Professor Katie Haighton

Professor

Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

I am an experienced applied health researcher, specialising in public health with an educational background in psychology. I am committed to translational research and work closely with policy and practice partners in the NHS, local and regional government and other public and voluntary organisations to facilitate evidence-informed practice and policy. My research on alcohol screening and brief intervention is nationally and internationally recognised and I have significant methodological expertise in the development (through systematic reviews) and evaluation of complex interventions, using natural experiments, feasibility studies, pilot and full trials. I am also a member of Fuse, the centre for translational research in public health

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My research focusses on the development and evaluation of complex public health interventions using a variety of methods including systematic reviews, natural experiments, feasibility studies, pilot and full trials as well as qualitative methods. My research has examined interventions for alcohol, smoking, exercise, diet, welfare, and sleep.

Key Publications

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Caregiver acceptability of a UK trial for paediatric sleep disordered breathing: A qualitative interview study, Haighton, C., Watson, R., Wilson, J., Powell, S. 14 Feb 2024, In: Clinical Otolaryngology
Domiciliary Carers’ Perspectives on Alcohol Use by Older Adults in Their Care: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies, Haighton, C., Steer, M., Nichol, B. 6 Oct 2024, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Embedding Public Health Practice Amongst Allied Health Professionals: A Rapid Scoping Review of International Approaches, Lowe, J., Ahmed, K., Hindle, L., Haighton, C. 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Allied Health
Enhancing Making Every Contact Count (MECC) training and delivery for the Third and Social Economy (TSE) sector: a strategic behavioural analysis, Nichol, B., Haighton, C., Wilson, R., Rodrigues, A. 31 Jul 2024, In: Psychology & Health
Establishing an updated consensus on the conceptual and operational definitions of Making Every Contact Count (MECC) across experts within research and practice: an international Delphi Study?, Nichol, B., Kemp, E., Wilson, R., Rodrigues, A., Hesselgreaves, H., Robson, C., Haighton, C. 1 May 2024, In: Public Health
Exploring the Effects of Volunteering on the Social, Mental, and Physical Health and Well-being of Volunteers: An Umbrella Review, Nichol, B., Wilson, R., Rodrigues, A., Haighton, C. 1 Feb 2024, In: Voluntas
Health inequalities and health-related economic inactivity: Why good work needs good health, Crawshaw, P., Gray, J., Haighton, C., Lloyd, S. 24 Oct 2024, In: Public Health in Practice
Mapping regional implementation of 'Making Every Contact Count': mixed methods evaluation of implementation stage, strategies, barriers and facilitators of implementation, Rodrigues, A., Nichol, B., Wilson, R., Charlton, C., Gibson, B., Finch, T., Haighton, C., Maniatopoulos, G., Giles, E., Harrison, D., Orange, D., Robson, C., Harland, J. 22 Jul 2024, In: BMJ Open
Occupational therapy students’ and educators’ perspectives and understanding of the role of occupational therapy within social prescribing: A qualitative interview study, Elliott, S., Haighton, C. 13 Aug 2024, In: British Journal of Occupational Therapy
“You Go There and You are Welcomed and People do not Judge”: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Service Providers’ and Users’ Views of Brief Health and Wellbeing Conversations within the Third and Social Economy Sector, Nichol, B., Rodrigues, A., Wilson, R., Haighton, C. 2 Jul 2024, In: Health and Social Care in the Community

PGR Supervision

Bethany Nichol Optimising Making Every Contact Count (MECC) in the Third and Social Economy (TSE) sector: A sequential mixed methods study Start Date: 01/10/2021 End Date: 25/10/2024
Sandra Moran A cross-cultural investigation exploring university students pre-drinking experiences and behaviour through a socioecological lens. Start Date: 31/07/2024

Qualifications

Health PhD September 01 2005
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2017

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