Project title
‘An examination of substance misuse service users’ lived experiences of recovery through ethnographic-based methodologies.’ Supervisors: Professor Shane Blackman and Dr. Ian Marsh
Profile summary
My PhD project aims to examine the lived experience of recovery from drug and alcohol dependence. I intend to undertake ethnography-based methodologies within a community substance misuse recovery setting in the UK, which will include analysing observations of service users within the treatment setting, conducting conversational interviews, eliciting verbal narratives of recovery and examining visual artefacts. This PhD project commenced in October 2016 on a part time basis and is funded through the CCCU staff development process.
I studied my BSc Psychology at the University of Kent and graduated in 2004. I then spent several years working as a Harm Reduction Practitioner in a community drug and alcohol service, before undertaking my MSc in Health Promotion and Public Health at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU), which I completed in 2014. I have been teaching full time for the public health team in the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at CCCU since 2011. I completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (Higher Education in 2013 and I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Teaching and subject expertise
For the BSc Health Studies suite of programmes, I have experience as module leader for the following modules:
- Level 4 – Academic Development
- Level 4 – Communicating Health Information
- Level 4 – Psychosocial Aspects of health and Team Skills
- Level 5 – Health Psychology
- Level 6 – Aspects of Mental Health Promotion (also offered to CPD students)
- Level 6 – Substance Misuse and Health (also offered to CPD students)
- Level 6 – Dissertations module
For the MSc Public Health, I am module leader for:
- Level 7 – Promoting Health & Wellbeing
Professional programmes:
For the Public Health Practice (Public Health Champions) programme, I currently lead on the following module:
- Level 5 – Championing Public Health
Research Outputs
Publications:
Phillips, A. (2016) ‘Supporting smoking cessation in older patients: a continuing challenge for community nurses’, British Journal of Community Nursing, 21 (9), pp. 457-461.
Phillips, A. (2015) ‘Smoking cessation aids and the primary care nurse’, Nursing in Practice, 86, pp. 37-41.
Phillips, A. (2014) ‘One too many: alcohol consumption and the health risks’, Nursing and Residential Care, 16 (4), pp. 206-209.
Phillips, A. (2012) ‘Promoting the health of older people who smoke’ British Journal of Community Nursing, 17 (12), pp. 606-611.
Guinote, A. and Phillips, A. (2010) ‘Power can increase stereotyping’, Social Psychology, 41 (1), pp. 3-9.
Conference participation:
- June 2015: “Exploring the nature of alcohol use in older people” – my MSc dissertation research findings were presented at the Annual Postgraduate Research Conference, Canterbury Christ Church University.
- September 2012: I appeared on the expert panel and gave the concluding speech at the Medway Youth Parliament’s Annual Conference, Rochester, Kent (titled: “Me myself and I: A Work of Art”).