Dr Amie Hodges
Senior Lecturer: Children and Young People
- hodgesas@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 225 10686
- Room 613, Eastgate House, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0AB
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am a Senior Lecturer in Children and Young People in the School of Healthcare Sciences and I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
As a Sociologist with a clinical background in both child and adult nursing, I have a long standing interest in improving health and wellbeing outcomes. My research focuses on the lived experiences and social worlds of children, young people and families in relation to chronic illness trajectories.
My Doctoral research was supported by The Florence Nightingale Foundation. The study focused on The family centred care experiences of child siblings living in the context of cystic fibrosis. I used visual, creative and participatory methods and drew on dramaturgy to highlight sibling performance, social interactions and places and spaces encountered in family life. My work challenged the perspective of the 'well' sibling in the field of chronic illness.
I have received funding and scholarship awards from The Florence Nightingale Foundation, The Band Trust, GNC, The Royal College of Nursing, The Brocher Foundation,Sociology of Health and Illness, Cardiff University and GlaxoSmithKline.
I have presented my research to representatives from WHO, Red Cross and The UN and have conducted a Travel Scholarship Study which focused on The impact of an Asthma Camp on the quality of life of children in Nova Scotia.
In clinical practice I pioneered service improvement in children's respiratory and allergy care in hospitals and communities and this work was recognised in a nomination for Welsh Woman of The Year.
I was nominated for Enriching Student Lives Awards for Teaching in the School of Healthcare Sciences and I have successfully co-supervised two PhD students through to completion.
My publications reflect my research interests in child, family and sibling wellbeing, I have written for Wiley Blackwell, Brill and Emerald publishers.
Biography
Honours and awards
Honours and Awards
2017 Awarded a Travel Scholarship to Montreal : Sociology of Health and Illness.
2017 Awarded First Prize for Research Paper of the day. Royal College of Nursing International Conference. Oxford.
2015 Nominated: Enriching Student Lives Award. Nominated for going above and beyond as a lecturer
2015 Royal College of Nursing Bursary Award
2014/2015 Awarded A Florence Nightingale Research Scholarship
2014 Poster Award Florence Nightingale Foundation Conference
2014 Cardiff University Bursary and Travel Scholarship Award to attend and present at the International Patient and Family Centred Care Conference. Vancouver.
2013/2014 Awarded A Florence Nightingale Research Scholarship
2013/2014 Awarded the Brocher Foundation Scholarship/ 4 week residency as a research scholarship fellow. Geneva. Switzerland.
2012/2013 Awarded A Florence Nightingale Research Scholarship
2014 Poster Award Florence Nightingale Foundation Conference
2014 Cardiff University Bursary and Travel Scholarship Award to attend and present at the International Patient and Family Centred Care Conference. Vancouver.
2013/2014 Awarded A Florence Nightingale Research Scholarship
2006 Awarded Ann Vaughn Prize for achieving a distinction in my PGCE
2011 RCN Publishing Children and Young People. Prize Winner
2000/2001 RCT Chairman's Charity Appeal. Award for respiratory development in the community 20,000
2000 Florence Nightingale Foundation Travel Scholarship 2000, to examine the impact of children's asthma camps on the quality of life of children in Nova Scotia Canada with the Canadian Lung Association.
2013/2014 Awarded the Brocher Foundation Scholarship/ 4 week residency as a research scholarship fellow. Geneva. Switzerland.
2012/2013 Awarded A Florence Nightingale Research Scholarship
Professional memberships
- Member of the Royal College of Nursing
- Registrant Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Florence Nightingale Foundation Alumni Member
Publications
2021
- Hodges, A., Kelly, D. and Tod, J. 2021. Impact on Siblings. In: Brimble, M. and McNee, P. eds. Nursing Care of Children & Young People with Long Term Conditions. Wiley Blackwell, pp. 81-94.
2020
- Mannay, D. and Hodges, A. 2020. ‘Third objects’ and sandboxes creatively engaging children to share their understandings of social worlds. In: White, E. J. ed. Seeing the world through children's eyes: Visual methodologies and approaches to early learning. Leiden: Brill
2016
- Hodges, A. S. 2016. The family centred experiences of siblings in the context of cystic fibrosis: a dramaturgical exploration. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2009
- Hodges, A. S. 2009. Factors that can influence mentorship relationships. Paediatric Nursing 21(6), pp. 32-35.
2008
- Hodges, A. S. 2008. Change management: setting up an asthma camp for children. Nursing Standard 23(15), pp. 35-38.
2007
- Hodges, A. S. 2007. Severe allergy: an audit and service review. Paediatric Nursing 19 (9) 26-31 19(9), pp. 26-31.
Teaching
Current doctoral students
Abeer Jamal (International student: Saudi Arabia) : The Physical Therapists' and Parents lived experience of Family Centred Care for children with disabilities in Saudi Arabia. A Qualitative Phenomenological Approach.
Fatmah Saigh (International student: Saudi Arabia) : Mothers' involvement in their child's post - operative pain management in Saudi Arabia.
Aisha Salim Al-Mamari (International student: Oman) : The implementation of gestational diabetes mellitus screening in Oman.
Supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- Children and young people's health and illness
- Siblings
- Family Centred care
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Chronic Illness
- Complex care
- Social Interaction
Past projects
Current doctoral students
Abeer Jamal (International student: Saudi Arabia) The Physical Therapists' and Parents lived experience of Family Centred Care for children with disabilities in Saudi Arabia. A Qualitative Phenomenological Approach.
Fatmah Saigh (International student: Saudi Arabia) Mothers' involvement in their child's post operative pain management in Saudi Arabia.
Aisha Salim Al Mamari (International student: Oman) The implementation of gestational diabetes screening in Oman.