Dr Kristiana Ludlow
Research Fellow
Centre for Health Services Research
Researcher biography
Dr Kristiana Ludlow is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Queensland, and an Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. She completed her Bachelor of Psychology with first class Honours in 2015, her Master of Research in Medicine and Health Sciences in 2017, and her PhD in in Health Innovation in 2020. Dr Ludlow has expertise in co-design, qualitative research and Q methodology. Her research interests include co-designing interventions and digital health tools with end-users, frailty, education, aged care, person-centred care, the role of family caregivers in care, missed care/unfinished care, and care prioritisation. She is passionate about collaborating with consumers, service users and health professionals to improve the delivery of healthcare and mental health services.
Publications
Book Chapters
Ludlow, Kristiana and Westbrook, Johanna (2022). Design and implementation of dashboards in healthcare. Implementation science: the key concepts. (pp. 142-144) edited by Frances Rapport, Robyn Clay-Williams and Jeffrey Braithwaite. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9781003109945-42
Ludlow, Kristiana, Bridges, Jackie , Pope, Catherine, Westbrook, Johanna and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2021). Policy delusions and dutiful daughters: imagined versus real care integration for older people. Managing healthcare organisations in challenging policy contexts. (pp. 67-92) edited by Roman Kislov, Diane Burns, Bjørn Erik Mørk and Kathleen Montgomery. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-81093-1_4
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, James, Wendy, Ludlow, Kristiana and Mannion, Russell (2018). Central and Eastern Europe: Strengthening community-based family care and improving health equities. Healthcare systems: future predictions for global care. (pp. 281-286) edited by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Russell Mannion, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Paul G. Shekelle, Stuart Whittaker and Samir Al-Adawi. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Mannion, Russell, Matsuyama, Yukihiro, Shekelle, Paul G., Whittaker, Stuart, Al-Adawi, Samir, Ludlow, Kristiana and James, Wendy (2018). Introduction. Healthcare systems: future predictions for global care. (pp. 1-13) edited by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Russell Mannion, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Paul G. Shekelle, Stuart Whittaker and Samir Al-Adawi. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, James, Wendy, Ludlow, Kristiana and Matsuyama, Yukihiro (2018). Central Asia: From Russia with love: Health reform in the Stans of Central Asia. Healthcare systems: future predictions for global care. (pp. 287-292) edited by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Russell Mannion, Yukihiro Matsuyama , Paul G. Shekelle, Stuart Whittaker and Samir Al-Adawi. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, James, Wendy, Ludlow, Kristiana and Matsuyama, Yukihiro (2018). South-East Asia: Taming communicable diseases. Healthcare systems: future predictions for global care. (pp. 443-450) edited by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Russell Mannion, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Paul G. Shekelle, Stuart Whittaker and Samir Al-Adawi. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, James, Wendy, Ludlow, Kristiana and Devkaran, Subashnie (2018). Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Health systems in transition. Healthcare systems: future predictions for global care. (pp. 355-361) edited by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Russell Mannion, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Paul G. Shekelle, Stuart Whittaker and Samir Al-Adawi. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Mannion, Russell, Matsuyama, Yukihiro, Shekelle, Paul G., Whittaker, Stuart, Al-Adawi, Samir, Ludlow, Kristiana and James, Wendy (2018). Discussion and conclusion. Health systems improvement across the globe: success stories from 60 countries. (pp. 439-450) edited by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Russell Mannion, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Paul G. Shekelle, Stuart Whittaker and Samir Al-Adawi. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Mannion, Russell, Matsuyama, Yukihiro, Shekelle, Paul G., Whittaker, Stuart, Al-Adawi, Samir, Ludlow, Kristiana and James, Wendy (2018). Discussion and conclusion. Healthcare systems: future predictions for global care. (pp. 451-467) edited by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Russell Mannion, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Paul G. Shekelle, Stuart Whittaker and Samir Al-Adawi. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Mannion, Russell, Matsuyama, Yukihiro, Shekelle, Paul G., Whittaker, Stuart, Al-Adawi, Samir, Ludlow, Kristiana and James, Wendy (2018). Introduction. Health systems improvement across the globe: success stories from 60 countries. (pp. lxix-lxcv) edited by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Russell Mannion, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Paul G. Shekelle, Stuart Whittaker and Samir Al-Adawi. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
Journal Articles
Siette, Joyce, Ludlow, Kristiana, Dodds, Laura, Strutt, Paul and Wuthrich, Viviana (2024). “Provided a window on the world and lessened my feeling of isolation”: older adults’ perceived COVID-19 impact and technology use in Australia during recurrent lockdowns. BMC Geriatrics, 24 (1) 206. doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-04807-7
Ludlow, Kristiana, Todd, Oliver, Reid, Natasha and Yaman, Hakan (2023). Frailty in primary care: challenges, innovations, and future directions. BMC Primary Care, 24 (1) 129, 129. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02083-9
Ludlow, Kristiana, Russell, Jeremy K., Ryan, Brooke, Brown, Renee L., Joynt, Tamsin, Uhlmann, Laura R., Smith, Genevieve E., Donovan, Caroline, Hides, Leanne, Spence, Susan H., March, Sonja and Cobham, Vanessa E. (2023). Co-designing a digital mental health platform, "Momentum", with young people aged 7-17: A qualitative study. Digital Health, 9 ARTN 20552076231216410, 1-22. doi: 10.1177/20552076231216410
Zurynski, Yvonne, Ludlow, Kristiana, Testa, Luke, Augustsson, Hanna, Herkes-Deane, Jessica, Hutchinson, Karen, Lamprell, Gina, McPherson, Elise, Carrigan, Ann, Ellis, Louise A., Dharmayani, Putu Novi Arfirsta, Smith, Carolynn L., Richardson, Lieke, Dammery, Genevieve, Singh, Nehal and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2023). Built to last? Barriers and facilitators of healthcare program sustainability: a systematic integrative review. Implementation Science, 18 (1) 62, 62. doi: 10.1186/s13012-023-01315-x
Knutsen Glette, Malin, Ludlow, Kristiana, Wiig, Siri, Bates, David Westfall and Austin, Elizabeth E. (2023). Resilience perspective on healthcare professionals' adaptations to changes and challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic: a meta-synthesis. BMJ open, 13 (9) 071828, 1-13. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071828
Bierbaum, Mia, Rapport, Frances, Arnolda, Gaston, Tran, Yvonne, Nic Giolla Easpaig, Brona, Ludlow, Kristiana, Clay‐Williams, Robyn, Austin, Elizabeth, Laginha, Bela, Lo, Chi Yhun, Churruca, Kate, van Baar, Lieke, Hutchinson, Karen, Chittajallu, Renuka, Owais, Syeda Somyyah, Nullwala, Ruqaiya, Hibbert, Peter, Fajardo Pulido, Diana and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2023). Rates of adherence to cancer treatment guidelines in Australia and the factors associated with adherence: a systematic review. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 19 (6), 618-644. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13948
Seaman, Karla, Ludlow, Kristiana, Wabe, Nasir, Dodds, Laura, Siette, Joyce, Nguyen, Amy, Jorgensen, Mikaela, Lord, Stephen R., Close, Jacqueline C. T., O’Toole, Libby, Lin, Caroline, Eymael, Annaliese and Westbrook, Johanna (2022). The use of predictive fall models for older adults receiving aged care, using routinely collected electronic health record data: a systematic review. BMC Geriatrics, 22 (1) 210. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-02901-2
Bierbaum, Mia, Rapport, Frances, Arnolda, Gaston, Tran, Yvonne, Nic Giolla Easpaig, Bróna, Ludlow, Kristiana and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2021). Adherence to clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the treatment of cancers in Australia and the factors associated with adherence: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 11 (9) e050912, e050912. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050912
Ludlow, Kristiana, Westbrook, Johanna, Jorgensen, Mikaela, Lind, Kimberly E, Baysari, Melissa T, Gray, Leonard C, Day, Richard O, Ratcliffe, Julie, Lord, Stephen R, Georgiou, Andrew, Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Raban, Magdalena Z, Close, Jacqueline, Beattie, Elizabeth, Zheng, Wu Yi, Debono, Deborah, Nguyen, Amy, Siette, Joyce, Seaman, Karla, Miao, Melissa, Root, Jo, Roffe, David, O’Toole, Libby, Carrasco, Marcela, Thompson, Alex, Shaikh, Javed, Wong, Jeffrey, Stanton, Cynthia and Haddock, Rebecca (2021). Co-designing a dashboard of predictive analytics and decision support to drive care quality and client outcomes in aged care: a mixed-method study protocol. BMJ Open, 11 (8) e21048657, e048657. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048657
Siette, Joyce, Seaman, Karla, Dodds, Laura, Ludlow, Kristiana, Johnco, Carly, Wuthrich, Viviana, Earl, Joanne K, Dawes, Piers, Strutt, Paul and Westbrook, Johanna I (2021). A national survey on COVID-19 second-wave lockdowns on older adults' mental wellbeing, health-seeking behaviours and social outcomes across Australia. BMC Geriatrics, 21 (1) 400. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02352-1
Churruca, Kate, Ludlow, Kristiana, Wu, Wendy, Gibbons, Kate, Nguyen, Hoa Mi, Ellis, Louise A and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2021). A scoping review of Q-methodology in healthcare research. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 21 (1) 125, 125. doi: 10.1186/s12874-021-01309-7
Ludlow, Kristiana, Churruca, Kate, Mumford, Virginia, Ellis, Louise A, Testa, Luke, Long, Janet C and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2021). Unfinished care in residential aged care facilities: an integrative review. The Gerontologist, 61 (3), e61-e74. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnz145
Ludlow, Kristiana, Churruca, Kate, Ellis, Louise A., Mumford, Virginia and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2021). Decisions and dilemmas: The context of prioritization dilemmas and influences on staff members’ prioritization decisions in residential aged care. Qualitative Health Research, 31 (7), 104973232199829-1318. doi: 10.1177/1049732321998294
Ludlow, Kristiana, Churruca, Kate, Mumford, Virginia, Ellis, Louise A. and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2021). Aged care residents’ prioritization of care: a mixed-methods study. Health Expectations, 24 (2), 525-536. doi: 10.1111/hex.13195
Ludlow, Kristiana, Churruca, Kate, Ellis, Louise A., Mumford, Virginia and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2020). Family members' prioritisation of care in residential aged care facilities: A case for individualised care. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29 (17-18), 3272-3285. doi: 10.1111/jocn.15352
Testa, L., Seah, R., Ludlow, K., Braithwaite, J. and Mitchell, R. J. (2020). Models of care that avoid or improve transitions to hospital services for residential aged care facility residents: An integrative review. Geriatric Nursing, 41 (4), 360-372. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.02.001
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Ludlow, Kristiana, Testa, Luke, Herkes, Jessica, Augustsson, Hanna, Lamprell, Gina, McPherson, Elise and Zurynski, Yvonne (2020). Built to last? The sustainability of healthcare system improvements, programmes and interventions: a systematic integrative review. BMJ Open, 10 (6) e036453, 1-11. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036453
Ludlow, Kristiana, Churruca, Kate, Mumford, Virginia, Ellis, Louise A. and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2020). Staff members' prioritisation of care in residential aged care facilities: A Q methodology study. BMC Health Services Research, 20 (1) 423, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05127-3
Ellis, Louise A., Augustsson, Hanna, Grødahl, Anne I., Pomare, Chiara, Churruca, Kate, Long, Janet C., Ludlow, Kristiana, Zurynski, Yvonne A. and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2020). Implementation of e-mental health for depression and anxiety: A critical scoping review. Journal of Community Psychology, 48 (3), 904-920. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22309
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Ludlow, Kristiana, Churruca, Kate, James, Wendy, Herkes, Jessica, McPherson, Elise, Ellis, Louise A. and Long, Janet C. (2019). Systems transformation: learning from change in 60 countries. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 34 (3), 237-253. doi: 10.1108/JHOM-01-2019-0018
Ludlow, Kristiana and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2019). Reflections from health systems researchers on nursing practices in dementia care. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 96, A3-A6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.05.002
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Herkes, Jessica, Churruca, Kate, Long, Janet C, Pomare, Chiara, Boyling, Claire, Bierbaum, Mia, Clay-Williams, Robyn, Rapport, Frances, Shih, Patti, Hogden, Anne, Ellis, Louise A, Ludlow, Kristiana, Austin, Elizabeth, Seah, Rebecca, Mcpherson, Elise, Hibbert, Peter D and Westbrook, Johanna (2019). Comprehensive Researcher Achievement Model (CRAM): A framework for measuring researcher achievement, impact and influence derived from a systematic literature review of metrics and models. BMJ Open, 9 (3) e025320, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025320
Ludlow, Kristiana, Churruca, Kate, Ellis, Louise A, Mumford, Virginia and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2019). Understanding the priorities of residents, family members and care staff in residential aged care using Q methodology: A study protocol. BMJ Open, 9 (3) e027479, 1-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027479
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Zurynski, Yvonne, Ludlow, Kristiana, Holt, Joanna, Augustsson, Hanna and Campbell, Margie (2019). Towards sustainable healthcare system performance in the 21st century in high-income countries: A protocol for a systematic review of the grey literature. BMJ Open, 9 (1) e025892, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025892
Churruca, Kate, Ludlow, Kristiana, Taylor, Natalie, Long, Janet C., Best, Stephanie and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2019). The time has come: embedded implementation research for health care improvement. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 25 (3), 373-380. doi: 10.1111/jep.13100
Braithwaite, J., Mannion, R., Matsuyama, Y., Shekelle, P. G., Whittaker, S., Al-Adawi, S., Ludlow, K., James, W., Ting, H. P., Herkes, J., McPherson, E., Churruca, K., Lamprell, G., Ellis, L. A., Boyling, C., Warwick, M., Pomare, C., Nicklin, W. and Hughes, C. F. (2018). The future of health systems to 2030: A roadmap for global progress and sustainability. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 30 (10), 823-831. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzy242
Philippon, Donald J., Marchildon, Gregory P., Ludlow, Kristiana, Boyling, Claire and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2018). The comparative performance of the Canadian and Australian health systems. Healthcare Management Forum, 31 (6), 239-244. doi: 10.1177/0840470418788378
Ludlow, Kristiana, Mumford, Virginia, Makeham, Meredith, Braithwaite, Jeffrey and Greenfield, David (2018). The effects of hearing loss on person-centred care in residential aged care: a narrative review. Geriatric Nursing, 39 (3), 296-302. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2017.10.013
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Testa, Luke, Lamprell, Gina, Herkes, Jessica, Ludlow, Kristiana, McPherson, Elise, Campbell, Margie and Holt, Joanna (2017). Built to last? the sustainability of health system improvements, interventions and change strategies: A study protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open, 7 (11) e018568, 1-6. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018568
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Herkes, Jessica, Ludlow, Kristiana, Testa, Luke and Lamprell, Gina (2017). Association between organisational and workplace cultures, and patient outcomes: Systematic review. BMJ Open, 7 (11) e017708, 1-11. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017708
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Mannion, Russell, Matsuyama, Yukihiro, Shekelle, Paul, Whittaker, Stuart, Al-Adawi, Samir, Ludlow, Kristiana, James, Wendy, Ting, Hsuen P., Herkes, Jessica, Ellis, Louise A., Churruca, Kate, Nicklin, Wendy and Hughes, Clifford (2017). Accomplishing reform: successful case studies drawn from the health systems of 60 countries. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 29 (6) mzx122, 880-886. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzx122
Clay-Williams, Robyn, Ludlow, Kristiana, Testa, Luke, Li, Zhicheng and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2017). Medical leadership, a systematic narrative review: Do hospitals and healthcare organisations perform better when led by doctors?. BMJ Open, 7 (9) e014474, 1-11. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014474
Braithwaite, J., Herkes, J., Ludlow, K., Lamprell, G. and Testa, L. (2016). Association between organisational and workplace cultures, and patient outcomes: Systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 6 (12) e013758, 1-5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013758
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Clay-Williams, Robyn, Vecellio, Elia, Marks, Danielle, Hooper, Tamara, Westbrook, Mary, Westbrook, Johanna, Blakely, Brette and Ludlow, Kristiana (2016). The basis of clinical tribalism, hierarchy and stereotyping: A laboratory-controlled teamwork experiment. BMJ Open, 6 (7) e012467, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012467
Conference Papers
Ludlow, Kristiana, Bridges, Jackie, Pope, Catherine, Westbrook, Johanna and Braithwaite, Jeffrey (2020). Policy delusions and dutiful daughters: imagined versus real care integration for older people. International Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare Conference, Virtual/Manchester, United Kingdom, 5 June 2020. OBHC.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Churruca, Kate, Ellise, Louise A., Long, Janet, Herkes, Jessica, Ludlow, Kristiana, Mannion, Russell, Pope, Catherine, Hyde, Paula and Killett, Alison (2018). Experiencing the boundaries and characteristics of the complex adaptive system (CAS): A complexity simulation game. International Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare Conference 2018, Montreal, Canada, 13-16 May 2018.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Churruca, Kate, Pomare, Chiara, Ellis, Louise A., Long, Janet, Ludlow, Kristiana, Testa, Luke and Lamprell, Gina (2018). Where theorists and empiricists fear to tread: comparing and contrasting the interplays between complexity science and organisational cultural accounts of health care organisation. International Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare Conference 2018, Montreal, Canada, 13-16 May 2018.
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Ludlow, Kristiana, James, Wendy, Herkes, Jessica, Ellis, Louise A., Churruca, Kate and McPherson, Elise (2018). Accomplishing reform and systems improvement in international context: Learning
Accomplishing reform and systems improvement in international context: Learning about change within and across the borders of 60 countries. International Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare Conference 2018, Montreal, Canada, 13-16 May 2018.
Working Paper
Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Churruca, Kate, Ellis, Louise A., Long, Janet, Clay-Williams, Robyn, Damen, Nikki, Herkes, Jessica, Pomare, Chiara and Ludlow, Kristiana (2017). Complexity science in healthcare – aspirations, approaches, applications and accomplishments: a white paper. Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University.
Thesis
Ludlow, Kristiana (2017). The effects of hearing loss on preferences for shared decision making in residential aged care: a mixed methods approach. Master's Thesis, Health Innovation, Macquarie University.