GENIE Emergency Department Study version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
GENIE Emergency Department Study - Theme 5: Using a social network mapping tool (GENIE)with people who attend minor/walk in emergency care to help identify connections and resources to support them.
IRAS ID
239514
Contact name
Cathy Pope
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Southampton
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 0 days
Research summary
We have developed an approach that supports self management and better help seeking by helping people to identify sources of support. This uses an extensively validated social networking tool called GENIE. The aim of our project is to see if GENIE can work well in an Emergency Department (ED/accident and emergency) setting to support people who are walk in (minors)patients. We plan to look at people's social network resources and connections, and we are especially interested in understanding help seeking by people who attend with mental health problems and those with social challenges such as people who are homeless and older people living alone. We will use the initial element of GENIE in face to face interviews with approximately 40 patients, in one ED. The interviews will introduce the first stage of the GENIE tool and use it to make a visual map of their current social and support network, using a concentric circles method (Kennedy et al 2016) which involves thinking of, and visualising, the relationships relevant to health and wellness. This guided process helps the participant to conceptualise themselves within a network of support, explore family dynamics and recognise ‘weak ties’ (i.e. social acquaintances) in their network. This provides an opportunity to explore the involvement of these resources in the decision making for the current ED attendance.
REC name
East of England - Cambridge East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/EE/0049
Date of REC Opinion
28 Mar 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion