Peter Schofield
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Primary Care &Public Health Sciences
Division of Health and Social Care Research
School of Medicine
King's College London
9th Floor Capital House, 42 Weston Street
London
SE1 3QD
Tel: 020 7848 8677
Email: peter.1.schofield@kcl.ac.uk
Biography
Peter Schofield is a research associate with interests in mixed method approaches investigating the social context of severe mental illness and also health inequalities, in mental health and cardiovascular disease. Originally with a background in Sociology (LSE) he first worked in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, UCL; progressing to a doctorate in mental health services research at the Institute of Psychiatry. He has since worked on a wide range of primary care related projects applying advanced statistical techniques, using large datasets of health records, and also qualitative approaches, including in-depth interviews. He is a member of the Unit for Medical Statistics, providing statistical consultancy and teaching within the School of Medicine, and is a statistical advisor on the board of the British Journal of General Practice.
Recent Publications
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Schofield P, Baawuah F, Seed P, Ashworth M. (In press - 2012) Managing hypertension in general practice: a cross sectional study of treatment and ethnicity. British Journal of General Practice.
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Jones R, Green E, Hull C, Niesner E, Schofield P. (2012) Making an impact: research, publications, and bibliometrics in the BJGP. Br J Gen Pract;62(596):157-9.
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Wallcraft J, Fleischmann P, Schofield P. (2012) The involvement of users and carers in social work education: a practice benchmarking study. Workforce development. London: SCIE Schofield P, Ashworth M, Jones R (2011) Ethnic isolation and psychosis: re-examining the ethnic density effect. Psychological Medicine;41(6):1263-69.
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Schofield P, Saka O, Ashworth M. 2011) “Ethnic differences in blood pressure monitoring and control in Lambeth” British Journal of General Practice.
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Schofield P, Gask L, Crosland A., Waheed W., Wallace A., Aseem A., Dickens A., Waquas A., Tylee A. (2011) “Patients’ views of anti-depressants: from first experiences to becoming expert” British Journal of General Practice.
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Walters P., Schofield P., Howard L., Ashworth M., Tylee A. (2011) The relationship between asthma and depression in primary care patients: a historical cohort and nested case control study. PLoS ONE.
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Ashworth M, Schofield P, Seed P, Durbaba S, Kordowicz M, Jones R. (2011) “Identifying poorly performing general practices in England: a longitudinal study using data from the ‘Quality and Outcomes Framework’.” Journal of Health Service Research and Policy.
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Czachowski S, Seed P, Schofield P, Ashworth M. (2011). Measuring psychological change during brief cognitive behaviour therapy in primary care: a Polish study using PSYCHLOPS. PLoS ON