Dr Noreen Orr
Research Fellow
N.Orr@exeter.ac.uk
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01392 724829
South Cloisters 3.09
South Cloisters, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
Overview
Dr Noreen Orr is a Research Fellow in the PenCLAHRC Evidence Synthesis Team. She has a specific interest in using qualitative research methods and has experience in undertaking in-depth interviews, life story interviews, focus groups, and in using visual methods in primary research projects. More recently, she has undertaken evidence synthesis research: she has led on the qualitative evidence synthesis strand of a mixed methods review on a NIHR: RfPB funded project on older people and physical activity; and on a systematic review of the qualitative evidence on older people's sensory experiences of the natural environment.
Qualifications
2009 PhD (Brighton)
1991 MSc (Ulster)
1989 BA (Hons) (QUB)
Research group links
Research
Research interests
· Qualitative research methods
· Qualitative evidence syntheses
· Ageing and wellbeing
· Linking social science research to practice
Research projects
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What are the effects of human-animal interaction on the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes? A synthesis of qualitative and quantitative evidence. (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42017058201)
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What are the factors that influence older adults’ engagement in exercise and physical activity? An evidence synthesis of qualitative research and mapping of quantitative reviews. (2015-2016) NIHR RfPB (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42015023796)
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When using natural settings, how do older people describe their sensory engagement with the outside world? A systematic review of the qualitative evidence. (2013-2014) European Centre for Environment & Human Health In-Residence Scheme (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42015020736)
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Moving Stories: Understanding the role of physical activity in shaping perceptions and experiences of (self-)ageing. (2011-2013) ESRC
Research grants
- 2017 ESRC Impact Acceleration Award
'Supporting Healthcare Professionals Improve Older People’s Sensory Experiences of the Natural World’ to design and pilot training materials for people working in care homes. (PI) Co-designed with V Hutchinson at the Sensory Trust. - 2016 ESRC Impact Acceleration Award
'Embedding sensory experiences of the outdoors into the daily lives of older people' to organise a workshop with the Sensory Trust and their partners. (PI) Co-designed with V Hutchinson at the Sensory Trust - 2014 ESRC Seminar Series
“More of the Same is Not Enough”: New Directions in Ageing and Physical Activity (ES/M001709/1) (Co-applicant). - 2014 University of Exeter Catalyst Funding
Moving Stories – Moving On. (Co-applicant)
Publications
Journal articles
Melendez-Torres GJ, Orr N, Farmer C, Shaw N, Chollet A, Rizzo AJ, Kiff F, Rigby E, Hagell A, Priolo Filho SR, et al (2024). School-based interventions TO Prevent Dating and Relationship Violence and Gender-Based Violence: STOP-DRV-GBV systematic review. Public health research (Southampton, England), 12(3), 1-192. Abstract.
Melendez-Torres GJ, Bonell C, Shaw N, Orr N, Chollet A, Rizzo A, Rigby E, Hagell A, Young H, Berry V, et al (2023). Are school-based interventions to prevent dating and relationship violence and gender-based violence equally effective for all students? Systematic review and equity analysis of moderation analyses in randomised trials. Preventive Medicine Reports, 34, 102277-102277.
Rizzo AJ, Orr N, Shaw N, Farmer C, Chollet A, Young H, Berry V, Rigby E, Hagell A, Bonell C, et al (2023). Exploring the Activities and Target Audiences of School-Based Violence Prevention Programs: Systematic Review and Intervention Component Analysis. Trauma Violence Abuse, 24(5), 3593-3614. Abstract. Author URL.
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.
Bonell C, Taylor B, Berry V, Filho SRP, Rizzo A, Farmer C, Hagell A, Young H, Orr N, Shaw N, et al (2023). Re-orientating systematic reviews to rigorously examine what works, for whom and how: Example of a realist systematic review of school-based prevention of dating and gender violence. Res Synth Methods, 14(4), 582-595. Abstract. Author URL.
Farmer C, Shaw N, Rizzo AJ, Orr N, Chollet A, Hagell A, Rigby E, Young H, Berry V, Bonell C, et al (2023). School-Based Interventions to Prevent Dating and Relationship Violence and Gender-Based Violence: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. Am J Public Health, 113(3), 320-330. Abstract. Author URL.
Kiff F, Shaw N, Orr N, Rizzo AJ, Chollet A, Young H, Rigby E, Hagell A, Berry V, Bonell C, et al (2023). Systematic Review of the Economics of School-Based Interventions for Dating Violence and Gender-Based Violence. Health Educ Behav, 50(3), 339-346. Abstract. Author URL.
Orr N, Abbott R, Bethel A, Paviour S, Whear R, Garside R, Coon JT (2023). What are the effects of animals on the health and wellbeing of residents in care homes? a systematic review of the qualitative and quantitative evidence. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1). Abstract.
Kinsey D, Orr N, Anderson R, Lang I (2022). A conceptual model of the impact of including carers in museum programmes for people with dementia. Dementia (London), 21(8), 2584-2600. Abstract. Author URL.
Coon JT, Orr N, Shaw L, Hunt H, Garside R, Nunns M, Gröppel-Wegener A, Whear B (2022). Bursting out of our bubble: using creative techniques to communicate within the systematic review process and beyond. Systematic Reviews, 11(1). 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.
Orr N, Chollet A, Rizzo AJ, Shaw N, Farmer C, Young H, Rigby E, Berry V, Bonell C, Melendez‐Torres GJ, et al (2022). School‐based interventions for preventing dating and relationship violence and gender‐based violence: a systematic review and synthesis of theories of change. Review of Education, 10(3).
Whear R, Bethel A, Abbott R, Rogers M, Orr N, Manzi S, Ukoumunne OC, Stein K, Coon JT (2022). Systematic reviews of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 continue to be poorly conducted and reported: a systematic review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 151, 53-64.
Orr N, Yeo NL, Dean SG, White MP, Garside R (2021). "It Makes you Feel That you Are There": Exploring the Acceptability of Virtual Reality Nature Environments for People with Memory Loss. Geriatrics (Basel), 6(1). Abstract. Author URL.
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.
Kinsey D, Lang I, Orr N, Anderson R, Parker D (2019). The impact of including carers in museum programmes for people with dementia: a realist review. Arts & Health, 13(1), 1-19.
Phoenix C, Orr N (2017). Analysing exceptions within qualitative data: promoting analytical diversity to advance knowledge of ageing and physical activity. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 9(3), 271-284. Abstract.
Goodwin V, Orr N, Sharpe R, Smith J, Phoenix C, Lang I, Garside R (2017). Physical activity: how well does systematic review evidence on physical activity interventions reflect the expressed views of older people?. Physiotherapy, 103, e22-e23.
Orr N, Wagstaffe A, Briscoe S, Garside R (2016). How do older people describe their sensory experiences of the natural world? a systematic review of the qualitative evidence. BMC Geriatr, 16 Abstract. Author URL.
Orr N, Phoenix C (2014). Photographing physical activity: Using visual methods to 'grasp at' the sensual experiences of the ageing body. Qualitative Research Abstract.
Phoenix C, Orr N (2014). Pleasure: a forgotten dimension of ageing and physical activity. Social Science and Medicine, 115, 94-102. Abstract.
Orr N (2006). Museum Volunteering: Heritage as ‘Serious Leisure’. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 12(2), 194-210.
Chapters
Phoenix C, Orr N, Griffin M (2017). Bringing socio-narratology and visual methods to focus group research. In (Ed) A New Era in Focus Group Research: Challenges, Innovation and Practice, 325-342.
Phoenix C, Orr N (2017). Engaging Crystallization to Understand Life and Narrative. In (Ed) Life and Narrative, Oxford University Press (OUP), 235-250.
Phoenix C, Orr N (2015). The Multidimensionality of Pleasure in Later Life Physical Activity. In (Ed) Physical Activity and Sport in Later Life, Springer Nature, 101-112.
Conferences
Orr N, Chollet A, Shaw N, Rizzo A, Farmer C, Young H, Bonell C, Berry V, Melendez-Torres G (2022). P23 School-based interventions for preventing dating and relationship violence and gender-based violence: a synthesis of theories of change. SSM Annual Scientific Meeting.
Whear R, Bethel A, Abbott R, Rogers M, Orr N, Manzi S, Ukoumunne O, Stein K, Coon JT (2022). P58 We need to talk about solutions looking through the lens of evidence syntheses of convalescent plasma therapy: a systematic review. SSM Annual Scientific Meeting.
Coon JT, Abbott R, Bethel A, Rogers M, Whear R, Shaw L, Orr N, Stein K (2021). OP31 a snapshot of the characteristics, quality and volume of the COVID-19 evidence synthesis infodemic: systematic review. SSM Annual Scientific Meeting.
Coon JT, Orr N, Shaw E, Nunns M, Whear R (2020). BURSTING OUT OF OUR BUBBLE: USING CREATIVE TECHNIQUES TO COMMUNICATE RESEARCH FINDINGS. Author URL.
Thompson-Coon J, Abbott R, Orr N, McGill P, Whear R, Bethel A, Garside R, Stein K (2019). HOW DO 'ROBOPETS' IMPACT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF RESIDENTS IN CARE HOMES? a SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE. Author URL.
Lourida I, Abbott RA, Orr N, Rogers M, Thompson‐Coon J, Lang IA (2017). [P1–546]: STRATEGIES, FACILITATORS AND BARRIERS TO CHANGE: a SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH WITHIN DEMENTIA CARE.
Sharpe R, Smith JR, Orr N, Phoenix C, Bethel A, Goodwin V, Lang I, Garside R (2016). PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS IN OLDER ADULTS: a SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF REVIEWS. Author URL.
Sharpe. R, Orr N, Smith J, Phoenix C, Bethel A, Goodwin VA, Lang I, Carside R (2016). The Effectiveness of Physical Activity Interventions in older adults.
