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  1. Research and training fellowships as a mechanism for building research capacity in social care: an evaluation of a capacity-building programme in England

    Article • October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  2. Child, family and professional views on valued communication outcomes for non‐verbal children with neurodisability: A qualitative meta‐synthesis

    Article • International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, October 2024, Wiley

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  3. Family carer experiences of hospice care at home: Qualitative findings from a mixed methods realist evaluation

    Article • Palliative Medicine, October 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  4. Optimum models of hospice at home services for end-of-life care in England: a realist-informed mixed-methods evaluation

    Article • Health and Social Care Delivery Research, August 2022, National Institute for Health Research

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  5. Realist evaluation of Autism ServiCe Delivery (RE-ASCeD): which diagnostic pathways work best, for whom and in what context? Findings from a rapid realist review

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2021, BMJ

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  6. Realist Evaluation of Autism ServiCe Delivery (RE-ASCeD): which diagnostic pathways work best, for whom and in what context? Protocol for a rapid realist review

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2020, BMJ

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  7. An evaluation of the clinical microsystems approach in general practice quality improvement

    Article • Primary Health Care Research & Development, January 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  8. Factors influencing trends in opioid prescribing for older people: a scoping review

    Article • Primary Health Care Research & Development, January 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  9. Does the six month-review after a stroke address needs identified by the review?

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  10. Support for people who have had a stroke, and their carers, in the first year of recovery (UK)

    Article • Health & Social Care in the Community, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  11. Experiences of patients with traumatic brain injury and their carers during transition from in-patient rehabilitation to the community: a qualitative study

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, August 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  12. Social capital, individual responses to heat waves and climate change adaptation: An empirical study of two UK cities

    Article • Global Environmental Change, February 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  13. Health and social care responses to the Department of Health Heatwave Plan†

    Article • Journal of Public Health, June 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  14. Perceptions of heatwave risks to health: interview-based study of older people in London and Norwich, UK

    Article • Journal of Public Health, December 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  15. Do Occupational Therapists Feel Equipped to Deal with the Adult Legacy of Childhood Sexual Abuse?

    Article • British Journal of Occupational Therapy, February 1998, SAGE Publications

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson

  16. Conceptual and practical barriers to adaptation: vulnerability and responses to heat waves in the UK

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Dr Vanessa Abrahamson