University of Exeter Medical School

Kristin Liabo

Kristin Liabo

Senior Research Fellow

 K.Liabo@exeter.ac.uk

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 +44 (0) 1392 722895

 South Cloisters 2.22

 

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

Overview

I am part of the Patient and Public Involvement Team in the Third Gap team at the Medical School, and within PenCLAHRC http://clahrc-peninsula.nihr.ac.uk/patient-and-public-involvement-in-research

We support researchers to involve patients and members of the public in their research, from funding applications through the entire lifecycle of a study and to dissemination. We run regular in-house sessions which are bookable through the link to PenCLAHRC above.

I have worked collaboratively with service users, patients and members of the public since I started out in research with Barnardo's, the children's charity. My PhD focused on patient involvement in systematic reviews.

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Research

Research projects

Publications

Anonymous members of the Peninsula Public Involvement Group, Liabo K, O’Dwyer S. Research commentary: a carer’s roadmap for research, practice, and policy on suicide, homicide and self-harm. Behavioral Sciences, 2019; May; 9(5): 48 10.3390/bs9050048

Liabo K, Roberts H. Co-production and co-producing research with children and their parents. Archives of Disease in Childhood, in press, accepted March 12th 2019

Roberts H, Liabo K. ‘Research beyond the hospital walls’. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2019;104(4): 313-14 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-316388

Staley K, Cockcroft E, Shelley A, Liabo K. ‘What can I do that will most help researchers?’ A different approach to training the public at the start of their involvement in research. Research Involvement and Engagement, 2019:5;10 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-019-0144-4

Bakland M, Rosenvinge JH, Wynn R, Sundgot-Borgen J, Fostervold Mathiesen T, Liabo K, Hanssen TA, Pettersen G. Patients’ views on a new treatment for Bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder combining physical exercise and dietary therapy (the PED-t). A qualitative study. Eating Disorders. The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, Published online 21 Jan 2019, https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2018.1560847

Roberts H, Liabo K. Research with children and young people: not on them. What can we learn from non-clinical research? Archives of Disease in Childhood Published Online First: 31 October 2018. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315925

Liabo K, Boddy K, Burchmore H, Cockcroft E, Britten N. Clarifying the roles of patients in research. BMJ 2018; 361:k1463

Roberts H, Bradby H, Ingold A, Manzotti G, Reeves D, Liabo K. Moving on: transitions out of care for learning disabled young people in England and Sweden. British Journal of Learning Disabilities 2018;00:1-10, DOI: 10.1111/bld.12211

Liabo K, Ingold A, Roberts H. Co-production with “vulnerable” groups: balancing protection and participation. Health Science Reports, 2017: e19, Online version 6th December, DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.19

Bradbury H, Liabo K, Ingold A, Roberts H. Visibility, resilience, vulnerability in young migrants. Health, Online early Nov 1st 2017 https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459317739441

Liabo K, Roberts H. Anonymity in participatory research: Is it attainable? Is it desirable? SAGE Research Methods Cases in Social Science Ethics, 2017, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526437013

Stansfield C, Liabo K. Identifying social care literature: Case studies from guideline development. Evidence Based Library and Information Science, 2017; 12(3): 114-31

Roberts H, Bradby H, Ingold A, Manzotti G, Reeves D, Liabo K. Moving on: Multiple transitions of unaccompanied child migrants leaving care in England and Sweden. International Journal of Social Science Studies, 2017: 5(9) doi.org/10.11114/ijsss.v5i9.2523

Liabo K, McKenna C, Ingold A, Roberts H. Leaving foster and residential care: A participatory study of care leavers’ experiences of health and social care transitions. Child: care, health and development 2017; 43(2):182-191, DOI: 10.1111/cch.12426

Liabo K. Care leavers’ involvement in research: an ethnographic case study on impact. Qualitative Social Work 2016, online first 17th May, doi:10.1177/1473325016649255  

Singh S , Anderson B, Liabo K, Ganeshamoorthy T. Supporting young people in their transition to adults’ services: summary of NICE guidance. BMJ 2016;353:i2225 doi: 10.1136/bmj.i2225

Liabo K, Langer L, Simon A, Daniel-Gittens K-A, Elwick A and Tripney J. Free provision of information and communications technology (ICT) for improving academic achievement and school engagement in students aged 4-18: A systematic review. Title approved, protocol in press. The Campbell Library of Systematic Reviews, 2015 http://campbellcollaboration.org/lib/project/294/ Campbell Collaboration

Oliver S, Liabo K, Rees R and Stewart R. Public involvement in research: Making sense of the diversity. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2015; 20(1): 45-51. http://hsr.sagepub.com/content/20/1/45.short

Liabo K, Gray K, Mulcahy D. A systematic review of interventions to support looked-after children in school. Child & Family Social Work 2013; 18: 341-353

Roberts H, Petticrew M, Liabo K, Macintyre S. The Anglo-Saxon disease': a pilot study of the barriers to and facilitators of the use of randomised controlled trials of social programmes in an international context. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2012; 66 (11):1025-9

Stewart R, Liabo K. Involvement in research without compromising research quality. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2012; 17 (4):248-51 http://hsr.sagepub.com/content/17/4/248.full

Uhm S, Liabo K, Stewart R, Rees R, Oliver S. Patient and public perspectives shaping scientific and medical research: panels for data, discussions and decisions. Journal of Patient Intelligence 2012; 4:1-10. http://www.vibis.dk/sites/vibis.dk/files/u148/pi-17835-patient-and-public-perspectives-shaping-scientific-and-medic_011312.pdf

Stevens M, Liabo K, Witherspoon S, Roberts H. What do practitioners want from research, what do funders fund and what needs to be done to know more about what works in the new world of children’s services? Evidence & Policy 2009; 5 (3):281-94 DOI: 10.1332/174426409X463820

Morris C, Liabo K, Wright P, Fitzpatrick R. Development of the Oxford ankle foot questionnaire: finding out how children are affected by foot and ankle problems. Child: health and development 2007;33:559-568

Stevens M, Liabo K and Roberts H. A review of the research priorities of practitioners working with children in social care. Child & Family Social Work 2007; 12 (4):295-305

Liabo K. What Works for Children and what works in research implementation? Experiences from a research and development project in the UK. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand 2005;24:185-198

Stevens M, Liabo K, Frost S, Roberts H. Using research in practice. A research information service for social care practitioners. Child and Family Social Work 2005;10:67-75

Brocklehurst N, Liabo K. Evidence nuggets: promoting evidence based practice. Community practitioner 2004:77 (10):292-96

Curtis K, Liabo K, Roberts H, Barker M. Consulted but not heard: A qualitative study of young people’s views of their local health service. Health Expectations 2004;7 (2):149-56 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1369-7625.2004.00265.x/full

Curtis K, Roberts H, Copperman J, Downie A, Liabo K. “How come I don’t get asked no questions?” Researching children and young people with challenging behaviour. Child and Family Social Work 2004;9(2):167-175

Roberts H, Curtis K, Liabo K, Rowland D, DiGuiseppi C, Roberts I. Putting public health into practice: increasing the prevalence of working smoke alarms in disadvantaged inner city housing. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004;58 (4):280-5

Roberts H, Liabo K, Lucas P, DuBois D, Sheldon T. Mentoring to reduce antisocial behaviour in childhood. BMJ 2004;328:512-514

Liabo K, Lucas P, Roberts H. Can traffic calming measures achieve the Children’s Fund objective of reducing inequalities in child health? Archives of Disease in Childhood (Archimedes) 2003;88(3):235-236

Lucas P, Liabo K, Roberts H. Do Behavioural Treatments for Sleep Disorders in Children with Down Syndrome work? Archives of Disease in Childhood (Archimedes) 2002;87(5):413-414

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Publications

Books

Liabø K, Richardson J (2007). Conduct Disorder and Offending Behaviour in Young People Findings from Research., Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Abstract.

Journal articles

Martin-Kerry J, Higgins S, Knapp P, Liabo K, Young B (In Press). Engaging children, young people, parents and health professionals in interviews: using an interactive ranking exercise within the co-design of multimedia websites. Journal of Child Health Care Abstract.
Liabo K, Cockcroft E, Boddy K, Farmer L, Bortoli S, Britten N (In Press). Epistemic justice in public involvement and engagement: creating conditions for impact. Health Expectations
Liabo K, Asare L, Ruthen P, Burton J, Staunton P, Day J (2024). Emotion in public involvement: a conceptual review. Health Expect, 27(2). Abstract.  Author URL.
Røssvoll TB, Liabo K, Hanssen TA, Rosenvinge JH, Sundkvist E, Pettersen G (2024). What motivates public collaborators to become and stay involved in health research?. Res Involv Engagem, 10(1). Abstract.  Author URL.
Irgens EL, Berglen G, Christoffersen T, Henninen AP, Hermansen R, Karlsen MRE, Kokkvoll AS, Liabo K, Møllersen S, Rugland G, et al (2023). Our health, our research. Identifying public health research priorities among children and youth in a multiethnic population: protocol for a community-based participatory health research priority survey. BMJ Open, 13(7). Abstract.  Author URL.
Røssvoll TB, Hanssen TA, Rosenvinge JH, Liabo K, Pettersen G (2023). Patient and Public Involvement in Occupational Therapy Health Research: a Scoping Review. OTJR (Thorofare N J), 43(1), 119-126. Abstract.  Author URL.
Røssvoll TB, Rosenvinge JH, Liabo K, Hanssen TA, Pettersen G (2023). Patient and public involvement in health research from researchers' perspective. Health Expectations, 26(6), 2525-2531. Abstract.
Wilkinson K, Lang I, Thompson-Coon J, Liabo K, Goodwin VA, Coxon G, Cox G, Marriott C, Abel C, Day J, et al (2023). The Impact of a Public Health Crisis on the Well-Being of UK Senior Care Home Staff: a Qualitative Interview Study. Journal of Long Term Care, 338-349.
Thomas C, Cockcroft E, Jenkins G, Liabo K (2023). Working with children and young people in research: Supportive practices and pathways to impact. Journal of Child Health Care, 136749352311714-136749352311714. Abstract.
Lang I, King A, Jenkins G, Boddy K, Khan Z, Liabo K (2022). How common is patient and public involvement (PPI)? Cross-sectional analysis of frequency of PPI reporting in health research papers and associations with methods, funding sources and other factors. BMJ Open, 12(5). Abstract.  Author URL.
Forbes C, Morley N, Liabo K, Bjornstad G, Boult H, Ahmed S, Ciesla K, Vafai Y, Bridges S, Logan S, et al (2022). Prioritising child health and maternity evidence-based interventions or service models: a stakeholder-driven process. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1). Abstract.
Allen M, James C, Frost J, Liabo K, Pearn K, Monks T, Everson R, Stein K, James M (2022). Use of Clinical Pathway Simulation and Machine Learning to Identify Key Levers for Maximizing the Benefit of Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Stroke. Stroke, 53(9), 2758-2767. Abstract.  Author URL.
Allen M, James C, Frost J, Liabo K, Pearn K, Monks T, Zhelev Z, Logan S, Everson R, James M, et al (2022). Using simulation and machine learning to maximise the benefit of intravenous thrombolysis in acute stroke in England and Wales: the SAMueL modelling and qualitative study. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 10(31), 1-148. Abstract.
Wilkinson K, Day J, Thompson-Coon J, Goodwin V, Liabo K, Coxon G, Cox G, Marriott C, Lang IA (2021). A realist evaluation of a collaborative model to support research co-production in long-term care settings in England: the ExCHANGE protocol. Res Involv Engagem, 7(1). Abstract.  Author URL.
Liabo K, Boddy K, Bortoli S, Irvine J, Boult H, Fredlund M, Joseph N, Bjornstad G, Morris C (2020). Public involvement in health research: what does ‘good’ look like in practice?. Research Involvement and Engagement, 6(1). Abstract.
Staley K, Cockcroft E, Shelly A, Liabo K (2019). 'What can I do that will most help researchers?' a different approach to training the public at the start of their involvement in research. Res Involv Engagem, 5 Abstract.  Author URL.
Liabo K, Boddy K, Burchmore H, Cockcroft E, Britten N (2019). Clarifying the roles of patients in research. Br J Sports Med, 53(20).  Author URL.
Liabo K, Roberts H (2019). Coproduction and coproducing research with children and their parents. Arch Dis Child, 104(12), 1134-1137.  Author URL.
Cockcroft EJ, Britten N, Long L, Liabo K (2019). How is knowledge shared in Public involvement? a qualitative study of involvement in a health technology assessment. Health Expectations, 23(2), 348-357. Abstract.
Bakland M, Rosenvinge JH, Wynn R, Sundgot-Borgen J, Fostervold Mathisen T, Liabo K, Hanssen TA, Pettersen G (2019). Patients' views on a new treatment for Bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder combining physical exercise and dietary therapy (the PED-t). A qualitative study. Eat Disord, 27(6), 503-520. Abstract.  Author URL.
Anonymous Members of the Peninsula Public Involvement Group, Liabo K, O'Dwyer S (2019). Research Commentary: a Carer's Roadmap for Research, Practice, and Policy on Suicide, Homicide, and Self-Harm. Behav Sci (Basel), 9(5). Abstract.  Author URL.
Roberts H, Liabo K (2019). Research beyond the hospital walls. Arch Dis Child, 104(4), 313-315.  Author URL.
Roberts HM, Liabo K (2019). Research with children and young people: not on them. What can we learn from the non-clinical research?. Arch Dis Child, 104(10), 936-937.  Author URL.
Bradby H, Liabo K, Ingold A, Roberts H (2019). Visibility, resilience, vulnerability in young migrants. Health (London), 23(5), 533-550. Abstract.  Author URL.
Liabo K, Boddy K, Burchmore H, Cockcroft E, Britten N (2018). Clarifying the roles of patients in research. BMJ, 361  Author URL.
Roberts H, Ingold A, Liabo K, Manzotti G, Reeves D, Bradby H (2018). Moving on: Transitions out of care for young people with learning disabilities in England and Sweden. BRITISH JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES, 46(1), 54-63.  Author URL.
Cockcroft E, Long L, Hyde C, Liabo K (2018). OP35 Involving Members of the Public in a National Screening Programme Health Technology Assessment. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 33(S1), 16-16.
Liabo K, Ingold A, Roberts H (2017). Co‐production with “vulnerable” groups: Balancing protection and participation. Health Science Reports, 1(3). Abstract.
Stansfield C, Liabo K (2017). Identifying Social Care Research Literature: Case Studies from Guideline Development. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 12(3), 114-131. Abstract.
Liabo K, McKenna C, Ingold A, Roberts H (2017). Leaving foster or residential care: a participatory study of care leavers' experiences of health and social care transitions. Child Care Health Dev, 43(2), 182-191. Abstract.  Author URL.
Roberts HM, Bradby H, Ingold A, Manzotti G, Reeves D, Liabo K (2017). Moving on: Multiple Transitions of Unaccompanied Child Migrants Leaving Care in England and Sweden. International Journal of Social Science Studies, 5(9).
Liabo K (2016). Care leavers’ involvement in research: an ethnographic case study on impact. Qualitative Social Work: research and practice, Forthcoming Abstract.
Singh S, Anderson B, Liabo K, Ganeshamoorthy T (2016). Supporting young people in their transition to adults' services: summary of NICE guidance. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 353, i2225-i2225.
Oliver S, Liabo K, Stewart R, Rees R (2015). Public involvement in research: making sense of the diversity. J Health Serv Res Policy, 20(1), 45-51. Abstract.  Author URL.
Liabo K (2014). Health activism: foundations and strategies. CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH, 24(1), 104-105.  Author URL.
Roberts H, Petticrew M, Liabo K, Macintyre S (2012). 'The Anglo-Saxon disease': a pilot study of the barriers to and facilitators of the use of randomised controlled trials of social programmes in an international context. J Epidemiol Community Health, 66(11), 1025-1029. Abstract.  Author URL.
Liabo K, Gray K, Mulcahy D (2012). A systematic review of interventions to support looked-after children in school. Child & Family Social Work, 18(3), 341-353.
Stewart R, Liabo K (2012). Involvement in research without compromising research quality. J Health Serv Res Policy, 17(4), 248-251. Abstract.  Author URL.
Oliver S, Uhm, Liabo, Stewart, Rees (2012). Patient and public perspectives shaping scientific and medical research: panels for data, discussions, and decisions. Patient Intelligence, 1-1.
Stevens M, Liabo K, Witherspoon S, Roberts H (2009). What do practitioners want from research, what do funders fund and what needs to be done to know more about what works in the new world of children’s services?. Evidence & Policy, 5(3), 281-294. Abstract.
Stevens M, Liabo K, Roberts H (2007). A review of the research priorities of practitioners working with children in social care. Child & Family Social Work, 12(4), 295-305. Abstract.
Morris C, Liabo K, Wright P, Fitzpatrick R (2007). Development of the Oxford ankle foot questionnaire: finding out how children are affected by foot and ankle problems. Child Care Health Dev, 33(5), 559-568. Abstract.  Author URL.
Liabo K (2006). Outcomes for Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and their Families: Programs and Evaluation Best Practices (2nd edition). Journal of Children's Services, 1(2), 70-71.
Gomersall A, Liabo K (2005). Sources and Resources. Evidence & Policy, 1(2), 269-285.
Stevens M, Liabo K, Frost S, Roberts H (2005). Using research in practice: a research information service for social care practitioners. Child <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&amp;"/> Family Social Work, 10(1), 67-75.
Liabo K (2005). What works for children and what works in research implementation? Experiences from a research and development project in the United Kingdom. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand: te puna whakaaro, Issue 24, 185-198.
Liabo K (2004). Children at work: Health and safety risks. HEALTH RISK & SOCIETY, 6(1), 97-98.  Author URL.
Curtis K, Liabo K, Roberts H, Barker M (2004). Consulted but not heard: a qualitative study of young people's views of their local health service. Health Expect, 7(2), 149-156. Abstract.  Author URL.
Brocklehurst N, Liabo K (2004). Evidence nuggets: promoting evidence-based practice. Community Practitioner, 371-375.
Roberts H, Liabo K, Lucas P, DuBois D, Sheldon TA (2004). Mentoring to reduce antisocial behaviour in childhood. BMJ, 328(7438), 512-514. Abstract.  Author URL.
Roberts H, Curtis K, Liabo K, Rowland D, DiGuiseppi C, Roberts I (2004). Putting public health evidence into practice: increasing the prevalence of working smoke alarms in disadvantaged inner city housing. J Epidemiol Community Health, 58(4), 280-285. Abstract.  Author URL.
Curtis K, Roberts H, Copperman J, Downie A, Liabo K (2004). ‘How come I don’t get asked no questions?’ Researching ‘hard to reach’ children and teenagers. Child & Family Social Work, 9(2), 167-175. Abstract.
Liabo K, Lucas P, Roberts H (2003). Can traffic calming measures achieve the Children's Fund objective of reducing inequalities in child health?. Arch Dis Child, 88(3), 235-236.  Author URL.
Lucas P, Liabo K, Roberts H (2002). Do behavioural treatments for sleep disorders in children with Down's syndrome work?. Arch Dis Child, 87(5), 413-414.  Author URL.

Chapters

Anderson BE, Singh SP, Stansfield C, Liabo K (2018). The International Perspective on Healthcare Transition. In  (Ed) Health Care Transition, Springer Nature, 269-278.
Liabo K, Frost S, McNeish D, Sheldon T, Roberts H (2006). What Works for Children?. In Killoran A, Swann C, Kelly MP (Eds.) Public Health Evidence Tackling Health Inequalities, Oxford University Press, USA. Abstract.
Liabo K, Lucas P, Roberts H (2005). International: the UK and Europe. In DuBois D, Karcher MJ (Eds.) Handbook of youth mentoring, Sage Publications, Inc. Abstract.

Reports

Wilkinson K, Day J, Thompson Coon J, Lang I, Liabo K, Goodwin V, Coxon G, Cox G, Marriott C, Abel C, et al (2022). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wellbeing of UK care home practitioners.
Thompson Coon J, Nunns M, Shaw E, Briscoe S, Liabo K, Garside R, Melendez-Torres GJ, turner M (2021). Optimising prescribing of drugs to prevent CVD and drugs that cause dependency: an evidence-gap map. Abstract.

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