Grundinformation

Name: Sarah Peters
Titel: Professor of Health Psychology
Institution: University of Manchester
Disziplin: Psychologie
Langjährige Erfahrung: 20

Forschung

Primärer methodischer Forschungsansatz:

• Medizinisch ungeklärte körperliche Symptome
• Patientenaufklärung
• Beziehung zwischen Patient und Anbieter

Forschungsschwerpunkte im Bereich Kommunikation und Gesundheitswesen:

• Qualitative Methoden
• RCT
• Systematische Literaturrecherche

Beschreibung

Drei Schlüsselwörter, die Fachwissen und Interesse beschreiben:

1. behavior change

Beschreibung des Fachgebiets, der Interessenschwerpunkte und der Beratungsthemen:

My research focuses on healthcare communication, particularly within challenging contexts, such as medically unexplained symptoms, unhealthy behaviours and suicide. The goal of my work is to improve patient care and a key aspect is how to equip health professionals to communicate more effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues. I use a range of methods but specialise in how to integrate qualitative methods within randomised controlled trials to examine mechanisms of action, acceptability, feasibility and implementation of psychological and educational interventions.

Kurze Biografie:

My background is in psychology. I am Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Manchester, UK, and since 2022 have been director of the Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, the largest international group of health psychologists. I am a keen supporter of early career staff and building capacity in the next generation of healthcare communication researchers