Catherine Anne Field

Dr Catherine Anne Field, (BSocSc, MSc, PhD) is lecturer in health promotion in the School of Health Science at the National University of Ireland Galway since 2013. Catherine Anne completed her undergraduate degree in Social Science at University College Dublin (UCD) and a Masters in Health Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE). She initially worked for six years in the area of community based addiction care and mental health in Ireland and the United Kingdom in a clinical and research remit. After which she joined the School of Applied Social Science at UCD where she worked as a Research Assistant and University Teacher. She was awarded her PhD from UCD in 2013 for her study The management of problem alcohol use among patients attending primary care for opiate substitution treatment. The PhD was part of a Health Research Board funded project, and the findings were used to develop clinical guidelines for the management of problem alcohol use among drug users in in primary care. She was also a co-reviewer and co-author on a Cochrane Systematic Review Psychosocial interventions for problem alcohol use among drug users. Catherine Anne is actively involved in the promotion of compassion, empathy and resilience in healthcare professionals and is a facilitator for the Schwartz Rounds at Galway University Hospital.

My work and research interest to date has been in Public - No restriction health and health promotion and policy. I have focused on the areas of drug and alcohol addiction, mental health and primary care. More recently I have been research compassion fatigue and burn out among medical students and healthcare professionals and initiatives to combat this and promote mental health and well-being. Research Projects: Title: Eye of the storm: promoting staff well-being during the COVID pandemic through Team TimeYear: 2020-2021Description: Evaluation of the online interventions for well-being offered to staff atGalway University Hospital, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding: Health Research BoardPosition: Principal InvestigatorTitle: Evaluation of the Schwartz Rounds at Galway University Hospital,Year: 2020-2021Description: A mixed methods secondary dataanalysis of five years of Schwartz Rounds atGalway University Hospital andNUI Galway. Funding: Athena Swan Returning from Caring Grant (2020) 10,000. Position: Principal InvestigatorTitle: Who Cares for the Carers: the Galway Experience of Schwartz RoundsYear: 2015- presentDescription: Evaluation of the Schwartz Rounds at Galway University Hospital, a pilot project to improbe staff well-being, hospital culture and patient centred care Position: Principal InvestigatorTitle: Bridging the Gap: an evaluation of palliative day care servicesYear: 2016-2017Description: To evaluate a palliative care day care service from the viewpoint of both patients and healthcare providers, using their experiences and views to determine the evaluative framework in Galway HospiceTitle: Problem Patients: Experience of and attitudes towards patients with substance misuse problems Year: 2016Funding: Wellcome Trust Summer Scholarship (Megan McNamara)Description: Supervision of undergraduate medical student research project exploring the experience attitudes of medical students working with substance misuse. Project: Smashed Students: Patterns, Problems and Perceptions of Medical Students Year: 2016Funding: Wellcome Trust Summer Scholarship (Harry Economos)Description: Supervision of undergraduate medical student research project conducting a quantitative exploration of problem alcohol use among undergraduate medical students at NUI Galway identifying patterns of and attitudes towards alcohol use and influential factors. Project: A review of social and emotional skills Year: 2014-2015Description: A systematic review of community and school based programmes in the UK and internationally that seek to develop social and emotional skills in children and young people. Funded by the UK Cabinet Office and the Early Intervention Foundation Project: Towards optimum care of problematic alcohol use among patients with opiate dependencyYear: 2009-2013 Funder: Health Research BoardDescription: Health Research Board funded study examining the management of problem alcohol use amongst problem drug users in primary care, the findings of which have been used to develop clinical guidelines with an expert panel group. Project: Cochrane Review Year: 2010-2013Description: A Cochrane systematic review to assess the effects of psychosocial interventions for problem alcohol use in illicit drug users (principally problem drug users of opiates and stimulants). It evaluated information from randomised trial (four studies that examined 594 people with drug problems). Project: Senperforto Date: 2008-2011Description: Senperforto addressed the need for Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) prevention in the reception and asylum sector. Research investigated the knowledge, attitudes, practice and needs of both professionals and young residents in the European reception and asylum sector. Project: Social Housing in Ireland: liveable or leaveable Year: 2007-2009Description: A large scale follow-up study of seven social housing estates in Ireland, aiming to assess social change in a ten-year period and assess the effects of the economic prosperity and development of area based funding and development of welfare systems.

Health Promotion Public - No restriction Health Medical Professionalism Substance Misuse Health Behaviour Change