Simon Cotterill
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 247888 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Simon Cotterill |
| NOMBRES | Simon |
| APELLIDO | Cotterill |
| FIRMA | COTTERILL S |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5136-390X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 152 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2007 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Exposure to behaviour change techniques and self-management tasks in a nationally-implemented digital intervention for type 2 diabetes self-management
This is the first analysis to quantify engagement with behaviour change techniques and self-management tasks in a 'real-world' digital type 2 diabetes self-management programme. Future work needs to identify how to encourage usage of key material in online interventions, for example, by allowing users greater flexibility to access content they wish to engage with
Enhancing community weight loss groups in a low socioeconomic status area
BACKGROUND: Obesity rates are higher among people of lower socioeconomic status. While numerous health behaviour interventions targeting obesity exist, they are more successful at engaging higher socioeconomic status populations, leaving those in less affluent circumstances with poorer outcomes. This highlights a need for more tailored interventions. The aim of this study was to enhance an existing weight loss course for adults living in low soci…
On the borderline of diabetes
Medical sociologists highlight diagnosis as a critical moment in understanding the illness experience and have extended analysis to the growing focus on ‘predisease states’ in relation to policy and medical practice. The biomedicalisation of diabetes risk, labelled as ‘prediabetes’, is one predisease area Public Health England have prioritised via the roll-out of a national diabetes prevention programme (NDPP). The label and language of prediabet…
Impact of a low-cost urban green space intervention on wellbeing behaviours in older adults
This study assessed the impact of low-cost physical changes to four urban amenity green spaces on older adults’ wellbeing behaviours (people taking notice of the environment, physical activity levels, social interactions), relative to eight matched comparison sites in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Systematic observations were conducted at baseline, six- and twelve months, with a nested qualitative study. There was no evidence that the inter…
How can better monitoring, reporting and evaluation standards advance behavioural public policy
Behavioural public policy interventions have been implemented across the world, targeting citizens, professionals, politicians and policymakers. This article examines poor quality reporting of interventions and methods in some behavioural public policy research. We undertake a review of existing reporting standards to assess their suitability for the behavioural public policy context. Our findings reveal that the adoption of standards can improve…
I Would Never Come Here Because I’ve Got My Own Garden”
Green spaces are known to improve health and wellbeing via several mechanisms, such as by reducing stress and facilitating physical activity. However, little is known about the impact of the smaller green spaces typically found in urban environments on wellbeing, especially for older adults. This study investigated experiences in adults (5 males and 10 females) aged 60 years and over of small urban green spaces in a large UK city. Fifteen older a…
Call me Fei
Unlike other groups of international students, Chinese speakers’ use of English names while studying in English is an established norm. Relatively little discussion of the practice has taken place within recent literature, and less attention still has been paid to the minority of Chinese-speaking students who do not adopt English names. The choice of name used during classroom interaction is, though, both significant and meaningful, symbolising t…
Evaluating the impact of improvements in urban green space on older adults’ physical activity and wellbeing
Retrospectively registered with study ID NCT03575923 . Date of registration: 3 July 2018
Tailoring lifestyle interventions to low socio-economic populations
Tailoring interventions for this population is necessary, and more attention is needed to develop ways to ensure service providers and users engage with behaviour change techniques such as goal setting, rather than focusing on information provision alone. Interventions should also be mindful of cost, cultural diversity, and language and literacy barriers, as well as potential for disengaging this hard to reach population
Social Dominance Theory
Question: What is the difference between capitalism and communism? Answer: Under capitalism you have the exploitation of man by man. Under communism it is just the reverse. Russian saying Despite impressive gains in the spread of quasi-democratic social practices and respect for human rights witnessed in the past hundred years (e.g., Pinker, 2011), intergroup discrimination, oppression, and violence continue to thrive within every modern social s…
Documenting Urban Indigeneity
If acknowledged at all, Japan's indigenous population the Ainu are usually represented as a rural, exotic group, bound to ancestral homes in Hokkaido and the Northern territories. Yet, large numbers of Ainu, perhaps even the majority of their population, now live in urban centres outside Hokkaido. The recent documentary TOKYO Ainu challenges traditional, detrimental representations of Ainu culture as solely rural and sedentary, and records the co…
Ainu Success
The first article, "Ainu Success: The Political and Cultural Achievements of Japan's Indigenous Minority," briefly discusses Ainu activism during the last two centuries but mainly focuses on the Ainu Cultural Promotion Law of 1997 as well as the Resolution of the Ainu as an Indigenous People of 2008. The article evaluates these two pieces of legislation positively. It also describes in detail, however, where they fall short. It describes a "broke…
The ascent of man
Dehumanization is a central concept in the study of intergroup relations. Yet although theoretical and methodological advances in subtle, "everyday" dehumanization have progressed rapidly, blatant dehumanization remains understudied. The present research attempts to refocus theoretical and empirical attention on blatant dehumanization, examining when and why it provides explanatory power beyond subtle dehumanization. To accomplish this, we introd…
Ideological Support for the Indian Caste System
This paper extends the social dominance perspective to the Indian context by examining the role of belief in Karma (sanchita) in the justification of the Indian caste system. Using social dominance theory (Sidanius & Pratto, 1999) and the dual process model (Duckitt, 2001) as guiding theoretical frameworks, we tested four related hypotheses within a sample of 385 Indian university students. In particular we expected that social dominance orientat…
Responsible Citizens and Accountable Service Providers? Renegotiating the Contract between Citizen and State
New forms of governance, conditional approaches to public service access, and initiatives to engage citizens in taking on new responsibilities are being developed in the context of the scaling down of the welfare state. We examine the extent to which collaboration and multidirectional accountability can be developed between the state and citizens, with a focus on a case study of Community Contracts in England. These quasi-legal agreements, operat…
The Impact of a Pledge Request and the Promise of Publicity
Objective This study investigates whether asking people to make a pledge causes them to donate to a charitable cause and whether the promise of public recognition increases the effectiveness of the request. Method A randomized controlled trial in Manchester, United Kingdom, where households were sent letters asking them to donate a book for school libraries in South Africa. Results People who are asked to make a pledge and offered local public re…
Does mobilisation increase family engagement with an early childhood intervention programme? A randomised controlled trial
In this article we compare the effect of two methods of mobilisation – doorstep canvassing and postal appeals – on family attendance at early childhood Sure Start centres in England with a sample of 3,444 families. Families who were not already using Sure Start services were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a visit from an outreach worker providing information and encouragement; receipt of a leaflet about Sure Start; and a control gr…
Expanding the Use of Experiments on Civic Behavior
Despite the acknowledged benefits of experimental methods and growing policy and academic interest in evidence-based policy, few researchers have attempted to undertake experiments at a local level in cooperation with policymakers and public service providers. This paper discusses the challenges of implementing and delivering experiments in these contexts, drawing on four successfully completed experiments and two current experiments and referrin…
Transformational Government? The role of information technology in delivering citizen-centric local public services
Following on from five years of 'electronic government', the Labour Government has recently announced a new five year plan for 'transformational government'. Like its predecessor, t-government emphasises the important role of information technology in enabling the delivery of modernised public services. Modernisation is defined as an increasing emphasis on citizen choice, personalisation of services and understanding and responding to service use…
The ascent of man
Dehumanization is a central concept in the study of intergroup relations. Yet although theoretical and methodological advances in subtle, "everyday" dehumanization have progressed rapidly, blatant dehumanization remains understudied. The present research attempts to refocus theoretical and empirical attention on blatant dehumanization, examining when and why it provides explanatory power beyond subtle dehumanization. To accomplish this, we introd…
Transformational Government? The role of information technology in delivering citizen-centric local public services
Following on from five years of 'electronic government', the Labour Government has recently announced a new five year plan for 'transformational government'. Like its predecessor, t-government emphasises the important role of information technology in enabling the delivery of modernised public services. Modernisation is defined as an increasing emphasis on citizen choice, personalisation of services and understanding and responding to service use…
Ideological Support for the Indian Caste System
This paper extends the social dominance perspective to the Indian context by examining the role of belief in Karma (sanchita) in the justification of the Indian caste system. Using social dominance theory (Sidanius & Pratto, 1999) and the dual process model (Duckitt, 2001) as guiding theoretical frameworks, we tested four related hypotheses within a sample of 385 Indian university students. In particular we expected that social dominance orientat…
Call me Fei
Unlike other groups of international students, Chinese speakers’ use of English names while studying in English is an established norm. Relatively little discussion of the practice has taken place within recent literature, and less attention still has been paid to the minority of Chinese-speaking students who do not adopt English names. The choice of name used during classroom interaction is, though, both significant and meaningful, symbolising t…
Responsible Citizens and Accountable Service Providers? Renegotiating the Contract between Citizen and State
New forms of governance, conditional approaches to public service access, and initiatives to engage citizens in taking on new responsibilities are being developed in the context of the scaling down of the welfare state. We examine the extent to which collaboration and multidirectional accountability can be developed between the state and citizens, with a focus on a case study of Community Contracts in England. These quasi-legal agreements, operat…
The Impact of a Pledge Request and the Promise of Publicity
Objective This study investigates whether asking people to make a pledge causes them to donate to a charitable cause and whether the promise of public recognition increases the effectiveness of the request. Method A randomized controlled trial in Manchester, United Kingdom, where households were sent letters asking them to donate a book for school libraries in South Africa. Results People who are asked to make a pledge and offered local public re…
How can better monitoring, reporting and evaluation standards advance behavioural public policy
Behavioural public policy interventions have been implemented across the world, targeting citizens, professionals, politicians and policymakers. This article examines poor quality reporting of interventions and methods in some behavioural public policy research. We undertake a review of existing reporting standards to assess their suitability for the behavioural public policy context. Our findings reveal that the adoption of standards can improve…
Documenting Urban Indigeneity
If acknowledged at all, Japan's indigenous population the Ainu are usually represented as a rural, exotic group, bound to ancestral homes in Hokkaido and the Northern territories. Yet, large numbers of Ainu, perhaps even the majority of their population, now live in urban centres outside Hokkaido. The recent documentary TOKYO Ainu challenges traditional, detrimental representations of Ainu culture as solely rural and sedentary, and records the co…
Expanding the Use of Experiments on Civic Behavior
Despite the acknowledged benefits of experimental methods and growing policy and academic interest in evidence-based policy, few researchers have attempted to undertake experiments at a local level in cooperation with policymakers and public service providers. This paper discusses the challenges of implementing and delivering experiments in these contexts, drawing on four successfully completed experiments and two current experiments and referrin…
Transformational Government? The role of information technology in delivering citizen-centric local public services
Following on from five years of 'electronic government', the Labour Government has recently announced a new five year plan for 'transformational government'. Like its predecessor, t-government emphasises the important role of information technology in enabling the delivery of modernised public services. Modernisation is defined as an increasing emphasis on citizen choice, personalisation of services and understanding and responding to service use…
Expanding the Use of Experiments on Civic Behavior
Despite the acknowledged benefits of experimental methods and growing policy and academic interest in evidence-based policy, few researchers have attempted to undertake experiments at a local level in cooperation with policymakers and public service providers. This paper discusses the challenges of implementing and delivering experiments in these contexts, drawing on four successfully completed experiments and two current experiments and referrin…
The Impact of a Pledge Request and the Promise of Publicity
Objective This study investigates whether asking people to make a pledge causes them to donate to a charitable cause and whether the promise of public recognition increases the effectiveness of the request. Method A randomized controlled trial in Manchester, United Kingdom, where households were sent letters asking them to donate a book for school libraries in South Africa. Results People who are asked to make a pledge and offered local public re…
Does mobilisation increase family engagement with an early childhood intervention programme? A randomised controlled trial
In this article we compare the effect of two methods of mobilisation – doorstep canvassing and postal appeals – on family attendance at early childhood Sure Start centres in England with a sample of 3,444 families. Families who were not already using Sure Start services were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a visit from an outreach worker providing information and encouragement; receipt of a leaflet about Sure Start; and a control gr…
Ideological Support for the Indian Caste System
This paper extends the social dominance perspective to the Indian context by examining the role of belief in Karma (sanchita) in the justification of the Indian caste system. Using social dominance theory (Sidanius & Pratto, 1999) and the dual process model (Duckitt, 2001) as guiding theoretical frameworks, we tested four related hypotheses within a sample of 385 Indian university students. In particular we expected that social dominance orientat…
Responsible Citizens and Accountable Service Providers? Renegotiating the Contract between Citizen and State
New forms of governance, conditional approaches to public service access, and initiatives to engage citizens in taking on new responsibilities are being developed in the context of the scaling down of the welfare state. We examine the extent to which collaboration and multidirectional accountability can be developed between the state and citizens, with a focus on a case study of Community Contracts in England. These quasi-legal agreements, operat…
The ascent of man
Dehumanization is a central concept in the study of intergroup relations. Yet although theoretical and methodological advances in subtle, "everyday" dehumanization have progressed rapidly, blatant dehumanization remains understudied. The present research attempts to refocus theoretical and empirical attention on blatant dehumanization, examining when and why it provides explanatory power beyond subtle dehumanization. To accomplish this, we introd…
Social Dominance Theory
Question: What is the difference between capitalism and communism? Answer: Under capitalism you have the exploitation of man by man. Under communism it is just the reverse. Russian saying Despite impressive gains in the spread of quasi-democratic social practices and respect for human rights witnessed in the past hundred years (e.g., Pinker, 2011), intergroup discrimination, oppression, and violence continue to thrive within every modern social s…
Documenting Urban Indigeneity
If acknowledged at all, Japan's indigenous population the Ainu are usually represented as a rural, exotic group, bound to ancestral homes in Hokkaido and the Northern territories. Yet, large numbers of Ainu, perhaps even the majority of their population, now live in urban centres outside Hokkaido. The recent documentary TOKYO Ainu challenges traditional, detrimental representations of Ainu culture as solely rural and sedentary, and records the co…
Ainu Success
The first article, "Ainu Success: The Political and Cultural Achievements of Japan's Indigenous Minority," briefly discusses Ainu activism during the last two centuries but mainly focuses on the Ainu Cultural Promotion Law of 1997 as well as the Resolution of the Ainu as an Indigenous People of 2008. The article evaluates these two pieces of legislation positively. It also describes in detail, however, where they fall short. It describes a "broke…
Evaluating the impact of improvements in urban green space on older adults’ physical activity and wellbeing
Retrospectively registered with study ID NCT03575923 . Date of registration: 3 July 2018
Tailoring lifestyle interventions to low socio-economic populations
Tailoring interventions for this population is necessary, and more attention is needed to develop ways to ensure service providers and users engage with behaviour change techniques such as goal setting, rather than focusing on information provision alone. Interventions should also be mindful of cost, cultural diversity, and language and literacy barriers, as well as potential for disengaging this hard to reach population
I Would Never Come Here Because I’ve Got My Own Garden”
Green spaces are known to improve health and wellbeing via several mechanisms, such as by reducing stress and facilitating physical activity. However, little is known about the impact of the smaller green spaces typically found in urban environments on wellbeing, especially for older adults. This study investigated experiences in adults (5 males and 10 females) aged 60 years and over of small urban green spaces in a large UK city. Fifteen older a…
Call me Fei
Unlike other groups of international students, Chinese speakers’ use of English names while studying in English is an established norm. Relatively little discussion of the practice has taken place within recent literature, and less attention still has been paid to the minority of Chinese-speaking students who do not adopt English names. The choice of name used during classroom interaction is, though, both significant and meaningful, symbolising t…
On the borderline of diabetes
Medical sociologists highlight diagnosis as a critical moment in understanding the illness experience and have extended analysis to the growing focus on ‘predisease states’ in relation to policy and medical practice. The biomedicalisation of diabetes risk, labelled as ‘prediabetes’, is one predisease area Public Health England have prioritised via the roll-out of a national diabetes prevention programme (NDPP). The label and language of prediabet…
Impact of a low-cost urban green space intervention on wellbeing behaviours in older adults
This study assessed the impact of low-cost physical changes to four urban amenity green spaces on older adults’ wellbeing behaviours (people taking notice of the environment, physical activity levels, social interactions), relative to eight matched comparison sites in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Systematic observations were conducted at baseline, six- and twelve months, with a nested qualitative study. There was no evidence that the inter…
How can better monitoring, reporting and evaluation standards advance behavioural public policy
Behavioural public policy interventions have been implemented across the world, targeting citizens, professionals, politicians and policymakers. This article examines poor quality reporting of interventions and methods in some behavioural public policy research. We undertake a review of existing reporting standards to assess their suitability for the behavioural public policy context. Our findings reveal that the adoption of standards can improve…
Enhancing community weight loss groups in a low socioeconomic status area
BACKGROUND: Obesity rates are higher among people of lower socioeconomic status. While numerous health behaviour interventions targeting obesity exist, they are more successful at engaging higher socioeconomic status populations, leaving those in less affluent circumstances with poorer outcomes. This highlights a need for more tailored interventions. The aim of this study was to enhance an existing weight loss course for adults living in low soci…
Exposure to behaviour change techniques and self-management tasks in a nationally-implemented digital intervention for type 2 diabetes self-management
This is the first analysis to quantify engagement with behaviour change techniques and self-management tasks in a 'real-world' digital type 2 diabetes self-management programme. Future work needs to identify how to encourage usage of key material in online interventions, for example, by allowing users greater flexibility to access content they wish to engage with
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