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Biography

I am currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Maternal Health and Wellbeing group in the School of Health Sciences. I currently pursuing research interests in how place can affect health and wellbeing, early labour care and systems, human factors and safety in maternity care, and birth environments.

Before joining the department I was a Research Fellow in the Caring for Older People and Stroke Survivors (COPSS) theme of CLAHRC East Midlands based at the 糖心原创 Medical School. My other roles have included: Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia working on clinical trials and cohort studies related to rehabilitation and ageing; and Research Associate at the Age Research Centre and Health Design and Technology Institute at Coventry University working in relation to the WHO Age Friendly City initiative and on various EU projects.

My PhD was based in the Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety Unit (HEPSU) of Loughborough University Design School, and was entitled 'Environmental factors associated with falls in hospitalised older people'.

Expertise Summary

Midwifery and maternal health care; Green space; Ergonomics / Human Factors; Patient Safety; Ageing; Clinical Trials; Built Environment; Age Friendly Communities.

Research Summary

My research interests centre around how the environments we are in (both natural and built) can affect our health, safety, and wellbeing. This includes projects around how being in nature may help… read more

Selected Publications

• CRAIG C, CHADBORN N, SANDS G, TUOMAINEN H and GLADMAN J, 2015. Age and ageing. 44(4), 559-565
• JEPSON P, SANDS G, BESWICK AD, DAVIS ET, BLOM AW and SACKLEY CM, 2015. Clinical rehabilitation. (In Press.)
• SACKLEY, CATHERINE M., SMITH, CHRISTINA H., RICK, CAROLINE, BRADY, MARIAN C., IVES, NATALIE, PATEL, RAMILLA, ROBERTS, HELEN, DOWLING, FRANCIS, JOWETT, SUE, WHEATLEY, KEITH, PATEL, SMITAA, KELLY, DEBBIE, SANDS, GINA and CLARKE, CARL, 2014. TRIALS. 15,
• HIGNETT, SUE, SANDS, GINA, FRAY, MIKE, XANTHOPOULOU, PENNY, HEALEY, FRANCES and GRIFFITHS, PAULA, 2013. AGE AND AGEING. 42(4), 531-535

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Current Research

My research interests centre around how the environments we are in (both natural and built) can affect our health, safety, and wellbeing. This includes projects around how being in nature may help promote mental health and wellbeing among young pregnant women, and looking at how the design of birthing rooms may better support women's needs. I am also interested in how human factors methodologies and design thinking may improve the effectiveness and safety of the maternity care system.

My background is in healthcare human factors / ergonomics. I also have interests in general health services and ageing research, particularly in the design of healthcare environments and systems, and patient safety.

• SACKLEY CM, SMITH CH, RICK CE, BRADY MC, IVES N, PATEL S, WOOLLEY R, DOWLING F, PATEL R, ROBERTS H, JOWETT S, WHEATLEY K, KELLY D, SANDS G, CLARKE CE and , 2018. Pilot and feasibility studies. 4, 30
• SPIBY H, FAUCHER MA, SANDS G, ROBERTS J and KENNEDY HP, 2018. Birth (Berkeley, Calif.). (In Press.)
• SANDS, GINA, CHADBORN, NEIL, CRAIG, CHRIS and GLADMAN, JOHN, 2016. BMJ open. 6(5), e010724
• SMITH TO, JEPSON P, BESWICK A, SANDS G,, DRUMMOND A, DAVIS ET and SACKLEY CM, 2016. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD010815.
• JEPSON, PAUL, SANDS, GINA, BESWICK, ANDREW D., DAVIS, EDWARD T., BLOM, ASHLEY W. and SACKLEY, CATHERINE M., 2016. CLINICAL REHABILITATION. 30(2), 156-166
• CRAIG C, CHADBORN N, SANDS G, TUOMAINEN H and GLADMAN J, 2015. Age and ageing. 44(4), 559-565
• JEPSON P, SANDS G, BESWICK AD, DAVIS ET, BLOM AW and SACKLEY CM, 2015. Clinical rehabilitation. (In Press.)
• SANDS G, KELLY D, FLETCHER-SMITH J, BIRT L and SACKLEY C,, 2015. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 78(7), 422-30
• SACKLEY, CATHERINE M., SMITH, CHRISTINA H., RICK, CAROLINE, BRADY, MARIAN C., IVES, NATALIE, PATEL, RAMILLA, ROBERTS, HELEN, DOWLING, FRANCIS, JOWETT, SUE, WHEATLEY, KEITH, PATEL, SMITAA, KELLY, DEBBIE, SANDS, GINA and CLARKE, CARL, 2014. TRIALS. 15,
• HIGNETT, SUE, SANDS, GINA, FRAY, MIKE, XANTHOPOULOU, PENNY, HEALEY, FRANCES and GRIFFITHS, PAULA, 2013. AGE AND AGEING. 42(4), 531-535
• HIGNETT, SUE, SANDS, GINA and GRIFFITHS, PAULA, 2013. AGE AND AGEING. 42(4), 527-531
• PAUL JEPSON, ANDREW BESWICK, TOBY O SMITH, GINA SANDS, AVRIL DRUMMOND, EDWARD T DAVIS and CATHERINE M SACKLEY, 2013. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013. CD010815
• SANDS, GINA, HIGNETT, SUE, FRAY, MICHAEL, XANTHOPOULOU, PENNY, HEALEY, FRANCES and GRIFFITHS, PAULA, 2011. An overnight bedrail audit in UK hospitals exploring the relationships between environmental factors and patient characteristics HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS ERGONOMICS AND PATIENT SAFETY 2011: AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONALS AND CITIZENS FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. 446-450
• HIGNETT, S., SANDS, G. and GRIFFITHS, P., 2011. AGE AND AGEING. 40(1), 135-138