Emma France

Direct link to study website: sites.google.com/view/prismaqes…

Excited to share we're developing a new MRC funded reporting guideline for #Qualitative Evidence #Synthesis (QES), PRISMA QES, led by me & Jane Noyes of Bangor. Press release: lnkd.in/e8rjbdNm Study website: lnkd.in/eP28i2kT

Direct link to press release: stir.ac.uk/news/2025/janu…

Great to see this article from the @CSO_Scotland funded FLAMINGO study published on acute paediatric admissions. A highly productive and successful collaboration doi.org/10.1136/archdi…

Struggling to find a tool for assessing methodological limitations of qualitative studies for a systematic review? New CAMELOT tool just published! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ce… Pleased to have contributed! @Stir_Research

Our @NIHRresearch CHAMPION study on children's chronic pain is described by our @BangorUni partners here: bangor.ac.uk/shs/news/resea…. We need a new approach to #pain management. @Stir_Research @drabbiejordan @LineCaes @LizForbat

The end of an era. After 30 years of research excellence @NMAHPRu CSO core funding finishes at the end of this month & with it a very productive & highly valued formal partnership between academics from University of Stirling & Glasgow Caledonian University.

🆕 Get an introduction to qualitative evidence synthesis from the experts! 🤓 💻The new @cochranetrain Interactive Learning module will teach you how to systematically combine & analyse evidence from individual qualitative studies ➡️ Read more here! buff.ly/49CZeAd

Our paper just out today - all you ever wanted to know about QES but were afraid to ask- of help to students and novices alike Qualitative Evidence Synthesis: Where Are We at? - Kate Flemming, Jane Noyes, 2021 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… @jane_noyes @CochraneQual

Today, on #RareDiseaseDay 2024 we are proud to introduce you to Georgina Ferguson-Glover, who lives with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. She shared 9 of her joys of living with this rare condition with us. Let's have a look at some of them [thread]:

Great example of innovation in research on families' experiences of children's chronic pain @CHAMPIONProjec1 Cochrane review & meta-ethnography cochrane.org/CD014873 @uni_bangor, @Stir_Research, @Emma___France @NIHRresearch @jane_noyes @drabbiejordan healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/inn…

The end of a productive & enjoyable month working on #metaethnography with the amazing Prof Terese Bondas @TBondas of @UniStavanger during her sabbatical in Stirling, joined by the excellent Prof Bente Dahl for 2 days! @Stir_Research @NMAHPRu

Want to know more about research looking at families' experiences of children's chronic pain? Listen to our short podcast about our @CHAMPIONProjec1 Cochrane review & meta-ethnography cochrane.org/CD014873 @Stir_Research @NIHRresearch @NMAHPRu @jane_noyes @drabbiejordan

Read our data linkage paper in @ADC_BMJ here: "Insights from and limitations of data linkage studies: analysis of short-stay urgent admission referral source from routinely collected Scottish data" @PatHoddinott @Emma___France @DrCMalcolm @LornaAucott adc.bmj.com/content/early/…

And our qualitative research in @PLOSONE here: "Short stay hospital admissions for an acutely unwell child: a qualitative study of outcomes that matter to parents and professionals" @PatHoddinott @Emma___France @DrCMalcolm @LornaAucott @FlamingoStudy doi.org/10.1371/journa…

📢The Champion study, led by Dr Emma France @StirUni & involving @MaySilveira7, now based in @NCPHWR_Wales found children are often left without effective pain management and struggle to access support from health services. Read more 👉stir.ac.uk/news/2023/12/r…… #ChronicPain

An infographic of some recommendations for managing children's chronic pain in primary care from our NIHR-funded @CHAMPIONProjec1 & #Cochrane systematic review cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10… @rcgp @theRCN @Stir_Research

'Researchers call for changes to tackle chronic pain in children' - @CHAMPIONProjec1 study from @uniofbath @BathPsychology @BathCPR's @drabbiejordan published via @CochraneLibrary ➡️ bit.ly/46YaZQ2 w/@Emma___France @MaySilveira7 @jane_noyes @LineCaes @IsaUNY @LizForbat

We have started work on our latest #NESSIE project! See ed.ac.uk/usher/nessie/o… for more detail & read our blog on why it is important blogs.ed.ac.uk/nessie/2023/11… #evidencesynthesis #bestevidence #evidencebased #EvidenceBasedPractice #evidencedbasedresearch #evidenceinformedpractice

Our animation designed with & for children & young people with chronic pain is now online! It presents findings from our #NIHR research @CHAMPIONProjec1 in an engaging way youtube.com/watch?v=Oz5I7x… @NIHRresearch @Stir_Research @Stirling_Health @PainConcern @VersusArthritis