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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Peter Beresford is affiliated with the National Institute for Health Research in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions and Social Sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of General Health Professions, Education, Public Administration, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Philosophy.

The main topics of Beresford's work include Mental Health and Patient Involvement, Healthcare Innovation and Challenges, Social Work Education and Practice, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, Mental Health and Psychiatry, Health Policy Implementation Science, and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Lost in the shadows: reflections on the dark side of co-production" (2020) published in Health Research Policy and Systems
  • "Effective engagement and involvement with community stakeholders in the co-production of global health research" (2021) published in BMJ
  • "PPI Or User Involvement: Taking stock from a service user perspective in the twenty first century" (2020) published in Research Involvement and Engagement
  • "Doing together: reflections on facilitating the co-production of participatory action research with marginalised populations" (2022) published in Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health
  • "What Does 'Good' Community and Public Engagement Look Like? Developing Relationships With Community Members in Global Health Research" (2022) published in Frontiers in Public Health

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Colin Slasberg (21 collaborations)
  • Oli Williams (16 collaborations)
  • Doreen Tembo (16 collaborations)
  • Gary Hickey (16 collaborations)
  • Meerat Kaur (15 collaborations)

Peter Beresford has published notably in venues such as The British Journal of Social Work, Policy Press eBooks, Research Involvement and Engagement, Health Research Policy and Systems, and BMJ.

Their book publications are strongly associated with Policy Press, including titles such as "COVID-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Research, Policy and Practice: Volume 1: The Challenges and Necessity of Co-production" (2021) and "Participatory Ideology" (2021). Other publishers include Cambridge University Press with "Mind, State and Society" (2021), Edward Elgar Publishing with "The Future of Social Care" (2023), Scopus (Elsevier) for "COVID-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Vol 2: Volume 2: Co-production Methods and Working Together at a Distance" (2021), and Bristol University Press eBooks.

Peter Beresford has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Citizen Involvement: A Practical Guide for Change

    Peter Beresford;Suzy Croft

  • User Involvement in Research and Evaluation: Liberation or Regulation?

    Peter Beresford

  • Mad matters : a critical reader in Canadian mad studies

    Brenda A. LeFrançois;Robert J. Menzies;Geoffrey Reaume;Peter Beresford

  • Service users' knowledges and social work theory: conflict or collaboration?

    Peter Beresford

  • The politics of participation

    Suzy Croft;Peter Beresford

  • Lost in the shadows: reflections on the dark side of co-production.

    Oli Williams;Sophie Sarre;Stan Constantina Papoulias;Sarah Knowles

  • Service Users and Practitioners Reunited: The Key Component for Social Work Reform

    Peter Beresford;Suzy Croft

  • Commentary and Issues : Who knows best? Evidence-based practice and the service user contribution:

    Jon Glasby;Peter Beresford

  • 'Anti-oppressive practice': emancipation or appropriation?

    A Wilson;P Beresford

  • Service Users’ Knowledges and the Social Construction of Social Work:

    Peter Beresford;Suzy Croft

  • Thinking about 'mental health': Towards a social model

    Peter Beresford

  • ‘We Don’t See Her as a Social Worker’: A Service User Case Study of the Importance of the Social Worker’s Relationship and Humanity

    Peter Beresford;Suzy Croft;Lesley Adshead;Lesley Adshead;Lesley Adshead

  • Developing the evidence base of patient and public involvement in health and social care research: the case for measuring impact

    Sophie Staniszewska;Ade Adebajo;Rosemary Barber;Peter Beresford

  • Between exclusion and colonisation: seeking a place for mad people’s knowledge in academia

    Jasna Russo;Peter Beresford

  • Disabled People, Service Users, User Involvement and Representation

    Peter Beresford;Jane Campbell

  • Research Note: Research and Empowerment

    Peter Beresford;Clare Evans

  • Developing the theoretical basis for service user/survivor-led research and equal involvement in research.

    Peter Beresford

  • User involvement, research and health inequalities: developing new directions.

    Peter Beresford

  • Poverty first hand : poor people speak for themselves

    Peter Beresford

  • Service user involvement in nursing, midwifery and health visiting research: A review of evidence and practice

    Elizabeth Smith;Fiona Ross;Sheila Donovan;Jill Manthorpe

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Jill Manthorpe
Jill Manthorpe King's College London
Diana Rose
Diana Rose King's College London
Tony Charman
Tony Charman King's College London
John Keady
John Keady University of Manchester
Simon L. Croft
Simon L. Croft London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Glenn Robert
Glenn Robert King's College London

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