Catherine Nixon

Biographic Data

ID4810679
NAMECatherine Nixon
GIVEN NAMESCatherine
FAMILY NAMENixon
SIGNATURENIXON C
AFFILIATIONSDurham University
ORCID0000-0002-0536-6066
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS20
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • The rapid development of a virtual Children’s Hearings System in Scotland

    Open AccessCatherine Nixon, Indiya Kurlus et al.ARTICLEAdoption & Fostering2023

    Scotland’s Children’s Hearings System is a unique statutory system that makes decisions about the need for compulsory professional involvement in the lives of children who are maltreated, in conflict with the law or displaying alarming behaviours. It was designed to facilitate in-person, child-centred discussions about the measures needed to ensure the care and protection of children. The Covid-19 pandemic challenged the ability of the Hearings S…

  • Has untargeted sexual health promotion for young people reached its limit? A quasi-experimental study

    Open AccessLawrie Elliott, Marion Henderson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2013References: 19

    BACKGROUND: Theoretically, there may be benefit in augmenting school-based sexual health education with sexual health services, but the outcomes are poorly understood. Healthy Respect 2 (HR2) combined sex education with youth-friendly sexual health services, media campaigns and branding, and encouraged joint working between health services, local government and the voluntary sector. This study examined whether HR2: (1) improved young people's sex…

  • A community-based health promotion intervention using brief negotiation techniques and a pledge on dietary intake, physical activity levels and weight outcomes

    Open AccessFrances Hillier-Brown, Frances C Hillier et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

    Objective To assess the effectiveness of a brief face-to-face health promotion intervention which included a ‘pledge’ using brief negotiation techniques, compared with standard advice-giving techniques, delivered in a community setting. Design A parallel group pre–post design using randomised matched groups. Lifestyle helpers delivered the intervention (one consultation per participant). Diet, physical activity and anthropometric measurements wer…

  • Working-class lesbian parents’ emotional engagement with their children’s education

    Open AccessCatherine Nixon, Catherine Ann NixonARTICLESexualities2011

    This article examines intersections of class and sexuality in lesbian parents’ educational practices, specifically their emotional engagements with their children’s education. This research draws on Bourdieu’s (1986b) concept of capitals and current research that utilizes the concept of ‘emotional capital’, in theorizing mothers’ emotional investments in their children’s education. Studies of working-class lesbians’ experiences of marginalization…

  • Is Parenting Associated with Teenagers’ Early Sexual Risk‐Taking, Autonomy And Relationship with Sexual Partners

    Open AccessAlison Parkes, Marion Henderson et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Sexual and…2011Cited by: 20References: 15

    Parents may develop teenagers' capacity for positive and safe early sex by promoting skills and values that build autonomy and encourage sex only within a relationship. Interventions should promote supportive parenting and transmission of values, avoid mixed messages about abstinence and contraception, and acknowledge that teenagers may learn more indirectly than directly from parents about sex