Helena Legido-Quigley BSc MSc PhD

Research Fellow

I qualified as a sociologist in the University of Barcelona and went on to do an MSc in Policy Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Before joining the School I worked for a South African NGO developing HIV programmes and continued carrying out research for the University of Manchester on the impact of non-contributory pensions in reducing poverty in South Africa and Brazil. In 2006 I was granted an ESRC studentship to carry out a PhD on the health care experiences of British pensioners migrating to Spain which I successfully completed in 2010.

Affiliation

Teaching

I am a tutor on the MSc Public Health in Developing Countries and a seminar leader on the Health Policy, Process and Power module. I have also been a seminar leader on the Principles of Social Research module for several years. In the period of 2005-2006 I was the Course Director for the MSc Public Health in Developing Countries and Member of the Exam Board. I have also co-organized the Primary Health Care Unit in Developing Countries.

Research

I joined the School in 2004 to work in an EU funded project on cross-border health care in Europe where I contributed to analyzing quality of health care and safety strategies in all 27 Member States. I also studied who moves across borders and proposed a typology of patients which identified their motivations for seeking health care in another Member State. I also contributed to a EU research project which aimed to support the assessment of policy options for Community action on health services at European level.

After my PhD I worked in the School doing research on models of integrating tuberculosis and HIV services in low and middle-income countries as a member of the Evidence for Action Research team which focuses on HIV treatment and health care systems research.

I am currently working on an EU funded project on cross-border healthcare that seeks to contribute to a process whereby a patient in one Member State can make an informed choice about whether to seek health care in another Member State. In this project I am exploring how specialists work in different Member States; how regulatory bodies function across Europe; how policies affecting these groups are developed and implemented; and the possibilities and barriers of Telemedicine across borders.

I carry out research on European policies and legislation and I seek to understand patients' experiences when using health care services. I combine these broad areas of research with health policy research in middle and low income countries in the area of HIV and TB. Specific areas of research include:

Research areas

  • Health policy
  • Health systems
  • Quality improvement
  • Research : policy relationship

Disciplines

  • Policy analysis
  • Sociology

Disease and Health Conditions

  • HIV/AIDS
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