Staff profile: Dr Fiona Jones
Position: Reader in Rehabilitation
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8725 0319
Email: f.jones@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
Biography
Fiona is a Reader in Rehabilitation and the founder of Bridges stroke self-management (previously 'Stepping Out'). She has developed training programmes for clinicians on self-management and masters level modules on life after stroke, and is currently programme leader for the Faculty's MSc in Rehabilitation.
Fiona originally trained as a physiotherapist and has worked in all areas of neurorehabilitation. She became interested in self-management after completing her MSc and working in a new community stroke rehabilitation team. She completed her PhD in 2005 and has published several articles on self-management and self-efficacy and is currently editor of the journal Physiotherapy Research International. She is a co-applicant on a number of research projects in stroke and currently supervises PhD students.
Fiona is involved in a number of committees including the UK stroke forum and pan-London stroke groups. In 2009 she received the UK Stroke Association’s ‘Excellence in Stroke Care’ award and in 2010 she was made a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
Interests
Self-management, self-efficacy and rehabilitation of individuals following stroke.
Publications
Article
Jones, Fiona and Riazi, Afsane (2011) Self-efficacy and self-management after stroke: a systematic review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 33(10), pp. 797-810. ISSN (print) 0963-8288
Riazi, Afsane and Jones, Fiona (2010) Further psychometric evaluation of the stroke self-efficacy questionnaire (SSEQ). International Journal of Stroke, 5(s3), pp. 26-29. ISSN (print) 1747-4930
Jones, Fiona and Jackson, Therese (2010) UK stroke forum 2009: main messages from the pre-conference therapy training on ‘life after stroke’. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 17(4), pp. 170-171. ISSN (print) 1741-1645
Jones, Fiona, Mandy, Anne and Partridge, Cecily (2009) Changing self-efficacy in individuals following a first time stroke: preliminary study of a novel self-management intervention. Clinical Rehabilitation, 23(6), pp. 522-533. ISSN (print) 0269-2155
Jones, Fiona, Mandy, Anne and Partridge, Cecily (2008) Reasons for recovery after stroke: a perspective based on personal experience. Disability and Rehabilitation, 30(7), pp. 507-516. ISSN (print) 0963-8288
Garrod, Rachel, Marshall, Johanna and Jones, Fiona (2008) Self efficacy measurement and goal attainment after pulmonary rehabilitation. The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 3(4), pp. 791-796. ISSN (print) 1176-9106
Jones, Fiona (2008) Stepping out: a programme focusing on self-management after stroke. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 15(12), pp. 540-541. ISSN (print) 1741-1645
Jones, Fiona, Partridge, Cecily and Reid, Fiona (2008) The stroke self-efficacy questionnaire: measuring individual confidence in functional performance after stroke. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness, 17(7b), pp. 244-252. ISSN (print) 1752-9816
Jones, Fiona (2006) Strategies to enhance chronic disease self-management: how can we apply this to stroke? Disability and Rehabilitation, 28(13/14), pp. 841-847. ISSN (print) 0963-8288
Simpson, Janet M. and Jones, Fiona (2004) Letter to the Editor. Physical or psychological change? Which is the most important rehabilitation outcome for older people who fall. Age and Ageing, 33(2), pp. 204-205. ISSN (print) 0002-0729
Jones, Fiona (2004) An individual approach to stroke recovery. Physiotherapy Research International, 9(3), pp. 147-148. ISSN (print) 1358-2267
Book Section
Jones, Fiona (2011) Self-management. In: Stokes, Maria and Stack, Emma, (eds.) Physical Management for Neurological Conditions. 3rd ed. London, U.K. : Churchill Livingstone. pp. 367-382. ISBN 9780702047121
Jones, Fiona (2008) Continuity of care. In: Lennon, Sheila and Stokes, Maria, (eds.) Pocketbook of neurological physiotherapy. Edinburgh, UK : Churchill Livingstone. pp. 203-212. ISBN 9780443068546
Jones, Fiona (2002) Later rehabilitation. In: Partridge, Cecily, (ed.) Neurological physiotherapy: bases of evidence for practice. London, U.K. : Whurr. pp. 43-57. ISBN 186156225x
Conference or Workshop Item
Jones, F and Lennon, S (2009) A new stroke self-management programme: preliminary analysis of training for practitioners. In: 4th UK Stroke Forum Conference; 01 - 03 Dec 2009, Glasgow, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Jones, F., Partridge, C. and Mandy, A. (2004) Towards a measurement of self-efficacy for stroke. In: British Geriatrics Society Autumn Meeting; 6-8 October 2004.
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