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Natalie Armstrong

University of Leicester
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Optimizing patient involvement in quality improvement

N Armstrong, G Herbert, EL Aveling… - Health …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Patient and public involvement in healthcare planning, service development
and health‐related research has received significant attention. However, evidence about the …

Conceptualizing resistance

N Armstrong, E Murphy - Health:, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The 1990s saw a proliferation of sociological work applying Foucault’s ideas on governmentality
to health promotion and public health. This work characterized public health discourses …

[HTML][HTML] Half a century of Wilson & Jungner: reflections on the governance of population screening

S Sturdy, F Miller, S Hogarth, N Armstrong… - Wellcome Open …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: In their landmark report on the “Principles and Practice of Screening for
Disease”(1968), Wilson and Jungner noted that the practice of screening is just as important for …

Overdiagnosis and overtreatment as a quality problem: insights from healthcare improvement research

N Armstrong - BMJ quality & safety, 2018 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Overdiagnosis and overtreatment are increasingly highlighted as a significant problem in
contemporary healthcare. While not necessarily straightforward to define, 1 overdiagnosis and …

Resistance through risk: Women and cervical cancer screening

N Armstrong - Health, Risk & Society, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores how individual women deal with, and react to, the very general information
on cervical cancer risks they receive when invited to attend for cervical screening, and …

Overruling uncertainty about preventative medications: the social organisation of healthcare professionals' knowledge and practices

C Cupit, J Rankin, N Armstrong… - Sociology of health & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we draw on an institutional ethnographic ( IE ) study of cardiovascular disease
prevention in general practice, exploring the work of healthcare professionals who introduce …

Discourse and the individual in cervical cancer screening

N Armstrong - Health:, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
The official discourse on cervical screening, disseminated to women through the information
material they receive when called to attend, is important for the ways in which it presents …

From the outside looking in: How an awareness of difference can benefit the qualitative research process

C Tinker, N Armstrong - 2008 - figshare.le.ac.uk
While much has been written on the problems that can arise when interviewing respondents
from a different social group, less attention has been paid to its potential benefits for the …

Weaving meaning? An exploration of the interplay between lay and professional understandings of cervical cancer risk

N Armstrong, E Murphy - Social Science & Medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
In line with the increasing emphasis on informed choice, women invited for cervical cancer
screening in England receive a leaflet containing information on the risk factors and …

Quality improvement through clinical communities: eight lessons for practice

EL Aveling, G Martin, N Armstrong… - Journal of health …, 2012 - emerald.com
Purpose – Approaches to quality improvement in healthcare based on clinical communities
are founded in practitioner networks, peer influence and professional values. However, …