Grants

2017

• Durham County Council/Fuse/Institute of Health & Society Newcastle University Durham County Council, £67,000, Jan-17-May-20, contact: Nicola Heslehurst
  
• Addressing the impact of parental substance misuse on children, Public Health England, £59,903, Jan-17-Jun-17, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• SILVER: Smart Interventions for Local Vulnerable Families, Public Health Research Programme, £399,797, Jan-17-Jan-19, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• Socio-ecological influences on adolescent alcohol use and linked unhealthy eating behaviours: systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies, Fuse Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, £2,030, Jan-17-Jan-18, contact: Stephanie Scott
  

2016

• PROMOTE NE: Needs assessment of Young People's Mental Health, Institute for Local Governance, £44,000, 2016-2017, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• Developing family-involved interventions for young people with alcohol use disorders and other linked mental health problems, Institute for Local Governance £39,452, Jan-16-Dec-16, contact: Eileen Kaner
  
• Exploring the evidence base for tier 3 weight management services for adults and children: a scoping review underpinned by qualitative case studies, Public Health England, £47,778, Feb-16-Jul-16, contact: Tamara Brown
  
• NIHR PHR Project: SOLID (Supporting Looked after children In Decreasing Drugs, and alcohol): A Multi-centre external pilot randomised controlled trial to decrease risky substance use (drugs and alcohol) and enhance mental health and well-being of looked after children, NIHR/BRC, £501,794, Mar-16-Dec-17, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• Wolfson Research Institute small grants scheme, Durham University, £2,620, Mar-16-Jul-16, contact: Shelina Visram
  
• Dept of Health PRP Public Health Research Consortium, Department of Health, £174,913.00, Apr-16-Sep-17, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• Maternal Mental Health in Rural Communities, North Yorkshire County Council,£40,000, May-16-May-18, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• The effect of physical activity on fluoride metabolism in children: a feasibility study, FAPESP, £17,179.00, Jul-16-Sep-16, contact: Liane Azevedo
  
• Implementation and Evaluation of the Children and Young People's Health Partnership (CYPHP) Evelina Model of Care, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity £7,650,000, Jul-16-Jul-19, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• Alcohol Perceptions Survey, Balance North East £24,998, Oct-16-Mar-17, contact: Dorothy Newbury-Birch
  
• Early years physical activity to promote fundamental motor skills – feasibility study to evaluate an existing training programme for early years practitioners Middlesbrough Borough Council and Fuse, £10,850.00, Oct-16-Oct-17, contact: Liane Azevedo
  
• ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) Economic and Social Research Council, £82,260, Oct-16-Apr-20, contact: Nicola Heslehurst
  
• Research Excellence Academy Newcastle University, £71,373 Oct-16-Sep-19, contact: Nicola Heslehurst
  

2015

• Resilience Project (Recognition, rEsponse and Structure: achIeving heaLthy chIldren in thE Northeast and north Cumbrian comminitiEs) Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria, £140,000, 2015-2017, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• Developing family involved interventions for young people with alcohol use disorders and other linked mental health problems, Alcohol Research UK, £21,000, 2015-2017, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• A multi-centre cluster-randomised controlled trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent risky drinking in young people aged 14-15 in a high school setting- SIPS JR-HIGH, NIHR/BRC, £872,485, Jan-15-Jan-18, contact: Eileen Kaner
  
• Dame Elizabeth Murdoch Fellowship, Murdoch Children's Research Centre, £25,00,0 Jan-15-Dec-16, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• Mental health issues of children and young people, Institute for Local Governance, £39,452, Jan-15-Dec-16, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• Evaluation of a Fairer Start, an early years intervention to improve cognitive, social and emotional development, speech, language and nutrition in children from conception to age 3 - specific allocation, NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-On-Tees CCG and Stockton Borough Council £51,000 May-15-May-18 Janet Shucksmith
• AHSN Sick Child Pathway: Resilience, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, £13,742, Jun-15-Jun-16, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria. The RESILIENCE project (Recognition, rEsponse and Structure, achieving heaLthy children in thE Northeast and north Cumbria, ahn nenc, £246,319, Jun-15-May-16, contact: Falko Sniehotta
  
• Baby Buddy multisite evaluation. Best Beginnings. Big Lottery Fund, £130,000, Jul-15-Feb-17, contact: Raghu Lingam
  
• Evaluation of a Fairer Start, Catalyst North East £56,000, Aug-15-Jul-18, contact: Rosemary Rushmer
  
• Embedded Research to explore how local authorities can support local communities to encourage health in children and tackle childhood obesity, Gateshead Counci,l £110,000, Aug-15-Sep-17, contact: Rosemary Rushmer
  
• Supporting look after children aged 12 -20 in decreasing risky substance use and improving mental health, Public Health Research (PHR) Programme £11,000 Sep-15-Feb-16 Janet Shucksmith
• EPSRC Digital Economy Research Centre Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), £451,357.00, Nov-15-Oct-20, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• Scoping exercise to look at trends in mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 14-19, patterns of service provision and identification of best bet interventions - specific allocation, Association of North East Councils through the Institute of Local Governance (ILG) £40,000 Nov-15-Oct-16 Janet Shucksmith

2014

• Director of Public Health - Sunderland (NPRI), Sunderland City Council, £10,000.00, Jan-14-Jan-15, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• Director of Public Health - Gateshead (NPRI), Gateshead Council, £4,000.00, Jan-14-Jan-15, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• Chief Scientist Office project grant (GMS - 2) Chief Scientist Officer, £220,991.00, Jan-14-Sep-15, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• Director of Public Health - Redcar and Cleveland (NPRI) Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, £4,000.00, Jan-14-Jan-15, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• Director of Public Health - Newcastle (NPRI) Newcastle City Council, £1000, Jan-14-Jan-15, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• Director of Public Health - North Tyneside (NPRI) North Tyneside Counci, £4,000.00, Jan-14-Jan-15, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• The development and implementation of an internet-based intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in secondary schoolchildren in Redcar and Cleveland. Redcar and Cleveland School Sport Partnership, £33,000.00, Jan-14-Jun-15, contact: Liane Azevedo
• Early Postdoctoral fellowship Brief interventions to reduce hazardous and armful drinking in parents of children referred to children's social care, NIHR, £310,315, Jan-14-Dec-19, contact: Eileen Kaner
  
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), £4,707,329.00, Apr-14-Mar-19, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• Research Programme, The Children's Foundation, £14,862, Jun-14-May-15, Amelia Lake
  
• Child health research programme 2013-14, The Children's Foundation £14,862, Jun-14-May-15, contact: Shelina Visram
  
• Evaluation of Ur Choice school relationships and sex education programme - Specific allocation, Bradford Metropolitan District Council, £30,000 Nov-14 Sep-17, Janet Shucksmith

2013

• Natural experimental evaluation of a complex intervention (babyClear) to promote increased smoking cessation rates among pregnant women, NIHR SPHR, £27,818, May-13-Jul-16, contact: Ruth Bell
  
• The effect of sedentary behaviour interventions on body mass index and body composition in children: a meta-analysis and meta-regression. Teesside University, £9,996.00, Sep-13-Sep-14, contact: Liane Azevedo
  
• The effect of sedentary behaviour interventions on body mass index and body composition in children: a meta-analysis and meta-regression. FUSE Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, £21,550.00, Jul-13-Dec-14, contact: Liane Azevedo
  
• NIHR Research Design Service North East, NIHR, £5,011,816, Oct-13-Sep-18, contact: Falko Sniehotta
  

2012

• FSA Scotland (INTAKE24) Food Standards Agency Scotland, £629,040.00, Jan-12-Feb-14, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• Adamson Ashley SPHR 1 NIHR    Apr-12 Mar-17
• NPRI - MRC Parental perceptions of obesity, Medical Research Council (MRC), £471,298.00, Apr-12-Jan-15, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• NIHR SPHR, UK Clinical Research Collaboration, £2,113,676.00, Apr-12-Mar-17, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• How can we help parents recognise unhealthy body weight in their children, MRC, Apr-12-Jul-15, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• National Prevention Research Initiative: Development and stage 2 RCT with internal pilot of a weight loss maintenance intervention for obese adults after clinically significant weight loss Medical Research Council (MRC), £565,848.00, Sep-12-Aug-15, contact: Ashley Adamson
  
• Health Technology Assessment: Parental incentives and quasi-mandatory schemes for increasing uptake of immunisations in pre-school children, NIHR, £275,419, Sep-12-Jul-14, contact: Falko Sniehotta
  
• Prevention of Obesity in Pre-School Years, £134,978, Sep-12-Jan-17, contact: Carolyn Summberbell
  

2011

• Developing and evaluating interventions for adolescent alcohol use disorders presenting through emergency departments, Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR), £1,999,700, Jan-11-Jan-16, contact: Eileen Kaner
  
• Brief alcohol intervention to reduce risky drinking in pregnancy: a pilot randomised controlled trial, NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB), £247,717, Jan-11-Dec-14, contact: Eileen Kaner
  
• A feasibility trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent hazardous drinking in young people aged 14-15 in a high school setting- SIPS JR-HIGH, Public Health Research (PHR) Programme, £308,070, Jan-11-Dec-14, contact: Eileen Kaner
  

Publications

2014

• Barber SE, Bingham DD, Akhtar S, Jackson C, Ainsworth H, Hewitt C, Richardson G, Moore HJ, Routen AC, O'Malley CL, Summerbell CD, Pickett KE, Brierley S, Wright J. Pre-schoolers in the Playground, an outdoor physical activity intervention for children aged 18 months to 4 years old: Study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials 2013; 14:326

• Heslehurst N, Newham J, Maniatopoulos G, Fleetwood C, Robalino S, Rankin J. Implementation of pregnancy weight management and obesity guidelines: a meta-synthesis of barriers and facilitators using the theoretical domains framework. Obesity Reviews. Links to: Systematic review of barriers and facilitators to implementing pregnancy weight management and obesity guidelines

• Heslehurst N, Russell S, Brandon H, Johnston C, Summerbell C, Rankin R. Women’s perspectives are required to inform the development of engaging maternal obesity services: A qualitative study of obese pregnant women’s experiences. Health Expectations 2013 Apr 26. doi: 10.1111/hex.12070. Article in Press [Epub ahead of print]

• Jones CHD, Pollard TM, Summerbell CD, Ball H. Could parental rules play a role in the association between short sleep and obesity in young children? Journal of Biosocial Science 2014, 46(3)405-418

• Lakshman R, Paes V, Hesketh H, O’Malley C, Moore H, Ong K, Griffin S, Van Sluijs E, Summerbell C. Protocol for systematic reviews of determinants/correlates of obesity related dietary and physical activity behaviours in young children (preschool 0-6yrs): evidence mapping and syntheses. Systematic Reviews 2013; 2:28

• Moore HJ et al. Technology-based dietary assessment: development of the Synchronised Nutrition and Activity Program (SNAP). Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics 2014 Jan;27 Suppl 1:36-42

• Nixon CA, Moore HJ, Lake AA, Douthwaite W, O'Malley CL, Pedley CL, Summerbell CD. The environment can explain differences in adolescents’ daily physical activity levels living in a deprived urban area: Cross-sectional study using accelerometry, GPS and focus groups. Journal of Physical Activity & Health. Article in Press

• Patton R, DeLuca P, Kaner E, Newbury-Birch D, Phillips T, Drummond C. Alcohol screening & brief intervention for adolescents: The how, what and where of reducing alcohol consumption and related harm among young people. Alcohol & Alcoholism 2014; 49(2): 7-12

• Spiteri G, Borg Xuereb R, Carrick-Sen D, Kaner E, Martin C. Preparation for parenthood: A concept analysis. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 2014; Doi: 10.1080/02646838.2013.869578

 2013

• Graves, L.F., Batterham, A.M., Foweather, L., McWhannell, N., Hopkins, N.D., Boddy, L.M., Gobbi, R., Stratton, G. Scaling of peak oxygen uptake in children: A comparison of 3 body size index models (2013) Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 45(12), 2341-2345

• Heslehurst N, Russell S, McCormack S, Sedgewick G, Bell R, Rankin J. Midwives perspectives of their training and education requirements in maternal obesity: a qualitative study. Midwifery 2013, 229(7), 736-744. Links to: Qualitative study of midwives perspectives of their training and education needs in maternal obesity

• Moore, H.J., Hillier, F.C., Batterham, A.M., Ells, L.J., Summerbell, C.D. Technology-based dietary assessment: Development of the Synchronised Nutrition and Activity Program (SNAP™) (2013) Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 27(S1), 36-42

• Spence S, Delve J, Stamp E, Matthews JNS, White M, Adamson AJ. The Impact of Food and Nutrient-Based Standards on Primary School Children's Lunch and Total Dietary Intake: A Natural Experimental Evaluation of Government Policy in England. PLoS One 2013, 8(10), e78298. See also the Fuse Change in school food project

• Ells LJ, Cavill N, Roberts K, Rutter H. Development of a standard evaluation framework for weight management interventions, Public Health. 2013 Apr;127(4):345-7. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.01.012. Epub 2013 Apr 12

• Lie MLS, Hayes L, Lewis-Barned NJ, May C, White M, Bell R. Preventing Type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes: women's experiences and implications for diabetes prevention interventions. Diabetic Medicine 2013, 30(8), 986-993

• Poston L, Briley AL, Barr S, Bell R, Croker H, Coxon K, Essex HN, Hunt C, Hayes L, Howard LM, Khazaezadeh N, Kinnunen T, Nelson SM, Oteng-Ntim E, Robson SC, Sattar N, Seed PT, Wardle J, Sanders TA, Sandall J. Developing a complex intervention for diet and activity behaviour change in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT trial); assessment of behavioural change and process evaluation in a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2013;13:148

• Vidoni, C., Lee, C. H., Azevedo, L. B. Fair Play Game: a group contingency strategy to increase students' active behaviours in physical education. Early Child Development and Care, 2013, 184(8): 1127-1141

2012

• Bambra CL, Hillier FC, Moore HJ, Summerbell CD. Tackling inequalities in obesity: How effective are public health interventions at reducing socio-economic inequalities in obesity amongst children? Systematic Reviews 2012; 1:16

• Beenstock J, Sniehotta FF, White M, Bell R, Milne E, Araujo-Soares V. What helps and hinders midwives in engaging with pregnant women about stopping smoking? A cross-sectional survey of perceived implementation difficulties among midwives in the North East of England. Implementation Science 2012, 7(1), 36

• Gibson EL, Kreichauf S, Wildgruber A, Vögele C, Summerbell CD, Nixon C, Moore HJ, Douthwaite W and Manios Y on behalf of the ToyBox Project. A narrative review of psychological and educational strategies applied to young children's eating behaviours aimed at reducing obesity risk. Obesity Reviews 2012; 13 (Suppl. 1): 85–95

• Heslehurst N, Sattar N, Rajasingam D, Wilkinson J, Summerbell C, Rankin R. Existing maternal obesity guidelines may increase inequalities between ethnic groups: a national epidemiological study of 502,474 births in England. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2012, 12:156

• Kreichauf S, Wildgruber A, Krombholz H, Gibson EL, Vögele C, Nixon C, Douthwaite W, Moore HJ, Manios Y and Summerbell CD on behalf of the ToyBox-study group. Critical narrative review to identify educational strategies promoting physical activity in preschool Obesity Reviews 2012; 13 (Suppl. 1): 96–105

• Nixon CA, Moore HJ, Douthwaite W, Gibson EL, Vogele C, Kreichauf S, Wildgruber A, Manios Y and Summerbell CD on behalf of the ToyBox-study group. Identifying behavioural models and behaviour change strategies underpinning successful pre-school and school-based obesity prevention interventions aimed at four to six year olds: a systematic review. Obesity Reviews 2012; 13 (Suppl. 1): 106–117

• O’Neil S, Coulton S, Deluca P, Deverill M, Drummond C, Gilvarry E, Graybill E, Harle C, Howel D, Kaner E, McArdle P, McColl E, McGovern R, Speed C, Stamp E, Tate L. Newbury-Birch D. (2012) Brief Intervention to prevent hazardous drinking in young people aged 14-15 in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Trials. 13:166.. See also the Fuse SIPS JR-HIGH project

• O’Neil S, Coulton S, Deluca P, Deverill M, Drummond C, Gilvarry E, Graybill E, Harle C, Howel D, Kaner E, McArdle P, McColl E, McGovern R, Speed, C, Stamp E, Tate L, Newbury-Birch D. (2012) Screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent hazardous drinking in adolescents aged 14-15 years in a high-school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH) a feasibility pilot Trial. The Lancet. Volume 380, Supplement 3, Pages S60. See also the Fuse SIPS JR-HIGH project

• Spratt J, Shucksmith J, Philip K and McNaughton R. Active agents of health promotion, or merely holding pens? The school’s role in supporting the HPV vaccination programme. Sex Education, 12:1-14

• Summerbell CD, Moore HJ, Vögele C, Kreichauf S, Wildgruber A, Manios Y, Douthwaite W, Nixon CA and Gibson EL on behalf of the ToyBox-study group. Evidence-based recommendations for the development of obesity prevention programs targeted at preschool children. Obesity Reviews 2012; 13 (Suppl. 1): 129–132

• Vidoni, C., Azevedo, L., Eberline, A. Effects of a group contingency strategy on middle school physical education students' heart rates (2012) European Physical Education Review, 18 (1), pp. 78-96

• Wilson GB, McGovern R, Antony G, Cassidy P, Deverill M, Graybill E, Gilvarry E, Hodgson M, Kaner EFS, Laing K, McColl E, Newbury-Birch D, Rankin J. Brief intervention to reduce risky drinking in pregnancy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Trials 2012, 13(1), 174. See also the Fuse RADiANT project

2011

• Heslehurst N, Moore H, Rankin J, Ells LJ, Wilkinson JR, Summerbell CD. How can maternity services be developed to effectively address maternal obesity? A qualitative study Midwifery 2011; 27(5): e170-7

• Jones AR, Parkinson KN, Drewett RF, Hyland RM, Pearce MS, Adamson AJ, and the Gateshead Millennium Study core team. Parental perceptions of weight status in children: the Gateshead Millennium Study. International Journal of Obesity 2011, 35(7), 953-962

• Olds T, Maher C, Zumin S, Péneau S, Lioret S, Castetbon K, Bellisle F, de Wilde J, Hohepa M, Maddison R, Lissner L, Sjöberg A, Zimmermann M, Aeberli I, Ogden C, Flegal K, Summerbell C. Evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing: data from nine countries. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 2011; 6: 342-60

• Parkinson KN, Drewett RF, Jones AR, Wright CM, Dale A, Pearce NS, Adamson AJ, Gateshead Millennium Study Core Team. When do mothers think their child is overweight? International Journal of Obesity 2011, 35(4), 510-516

• Tiffin PA, Arnott B, Moore HJ and Summerbell CD. Modelling the relationship between obesity and mental health in children and adolescents: findings from the Health Survey for England 2007. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2011; 5:31

2010

• 2010: Shucksmith J, Jones S and Summerbell C The role of parental involvement in school-based mental health interventions at primary (elementary) school level. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion 2010, 3,1: 18-29

• 2010: Spratt J, Philip K, Shucksmith J, Kiger K and Gair D ‘‘We are the ones that talk about difficult subjects’: nurses in schools working to support young people’s mental health. Pastoral Care in Education, Volume 28 Issue 2, 131

• 2010: Spratt J, Shucksmith J, Philip K and Watson C ‘The bad people go and speak to her’: Young people’s choice and agency when accessing mental health support in school. Children and Society, 24, 6: 483-494

• Heslehurst N, Rankin J, Wilkinson JR, Summerbell CD. A nationally representative study of maternal obesity in England, UK: trends in incidence and demographic inequalities in 619 323 births, 1989–2007. International Journal of Obesity 2010; 34: 420–428

• Kelly B, Halford JCG, Boyland EJ, Chapman K, Bautista-Castaño I, Berg C, Caroli M, Cook B, Coutinho JG, Effertz T, Grammatikaki E, Keller K, Leung R, Manios Y, Monteiro R, Pedley C, Prell H, Raine K, Recine E, Serra-Majem E, Singh S, Summerbell C. Television food advertising to children: a global perspective. American Journal of Public Health 2010; 100(9); 1730-1736

• Rankin J, Tennant P, Stothard K, Bythell M, Summerbell C, Bell R. Maternal body mass index and congenital anomaly risk; a cohort study. International Journal of Obesity 2010; 34(9): 1371-1380

   

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