Salway, Sarah, Professor

Professor Sarah Salway (she/her)

BA(Hons), University of Oxford; MSc, PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Department of Sociological Studies

Professor of Public Health

Director of Knowledge Exchange and Impact

s.salway@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6438

The Wave

Full contact details

Professor Sarah Salway
Department of Sociological Studies
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
91̽��
S10 2AH

Profile: Sarah read Human Sciences at Jesus College Oxford and then moved to London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine where she gained an MSc in Medical Demography and a PhD in Public Health. She joined the Department of Sociological Studies in 2017, having previously been based within the School of Health & Related Research at the University of 91̽�� from 2013. Prior to that, she worked at 91̽�� Hallam University and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and spent extended periods of time living and researching in India and Bangladesh. Sarah’s work lies at the intersection of sociology, social policy and public health.

Research interests

Sarah’s research lies at the intersection of sociology, social policy and public health, with the aim of understanding and addressing the social and political determinants of health and wellbeing. Her work has particularly focused on health inequalities linked to migration, ethnicity and gender, and the processes of identification and in/exclusion operating at policy, practice and community levels that shape health-related experiences and outcomes. Her work also includes a focus on understanding the perspectives of service users and improving the fit between provision/initiatives and needs within complex systems. A parallel body of work explores ethical and methodological challenges in researching race/ethnicity and health.

Sarah’s research projects have focused on a range of health topics, particularly reproductive health. Much of her work involves close collaboration with statutory and third sector organisations, as well as partnerships with community-based groups and local people. Her research is international, with recent projects taking place in the UK, Pakistan, India, Ghana, and Sri Lanka.

Publications

Books

Salway SM, Platt L, Chowbey P, Harriss K & Bayliss E (2007) Long-term ill health, poverty and ethnicity. Policy Press.
Horstman RG, Cleland J, Douthwaite M, Ambegaokar M & Salway S (2002) Monitoring and Evaluation of Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions. NIDI and LSHTM.

Journal articles

Salway S, Mumtaz Z, Bhatti A, Barnes A, Dawson J & Jhangri GS (2022) . Health Research Policy and Systems, 20(1).
Holman D, Bell A, Green M & Salway S (2022) . Health and Place, 77.
Orton L, Fuseini O, Kóczé A, Rövid M & Salway S (2021) . Sociology of Health & Illness.
Holman D, Salway S, Bell A, Beach B, Adebajo A, Ali N & Butt J (2021) . Health Research Policy and Systems, 19(1).
Powell K, Barnes A, Bambra C, De Cuevas R, Halliday E, Lewis S, McGill R, Orton L, Ponsford R, Salway S , Townsend A et al (2020) . Health Promotion International.
Ponsford R, Collins M, Egan M, Halliday E, Lewis S, Orton L, Powell K, Barnes A, Salway S, Townsend A , Whitehead M et al (2020) . Health Promotion International.
Townsend A, Abrahams C, Barnes A, Collins M, Halliday E, Lewis S, Orton L, Ponsford R, Salway S, Whitehead M & Popay J (2020) . Social Science and Medicine, 260.
Holman D, Salway S & Bell A (2020) . Scientific Reports, 10.
Salway S, Such E, Preston L, Booth A, Zubair M, Victor C & Raghavan R (2020) . Public Health Research, 8(10), 1-245.
Such E, Salway S, Laurent C & Jaipaul R (2020) . Public Health, 180, 168-179.
Grove A, Sanders T, Salway S, Goyder E & Hampshaw S (2019) . Evidence & Policy, 15(4), 461-487.
Mumtaz Z, Bhatti A & Salway S (2019) . Journal of Biosocial Science.
Orton L, Anderson de Cuevas R, Stojanovski K, Gamella JF, Greenfields M, La Parra D, Marcu O, Matras Y, Donert C, Frost D , Robinson J et al (2019) . International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare.
Salway S, Yazici E, Khan N, Ali P, Elmslie F, Thompson J & Qureshi N (2019) . BMJ Open, 9(7), ---.
Kmietowicz Z, Ladher N, Rao M, Salway S, Abbasi K & Adebowale V (2019) . The BMJ, 365.
Lewis S, Bambra C, Barnes AJ, Collins M, Egan M, Halliday E, Orton L, Ponsford R, Powell K, Salway S , Townsend A et al (2019) . Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(1), 199-206.
Such E, Jaipaul R & Salway S (2018) . Journal of Public Health (Springer).
Croot EJ, Rimmer M, Salway S, Hatton C, Dowse E, Lavin J, Bennett SE, Harris J & O'Cathain A (2018) . International Journal for Equity in Health, 17(1), 159-171.
Addison M, Kaner E, Johnstone P, Hillier-Brown F, Moffat S, Russel S, Barr B, Holland P, Salway SM, Whitehead M & Bambra C (2018) . Journal of Public Health.
Ceolta-Smith J, Salway SM & Tod AM (2018) . Health and Social Care in the Community, 26(4), e598-e608.
Salway S (2018) . European Journal of Public Health, 28(suppl_1).
Salway S, Katikireddi V, Raghavan R & Orton L (2018) . European Journal of Public Health, 28(suppl_1).
Villadsen S, Essén B, Azria E, McCourt C, Schytt E & Salway S (2018) . European Journal of Public Health, 28(suppl_1).
Ali P, Salway SM, Such E, Dearden A & Wilcox M (2018) . Primary Health Care Research and Development.
Such E, Salway S, Copeland R, Haake S, Domone S & Mann S (2017) . Journal of Public Health, 39(4), e265-e274.
Salway S & Green J (2017) . Critical Public Health, 27(5), 523-524.
Lee ACK, Vedio A, Liu EZH, Horsley J, Jesurasa A & Salway S (2017) . BMC Public Health, 17(1), ---.
Orton L, Halliday E, Collins M, Egan M, Lewis S, Ponsford R, Powell K, Salway S, Townsend A, Whitehead M & Popay J (2017) . Critical Public Health, 27(4), 477-489.
Ellison G, Aspinall P, Smart A & Salway S (2017) . Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 95, 1-8.
Sanders T, Grove A, Salway S, Hampshaw S & Goyder E (2017) . Social Science & Medicine, 186, 122-129.
Green J, Buckner S, Milton S, Powell K, Salway S & Moffatt S (2017) . Social Science & Medicine, 187, 20-28.
Salway SM, Payne N, Rimmer M, Buckner S, Jordan H, Adams J, Walters K, Sowden SL, Forrest L, Sharp L , Hidajat M et al (2017) . International Journal for Equity in Health, 16.
Vedio A, Liu EZH, Lee ACK & Salway S (2017) . Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24(7), 526-540.
Mumtaz Z, Ferguson A, Bhatti A & Salway S (2017) . Social Science & Medicine.
Forrest LF, Adams J, Ben-Shlomo Y, Buckner S, Payne N, Rimmer M, Salway S, Sowden S, Walters K & White M (2017) . Age and Ageing, 46(3), 500-508.
Such E, Walton E, Delaney B, Harris J & Salway S (2017) . British Journal of General Practice Open, 1(1).
Mumtaz Z, Ellison GTH, Ferguson A & Salway S (2016) . The Lancet, 388(10043), 461-461.
Salway S, Ali P, Ratcliffe G, Such E, Khan N, Kingston H & Quarrell O (2016) . Journal of Community Genetics, 7(3), 215-228.
Mumtaz Z, Salway S, Nyagero J, Osur J, Chirwa E, Kachale F & Saunders D (2016) . BMJ Global Health, 1(1), e000022-e000022.
McLean SM, Booth A, Gee M, Salway S, Cobb M, Bhanbhro S & Nancarrow SA (2016) . Patient Preference and Adherence, 10, 479-499.
Hunter DJ, Marks L, Brown J, Scalabrini S, Salway S, Vale L, Gray J & Payne N (2016) . Critical Public Health, 26(5), 578-587.
Salway SM, Mir G, Turner D, Ellison GTH, Carter L & Gerrish K (2016) . Social Science & Medicine, 152(-), 102-110.
Marks L, Hunter DJ, Scalabrini S, Gray J, McCafferty S, Payne N, Peckham S, Salway S & Thokala P (2015) . Public Health, 129(9), 1194-1203.
Salway S, Chowbey P, Such E & Ferguson B (2015) . Research Involvement and Engagement, 1.
Milton S, Buckner S, Salway S, Powell K, Moffatt S & Green J (2015) . Journal of Aging Studies, 34, 113-122.
Mclean SM, Booth A, Gee M, Salway S, Cobb M, Bhanbhro S & Nancarrow S (2015) . Physiotherapy, 101, e980-e981.
Rajapaksa-Hewageegana N, Piercy H, Salway S & Samarage S (2015) . Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, 6(1), 3-8.
Ceolta-Smith J, Salway S & Tod AM (2015) . Social Policy and Administration, 49(2), 254-276.
Mumtaz Z, Levay A, Bhatti A & Salway S (2015) . BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 122(2), 249-258.
Rajapaksa-Hewageegana N, Salway SM, Piercy H & Samarage S (2014) . BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14(1).
Ismail MM, Gerrish K, Naisby A, Salway S & Chowbey P (2014) . Nurse Researcher, 22(2), 44-48.
Powell K, Green J, Milton S, Buckner S, White M, Moffatt S & Salway S (2014) . European Journal of Public Health, 24(suppl_2).
Hunter DJ, Marks L, Scalabrini S, Payne NJN, Thokala P, Salway SM, Vale L, Gray J, McCafferty S, Peckham S & Nizalova O (2014) . European Journal of Public Health, 24(suppl_2).
Qureshi K, Salway S, Chowbey P & Platt L (2014) . Sociol Health Illn, 36(7), 955-969.
Salway S (2014) . Journal of Research in Nursing, 19(6), 456-459.
Mumtaz Z, Salway S, Bhatti A, Shanner L, Zaman S, Laing L & Ellison GTH (2014) . Am J Public Health, 104 Suppl 1, S17-S24.
Mumtaz Z, Salway S, Bhatti A & McIntyre L (2014) . Lancet, 383(9922), 1095-1097.
Salway S, Piercy H, Chowbey P, Brewins L & Dhoot P (2013) . Prim Health Care Res Dev, 14(4), 330-340.
Mumtaz Z, Salway S, Nykiforuk C, Bhatti A, Ataullahjan A & Ayyalasomayajula B (2013) . Soc Sci Med, 91, 48-57.
Mumtaz Z, Levay A, Bhatti A & Salway S (2013) . Soc Sci Med, 94, 98-105.
Mir G, Salway S, Kai J, Karlsen S, Bhopal R, Ellison GT & Sheikh A (2013) . Eur J Public Health, 23(3), 504-510.
Turner D, Salway S, Mir G, Ellison GTH, Skinner J, Carter L & Bostan B (2013) . BMC Public Health, 13, 274.
Higginbottom G, Reime B, Bharj K, Chowbey P, Ertan K, Foster-Boucher C, Friedrich J, Gerrish K, Kentenich H, Mumtaz Z , O'Brien B et al (2013) . Health Care Women Int, 34(11), 936-965.
Skinner J, Salway S, Turner D, Carter L, Mir G, Bostan B & Ellison G (2013) Aligning JSNA and EDS: benefits for minority ethnic communities?. Journal of Integrated Care, 21(2), 77-90.
Chowbey P, Salway S & Clarke L (2013) . Journal of Social Policy, 42(2), 391-408.
Piercy H, Chowbey P, Soady J, Dhoot P, Willis L & Salway S (2012) A care pathway approach to identifying factors that impact on diagnosis of heart disease in British Pakistani women. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, 5(3), 78-88.
Salway S, Barley R, Allmark P, Gerrish K, Higginbottom G & Ellison GTH (2012) . International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 15(5), 385-401.
Mumtaz Z, Salway S, Shanner L, Zaman S & Laing L (2012) . BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 12, 80.
Chowbey P, Salway S & Ismail M (2012) . Journal of Public Mental Health, 11(2), 54-64.
Mumtaz Z, Salway S, Shanner L, Bhatti A & Laing L (2011) . BMC Int Health Hum Rights, 11 Suppl 2, S4.
Salway SM, Barley R, Allmark P, Gerrish K, Higginbottom G & Ellison GTH (2011) Enhancing the quality of published research on ethnicity and health: is journal guidance feasible and useful?. Diversity in Health and Care, 8(3), 155-165.
Reime B, Higginbottom G, Salway S, Ertan K, Mumtaz Z, Gerrish K, Borde T, Beverly OB, Chowbey P, Heribert K , Bharj K et al (2011) Maternity care for (im)migrant women in Germany, Canada and the UK: the German perspective. TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, 16, 356-356.
Salway SM, Higginbottom G, Reime B, Bharj KK, Chowbey P, Foster C, Friedrich J, Gerrish K, Mumtaz Z & O'Brien B (2011) . BMC Public Health, 11, 514.
Mumtaz Z & Salway S (2009) . Soc Sci Med, 68(7), 1349-1356.
Salway S, Platt L, Harriss K & Chowbey P (2009) , 108-130.
Salway S, Allmark P, Barley R, Higginbottom G, Gerrish K & Ellison GTH (2009) . Twenty-First Century Society, 4(1), 53-81.
Harriss K & Salway S (2009) Long-term ill-health, poverty and ethnicity. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, 2(3), 39-48.
Salway S, Allmark P, Barley R, Higginbottom G, Gerrish K & Ellison G (2009) Researching ethnic inequalities. Social Science Research Update(58).
Salway S (2008) . Ethnic and Racial Studies, 31(6), 1126-1152.
Platt L, Salway S, Chowbey P & Harriss K (2008) Ill-health in the family: the intersection of employment and caring across households from four ethnic groups. Benefits: The Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 16(1), 33-45.
Salway S, Platt L, Harriss K & Chowbey P (2007) . Sociol Health Illn, 29(6), 907-930.
Salway SM (2007) . Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 33(5), 825-847.
Salway S (2007) British-Pakistani men from Bradford: Linking narratives to policy. ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES, 31(1), 198-199.
Mumtaz Z & Salway SM (2007) . Sociol Health Illn, 29(1), 1-26.
Furuta M & Salway S (2006) . Int Fam Plan Perspect, 32(1), 17-27.
Mumtaz Z & Salway S (2005) . Soc Sci Med, 60(8), 1751-1765.
Salway S, Jesmin S & Rahman S (2005) . Development and Change, 36(2), 317-349.
Mumtaz Z, Salway S, Waseem M & Umer N (2003) . Health Policy Plan, 18(3), 261-269.
Salway S, Rahman S & Jesmin S (2003) . World Development, 31(5), 881-901.
Hakim A, Salway S & Mumtaz Z (2003) Women's autonomy and uptake of contraception in Pakistan. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 18(1), 63-82.
Salway SM (2001) Why is contraceptive use inversely associated with lactational amenorrhoea? Qualitative and quantitative insights from Bangladesh. Journal of Population Research, 18(2), 155-176.
Jesmin S & Salway S (2000) Marriage among the urban poor of Dhaka: Instability and uncertainty. Journal of International Development, 12(5), 689-705.
Wood G & Salway S (2000) Introduction: Securing livelihoods in Dhaka Slums. Journal of International Development, 12(5), 669-688.
Kabir A, Rahman A, Salway S & Pryer J (2000) Sickness among the urban poor: A barrier to livelihood security. Journal of International Development, 12(5), 707-722.
Salway S (1998) The contraceptive potential of lactation for Bangladeshi women.. Asia Pac Popul J, 13(4), 3-32.
Salway S & Nurani S (1998) . Soc Sci Med, 47(7), 899-909.
Salway S & Nurani S (1998) Postpartum contraceptive use in Bangladesh: understanding users' perspectives.. Stud Fam Plann, 29(1), 41-57.
SALWAY S, FAUVEAU V & CHAKRABARTY J (1994) INTRODUCING THE LOW-DOSE PILL TO BANGLADESH - ISSUES OF CONTINUATION AND FAILURE (VOL 49, PG 171, 1994). CONTRACEPTION, 50(4), 397-397.
Salway SM & Nasim SM (1994) Levels, trends and causes of mortality in children below 5 years of age in Bangladesh: findings from a national survey.. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res, 12(3), 187-193.
Salway S (1994) . International Family Planning Perspectives, 20(2), 44-44.
Salway S, Fauveau V & Chakrabarty J (1994) . Contraception, 49(2), 171-183.
Salway SM (1994) Attitudes to family planning and discussion among wives and husbands in Ghana. International Family Planning Perspectives (now International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health), 20(2), 44-48.
Salway S, Roy NC, Koenig MA & Cleland J (1993) Levels and trends in post-partum amenorrhoea, breast-feeding and birth intervals in Matlab, Bangladesh: 1978-1989.. Asia Pac Popul J, 8(2), 3-22.
Lewis KM, Burns R, Cortina-Borja M, Heilmann A, Macfarlane A, Nath S, Salway SM, Saxena S, Villarroel-Williams N, Viner R & Hardelid P () . BMC Medicine, 22(1).
Ejegi-Memeh S, Salway S, McGowan V, Villarroel-Williams N, Ronzi S, Egan M, Gravenhorst K, Holman D & Rinaldi C () . Critical Public Health, 1-13.
Salway S, Holman D, Lee C, McGowan V, Ben-Shlomo Y, Saxena S & Nazroo J () . BMJ, m268-m268.
McLean S, Gee M, Booth A, Salway S, Nancarrow S, Cobb M & Bhanbhro S () . Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(34), 1-184.
Salway S, Turner D, Mir G, Bostan B, Carter L, Skinner J, Gerrish K & Ellison GTH () . Health Services and Delivery Research, 1(14), 1-182.
Roosen I, Salway S & Osei-Kwasi H () Transnational social networks, health, and care: a systematic narrative literature review. International Journal for Equity in Health.

Chapters

Chowbey P & Salway S (2022) , Parenthood between Generations (pp. 229-252). Berghahn Books
Chowbey P & Salway SM (2016) 'I feel my Dad every moment' : Memory, emotion and embodiment in British South Asian fathering practices In Pooley S & Qureshi K (Ed.), Parenthood Between Generations Transforming Reproductive Culture (pp. 229-252). Oxford: Berghahn.
Ceolta-Smith J, Salway S & Mary Tod A () , New Perspectives on Health, Disability, Welfare and the Labour Market (pp. 127-150). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Salway S, Harriss K & Chowbey P () , Understanding Social Research: Thinking Creatively About Method (pp. 134-149). SAGE Publications Ltd

Conference proceedings papers

Braham CA, Such E & Salway S (2020) . Oral Presentations
Bennett NC, Salway S & Piekut A (2020) . Oral Presentations
Such E, Laurent C & Salway S (2018) . European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 28(suppl_1)
Villadsen S, Essen B, Azria E, McCourt C, Schytt E & Salway S (2018) Interventions for good practice in maternity care for immigrant women - insights from the ROAM collaboration. ROAM: Reproductive Outcomes among Migrants. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol. 28 (pp 16-16)
Such E, Laurent C & Salway S (2018) Modern slavery as a public health concern in the UK. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol. 28 (pp 47-47)
Salway S (2018) Working 'with and against' ethnic categories to understand and tackle health inequalities: illustrations from research and practice relating to infant mortality in England. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol. 28 (pp 30-31)
Salway S, Katikireddi V, Raghavan R & Orton L (2018) What can health humanities contribute to understanding and tackling ethnic and racial health inequities?. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol. 28 (pp 17-17)
Salway S (2017) . European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 27(suppl_3)
Mackenzie K, Goyder E, Johnson M, Lee A, Salway S, Horsley J & Vedio A (2016) . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol. 70(Suppl 1) (pp A43.1-A43)
Mclean S, Booth A, Gee M, Bhanbhro S, Salway S, Cobb M & Nancarrow S (2016) . Manual Therapy, Vol. 25 (pp e125-e125)
Ponsford R, Collins M, Egan M, Lewis S, Orton L, Salway S, Townsend A, Halliday E, Whitehead M & Popay J (2015) . The Lancet, Vol. 386 (pp S64-S64)
Salway S, Vedio A, Liu E, Lee A, Horsley J & Such E (2015) . European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 25(suppl_3)
Salway S, Ali P & Ahmed S (2014) Towards enhanced community genetic literacy among a minority ethnic community: a participatory action research project. LANCET, Vol. 384 (pp 7-7)
Mir G, Salway S, Carter L, Tuner D, Ellison G & Gerrish K (2014) Understanding the marginalisation of ethnic diversity and inequity within UK healthcare commissioning: contributions and challenges of organisational ethnography. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS, Vol. 13 (pp 574-575)
Salway S, Mumtaz Z & McIntyre L (2014) Understanding and addressing healthcare inequity: A role for ethnographic research?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS, Vol. 13 (pp 573-574)
Mumtaz Z, Levay A, Bhatti A & Salway S (2014) Using organisational ethnography to reveal how gender and caste inequities impact on programme functioning in Pakistan: the case of the Community Midwife Programme. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS, Vol. 13 (pp 575-575)
Salway S, Piercy H & Presto L (2013) How can realist synthesis methods contribute to building the evidence base for action on ethnic health inequalities? A narrative assessment. LANCET, Vol. 382 (pp 87-87)

Reports

Salway S, Booth A, Such E, Hamilton J, Powell K, Preston L, Victor C & Raghavan R (2020) How can loneliness and social isolation be reduced among migrant and minority ethnic people? Systematic, participatory review of programme theories, system processes and outcomes
Chambers D, Preston L, Salway S, De Saille S, Topakas A, Booth A, Dawson J & Wilsdon JR (2017) The Diversity Dividend: does a more diverse and inclusive research community produce better biomedical and health research?
Blank L, Baxter SK, Buckley-Woods H, Fairbrother H, Bissell P, Goyder E & Salway S (2016)
Delaney B, Such E, Walton E, Harris J & Salway S ()

Website content

Holman D, Salway S & Bell A (2020) Intersectionality and health explained. Youtube. Retrieved from

Working papers

Chambers D, Preston L, Topakas A, de Saille S, Salway S, Booth A, Dawson J & Wilsdon J (2017) Review of diversity and inclusion literature and an evaluation of methodologies and metrics relating to health research.

Datasets

Salway S, Ali P & Yazici E .

Other

Carroll C, Booth A, Sworn K, Salway S, Bath P, Tsuchiya A & Maden M () .

Preprints

Holman D, Salway S, Bell A, Beach B, Adebajo A, Ali N & Butt J (2020) , Research Square Platform LLC.
Salway S, Mumtaz Z, Bhatti A, Dawson J, Barnes A & Jhangri G () , Research Square Platform LLC.

Research group

Within the Department of Sociological Studies Sarah is a member of two research themes - Health & Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse and Science Technology & Medicine in Society. She is also a member of the workstream Intersectionality & Health within the University’s Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI).

Sarah enjoys mentoring early and mid-career researchers and is currently involved in: Dr Lois Orton’s Wellcome-funded project focused on the health and well-being of Roma people in the UK; Dr Steph Ejegi-Memeh’s NIHR career development fellowship focused on Black-led mental health organisations; Oluwaseun Esan’s NIHR SPHR fellowship focused on intersectional health inequalities; and Ruth Naughton-Doe’s NIHR postdoctoral fellowship focused on solutions for perinatal loneliness.

Sarah is also one of the University of 91̽��’s leads for the national UK . She is also a member of the British Sociological Association and within this, the Medical Sociology Study Group.

Postgraduate supervision

Sarah has supervised 14 students to successful completion, including both UK and international students. She welcomes enquiries from prospective students interested in investigating the broad linkages between migration, race/ethnicity and health and the gendered influences on health and wellbeing. She is particularly interested in supervising projects focused on South Asia and/or British Asian populations, poverty and reproductive health. Sarah can support a range of qualitative, quantitative and participatory methodological approaches.

Current students:

Charli Colegate - Perinatal experiences of women with a history of severe mental illness (fellowship support from NIHR School for Public Health Research & NIHR ARC Yorkshire & Humber)

Christie Garner - Children's perspectives on the Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities Programme (In collaboration with the Race Equality Foundation; White Rose Doctoral Training Centre fellowship)

Pragya Roy - Caste-Based Health Marginalisation in India: A Marxist-intersectional exploration of Dalit Women’s Maternal Health (Funded by the University of 91̽�� Faculty of Social Sciences doctoral fellowship scheme)

Siyi Wang - Migrant Chinese women’s access to social support in the perinatal period in the UK in the Internet context

To find out more about our PhD programmes, go to: Studying for a PhD in Sociological Studies

Grants

Date	Sponsor	Details
2023	National Institute for Health Research, UK	Health Inequalities Programme: CLARITY - Creating Knowledge Partnerships for Equity. PI: Salway, S. 91̽�� Co-PI: Ejegi-Memeh, S. £64,160
2022	National Institute for Health Research, UK	School for Public Health Research:3. PI: Goyder, E,. CIs: Salway, S, Brennan, A., Holmes, J., Weich, S. £599,583.
2018	Medical Research Council (Health Systems Research Initiative)	Scaling up the 24/7 Basic Health Unit strategy to provide round the clock maternity care in Punjab, Pakistan: A theory-driven implementation study. PI: Salway, S and Mumtaz, Z. CIs: Bhatti, A, Booth, A and Dawson, J. £780,000
2017	National Institute for Health Research, UK (Public Health Research Funding Board)	How can loneliness and social isolation be reduced among migrant and minority ethnic people? PI: Salway, S. CIs: Booth, A, Preston, L, Victor, C, Such, E, Ragavan, R, Powell, K and Hamilton, J. £212,200.
2017	The Health Foundation	Supporting new migrants in primary care. PI: Such, E. CIs: Salway, S, Walton, E. £55,443.
2016	National Institute for Health Research, UK	School for Public Health Research. PI: Nicholl, J. CIs: Goyder, E, Salway, S, Meier, P, Brennan, A. £1.6 million.
2015	Canadian IDRC	Improving standards based maternity care in Malawi. PI: Chirwa, E. CIs: Mumtaz, Z, Salway S. et al. Ca$1million.
2014	Medical Research Council (Public Health Intervention Development Scheme)	Modifying a weight management intervention for people with intellectual disabilities. PI: Croot, E. CIs: O’Cathain, A, Salway, S, Harris, J, Hatton, C, Lanvin, J. £148,023.
2014	National Institute for Health Research, UK. (Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellowship)	Mobilising knowledge about ethnic inequalities to improve access, experience and outcomes for Black and Minority Ethnic users of NHS services. Fellow: Carter, L. CI Mentors: Salway, S, Gerrish, K. £145,847.
2014	National Institute for Health Research, UK	CLAHRC Yorkshire & Humber Public Health & Inequalities Theme. PI: Goyder, E. CIs: Salway, S, Tod, A. £941,433.
2013	UK Department of Health (Policy Research Programme)	A study of knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes about Hepatitis B among Chinese and Far East Asian residents of South Yorkshire. PI: Vedio, A. CIs: Lee, A, Horsely, J, Salway, S, Goyder, E. £220,219.
2010	National Institute for Health Research, UK (Health Services & Delivery Research)	Towards equitable commissioning for our multi-ethnic society: understanding and enhancing the critical utilisation of evidence by strategic commissioners and public health managers. PI: Salway, S. CIs: Gerrish, K, Mir, G, Ellison, GTH, Whitfield, M. £348,100.
2010	Economic and Social Research Council (National Centre for Research Methods)	Promoting methodological innovation and capacity building in research on ethnicity. PI: Dale, A. CIs: Nazroo, J, Salway, S, Platt, L. £24,000.
2009	Canadian Institute of Health Research	Addressing disparities in maternal health care in Pakistan: gender, class and exclusion.. PI: Mumtaz, Z. CIs: Hamid, Lang, L, Shanner, Salway S, Zaman. Ca$450,000.
2008	Economic and Social Research Council	Patterns, predictors and implications of multi-morbidity: exploring the co-incidence of depression and other types of chronic ill-health.. PI: Salway, S. CI: Coy, J, Grimsley, M. £24,600.
2007	Joseph Rowntree Foundation	Ethnic diversity in social science research. PI: Salway, S. CI: Ellison, GTH, Gerrish, K. £82,000.
2005	Joseph Rowntree Foundation	Fathering in middle childhood among UK South Asians. PI: Salway, S. CI: Clarke, L., Chowbey, P. £104,000.
2004	Joseph Rowntree Foundation	Limiting illness, poverty and ethnicity: breaking the vicious cycle. PI: Salway S. CIs: Platt, L, Bayliss, E. £89,817.
2000	The Nuffield Foundation (Career Development Fellowship)	Bangladeshi households in North and South: a conceptual and empirical exploration of livelihoods and wellbeing. PI: Salway S. Mentor: Grundy, E. £76,813.

Selected consultancy and knowledge transfer projects

Date	Sponsor	Details
2023	National Institute for Health Research, UK, SPHR Impact Accelerator Award	Refining, piloting and promoting a loneliness reduction toolkit. PI: Salway, S. 91̽�� Co-I: Ejegi-Memeh, S. £28,750
2021	University of 91̽�� Impact Accelerator/Knowledge Exchange Award	Knowledge-to-practice toolkit on loneliness and social isolation among migrant and ethnic minorities. PI: Salway, S. £11,757.
2019	NHS England & Improvement, Maternity Transformation Plan	Technical assistance to the strategic development of culturally competent genetic services.
2017	Public Health England	Ethnicity and health in UK: technical support to an evidence review. PI: Salway, S. £5,000.
2016	Medical Research Council P2D and Public Health England	Modern slavery: the public health response. PIs: Salway, S, and Such, E. £14,735.
2016	Wellcome Trust	Review of diversity and inclusion literature and an evaluation of methodologies and metrics relating to health research. PI: Wilsdon, J, CIs: Salway, S, Booth, A, Preston, L et al. £45,270.
2015	Joseph Rowntree Foundation	Poverty and stress: review project. PI: Blank, L. CIs: Goyder,E Baxter,S, Salway, S, Bissell, P. £29,928.
2015	91̽�� Clinical Commissioning Group	Identifying promising innovations to enhance equity and efficiency in care for new migrant populations. PI: Such, E. CIs: Salway, S and Walton, E. £22,659.
2013	91̽�� City Council	Developing online training resource for health professionals and the public on consanguinity and recessive genetic disorders. PI: Salway, S. £4,000.
2012	Genetics Disorders UK	A participatory research study to develop a community genetic literacy intervention. PI: Salway, S. CI: Hussein, G., Ali, P. £23,124.
2012	NHS 91̽��	A community based survey of knowledge and attitudes related to infant health. PI: Salway, S. CI: Piercy, H., Ismail, H. £12,000.
2011	NHS Leeds	Cousin marriage and genetic risk: insight and development work.. PI: Salway, S. CI: Dearden, A, Ali, P. £16,500.
2010	NHS 91̽��	Exploration of factors contributing to lower revascularisation rates among Pakistani women in 91̽��: preliminary studies & proposal development. PI: Piercy, H. CI: Salway, S., Chowbey, P. £13,500.
2010	UK Department for Work and Pensions	A review of the experiences of clients of the Pensions, Carers and Disability Service from minority ethnic backgrounds. PI: Salway, S. CIs: Allmark, P., Crisp, D. £20,000.
2010	UK Equalities and Human Rights Commission	Scientific overview of health and life expectancy for the Triennial Review. PI: Salway, S. Allmark P CIs: Piercy, H. £24,560.
2009	Trent Research Development Support Unit	Increasing capacity in researching ethnic inequalities in health. PI: Salway, S. CI: Brewins, L., Dhoot, P. £14,500.
2009	NHS Bradford and Airedale	Development of a digital learning resource for cultural competence training. PI: Salway S. CI: Higginbottom, G. £4,000.
2009	NHS 91̽��	Evaluation of the Enhanced Public Health Programmes. PI: Salway S, Tod, A. CI: McClimens, A, Chowbey, P. £25,000.
2008	South Yorkshire Eating Disorders Association	Adapting Syeda's services to better meet the needs of minority ethnic communities: evaluation and feasibility study. PI: Salway S. CI: Chowbey P, Ismail, M. £3,600.
2007	NHS Bradford & Airedale	Documenting the experiences and insights of UK South Asian GPs in Bradford. . PI: Salway, S. CI: Higginbottom, G. £9,400.

Teaching interests

I currently convene two level 3 modules within the Department of Sociological Studies: Perspectives on Inequalities and Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine.

Both modules are highly interactive, employing a range of learning approaches and a good deal of student-led discussion and debate. In Perspectives on Inequalities, we benefit from a range of external speakers who share both personal and professional experiences and insights into the causes and effects of social inequalities. I bring my international research experience to my teaching, as well as extensive experience of group facilitation and learner-centred approaches.

I also contribute a number of invited lectures to undergraduate and master’s level modules based around my methodological interests and subject expertise, such as participatory research methods and co-production, racial inequalities in health, and global public health perspectives.

Professional activities and memberships

Sarah is currently a member of the UK’s maternal health stakeholder group.

In 2024, Sarah is an invited external reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

Sarah is a trained, volunteer doula with the .

Partnerships, engagement and impact

Sarah has worked in partnership with statutory and third sector organisations, as well as community-based groups and local people, to generate and mobilise research evidence for real-world impact throughout her career. Current and recent partnerships include:

Sarah has collaborated with RMF, under the leadership of Afshan Bhatti and in conjunction with Professor Zubia Mumtaz (University of Alberta, Canada) on a series of projects over the past decade focused on finding ways to improve access to, and quality of, maternal healthcare in rural Punjab. The work has involved close engagement with government and donor agencies via the production of policy briefings, facilitated workshops, and ongoing policy dialogues. The overarching aim of this programme of work is to increase understanding of the social and political determinants of maternal health and care among decision-makers and practitioners, and to prompt policy changes that can address current inequities. Research evidence has informed policy changes related to the Community Midwife Programme and the 24/7 Basic Health Units, as well as prompted smaller-scale changes at practice level.

Exit interview with a woman whose delivery was observed in Pakistan

Closer to home, Sarah has collaborated with Darnall Well Being on a number of community-based research projects focused on the health and wellbeing of migrant and racially minoritised people. Currently, the collaboration is focused on understanding and tackling loneliness among these groups. A led to the co-production of a for those involved in the design, commissioning, delivery and/or evaluation of initiatives aimed at tackling loneliness. A new grant, 2023-24, will enable the team to pilot and evaluate the toolkit with a number of organisations to assess whether it can be embedded into service design and delivery, and whether it can lead to improved experiences and outcomes for service users. Yvonne Witter leads the DWB side of this partnership.

NHS England and Improvement, Maternity Transformation Programme

Sarah has worked locally, regionally and nationally over the past 15 years to translate research findings into improved access to genetic services for families and communities practising customary consanguineous marriage. Sarah convened and chaired a national multi-professional steering group focused on this need from 2018 to 2021. Working closely with Naz Khan, Principal Genetic Counsellor in Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, and national Clinical Lead for Equality, Ethnicity & Genetics, Sarah’s research and knowledge exchange activities have been instrumental in shaping a new national strategy and significant new investment. Naz and Sarah published an in the BMJ as part of the 2020 special issue on Racism and Medicine. Naz and Sarah also developed and delivered extensive capacity building workshops for health professionals and designed an online training package within the E-Learning for Healthcare () platform. This work formed the basis of a REF 2021 .

Sarah is currently working with University and third sector colleagues in 91̽��, Coventry and Newcastle to co-create a new Knowledge Partnership focused on enhancing the health and wellbeing of racially minoritized groups.