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Staff profile: Dr Eleni Hatzidimitriadou

Eleni HatzidimitriadouPosition: Reader
School: Social Work
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8417 5143
Email: e.hatzidimitriadou@sgul.kingston.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Eleni Hatzidimitriadou is a qualified clinical psychologist and an experienced mental health researcher. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology, an MSc in Clinical Psychology (both from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) and a PhD in Psychology (University of Kent, UK). In her doctoral study entitled ‘Self-help/mutual aid groups in mental health: ideology, helping mechanisms, and empowerment’, Eleni applied participatory research methods to explore the nature and character of user-led groups in mental health and examined the effect of group participation on members’ personal empowerment, perceived social support, and psychological wellbeing. To explore these issues, Eleni collaborated with mental health user-led groups and organisations in south east England and London over a period of two years while attending group meetings on a regular basis as participant observer.

Eleni has long-term experience in mental health services and service user issues, working as a cognitive-behaviour therapist and a researcher in Greece and the UK. Before joining the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, she held a lecturer post at the European Centre for Migration and Social Care, University of Kent. She has developed research and published peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in self help and mutual aid for socially excluded populations; welfare and social care in old age; and health and social care of migrants and ethnic minorities. She has a strong record of international research collaborations and networks in the field of migration, social exclusion and policy development: projects include a 3-year German Volkswagen Foundation funded study on the role of cultural capital in the youth migrant transitions into the labour market, and an EU funded research network on the sexual reproductive health rights of refugees and asylum seekers. More recently, Eleni has successfully secured funding from the Public Health European Authority to conduct a 30-month study on the prevalence, determinants, effects, policies and practices related to domestic violence against women and men in Europe, in partnership with seven European countries.

She is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, and has acted as guest editor in a number of special issues: welfare issues of migrant women – IJMHSC (November 2007); forced migration and social care - Hellenic Journal of Psychology (October 2008); service user participation of ethnic minorities and migrants – IJMHSC (January 2009). Additionally, she is serving in the steering committee of a national body related to mental health of ethnic minorities and development of relevant training for the Department of Health workforce (BME Programme Board Workforce, Education and Training Sub-Group, National Institute for Mental Health England).

Interests

Health inequalities; community activism of mental health service users; migration and social care; intersectionalities of gender and age in health and social care.

Publications

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Number of items: 16.

Article

Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni (2010) Migration and ageing: settlement experiences and emerging care needs of older refugees in developed countries. Hellenic Journal of Psychology, 7(1), pp. 1-20. ISSN (print) 1790-1391

Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni and Cakir, Sakine Gulfem (2009) Community activism and empowerment of Turkish-speaking migrant women in London. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 5(1), pp. 34-46. ISSN (print) 1747-9894

Garcia-Ramirez, Manuel and Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni (2009) User involvement and empowerment in health care practices with ethnic minority and migrant groups: a community approach. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 5(1), pp. 2-4. ISSN (print) 1747-9894

Milne, Alisoun , Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni and Wiseman, Janet (2007) Health and quality of life among older people in rural England: exploring the impact and efficacy of policy. Journal of Social Policy, 36(3), pp. 477-495. ISSN (print) 0047-2794

Forrester-Jones, Rachel and Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni (2006) Learning in the real world? Exploring widening participation student views concerning the 'fit' between knowledge learnt and work practices. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 31(6), pp. 611-624. ISSN (print) 0260-2938

Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni , Milne, Alisoun and Hamilton-West, Kate (2005) GP attitudes to early diagnosis of dementia: evidence of improvement. Aging and mental health, 9(5), pp. 449-455. ISSN (print) 1360-7863

Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni and Milne , Alisoun (2005) Planning ahead: meeting the needs of older people with intellectual disabilities in the United Kingdom. Dementia, 4(3), pp. 341-359. ISSN (print) 1471-3012

Milne, Alisoun , Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni and Chryssanthopoulou, Christina (2004) Carers of older relatives in long term care: support needs and services. Generations review, 14(3), pp. 4-9. ISSN (print) 0965-2000

Milne, A.J. , Woolford, H.H. , Mason, J. and Hatzidimitriadou, E. (2000) Early diagnosis of dementia by GPs: an exploratory study of attitudes. Aging & Mental Health, 4(4), pp. 292-300. ISSN (print) 1360-7863

Carpenter, John , Ring, Chris , Sangster, Azra , Cambridge, Paul and Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni (2000) From the asylum to the community: a longitudinal study of staff involved in the transition from Tone Vale Hospital to community-based services. Journal of Mental Health, 9(2), pp. 211-230. ISSN (print) 0963-8237

Book Section

Schittenhelm, Karin and Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni (2010) Sozialraumliche Koordinaten beruflicher Orientierung. Hochqualifizierte der zweiten Generation in Deutschland und Grossbritannien. In: Nohl, Arnd-Michael , Schittenhelm, Karin , Schmidtke, Oliver and Weiss, Anja, (eds.) Kulturelles Kapital in der Migration: Hochqualifizierte Einwanderer und Einwanderinnen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Wiesbaden, Germany : VS-Verlag. pp. 301-314. ISBN 9783531164373

Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni and Milne, Alisoun (2006) Providing care for older people with learning disabilities. In: Carnaby, Steven and Cambridge, Paul, (eds.) Intimate and personal care for people with learning disabilties. London, U.K. : Jessica Kingsley. pp. 160-180. ISBN 9781843101307

Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni (2003) Gaining access to and working with self-help groups in mental health. In: Cochrane, Susan, (ed.) Where you stand affects your point of view: emancipatory approaches to mental health research: notes from SPN study day 12 June 2003. UK : Social Perspectives Network. pp. 55-61. (no. SPN paper 4)

Conference or Workshop Item

Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni (2008) Cultural capital of second generation migrant women in the UK: reconstructing gendered experiences through biographical narratives. In: Migration and the gender/race nexus ; 05 Sep 2008, Leeds, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Milne, A. , Hatzidimitriadou, E. and Chryssanthopoulou, C. (2005) Continuing to care: the needs and roles of older carers of people with dementia. In: British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2005: The life course: fragmentation, diversity and risk; 21 - 23 Mar 2005, York, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Monograph

Milne, Alisoun , Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni , Chryssanthopoulou, Christina and Owen, Tom (2001) Caring in later life: reviewing the role of older carers. (Project Report) London, UK : Help the Aged. 63 p. ISBN 0905852567

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Grants

  • Public Health European Authority, Domestic Violence against Women/Men in Europe (DOVE). 2008: Total budget: 2,024,247€, UK budget: 374,559€
  • British Academy Overseas Conference Grant, 7th European Sociological Association Conference, Torun, Poland, 8-12 September 2005: £300
  • Promising Researchers Award (HEFCE), pilot work for two projects: Integration experiences of Turkish speaking women living in London and Older Refugees in Exile: Needs and Service Responses. 2005: £8,500
  • Volkswagen Foundation (with Nohl A-M; Schittenhelm K; Schmidtke O; Weiß A). Cultural Capital during Migration: towards the relevance of education titles and residence permits for the status passage into the labour market: 2005: Total budget 650,000€
  • EU-funded project: Partners for Health – Phase II (with Watters C; Williams L; Fernando S). 2004: 11,950€
  • Canterbury and District Pensioners’ Forum (with Billings J) Assessing the needs of older people in East Kent. 2004: £4,000
  • UKC Faculty Grant. Study of empowerment and helping mechanisms in Alcoholics Anonymous groups. 2002: £540
  • UKC Faculty Grant (with A. Milne). Pilot study on roles and needs of carers whose relative is in a care home. 2002: £1,240

Consultancy

  • Women Support Services (PI – with Williams L). Evaluation of support and counselling project for children affected by domestic violence. 2004: £15,000
  • Refugee Council (with Watters, C). Evaluation of the Bi-cultural Support project. 2004: £7,000
  • Countryside Agency (with Milne A, Wiseman J). Review of the impact of policy on the health and well being of older people living in rural areas. 2002: £15,000
  • Age Concern Medway Groups (PI – with Forrester-Jones R) Assessing the needs of older people with learning disabilities and mental health difficulties in the Medway area. 2002: £5,600

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