Dr Amy Johnson

Senior Research Assistant

School: Healthcare and Nursing Sciences

Dr Amy Johnson is a professional researcher with experience completing mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) research projects. She completed her PhD in Social Work in 2020. Underpinned by a Critical Realist perspective (informed by complexity theory), this PhD developed a framework for the construction and evaluation of a web-based intervention for carers of individuals with schizophrenia and a psychosis disorder.

Following this, Dr Johnson has worked as Senior Research Assistant on research projects focusing on improving hydration levels and the Quality of Life (QoL) of care home residents with dementia. She has also assisted in developing research projects within Children and Young People Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT), in particular EMHPs and a parent/carer support group. Following this, she was part of a team of researchers based at Northumbria University, Newcastle University, and Teesside University evaluating the Little Orange Book (a regional resource to assist with the management of symptoms of childhood illness).

Dr Johnson started working within the Military Hub for Veteran and Families' Research in 2020. Her research projects have focused on evaluating at digital skills intervention for older war widows, and military widows' experiences of loneliness and social isolation. She is currently working on a project exploring levels of food insecurity in the ex-Armed Forces community.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Dr Johnson is a Senior Research Assistant at Northumbria University. Her interests include family carers, mental health, digital health, digital inclusion/exclusion, and bereaved military families.

Key Publications

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Developing and testing a competency framework to enhance hydration care for older people in care homes, Straughair, C., Hodgson, P., Gates, J., Johnson, A., Pryor, C., Cook, G. 19 Sep 2025, In: Working with Older People
The impact of anxiety on undergraduate generation Z nursing students during clinical placement: A narrative synthesis, Flynn, D., Mthimunye, K., Mthimunye, B., Johnson, A., Douglas, J., Alderson, J. 1 Apr 2025, In: Nurse Education Today
The impact of the Little Orange Book on how parents/carers manage symptoms of illness in children: A mixed methods study, Johnson, A., Carruthers, K., Breckons, M., Harland Shotton, L. 22 Jan 2025, In: PLoS One
Understanding the complex health and social care needs of ageing veterans: A systematic narrative review, Johnson, A., Greaves, J., Patterson, L., Brettell, J., Kiernan, M., Wilson-Menzfeld, G. 2 Nov 2025
Identifying the risk factors associated with food insecurity in the UK veteran population: A nationwide survey, Johnson, A., Serra, G., Tomietto, M., Kiernan, M. 14 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Nutritional Science
Military Widows’ Experiences of Social Isolation, Loneliness and Unmet Social Needs, Wilson-Menzfeld, G., McGill, G., Moreland, M., Collins, T., Erfani, G., Johnson, A. 16 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Loss and Trauma
The methodological challenges faced when conducting hydration research in UK care homes, Hodgson, P., Cook, G., Johnson, A. 11 Sep 2024, In: Nurse researcher
The Tri-Service Food Insecurity Study, Kiernan, M., Tomietto, M., Johnson, A., Serra, G., King, H., Rollason, E. 8 Feb 2024
Ageing Well with Creative Arts and Pets: The HenPower Story, Hodgson, P., Cook, G., Johnson, A., Abbott-Brailey, H. 3 Apr 2023, In: Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Professional Activity

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Invited talk: Presentation to the House of Lords: Research on Military Bereaved Communities 2023
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Forces in Mind Trust Research Centre Conference 2023