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Dr Jo Day
Research Fellow
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+44 (0) 1392 726089
South Cloisters
South Cloisters, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
Overview
I am a psychologist and qualitative researcher with project management experience. I joined the National Institute for Health Research CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC) at the University of Exeter Medical School in 2012.
I work on projects studying how to put effective health and social care into practice and improve existing care. This work draws on knowledge from the Implementation Science, Improvement Science and the Knowledge Translation/Mobilisation fields. Current work involves three main strands:
- Developing new or supporting emerging research projects and obtaining grant funding.
- Working collaboratively with partner provider organisations to support the implementation of evidence-informed change.
- Capacity-building to increase the awareness and understanding of Implementation Science and Knowledge Translation/Mobilisation.
I previously worked on the internal evaluation of the pilot phase of PenCLAHRC - a participatory realist evaluation examining how closer collaboration between academics and clinicians promotes the application of research findings to improve practice.
Prior to joining PenCLAHRC I completed a PhD in 2012 in Sports and Health Sciences at the University of Exeter. This was a qualitative (narrative life-story) study exploring adults’ experience of transforming a criminal lifestyle and the role of identity, embodiment, ageing and physical activity within a strengths-based and resilence framework.
Qualifications
- BA(Hons) Social Psychology
- MSc Applied Criminological Psychology
- PhD Sport and Health Sciences
- Health & Care Professions Council Registered Forensic Psychologist
- Chartered Forensic Psychologist
- Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
Career
Qualitative researcher working on applied health and social care projects. A forensic psychologist working in criminal justice services for over 12 years, roles included:
- Development, evaluation and quality assurance of evidence-based interventions for people with criminal convictions
- Senior manager and supervision of staff within multi-disciplinary teams
- Clinical work in one to one, group and therapeutic community settings
- Risk assessment and expert witness
Research
Research interests
- Qualitative research
- Knowledge mobilisation / translation, implementation science and improvement
- Evaluation of interventions in health and social care and criminal justice settings
- Health, well-being, social exclusion and the role of sport and physical activity
- Patient and public involvement and engagement in research
Research projects
- The internal evaluation of NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC)
- ASPIC: Gaining insights into the implementation scale-up processes of two interventions (acute stroke and patient initaited clinics) supported by the South West Academic Health Science Network and PenCLAHRC
- EmMA: Qualitative realist-informed evaluation of the pilot Health Services Modelling Associates (HSMA) programme. This programme aimed to increase the use of operational research methods by NHS organisations to support evidence-based decision-making
- CHIK-P: The Care Homes Implementation and Knowledge Mobilisation Project
- Boundary objects: A systematic scoping review of how the concept of ‘boundary objects’
has been used to assist knoweldge translation in health and social care, and public health research.
Links
Publications
Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year
Publications by category
Journal articles
Lang IA, Ronquillo C, Day J, Britten N, Stein KWT, Warmoth KM (In Press). An Implementation Science Perspective on Deprescribing. Public Policy & Aging Report Full text.
Heaton J, Day J, Britten N (In Press). Collaborative research and the co-production of knowledge: an illustrative case study of knowledge translation. Implementation Science, 11(20). Full text.
Heaton J, Day J, Britten N (In Press). Inside the "black box" of a knowledge translation program in applied health research. Qualitative Health Research Abstract.
Manzi S, Chalk D, Day J, Pearson M, Lang I, Stein K, Pitt M (2017). A novel modelling and simulation capacity development initiative for the National Health Service. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 4(2), 97-98.
Kieft E, Day J, McArdle P, Byng R, Goodwin V (2017). Bridging the second gap in translation: a case study of barriers and facilitators to implementing Patient-initiated Clinics into secondary care. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 5, 129-137. Full text.
Sparkes AC, Day J (2016). Aging bodies and desistance from crime: Insights from the life stories of offenders. J Aging Stud, 36, 47-58. Abstract. Author URL.
Day J, Heaton J, Britten N (2016). What is the nature and value of a risk management tool in a large-scale complex programme of collaborative applied health research?. Health, Risk and Society, 18(1-2), 97-113. Abstract. Full text.
Burrowes N, Day J (2011). Offender experiences and opinions of mixed-gender group work in the community: a qualitative study. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 55(7), 1154-1165.
Day J (2001). Understanding the characteristics of fire-setters. Prison Service Journal, 133, 6-8.
Chapters
Day J (2007). Psychological theories of criminality. In Parker M (Ed) Dynamic security: the therapeutic community in prison, London: Jessica Kingsley, 46-58.
Conferences
Manzi S, Chalk D, Pearson M, Day J, Stein K, Lang I, Pitt M (2016). Opening the black box: Combining agent based simulation and realism in intervention development. Abstract.
Day J (2014). Leaving a criminal lifestyle: a journey from ‘what works’ to ‘how it works’. Invited speaker at British Psychology Society South West Psychology in the Pub.
Day J, Sparkes AC (2014). ‘When you stop you’ve got no identity’: the (re)construction of narrative identity and the implications for understanding desistance from crime. Troubling Narratives: Identity Matters.
Day J, Sparkes AC (2013). Insights from a narrative study of the rehabilitative role of physical activity in leaving a criminal life and enhancing well-being. British Psychological Society Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Day J, Sparkes AC (2011). Sporting criminal to sporting citizen: Embodied identity change and the rehabilitative role of physical activity. Annual Congress of European College of Sport Science.
Day J, Sparkes AC (2010). A criminal life transformed: Reflections on an inter-disciplinary qualitative inquiry. International Qualitative Research Conference.
Day J, Bloomfield S (2008). Critical factors of the effective implementation of offending behaviour programmes: a review and implications. European Association of Psychology and Law conference.
Reports
Day J, Bloomfield S (2007). Critical factors that impact on the effective implementation of offending behaviour programmes: a review. National Offender Management Service.
Publications by year
In Press
Lang IA, Ronquillo C, Day J, Britten N, Stein KWT, Warmoth KM (In Press). An Implementation Science Perspective on Deprescribing. Public Policy & Aging Report Full text.
Heaton J, Day J, Britten N (In Press). Collaborative research and the co-production of knowledge: an illustrative case study of knowledge translation. Implementation Science, 11(20). Full text.
Heaton J, Day J, Britten N (In Press). Inside the "black box" of a knowledge translation program in applied health research. Qualitative Health Research Abstract.
2017
Manzi S, Chalk D, Day J, Pearson M, Lang I, Stein K, Pitt M (2017). A novel modelling and simulation capacity development initiative for the National Health Service. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 4(2), 97-98.
Kieft E, Day J, McArdle P, Byng R, Goodwin V (2017). Bridging the second gap in translation: a case study of barriers and facilitators to implementing Patient-initiated Clinics into secondary care. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 5, 129-137. Full text.
2016
Sparkes AC, Day J (2016). Aging bodies and desistance from crime: Insights from the life stories of offenders. J Aging Stud, 36, 47-58. Abstract. Author URL.
Manzi S, Chalk D, Pearson M, Day J, Stein K, Lang I, Pitt M (2016). Opening the black box: Combining agent based simulation and realism in intervention development. Abstract.
Day J, Heaton J, Britten N (2016). What is the nature and value of a risk management tool in a large-scale complex programme of collaborative applied health research?. Health, Risk and Society, 18(1-2), 97-113. Abstract. Full text.
2014
Day J (2014). Leaving a criminal lifestyle: a journey from ‘what works’ to ‘how it works’. Invited speaker at British Psychology Society South West Psychology in the Pub.
Day J, Sparkes AC (2014). ‘When you stop you’ve got no identity’: the (re)construction of narrative identity and the implications for understanding desistance from crime. Troubling Narratives: Identity Matters.
2013
Day J, Sparkes AC (2013). Insights from a narrative study of the rehabilitative role of physical activity in leaving a criminal life and enhancing well-being. British Psychological Society Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
2011
Burrowes N, Day J (2011). Offender experiences and opinions of mixed-gender group work in the community: a qualitative study. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 55(7), 1154-1165.
Day J, Sparkes AC (2011). Sporting criminal to sporting citizen: Embodied identity change and the rehabilitative role of physical activity. Annual Congress of European College of Sport Science.
2010
Day J, Sparkes AC (2010). A criminal life transformed: Reflections on an inter-disciplinary qualitative inquiry. International Qualitative Research Conference.
2008
Day J, Bloomfield S (2008). Critical factors of the effective implementation of offending behaviour programmes: a review and implications. European Association of Psychology and Law conference.
2007
Day J, Bloomfield S (2007). Critical factors that impact on the effective implementation of offending behaviour programmes: a review. National Offender Management Service.
Day J (2007). Psychological theories of criminality. In Parker M (Ed) Dynamic security: the therapeutic community in prison, London: Jessica Kingsley, 46-58.
2001
Day J (2001). Understanding the characteristics of fire-setters. Prison Service Journal, 133, 6-8.
Teaching
I currently teach in the areas of:
- Qualitative research
- Critical appraisal of qualtiative research
- Implementation science and knowledge mobilisation / translation
I am director of studies for 1 PhD student, co-supervise 1 PhD student and 2 MD students
I co-ordinate and deliver with colleagues the Qualitative Research Advice clinics
Supervision / Group
Postgraduate researchers
- Lisa Massey
- Mirja Rutger
- Chloe Wood