Informations de base

Nom: Sarah Peters
Titre: Professor of Health Psychology
Institution: University of Manchester
Discipline: Psychologie
Des années d'expérience: 20

Recherche

Approche méthodologique principale de recherche :

• Symptômes physiques médicalement inexpliqués
• Éducation du patient
• Relation patient-prestataire

Axes de recherche en communication et santé :

• Méthodes qualitatives
• ECR
• Revue systématique de la littérature

Description

Trois mots-clés décrivant l’expertise et l’intérêt :

1. behavior change

Description du domaine d'expertise, des intérêts majeurs et des sujets de consultation :

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.

Brève biographie:

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