Dr Sarah MacDonald

(hi/ei)

Articles

• Macdonald, S., Hewitt, G., Jones, S., Rees, A., Brown, R., Anthony, R. and Evans, R. 2025. Mental wellbeing needs and support for care-experienced children and young people in secondary school and during the transition to further education college. Children & Society (10.1111/chso.12951)
• Evans, R. et al. 2024. Interventions to improve mental health and well-being in care-experienced children and young people aged less than 25: the CHIMES systematic review. Public Health Research, pp. 1-124. (10.3310/mkyp6299)
• Trubey, R. et al. 2024. Effectiveness of mental health and wellbeing interventions for children and young people in foster, kinship, and residential care: systematic review and meta-analysis. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse 25(4), pp. 2829-2844. (10.1177/15248380241227987)
• Evans, R. et al. 2024. Interventions targeting the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people: Mixed-methods systematic review with stakeholder consultation to inform transportability and adaptability to UK context. The British Journal of Social Work, article number: bcae061. (10.1093/bjsw/bcae061)
• MacDonald, S. et al. 2024. Mental health and wellbeing interventions for care-experienced children and young people: Systematic review and synthesis of process evaluations. Children and Youth Services Review 156, article number: 107266. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107266)
• Evans, R. et al. 2024. What mental health and wellbeing interventions work for which children and young people in care? Systematic review of potential outcome inequities. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (10.1007/s10560-023-00956-7)
• Evans, R. et al. 2023. Interventions targeting the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people in higher-income countries: Evidence map and systematic review. Systematic Reviews 12(1), article number: 111. (10.1186/s13643-023-02260-y)
• Evans, R., Sampson, C., MacDonald, S., Biddle, L. and Scourfield, J. 2022. Contesting constructs and interrogating research methods: re-analysis of qualitative data from a hospital-based case study of self-harm management and prevention practices. Health 26(1), pp. 27-46. (10.1177/13634593211038522)
• Evans, R. et al. 2021. Care-experienced cHildren and young people's Interventions to improve Mental health and wEll-being outcomes: Systematic review (CHIMES) protocol. BMJ Open 11(1), article number: e042815. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042815)
• MacDonald, S., Sampson, C., Biddle, L., Kwak, S. Y., Scourfield, J. and Evans, R. 2021. Theorising health professionals’ prevention and management practices with children and young people experiencing self-harm: a qualitative hospital-based case study. Sociology of Health and Illness 43(1), pp. 201-219. (10.1111/1467-9566.13211)
• Murphy, S. et al. 2021. A Transdisciplinary Complex Adaptive Systems (T-CAS) approach to developing a national school-based culture of prevention for health improvement: the School Health Research Network (SHRN) in Wales. Prevention Science 22, pp. 50-61. (10.1007/s11121-018-0969-3)
• MacDonald, S., Sampson, C., Turley, R., Biddle, L., Ring, N., Begley, R. and Evans, R. 2020. Patients’ experiences of emergency hospital care following self-harm: Systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research. Qualitative Health Research 30(3), pp. 471-485. (10.1177/1049732319886566)
• Brown, R. et al. 2020. Ecological exploration of knowledge and attitudes towards tobacco and e-cigarettes among primary school children, teachers and parents in Wales: a qualitative study. Tobacco Use Insights 13, pp. 1-12. (10.1177/1179173X20938770)
• MacDonald, S., Murphy, S. and Elliott, E. 2018. Controlling food, controlling relationships: exploring the meanings and dynamics of family food practices through the diary-interview approach. Sociology of Health and Illness 40(5), pp. 779-792. (10.1111/1467-9566.12725)
• Segrott, J., Holliday, J., Murphy, S., MacDonald, S., Roberts, J. and Moore, L. 2017. Implementation of a Cooking Bus intervention to support cooking in schools in Wales, UK. Health Education 117(3), pp. 234-251. (10.1108/HE-06-2014-0073)
• MacDonald, S., Rothwell, H. A. and Moore, L. A. R. 2007. Getting it right: designing adolescent-centred smoking cessation services. Addiction 102(7), pp. 1147-1150. (10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01851.x)

Conferences

• Hewitt, G., MacDonald, S., Evans, R., Rees, A., Brown, R., Anthony, R. and Jones, S. 2024. Challenges and opportunities for social work practice in mental health and wellbeing support for care-experienced children and young people in schools and colleges in Wales. Presented at: 13th European Conference for Social Work, Vilnius, Lithuania, 17-19 April 2024.
• Macdonald, S., Hewitt, G., Evans, R., Rees, A., Brown, R., Anthony, R. and Jones, S. 2023. Wellbeing and mental health support in schools and colleges for care experienced children and young people: a mixed-methods study of delivering and receiving support. Presented at: BERA Conference 2023, Aston University, Birmingham, 12-14 September 2023.
• Macdonald, S., Hewitt, G., Evans, R., Rees, A., Brown, R., Anthony, R. and Jones, S. 2023. Mental health and wellbeing support in schools and further education colleges for care-experienced children and young people. Presented at: EuSARF - 'Equity and Social Justice in Child, Youth and Family Welfare', University of Sussex, 12-15 September 2023.
• Evans, R., Turley, R., Sampson, C. and MacDonald, S. 2018. The experience of short term self-harm management and prevention provision for over 8 years and their carers: systematic review and thematic synthesis. Presented at: 4th Suicide and Self-harm Early and Mid-Career Researcher's Forum, Glasgow, Scotland, 6-7 June 2018.
• MacDonald, S., Murphy, S. and Elliott, E. 2014. Nourishing and nurturing? Patterns of parent-child negotiations around food in the family and school. Presented at: BSA Food Study Group Conference, London, UK, 30 June, 2014.
• MacDonald, S., Murphy, S. and Elliott, E. 2010. Understanding home-school links in relation to children's dietary health improvement. Presented at: BSA Food Study Group Conference, London, UK, 5-6 July 2010.
• Rothwell, H., Murphy, S., MacDonald, S. and Harrop, E. 2007. Exploring responsibility for health in families: analysing social relationships through a focus group study. Presented at: Society for Social Medicine, 51st Annual Scientific Meeting, Cork, Ireland, 12-14 September 2007.
• Murphy, S., MacDonald, S., Harrop, E. and Rothwell, H. 2007. "Nanny knows best": Individual and state responsibilities for health - a qualitative study using focus groups with the general public. Presented at: 19th IUHPE Conference on Health Promotion and Education, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 11-15 June 2007.
• Murphy, S., MacDonald, S., Harrop, E. and Rothwell, H. 2006. "Nanny knows best": Individual and state responsibilities for health - a qualitative study using focus groups with the general public. Presented at: AWARD Building R&D in Health and Social Care in Wales, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, 21 June 2006.

Monographs

• Brown, R., MacDonald, S. and Murphy, S. 2017. A review of alcohol media literacy interventions and potential applications for a UK context. Project Report. [Online]. Alcohol Research UK. Available at: http://alcoholresearchuk.org/alcohol-insights/a-review-of-alcohol-media-literacy-interventions-and-potential-applications-for-a-uk-context/
• Brown, R., MacDonald, S. and Murphy, S. 2017. A review of alcohol media literacy interventions and potential applications for a UK context. Project Report. [Online]. Alcohol Research UK. Available at: http://alcoholresearchuk.org/alcohol-insights/a-review-of-alcohol-media-literacy-interventions-and-potential-applications-for-a-uk-context/
• Rothwell, H., Murphy, S., MacDonald, S. and Harrop, E. 2006. Organisational roles and responsibilities for health: a pilot survey of businesses, primary and secondary schools and local government. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• MacDonald, S., Harrop, E., Rothwell, H. and Murphy, S. 2006. Organisational roles and responsibilities for health: interviews with representatives from the statutory and non-statutory sectors. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Murphy, S., Harrop, E., MacDonald, S. and Rothwell, H. 2006. An examination of perceptions of roles and responsibilities for health amongst the general public. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• MacDonald, S., Geesink, I. and Moore, L. 2005. Evaluation of European adolescent smoking cessation pilot programme: report for the Welsh Assembly Government. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• MacDonald, S., Elliott, E. and Moore, L. 2004. Evaluation of equity training and advocacy grant pilot programme. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

Thesis

• MacDonald, S. 2015. Nourishing, nurturing and controlling: exploring structure-agency interactions in children’s food practices across family and school contexts.. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

• MacDonald, S., Murphy, S. and Elliott, E. 2010. Understanding home-school links in relation to children's dietary health improvement. Presented at: BSA Food Study Group Conference, London, UK, 5-6 July 2010.
• Rothwell, H., Murphy, S., MacDonald, S. and Harrop, E. 2007. Exploring responsibility for health in families: analysing social relationships through a focus group study. Presented at: Society for Social Medicine, 51st Annual Scientific Meeting, Cork, Ireland, 12-14 September 2007.
• Murphy, S., MacDonald, S., Harrop, E. and Rothwell, H. 2007. "Nanny knows best": Individual and state responsibilities for health - a qualitative study using focus groups with the general public. Presented at: 19th IUHPE Conference on Health Promotion and Education, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 11-15 June 2007.
• Murphy, S., MacDonald, S., Harrop, E. and Rothwell, H. 2006. "Nanny knows best": Individual and state responsibilities for health - a qualitative study using focus groups with the general public. Presented at: AWARD Building R&D in Health and Social Care in Wales, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, 21 June 2006.