Health Promotion Staff, Barbara L. Griffin

Barbara L. Griffin SRN, HV, MSc., PhD [ Email]  

University Teacher,
Department of Health Promotion

Profile

Barbara L. Griffin SRN, HV, MSc., PhD is a University teacher in Health Promotion in Social Care in the Department of Health Promotion NUI, Galway since April, 2009. She previously completed fifteen years teaching and research at the University of Sunderland and has professional management experience in health promotion. She holds a MSc from University of Northumbria in Health and Social research and PhD from University of Sunderland. 

Teaching Interests

• Health promotion
• Social Care
• Community health
• Visual research methods
• Evaluation methods

Research Interests

• Health promotion in Social Care
• Health promotion evaluation
• Visual sociology
• Participation research in communities

Publications

Griffin, B L, Charnock, A and Dickens, A. (2008). International student experiences: participatory appraisal. Report to the University of Sunderland. download (4KB)

Burns, M & Griffin, B.L. (2007). Chapter 10: How understanding community development will improve your career. In: Merchant, J., Griffin, B. L. & Charnock, A. (Editors) (2007) Sport and physical activity: the role of Health Promotion. London: Palgrave. ISBN 978-1403934123

Griffin, B. L. and Grey, J (2007.) Participatory appraisal: a tool for organisational planning and launching a virtual organisation, Primary Healthcare Research and Development, 8, 283-291. ( download 90.7KB)

Griffin, B.L. & Learmonth, A. (2007) Chapter 4: Research and evaluation. In: Merchant, J., Griffin, B. L. & Charnock, A. (Editors) (2007). Sport and physical activity: the role of Health Promotion. London: Palgrave. ISBN 978-1403934123

Griffin, B.L. & Seedhouse, D. (2007) Chapter 1: Values in health promotion. In: Merchant, J., Griffin, B. L. & Charnock, A. (Editors) (2007). Sport and physical activity: the role of Health Promotion. London: Palgrave. ISBN 978-1403934123

Merchant, J., Griffin, B. L. & Charnock, A. (Editors) (2007). Sport and physical activity: the role of Health Promotion. London: Palgrave. ISBN 978-1403934123

Griffin, B.L., Hall, N. and Watson, N. (2005). Health at Work in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: issues of engagement’ Health Education, 105, 2, 126-141. ( download 185KB)

Griffin, B L and Mytton G, (2005). Arts on Request final report. Report to Sunderland Primary Care Teaching Trust. download (4KB)

Griffin, B L, Wallace, A., and Zhang, Y (2005). Participatory appraisal: Black and ethnic minorities in Gateshead. Report to Gateshead Council and University Sunderland. download (4KB)

Griffin, B L, Gray, J, Elms, P, Rubin, G and Hopkins, T. (2003). Results from the participatory appraisal for the Centre for Enabling Health Improvement.  Report to Gateshead Council. download (4KB)

Griffin, B.L., Hall, N. J. and Watson, N. (2002). ’Towards sustainable and flexible health promotion at work: Summary of evaluation findings from the Tyne and Wear ’healthwork’ award, Health Education Journal, 61, 3, 259-271. ( download 653KB)

Griffin, B. L. (2000). How to Read a Videotape for Health. Centre for Health Promotion Research (Newsletter) 14, March, 2. download (4KB)

Griffin , B.L. (1995). Student mentoring to facilitate University entry. Mentoring and Tutoring, 3(2), 21 -24. download (4KB)

Presentations

Griffin B.L. (2009).  A Foucauldian discourse analysis of a videotape for health: a case study about power relationships in public health and adolescence. Presentation at the 13th Annual HPRC conference: Closing the Gap in Child and Adolescent Health: the Settings Approach, Galway, June 2009

Griffin, B. L (2009). Regarding the overlooked: A critical analysis of videotapes for health. Presentation at the British Sociological Association Conference, Cardiff, April, 2009.

Griffin, B.L. (2004). The social construction of normative health in videotapes for health and the relevance of Foucault . Poster presented at the British Medical Association Narrative Conference, SOAS, London, September 2004.

Griffin, B.L. (2002) Reflections on the concept of negotiated evaluation . Paper presented at the 4 ^th International Conference on Evaluation for Practice, Tampere Finland, July 2002.

Griffin, B.L. (2000) Images of risk in the late twentieth century. Paper presented at the British Sociological Association Conference (BSA) University of York, April 2000.

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