Staff

Professor Julie Barlow

Title: Director of Health and Lifestyle Intervention ARC
Subject group/area: Health and Lifestyle Intervention
Telephone: +44 (0) 2476 887452
Room: WF109
Main Duties:
  • Applied Research
  • Postgraduate research (MRes, MPhil & PhD) supervision
Other responsibilities:
  • Research Director of S.M.P., ARC-HLI
  • Member of Faculty Applied Research Committee
  • Member of ARC-HLI Committee
Education:
  • PhD, Health Psychology
  • BA with First Class Honours: Psychology & Social Policy
  • Chartered Health Psychologist
    • Employment:
    • Professor of Health Psychology,
    • Research Director of S.M.P., ARC-HLI
    Research:
  • Self-management of long term medical conditions and disability
  • Investigation of the experiecne of living with a long term medical condition / disability
  • Investigation of the experience of parenting children and adolescents with long term medical conditions / disability
  • Developing and evaluating supportive interventions for parents and children in the context of long term medical conditions and disability
    • Selected professional activities:
  • External examiner for 6 UK PhDs & 1 international PhD
  • Reviewer for a range of journals and funding bodies
  • Member of British Psychological Society
    • Selected publications:
  • Buszewicz M, Rait G, Griffin M, Patel A, Nazareth I, Atkinson A, Barlow J & Haines A. (In press) Randomised controlled trial of arthritis self-management in primary care. BMJ.
  • Toye F., Lamb S., Barlow JH & Wright CC. (In press) Personal meanings in the construction of need for Total Knee Replacement surgery. Social Science & Medicine
  • Barlow JH, Cullen-Powell LA & Gilchrist M (2006) The influence of the Training and Support Programme on the self-efficacy and psychological well-being of parents of children with disabilities: A controlled trial.  Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 12, 55-63.
  • Barlow JH & Ellard DR. (2006) The psychosocial well-being of children with chronic disease, their parents and siblings: An overview of the research evidence base. Child: Health, Care & Development. 32 (1) 19-31.
  • Barlow JH, Turner AP, Hammond C & Gailley L. (2006) Deafened tutors’ experiences of delivering the Challenging Deafness (CD) Course:  ‘Recharging my motivational battery’ International Journal of Audiology. 45, 438-445. 
  • Barlow JH, Wright CC, Turner AP & Bancroft GV. (2005) A 12-month follow-up study of self-management training for people with chronic disease: Are changes maintained over time?  British Journal of Health Psychology. 10 (4) 589-600.

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