Rosie Harper - Bournemouth University Staff Profile Pages

Biography
Research

Biography

Rosie Harper is clinical academic PhD student at Bournemouth University. She was awarded a match-funded PhD Studentship with the NIHR ARC Wessex in 2021. Rosie works as a specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist at University Hospitals Dorset. Her research interests include pelvic floor muscle training, women's health, digital technology, long-term conditions and behaviour change.

Research

I am currently conducting a mixed methods research study exploring the role of digital 'nudges' to support perinatal women in pelvic floor muscle training

Journal Articles

Harper, R.C., Sheppard, S., Miller, E., Stewart, C. and Clark, C.J., 2024. #DryByChristmas: A patient and public involvement study on women's engagement with humorous pelvic floor muscle training digital nudges on social media. Health Expectations, 27 (2).
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Harper, R.C., Sheppard, S., Stewart, C. and Clark, C.J., 2023. Exploring Adherence to Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Women Using Mobile Apps: Scoping Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 11, e45947.
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Conferences

Harper, R., Sheppard, S., Stewart, C. and Clark, C., 2023. Exploring adherence to pelvic floor muscle training in women using mobile apps: a systematic review. In: the CSP Annual Conference 2023 26 October 2023 Cardiff.
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Stewart, C., 2022. #DryByChristmas: Celebrating women’s leaky(?) bodies in a comedic social media campaign. In: BSA Auto/Biography Study Group Christmas Conference: Celebration 2 December 2022 Friends House, London.
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Internet Publications

Harper, R., Sheppard, S., Stewart, C. and Clark, C., 2023. Pelvic (floor) Reminders (to) Explore Perinatal (women's) Acceptability (of) Reminders (to) Exercise (PREPARE) study. Available from: https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN32494719?q=pelvic%20floor%20reminders&filters=&sort=&offset=1&totalResults=5&page=1&pageSize=10.
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Harper, R., 2022. The role of pelvic floor muscle training mobile apps on pelvic floor muscle exercise adherence in women: a systematic review. PROSPERO. Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/.
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Posters

Harper, R., 2021. Nudging: a theoretical concept for a very practical approach to pelvic floor muscle training. In: Bournemouth University PGR conference 2021.
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Qualifications

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy (Cardiff University, 2016)