Katrina Wyatt
Biographic Data
| ID | 328332 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katrina Wyatt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katrina |
| FAMILY NAME | Wyatt |
| SIGNATURE | WYATT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7099-159X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Family‐Led Decision‐Making Meetings as an Alternative to Initial Child Protection Conferences
Safeguarding Family Group Conferencing (FGC) is a family‐led decision‐making process offered to some families in England as an alternative to an Initial Child Protection Conference when Children's Services have safeguarding concerns. A realist evaluation was conducted within three local authorities piloting this approach to build understanding around how Safeguarding FGC works in relation to desired outcomes. Qualitative data including semi‐struc…
Applying a realist evaluation to an intervention in children’s social care
Children’s social care researchers are increasingly drawing on realist evaluation to understand the complexity within their field by identifying underlying contexts and mechanisms that lead to outcomes of interest. However, there are few published worked examples of realist evaluations of interventions in children’s social care. This makes it challenging to understand how to put this approach to best use in practice. To address this gap, we share…
Contextual factors influencing the implementation of an innovation in child protection services in England
New ways of working in children’s social care have the potential to improve outcomes for children and families but we know little about how best to implement such innovations, particularly in complex contexts such as child protection. We present the findings of a qualitative study exploring social care professionals’ perceptions of the contextual factors influencing the introduction of Safeguarding Family Group Conferences (SFGCs) in England. Our…
How do community assets support health in a rural community? An ethnographic case study
Community assets (including voluntary, community, social enterprise and grassroots initiatives) have the potential to help address health inequalities. There is a growing understanding of the importance of putting communities at the heart of public health to improve population health. Understanding the mechanisms by which grassroots activities support health and wellbeing is important for making commissioning decisions, for community confidence a…
Supporting patients experiencing poverty-related mental distress
High numbers of patients in England seek help with poverty-related mental distress • DeStress-II training helps health providers give non-pharmaceutical based support • Patients respond positively when consultations exhibit empathy and listening skills • DeStress-II improved patient engagement, team coordination and patient referral • DeStress-II offers a scalable online resource for primary healthcare practitioners
Exploring the rise and diversity of health and societal issues that use a public health approach
There is an increase in calls across diverse issues for a “public health approach” however, it is not clear whether there is any shared understanding in approach in its conceptualisation or implementation. Our aims were to (1) identify and categorise the issues which discuss a public health approach within published literature since 2010, (2) chart the descriptions and applications of public health approaches across and within four purposively sa…
Process and practice in New Zealand Enviroschool implementation
Interest in integrating sustainability and health education in schools is growing. • New Zealand's Enviroschools is a socioecological approach to this integration. • This qualitative interview study explores Enviroschools implementation practices and processes via thematic analysis. • Developing meaningful relationships with people and places is key to Enviroschools. • Enviroschools implementation is an experiential, cognitive and affective journ…
Public health palliative care interventions that enable communities to support people who are dying and their carers
Background: Public health palliative care views communities as an integral part of care delivery at the end of life. This community-provider partnership approach has the potential to improve end-of-life care for people who are dying and their carers. Objective: To identify and appraise the current literature related to public health interventions that enable communities to support people who are dying and their carers. Methods: A scoping review w…
Poverty, choice and dying in the UK
People living on a low income are less likely to access palliative care in the UK; however, beyond the statistics, little is known about the impact of poverty on attitudes towards death and experiences of dying and bereavement. Covid-19 has disproportionally affected poorer communities and foregrounded issues of social and health inequalities including experiences of loss and grief. Whilst this might suggest an opportune moment for embracing incl…
Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death
Do the Determinants of Mental Wellbeing Vary by Housing Tenure Status? Secondary Analysis of a 2017 Cross-Sectional Residents Survey in Cornwall, South West England
Housing is a social determinant of health, comprising multiple interrelated attributes; the current study was developed to examine whether differences in mental wellbeing across housing tenure types might relate to individual, living, or neighbourhood circumstances. To achieve this aim, an exploratory cross-sectional analysis was conducted using secondary data from a county-wide resident survey undertaken by Cornwall Council in 2017. The survey i…
An engaged approach to exploring issues around poverty and mental health
BACKGROUND: Involving patients, service users, carers and members of the public in research has been part of health policy and practice in the UK for the last 15 years. However, low-income communities tend to remain marginalized from the co-design and delivery of mental health research, perpetuating the potential for health inequalities. Greater understanding is therefore needed on how to meaningfully engage low-income communities in mental healt…
Social cohesion, mental wellbeing and health-related quality of life among a cohort of social housing residents in Cornwall
Among a relatively homogeneous cohort, the reported level of social cohesion was only found to be significantly associated with higher mental wellbeing, not physical or mental health-related quality of life. The efforts made by social housing providers to offer social opportunities to all their residents regardless of individual physical or mental health state may support the development of a certain degree of social cohesion. Sense of control or…
What is the evidence base for integrating health and environmental approaches in the school context to nurture healthier and more environmentally aware young people? A systematic scoping review of glo…
The violence of narrative
Narratives of self-responsibility are pervasive in neoliberally oriented contexts, and have been found to engender feelings of shame and failure amongst those affected by poverty. Here, we use findings from research in two low-income communities in south-west England to examine how these narratives become embodied within people's daily lives when they intersect with systems of welfare support and the current political drive to upscale treatment f…
The impact of the Work Capability Assessment on mental health
This paper examines the impact of increased welfare conditionality on people with mental health issues claiming benefits in the UK. Drawing on data from the DeStress study, this paper explores the lived experience of welfare claimants in low-income communities, and the perspectives of GPs seeking to support them. Particular focus is placed on people’s experience of the Work Capability Assessment, the tool used to determine welfare claimants’ enti…
Trial baseline characteristics of a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-located obesity prevention programme; the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) trial
ISRCTN15811706 (1/05/2012)
Values associated with public involvement in health and social care research
The Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) — An Overview of and Recommendations Arising from the Conceptualisation and Development of an Innovative Approach to Promoting Healthy Lifestyles for Children a…
Despite the rise in childhood obesity, there remains a paucity of evidence for effective interventions that engage children and parents sufficiently to make and sustain lifestyle behaviour change. The Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) is a school-located obesity prevention programme, which has been developed with teachers, families and healthcare professionals. The underpinning assumption in the development of HeLP was to take a relational appr…
Qualitative findings from an exploratory trial of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) and their implications for the process evaluation in the definitive trial
The process evaluation of the exploratory trial has not only provided evidence of the feasibility and acceptability of the Programme, it has also allowed an understanding of how HeLP engages schools, children and their families. These findings have informed the process evaluation for the definitive trial
Connecting communities and complexity
The standard, deficit-based, approach to health promotion tends to focus on health problems, designing services which are meant to solve these problems, of which members of communities are made the passive recipients. An alternative approach recognises that health problems are complex, having many causal pathways and as a result will require locally tailored interventions, involving multiple service providers working with local communities. Using…
Consulting parents about the design of a randomized controlled trial of osteopathy for children with cerebral palsy
BACKGROUND: Although the UK Department of Health has advocated the involvement of service users and carers in health research for several years, there is little evidence about their contribution to the design of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate how consulting parents about the design of a study, including which outcomes to use, led to the design and successful delivery of a RCT of osteopathy for children with cerebra…
New communities, new relations
The violence of narrative
Narratives of self-responsibility are pervasive in neoliberally oriented contexts, and have been found to engender feelings of shame and failure amongst those affected by poverty. Here, we use findings from research in two low-income communities in south-west England to examine how these narratives become embodied within people's daily lives when they intersect with systems of welfare support and the current political drive to upscale treatment f…
New communities, new relations
The impact of the Work Capability Assessment on mental health
This paper examines the impact of increased welfare conditionality on people with mental health issues claiming benefits in the UK. Drawing on data from the DeStress study, this paper explores the lived experience of welfare claimants in low-income communities, and the perspectives of GPs seeking to support them. Particular focus is placed on people’s experience of the Work Capability Assessment, the tool used to determine welfare claimants’ enti…
Applying a realist evaluation to an intervention in children’s social care
Children’s social care researchers are increasingly drawing on realist evaluation to understand the complexity within their field by identifying underlying contexts and mechanisms that lead to outcomes of interest. However, there are few published worked examples of realist evaluations of interventions in children’s social care. This makes it challenging to understand how to put this approach to best use in practice. To address this gap, we share…
What is the evidence base for integrating health and environmental approaches in the school context to nurture healthier and more environmentally aware young people? A systematic scoping review of glo…
New communities, new relations
Consulting parents about the design of a randomized controlled trial of osteopathy for children with cerebral palsy
BACKGROUND: Although the UK Department of Health has advocated the involvement of service users and carers in health research for several years, there is little evidence about their contribution to the design of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate how consulting parents about the design of a study, including which outcomes to use, led to the design and successful delivery of a RCT of osteopathy for children with cerebra…
Connecting communities and complexity
The standard, deficit-based, approach to health promotion tends to focus on health problems, designing services which are meant to solve these problems, of which members of communities are made the passive recipients. An alternative approach recognises that health problems are complex, having many causal pathways and as a result will require locally tailored interventions, involving multiple service providers working with local communities. Using…
Qualitative findings from an exploratory trial of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) and their implications for the process evaluation in the definitive trial
The process evaluation of the exploratory trial has not only provided evidence of the feasibility and acceptability of the Programme, it has also allowed an understanding of how HeLP engages schools, children and their families. These findings have informed the process evaluation for the definitive trial
Values associated with public involvement in health and social care research
The Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) — An Overview of and Recommendations Arising from the Conceptualisation and Development of an Innovative Approach to Promoting Healthy Lifestyles for Children a…
Despite the rise in childhood obesity, there remains a paucity of evidence for effective interventions that engage children and parents sufficiently to make and sustain lifestyle behaviour change. The Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) is a school-located obesity prevention programme, which has been developed with teachers, families and healthcare professionals. The underpinning assumption in the development of HeLP was to take a relational appr…
Trial baseline characteristics of a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-located obesity prevention programme; the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) trial
ISRCTN15811706 (1/05/2012)
The impact of the Work Capability Assessment on mental health
This paper examines the impact of increased welfare conditionality on people with mental health issues claiming benefits in the UK. Drawing on data from the DeStress study, this paper explores the lived experience of welfare claimants in low-income communities, and the perspectives of GPs seeking to support them. Particular focus is placed on people’s experience of the Work Capability Assessment, the tool used to determine welfare claimants’ enti…
Social cohesion, mental wellbeing and health-related quality of life among a cohort of social housing residents in Cornwall
Among a relatively homogeneous cohort, the reported level of social cohesion was only found to be significantly associated with higher mental wellbeing, not physical or mental health-related quality of life. The efforts made by social housing providers to offer social opportunities to all their residents regardless of individual physical or mental health state may support the development of a certain degree of social cohesion. Sense of control or…
What is the evidence base for integrating health and environmental approaches in the school context to nurture healthier and more environmentally aware young people? A systematic scoping review of glo…
The violence of narrative
Narratives of self-responsibility are pervasive in neoliberally oriented contexts, and have been found to engender feelings of shame and failure amongst those affected by poverty. Here, we use findings from research in two low-income communities in south-west England to examine how these narratives become embodied within people's daily lives when they intersect with systems of welfare support and the current political drive to upscale treatment f…
An engaged approach to exploring issues around poverty and mental health
BACKGROUND: Involving patients, service users, carers and members of the public in research has been part of health policy and practice in the UK for the last 15 years. However, low-income communities tend to remain marginalized from the co-design and delivery of mental health research, perpetuating the potential for health inequalities. Greater understanding is therefore needed on how to meaningfully engage low-income communities in mental healt…
Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death
Do the Determinants of Mental Wellbeing Vary by Housing Tenure Status? Secondary Analysis of a 2017 Cross-Sectional Residents Survey in Cornwall, South West England
Housing is a social determinant of health, comprising multiple interrelated attributes; the current study was developed to examine whether differences in mental wellbeing across housing tenure types might relate to individual, living, or neighbourhood circumstances. To achieve this aim, an exploratory cross-sectional analysis was conducted using secondary data from a county-wide resident survey undertaken by Cornwall Council in 2017. The survey i…
Public health palliative care interventions that enable communities to support people who are dying and their carers
Background: Public health palliative care views communities as an integral part of care delivery at the end of life. This community-provider partnership approach has the potential to improve end-of-life care for people who are dying and their carers. Objective: To identify and appraise the current literature related to public health interventions that enable communities to support people who are dying and their carers. Methods: A scoping review w…
Poverty, choice and dying in the UK
People living on a low income are less likely to access palliative care in the UK; however, beyond the statistics, little is known about the impact of poverty on attitudes towards death and experiences of dying and bereavement. Covid-19 has disproportionally affected poorer communities and foregrounded issues of social and health inequalities including experiences of loss and grief. Whilst this might suggest an opportune moment for embracing incl…
Supporting patients experiencing poverty-related mental distress
High numbers of patients in England seek help with poverty-related mental distress • DeStress-II training helps health providers give non-pharmaceutical based support • Patients respond positively when consultations exhibit empathy and listening skills • DeStress-II improved patient engagement, team coordination and patient referral • DeStress-II offers a scalable online resource for primary healthcare practitioners
Exploring the rise and diversity of health and societal issues that use a public health approach
There is an increase in calls across diverse issues for a “public health approach” however, it is not clear whether there is any shared understanding in approach in its conceptualisation or implementation. Our aims were to (1) identify and categorise the issues which discuss a public health approach within published literature since 2010, (2) chart the descriptions and applications of public health approaches across and within four purposively sa…
Process and practice in New Zealand Enviroschool implementation
Interest in integrating sustainability and health education in schools is growing. • New Zealand's Enviroschools is a socioecological approach to this integration. • This qualitative interview study explores Enviroschools implementation practices and processes via thematic analysis. • Developing meaningful relationships with people and places is key to Enviroschools. • Enviroschools implementation is an experiential, cognitive and affective journ…
Applying a realist evaluation to an intervention in children’s social care
Children’s social care researchers are increasingly drawing on realist evaluation to understand the complexity within their field by identifying underlying contexts and mechanisms that lead to outcomes of interest. However, there are few published worked examples of realist evaluations of interventions in children’s social care. This makes it challenging to understand how to put this approach to best use in practice. To address this gap, we share…
Contextual factors influencing the implementation of an innovation in child protection services in England
New ways of working in children’s social care have the potential to improve outcomes for children and families but we know little about how best to implement such innovations, particularly in complex contexts such as child protection. We present the findings of a qualitative study exploring social care professionals’ perceptions of the contextual factors influencing the introduction of Safeguarding Family Group Conferences (SFGCs) in England. Our…
How do community assets support health in a rural community? An ethnographic case study
Community assets (including voluntary, community, social enterprise and grassroots initiatives) have the potential to help address health inequalities. There is a growing understanding of the importance of putting communities at the heart of public health to improve population health. Understanding the mechanisms by which grassroots activities support health and wellbeing is important for making commissioning decisions, for community confidence a…
Family‐Led Decision‐Making Meetings as an Alternative to Initial Child Protection Conferences
Safeguarding Family Group Conferencing (FGC) is a family‐led decision‐making process offered to some families in England as an alternative to an Initial Child Protection Conference when Children's Services have safeguarding concerns. A realist evaluation was conducted within three local authorities piloting this approach to build understanding around how Safeguarding FGC works in relation to desired outcomes. Qualitative data including semi‐struc…
Medicine (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Poverty (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)