Alison Porter - Research Officer

Alison Porter is a Research Officer and Deputy Director of AWARD’s Mid and West Wales office at Swansea University. She is primarily a qualitative researcher, with a research background and interests including health inequalities, disability, older people, and the interface between health and social care. She has a particular interest in the way in which organisations interact with the people who use them, through the processes of consultation, participation and communication. In addition to her academic background, she has experience of both local government and the voluntary sector from the inside, through her work in social care and in community development.

Qualifications

1987 BA(Hons) Geography, University of Oxford
1993 Membership of the Chartered Institute of Transport
1999 PhD University of Wales, Swansea: ‘Compromise and Constraint: disabled people’s experience of travel in Swansea, UK’
The thesis used quantitative and qualitative methods to explore disabled people’s experiences of local travel, and examined these in relation to theoretical understandings of disability.

Publications

Papers published in peer reviewed journals
2008 Porter, A., Snooks, H., Whitfield, R., Youren, A., Gaze, S., Rapport, F. and Woollard, M. 'Covering our backs: ambulance crews' attitudes towards clinical documentation when 999 patients are not conveyed to hospital' Emergency Medicine Journal 25(5)

2008 Porter, A., , Peconi, J., Evans, A., Snooks, H., Lloyd, K., Russell, I. 'Equity and service innovation: the implementation of a bibliotherapy scheme in Wales' Journal of Health Services Research and Policy Vol 13 Supplement 2 pp26-31.

2007 Porter, A., Snooks, H., Whitfield, R., Youren, A., Gaze, S., Rapport, F. and Woollard, M. ‘Should I stay or should I go? Deciding whether to go to hospital after a 999 call’ Journal of Health Services Research and Policy Volume 12 Supplement 1

2002 Porter, A 'Compromise and constraint: examining the nature of transport disability in the context of local travel' World Transport Policy and Practice 8:2

2000 Porter, A ‘Playing the ‘disabled role’ in local travel’ Area 32:1, pp41-48

Book
2007 Cropper, S., Porter, A., Williams, G., Carlisle, S., Moore, R., O’Neill, M., Roberts, C. and Snooks, H. (eds) Community health and wellbeing: action research on health inequalities Policy Press: Bristol

Book chapters

2008 Windle, G., & Porter, A. Policy for Older People in Wales.
In Maltby, T., Kennett, P., & Rummery, K., (eds.). Social Policy Review
(20). Policy Press:Bristol. To order a copy of this book please click here

2007 Porter, A and Roberts, C. ‘Policy innovation to tackle health inequalities’ in Cropper, S., Porter, A., Williams, G., Carlisle, S., Moore, R., O’Neill, M., Roberts, C. and Snooks, H. (eds) Community health and wellbeing: action research on health inequalities Policy Press: Bristol

2007 Bermingham, B. and Porter, A. ‘Engaging with communities’ in Cropper, S., Porter, A., Williams, G., Carlisle, S., Moore, R., O’Neill, M., Roberts, C. and Snooks, H. (eds) Community health and wellbeing: action research on health inequalities Policy Press: Bristol

2007 Williams, G, Cropper, S, Porter, A and Snooks, H ‘Beyond the experimenting society’ in Cropper, S., Porter, A., Williams, G., Carlisle, S., Moore, R., O’Neill, M., Roberts, C. and Snooks, H. (eds) Community health and wellbeing: action research on health inequalities Policy Press: Bristol

Reports
2008 Porter, A., Button, L., Duff, K., Edwards, A., Evans, A., Lowe, R., Snooks, H. and Watkins, A. 'Understanding how the public chooses to use unscheduled care services' (for the Welsh Assembly Goverrnment)

2007 Porter, A., Evans, A., Peconi, J., Perry, J., Windle, G., Seddon, D., Robinson, C., Harper, G. ‘Strategy for Older People in Wales: an Interim Review’ (for the Welsh Assembly Government)

2006 Porter, A., Snooks, H., Lloyd, K., Peconi, J., Evans, A., Russell, I. ‘An Evaluation of Book Prescription Wales: final project report’ (for the Welsh Assembly Government)

2004 Porter, A., Snooks, H., Whitfield, R., Youren, A., Gaze, S., Rapport, F. and Woollard, M. ‘Non-conveyance of 999 patients and related clinical documentation: Policy, practice and views’ (for the Welsh Ambulance Services Trust).

2004 Porter, A and Peconi, J ‘An overview of the published evidence concerning the effectiveness of services delivered jointly by Health and Social Care Providers’ (for the Welsh Assembly Government)

Conference presentations
2007 Porter, A., Peconi, J., 'Working with documents in a study of policy implementation: shifting the focus from quantitative to qualitative methods'
QUIC/AWARD conference 'It's all in the mix', Swansea, December (poster presentation)

2007 Porter, A., Snooks, H., Lloyd, K., Peconi, J., Evans, A., Russell, I. 'Opening up the research question with mixed methods: a study of Book Prescription Wales' QUIC/AWARD conference 'It's all in the mix', Swansea, December (poster presentation)

2007 Porter, A., Peconi, J., Evans, A., Snooks, H., Lloyd, K. and Russell, I. ‘Books on prescription: health information resource or treatment?’ COMET, Lugano, June (oral presentation)

2007 Porter, A., Peconi, J., Evans, A., Snooks, H., Lloyd, K. and Russell, I. ‘Equity and service innovation: the implementation of a bibliotherapy scheme in Wales’ HTAi conference, Barcelona, June (poster presentation)

2007 Porter, A., Peconi, J., Evans, A., Snooks, H., Lloyd, K. and Russell, I. ‘Equity and service innovation: the implementation of a bibliotherapy scheme in Wales’ Health Services Research Network Conference, Sheffield, June (oral presentation)

2007 Porter, A. and Evans, A. ‘Spaces of engagement in action research’ Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, San Francisco, April (oral presentation)

2007 Porter, A., Peconi, J., Evans, A., Snooks, H., Lloyd, K. and Russell, I. ‘Books on prescription: health information resource or treatment?’ AWARD conference, University of Wales, Bangor March 30th (poster presentation)

2007 Porter, A., Peconi, J., Evans, A., Snooks, H., Lloyd, K. and Russell, I. ‘Equity and service innovation: the implementation of a bibliotherapy scheme in Wales’ AWARD conference, University of Wales, Bangor March 30th (oral and poster presentation)

2006 Porter, A., Snooks, H., Whitfield, R., Youren, A., Gaze, S., Rapport, F. and Woollard, M. “Should I stay or should I go? Making the decision about whether to go to hospital after a 999 call” Society for Social Medicine Annual Meeting, Leeds (oral presentation)

2006 Porter, A., Snooks, H., Whitfield, R., Youren, A., Gaze, S., Rapport, F. and Woollard, M. “Should I stay or should I go? Making the decision about whether to go to hospital after a 999 call” AWARD/CHIRAL conference, Swansea June (poster presentation)

2006 Porter, A., Snooks, H., Whitfield, R., Youren, A., Gaze, S., Rapport, F. and Woollard, M. “Taking risks with records? Emergency ambulance crews’ attitudes to documentation in non-conveyance cases” AWARD/CHIRAL conference, Swansea June (poster presentation)

2006 Gaze, S., Porter, A., Snooks, H., Woollard, M., Whitfield, R. and Youren, A. ‘The policy of non-conveyance and clinical documentation: results from a UK survey of ambulance services’ AMBEX, Harrogate, July (poster presentation)

2006 Gaze, S., Porter, A., Snooks, H., Woollard, M., Whitfield, R. and Youren, A. ‘The policy of non-conveyance and clinical documentation: results from a UK survey of ambulance services’ AWARD/CHIRAL conference, Swansea June (poster presentation)

2006 Porter, A., Snooks, H., Whitfield, R., Youren, A., Gaze, S., Rapport, F. and Woollard, M. “Should I stay or should I go? Making the decision about whether to go to hospital after a 999 call” Health Services Research Network conference, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, June 1st (oral presentation)

2005 Porter, A., Snooks, H., Whitfield, R., Youren, A., Gaze, S., Rapport, F. and Woollard, M. “Covering our backs”: emergency ambulance crews’ attitudes to decision making and documentation in non-conveyance cases’ at AMBEX, July, Harrogate (oral presentation)

2001 Porter, A ‘Going out together: the caring relationship in disabled people’s experiences of travel’ at the Association of American Geographers Conference, March, New York (oral presentation)

2000 Porter, A. ‘Research ‘with’ or ‘for’ disabled people: the role of mixed methods’ ENRGHI (Geographies of Health and Impairment) conference, Portsmouth (oral presentation)

1997 Porter, A. ‘Understanding transport disability’ at ENRGHI (Geographies of Health and Impairment) conference, London (oral presentation)