Professor Ann-Marie Towers
Dec 2023 – March 2024
Overview
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have commissioned UEA and the University of Kent to undertake a short exploratory study, to explore whether the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) has the potential assess the impact of infectious disease outbreaks on residents’ quality of life. We will use a case-study approach, working with four care homes with recent experience of managing an infectious disease outbreak, to explore the validity of the ASCOT domains for this purpose and assess the feasibility of using the tool in future research and evaluation in this area.
Main Contact and Principal Investigator
Dr Diane Bunn: Associate Professor of Nursing Research, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA);
Tel: 01603 591966; email: d.bunn@uea.ac.uk
Find out more about this study, including information about participating on our main University of East Anglia School of Health Sciences project webpage.
If you would like to take part, please complete the online consent form
or email Dr Wenjing Zhang – W.J.Zhang@kent.ac.uk who will send one direct to you.
Who is involved
- Research Team at CHSS
- Professor Ann-Marie Towers
- Nick Smith
- Dr Wenjing Zhang