Title and Name Dr Emma Pitchforth Position Organisation Contact Associate Director; Innovation, Health and Science RAND Europe epitchfo@rand.org Qualifications 2004 PhD Public Health, University of Aberdeen Thesis title: Emergency obstetric care in Bangladesh: needs of poor women 2000 BSc (Hons) Health Sciences, First Class, University of Aberdeen Employment History Aug 15 – present Associate Director; Innovation, Health and Science group, RAND Europe Jan 12 – Jul 15 Research Leader, Health and Healthcare, RAND Europe Sep 13 - present Affiliate member Pardee RAND Graduate School faculty (maternity leave Oct 2014 to Sep 2015) Jun 08 – Dec 2011 Jamsetji Tata Senior Research Fellow, LSE Health Jan 10 – Dec 2011 Deputy Director, LSE Health (maternity leave Aug 2010 to Aug 2011) Jan 05- May 08 Lecturer in Social Science and Health, University of Leicester Nov 03- Dec 04 Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen Jul 02 – Sep 02 Research Assistant Aberdeen Apr 00 -Sep 00 Research Assistant, University of Aberdeen (part-time), IMMPACT, University of Current visiting appointments Jan 12 – present Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge Apr 12 – present Visiting Fellow, University of Bournemouth Journal articles 1 Pitchforth E, Roland M. Specialist services in the community: a qualitative study of consultants holding novel types of employment contracts in England. Future Hospital Journal 2015; 2(3):173-9. Goodenough T, Kay B, Deave T, Towner E, Stewart J, Ablewhite J, Hawkins A, McDaid L, Pitchforth E, Kendrick D. What are the barriers and facilitators to injury prevention interventions in English Children’s Centres? A qualitative study of English Children’s Centre managers and staff. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education 2015; doi: 10.1080/14635240.2015.1065710 McKenzie Bryers H, Pitchforth E, van Teijlingen E. Mixed methods in health research. Nepal Journal of Epidemiology. 2014;4(5):47-22.. Miani C, Ball S, Pitchforth E, Exley J, King S, Roland M, Fuld J, Nolte E. Organisational interventions to reduce length of stay in hospital: a rapid evidence assessment. Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014;2:204. Deave T, Towner E, McColl E, Reading R, Sutton A, Coupland C, Cooper N, Stewart J, Hayes M, Pitchforth E, Watson M, Kendrick D. Multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating implementation of a fire-prevention Injury Prevention Briefing in children’s centres: study protocol. BMC Public Health 01/2014; 14(1):69. Baskayne K, Willars J, Pitchforth E, Tincello D. Women’s expectations of prolapse surgery: a retrospective qualitative study. Neurourology and Urodynamics 2013; doi: 10.1002/nau.22380 De-Graft-Aikins A, Arhinful DK, Pitchforth E, Ogedegbe G, Allotey P, Agyemang C. Establishing and sustaining research partnerships in Africa: a case study of the UK-Africa academic partnership on chronic disease. Globalization and Health 2012;8:29. De-Graft-Aikins A, Pitchforth E, Allotey P, Ogdegbe G, Agyemang C. Culture, ethnicity and chronic conditions: reframing concepts and methods for research, interventions and policy in low- and middle-income countries. Ethnicity and Health 2012; 17(6):551-561. Bisht R, Pitchforth E, Murray SF. Understanding India, globalisation and health care systems: a mapping of research in the social sciences. Globalization and Health 2012;8:32. Murray SF, Bisht R, Baru R, Pitchforth E. Understanding health systems, health economies and globalization: the need for social science perspectives. Globalization and Health 2012;8:30. Pitchforth E, Weaver S, Willars J, Wwrzkowicz E, Luyt D, Dixon-Woods M. A qualitative study of families of a child with a nut allergy. Chronic Illness; August 2011. DOI:10.1177/1742395311411591. Bakali E, Pitchforth E, Kenyan S, Slack M, Tooza-Hobson P, Jones DR, Taylor D, Tincello D. Clinicians’ views on the feasibility of surgical randomised trials in urogynaecology: results of a questionnaire study. Neurology and Urodynamics 2011; 30:69-74. van Teijlingen E, Simkhada B, Porter M, Simkhada P, Pitchforth E, Bhatta P. Qualitative research and its place in health research in Nepal. Kathmandu University Medical Journal 01/2011. 2 Pitchforth E, Lilford RJ, Kebede Y, Asres G, Stanford C, Frost J. Assessing and understanding quality of care in a labour ward: a pilot study combining clinical and social science perspectives in Gondar, Ethiopia. Social Science & Medicine 2010; 71: 1739-1748. van Teijlingen E, Pitchforth E. Rural maternity care: can we learn from Wal-mart? Health & Place 2010;16:359-364. Tucker J, McVicar A, Pitchforth E, Bryers H, Farmer J. Maternity care models in a remote and rural network: assessing clinical appropriateness and outcome indicators. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2010; 19:359-364. Al-Attas AH, Williams CD, Pitchforth EL, O’Callaghan C, Lewallan S. Understanding delay in accessing specialist emergency eye care in a developing country: eye trauma in Tanzania. Opthalmic Epidemiology 2010; 17; 103-112. Williams CD, O’Callaghan C, Pitchforth E. Computers, the internet and medical education in Africa. Medical Education 2010;44:485-488. Pitchforth E, van Teijlingen E, Watson V, Tucker JS, Kiger A, Ireland J, Farmer J, Rennie A-M, Gibb S, Martin E, Ryan M. 'Choice' and place of delivery: a qualitative study of women in remote and rural Scotland. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2009;18:42-48. Dixon-Woods M, Soukas A, Pitchforth E, Tarrant C. An ethnographic study of classifying and accounting for risk at the sharp end of medical wards. Social Science & Medicine 2009;63:362-369. Poobalan AS, Pitchforth E, Imamura M, Lakshmi M, Tucker JS, Philip K, Spratt J, van Teijlingen E. Characteristics of effective interventions in improving young people’s sexual health: a review of reviews. Sex Education 2009; 9:319-336. Pitchforth E, Watson V, Tucker J, Ryan M, van Teijlingen E, Farmer J, Ireland J, Martin E, Kiger A, Bryers H. Models of intrapartum care and women’s trade-offs in remote and rural Scotland: a mixed methods study. BJOG 2008;115:560-569. Edelstein M, Pitchforth E, Asres G, Silverman M, Kulkarni N. Awareness of health effects of cooking smoke among women in the Gondar Region of Ethiopia: a pilot study. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2008;8:10. Doshani A, Pitchforth E, Mayne C, Tincello DG. The value of qualitative research in urogynaecology. BJOG 2008; 116(1): 3-6. Doshani A, Pitchforth E, Mayne CJ, Tincello DG. Culturally sensitive continence care: a qualitative study among south Asian Indian women in Leicester. Family Practice 2007; 24:585-593. Pitchforth E, van Teijlingen E, Graham W, Fitzmaurice A. Development of a proxy wealth index for women utilising emergency obstetric care in Bangladesh. Health Policy and Planning 2007;22:311-319. Pitchforth E, van Teijlingen E, Graham W, Dixon-Woods M, Chowdhury M. Getting women to hospital is not enough: a qualitative study of access to emergency obstetric care in Bangladesh. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2006;15:214-219. 3 Kenyon S, Dixon-Woods M, Jackson C, Windridge K, Pitchforth E. Participating in a trial in a critical situation: a qualitative study in pregnancy. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2006;15:98-101. van Teijlingen E, Pitchforth E, Bishop C, Russell E. Delphi method and nominal group techniques in family planning and reproductive health research. Journal of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care 2006;32:30-32. van Teijlengen E, Pitchforth E. Focus group research in family planning and reproductive health care, Journal of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care 2006;32:30-32. Pitchforth E, van Teijlingen E. International public health research involving interpreters: a case study from Bangladesh. BMC Public Health 2005 5:71. Forrest Keenan F, van Teijlingen E, Pitchforth E. The analysis of qualitative research data in family planning and reproductive health care. Journal of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care 2005; 31:40-43. Pitchforth E, Porter M, van Teijlingen E, Forrest Keenan K. Writing up and presenting qualitative research in family planning and reproductive health care. Journal of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care 2005;31:132-135, 2005. Pitchforth E, Russell E, van der Pol M. Access to specialist cancer care: is it equitable? British Journal of Cancer 2002; 87:1221-1226. Other publications Miani C, Hinrichs S, Pitchforth E, Bienkowska-Gibbs T, Disbeschl S, Roland M, Nolte E. Best practice: medical training from an international perspective. Santa Monica: RAND Corporation,2015. Nolte E, Pitchforth E, Miani C, McHugh S. The changing hospital landscape: an exploration of international experiences. Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2014. Nolte E, Pitchforth E. What is the evidence of economic impacts of integrated care. European Observatory for Health Systems and Policies. Policy Brief 11. Copenhagen: World Health Organization, 2014. Schweppenstedde D, Hinrichs S, Ogbu U, Schneider EC, Kringos DS, Klazinga NS, Healy J, Vuorenkoski L, Busse R, Guerin B, Pitchforth E, Nolte E. Regulating quality and safety of health and social care: international experiences. Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2014. Mladovsky P, Saleh WF, Pitchforth E, Jacobzone S, Thomson S. ‘Private health insurance in low and middle income countries’ forthcoming book chapter In: Private Health Insurance and Medical Savings Accounts: the International Experience, Cambridge University Press. (forthcoming) Pitchforth E, Nolte E, Miani C, Winpenny E. Options for effective mechanisms to inform evidenceinformed policymaking in RMNCH in Asia and the Pacific. Geneva: World Health Organisation, 2013. 4 Strelitz J, Nolte E, Pitchforth E, Miani C, Winpenny E, Henman M-L, Ball S, Jahagirdar D. The economic case for a shift to prevention. In: Annual report of the Chief Medical Officer 2012, Our children deserve better: prevention pays. UK: Department of Health, 2013. Friedberg MW, Chen PG, Van Busum KR, Aunon F, Pham C, Caloyeras J, Mattke S, Pitchforth E et al. Factors affecting physician professional satisfaction and their implications for patient care, health systems and health policy. Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2013. Miani C, Pitchforth E, Nolte E. Choice of primary care provider: a review of experiences in three countries. London: Policy Innovation Research Unit, 2013. Achadi E, Pitchforth E, Hussein J. Quality of Care. In: Hussein J, McCaw-Binns A, Webber R (Eds) Maternal and perinatal health in developing countries. CABI: Wallingford, UK, 2012. Coast E, McDaid D, Leone T, Pitchforth E, Matthews Z, Iemmi V, Hirose A, Macrae-Gibson R, Secker J, Jones E. What are the effects of different models of delivery for improving maternal and infant health outcomes for poor people in urban areas in low income and middle income countries? London: EPPICentre, Social Science Research Unit. Institute of Education, University of London, 2012. Pitchforth E, van Teijlingen E. Health: a rural perspective. Chapter In: Alder B, Abraham C, van Teijlingen E, Porter M (Eds). Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine; Churchill Livingstone (3rd edition), 2009. p160-161. van Teijlingen E, Tucker J, Philip K, Spratt J, Poobalan A, Pitchforth E, Imamura M, Forbes S, Vascianovich A. A review of sex and relationships education in Scottish secondary schools. Health Scotland: Edinburgh, 2008. Beck V, Quinn M, Dunn A, Otter ME, Hammer N, Pitchforth E. The economics of health. Final report, East Midlands Development Agency, 2008. Tucker J, Farmer J, Bryers H, Kiger A, van Teijlingen E, Ryan M, Pitchforth E, on behalf of the Research Project Team. Sustainable Maternity Service Provision in Remote and Rural Scotland: implementing and evaluating maternity care models for remote and rural Scotland. NHS Scotland, RARARI: Dumfries, 2006. Research grants grant s Nolte E, Roland M, Pitchforth E, van Teijlingen E. Advancing community hospitals and services in the NHS: learning from international experiences. NIHR HS&DR, £344,305.65, Mar 14 – Feb 16. Okeke E, Glick P, Abubakar I, Onwujekwe O, Pitchforth E, Chari A, Setodji C. Better obstetrics in rural Nigeria (BORN study): Evaluation of Midwifery Service Scheme (MSS). 3ie, $450,000, 2013- 2015. Roland M, Nolte E, Pitchforth E. Outpatient services and primary care: scoping review, case studies and international comparisons. NIHR HS&DR, £264,644, Apr 2013 - Sep 2014. Nolte E, Ling T, Roland M, Newbould J, Pitchforth E, Lyratzopoulos G, Abel G, Barclay S. Evaluation of the Univesity College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre. Macmillan Cancer Care, £259,797, Mar 2012 - Feb 2015. 5 Nolte E, Roland M, Pitchforth E, McGuire A, Abel G. Evaluation of the Lambeth and Southwark Integrated Care Pilot. Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust,£200,383. Aug 2012 Aug 2016. Nolte E, Pitchforth E, Miani C. Evidence response mechanisms for RMNCH in Asia and the Pacific. Partnership for Maternal and Child Health and Implementation Research Board, WHO Geneva, $115,000. Pitchforth E, Development of conceptual framework and indicators as part of Quality Facility Births and Kits Project, sub contact from University of Aberdeen funded by Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, 2009-2010, £30,000. Murray SF, Baru R, Pitchforth E, India’s challenge in a globalizing health care economy: social science directions. ESRC Rising Powers Network Grant, Feb 2010 – 2011, £71,985. Coast E, Leone T, Knapp M, Pitchforth E, Mental health and poverty in low income countries, LSE Seed Fund, from June 2010, £22,944. Coast E, Leone T, McDaid D, Pitchforth E, What are the effective models of delivery of maternal and child health outcomes for poor people in urban areas in low-income countries? Systematic review. Department for International Development, June 2010 – Aug 2011. Mossialos EA, Pitchforth E, Mladovosky P. Transferring health policy knowledge from Europe to the English context. Higher Education Innovation Fund 4, 2008 – 2010. £50,000. Beck V, Dunn A, Edmunds-Otter M, Pitchforth E, Quinn M, Hammer N. Economics of Health. East Midlands Development Agency (EmDA), Nov 2007 – Mar 2008. £30,000. Pitchforth E, Lilford R, Kebede Y. Understanding patient safety: obstetric care in Ethiopia. The British Academy Small Grant Scheme, May 2007 – Dec 2007, £5,264. Pitchforth E, Wawrzkowicz E, Luyt D, Dixon-Woods M. A qualitative study to explore the experiences of children and their families living with nut allergy. Midlands Asthma and Allergy Research Association (MAARA), May 2007-May2009, £11,550. Heller S, Davies MJ, Campbell MJ, Carey ME, Dallosso HM, Dixon S, Khunti K, Pitchforth E, Skinner C. Does self monitoring of blood glucose as opposed to urinalysis provide additional benefit to newly diagnosed individuals with Type 2 diabetes receiving structured education? Diabetes UK, Sep 2007 – Feb 2010, £351,495. Van Teijlingen E, Tucker J, Poobablan A, Philip K, Spratt J, Imamura M, Pitchforth E, Astin M. Sex and Relationship Education: Review of Programmes. NHS Scotland, Apr 2006-Dec 2006, £59,872. Harris H, Pitchforth E, Mayne CJ, Terry T, Tincello DG. A study to explore the expectations of women having prolapse surgery. Johnson & Johnson Medical, Nov 2006 – Dec 2007. $41,388. 6 O’Callaghan C, Williams C, Pitchforth E. Developing multimedia learning resources for health workers in the developing world: an exploration. David Baum Foundation, Nov 2006 – Dec 2007, £19,971. Van Teijlingen E, Yakubu B, Simkhada P, Pitchforth E, Eboh W, Bhattacharya S. Systematic review of sexual health interventions with young people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities. NHS Scotland, May 2005-Aug 2005, £15,000. Van Teijlingen E, Tucker J, Poobablan A, Philip K, Spratt J, Imamura M, Pitchforth E, Astin M. Sex and Relationship Education: Review of Programmes. NHS Scotland, Apr 2006-Dec 2006, £59,872. Tucker J, Farmer J, Byers H, Kiger A, van Teijlingen E, Ryan M, Pitchforth E. Sustainable Maternity Serivce Provision in Remote and Rural Areas of Scotland: developing, implementing and evaluating appropriate maternity care models for remote and rural Scotland. Funder NHS Scotland RARARI, January 2004-March 2005, £107, 876. Selected Selected external roles Member of Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Wellbeing of Women Research Advisory Committee, 2010 to 2014. Co-Editor-in-Chief, Globalization and Health http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/, June 2008 to 2013. External PhD examiner, University of Southampton (2009), University of Aberdeen (2010). External Examiner, MPH Programme, University of Gondar, Ethiopia, 2005 to 2008. Advisor to ‘Keeping children safe at home: a multicentre collaborative research programme to reduce childhood injuries’. Kendrick D et al., NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme Grant, 2008-2014. Advisor to ‘The practice of obstetric care in Mumbai: an ethical analysis’. Jesani A et al. Wellcome Trust grant, 2009-2012. 7