Dr Jill Wales

Research Fellow

School: Healthcare and Nursing Sciences

Jill Wales is a Research Fellow in Nursing at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. She is a qualitative and mixed methods researcher primarily engaged in research activities with a focus on health, wellbeing and co-production with potentially marginalised groups. Jill has a teaching qualification (PGCE) and while employed by Durham County Council, studied for an MA in Professional Practice - Education, at Northumbria University. She subsequently completed a PhD at Northumbria in 2020. Jill has worked for the university on a series of projects primarily relating to services for people with long term health conditions, older people and military veterans.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Mental health crisis support

Older people's wellbeing, social connections and digital inclusion

Services for military veterans

Key Publications

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The effectiveness of interventions in reducing economic inactivity for people with long term health conditions and disabilities in the United Kingdom: A systematic review, Haighton, C., Wales, J., Wilkie, R., Gray, J., Crawshaw, P. 30 Dec 2025, In: BMC Public Health
The Views of Healthcare Professionals on iFall, a Smartphone Application for Falls Reporting in Parkinson’s Disease: A Qualitative Study, Kelly, M., Naisby, J., Wales, J., Webster, E., Standerline, G., Barry, G., Amjad, A., Moore, J., Ratcliffe, N., Godfrey, A., Morris, R. 1 Sep 2025, In: Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
Coproduction and Usability of a Smartphone App for Falls Reporting in Parkinson Disease, Wales, J., Moore, J., Naisby, J., Ratcliffe, N., Barry, G., Amjad, A., Godfrey, A., Standerline, G., Webster, E., Morris, R. 1 Feb 2024, In: Physical Therapy
Use of a mobile app by people with Parkinson's disease to improve self-management: a feasibility study, Hand, A., Wales, J., Cook, G., Kirton, A. Feb 2024, In: British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
Connecting and reconnecting: a phenomenological study of the meanings that extra care tenants attribute to using the internet for social contact, Wales, J., Cook, G., Bailey, C. 30 Mar 2023, In: Housing, Care and Support
Older people’s perceptions and self-reported usage of the mobile app, “Hear Me Now”: a feasibility study, Cook, G., Hand, A., Wales, J., Kirton, A. 30 May 2023, In: Working with Older People

Professional Activity

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Oral presentation: Connecting and reconnecting in later life - meanings that extra care tenants attribute to online social contact 2024
Membership of network: University of Plymouth (External organisation) 2022
Membership of network: Faculty of Health and Wellbeing (Organisational unit) 2021
Membership of network: British Society of Gerontology (External organisation) 2014

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