Dr Joanne Blake
Research Associate
- blakej@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 206 87256
- Room 12.08, 12th floor, Eastgate House, 35-43 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0AB
Overview
I am a qualitative research associate based in Cardiff University's School of Healthcare Sciences, with a particular interest in the utlisation of ethnographic methods to better understand heatlhcare services and organisation. At present I am working on the Freedom to Speak up Local Guardian's project, and I previously worked on the EDARA study (Evaluating the Diversion of Alcohol Related Attendances).
My research interests are broad, and include: medical sociology, healthcare organisation and service improvement, the role of the third sector in health service delivery, values and ethics and how these inform practice, and staff and patient wellbeing.
Prior to my role here, I completed an ESRC funded PhD in Cardiff University's School of Social Sciences, where I utlised ethnographic methods to explore the relationship between values and practices on a third sector mental health garden project. I also contributed to a number of projects within the Social Sciences department as a research assistant, and spent some time working for the Welsh Government as a research intern.
Biography
Education and Qualifications
- PhD (Social Sciences), Cardiff University (2016)
- Msc, Distinction (Social Science Research Methods), Cardiff Univerisity (2011)
- BscEcon, First Class Honours (Sociology and Social Policy), Cardiff University (2008)
Career Overview
- 2016-Present - Research Associate - Cardiff School of Healthcare Sciences
- 2011 -2016 - PhD student - Cardiff School of Social Sciences
- 2011 - 2015 - Graduate Teaching Assitant - Cardiff School of Social Sciences
- 2014 - Social Researcher - Welsh Government
- 2009 - 2015 - Research Assistant - Cardiff School of Social Sciences
Professional memberships
- British Sociological Association
Academic positions
- 2016-Present - Research Associate - Cardiff School of Healthcare Sciences
- 2011 -2016 - PhD student - Cardiff School of Social Sciences
- 2011 - 2015 - Graduate Teaching Assitant - Cardiff School of Social Sciences
- 2009 - 2015 - Research Assistant - Cardiff School of Social Sciences
Speaking engagements
- Professionalism and the Third Sector - paper presented at the International Society for Third Sector Research: Democratisation, Marketisation, and the Third Sector, Siena, Itally, July 10-13 2012
Committees and reviewing
- Journal Reviewer for Sociology of Health and Illness.
Publications
2021
- Jones, A. et al. 2021. A mixed methods evaluation of the implementation of 'Freedom to Speak Up Guardians' in NHS England acute trusts and mental health trusts. NIHR Journals Library.
- Jones, A., Blake, J., Adams, M., Kelly, D., Mannion, R. and Maben, J. 2021. Interventions promoting employee “speaking-up” within healthcare workplaces: a systematic narrative review of the international literature. Health Policy 125(3), pp. 375-384. (10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.12.016)
- Jones, A., Blake, J., Banks, C., Adams, M., Kelly, D., Mannion, R. and Maben, J. 2021. Speaking up about bullying and harassment in healthcare: reflections following the introduction of an innovative “speak up” role in NHS England. In: Connecting Healthcare Worker Well-Being, Patient Safety and Organisational Change: The Triple Challenge. Aligning Perspectives on Health, Safety and Well-Being, pp. 145-161., (10.1007/978-3-030-60998-6_10)
2020
- Moore, S. C. et al. 2020. Evaluating alcohol intoxication management services: the EDARA mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research 8(24), pp. 1-214. (10.3310/hsdr08240)
2019
- Blake, J. 2019. Utilising a MacIntyrean approach to understand how social enterprise may contribute to wellbeing. Social Enterprise Journal 15(4), pp. 421-437. (10.1108/SEJ-12-2018-0079)
2018
- Stroud, D., Fairbrother, P., Evans, C. and Blake, J. 2018. Governments matter for capitalist economies: Regeneration and transition to green and decent jobs. Economic and Industrial Democracy 39(1), pp. 87-108. (10.1177/0143831X15601731)
- Irving, A., Goodacre, S., Blake, J., Allen, D. and Moore, S. C. 2018. Managing alcohol-related attendances in emergency care: can diversion to bespoke services lessen the burden?. Emergency Medicine Journal 35(2), pp. 79-82. (10.1136/emermed-2016-206451)
2016
- Blake, J. 2016. A growing community: a sociological exploration of values and practices on a third sector mental health project. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2015
- Blake, J. 2015. Religious beliefs and attitudes to organ donation. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Welsh Government. Available at: https://gov.wales/religious-beliefs-and-attitudes-organ-donation-0
2014
- Stroud, D., Fairbrother, P., Evans, C. and Blake, J. 2014. Skill development in the transition to a 'green economy': A 'varieties of capitalism' analysis. Economic and Labour Relations Review 25(1), pp. 10-27. (10.1177/1035304613517457)
I am currently working on the ‘Freedom to Speak Up Local Guardians’ project. This project seeks to evaluate the implementation and normalisation of Local Guardians in NHS England within Acute and Mental Health Trusts.