Deborah Ward

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 997 citations indexed

About

Deborah Ward is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Ward has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 997 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Infectious Diseases, 8 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Deborah Ward's work include Infection Control in Healthcare (12 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (5 papers) and Diabetes Management and Education (4 papers). Deborah Ward is often cited by papers focused on Infection Control in Healthcare (12 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (5 papers) and Diabetes Management and Education (4 papers). Deborah Ward collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Deborah Ward's co-authors include Stephanie Tierney, Veronica Swallow, Christine Furber, Perry M. Gee, Debora A. Paterniti, Lisa M. Soederberg Miller, Deborah A. Greenwood, Sheridan Miyamoto, Heather M. Young and Yajarayma Tang-Feldman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Medical Internet Research, Journal of Advanced Nursing and Health Technology Assessment.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Ward

34 papers receiving 939 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Using Framework Analysis in nursing research: a worked example

2013 320 citations Deborah Ward, Christine Furber et al. Journal of Advanced Nursing profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deborah Ward United Kingdom	14	391	190	169	131	119	34	997
Hassen Ghannem Tunisia	19	275 0.7×	207 1.1×	442 2.6×	231 1.8×	127 1.1×	129	1.5k
Seng Fah Tong Malaysia	18	404 1.0×	135 0.7×	215 1.3×	168 1.3×	86 0.7×	68	1.3k
Pamela Kirkpatrick United Kingdom	14	363 0.9×	86 0.5×	194 1.1×	128 1.0×	147 1.2×	39	1.1k
Kristine Lykens United States	12	244 0.6×	100 0.5×	93 0.6×	111 0.8×	84 0.7×	21	916
Judith Dyson United Kingdom	17	301 0.8×	122 0.6×	132 0.8×	117 0.9×	185 1.6×	65	954
Richardson Augusto Rosendo da Silva Brazil	13	421 1.1×	179 0.9×	163 1.0×	146 1.1×	61 0.5×	210	878
Alexis Benos Greece	18	539 1.4×	69 0.4×	210 1.2×	116 0.9×	99 0.8×	55	1.2k
Tadesse Tolossa Ethiopia	18	162 0.4×	249 1.3×	148 0.9×	147 1.1×	134 1.1×	73	908
Linnea A. Polgreen United States	24	299 0.8×	168 0.9×	168 1.0×	431 3.3×	47 0.4×	83	1.6k
Katherine Waite United States	15	692 1.8×	68 0.4×	215 1.3×	129 1.0×	92 0.8×	21	1.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ward, Deborah. (2016). Role of the infection prevention and control link nurse. Primary Health Care. 26(5). 28–31. 7 indexed citations

Gee, Perry M., Debora A. Paterniti, Deborah Ward, & Lisa M. Soederberg Miller. (2015). e-Patients Perceptions of Using Personal Health Records for Self-management Support of Chronic Illness. CIN Computers Informatics Nursing. 33(6). 229–237. 36 indexed citations

Easton, Ava, Benedict Michael, Rebecca M. Evans, et al.. (2015). Managing patients with encephalitis. Nursing Standard. 30(11). 50–60. 1 indexed citations

Gee, Perry M., Deborah A. Greenwood, Debora A. Paterniti, Deborah Ward, & Lisa M. Soederberg Miller. (2015). The eHealth Enhanced Chronic Care Model: A Theory Derivation Approach. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 17(4). e86–e86. 186 indexed citations

Ward, Deborah, Christine Furber, Stephanie Tierney, & Veronica Swallow. (2013). Using Framework Analysis in nursing research: a worked example. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 69(11). 2423–2431. 320 indexed citations breakdown →

Courtenay, Molly, Aaron E. Bair, Debra Bakerjian, et al.. (2013). Interprofessional education: an overview of six initiatives across the schools of health at a single university. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 28(2). 155–156. 2 indexed citations

Ward, Deborah. (2012). Attitudes towards infection prevention and control: an interview study with nursing students and nurse mentors. BMJ Quality & Safety. 21(4). 301–306. 24 indexed citations

Ward, Deborah. (2012). The barriers and motivators to learning infection control in clinical placements: Interviews with midwifery students. Nurse Education Today. 33(5). 486–491. 17 indexed citations

Miyamoto, Sheridan, et al.. (2012). Recruiting Rural Participants for a Telehealth Intervention on Diabetes Self‐Management. The Journal of Rural Health. 29(1). 69–77. 19 indexed citations

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Ward, Deborah. (2012). Attitudes towards the Infection Prevention and Control Nurse: an interview study. Journal of Nursing Management. 20(5). 648–658. 8 indexed citations

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Ward, Deborah. (2011). The infection control education needs of nursing students: An interview study with students and mentors. Nurse Education Today. 31(8). 819–824. 17 indexed citations

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Ward, Deborah. (2010). The role of education in the prevention and control of infection: A review of the literature. Nurse Education Today. 31(1). 9–17. 84 indexed citations

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Caress, Ann‐Louise, Ashley Woodcock, Karen Luker, et al.. (2010). Exploring the needs, concerns and behaviours of people with existing respiratory conditions in relation to the H1N1 ‘swine influenza’ pandemic: a multicentre survey and qualitative study. Health Technology Assessment. 14(34). 1–108. 16 indexed citations

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Ward, Deborah. (2010). Infection control in clinical placements: experiences of nursing and midwifery students. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 66(7). 1533–1542. 33 indexed citations

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Ward, Deborah. (2004). Non-compliance with infection control precautions - a literature review. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations

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Ward, Deborah. (2004). Gender differences in compliance with infection control precautions. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 5(1). 17–19. 13 indexed citations

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Ward, Deborah. (2003). Improving patient hand hygiene. Nursing Standard. 17(35). 39–42. 16 indexed citations

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Ward, Deborah. (2000). Handwashing facilities in the clinical area: a literature review. British Journal of Nursing. 9(2). 82–86. 9 indexed citations

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Ward, Deborah. (2000). Ageism and the abuse of older people in health and social care. British Journal of Nursing. 9(9). 560–563. 28 indexed citations

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Ward, Deborah, et al.. (1998). Child mental health services. Side by side.. PubMed. 108(5617). 26–7. 10 indexed citations

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