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It’s been life changing : perceived benefits of participation in the ‘Live Active’ exercise referral scheme (2018)
Journal Article
Prior, F., Coffey, M., Robins, A., & Cook, P. (2018). It’s been life changing : perceived benefits of participation in the ‘Live Active’ exercise referral scheme. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 15(10), 223-223. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2018-0535

Introduction: Exercise referral schemes (ERSs) aim to increase the physical activity levels and health outcomes of people with chronic health conditions. To date, the efficacy of ERSs has been inconclusive and largely based on quantitative evaluation... Read More about It’s been life changing : perceived benefits of participation in the ‘Live Active’ exercise referral scheme.

Communities in charge of alcohol (CICA) : a protocol for a stepped-wedge randomised control trial of an alcohol health champions programme (2018)
Journal Article
Cook, P., Hargreaves, S., Burns, E., de Vocht, F., Parrott, S., Coffey, M., …Ardern, K. (2018). Communities in charge of alcohol (CICA) : a protocol for a stepped-wedge randomised control trial of an alcohol health champions programme. BMC Public Health, 18(522), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5410-0

Background Communities In Charge of Alcohol (CICA) takes an Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) approach to reducing alcohol harm. Through a cascade training model, supported by a designated local co-ordinator, local volunteers are trained t... Read More about Communities in charge of alcohol (CICA) : a protocol for a stepped-wedge randomised control trial of an alcohol health champions programme.

Evaluation of an exercise referral scheme in the United Kingdom : medium term outcomes (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Prior, F., Coffey, M., Robins, A., & Cook, P. (2017, November). Evaluation of an exercise referral scheme in the United Kingdom : medium term outcomes. Presented at 13th Annual Meeting and 8th Conference of HEPA Europe, Zagreb, Croatia

Introduction: Exercise referral schemes (ERS) aim to increase the physical activity (PA) levels of people with chronic health conditions. To date, the efficacy of ERS has been inconclusive due to the variable nature of scheme characteristics and eval... Read More about Evaluation of an exercise referral scheme in the United Kingdom : medium term outcomes.

Adolescents' lived experience of making health choices : an ethical point of view (2017)
Journal Article
Moilanen, T., Pietila, A., Coffey, M., Sinikallio, S., & Kangasniemi, M. (2018). Adolescents' lived experience of making health choices : an ethical point of view. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 32(2), 914-923. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12526

This paper describes and interpret adolescents´ lived experiences of their rights, duties and responsibilities in relation to their health choices. Fourteen focus group interviews with 67 adolescents aged 15 and 16 were conducted and analysed using t... Read More about Adolescents' lived experience of making health choices : an ethical point of view.

Barriers and facilitators to extended working lives in Europe : a gender focus (2017)
Journal Article
Edge, C., Cooper, A., & Coffey, M. (2017). Barriers and facilitators to extended working lives in Europe : a gender focus. Public Health Reviews, 38(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-017-0053-8

Background: There is a global imperative to respond to the challenge of a growing ‘old-age dependency ratio’ by ensuring the workforce is healthy enough to remain in work for longer. Currently more than half of older workers leave before the default... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to extended working lives in Europe : a gender focus.

An evaluation of a storybook targeting parental attitudes, intention and self-efficacy to change their child’s oral health behaviour (2016)
Journal Article
O'Malley, L., Adair, P., Burnside, G., Robinson, L., Coffey, M., & Pine, C. (2017). An evaluation of a storybook targeting parental attitudes, intention and self-efficacy to change their child’s oral health behaviour. Health Psychology, 36(2), 152-159. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000428

Objective: Methods for reducing dental disease have traditionally focused on health education rather than targeting psychosocial determinants of the core behaviours through behaviour change strategies. This study tested a novel intervention in the fo... Read More about An evaluation of a storybook targeting parental attitudes, intention and self-efficacy to change their child’s oral health behaviour.

Adolescents' health choices, related rights, duties and responsibilities : an integrative review (2016)
Journal Article
Moilanen, T., Pietila, A., Coffey, M., & Kangasniemi, M. (2018). Adolescents' health choices, related rights, duties and responsibilities : an integrative review. Nursing Ethics, 25(4), 418-435. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733016654316

Background: Although the link between adolescents’ health choices in relation to rights, duties and responsibilities is acknowledged, little is studied in this subject. Aim: To identify, describe and synthesize previous studies on adolescents’ hea... Read More about Adolescents' health choices, related rights, duties and responsibilities : an integrative review.

Identifying the participant characteristics that predict recruitment and retention of participants to randomised controlled trials involving children : a systematic review (2016)
Journal Article
Robinson, L., Adair, P., Coffey, M., Harris, R., & Burnside, G. (2016). Identifying the participant characteristics that predict recruitment and retention of participants to randomised controlled trials involving children : a systematic review. Trials, 17(294), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1415-0

Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are recommended as the ‘gold standard’ in evaluating health care interventions. The conduct of RCTs is often impacted by difficulties surrounding recruitment and retention of participants in both adult... Read More about Identifying the participant characteristics that predict recruitment and retention of participants to randomised controlled trials involving children : a systematic review.

Challenges in designing, conducting, and reporting oral health behavioral intervention studies in primary school age children : methodological issues (2014)
Journal Article
Cooper, A., Coffey, M., & Dugdill, L. (2014). Challenges in designing, conducting, and reporting oral health behavioral intervention studies in primary school age children : methodological issues. Pragmatic and Observational Research, 5, 43-51. https://doi.org/10.2147/POR.S52287

Often within oral health, clinical outcome measures dominate trial design rather than behavioral outcome measures, and often there is a reliance on proxy self-reporting of children’s behavior with no corroboration through triangulation of measures. T... Read More about Challenges in designing, conducting, and reporting oral health behavioral intervention studies in primary school age children : methodological issues.

Barriers to employment for visually impaired women (2014)
Journal Article
Coffey, M., Coufopoulos, A., & Kinghorn, K. (2014). Barriers to employment for visually impaired women. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 7(3), 171-185. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-06-2013-0022

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore barriers to employment for visually impaired (VI) women and potential solutions to those barriers. Design/methodology/approach – Mixed methods, comprising three phases; first, exploratory intervie... Read More about Barriers to employment for visually impaired women.

Exploring barriers and solutions to academic writing : perspectives for student, higher education and further education tutors (2012)
Journal Article
Itua, I., Coffey, M., Merryweather, D., Norton, L., & Foxcroft, A. (2012). Exploring barriers and solutions to academic writing : perspectives for student, higher education and further education tutors. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 38(3), 305-326. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2012.726966

Staff and student perceptions of what constitutes good academic writing in both further and higher education often differ. This is reflected in written assignments which frequently fall below the expected standard. In seeking to develop the writing s... Read More about Exploring barriers and solutions to academic writing : perspectives for student, higher education and further education tutors.

A comparative study of social work students in India and the UK : stress, support and well-being (2012)
Journal Article
Coffey, M., Samuel, U., Collins, S., & Morris, L. (2014). A comparative study of social work students in India and the UK : stress, support and well-being. British Journal of Social Work, 44(1), 163-180. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcs112

This paper compares the key findings from the first piece of research in the UK to focus exclusively on ‘stress, support and well-being of social work students’ (n = 76), with findings from a cohort of Indian social work students studying in the Tami... Read More about A comparative study of social work students in India and the UK : stress, support and well-being.

Social work students : stress, support and well-being (2010)
Journal Article
Collins, S., Coffey, M., & Morris, L. (2010). Social work students : stress, support and well-being. British Journal of Social Work, 40(3), 963-982. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcn148

This appears to be the first piece of research in the UK to focus exclusively on stress, support and well-being of social work students. The findings of a postal questionnaire indicated no statistically significant differences related to gender, age... Read More about Social work students : stress, support and well-being.

Creating a ‘Health Promoting Curriculum’ to inform the development of a health promoting university : a case study (2010)
Journal Article
a case study. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 48(1), 4-8

Objective: Final year undergraduate students, undertaking a health promotion module, were asked to reflect on their experiences of contributing to the strategic development of a health promoting university. As part of this module students were engage... Read More about Creating a ‘Health Promoting Curriculum’ to inform the development of a health promoting university : a case study.

Working as a community food worker : voices from the inside (2010)
Journal Article
Coufopoulos, A., Coffey, M., & Dugdill, L. (2010). Working as a community food worker : voices from the inside. Perspectives in Public Health, 130(4), 180-185. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913910369087

Aims: Community food worker (CFW) is one of the new roles that were proposed in the 2004 White Paper Choosing Health: Making Healthier Choices Easier. CFWs are recruited from local communities and generally operate in areas characterized by extreme s... Read More about Working as a community food worker : voices from the inside.