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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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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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Adaptations to the Welsh National Exercise Referral Scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study exploring the experiences of service users and providers and supplementary out-of-pocket costs analysis
Newby, K., Howlett, N., Wagner, A., Lloyd, N., Freethy, I., Bontoft, C., Fakoya, O., Jackson, S., Jackson, C., Wills, W., McKibben, M.-A., Petherick, A. & Brown, K., 1 Feb 2025, In: BMC Public Health. 25, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 406.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A web-based intervention to support the mental well-being of sexual and gender minoritised adolescents: Formative evaluation of Oneself
Lucassen, M. F. G., Samra, R., Brown, K., Rimes, K. A., Núñez-García, A. & Wallace, L., 27 Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Digital Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Workplace health and wellbeing in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs): A mixed methods evaluation of provision and support uptake
Lloyd, N., Smeeton, N., Freethy, I., Jones, J., Wills, W., Dennington-Proce, A., Jackson, J. & Brown, K., 10 Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 22, 1, p. 1-44 44 p., 90.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the home-based intervention strategy (HIS-UK) to reduce new chlamydia infection among young men aged 16–25 years by promoting correct and consistent condom use: findings from a randomised controlled trial
Stone, N., Graham, C., Bremner, S., McGrath, N., Bedford, R., Brown, K. E., Newby, K., Clarke, A., Jackson, L., Morrison, L., Nadarzynski, T. & To, Y., 18 Dec 2024, In: BMC Health Services Research. 24, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Health and wellbeing of survivors of sexual violence and abuse 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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