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Dr Lisa Whiting is Associate Dean Research and Associate Professor [Research] in the School of Health and Social Work at the University of Hertfordshire. Her professional background is as both an adult and children's nurse who worked within a paediatric critical care setting for several years. Since moving to a university environment, Lisa has been involved in the teaching and assessment of undergraduate and postgraduate students across a range of academic levels, including doctoral studies. Lisa completed a doctorate in 2012, her work used a photo-elicitation approach to gain insight into children’s wellbeing; since then, she has led several research projects that have spanned a range of child health issues and that have had a strong focus on the involvement of, and the voice of, children, young people and their families. Other research has had an educational remit and has centred on the enhancement of learning for nurses working within areas of child health and children’s nursing. Current and recent projects include: An evaluation of the safeguarding training delivered to frontline staff; The components of different staffing models that improve nurse and patient outcomes in critical care; Gaining insight into food, diet practices and nutrition during the early year’s lifespan; The experiences of student nurses during and post pandemic; Exploring neonatal nurses’ and parents’ understanding of factors that enhance and hinder communication. LW’s research involvement has included both qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches; she has disseminated her work widely via publications and presentations.
LW is supervising doctoral students whose research focusses on aspects of nursing, health and wellbeing.
Research interests
Child Health Promotion
Health Asset/Asset mapping
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Evaluation of a hypertension case finding pilot in Hertfordshire and West Essex
Hadley, R. (PI), Whiting, L. (CoI) & Mutare, S. (CoI)
1/11/24 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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Evaluation of a whole family relationship support service
Godbold, R. (PI) & Whiting, L. (CoI)
1/09/24 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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MAPE: Medicine adherence in children and young people who have epilepsy
Whiting, L. (PI), Godbold, R. (CoI), Ali, S. (CoI) & Ali, A. (CoI)
4/07/24 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
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SafeTE: Herts and West Essex Safeguarding Training Evaluation
Godbold, R. (PI), Whiting, L. (CoI), Greco, H.-A. (Researcher) & Herbland, A. (CoI)
1/04/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Medicine Adherence in Paediatric Epilepsy [MAPE]: Final Report
Whiting, L., Godbold, R., Ali, S. & Ali, A., 28 Jan 2025, University of Hertfordshire. 87 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Investigating parental perspectives of the enablers and barriers to communication with their preterm infants: A narrative study
Petty, J., Whiting, L. & Harding, C., 26 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Child Health Care. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Neonatal nurses’ understanding of the factors that enhance and hinder early communication between preterm infants and their parents: A narrative inquiry study.
Petty, J., Harding, C. & Whiting, L., 10 Nov 2024, (Submitted) In: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Online safeguarding training: Where is the evidence of its effectiveness?
Godbold, R., Whiting, L., Greco, H.-A. & Herbland, A., 10 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print)Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
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“Such insight into research” Undergraduate BSc Hons Nursing Research Internship.
Whiting, L., Pattison, N. & Petty, J., 13 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print)Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
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