Anne Martins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590708 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne Martins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne |
| FAMILY NAME | Martins |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1614-6525 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Start Earlier, Stay Healthier? An Earlier Start to Public Preschool May Improve Detection of Health Problems
I don't take what's in[side] outside, I see it as a different environment”
We explored factors influencing routinisation of outdoor play and learning (OPL) in Scottish early childhood education (ECE) settings. • W used Normalisation Process Theory to guide semi-structured interviews with 15 educators across five Glasgow-based ECE settings. • Identified four systemic enablers: policy endorsement, leadership support, resources, and practitioner capacity. • Our findings are framed through a systems-lens to inform multi-lev…
Economic hardships during Covid-19 and maternal mental health
Risky outdoor play in the early years
Against a backdrop of generational declines in outdoor play and recent work demonstrating geo-cultural differences in adult perceptions of risk in outdoor play, this paper explores the relationships between gatekeeper (parent/practitioner) perceptions of dangers and benefits in outdoor risky play scenarios and young children's (aged 2-5 years old) experiences of outdoor play in Scotland, and whether these are moderated by being a parent or practi…
Autoethnography
Misgivings about the significance of autoethnography as a qualitative research approach and its scholarly contribution are unrelenting. Existing guidelines for undertaking trustworthy autoethnographic research are often presented modestly to appease the evocative and analytic branches of autoethnography. Little seeks to draw the line between writing an autoethnographic memoir and undertaking autoethnographic research. Based on existing criticisms…
Protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an environmental nutrition and physical activity intervention in nurseries (Nutrition and Physical Activity Self Assessment for Child C…
ISRCTN33134697, 31/10/2019
A qualitative study of parental strategies to enable pre-school children's outdoor and nature experiences during Covid-19 restrictions
Outdoor and nature experiences including play have been shown to be beneficial for children's physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. Parents/carers play an important role in encouraging or impeding their child's access to the outdoor environment and participation in outdoor play. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions on free movement and social interactions placed an unprecedented pressure on families to manage the dra…
Parental Assessment of Benefits and of Dangers Determines Children’s Permission to Play Outdoors
During the early years, children's outdoor play is dependent on parental supervision. Parents' perceptions are likely to influence what the child is permitted to do. To better understand the involved mechanisms in parents' decision making in such contexts, an online photo-based questionnaire was administered. The tool investigates, in different situations, parents and their children's experience, parents' perceptions, and permission to play. A to…
Evaluating Outdoor Nature-Based Early Learning and Childcare Provision for Children Aged 3 Years
Systematic reviews have demonstrated the scarcity of well-designed evaluations investigating outdoor nature-based play and learning provision for children in the early learning and childcare (ELC) sector among global Western countries. This study will examine the feasibility and acceptability of the programme and the evaluation design of outdoor nature-based play and learning provision across urban ELC settings in a Scottish metropolitan city. Si…
Empowering Older People and Their Communities to Manage Their Own Care (Empowercare)
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Outdoor nature-based play in early learning and childcare centres
Nature-based play benefits children's health and development. However, the delivery of this in early learning and childcare centres (ELC) is extremely diverse, and implementation is not well understood. We applied a systems science perspective to understand the factors crucial to implementing nature-based outdoor play in ELC settings. Through Group Model Building workshops with 20 participants in managerial and practitioner roles, crucial factors…
Both sides of the screen
It’s Me(me), Revolution Elizabeth
One viral video emerging from the January 6th, 2021 attempted insurrection showed a White woman crying about being maced upon her unlawful entry into the U.S. Capitol. We used intersectional and critical discourse methods to analyze 127 Twitter replies to the video constructing the Revolution Elizabeth meme. Twitter users alluded to popular culture to garner shared understanding and used sarcasm to interrogate White women’s privileges, often in c…
How can an agent-based model explore the impact of interventions on children's physical activity in an urban environment
Insufficient physical activity (PA) among most children and adolescents is a global problem that is undermining the realisation of numerous developmental and health benefits. The aim of this study was to explore the potential impact of interventions on PA by using an agent-based model (ABM) simulating children's daily activities in an urban environment. Three domains for interventions were explored: outdoor play, school physical education and act…
Ideology, positionality and war
The objective of this article is to explore issues of ideology in situations of interpreting in conflict zones. Research into interpreting in conflict zones is quite recent and has shed light on interesting aspects. Ideology is clearly present in war situations and may condition the interpreter’s role. This article seeks to identify examples of power relations and ideology by drawing on the narratives of five local interpreters who worked with Sp…
Longitudinal changes in moderate‐to‐vigorous‐intensity physical activity in children and adolescents
Moderate‐to‐vigorous‐intensity physical activity (MVPA) is important for childhood obesity prevention and treatment, yet declines with age. Timing and magnitude of the decline in MVPA in children and adolescents are unclear but important for informing effective obesity intervention development. This systematic review aimed to determine and compare the year‐to‐year changes in MVPA among children and adolescents. Longitudinal studies were identifie…
Client attrition in the Nurse‐Family Partnership ®
The Nurse-Family Partnership ® (NFP) is an evidence-based home-visiting program for low-income, first-time mothers. NFP ® has demonstrated benefits for reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting, child development and families' economic self-sufficiency. It is now implemented widely in the US where, despite the use of home visits, which generally reduce barriers to program participation, only 35% of clients nationwide complete the 2.5-ye…
Coresidential Father Transitions and Biological Parents' Coparenting Quality in Early and Middle Childhood
This study examined how the entrances and exits of biological and social fathers into and out of children's households were associated with biological parents' coparenting quality. Piecewise growth curve models tested for variation in these associations between child ages 1 and 3, 3 and 5, and 5 and 9. Data came from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( n = 2,394). Results indicated that in all three age intervals, a biological father…
Study protocol of European Fans in Training (EuroFIT)
81935608 . Registered 16 June 2015
College Expectations for All? The Early Adult Outcomes of Low-Achieving Adolescents Who Expect to Earn a Bachelor's Degree
Critics of the college-for-all ethos argue that it encourages low-achieving adolescents to develop unrealistically high expectations. This argument posits that low-achievers waste time and money, and risk disappointment and self-recrimination, pursuing college when they are unlikely to complete it. The present study uses two national data sets—Add Health and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979—to test the proposition that expecting to …
Childhood obesity and educational attainment. Evidence from prospective cohort studies
Approaches to Learning and Hispanic Children’s Math Scores
Accumulating evidence suggests that children’s approaches to learning (ATL) at kindergarten entry predict their academic achievement years later. However, the gains associated with ATL may be diminished for Hispanic immigrant children, many of whom are English language learners (ELLs). We tested whether ATL predicted math scores in a sample of first- and second-generation Hispanic immigrants drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—Kinde…
The Socioemotional Outcomes of Young Children of Teenage Mothers by Paternal Coresidence
To date, no study has examined the implications of biological fathers' coresidence for the socioemotional development of children of teenage mothers. Previous research suggests competing hypotheses. Men who father children with teenage women have low education and earnings and are disproportionately likely to be antisocial. However, teenage mothers are less distressed when fathers are more involved caregivers. The current study follows a multicit…
Context Matters
Complexities of high profile interpreting
This paper examines the experience, perceptions and narratives of the interpreters who worked at the trial of the Madrid terrorist attacks of 11th March 2004. Using semi-structured interviews as an instrument, information was sought from the members of the interpreting team regarding their role and self-image, their relationship with other professionals during the trial, their management of emotions, pressure and possible conflict, as well as the…
Context Matters
Formal and Empirical Research on Cascaded Inference in Jurisprudence
This paper reports observations from a series of formal and empirical studies of the process of assessing the probative value of evidence in the cascaded or hierarchical inference tasks commonly performed by fact finders in court trials. The formal research develops expressions that prescribe how the ingredients of various forms of evidence can be coherently combined in assessing the probative value of evidence. These expressions allow identifica…
The Mediated and Moderated Effects of Family Support on Child Maltreatment
Previous research has linked parents' social support to decreased child maltreatment, but questions remain surrounding the mechanisms explaining this association. Furthermore, it is unclear whether this association applies to support provided by family alone (and not friends), and whether it is moderated by the presence of neighborhood violence. Based on a sample of parents of children aged 3 to 15 years in Chicago, the authors find that parents'…
Both sides of the screen
The Socioemotional Outcomes of Young Children of Teenage Mothers by Paternal Coresidence
To date, no study has examined the implications of biological fathers' coresidence for the socioemotional development of children of teenage mothers. Previous research suggests competing hypotheses. Men who father children with teenage women have low education and earnings and are disproportionately likely to be antisocial. However, teenage mothers are less distressed when fathers are more involved caregivers. The current study follows a multicit…
Exploring the Link Between Caregiver Affect and Adolescent Sexual Behavior
In a sample of urban youth (N = 1,070), we examined the links between primary caregiver affect (i.e., warmth and hostility) and two measures of sexual behavior in adolescence - early sexual initiation and sex with multiple partners. We also examined the extent to which neighborhood disadvantage moderated associations between caregiver affect and adolescent sexual behavior. We found that caregiver hostility was positively associated with early sex…
Outdoor nature-based play in early learning and childcare centres
Nature-based play benefits children's health and development. However, the delivery of this in early learning and childcare centres (ELC) is extremely diverse, and implementation is not well understood. We applied a systems science perspective to understand the factors crucial to implementing nature-based outdoor play in ELC settings. Through Group Model Building workshops with 20 participants in managerial and practitioner roles, crucial factors…
Approaches to Learning and Hispanic Children’s Math Scores
Accumulating evidence suggests that children’s approaches to learning (ATL) at kindergarten entry predict their academic achievement years later. However, the gains associated with ATL may be diminished for Hispanic immigrant children, many of whom are English language learners (ELLs). We tested whether ATL predicted math scores in a sample of first- and second-generation Hispanic immigrants drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—Kinde…
Complexities of high profile interpreting
This paper examines the experience, perceptions and narratives of the interpreters who worked at the trial of the Madrid terrorist attacks of 11th March 2004. Using semi-structured interviews as an instrument, information was sought from the members of the interpreting team regarding their role and self-image, their relationship with other professionals during the trial, their management of emotions, pressure and possible conflict, as well as the…
Measuring Infants' Home Environment
Autoethnography
Misgivings about the significance of autoethnography as a qualitative research approach and its scholarly contribution are unrelenting. Existing guidelines for undertaking trustworthy autoethnographic research are often presented modestly to appease the evocative and analytic branches of autoethnography. Little seeks to draw the line between writing an autoethnographic memoir and undertaking autoethnographic research. Based on existing criticisms…
A qualitative study of parental strategies to enable pre-school children's outdoor and nature experiences during Covid-19 restrictions
Outdoor and nature experiences including play have been shown to be beneficial for children's physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. Parents/carers play an important role in encouraging or impeding their child's access to the outdoor environment and participation in outdoor play. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions on free movement and social interactions placed an unprecedented pressure on families to manage the dra…
It’s Me(me), Revolution Elizabeth
One viral video emerging from the January 6th, 2021 attempted insurrection showed a White woman crying about being maced upon her unlawful entry into the U.S. Capitol. We used intersectional and critical discourse methods to analyze 127 Twitter replies to the video constructing the Revolution Elizabeth meme. Twitter users alluded to popular culture to garner shared understanding and used sarcasm to interrogate White women’s privileges, often in c…
How can an agent-based model explore the impact of interventions on children's physical activity in an urban environment
Insufficient physical activity (PA) among most children and adolescents is a global problem that is undermining the realisation of numerous developmental and health benefits. The aim of this study was to explore the potential impact of interventions on PA by using an agent-based model (ABM) simulating children's daily activities in an urban environment. Three domains for interventions were explored: outdoor play, school physical education and act…
Client attrition in the Nurse‐Family Partnership ®
The Nurse-Family Partnership ® (NFP) is an evidence-based home-visiting program for low-income, first-time mothers. NFP ® has demonstrated benefits for reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting, child development and families' economic self-sufficiency. It is now implemented widely in the US where, despite the use of home visits, which generally reduce barriers to program participation, only 35% of clients nationwide complete the 2.5-ye…
Coresidential Father Transitions and Biological Parents' Coparenting Quality in Early and Middle Childhood
This study examined how the entrances and exits of biological and social fathers into and out of children's households were associated with biological parents' coparenting quality. Piecewise growth curve models tested for variation in these associations between child ages 1 and 3, 3 and 5, and 5 and 9. Data came from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( n = 2,394). Results indicated that in all three age intervals, a biological father…
Formal and Empirical Research on Cascaded Inference in Jurisprudence
This paper reports observations from a series of formal and empirical studies of the process of assessing the probative value of evidence in the cascaded or hierarchical inference tasks commonly performed by fact finders in court trials. The formal research develops expressions that prescribe how the ingredients of various forms of evidence can be coherently combined in assessing the probative value of evidence. These expressions allow identifica…
Measuring Infants' Home Environment
Exploring the Link Between Caregiver Affect and Adolescent Sexual Behavior
In a sample of urban youth (N = 1,070), we examined the links between primary caregiver affect (i.e., warmth and hostility) and two measures of sexual behavior in adolescence - early sexual initiation and sex with multiple partners. We also examined the extent to which neighborhood disadvantage moderated associations between caregiver affect and adolescent sexual behavior. We found that caregiver hostility was positively associated with early sex…
Context Matters
Complexities of high profile interpreting
This paper examines the experience, perceptions and narratives of the interpreters who worked at the trial of the Madrid terrorist attacks of 11th March 2004. Using semi-structured interviews as an instrument, information was sought from the members of the interpreting team regarding their role and self-image, their relationship with other professionals during the trial, their management of emotions, pressure and possible conflict, as well as the…
The Mediated and Moderated Effects of Family Support on Child Maltreatment
Previous research has linked parents' social support to decreased child maltreatment, but questions remain surrounding the mechanisms explaining this association. Furthermore, it is unclear whether this association applies to support provided by family alone (and not friends), and whether it is moderated by the presence of neighborhood violence. Based on a sample of parents of children aged 3 to 15 years in Chicago, the authors find that parents'…
Approaches to Learning and Hispanic Children’s Math Scores
Accumulating evidence suggests that children’s approaches to learning (ATL) at kindergarten entry predict their academic achievement years later. However, the gains associated with ATL may be diminished for Hispanic immigrant children, many of whom are English language learners (ELLs). We tested whether ATL predicted math scores in a sample of first- and second-generation Hispanic immigrants drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—Kinde…
The Socioemotional Outcomes of Young Children of Teenage Mothers by Paternal Coresidence
To date, no study has examined the implications of biological fathers' coresidence for the socioemotional development of children of teenage mothers. Previous research suggests competing hypotheses. Men who father children with teenage women have low education and earnings and are disproportionately likely to be antisocial. However, teenage mothers are less distressed when fathers are more involved caregivers. The current study follows a multicit…
Childhood obesity and educational attainment. Evidence from prospective cohort studies
Study protocol of European Fans in Training (EuroFIT)
81935608 . Registered 16 June 2015
College Expectations for All? The Early Adult Outcomes of Low-Achieving Adolescents Who Expect to Earn a Bachelor's Degree
Critics of the college-for-all ethos argue that it encourages low-achieving adolescents to develop unrealistically high expectations. This argument posits that low-achievers waste time and money, and risk disappointment and self-recrimination, pursuing college when they are unlikely to complete it. The present study uses two national data sets—Add Health and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979—to test the proposition that expecting to …
Coresidential Father Transitions and Biological Parents' Coparenting Quality in Early and Middle Childhood
This study examined how the entrances and exits of biological and social fathers into and out of children's households were associated with biological parents' coparenting quality. Piecewise growth curve models tested for variation in these associations between child ages 1 and 3, 3 and 5, and 5 and 9. Data came from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( n = 2,394). Results indicated that in all three age intervals, a biological father…
Client attrition in the Nurse‐Family Partnership ®
The Nurse-Family Partnership ® (NFP) is an evidence-based home-visiting program for low-income, first-time mothers. NFP ® has demonstrated benefits for reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting, child development and families' economic self-sufficiency. It is now implemented widely in the US where, despite the use of home visits, which generally reduce barriers to program participation, only 35% of clients nationwide complete the 2.5-ye…
Longitudinal changes in moderate‐to‐vigorous‐intensity physical activity in children and adolescents
Moderate‐to‐vigorous‐intensity physical activity (MVPA) is important for childhood obesity prevention and treatment, yet declines with age. Timing and magnitude of the decline in MVPA in children and adolescents are unclear but important for informing effective obesity intervention development. This systematic review aimed to determine and compare the year‐to‐year changes in MVPA among children and adolescents. Longitudinal studies were identifie…
How can an agent-based model explore the impact of interventions on children's physical activity in an urban environment
Insufficient physical activity (PA) among most children and adolescents is a global problem that is undermining the realisation of numerous developmental and health benefits. The aim of this study was to explore the potential impact of interventions on PA by using an agent-based model (ABM) simulating children's daily activities in an urban environment. Three domains for interventions were explored: outdoor play, school physical education and act…
Ideology, positionality and war
The objective of this article is to explore issues of ideology in situations of interpreting in conflict zones. Research into interpreting in conflict zones is quite recent and has shed light on interesting aspects. Ideology is clearly present in war situations and may condition the interpreter’s role. This article seeks to identify examples of power relations and ideology by drawing on the narratives of five local interpreters who worked with Sp…
Parental Assessment of Benefits and of Dangers Determines Children’s Permission to Play Outdoors
During the early years, children's outdoor play is dependent on parental supervision. Parents' perceptions are likely to influence what the child is permitted to do. To better understand the involved mechanisms in parents' decision making in such contexts, an online photo-based questionnaire was administered. The tool investigates, in different situations, parents and their children's experience, parents' perceptions, and permission to play. A to…
Evaluating Outdoor Nature-Based Early Learning and Childcare Provision for Children Aged 3 Years
Systematic reviews have demonstrated the scarcity of well-designed evaluations investigating outdoor nature-based play and learning provision for children in the early learning and childcare (ELC) sector among global Western countries. This study will examine the feasibility and acceptability of the programme and the evaluation design of outdoor nature-based play and learning provision across urban ELC settings in a Scottish metropolitan city. Si…
Empowering Older People and Their Communities to Manage Their Own Care (Empowercare)
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Outdoor nature-based play in early learning and childcare centres
Nature-based play benefits children's health and development. However, the delivery of this in early learning and childcare centres (ELC) is extremely diverse, and implementation is not well understood. We applied a systems science perspective to understand the factors crucial to implementing nature-based outdoor play in ELC settings. Through Group Model Building workshops with 20 participants in managerial and practitioner roles, crucial factors…
Both sides of the screen
It’s Me(me), Revolution Elizabeth
One viral video emerging from the January 6th, 2021 attempted insurrection showed a White woman crying about being maced upon her unlawful entry into the U.S. Capitol. We used intersectional and critical discourse methods to analyze 127 Twitter replies to the video constructing the Revolution Elizabeth meme. Twitter users alluded to popular culture to garner shared understanding and used sarcasm to interrogate White women’s privileges, often in c…
Protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an environmental nutrition and physical activity intervention in nurseries (Nutrition and Physical Activity Self Assessment for Child C…
ISRCTN33134697, 31/10/2019
A qualitative study of parental strategies to enable pre-school children's outdoor and nature experiences during Covid-19 restrictions
Outdoor and nature experiences including play have been shown to be beneficial for children's physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. Parents/carers play an important role in encouraging or impeding their child's access to the outdoor environment and participation in outdoor play. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions on free movement and social interactions placed an unprecedented pressure on families to manage the dra…
Start Earlier, Stay Healthier? An Earlier Start to Public Preschool May Improve Detection of Health Problems
Psychology (24 works) · Medicine (16 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works)