John Ford
Queen Mary University of London
Research areas: Social Sciences · Health · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Health disparities and outcomes · Public Health and Social Inequalities
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About
John is an academic public health doctor and Senior Clinical Lecturer in Health Equity in the Wolfson Institute, Queen Mary University London. He is also a Honorary Public Health Consultant within the national team of NHS England.
He leads the Health Equity Evidence Centre which uses machine learning to create living maps of what works to address inequalities in primary care. The centre produces evidence briefs, how-to guides and data to promote equity in primary care.
He believes that through our joint efforts we can build a fairer, more inclusive and equitable society. He works at the interface between research and practice to promote social justice and address health and care inequalities.
John’s main research interest is interventions and policies that seek to promote health equity and reduce health inequalities. He has range of interests relating to equitable health, including so called intervention-generated inequalities in health care settings, health care workforce inequalities, national policies and strategies to address inequalities and how primary care can address health and health care inequalities.
He leads a programme of research focused on health equity and is currently undertaking an NIHR Advanced Fellowship examining equity-focused quality improvement in health care organisations. He is co-editor in chief of the journal Public Health In Practice.
Employment
Education
Education history is unavailable.
Projects & Funding
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Developing a learning health system to address the growing burden of non-communicable diseases in Thailand National Institute for Health and Care Research2024 - 2028
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• Inflammation, nutrition, and the evolution of multiple long term conditions – an AI-based analysis of intersectionality in longitudinal health data (the InflAIM project) NIHR2024 - 2032
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Exploring the impact of anchor institutions on local communities National Institute for Health Research2022 - 2024
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Building an Equitable Healthcare System through Equity-Focused Quality Improvement (EQUAL-QI) NIHR Academy2022 - 2028
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Reducing Health Inequalities through General Practice: A Realist Review (EQUALISE) NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre2021 - 2022
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Health Inequalities National Priority National Institute for Health Research2020 - 2025
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Goal Plan: Goal-setting in care planning for people with multimorbidity: feasibility study and intervention refinement. National Institute for Health Research2016 - 2018
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Improving access to high quality primary care for socio-economically disadvantaged older people in rural areas: a mixed method study NIHR Academy2014 - 2018
Publications (39)
- Health Inequalities in London Save
- Unlawfully denying patients general practice access should be considered a ‘never event’ Save
- mHealth for postpartum contraception knowledge in India (mMitra): a realist evaluation using moderation analysis and structural equation models (Preprint) Save
- Contexts and mechanisms that promote access to healthcare for populations experiencing homelessness: a realist review Save
- Reducing health inequalities through general practice: protocol for a realist review (EQUALISE) Save
- Improving primary care Access in Context and Theory (I-ACT trial): a theory-informed randomised cluster feasibility trial using a realist perspective Save
- Access to primary care for socio-economically disadvantaged older people in rural areas: A qualitative study Save
- Access to primary care for socio-economically disadvantaged older people in rural areas: exploring realist theory using structural equation modelling in a linked dataset Save
- Access to primary care for socioeconomically disadvantaged older people in rural areas: a realist review Save
- Emergency hospital admissions for asthma and access to primary care: cross-sectional analysis Save
- Lifestyle interventions for weight loss in adults with severe obesity: a systematic review Save
- Why are statin prescribing guidelines for primary prevention not always followed in primary care? Save
- Anti-VEGF therapies in the treatment of choroidal neovascularisation secondary to non-age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review Save
- Difficulty accessing data from randomised trials of drugs for heart failure: a call for action Save
- Does teledermatology reduces secondary care referrals and is it acceptable to patients and doctors?: a service evaluation Save
- Improving access to high-quality primary care for socioeconomically disadvantaged older people in rural areas: a mixed method study protocol Save
- Weekend opening in primary care: analysis of the General Practice Patient Survey Save
- Cardiovascular disease and vitamin D supplementation: Trial analysis, systematic review, and meta-analysis Save
- Drug treatment of macular oedema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion: A network meta-analysis Save
- Treatments for macular oedema following central retinal vein occlusion: Systematic review Save