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Dr Jill Wales

Research Fellow

Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

Jill Wales is a Research Fellow in Community Wellbeing at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. She is a qualitative and mixed methods researcher primarily engaged in research activities with a focus on health, wellbeing and co-production with potentially marginalised groups. Jill has a teaching qualification (PGCE) and while employed by Durham County Council, studied for an MA in Professional Practice - Education. She subsequently completed a PhD at Northumbria University in 2020. Jill has worked for Northumbria University on a series of projects primarily relating to services for people with long term health conditions, older people and military veterans. 

Jill Wales

Older people's wellbeing, social connections and digital inclusion

Services for military veterans

 

 

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • The effectiveness of interventions in reducing economic inactivity for people with long term health conditions and disabilities in the United Kingdom: A systematic review, Haighton, C., Wales, J., Wilkie, R., Gray, J., Crawshaw, P. 24 Mar 2025, In: BMJ Open
  • The Views of Healthcare Professionals on iFall, a Smartphone Application for Falls Reporting in Parkinson’s Disease: A Qualitative Study, Kelly, M., Naisby, J., Wales, J., Webster, E., Standerline, G., Barry, G., Amjad, A., Moore, J., Ratcliffe, N., Godfrey, A., Morris, R. 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Coproduction and Usability of a Smartphone App for Falls Reporting in Parkinson Disease, Wales, J., Moore, J., Naisby, J., Ratcliffe, N., Barry, G., Amjad, A., Godfrey, A., Standerline, G., Webster, E., Morris, R. 1 Feb 2024, In: Physical Therapy
  • Use of a mobile app by people with Parkinson's disease to improve self-management: a feasibility study, Hand, A., Wales, J., Cook, G., Kirton, A. Feb 2024, In: British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
  • Connecting and reconnecting: a phenomenological study of the meanings that extra care tenants attribute to using the internet for social contact, Wales, J., Cook, G., Bailey, C. 30 Mar 2023, In: Housing, Care and Support
  • Older people’s perceptions and self-reported usage of the mobile app, “Hear Me Now”: a feasibility study, Cook, G., Hand, A., Wales, J., Kirton, A. 30 May 2023, In: Working with Older People

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Oral presentation: Connecting and reconnecting in later life - meanings that extra care tenants attribute to online social contact 2024
  • Membership of network: University of Plymouth (External organisation) 2022
  • Membership of network: Health and Life Sciences (Organisational unit) 2021
  • Membership of network: British Society of Gerontology (External organisation) 2014

  • Health and Social Research PhD June 30 2020
  • Education MA July 01 2010
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Education PGCE 1976


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