Rebecca's research interests lie in implementation science spanning health and social care. She focuses on three areas of study: mixed methods data integration; the implementation and evaluation of health and social care interventions, and knowledge mobilisation: the movement of research knowledge into active practice-based use. Rebecca is interested in realist evaluation approaches to improve health services, seeking to understand what works, for whom in which circumstances. Underpinning all these areas of research is the importance of how people and processes in health and healthcare systems interact and respond to context.
Rebecca is an internationally recognised educator and expert in mixed methods approaches to health and social science research, with a particular focus on analytical integration and advanced mixed methods designs. In 2018, Rebecca was highly commended in the Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence (WATE), a university-wide scheme to recognise teaching that enhances and transforms the student learning experience. Rebecca currently sits on the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) Pedagogy Network, looking to share good practice and enhance the delivery of high quality research methods teaching internationally.
Rebecca is Deputy Course Director of the Advanced Clinical Practice MSc and Degree Apprenticeship pathways and co-leads the WMS super-module Introduction to Leadership and Management in Healthcare Contexts.
Rebecca has been conducting research and teaching in the health sciences since 2008. She undertook her PhD from 2010 - 2013 studying the implementation and effectiveness of mental wellbeing interventions delivered in community settings.
While working at Warwick Medical School as an NIHR Research Fellow as part of the Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, West Midlands (CLAHRCs) she focused on population health and wellbeing research and strengthening partnerships between academic and local public health teams.
She began teaching in 2008 on health sciences and public health postgraduate modules at WMS. Rebecca co-led the Mixed Methods for the Health Sciences module at Warwick Medical School from 2015 - 2019, and has delivered mixed methods workshops in the UK and Ireland. Rebecca established and was Co-Director of the BSc Public Health (hons) at Coventry University from 2019 - 2021 and taught Health Policy Implementation and Qualitative Methods in Health Research at University of Birmingham 2021-2023.
- 2014 - PhD in Health Sciences, University of Warwick
- 2008 - MPH, Masters in Public Health, University of Warwick
- 2006 - BA in Sociology, University of Minnesota Duluth
- Murphy, Marie, Boardman, Felicity K., Robertson, Wendy, Johnson, Rebecca E., 2021. Children's perspectives and experiences of health, diet, physical activity and weight in an urban, multi-ethnic UK population : a qualitative study. Child: Care, Health and Development, 47 (5), pp. 597-607
- Johnson, Rebecca E., Grove, Amy L., Clarke, Aileen, 2019. Pillar integration process : a joint display technique to integrate data in mixed methods research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 13 (3), pp. 301-320
- Johnson, Rebecca E., Murphy, Marie, Griffiths, Frances, 2019. Conveying troublesome concepts : using an open-space learning activity to teach mixed-methods research in the health sciences. Methodological Innovations, 12 (2)
- Williamson, Sian, Patterson, Jacoby, Crosby, Rebecca, Johnson, Rebecca E., Sandhu, Harbinder, Johnson, Samantha Ann, Jenkins, Jacquie, Casey, Margaret, Kearins, Olive, Taylor-Phillips, Sian, 2019. Communication of cancer screening results by letter, telephone or in person : a mixed methods systematic review of the effect on attendee anxiety, understanding and preferences. Preventive Medicine Reports, 13, pp. 189-195
- Johnson, Rebecca E., Grove, Amy L., Clarke, Aileen, 2018. It's hard to play ball : a qualitative study of knowledge exchange and silo effects in public health. BMC Health Services Research, 18 (1)
- Murphy, M., Boardman, F., Johnson, R., Robertson, W., 2018. Parental beliefs of family health, diet, physical activity and weight : findings from a qualitative study in an ethnically diverse population in the UK. European Journal of Public Health, 28 (1)
- Johnson, Rebecca E., Grove, Amy L., Clarke, Aileen, 2018. It?s hard to play ball : a study of knowledge exchange in public health partnerships. BMC Health Services Research, 18 (1)
- Johnson, Rebecca E., Oyebode, Oyinlola, Walker, Sadie, Knowles, Elizabeth, Robertson, Wendy, 2018. The difficult conversation : a qualitative evaluation of the ?Eat Well Move More? family weight management service. BMC Research Notes, 11 (1)
- Al-Khudairy, Lena, Loveman, Emma, Colquitt, Jill L., Mead, Emma, Johnson, Rebecca E., Fraser, Hannah, Olajide, Joan, Murphy, Marie, Velho, Rochelle Marian, O'Malley, Claire, Azevedo, Liane B., Ells, Louisa J., Metzendorf, Maria-Inti, Rees, Karen, 2017. Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
- Johnson, Rebecca E., Robertson, Wendy, Towey, Marsha, Stewart-Brown, Sarah L., Clarke, Aileen, 2017. Changes over time in mental well-being, fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity in a community-based lifestyle intervention : a before and after study. Public Health, 146, pp. 118-125
- Robertson, Wendy, Murphy, Marie, Johnson, Rebecca E., 2016. Evidence base for the prevention and management of child obesity. Paediatrics and Child Health, 26 (5), pp. 212-218
- Grove, Amy L., Johnson, Rebecca E., Clarke, Aileen, Currie, Graeme, 2016. Evidence and the drivers of variation in orthopaedic surgical work : a mixed method systematic review. Health Systems and Policy Research, 3 (1)
- Johnson, Rebecca E., Jenkinson, David J., Stinton, Chris, Taylor-Phillips, Sian, Madan, Jason, Stewart-Brown, Sarah L., Clarke, Aileen, 2016. Where's WALY? : A proof of concept study of the ?wellbeing adjusted life year? using secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 14 (1)
- Loveman, Emma, Al-Khudairy, Lena, Johnson, Rebecca E., Robertson, Wendy, Colquitt, J. L. (Jill L.), Mead, Emma L., Ells, Louisa J., Metzendorf, Maria-Inti, Rees, Karen, 2015. Parent-only interventions for childhood overweight or obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Clarke, Aileen, Friede, Tim, Putz, Rebecca, Ashdown, Jacquie, Martin, Steven, Blake, Amy, Adi, Y., Parkinson, Jane, Flynn, Pamela, Platt, Stephen, Stewart-Brown, Sarah L., 2011. Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) : validated for teenage school students in England and Scotland : a mixed methods assessment. BMC Public Health, Vol.118 (No.1)
- Staniszewska, Sophie, Mockford, Carole, Gibson, A., Herron-Marx, Sandra, Putz, Rebecca, 2011. Moving forward: Understanding the negative experiences and impacts of patient and public involvement in health service planning, development and evaluation. Barnes, Marian; Cotterrell, Phil (eds.), Critical perspectives on user involvement, University of Bristol, Policy Press
- Johnson, Rebecca E., 2013. Practicalities of public health practice and evaluation : the case of mental wellbeing in Coventry.
- Putz, Rebecca, Clarke, Aileen, Hamborg, Thomas, Franco, Oscar H., 2011. Mental health and wellbeing : what factors are associated with a validated measure of mental wellbeing in the general population in Coventry? A stratified random cross sectional survey. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, BMJ Group
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAHRC Theme 3 Research for 2019 | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Jan 2019 | 30 Sept 2019 |
| PHE Knowledge Dissemination | Public Health England | 01 Aug 2016 | 31 Mar 2017 |