Research interests
My research interests include:
- Digital health behaviour change interventions for the promotion of health and prevention or management of illness.
- Biopsychosocial factors that increase the likelihood of contraception uptake and discontinuation
- Health policy and promotion
- Young people’s attitudes and experiences toward contraception and sexuality
- The impact of hormonal contraceptives on behaviour
Past research activities, supervised by Professor Cynthia Graham, have included:
- “Women’s perspectives and experiences with male condoms” – a Qualitative Project (2017)
- “Mood related changes as a predictor of hormonal contraception discontinuation” – Literature Review (2016)
- “Factors predicting the use of extended regimen oral contraceptives” – a Quantitative Project (2016)
Research group
Centre for Clinical and Community Applications of Health Psychology (CCCAHP)
Affiliate research group
Centre for Sexual Health Research (CSHR)
Research project(s)
Randomised controlled superiority trial with three-parallel groups (two intervention and one control arm, 1:1:1 allocation), with an internal pilot, to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a behavioural intervention to reduce Chlamydia infection among men aged 16-25 years.
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