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Helen Eke

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

H.E.Eke@exeter.ac.uk

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+44 (0) 1392 722923

South Cloisters 2.05

South Cloisters, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK

Overview

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the NIHR South West Peninsula Applied Research Collaboration (PenARC) Child Health and Maternity Programme. The programme is a three year programme of research which aims to find effective ways to implement evidence-based interventions to improve children’s and maternity services widely across England by supporting four implementation studies. The research will engage with a wide range of voices from communities, children and young people and their families, and women using maternity services, reflecting the needs and priorities of the public, professionals and healthcare organisations to identify key areas where evidence can help to improve public health and services in health and social care.

Previous to this role I have worked on a number of other projects within the Medical School;

Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Improving Continence for Children and Young People with Neurodisability (ICoN) project. The aim of the project was to summarise the available evidence for interventions relating to improving continence for children and young people with neurodisability. The study used a survey to investigate current NHS practice, and conducted a systematic review of the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and contextual factors that modify implementation of interventions.

Associate Research Fellow and PhD student on the Children and adolescents with ADHD in transition between children’s services and adult services (CATCh-uS) study. The project focused on what happens to young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) when they are too old to stay within children’s services.

I have also worked as a Coordinator on the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) and an Associate Research Fellow on the Helping Children Achieve (HCA) study.

Qualifications

PhD Medical Studies (University of Exeter) 2019

MA Child Welfare and Applied Childhood Studies (University of Wales, Swansea) 2008

BA (hons) Applied Sports Science and Coaching with Education Studies (University of Exeter) 2006

Research group links

Institute of Health Research

Research

Research projects

HCA - Helping Children Achieve 2010-2012

HeLP - Healthy Lifestyles Programme 2012-2015

CATCh-uS - Children and Adolescents with ADHD in Transition from Child to Adult Services. 2016-2018

ICoN - Improving Continence for Children and Young People with Neurodisability 2019-2020

CH&M - Child Health and Maternity Programme 2020-present

Publications

Journal articles

Price A, Mitchell S, Janssens A, Eke H, Ford T, Newlove-Delgado T (In Press). In transition with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): children’s services clinicians’ perspectives on the role of information in healthcare transitions for young people with ADHD. BMC Psychiatry Abstract.

Eke H, Ball S, Allinson A, Anderson R, Hunt H, Hutton E, Lindsay C, Logan S, Madden N, Melluish J, et al (In Press). Interventions to improve continence for children and young people with neurodisability: a national survey of practitioner and family perspectives and experiences. BMJ Paeditatrics Open Abstract.

Benham-Clarke S, Ford T, Mitchell S, Price A, Newlove-Delgado T, Blake S, Eke H, Moore D, Russell A, Janssens A, et al (In Press). Role of Education Settings in Transition from Child to Adult Health Services for Young People with ADHD. Journal of Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Russell AE, Benham‐Clarke S, Ford T, Eke H, Price A, Mitchell S, Newlove‐Delgado T, Moore D, Janssens A (2023). Educational experiences of young people with <scp>ADHD</scp> in the <scp>UK</scp>: Secondary analysis of qualitative data from the <scp>CATCh‐uS</scp> mixed‐methods study. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 93(4), 941-959. Abstract.

Janssens A, Blake S, Eke H, Price A, Ford T (2022). Parenting roles for young people with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder transitioning to adult services. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 65(1), 136-144. Abstract.

Titheradge D, Godfrey J, Eke H, Price A, Ford T, Janssens A (2022). Why young people stop taking their attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication: a thematic analysis of interviews with young people. Child: Care, Health and Development, 48(5), 724-735. Abstract.

Eke H, Hunt H, Ball S, Rogers M, Whear R, Allinson A, Melluish J, Lindsay C, Richardson D, Rogers J, et al (2021). Improving continence in children and young people with neurodisability: survey of current NHS practice and systematic review of effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and contextual factors that modify implementation of interventions. Health Technology Assessment

Eke H, Janssens A, Newlove-Delgado T, Paul M, Price A, Young S, Ford T (2020). Clinician perspectives on the use of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines for the process of transition in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Child Care Health Dev, 46(1), 111-120. Abstract. Author URL.

Price A, Janssens A, Newlove-Delgado T, Eke H, Paul M, Sayal K, Hollis C, Ani C, Young S, Dunn-Morua S, et al (2020). Mapping UK mental health services for adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: national survey with comparison of reporting between three stakeholder groups. BJPsych Open, 6(4). Abstract.

Eke H, Ford T, Newlove-Delgado T, Price A, Young S, Ani C, Sayal K, Lynn RM, Paul M, Janssens A, et al (2020). Transition between child and adult services for young people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): findings from a British national surveillance study. Br J Psychiatry, 217(5), 616-622. Abstract. Author URL.

Janssens A, Eke H, Price A, Blake S, Newlove-Delgado T, Logan S, Ford T (2020). Young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in transition from children's services to adult services (CATCh-uS): a mixed methods national scoping study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 1-184. Abstract.

Eke H, Janssens A, Downs J, Lynn RM, Ani C, Ford T (2019). How to measure the need for transition to adult services among young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): a comparison of surveillance versus case note review methods. BMC Med Res Methodol, 19(1). Abstract. Author URL.

Price A, Newlove-Delgado T, Eke H, Paul M, Young S, Ford T, Janssens A (2019). In transition with ADHD: the role of information, in facilitating or impeding young people's transition into adult services. BMC Psychiatry, 19(1). Abstract. Author URL.

Eke H, Janssens A, Ford T (2019). Review: Transition from children's to adult services: a review of guidelines and protocols for young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in England. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 24(2), 123-132. Abstract.

Price A, Janssens A, Dunn-Morua S, Eke H, Asherson P, Lloyd T, Ford T (2019). Seven steps to mapping health service provision: lessons learned from mapping services for adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the UK. BMC Health Serv Res, 19(1). Abstract. Author URL.

Ayyash H, Ford T, Janssens A, Eke H, Price AM, Morton M, Lynn R (2018). G469 Impact of CAPSS and BPSU in identifying the imminent needs of ADHD patients in transition from children's to adult services across the United Kingdom. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 103, A191-A192.

Lloyd J, McHugh C, Minton J, Eke H, Wyatt K (2017). The impact of active stakeholder involvement on recruitment, retention and engagement of schools, children and their families in the cluster randomised controlled trial of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP): a school-based intervention to prevent obesity. Trials, 18(1). Abstract.

Conferences

Eke H, Janssens A, Lynn R, Ford T (2018). I12 Using a surveillance methodology to estimate the incidence of transition for young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) requiring ongoing support from child to adult services. International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units.

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