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Katherine Brown is Professor of Behaviour Change in Health in the Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography, School of Life and Medical Sciences at the University of Hertfordshire. Katherine is Chief Investigator of the NIHR funded and UH led Public Health Interventions Responsive Studies Team (PHIRST). She also leads the Public Health and Behaviour Change research unit (PHAB lab) within the Centre for Research in Psychology and Sports Science (CRiPPS) at UH.
Katherine has a strong track record of leading research in the development and evaluation of behaviour change interventions targeted at preventive health behaviours and addressing major public health challenges. She spent over eight years working in an embedded role at Public Health Warwickshire leading public health research and evaluation. Applications of digital health are a strong feature of her work as is working with communities and end-users on co-production and co-design of interventions. Katherine has attracted grant income in excess of £8 million from a range of funders including the NIHR the MRC and the European Commission. She has produced more than 80 peer reviewed publications and academic reports and has delivered over 40 keynotes and invited speaker presentations.
Education/Academic qualification
Higher Education, PgCert, HEI: Coventry University
Award Date: 1 Feb 2007
Health Psychology, PhD, Development of an intervention to improve contraceptive use amongst adolescents, HEI: Sheffield Hallam University
Award Date: 3 Jul 2006
Psychology, BSc (Hons), The Manchester Metropolitan University
Award Date: 3 Jul 2000
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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WRAPPED II: Reducing sexually transmitted infections amongst those at highest risk: The Wrapped randomised controlled trial
Newby, K. (PI), Brown, K. (CoI) & Brady, L.-M. (CoI)
NIHR - National Institute for Health Research - Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC)
1/11/24 → 31/10/28
Project: Research
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ELBOW: Evaluation of Live Life Better Derbyshire Health Checks with Online booking and text reminders for Wellbeing (ELBOW)
Lloyd, N. (PI), Bontoft, C. (Researcher), Jones, J. (CoI), Smeeton, N. (Researcher), Wagner, A. P. (CoI), Miners, L. (Researcher), Breslin, G. (CoI), Freethy, I. (Researcher), Howlett, N. (CoI), Kudrna, L. (CoI), Lamming, L. (Researcher), Newby, K. (CoI), Wellings, A. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI) & Brown, K. (CoI)
15/09/23 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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National evaluation of workplace health and wellbeing initiatives that are free at the point of use (WHIFPUs)
Lloyd, N. (PI) & Brown, K. (CoI)
1/10/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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Green Health Prescription Evaluation (GRAPPEL)
Howlett, N. (PI), Freethy, I. (Researcher), Lloyd, N. (Researcher), Bontoft, C. (Researcher), Newby, K. (CoI), Fakoya, O. (Researcher), Jones, J. (CoI), Smeeton, N. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI), Wellings, A. (CoI), Bartington, S. (CoI), Breslin, G. (CoI), Wagner, A. P. (CoI), Miners, L. (Researcher) & Brown, K. (CoPI)
1/10/22 → 31/01/24
Project: Research
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Southampton Covid Participatory Action Research and Champions initiative Evaluation (CoPACT)
Howlett, N. (PI), Bontoft, C. (Researcher), Lloyd, N. (Researcher), Freethy, I. (Researcher), Newby, K. (CoI), Fakoya, O. (Researcher), Wellings, A. (CoI), Jones, J. (CoI), Smeeton, N. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI), Bartington, S. (CoI), Breslin, G. (CoI), Wagner, A. (CoI), Miners, L. (Researcher) & Brown, K. (CoPI)
1/04/22 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
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Health and wellbeing of sexual abuse survivors attending sexual assault referral centres in England: the MESARCH mixed-methods evaluation
O'Doherty, L., Carter, G. J., Sleath, E., Brown, K., Brown, S., Lutman-White, E., Jackson, L., Heron, J., Tek Kalsi, P., Ladeinde, O., Whitfield, D., Caswell, R. J., Gant, M., Halliwell, G., Patel, R. & Feder, G., 17 Oct 2024, In: Health and Social Care Delivery Research . 12, 35, 168 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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We need better evidence for social prescribing: Call for Action for better systems for collaboration and building evidence
Howlett, N., Brown, K., Freethy, I., Mercer, S. & Özakıncı, G., 7 Oct 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Perspectives In Public Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Adult stakeholders’ perspectives on supporting or undermining the mental health of sexual and gender minoritised adolescents
Samra, R., Lucassen, M. F. G., Núñez-García, A., Brown, K., Rimes, K. & Wallace, L. M., 5 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. p. 1-19 19 p., 12548.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Moving an exercise referral scheme to remote delivery during the Covid-19 pandemic: an observational study examining the impact on uptake, adherence, and costs
Newby, K., Howlett, N., Wagner, A., Smeeton, N., Fakoya, O., Lloyd, N., Freethy, I., Bontoft, C., Brown, K., McKibben, M.-A., Petherick, A. & Wills, W., 27 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMC Public Health. 24, 1, 15 p., 2324 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A realist evaluation of community champion and participatory action approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic
Howlett, N., Fakoya, O., Bontoft, C., Simmons, I., Miners, L., Wagner, A. & Brown, K., 13 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Frontiers in Public Health. 12, p. 1-16 16 p., 1355944.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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