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Overview

Ann Blandford is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and health professions, with a particular focus on technology-enabled health interventions and public health.

Their primary fields of study include Medicine and Health Professions, with subfields such as General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Applied Psychology, Ophthalmology, and Infectious Diseases.

The main topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Retinal and Optic Conditions

Ann Blandford has contributed to various publication venues, including:

  • BMJ Open
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Digital Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JMIR Formative Research

Some of the recent papers featuring or relating to their research include:

  • Opportunities and challenges for telehealth within, and beyond, a pandemic, 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • Impact of fatigue as the primary determinant of functional limitations among patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome: a cross-sectional observational study, 2023, BMJ Open
  • Patient Work and Their Contexts: Scoping Review, 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Dimensions of ecological validity for usability evaluations in clinical settings, 2020, Journal of Biomedical Informatics
  • Home-Based Intervention to Test and Start (HITS): a community-randomized controlled trial to increase HIV testing uptake among men in rural South Africa, 2021, Journal of the International AIDS Society

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Blandford's notable co-authors include:

  • Fiona Stevenson
  • Amitava Banerjee
  • David Sunkersing
  • Konstantinos Balaskas
  • Mel Ramasawmy

Best Publications

  • Conceptualising engagement with digital behaviour change interventions: a systematic review using principles from critical interpretive synthesis.

    Olga Perski;Ann Blandford;Robert West;Susan Michie

  • Understanding and Promoting Effective Engagement With Digital Behavior Change Interventions

    Lucy Yardley;Bonnie J. Spring;Heleen Riper;Leanne G. Morrison

  • Four Easy Pieces for Assessing the Usability of Multimodal Interaction: The Care Properties

    Joëlle Coutaz;Laurence Nigay;Daniel Salber;Ann Blandford

  • Semi-structured qualitative studies

    AE Blandford

  • Beyond Self-Tracking and Reminders: Designing Smartphone Apps That Support Habit Formation

    Katarzyna Stawarz;Anna L. Cox;Ann Blandford

  • Situation awareness in emergency medical dispatch

    Ann Blandford;B. L. William Wong

  • Designing for dabblers and deterring drop-outs in citizen science

    Alexandra Eveleigh;Charlene Jennett;Ann Blandford;Philip Brohan

  • Coming across information serendipitously - Part 1: A process model

    Stephann Makri;Ann Blandford

  • DiCoT: A methodology for applying Distributed Cognition to the design of teamworking systems

    Ann Blandford;Dominic Furniss

  • Qualitative HCI Research: Going Behind the Scenes

    Ann Blandford;Dominic Furniss;Stephann Makri

  • Don't forget your pill!: designing effective medication reminder apps that support users' daily routines

    Katarzyna Stawarz;Anna L. Cox;Ann Blandford

  • Seven lessons for interdisciplinary research on interactive digital health interventions

    Ann Blandford;Jo Gibbs;Nikki Newhouse;Olga Perski

  • “Making my own luck”: Serendipity strategies and how to support them in digital information environments

    Stephann Makri;Ann Blandford;Mel Woods;Sarah Sharples

  • Investigating the information-seeking behaviour of academic lawyers: From Ellis's model to design

    Stephann Makri;Ann Blandford;Anna L. Cox

  • Group and Individual Time Management Tools: What You Get is Not What You Need

    A. E. Blandford;T. R. G. Green

  • Understanding emergency medical dispatch in terms of distributed cognition: a case study.

    Dominic Furniss;Ann Blandford

  • Cognitive economy and satisficing in information seeking: A longitudinal study of undergraduate information behavior

    Claire Warwick;Jon Rimmer;Ann Blandford;Jeremy Gow

  • Interacting with Information

    Ann Blandford;Simon Attfield

  • Information seeking by humanities scholars

    George Buchanan;Sally Jo Cunningham;Ann Blandford;Jon Rimmer

  • A resilience markers framework for small teams

    Dominic Furniss;Jonathan Back;Ann Blandford;Michael Hildebrandt

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna L. Cox
Anna L. Cox University College London
Paul Cairns
Paul Cairns University of York
Harold Thimbleby
Harold Thimbleby Swansea University
Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Janet Seeley
Janet Seeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Matt Jones
Matt Jones Swansea University
Nuala McGrath
Nuala McGrath University of Southampton
Sally Wyke
Sally Wyke University of Glasgow
Jon May
Jon May Plymouth University
Lucy Yardley
Lucy Yardley University of Bristol

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