mae'r MSc Cwnsela Genetig a Meistr mewn Poen (Prifysgol Caerdydd) yn gyrsiau rhyngwladol.
Rwyf wedi bod yn ddarlithydd gwadd ar gyfer darlithoedd seicoleg iechyd ym Mhrifysgol De Cymru.
Bywgraffiad
Trosolwg gyrfa
2021 - Prifysgol bresennol Caerdydd, Is-adran Meddygaeth y Boblogaeth, Darlithydd. Yn gyfrifol am gyfrannu at ac arwain ymchwil mewn gofal sylfaenol a heb ei drefnu a darparu addysgu ar raglen feddygol C21. Goruchwylio myfyrwyr israddedig a PhD.
2020-2022 Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd, Cymrawd Ymchwil mewn Seicoleg Iechyd. Yn gyfrifol am ddarparu'r pecyn gwaith CF:PROSPER 2.Qualitative arweiniol ar gyfer astudiaeth dulliau cymysg Covid-19 mawr.
2020-2021 Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd, Darlithydd mewn Iechyd a Lles. Arweinydd modiwlau, MSc a BSc addysgu ac asesu sy'n canolbwyntio ar iechyd, meddygaeth sy'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, dulliau ymchwil ansoddol. Hyfforddiant personol a goruchwyliaeth ar lefel BSc, MSc a PhD.
2017-2020 Prifysgol Caerdydd, Cydymaith Ymchwil. Adeiladu gallu mewn gofal sy'n canolbwyntio ar gleifion mewn iechyd menywod, ffocws ansoddol.
2016-2017 Prifysgol Caerdydd, Rheolwr Prosiect. Astudiaeth STAR - Dechrau teulu pan fydd gennych Glefyd Hinsoddol Autoim.
2015-2016 Prifysgol Caerdydd, Cydymaith Ymchwil. Gwneud penderfyniadau ar y cyd mewn canser y fron a chlefyd arennol.
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
I currently supervise PhD student Zoe Abbott. Thesis focuses on co-production of pre-conception health for women with inflammatory arthritis (funding Health and Care Research Wales, co-supervisor)
I also currently supervise two intercalated degree students. One project focuses on COVID-19 outcomes in vulnerable populations and the other focuses on patient reported safety concerns in healthcare.
I am external supervisor to an MSc Health Psychology Student in Cardiff Metropolitan University.
