Gina Higginbottom
Dr Gina Higginbottom | |
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Born | Gina Awoko Sheffield, England, UK |
Nationality | British |
Title | Professor |
Awards | National Primary Care Fellowship
Smith & Nephew Nursing Research Scholar Mary Seacole Leadership Award Canada Research Chair Fellow Queens Nursing Institute |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Health |
Sub-discipline | Ethnicity and Community Health |
Institutions | University of Alberta, University of Nottingham |
Website | https://twitter.com/GinaAwokoH |
Gina Marie Higginbottom MBE (née Awoko) is a British academic, nurse, midwife, health visitor and a specialist in international migration and maternity. She is the first nurse of black and minority ethnic (BME) origin to hold a professorial role in a Russell Group university in England.[1][2][3][4]
Personal life and education
[edit]Higginbottom was born in Sheffield and is of white British and Ghanaian origin (Ga-Mashie, Jamestown, Accra. She is via her maternal family a descendant of the historic Bagley family. Edward Bagley of Dudley, executed the will of Lady Barnham, granddaughter of William Shakespeare [1][5] She passed the eleven plus examination and attended King Ecgbert Technical Grammar School for Girls.[5] Her cousin is Richard Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire and her brother in Law Martin Fry of ABC. She gained her PhD co-supervised by Prof James Nazroo at the University of Sheffield in 2004.[6] Higginbottom was the first BME nurse to be awarded a National Primary Care Fellowship.[7]
Career
[edit]From 2007 to 2015 Higginbottom held a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Ethnicity and Health at the University of Alberta.[8][9][10][11] She is the first woman of BME origin to hold a Canada Research Chair.[12]
Higginbottom was appointed in 2015 as the Mary Seacole Professor of Ethnicity and Community Health at the University of Nottingham.[13] As of 2019, she is now Emeritus Professor.[14][5] She was ethnicity and health advisor, co-author of the critical research study on the Apgar score and other neonatal tests and infants with darker skin which challenged existing approaches to neonatal assessment.
She is Co-Convener of International Collaboration for Community Health Nursing Research (ICCHNR), a charity and professional organisation.[15] She is also a member of the Chief Nurse for England's Black Minority Ethnic Advisory Group.[12] In 2019 she became a vice-president of the Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association (CPHVA), a professional organisation and trade union for nurses, together with Sara Rowbotham.[3][4]
Honours
[edit]Higginbottom was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in 1998 for services to health promotion and young people.[16]
Selected works
[edit]- Soltani H, Fair R, Higginbottom GMA, & Puntis, S (2023) Inclusive assessments for newborns Community Practitioner Nov/Dec 2023
- Fair R, Furness A, Higginbottom GMA, Oddie B & Solani R (2023) Review of neonatal assessment and practice in Black, Asian and minority ethnic newborns: exploring the Apgar score, the detection-of cyanosis and jaundice. NHS Race and Health Observatory
- Sobranie S, Cox G, Miller S, Higginbottom GMA (2021) Optimising the activities and the products of academic and student collaborative networks to achieve equality, diversity. Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, Vol 7, No 1, 2021
- Higginbottom GMA, Evans C, Morgan M, Bharj K K, Eldridge J and Hussain B (2020) Interventions that improve maternity care for immigrant women in England: a narrative synthesis systematic review Health Serv Deliv Res 2020:03 DOI:10.3310/hsdr08140
- Higginbottom GMA, Evans C, Morgan M, Bharj K K, Eldridge J and Hussain B (2019) Immigrant women’s experience of maternity care services in the UK:a narrative synthesis review BMJ Open DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029478
- Higginbottom GMA, Vallianatos H, Shankar J, Safipour J and Davey C, (2017).Immigrant women’s food choices in pregnancy: Perspectives from women of Chinese origin in Canada Ethnicity and Health.
- Higginbottom, G, Evans, C, Morgan, M, Bharj, K, Eldridge, J and Hussain, B, (2017).Interventions that improve maternity care for immigrant women in the UK: Protocol for a narrative synthesis systematic review BMJ Open. 7, e016988
- Evans, C, Tweheyo, R, Mcgarry, J, Eldridge, J, Mccormick, C, Nkoyo, V and Higginbottom, G, (2017).What are the experiences of seeking, receiving and providing FGM-related healthcare? Perspectives of health professionals and women/girls who have undergone FGM: Protocol for a systematic review of qualitative evidence, BMJ Open. 7,
- Higginbottom GMA, Safipour J, O'brien B, Mumtaz Z, Paton P, Chiu Y and Barolia R, (2016).An ethnographic investigation of maternity healthcare experience of immigrants in rural and urban Alberta, Canada: DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0773-z BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Higginbottom GMA, Reime, B, Bharj K K, Chowbey P, Ertan K, Foster C, Friedrich K, Gerrish K, Kentenich H, Mumtaz Z and O'brien B, (2013).Migration and maternity: insights of context, health policy and research evidence on experiences and outcomes from a three-country preliminary study across Germany, Canada and the UK. Health Care for Women International. 34(11), 936-965
- Higginbottom GMA, Morgan M, O'Mahoney M, Chiu Y, Kocay D, Alexandre M and Fogeron J, (2013). Immigrant women’s experiences of postpartum depression in Canada: a protocol for systematic review using a narrative synthesis. Systematic Reviews. 65
- Higginbottom GMA, Safipour J, Mumtaz Z, Patton P and Chiu Y, (2013). "I have to do what I believe": Sudanese women’s belief and resistance to hegemonic practices at home and during experiences of maternity care in Canada. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 51
- Salway S, Barley R, Allmark P, Gerrish K, Higginbottom GMA and Ellison G (2011). Ethnic diversity in social science research: ethical and scientific rigour. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
- Higginbottom, GMA and Serrant-Green,L (2005). "Developing Culturally Sensitive Skills in Health and Social Care with a Focus on Conducting Research with African Caribbean Communities in England". The Qualitative Report. 10 (4): 662–686. ISSN 1052-0147.
- Higginbottom GMA, Marsh P, Kirkham M, Owen Jm.Gma, Mathers N. (2006). "Young people of minority ethnic origin in England and early parenthood: views from young parents and service providers". Social Science & Medicine. 63 (4): 858–870. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.011
References
[edit]- ^ "Prof Gina Higginbottom - Health Research Mentor". Healthresearchmonitor.org.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Gina Marie Awoko Higginbottom MBE – Black Female Professors Forum". Blackfemaleprofessorsforum.org. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Two high profile CPHVA vice presidents appointed". unitetheunion.org. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ a b Ford, Megan (16 October 2019). "Community nursing union appoints new vice presidents". Nursing Times. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ a b c Sheffield, University of. "Professor Gina Awoko Higginbottom MBE - Wall of BAME - Race equality - Inclusion at Sheffield - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Howie, John (16 May 2011). Academic General Practice in the UK Medical Schools, 1948-2000. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748688388. Retrieved 9 January 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ admin. "Prof Gina Higginbottom MBE". ICCHNR. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Gina Higginbottom; Pranee Liamputtong (18 June 2015). Participatory Qualitative Research Methodologies in Health. SAGE Publications. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-1-4739-2726-1. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "The challenge of migration". Folio.ca. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Canada Research Chairs Program : National Announcement - Spring 2013" (PDF). Chairs-chaires.gc.ca. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Ethnic Diversity in UK Social Research & Public Policy Research". Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ a b "About Gina". Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Gina Higginbottom; Pranee Liamputtong (18 June 2015). Participatory Qualitative Research Methodologies in Health. SAGE Publications. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-1-4739-2726-1. Retrieved 12 February 2019. [verification needed]
- ^ "Honorary and Emeritus appointments - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ admin. "Who We Are". ICCHNR. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 55155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1998. pp. 1–27.
- Black British women academics
- British women academics
- Black British academics
- Living people
- English people of Ghanaian descent
- Alumni of the University of Sheffield
- Academics of the University of Nottingham
- Black British health professionals
- British women nurses
- British midwives
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- 1955 births