Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Tracy is a Sociologist and registered Occupational Therapist with practice experience in the UK and USA. She completed her PhD at Keele University in 2011 and held an academic post at the University of Salford before joining Northumbria University in 2017. She is Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy at Northumbria and Programme Lead for the MSc (Pre-Registration) Occupational Therapy.
Tracy’s research interests are primarily concerned with social wellbeing, with a particular focus on managing the transition of widowhood and the prevention of loneliness and social isolation. She is currently involved in a number of research projects that utilise a range of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods and has received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Forces in Mind Trust and the Wellcome Trust.
Tracy is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Women & Aging, and an Academic Editor for Health and Social Care in the Community
Education/Academic qualification
Academic Studies in Education, PGCert, University of Salford
Award Date: 1 Jul 2015
Sociology, PhD, Managing transition: a longitudinal study of personal communities in later life widowhood, Keele University
Award Date: 1 Nov 2011
Sociology, MA, Leisure, work and community: a comparison of the factors that affect social capital in the United States and Britain, University of Memphis
Award Date: 1 Jul 2002
Occupational Therapy, BSc (Hons), University of Leicester
Award Date: 1 Jul 1996
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
-
A mixed methods evaluation of the breastfeeding memory aide CHINS
Shotton, L., Collins, T., Cordier, R., Chikwava, F. & Steen, M., 1 Oct 2024, In: Maternal & Child Nutrition. 20, 4, 16 p., e13704.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile14 Downloads (Pure) -
Breastfeeding mothers' awareness and experience of using the breastfeeding memory aide CHINS: An exploratory descriptive qualitative study
Shotton, L. & Collins, T., 1 Sept 2024, In: Reproductive, Female and Child Health. 3, 3, 9 p., e108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile8 Downloads (Pure) -
Military Widows’ Experiences of Social Isolation, Loneliness and Unmet Social Needs
Wilson-Menzfeld, G., McGill, G., Moreland, M., Collins, T., Erfani, G. & Johnson, A., 16 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Loss and Trauma. 29, 8, p. 1047-1067 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile35 Downloads (Pure) -
Seeking consensus on a play-based intervention framework for promoting play of children with HIV/Aids in a low-resourced setting: A Delphi Study
Munambah, N., Ramugondo, E. L., Collins, T. & Cordier, R., 1 Aug 2024, In: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. 71, 4, p. 627-639 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile43 Downloads (Pure) -
Supporting Older Men’s Social Participation: A Framework for Engagement
Cowen, K., Collins, T., Carr, S. & Wilson-Menzfeld, G., 19 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Journal of Men's Studies. p. 1-28 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile12 Downloads (Pure)
-
‘You kind of want the world to stop, and it did’: Shared experiences of widowhood during and following Covid-19
Tracy Collins (Speaker)
12 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
-
Salford Community Christmas: evaluative research findings from an event for older people living with dementia and their carers
Tracy Collins (Speaker)
29 Jul 2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
-
Developing and Evaluating Community Christmas Events
Tracy Collins (Organiser)
29 Jul 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
-
The personal communities of older widowed men.
Tracy Collins (Speaker)
24 Apr 2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
-
Later life widowhood and loneliness
Tracy Collins (Speaker)
27 Jun 2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk