Alison Bethel
Information Specialist
A.Bethel@exeter.ac.uk
6054
+44 (0) 1392 726054
South Cloisters
South Cloisters, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
Overview
Alison joined PenCLARHC in 2011 as an Information Specialist and works with the Evidence Synthesis Team designing and running systematic literature searches.
She previously worked for the Environment Agency in various information roles, including Information Centre Manager and Library Systems Manager, and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory/Marine Biological Association as Assistant Information Scientist. More recently she has spent time working as a Project Manager and Knowledge Manager as well as working as an independent Information Specialist.
Qualifications
- PG Diploma Library and Information Studies
- BSc Biology
Research
Research projects
Grants/Funding
Co-applicant. Health Libraries Group grant. The best of the UK? A report on the value and future of UK databases in the health and social care fields: a systematic map protocol.
Publications
Journal articles
Ohly H, White MP, Wheeler BW, Bethel A, Ukomunne O, Nikolaou V, Garside R (In Press). Attention restoration theory: a systematic review of the attention restoration potential of exposure to natural environments. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B, In Press
Abbott RA, Whear R, Rodgers LR, Bethel A, Thompson Coon J, Kuyken W, Stein K, Dickens C (In Press). Effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness based cognitive therapy in vascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Journal of Psychosomatic Research(0). Author URL.
Baumfield V, Bethel A, Boyle C, Katene W, Knowler H, Koutsouris G, Norwich B (In Press). How lesson study is used in initial teacher education: an international review of literature. Teacher Development
Goodwin V, Allan L, Bethel A, Cowley A, Cross J, Day J, Drummond A, Howard M, Morley N, Thompson Coon J, et al (In Press). Rehabilitation to enable recovery from COVID-19: a rapid systematic review. Physiotherapy
De Bell S, Zhelev Z, Shaw N, Bethel A, Anderson R, Thompson Coon J (In Press). Remote monitoring for long-term physical health conditions: an evidence and gap map. NIHR Journals Library Publications
McHugh C, Hurst A, Bethel A, Lloyd J, Logan G, Wyatt K (In Press). The impact of the World Health Organisation Health Promoting Schools framework approach on diet and physical activity behaviours of adolescents in secondary schools: a systematic review. Public Health
Dickens CM, abbott R, Whear R, Nikolaou V, Bethel A, Thomson Coon J, Stein K (In Press). Tumour necrosis factor α inhibitor therapy in chronic physical illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect on depression and anxiety. Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Rogers M, Sutton A, Campbell F, Whear R, Bethel A, Coon JT (2024). Streamlining search methods to update evidence and gap maps: a case study using intergenerational interventions. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 20(1).
Abbott R, Thompson Coon J, Bethel A, Rogers M, Whear R, Orr N, Garside R, Goodwin V, Mahmoud A, Lourida I, et al (2023). PROTOCOL: Health and social care interventions in the 80 years old and over population: an evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19(2). Abstract.
Abbott R, Bethel A, Rogers M, Whear R, Orr N, Shaw L, Stein K, Thompson Coon J (2022). Characteristics, quality and volume of the first 5 months of the COVID-19 evidence synthesis infodemic: a meta-research study. BMJ Evid Based Med, 27(3), 169-177. Abstract. Author URL.
Eales J, Bethel A, Galloway T, Hopkinson P, Morrissey K, Short RE, Garside R (2022). Human health impacts of exposure to phthalate plasticizers: an overview of reviews. Environ Int, 158 Abstract. Author URL.
Whear R, Abbott RA, Bethel A, Richards DA, Garside R, Cockcroft E, Iles-Smith H, Logan PA, Rafferty AM, Shepherd M, et al (2022). Impact of COVID-19 and other infectious conditions requiring isolation on the provision of and adaptations to fundamental nursing care in hospital in terms of overall patient experience, care quality, functional ability, and treatment outcomes: systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78(1), 78-108. Abstract.
Richards DA, Sugg HVR, Cockcroft E, Cooper J, Cruickshank S, Doris F, Hulme C, Logan P, Iles-Smith H, Melendez-Torres GJ, et al (2021). COVID-NURSE: evaluation of a fundamental nursing care protocol compared with care as usual on experience of care for noninvasively ventilated patients in hospital with the SARS-CoV-2 virus—protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 11(5), e046436-e046436. Abstract.
Short RE, Cox DTC, Ling Tan Y, Bethel A, Eales JF, Garside R (2021). Review of the evidence for oceans and human health relationships in Europe: a systematic map. Environ Int, 146 Abstract. Author URL.
Bethel AC, Rogers M, Abbott R (2021). Use of a search summary table to improve systematic review search methods, results, and efficiency. J Med Libr Assoc, 109(1), 97-106. Abstract. Author URL.
Eales J, Bethel A, Fullam J, Olmesdahl S, Wulandari P, Garside R (2021). What is the evidence documenting the effects of marine or coastal nature conservation or natural resource management activities on human well-being in South East Asia? a systematic map. Environment International, 151, 106397-106397.
Nakagawa S, Dunn AG, Lagisz M, Bannach-Brown A, Grames EM, Sánchez-Tójar A, O’Dea RE, Noble DWA, Westgate MJ, Arnold PA, et al (2020). A new ecosystem for evidence synthesis. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4(4), 498-501.
Matthews J, Bethel A, Osei G (2020). An overview of malarial Anopheles mosquito survival estimates in relation to methodology. Parasites and Vectors, 13
Haddaway NR, Bethel A, Dicks LV, Koricheva J, Macura B, Petrokofsky G, Pullin AS, Savilaakso S, Stewart GB (2020). Author Correction: Eight problems with literature reviews and how to fix them. Nat Ecol Evol, 4(12). Abstract. Author URL.
Briscoe S, Bethel A, Rogers M (2020). Conduct and reporting of citation searching in Cochrane systematic reviews: a cross-sectional study. Res Synth Methods, 11(2), 169-180. Abstract. Author URL.
Abbott RA, Moore DA, Rogers M, Bethel A, Stein K, Coon JT (2020). Effectiveness of pharmacist home visits for individuals at risk of medication-related problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMC Health Serv Res, 20(1). Abstract. Author URL.
Haddaway NR, Bethel A, Dicks LV, Koricheva J, Macura B, Petrokofsky G, Pullin AS, Savilaakso S, Stewart GB (2020). Eight problems with literature reviews and how to fix them. Nat Ecol Evol, 4(12), 1582-1589. Abstract. Author URL.
Yeo NL, Elliott LR, Bethel A, White MP, Dean SG, Garside R (2020). Indoor Nature Interventions for Health and Wellbeing of Older Adults in Residential Settings: a Systematic Review. Gerontologist, 60(3), e184-e199. Abstract. Author URL.
Rogers M, Bethel A, Briscoe S (2020). Resources for forwards citation searching for implementation studies in dementia care: a case study comparing Web of Science and Scopus. Res Synth Methods, 11(3), 379-386. Abstract. Author URL.
Husk K, Blockley K, Lovell R, Bethel A, Lang I, Byng R, Garside R (2020). What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? a realist review. Health and Social Care in the Community, 28(2), 309-324. Abstract.
Stanton IC, Bethel A, Leonard AFC, Gaze WH, Garside R (2020). What is the research evidence for antibiotic resistance exposure and transmission to humans from the environment? a systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence, 9(1). Abstract.
Abbott R, Orr N, McGill P, Whear R, Bethel A, Garside R, Stein K, Thompson-Coon J (2019). How do "robopets" impact the health and well-being of residents in care homes? a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence. Int J Older People Nurs, 14(3). Abstract. Author URL.
Hunt H, Abbott R, Boddy K, Whear R, Wakely L, Bethel A, Morris C, Prosser S, Collinson A, Kurinczuk J, et al (2019). “They've walked the walk”: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence for parent-to-parent support for parents of babies in neonatal care. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 25(4), 166-176. Abstract.
Rogers M, Bethel A, Abbott R (2018). Locating qualitative studies in dementia on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO: a comparison of search strategies. Res Synth Methods, 9(4), 579-586. Abstract. Author URL.
Hunt H, Whear R, Boddy K, Wakely L, Bethel A, Morris C, Abbott R, Prosser S, Collinson A, Kurinczuk J, et al (2018). Parent-to-parent support interventions for parents of babies cared for in a neonatal unit-protocol of a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence. Syst Rev, 7(1). Abstract. Author URL.
Abbott RA, Martin AE, Newlove-Delgado TV, Bethel A, Whear RS, Thompson Coon J, Logan S (2018). Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Children: Summary Evidence from 3 Systematic Reviews of Treatment Effectiveness. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 67(1), 23-33. Abstract. Author URL.
Cheng SH, Augustin C, Bethel A, Gill D, Anzaroot S, Brun J, DeWilde B, Minnich RC, Garside R, Masuda YJ, et al (2018). Using machine learning to advance synthesis and use of conservation and environmental evidence. Conserv Biol, 32(4), 762-764. Author URL.
Kuźma E, Hannon E, Zhou A, Lourida I, Bethel A, Levine DA, Lunnon K, Thompson-Coon J, Hyppönen E, Llewellyn DJ, et al (2018). Which Risk Factors Causally Influence Dementia? a Systematic Review of Mendelian Randomization Studies. J Alzheimers Dis, 64(1), 181-193. Abstract. Author URL.
Lovell R, Husk K, Blockley KV, Bethel A, Bloomfield D, Sara W, Pearson MGN, Lang IA, Byng R, Garside R, et al (2017). A realist review and collaborative development of what works in the social prescribing process. Lancet, 390, s62-s62.
Rogers M, Bethel A, Boddy K (2017). Development and testing of a medline search filter for identifying patient and public involvement in health research. Health Info Libr J, 34(2), 125-133. Abstract. Author URL.
Newlove-Delgado TV, Martin AE, Abbott RA, Bethel A, Thompson-Coon J, Whear R, Logan S (2017). Dietary interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 3(3). Abstract. Author URL.
Martin AE, Newlove-Delgado TV, Abbott RA, Bethel A, Thompson-Coon J, Whear R, Logan S (2017). Pharmacological interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(3). Abstract.
Abbott RA, Martin AE, Newlove-Delgado TV, Bethel A, Thompson-Coon J, Whear R, Logan S (2017). Psychosocial interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 1(1). Abstract. Author URL.
Brand SL, Thompson Coon J, Fleming LE, Carroll L, Bethel A, Wyatt K (2017). Whole-system approaches to improving the health and wellbeing of healthcare workers: a systematic review. PLoS One, 12(12). Abstract. Author URL.
Ohly H, Gentry S, Wigglesworth R, Bethel A, Lovell R, Garside R (2016). A systematic review of the health and well-being impacts of school gardening: synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence. BMC Public Health, 16 Abstract. Author URL.
Ohly H, Gentry S, Wigglesworth R, Bethel A, Lovell R, Garside R (2016). Erratum to: a systematic review of the health and well-being impacts of school gardening: synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence. BMC Public Health, 16(1). Author URL.
Goodwin V, Hall AJ, Rogers E, Bethel A (2016). Orthotics and taping in the management of vertebral fractures in people with osteoporosis: a systematic review. BMJ Open Abstract.
Husk K, Blockley K, Lovell R, Bethel A, Bloomfield D, Warber S, Pearson M, Lang I, Byng R, Garside R, et al (2016). What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? a protocol for a realist review. Syst Rev, 5 Abstract. Author URL.
Cooper C, Rogers M, Bethel A, Briscoe S, Lowe J (2015). A mapping review of the literature on UK-focused health and social care databases. Health Info Libr J, 32(1), 5-22. Abstract. Author URL.
Parker C, Whear R, Ukoumunne OC, Bethel A, Thompson-Coon J, Stein K, Ford T (2015). School exclusion in children with psychiatric disorder or impairing psychopathology: a systematic review. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 20(3), 229-251. Abstract.
Bethel A, Rogers M (2014). A checklist to assess database-hosting platforms for designing and running searches for systematic reviews. Health Info Libr J, 31(1), 43-53. Abstract. Author URL.
Martin AE, Newlove-Delgado TV, Abbott RA, Bethel A, Thompson-Coon J, Nikolaou V, Logan S (2014). Dietary interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014(2). Abstract.
Whear R, Abbott R, Thompson-Coon J, Bethel A, Rogers M, Hemsley A, Stahl-Timmins W, Stein K (2014). Effectiveness of mealtime interventions on behavior symptoms of people with dementia living in care homes: a systematic review. J Am Med Dir Assoc, 15(3), 185-193. Abstract. Author URL.
Goodwin VA, Abbott RA, Whear R, Bethel A, Ukoumunne OC, Thompson-Coon J, Stein K (2014). Multiple component interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries among older people: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Geriatr, 14 Abstract. Author URL.
Martin AE, Newlove-Delgado TV, Abbott RA, Bethel A, Thompson-Coon J, Nikolaou V, Logan S (2014). Pharmacological interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014(2). Abstract.
Martin AE, Newlove-Delgado TV, Abbott RA, Bethel A, Thompson-Coon J, Nikolaou V, Logan S (2014). Psychosocial interventions for recurrent abdominal pain in childhood. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014(2). Abstract.
Parker C, Whear R, Ukoumunne OC, Bethel A, Thompson-Coon J, Stein K, Ford T (2014). School exclusion in children with psychiatric disorder or impairing psychopathology: a systematic review. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Abstract.
Lovell R, Husk K, Bethel A, Garside R (2014). What are the health and well-being impacts of community gardening for adults and children: a mixed method systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence, 3(1).
Whear R, Coon JT, Bethel A, Abbott R, Stein K, Garside R (2014). What is the impact of using outdoor spaces such as gardens on the physical and mental well-being of those with dementia? a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence. J Am Med Dir Assoc, 15(10), 697-705. Abstract. Author URL.
Abbott RA, Whear R, Thompson-Coon J, Ukoumunne OC, Rogers M, Bethel A, Hemsley A, Stein K (2013). Effectiveness of mealtime interventions on nutritional outcomes for the elderly living in residential care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ageing Res Rev, 12(4), 967-981. Abstract. Author URL.
Thompson-Coon J, Abdul-Rahman A-K, Whear R, Bethel A, Vaidya B, Gericke CA, Stein K (2013). Telephone consultations in place of face to face out-patient consultations for patients discharged from hospital following surgery: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res, 13 Abstract. Author URL.
Cooper C, O'Mara-Eves A, Rogers M, Bethel A, Lowe J, Crathorne L, et al (2012). The best of the UK? a report on the value and future of UK databases in the health and social care fields: a systematic map protocol. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 2(3).
Cooper C, O'Mara-Eves A, Rogers M, Bethel A, Lowe J, Crathorne L, Gomersall A (2012). The best of the UK? a report on the value and future of UK databases in the health and social care fields: a systematic map protocol. BMJ Open, 2(3). Abstract. Author URL.
Huertas-Ceballos A, Macarthur C, Logan S (2002). Pharmacological interventions for recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) in childhood. Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online : Update Software)(1). Abstract.
Chapters
Bethel A, Rogers M (2018). Choosing the right databases and search techniques. In Levay P, Craven J (Eds.) Systematic Searching: Practical ideas for improving search results, Facet Publishing. Abstract.
