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Sandra Prew

NIHR RDN


Sandra Prew

Sandra Prew is the National Residential Settings Lead and National ENRICH Coordinator (ENabling Research In Care Homes) for the NIHR Research Delivery Network

Sandra is a qualified nurse by background, celebrating 30 years of NHS service, and has both local and National roles supporting growth in Wider Care Settings. She brings 17 years of research experience across a variety of studies from application to dissemination and has supported research in wider care settings for the last 10 years. Experience with Hospices and Care Homes in becoming research-aware, engaged, and active. She has utilised this experience to support growth in other settings, including Prisons, Local authorities, Schools, and Dental Practices.

Settings leads are a first for the NIHR alongside specialties and include Hospital, Primary care, Community & Residential settings, Residential covers Care homes, Hospices, Prisons and Justice service, Secure Units, Women’s, refugee, and homeless shelters. I am passionate about equity of access to research opportunities regardless of where you reside, mental capacity, or conditions that affect you; you should have the same access to research as everyone else.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Northern Ireland); United Kingdom (Scotland); United Kingdom (Wales);
Topics Care Homes; End-of-life care and LTC;
Methods Other;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Ageing and Place; Care home markets and regulation; Community-based approaches to dementia care; Innovation in Long-Term Care; Integrated Long-Term Care; Pain in Care Homes; Qualitative Research; Quality improvement in Long-Term Care; Social Care Reform in England; Technology and Long-Term Care; Workforce Capacity and Capability;
ORC.ID0000-0003-0486-5303
X (Twitter)https://x.com/SandraPrew
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-prew-180539134/
Key publications

Dawes P, Leroi I, Chauhan N, Han W, Harbishettar V,  Jayakody D, Jones L,  Konstantinou A, Maharani A, Martini A,Politis A,Prabhakar S, Prew S, Prouskas C, Russell G, Sturrock A,  Sunarti S, Taylor J, Vorvolakos T,  Worthington M.  Hearing and vision health for people with dementia in residential long term care: Knowledge, attitudes and practice in England, South Korea, India, Greece, Indonesia and Australia.  2021 Oct;36(10):1531-1540. doi: 10.1002/gps.5563. Epub 2021 May 5.

Dawes P, Leroi I, Chauhan N, Han W, Harbishettar V,  Jayakody D, Jones L,  Konstantinou A, Maharani A, Martini A,Politis A,Prabhakar S, Prew S, Prouskas C, Russell G, Sturrock A,  Sunarti S, Taylor J, Vorvolakos T,  Worthington M.  Sensory Health for Residents With Dementia in Care Homes in England: A Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Survey. April 2021Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 22(7) DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.03.020

Perry R, MacArtney JI, Bache S,  Prew S. P-113 The role of the research nurse in the hospice

November 2019 Supportive and Palliative Care 9(Suppl 4):A51.2-A51. DOI:10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-HUKNC.136

Iovino P, Theron B, Prew S, Menon S, Trudgill NJ.  The mechanisms associated with reflux episodes in ambulant subjects with gastro‐esophageal reflux disease.  First published: 28 October 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14023

Menon S, Prew S, Parkes G, Evans S, Smith L, Nightingale P, Trudgill N. Do differences in female sex hormone levels contribute to gastro-oesophageal reflux disease? European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2013 Mar 6. 

Cooper SC, Prew S, Podmore L, Trudgill NJ. The Effect of Smoking and Alcohol Consumption on the Development of Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma: Comparison With Community and Reflux Oesophagitis Controls From MOSES (Midlands Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma Epidemiology Study). AGA 2010; Gastroenterology Vol. 138, Issue 5, Suppl 1, Page S-757 

Cooper SC, Prew S, Podmore L, Trudgill NJ. The Effect of Diet on the Development of Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma: Comparison With Community and Reflux Oesophagitis Controls From MOSES (Midlands Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma Epidemiology Study). AGA 2010; Gastroenterology Vol. 138, Issue 5, Suppl 1, Page S-757 

Cooper SC, Prew S, Podmore L, Trudgill NJ. The Effect of Body Mass Index, and Waist Circumference on the Development of Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma: Comparison With Community and Reflux Oesophagitis Controls From MOSES (Midlands Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma Epidemiology Study). AGA 2010; Gastroenterology Vol. 138, Issue 5, Suppl 1, Page S-758 

Cooper SC, Prew S, Podmore L, Nightingale P, Trudgill NJ. The Effect of Diet On the Development of Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma: Results from MOSES (Midlands Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma Epidemiology Study). Gut 2009; 58 Suppl 1: A144 

Cooper SC, Prew S, Podmore L, Nightingale P, Trudgill NJ. The effect of smoking, alcohol, body mass index, and waist circumference in the development of oesophageal adenocarcinoma: results from MOSES (Midlands OeSophageal adenocarcinoma Study). Gut 2009; 58 Suppl 1: A144