Dr Steven Ariss, PhD

Research Associate

Address:
ScHARR
University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 5426
Fax: +44 (0) 114 2724095
E-mail: s.ariss@sheffield.ac.uk

Biography

I have a BA in Sociology and a PhD in Health Studies from the University of York. I previously coordinated an NHS Research Network for Older People´s Mental Health and came to ScHARR from the Bradford Dementia Group (University of Bradford) in January 2009. I am currently Project Manager for a national study: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Interprofessional Working in intermediate care and community stroke teams.

I have experience in mixed-method realistic evaluation of complex health and social care innovations and policy changes, and am the Lead Evaluator for the CLAHRC-South Yorkshire programme: creating partnerships to integrate research and health-care practice. I also have roles which reflect my interest in ethics and governance for health service research.
I am experienced in the qualitative analysis of audio/visual data and haves been involved in a number of studies using Conversation Analysis methods:

• Bradford Institute of Health Research, Diabetes Consultations in Primary Care
• University of York, Frequent Attendance in General Practice
• Universities of York and Aberdeen, Patient Participation
• Hewlett Packard, Phototalk

Research interests

Methods:

• Hewlett Packard, Phototalk
• Universities of York and Aberdeen, Patient Participation
• University of York, Frequent Attendance in General Practice
• Bradford Institute of Health Research, Diabetes in Primary Care

• Mixed Method & Realistic Evaluation of Complex Interventions and Policy Changes in Health and Social Care Services
• Conversion Analysis & Ethnomethodology
• Qualitative Research Methods

Topics of Interest:

• Multi-Professional Health and Social Care Team-Working
• Health Care Policy
• Health Care Interactions and Relationships
• Health Service Organisation and Delivery
• Self-Management of Chronic and Long-Term Conditions
• Older People's Health Services
• Frequent Attendance in General Practice

Teaching Interests

• Small group facilitation: study design and critical appraisal
• Lecturing on the Masters in Public Health, Qualitative Research Methods Module: Introduction to Ethnomethodology and Conversion Analysis
• Masters student dissertation supervision
• PhD Supervision
• MSc work placement supervision

Professional activities

• Reviewer for Social Science and Medicine & Qualitative Health Research
• Grant proposal reviewer for the Parkinson's Disease Society
• Member ScHARR Ethics Review Committee

Current projects

• EEICC Project: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Interprofessional Working: costs and outcomes (Project Manager)
• CLAHRC-SY: Internal Evaluation (Principal Investigator)
• CLAHRC-SY: Stroke Theme, workforce package (Project Manager)

Key publications

• 2009 “Asymmetrical Knowledge Claims in General Practice Consultations with Frequently Attending Patients: Limitations and Opportunities for Patient Participation” S. Ariss. Social Science and Medicine, 69(6), pp. 908-919.
• 2008 “Health in Mind Programme Evaluation: Final Report to the Programme Board”, M. Downs, S. Ariss, R. Newell, D. Potts. http://www.bradfordhealthinmind.nhs.uk/NR/rdonlyres/716D7346-C3CE-44CD-8999-06191D03DDF/65015/Bradford_HealthinMindEvaluation_FinalReport_300608.pdf
• 2008 “Electronic Medical Records in Diabetes Consultations: Participants’ Gaze as an Interactional Resource” P. Rhodes, N. Small, E. Rowley, M. Langdon, S. Ariss, J. Wright. Qualitative Health Research, 18(9), pp.1247-1263.
• 2006 “Piloting a Consumer-Directed Intervention to Improve Primary Care for Dementia in the UK”. S. Ariss, E. Grant, M. Downs, B. Fernandez, R. Gallagher, D. Cherry, M. Barclay. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 5(3), pp.456-462.
• 2006 “Family Carers’ Accounts of General Practice Contacts for their Relatives with Early Signs of Dementia”. M. Downs, S. Ariss, E. Grant, J. Keady, S. Turner, M. Bryans, J. Wilcock, E. Levin, R. O’Carroll & S. Iliffe. Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, 5(3), pp.353-373.

Section

Steven Ariss is based in the Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Group, Health Services Research