Jeni Harden
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- Usher Institute
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Contact details
Address
- Street
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Old Medical School,
Teviot Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Background
Jeni Harden is a Senior Lecturer in Social Science and Health at the University of Edinburgh. She is also Director of Education for the Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics. Jeni combines her research interests in the sociological study of family health and sexual and reproductive health, with a passion for teaching.
Qualifications
PhD, MPhil, MA (Hons)
Responsibilities & affiliations
- Director of Education, Usher Institute
- Director of Quality, Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences
- BeSST (Behavioural and Social Science Teaching in Medicine) Committee Member
Undergraduate teaching
Jeni Harden is module organiser for Health, Ethics and Society, a year 1 module in the MBChB undergraduate medical programme. She is also theme lead for Social Science and Public Health within the curriculum.
Postgraduate teaching
As Director of Education and Director of Quality in the Usher Institute, Jeni works closely with the postgraduate programme directors.
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Areas of interest for supervision
Jeni is open to PhD supervision enquiries relating to Qualitative Social Science Research in :
- Family health
- Child health
- Sexual and reproductive health.
Current PhD students supervised
Jeni has supervised a number of PhDs, among them:
- Children's Experiences of and Involvement in the Treatment and Management of their Epilepsy: A Qualitative Study (Rebecca Black, PhD)
- Factors Influencing Nigerian Adolescents’ Choices Regarding Sexual Initiation and Contraceptive Use (Temitayo Odewusi, PhD)
- Children’s Experiences of Living with Cleft Lip and Palate (CLP) (Liliana Arias Urueña, PhD)
- Trigeminal neuralgia: A qualitative study on the experiences and management of the condition (Cameron Werner, PhD)
Research summary
Jeni’s research interests lie within the field of families, relationships and health. She is Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR). She has specific interest in qualitative sociological research in sexual and reproductive health. She has conducted a number of related projects on views and experiences relating to abortion and contraception.
Current projects include:
- Post Placental Intrauterine contraception (PPIUC): Health Service Evaluation (Funder: Wellbeing of Women Research Grant / Chief Scientist's Office [CSO])
- Barriers and facilitators to participation in cancer trials amongst teenagers and young adults: qualitative study (Funder: CSO)
Previous projects include:
- GPs’ and abortion information (Funder: NHS Lothian)
- Young people’s knowledge, beliefs and attitudes to abortion (Funder: NHS Lothian and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
- Integrating abortion within a specialist contraceptive service: a qualitative evaluation of the experiences of women and health professionals (Funder: CSO)
Knowledge exchange
Jeni works closely with clinicians to ensure that her research addresses key concerns and is communicated effectively to a range of audiences.
Her research on abortion was used to develop an NHS Lothian video on abortion—Let's Talk About Abortion—for young people.
Affiliated research centres
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Evaluation of telemedicine early medical abortion at home in Scotland
(71 pages)
Research output: › Commissioned report (Published) -
Intensive care clincians' information acquisition during the first wave of the Covid 19 pandemic
(7 pages)
In:
Journal of the Intensive Care Society, vol. 24, pp. 40-46
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17511437221105777
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Use of a novel flipped classroom intervention to increase medical students’ knowledge of physical activity guidelines
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/mep.19176.1
Research output: › Preprint (Published) -
A qualitative study of abortion care providers’ perspectives on telemedicine medical abortion provision in the context of COVID-19
In:
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2021-201309
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Perspectives of obstetricians and midwives on the provision of immediate postpartum intrauterine devices: A qualitative service evaluation
In:
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2021-201170
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)