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Han Newman is an Early Career Research Fellow in the Applied Psychology Research Group, School of Life and Medical Sciences. Han has a background in Sport and Exercise Psychology and has Chartered Psychologist status with the British Psychological Society.
Han's research interests include engagement and participation in sport, exercise, and physical activity, (with a particular focus on LGBTQ+ inclusion), as well as athlete mental health and wellbeing, and the role of physical activity and sport in improving mental health in non-athlete populations.
Han previously worked at CRIPACC in the School of Health and Social Work. Their work here included an evaluation of Empower, a programme delivered by Watford FC Community, Sport and Education Trust aiming to improve children and young people's mental health through physical activity.
They previously worked at Loughborough University, working on projects including: 'Promoting Physical Activity in Thalidomide Survivors' and 'Understanding Body Image in Retired Olympic Athletes'. Han's PhD research explored the subculture of the strength sport, strongwoman.
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Empower evaluation
Brady, L.-M. (PI), Almack, K. (CoI) & Newman, H. (Researcher)
1/04/22 → 15/12/22
Project: Research
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Beezee Bodies evaluation project
Brady, L.-M. (PI), Wills, W. (PI), Mathie, E. (PI), Almack, K. (PI) & Newman, H. (Researcher)
1/10/21 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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Moral, health and aesthetic risks: performance-enhancing drug use and the culture of silence in the UK strongwoman community
Newman, H. J. H., Nyhagen, L. & Thurnell-Read, T., 13 Dec 2024, In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. p. 1-16 16 p., 2440448.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Body Image Experiences in Retired Olympians: Losing the Embodied Self
Papathomas, A., Petrie, T., Moesch, K. & Newman, H. J. H., 30 Mar 2025, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 77, 10 p., 102792.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Becoming a strongwoman: An auto/ethnographic study of the pursuit of strength, power, and gender aesthetics
Newman, H. J. H., 14 Aug 2024, Intersectional Feminist Research Methodologies: Applications in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Cooke, J. & Nyhagen, L. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge, 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Commissioning and co‐production in health and care services in the United Kingdom and Ireland: An exploratory literature review
Scott, R. J., Mathie, E., Newman, H. J. H., Almack, K. & Brady, L., 1 Jun 2024, In: Health Expectations. 27, 3, p. 1-12 12 p., e14053.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Empower Evaluation
Newman, H. & Brady, L.-M., 12 May 2023, University of Hertfordshire.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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