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Dr Barbara Barrett

Academics
Supervisors

Reader in Health Economics

Contact details

Biography

Barbara Barrett joined King’s in 2002 as a research assistant, completing her PhD here under Sarah Byford and becoming a member of academic staff in 2008. She has undergraduate and post graduate degrees in economics and health economics from the University of Birmingham.

Barbara is interested in applying health economic evaluation techniques to research questions across a range of clinical areas including mental health, maternal health and healthcare in criminal justice settings.

The other main aspect to her work is education. She leads the module on Economic Evaluation in Mental Health and is the departmental education lead, ensuring both the quantity and quality of the education King's Health Economics provides in HSPR.

Research Interests

Economic evaluation in clinical trials.
Health economics at the intersection of physical and mental health.
Economics of criminal justice (PhD supervision).
Economics of school-based health care interventions (PhD supervision).

Teaching

Health economics, economic evaluation.

Expertise and Public Engagement

Member of RELATE policy and research advisory group.

Latest publications

Task-sharing with lay counsellors to deliver a stepped care intervention to improve depression, antiretroviral therapy adherence, and viral suppression in people living with HIV: Study protocol for the TENDAI randomised controlled trial
Abas, M. A., Mangezi, W., Nyamayaro, P. C., Jopling, R., Bere, T., McKetchnie, S., Goldsmith, K., Fitch, C., Saruchera, E., Muronzie, T., Gudyanga, D., Barrett, B., Chibanda, D., Hakim, J., Safren, S. & O'Cleirigh, C., 5 Dec 2022, In: BMJ Open. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057844
Matching ICD-11 personality status to clinical management in a community team—The Boston (UK) Personality Project: Study protocol
Jha, M., Barrett, B., Brewin, C., Bowker, G., Harwood, N., Jalil, I., Crawford, M., Phull, J., Allen, K., Duggan, C., Yang, M. & Tyrer, P., May 2022, In: Personality And Mental Health. 16, 2, p. 130-137 8 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1544
Cost-effectiveness of screening tools for identifying depression in early pregnancy: a decision tree model
Heslin, M., Jin, H., Trevillion, K., Ling, X., Nath, S., Barrett, B., Demilew, J., Ryan, E., O'Connor, S., Sands, P., Milgrom, J., Bick, D., Stanley, N., Hunter, M. S., Howard, L. & Byford, S., Dec 2022, In: BMC Health Services Research. 22, 1, 774. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08115-x
Cost-effectiveness of specialist eating disorders services for children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa: a national surveillance study
Byford, S., Petkova, H., Barrett, B., Ford, T., Nicholls, D., Simic, M., Gowers, S., Macdonald, G., Stuart, R., Livingstone, N., Kelly, G., Kelly, J., Joshi, K., Smith, H. & Eisler, I., 26 Jun 2021, In: Journal of Eating Disorders. 9:76. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prostaglandin insert dinoprostone versus trans-cervical balloon catheter for outpatient labour induction: A randomised controlled trial of feasibility (PROBIT-F)
Bhide, A., Sedgwick, P., Barrett, B., Cupples, G., Coates, R., Goode, R., Linton, S. & McCourt, C., 15 Aug 2020, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 6, 1, 113. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00661-7
Switching antipsychotic medication to reduce sexual dysfunction in people with psychosis: the REMEDY RCT
Crawford, M. J., Thana, L., Evans, R., Carne, A., O'Connell, L., Claringbold, A., Saravanamuthu, A., Case, R., Munjiza, J., Jayacondi, S., Reilly, J., Hughes, E., Hoare, Z., Barrett, B., Leeson, V. C., Paton, C., Keown, P., Pappa, S., Green, C. & Barnes, T. R. E., 14 Sep 2020, In: Health Technology Assessment. 24, 44, p. 1-53 53 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24440
Influence of apparently negative personality characteristics on the long-term outcome of health anxiety: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
Tyrer, P., Wang, D., Tyrer, H., Crawford, M., Gemma, L., Cooper, S., Barrett, B. & Sanatinia, R., 27 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Personality And Mental Health. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prostaglandin insert Dinoprostone versus trans-cervical balloon catheter for out-patient labour induction: A randomised controlled trial of feasibility (PROBIT-F)
Bhide, A., Sedgwick, P., Barrett, B., Crupples, G., Coates, R., Goode, R., Linton, S. & McCourt, C., 31 Jul 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Digital Interventions for Screening and Treating Common Mental Disorders or Symptoms of Common Mental Illness in Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Sin, J., McGregor, E., Collom, J., Taylor, A., Lawrence, V., Barrett, B., Barrett, B. & Henderson, C., 2 Sep 2020, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22, 9, e20581. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.2196/20581
Study Protocol for The Antidepressant Advisor (ADeSS): A Decision Support System for Antidepressant Treatment for Depression in UK primary care - a feasibility study: The Antidepressant Advisor
Harrison, P., Carr, E., Goldsmith, K., Young, A., Ashworth, M., Fennema, D., Barrett, B. & Zahn, R., 3 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ Open. 10:e035905, 22 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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