Publications

Deep End Projects and participant recruitment from under-served populations 

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2026

• Reynolds, J., Ghumra A.,, Fryer K., Case C., Huang Q., Jackson B., Mitchell C., 2026. Putting Me Into Memory Services (PMIMS study) protocol: co-exploring dementia and ethnicity using Photovoice. BJGP Open, BJGPO.2026.0023. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2026.0023

• Ball, C., Mawson, R.L., Reynolds, J., Millington, L. and Webster, B., 2026. Using the Candidacy Framework to Explore Access to NHS Healthcare for Street Sex Workers in Sheffield: An Ethnography and Art-Based Research Project. Healthcare, 14(3), p.387. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14030387 

• Wyke, E., Baxter, E.R., Chew-Graham, C.A., Woodward, A., Walters, K., Davies, N., Taylor, S.J.C., Ross, J., Protheroe, J., Mitchell, C., & Armstrong, M. (2026). Managing multiple long-term conditions in people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation: a qualitative study of primary care perspectives. British Journal of General Practice. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2025.0361  

2025

• Fryer, K., Reynolds, J., Huang, Q., Mawson, R., Linton, E., Aminu, H., White, J., Cory, R., Mitchell, C., et al. (2025). Development of a community research link worker role to enable culturally tailored research and empower marginalised communities to participate: the IBISES model. Research Involvement and Engagement, 11(1), 122. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-025-00793-1  

• Mitchell, C., Hagan, T., Fryer, K., Reynolds, J., Mawson, R., Huang, Q., Emery, L., Duke, B. and Patel, M.G., 2025. Evidence-biased medicine? Applying a health equity lens to Sackett’s methodological framework. British Journal of General Practice, 75(761), p.574. DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2025.0385 

• Mitchell, C., Fryer, K., Newbert, C., Joyce, J., Jebb, S., Aveyard, P., & Guess, N. (2025). Developing powerful PPIE partnerships in the design of an inclusive weight management service: a case study from the NewDAWN programme. Research Involvement and Engagement. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-025-00709-z  

• Reynolds, J., & Ghumra, A. (2025). Putting Me into Memory Services: The PMIMS Study and Photovoice Exhibition. Journal of Dementia Care, 33, 24. 

• Mawson, R.L., Hodges, V., Salway, S. and Mitchell, C., 2025. Understanding access to sexual and reproductive health in general practice using an adapted Candidacy Framework: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis. British Journal of General Practice. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0522 

• Thomas, C., Jackson, B., Mitchell, C., Reynolds, J., & Hind, D. (2025). Cost-effectiveness and equity impact of complex primary care interventions for disadvantaged populations. BJGP Open. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0167 

• Linton, E., Mawson, R.L., Cory, R.J., Ma, R., Fryer, K., Aminu, H., Aslam, A., Nabage, F.N., Daley, S., & Mitchell, C.A. (2025). Understanding women from ethnic minorities' perspectives about contraception in the UK: a qualitative study using a participatory action research approach with community research link workers. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 51(3), 191-198. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202522  

• Thomas, C., Jackson, B., Mitchell, C., Reynolds, J. and Hind, D. (2025). Cost-effectiveness and equity impact of complex primary care interventions for disadvantaged populations. BJGP Open, p.BJGPO.2025.0167. doi:https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2025.0167.

• Mitchell, C., Fryer, K., Newbert, C. et al. Developing powerful PPIE partnerships in the design of an inclusive weight management service: a case study from the NewDAWN programme. Res Involv Engagem 11, 111 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-025-00709-z

• Wyke, E.J., Baxter, E., Chew-Graham, C.A., Woodward, A., Walters, K., Davies, N., Taylor, S.J.C., Ross, J., Protheroe, J., Mitchell, C. and Armstrong, M. (2025). Managing multiple long-term conditions in people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation: primary care perspectives. British Journal of General Practice, [online] p.BJGP.2025.0361. doi:https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2025.0361.

• Linton E, Mawson RL, Cory RJ, et al. Understanding women from ethnic minorities’ perspectives about contraception in the UK: a qualitative study using a participatory action research approach with community research link workers. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health 2025;51:191-198. 

• Sheldon, E.M., Naseeb Ezaydi, Hahn, D., Hobbs, K., Ahmed, S., Miles, H., Thompson, J., Marvin-Dowle, K., Fryer, K., Sutton, L., Silverwood, V., Mitchell, C., Hind, D. and Mackenzie, K. (2025). The PRAMS (Perinatal Redesign for Accessing Mental Health Services) Study: a research protocol. BJGP Open, pp.BJGPO.2025.0206–BJGPO.2025.0206. doi:https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2025.0206.

• Caroline Mitchell, Teresa Hagan, Kate Fryer, Josephine Reynolds, Rebecca Mawson, Qizhi Huang, Laura Emery, Benjamin Duke, Mahendra G Patel: Evidence-biased medicine? Applying a health equity lens to Sackett’s methodological framework. British Journal of General Practice 2025; 75 (761): 574-578. DOI: 10.3399/BJGP.2025.0385

• Karavadra, B., Mawson, R., Dixon, S., Bak Kirk, U., & Horne, A. W. (2025). Building Bridges: Enhancing Diagnosis and Care for Endometriosis Across the Primary-Secondary Care Continuum. Women’s Reproductive Health, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2025.2540344

• Petersen S, Bak Kirk U, Pencheri M, Dixon S, Mawson R, Nørgaard B, Marcussen M. General practitioners' perspectives on patients presenting with endometriosis symptoms - an interview study. BJGP Open. 2025 Oct 1:BJGPO.2025.0086. doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0086. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41034148.

2024

• Palmer, J., Samuels, S., Reynolds, J., Sharma, S.K., Shrestha, A., Tiwari, A., Bhattarai, U., Gautam, U., Das, S., Trenchard, T., & Sadat, A. (2024). Highlights 2024: diverse insights and perspectives on health stories. The Lancet, 404(10471), 2505-2534.

• Fryer, K., Hutt, I., Aminu, H., Linton, E., White, J. and Mitchell, C., 2024. Contextualising and challenging under-representation in research in light of cultural trauma: a scoping review and qualitative focus group study. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3940692/v1   

• Mitchell S, Turner N, Fryer K, et al. Integration of primary care and palliative care services to improve equality and equity at the end-of-life: Findings from realist stakeholder workshops. Palliative Medicine. 2024;38(8):830-841. doi:10.1177/02692163241248962 

• Moult, A., Knight, N., Medina, N. et al. An evaluation of a public partnership project between academic institutions and young people with Black African, Asian and Caribbean heritage. Res Involv Engagem 10, 31 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-024-00564-4 

• Ben Jackson, Caroline Mitchell, Joanne Coster, Tom Lawy, Chris Burton, Josephine Reynolds, Munira Essat, Anna Cantrell, Mark Clowes, Steven Ariss. FAIRSTEPS study - Framework Addressing Inequities in pRimary care using STakEholder PerspectiveS: Integrative evidence review and Delphi consensus. Public Health. Volume 237, December 2024, Pages 307-315. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.10.009

• Cory RJ, Mawson R, Linton E, Al-Bazz DY, Fryer K, Ma R, Mitchell CA. Influences on ethnic minority women's experiences and access to contraception in the UK: a systematic qualitative evidence synthesis. BMJ Sex Reprod Health. 2024 Oct 2:bmjsrh-2024-202488. doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202488. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39358000.

• Joyce JB, Newbert C, Guess N, Fryer K, Mitchell CA, Bespala L, Morris E, Aveyard P, Jebb SA & Albury C (2024) Identifying Key Moments in Type 2 Diabetes Management: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of People With Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetes Health Coaches.. Health Expect, 27(6), e70108. 

• Joanna Dobbin, Francesca Burns, Sebastian Casalotti, Mariam Jaffer, Monica Sharman, Catarina Soares, Josie Reynolds. The Hostile Environment in Primary Care: Qualitative analysis of a cross sectional survey of healthcare professionals in primary care. Journal of Migration and Health September 2024, 10(12):100276. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100276

• Jeffries J, Wearn A, Hassan S, Fryer K, Mitchell C & Sowden S (2024) In at the Deep End: Innovative approaches to engaging underserved communities in Northern England. European Journal of Public Health, 34(Supplement_3). 

• Fryer K, Hutt I, Aminu H, Linton E, White J, Reynolds J & Mitchell C (2024) Contextualising and challenging under-representation in research in light of Cultural Trauma: a qualitative focus group and interview study. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10(1), 69.

• Buckell J, Mitchell C, Fryer K, Newbert C, Brennan A, Joyce J, Aveyard P, Jebb S, Guess N & Morris E (2024) Identifying preferred features of weight loss programmes for adults with, or at risk of, type 2 diabetes: a discrete choice experiment with 3,960 adults in the UK. Diabetes Care. 

• Mitchell S, Turner N, Fryer K, Beng J, Ogden ME, Watson M, Gardiner C, Bayly J, Sleeman KE & Evans CJ (2024) A framework for more equitable, diverse, and inclusive Patient and Public Involvement for palliative care research. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10(1). 

• Mawson, Rebecca (2024). Understanding access to Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare in the General Practice setting; A focus on inequality. The University of Sheffield. Report. https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.24867066.v1

• Mawson, Rebecca; Collini, Paul (2024). Women living well with HIV - a research priority setting and engagement project. The University of Sheffield. Report. https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.27073780.v1

• Quintela, Ella; Mawson, Rebecca (2024). Women's Engagement Group 2024: Research Priorities in Pain Relief and Anaesthesia During Childbirth. The University of Sheffield. Report. https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.26806456.v1

• Jayasooriya S, Burton C, Hind D, Mitchell C, Jordan R, Hurst J, Lawson R, Dodd P (2024). General Practices in England with high percentages of patients from ethnic minority backgrounds have lower percentages of patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ID 495). Primary Care Respiratory Society Abstract. 

2023

• Huang Q, Grossett V, Daley S, Fryer K, Brown J & Mitchell C (2023) Engagement with a local African-Caribbean community to explore perspectives and research priorities among Black men for prostate cancer using a co-participatory approach. British Journal of General Practice, 73(suppl 1). 

• Reynolds J, Fryer K & Mitchell C (2023) Dementia and ethnicity — partnering with community organisations to co-produce research priorities and study design exploring access to dementia services for ethnic minority patients. British Journal of General Practice, 73(suppl 1).

• Linton E, Mawson R, Hodges V, Mitchell CA. Understanding barriers to using long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) in primary care: a qualitative evidence synthesis. BMJ Sex Reprod Health. 2023 Oct;49(4):282-292. doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2022-201560. Epub 2023 Feb 21. PMID: 36810206.

• Collini P, Mawson RL. A new era of HIV care for age-associated multimorbidity. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 1;36(1):9-14. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000890. Epub 2022 Dec 9. PMID: 36484174.

• Mitchell C, Fryer K, Guess N, Aminu H, Jackson B, Gordon A, Reynolds J, Huang Q, Jayasooriya S, Mawson R, Lawy T, Linton E, Brown J. Underserved 'Deep End' populations: a critical analysis addressing the power imbalance in research. Br J Gen Pract. 2023 Jun 29;73(732):326-329. doi: 10.3399/bjgp23X733461. PMID: 37385767; PMCID: PMC10325604.

2022

• Mitchell, C., et al. (2022). Evaluating Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Substance Use in Pregnant Women. (Book chapter in a Global Health Manual).

• Jones, G.L., Mitchell, C.A., Hirst, J.E., Anumba, D.O. and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2022. Understanding the relationship between social determinants of health and maternal mortality: scientific impact paper no. 67. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 129(7), pp.1211-1228. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17044

• Gordon, A, Mitchell C, (2022): “Cycles of Trauma” Perinatal experiences of homeless women in Sheffield: Dissemination and Impact report. The University of Sheffield. Report. https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.18326657.v1 

• Mitchell C, Zuraw N, Delaney B, Twohig H, Dolan N, Walton E, Hulin J, Yousefpour C. Primary care for people with severe mental illness and comorbid obstructive airways disease: a qualitative study of patient perspectives with integrated stakeholder feedback. BMJ open. 2022 Mar 1;12(3):e057143.16

• Osasu YM, Mitchell C, Cooper R. Use of direct oral anticoagulants in primary care: a qualitative study integrating patient and practitioner perspectives. BJGP open. 2022 Dec 1;6(4). 

• Mawson, Rebecca; Linton, Emma; Mitchell, Caroline; Fryer, Kate; Aminu, Habiba; Cory, Ryan (2024). Ethnic minority women's views about contraception - public engagement report Nov 2022. The University of Sheffield. Report. https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.25259599.v1

• Jayasooriya S, Fryer K, Mitchell C & Hurst J (2022) P188 Missed opportunities for chronic lung disease in deep end general practices in socioeconomically deprived areas. ‘Catch Me If You Can’ – Opportunities to improve care in airways disease (pp A183.1-A183) British Thoracic Society Abstract. 

2020

• Mitchell, C. and Lawson, R., 2020. Screening heroin smokers' lung function at community care clinics. Chest, 157(3), pp.484-486.

• Lehane D, Kandrac D, Walton E, Mitchell C. What influences Roma women attending NHS cervical screening? Knowledge, fear, and passive consent. British Journal of General Practice. 2020 Jun 1;70(suppl 1).

• Steele H, Lehane D, Walton E, Mitchell C. Exploring patient preference regarding interpreter use in primary care. British Journal of General Practice. 2020 Jun 1;70(suppl 1).

• Payne K, Walton E, Burton C. Steps to benefit from social prescription: a qualitative interview study. British Journal of General Practice. 2020 Jan 1;70(690):e36-44.

• Gordon A, O-Brien C, Balen J, Duncombe SL, Girma A, Mitchell C. A cross-sectional survey of sociodemographic characteristics, primary care health needs and living conditions of asylum-seekers living in a Greek reception centre. Journal of Public Health. 2020 Dec 3:1-1.

• Kolovou V, Moriarty Y, Gilbert S, Quinn-Scoggins H, Townson J, Padgett L, Owen S, Buckle P, Edwards A, Hepburn J, Lau M. Recruitment and retention of participants from socioeconomically deprived communities: lessons from the Awareness and Beliefs About Cancer (ABACus3) Randomised Controlled Trial. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2020 Dec;20:1-9

2019

• Gordon, A.C., Lehane, D., Burr, J. and Mitchell, C., 2019. Influence of past trauma and health interactions on homeless women’s views of perinatal care: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice.DOI:https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X705557 

• Twohig H, Hodges V, Hobbis C, Mitchell C. Response to diagnosis of pre-diabetes in socioeconomically deprived areas: a qualitative study. BJGP open. 2019 Oct 1;3(3). 

• Josephine MK Reynolds, Caroline Mitchell. ‘Inglan is a bitch’: hostile NHS charging regulations contravene the ethical principles of the medical profession. Journal of Medical Ethics. Aug 2019, 45(8), 497-503. DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2019-105419

2018

• McMillan B, Easton K, Goyder E, Delaney B, Madhuvrata P, Abdelgalil R, Mitchell C. Reducing risk of type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes: a qualitative study to explore the potential of technology in primary care. British Journal of General Practice. 2018 Apr 1;68(669):e260-7.