Aleksandra J. Borek (0000-0001-6029-5291)

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Senior Qualitative Researcher in Behavioural Science, with expertise in:

- behaviour change and inter-personal processes (including the use of behaviour change theories and frameworks, mechanisms of action, and implementation of interventions)
- design, implementation and process evaluation of behaviour change interventions

Involved in the following current/recent projects:
• Stopping antibiotics when you feel better: a qualitative study on using antibiotics differently in general practice
• Understanding the dynamics of policy development and healthcare worker behaviour in the UK during the COVID-19 public health emergency
• A qualitative sub-study of the PRINCIPLE trial on treatments for COVID-19
• STEP-UP study - a programme of research to improve the uptake and sustainability of effective interventions to promote prudent antibiotic use in primary care
• A qualitative study with locum GPs on the role of locums in antibiotic prescribing and stewardship
• ENACT study - Exploring the implementation of interventions to reduce antibiotic use and catheter associated urinary tract infections
• Healthy Parent Carers - a programme of research to improve the health and wellbeing of parent carers
• MAGI study - Mechanisms of action in group-based behaviour change interventions

PhD thesis: Understanding how participation in groups promotes health-related psychological and behaviour change

Projects prior to PhD:
• Qualitative evaluation of the Cambridge Bursary Scheme (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge)
• Conversation analysis of to identify patterns of everyday conversations between couples (Polish and English native speakers) (Psychology Department, University of Portsmouth)
• MA Dissertation: ‘“Tell me what you eat”: Initiating and discussing lifestyle issues in diabetes consultations’ (Conversation Analysis) (Department of Sociology, University of York)

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University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

(Primary Care Health Sciences)

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University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

University of Exeter: Exeter, Devon, GB

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University of Exeter: Exeter, GB

University of York: York, North Yorkshire, GB

University of York: York, GB

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Healthy Parent Carers: Acceptability and practicability of online delivery and learning through implementation by delivery partner organisations

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on antimicrobial stewardship support for general practices in England: a qualitative interview study.

Re-examining advice to complete antibiotic courses: a qualitative study with clinicians and patients

Implementing antibiotic stewardship in high prescribing English general practices: a mixed-methods study

Conducting rapid qualitative interview research during the COVID-19 pandemic—Reflections on methodological choices

Experiences and concerns of health workers throughout the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: A longitudinal qualitative interview study

The value, challenges and practical considerations of conducting qualitative research on antimicrobial stewardship in primary care

How can behavioural science contribute to qualitative research on antimicrobial stewardship in primary care?

Role of locum GPs in antibiotic prescribing and stewardship: a mixed-methods study

Play‐based groups for children with cerebral palsy and their parents: a qualitative interview study about the impact on mothers’ wellbeing

How did UK policymaking in the COVID-19 response use science? Evidence from scientific advisers

Development of an intervention to support the implementation of evidence-based strategies for optimising antibiotic prescribing in general practice

Healthy Parent Carers: feasibility randomised controlled trial of a peer-led group-based health promotion intervention for parent carers of disabled children

Perspectives on COVID-19 testing policies and practices: a qualitative study with scientific advisors and NHS health care workers in England

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community antibiotic prescribing and stewardship: a qualitative interview study with general practitioners in England.

Value, challenges and practical considerations when designing, conducting and analysing a longitudinal qualitative study in family medicine

Exploring the implementation of interventions to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (ENACT study): main report

Exploring the implementation of interventions to reduce antibiotic use (ENACT study): main report

Healthy Parent Carers programme: mixed methods process evaluation and refinement of a health promotion intervention

Gender in the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) Checklist

Platform Randomised trial of INterventions against COVID-19 In older peoPLE (PRINCIPLE): protocol for a randomised, controlled, open-label, adaptive platform, trial of community treatment of COVID-19 syndromic illness in people at higher risk

Implementing interventions to reduce antibiotic use: a qualitative study in high-prescribing practices

Social and Contextual Influences on Antibiotic Prescribing and Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Qualitative Study with Clinical Commissioning Group and General Practice Professionals

Optimising antimicrobial stewardship interventions in English primary care: a behavioural analysis of qualitative and intervention studies

Optimising Interventions for Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) in Primary, Secondary and Care Home Settings

Investigating the mechanism of impact and differential effect of the Quality Premium scheme on antibiotic prescribing in England: a longitudinal study

How did a Quality Premium financial incentive influence antibiotic prescribing in primary care? Views of Clinical Commissioning Group and general practice professionals

Conceptualising the Integration of Strategies by Clinical Commissioning Groups in England towards the Antibiotic Prescribing Targets for the Quality Premium Financial Incentive Scheme: A Short Report

Healthy Parent Carers peer-led group-based health promotion intervention for parent carers of disabled children: protocol for a feasibility study using a parallel group randomised controlled trial design

How Can National Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions in Primary Care Be Improved? A Stakeholder Consultation

Investigating the mechanism of impact of the Quality Premium initiative on antibiotic prescribing in primary care practices in England: a study protocol

‘We're all in the same boat’: A qualitative study on how groups work in a diabetes prevention and management programme

Developing and applying a framework to understand mechanisms of action in group-based, behaviour change interventions: the MAGI mixed-methods study

Identifying change processes in group-based health behaviour-change interventions: development of the mechanisms of action in group-based interventions (MAGI) framework

Healthy Parent Carers programme: development and feasibility of a novel group-based health-promotion intervention

Group-Based Diet and Physical Activity Weight-Loss Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials

How do Small Groups Promote Behaviour Change? An Integrative Conceptual Review of Explanatory Mechanisms

Resources for parents raising a disabled child in the UK

A checklist to improve reporting of group-based behaviour-change interventions.

Working Side by Side? Interaction and Interview Data in Research on Household Conflicts

Peer review (19 reviews for 6 publications/grants)