Sharon Anne Simpson
Biographic Data
| ID | 177755 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon Anne Simpson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon Anne |
| FAMILY NAME | Simpson |
| SIGNATURE | SIMPSON S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6219-1768 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fundamental causation and candidacy: Harnessing explanatory frames to better understand how structural determinants of health inequalities shape disengagement from primary healthcare
This paper aims to better understand how structural determinants of health inequalities shape disengagement from healthcare for vulnerable groups across a range of social conditions. Using a sub-sample (N = 20) from a qualitative interview UK study of those missing from primary-care, it illuminates how structural drivers of health inequalities operate at organisational and practice levels to weaken engagement with primary-care. Finding ways of be…
Cross-sectional social network study of adolescent peer group variation in substance use and mental wellbeing: The importance of the meso level
Adolescent health-related behaviours and outcomes are shaped by their peers through various social processes. Research using network data on friendship ties has uncovered evidence for processes such as peer influence and imitation. Much less is known about how the structure of small groups within a network, network communities that represents its meso level, affect individuals. The structure and composition of peer groups could play an important …
Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people's walking: Analysis of an UK household panel study (Understanding Society)
Past engagement in physical activity and walking for pleasure are strong predictors of walking behaviour in older people, underscoring the importance of implementing and sustaining walking interventions across the lifespan to ensure continued engagement in later years and the associated health benefits. However, poor health significantly impedes walking in this demographic, emphasising the need for interventions that offer both physical assistanc…
Evaluating Mental Health and Wellbeing of Postgraduate Researchers: Prevalence and Contributing Factors
High rates of mental ill-health in postgraduate researchers (PGRs) represent a significant barrier to life satisfaction and academic success. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about the extent and origins of mental health problems of PGRs in the UK. The current study addresses this gap by investigating the prevalence and provenance of anxiety, depression, sleep problems, subjective mental wellbeing, and suicide behaviours of PGRs in the UK.…
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 peer-led, school-based social network intervention for young people in the UK, promoting sexual health via social media and conversations with friends: Intervention development and optimisation of S…
ISRCTN97369178
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…
Mental health and loneliness in Scottish schools: A multilevel analysis of data from the health behaviour in school‐aged children study
BACKGROUND: Adolescent loneliness and poor mental health represent dual public health concerns. Yet, associations between loneliness and mental health, and critically, how these associations vary in school settings are less understood. AIMS: Framed by social-ecological theory, we aimed to identify key predictors of adolescent mental health and examine school-level variation in the relationship between loneliness and mental health. SAMPLE: Cross-s…
Loneliness and personal well‐being in young people: Moderating effects of individual, interpersonal, and community factors
INTRODUCTION: Loneliness is prevalent among young people. But, there is little work exploring the association between loneliness with well-being among this age group. Framed by social-ecological theory, we examined demographic, interpersonal, and community factors associated with personal wellbeing and, critically, identified malleable moderators of the relationship between loneliness and well-being that could be targeted in intervention efforts.…
A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: Update of Medical Research Council guidance
The UK Medical Research Council’s widely used guidance for developing and evaluating complex interventions has been replaced by a new framework, commissioned jointly by the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research, which takes account of recent developments in theory and methods and the need to maximise the efficiency, use, and impact of research.
Recruiting residents from disadvantaged neighbourhoods for community‐based health promotion and disease prevention services in Denmark—How, why and under what circumstances does an active door‐to‐door…
Residents living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods have higher mortality and morbidity and participate less in health services than people living in more prosperous areas. Studies on how and why different approaches work for recruiting residents from disadvantaged neighbourhoods to health services are needed. Conducting face-to-face meetings with obliging health professionals (HPs) as part of an active recruitment strategy increases interest in ser…
Practitioner review: Co‐design of digital mental health technologies with children and young people
BACKGROUND: There is increasing interest in digital technologies to help improve children and young people's mental health, and the evidence for the effectiveness for these approaches is rising. However, there is concern regarding levels of user engagement, uptake and adherence. Key guidance regarding digital health interventions stress the importance of early user input in the development, evaluation and implementation of technologies to help en…
Exploratory studies to inform full-scale evaluations of complex public health interventions: The need for guidance
Editorial published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health available open access at http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-210414
Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy. The Help trial
Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (Help): A protocol for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention in pregnancy
Current Controlled Trials: ISRCTN25260464 Date of registration: 16th April 2010
Cross-sectional social network study of adolescent peer group variation in substance use and mental wellbeing: The importance of the meso level
Adolescent health-related behaviours and outcomes are shaped by their peers through various social processes. Research using network data on friendship ties has uncovered evidence for processes such as peer influence and imitation. Much less is known about how the structure of small groups within a network, network communities that represents its meso level, affect individuals. The structure and composition of peer groups could play an important …
Exploratory studies to inform full-scale evaluations of complex public health interventions: The need for guidance
Editorial published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health available open access at http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-210414
Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people's walking: Analysis of an UK household panel study (Understanding Society)
Past engagement in physical activity and walking for pleasure are strong predictors of walking behaviour in older people, underscoring the importance of implementing and sustaining walking interventions across the lifespan to ensure continued engagement in later years and the associated health benefits. However, poor health significantly impedes walking in this demographic, emphasising the need for interventions that offer both physical assistanc…
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…
Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (Help): A protocol for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention in pregnancy
Current Controlled Trials: ISRCTN25260464 Date of registration: 16th April 2010
Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy. The Help trial
Exploratory studies to inform full-scale evaluations of complex public health interventions: The need for guidance
Editorial published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health available open access at http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-210414
Practitioner review: Co‐design of digital mental health technologies with children and young people
BACKGROUND: There is increasing interest in digital technologies to help improve children and young people's mental health, and the evidence for the effectiveness for these approaches is rising. However, there is concern regarding levels of user engagement, uptake and adherence. Key guidance regarding digital health interventions stress the importance of early user input in the development, evaluation and implementation of technologies to help en…
A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: Update of Medical Research Council guidance
The UK Medical Research Council’s widely used guidance for developing and evaluating complex interventions has been replaced by a new framework, commissioned jointly by the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research, which takes account of recent developments in theory and methods and the need to maximise the efficiency, use, and impact of research.
Recruiting residents from disadvantaged neighbourhoods for community‐based health promotion and disease prevention services in Denmark—How, why and under what circumstances does an active door‐to‐door…
Residents living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods have higher mortality and morbidity and participate less in health services than people living in more prosperous areas. Studies on how and why different approaches work for recruiting residents from disadvantaged neighbourhoods to health services are needed. Conducting face-to-face meetings with obliging health professionals (HPs) as part of an active recruitment strategy increases interest in ser…
Loneliness and personal well‐being in young people: Moderating effects of individual, interpersonal, and community factors
INTRODUCTION: Loneliness is prevalent among young people. But, there is little work exploring the association between loneliness with well-being among this age group. Framed by social-ecological theory, we examined demographic, interpersonal, and community factors associated with personal wellbeing and, critically, identified malleable moderators of the relationship between loneliness and well-being that could be targeted in intervention efforts.…
Evaluating Mental Health and Wellbeing of Postgraduate Researchers: Prevalence and Contributing Factors
High rates of mental ill-health in postgraduate researchers (PGRs) represent a significant barrier to life satisfaction and academic success. Nevertheless, there is little knowledge about the extent and origins of mental health problems of PGRs in the UK. The current study addresses this gap by investigating the prevalence and provenance of anxiety, depression, sleep problems, subjective mental wellbeing, and suicide behaviours of PGRs in the UK.…
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 peer-led, school-based social network intervention for young people in the UK, promoting sexual health via social media and conversations with friends: Intervention development and optimisation of S…
ISRCTN97369178
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…
Mental health and loneliness in Scottish schools: A multilevel analysis of data from the health behaviour in school‐aged children study
BACKGROUND: Adolescent loneliness and poor mental health represent dual public health concerns. Yet, associations between loneliness and mental health, and critically, how these associations vary in school settings are less understood. AIMS: Framed by social-ecological theory, we aimed to identify key predictors of adolescent mental health and examine school-level variation in the relationship between loneliness and mental health. SAMPLE: Cross-s…
Cross-sectional social network study of adolescent peer group variation in substance use and mental wellbeing: The importance of the meso level
Adolescent health-related behaviours and outcomes are shaped by their peers through various social processes. Research using network data on friendship ties has uncovered evidence for processes such as peer influence and imitation. Much less is known about how the structure of small groups within a network, network communities that represents its meso level, affect individuals. The structure and composition of peer groups could play an important …
Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people's walking: Analysis of an UK household panel study (Understanding Society)
Past engagement in physical activity and walking for pleasure are strong predictors of walking behaviour in older people, underscoring the importance of implementing and sustaining walking interventions across the lifespan to ensure continued engagement in later years and the associated health benefits. However, poor health significantly impedes walking in this demographic, emphasising the need for interventions that offer both physical assistanc…
Fundamental causation and candidacy: Harnessing explanatory frames to better understand how structural determinants of health inequalities shape disengagement from primary healthcare
This paper aims to better understand how structural determinants of health inequalities shape disengagement from healthcare for vulnerable groups across a range of social conditions. Using a sub-sample (N = 20) from a qualitative interview UK study of those missing from primary-care, it illuminates how structural drivers of health inequalities operate at organisational and practice levels to weaken engagement with primary-care. Finding ways of be…
Medicine (12 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Psychological intervention (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Public health (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works)