Barbara Fawcett

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• 2025

  Results of a feasibility and adaptation study of a mobile application “CareFit”: supporting physical activity for informal carers of people with dementia

  Egan, K. J., Hodgson, W., Macdonald, B., Meiklem, R., Innes, R., Kirk, A., Fawcett, B., Dunlop, M. D., Maguire, R., Flynn, G., Stott, J. & Windle, G., 15 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Medical Internet Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Physical Activity 100%
  • Informal Carer 100%
  • Physical Support 100%
  • Development Sprint 50%
  • Medicine 14%

• Research with people who are older

  Fawcett, B., 14 Jan 2025, Handbook of Research Methods in Social Work. Alston, M., Buykx, P., Foote, W. & Betts, D. (eds.). London, p. 361-368

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Social Policy 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2024

  Older people and pandemic disaster in the United Kingdom

  Karastoyanova-Gibson, K. & Fawcett, B., 24 Dec 2024, The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work and Disaster Practice. Adamson, C., Alston, M., Bennett, B., Boddy, J., Boetto, H., Harms, L. & Tudor, R. (eds.). 1st ed. London, 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • UK 100%
  • Qualitative Study 100%
  • Human Rights 50%
  • Qualitative Research 50%
  • COVID 19 Epidemic 50%

• Physical activity mobile app (CareFit) for informal carers of people with dementia: protocol for a feasibility and adaptation study

  Egan, K., Macdonald, B., Hodgson, W., Kirk, A., Fawcett, B., Dunlop, M. D., Maguire, R., Flynn, G., Scott, J. & Windle, G., 12 Sept 2024, In: JMIR Research Protocols. 13, 9 p., e53727.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mobile App 100%
  • Regular Physical Activity 100%
  • Procedure 100%
  • Physical Activity 100%
  • Adaptation 100%
  28 Downloads (Pure)
• 2023

  Feminisms in social work and social care: backwards, forwards or something in between

  Fawcett, B., May 2023, In: International Social Work. 66, 3, p. 831-841 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Women's Liberation Movement 100%
  • Social Work 100%
  • Women 50%
  • Practice 25%
  • Analysis 25%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  170 Downloads (Pure)

• Older people, loneliness, social isolation and technological mitigations: utilising experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic as we move forward

  Fawcett, B. & Karastoyanova, K., 17 Mar 2023, In: British Journal of Social Work. 53, 2, p. 831-847 17 p., bcac157.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Social Alienation 100%
  • Experience 100%
  • Loneliness 100%
  • Social Isolation 100%
  • Information and Communication Technologies 25%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  Feminisms: controversy, contestation and challenge

  Fawcett, B., 25 Apr 2022, Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice. Cocker, C. & Hafford-Letchfield, T. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., p. 19 -36 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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  • Women's Liberation Movement 100%
  • Social Work 42%
  • Experience 28%
  • Practice 14%
  • Economic and Social Development 14%
  75 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Birmingham taking the initiative: changes and challenges in working differently with adults

  Fawcett, B., Johnson, M., Mould, F. & Ubhie, J., 15 Nov 2021, In: British Journal of Social Work. 51, 7, p. 2554-2570 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Adults 100%
  • Change 100%
  • Citizen 66%
  • Learning 66%
  • Process 66%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  34 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  The Medicalisation of Everyday Life: A Critical Perspective

  Fawcett, B., Weber, Z. & Bannister, H., 15 Feb 2020, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 185 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Activities of Daily Living 100%
  • Mental Health Service 100%
  • Consumer 80%
  • Mental Health 60%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 60%
• 2018

  Participatory social policy and social change: exploring the role of social entrepreneurship linked to forms of social and micro enterprises in the field of social care

  Fawcett, B., 11 Jul 2018, Social Policy First Hand: an International Introduction to Participatory Social Welfare. Beresford, P. & Carr, S. (eds.). Bristol

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Participatory social policy and social change: exploring the role of social and micro enterprise in health and social care

  Fawcett, B., 11 Jul 2018, Social Policy First Hand: An International Introduction to Participatory Welfare. Beresford, P. & Carr, S. (eds.). Bristol, p. 297-305 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2017

  Contrasts and reflection: social work fieldwork supervision in Brazil and England

  Zilli Haanwinckel, B., Fawcett, B. & Garcia, J. A. B., 1 Nov 2017, In: International Social Work. 61, 6, p. 943-953 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Supervision 100%
  • Brazil 100%
  • Social Work 100%
  • Practice 75%
  • Support 50%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  74 Downloads (Pure)

• Service User and Carer Involvement in Health and Social Care: A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis

  Fawcett, B., Fillingham, J., Smojkis, M. & Ward, N., 4 Oct 2017, London. 176 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• 2016

  International Perspectives on Mental Health: Critical Issues Across the Lifespan

  Fawcett, B., Weber, Z. & Wilson, S., 30 Nov 2016, Basingstoke. 232 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Refocusing on early intervention and family support: a review of child welfare reforms in New South Wales, Australia

  Churchill, H. & Fawcett, B., 30 Apr 2016, In: Social Policy and Society. 15, 02, p. 303-316 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Support 100%
  • Family 100%
  • Australia 100%
  • Early Intervention 100%
  • Children 100%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Children and disability: constructions, implications and change

  Fawcett, B., 1 Mar 2016, In: International Social Work. 59, 2, p. 224-234 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Disabilities 100%
  • Change 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Construction 100%
  • Children 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Feminism and Disability

  Fawcett, B., Feb 2016, Contemporary Feminism in Social Work Practice. Wendt, S. & Moulding, N. (eds.). London and New York: Routledge, p. 275-286 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  Social Work in Australia: similarities as difference

  Fawcett, B., 18 Aug 2015, Social Work in a Global Context: Issues and Challenges. Palattiyil, G., Sidhva, D. & Chakrabarti, M. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 15-26 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Australia 100%
  • Difference 100%
  • Social Work 100%

• Turning Ideas into Research: Theory, Design and Practice

  Fawcett, B. & Pockett, R., 1 May 2015, London. 184 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Practice 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Design 100%
  • Theory 100%
  • Counselling 25%
• 2014

  A National Disability Insurance Scheme: what social work has to offer

  Fawcett, B. & Plath, D., 30 Apr 2014, In: British Journal of Social Work. 44, 3, p. 747-762 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Disabilities 100%
  • Social Work 100%
  • Policy 75%
  • Feature 25%
  • Evaluation 25%
  45 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Well-being and older people: the place of day clubs in reconceptualising participation

  Fawcett, B., 10 Oct 2012, In: British Journal of Social Work. 44, 4, p. 831-848 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Clubs 100%
  • Wellbeing 100%
  • Practice 75%
  • Policy 75%
  • Autonomy 50%
  16 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  International Perspectives on Mental Health: Critical Perspectives Across the Lifespan

  Fawcett, B., Weber, Z. & Nicholson, S., 22 Nov 2011, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 208 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Challenges and Futures for Social Work and Social Policy Research Methods

  Fawcett, B., Goodwin, S. & Phillips, R., 2011, Methodological Choice and Design: Scholarship, Policy and Practice in Social and Educational Research. Markauskaite, L., Freebody, P. & Irwin , J. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, Vol. 9. p. 267-276 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Practice 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Policy 100%
  • Social Work 100%
  • Social Policy 100%

• Contemporary Issues in Mental Health

  Fawcett, B., 2011, Sage Handbook of Social Work.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Postmodern social work

  Fawcett, B., 2011, Social Work Theories and Methods. Grey, M. & Webb, S. (eds.). 2nd ed.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2010

  Mental health and older women: the challenges for social perspectives and asset orientated community capacity building

  Fawcett, B. & Reynolds, J., 31 Jul 2010, In: British Journal of Social Work. 40, 5, p. 1488-1502 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Community 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Women 100%
  • Capacity Building 100%
  • Perspective 100%
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Neoliberalism, new public management and the human service professions - introduction to the special issue

  Connell, R., Fawcett, B. & Meagher, G., 31 Dec 2009, In: Journal of Sociology. 45, 4, p. 331-338 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Public Management 100%
  • Professional Occupations 100%
  • Introduction 100%
  • Service Industries 100%
  • Discussion 50%
  129 Citations (Scopus)

• The 'return to community': challenges to human service professionals

  Fawcett, B. & Hanlon, M., 1 Dec 2009, In: Journal of Sociology. 45, 4, p. 433-444 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Community 100%
  • Professional Service 100%
  • Humans 100%
  • Communities 75%
  • Practice 50%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Social Policy for Social Change

  Fawcett, B., Goodwin, S., Phillips, R. & Meagher, G., 23 Oct 2009, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 264 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Social Change 100%
  • Social Policy 100%
  • Social Problems 20%
  • Vehicles 20%
  • Conflict 20%

• Long term illness and disability: inequalities compounded

  Fawcett, B., 16 Sept 2009, Social Work and Global Health Inequalities: Practice and Policy Developments. Bywaters, P., McLeod, E. & Napier, L. (eds.). Bristol, p. 119-132 14 p.

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

• 'Vulnerability': questioning the certainties in social work and health

  Fawcett, B., 30 Jun 2009, In: International Social Work. 52, 4, p. 472-484 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Health 100%
  • Vulnerability 100%
  • Social Work 100%
  • Autonomy 25%
  • Western 12%
  59 Citations (Scopus)

• Vulnerability: questioning the certainties in social work and health

  Fawcett, B., 30 Jun 2009, In: International Social Work. 52, 4, p. 473-484 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Health 100%
  • Vulnerability 100%
  • Social Work 100%
  • Conceptualization 33%
  • Autonomy 33%

• Child sexual abuse and indigenous communities in Australia: a case study of non-inclusive government intervention

  Fawcett, B. & Hanlon, M., 18 Mar 2009, In: European Journal of Social Work. 12, 1, p. 87 - 100 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Case Studies 100%
  • Australia 100%
  • Government 100%
  • State Intervention 100%
  • Indigenous communities 100%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Human service professionals and the new public management

  Fawcett, B., Connell, R. & Meagher, G., 2009, In: Australian Journal of Sociology. 45, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Postmodernism

  Fawcett, B., 2009, Social Work Theories and Methods. Gray, M. & Webb, S. (eds.). p. 119-128 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
• 2008

  Domestic violence: a global perspective

  Fawcett, B., 2008, In: Hong Kong Journal of Social Work. 41, 1&2, p. 25-37 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Perspective 100%
  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • Intimate Partner Violence 40%
  • Discussion 13%
  • Professional Personnel 13%

• Poststructuralism

  Fawcett, B., 2008, Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Given , L. M. (ed.). p. 666-670 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Structuralism

  Fawcett, B., 2008, Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Given, L. M. (ed.).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

• Values, ethics and violence: the Northern Territory intervention

  Fawcett, B., 2008, In: Living Ethics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2007

  Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression: Debates and Challenges

  Fawcett, B. & Waugh, F., 29 Nov 2007, London: Routledge. 236 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Abuse 100%
  • Oppression 100%
  • Professional Service 50%
  • Ethnic Issue 50%
  • Groups 50%

• Women and violence

  Fawcett, B., 1 Nov 2007, Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression: Debates and Challenges. Fawcett, B. & Waugh, F. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 7-16 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Women 100%
  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • Woman 100%
  • Abuse 12%
  • Identity 12%

• Editorial Foreword

  Fawcett, B., 18 Jan 2007, In: Child Care in Practice. 12, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child 100%
  • Children 35%
  • Practice 14%
  • Child Care 14%
  • State 14%
• 2006

  Consistencies and inconsistencies: mental health, compulsory treatment and community capacity building in England, Wales and Australia

  Fawcett, B., 25 Sept 2006, In: British Journal of Social Work. 37, 6, p. 1027-1042 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Community 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Compulsory Treatment 100%
  • Australia 100%
  • Capacity Building 100%
  19 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  Contemporary Mental Health: Theory, Policy and Practice

  Fawcett, B. & Karban, K., 16 Jun 2005, London: Routledge. 160 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Practice 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Theory 100%
  • Policy 100%
  • Perspective 100%

• Community involvement and primary care trusts: the case for social entrepreneurship.

  Fawcett, B. & South, J., 2005, In: Critical Public Health. 15, 2, p. 1 - 14 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Community Participation 100%
  • Trust 100%
  • Practice 40%
  • Groups 40%
  9 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Mental health practice and children: dogma, discourse, debate and practice

  Fawcett, B., 30 Dec 2004, Social Work Approaches in Health and Mental Health from Around the Globe. Mettri, A., Kröger, T., Pohjola, A. & Rauhala, P.-L. (eds.). Binghamton, NY

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Mental health practice and children: dogma, discourse, debate and practice

  Fawcett, B., 8 Nov 2004, In: Social Work in Mental Health. 2, 2-3, p. 195-206 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Practice 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Dogma 100%
  • Child 100%
  • Children 100%

• Researching others: epistemology, experience, standpoints and participation

  Fawcett, B. & Hearn, J., 31 Jul 2004, In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 7, 3, p. 201-218 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Epistemology 100%
  • Experience 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Research Worker 33%
  • Discussion 33%
  99 Citations (Scopus)

• Contemporary Child Care Policy and Practice

  Fawcett, B., Featherstone, B. & Goddard, J., 27 May 2004, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 204 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Practice 100%
  • Child Care 100%
  • Economic and Social Development 100%
  • Policy 100%
  • Development 100%
• 2002

  Convergence or divergence? Responding to the abuse of disabled women

  Fawcett, B., 1 Sept 2002, In: Journal of Adult Protection. 4, 3, p. 24-33 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Abuse 100%
  • Women 100%
  • Convergence 100%
  • Discussion 33%
  • Oppression 33%
  4 Citations (Scopus)