Yr Athro Simon Murphy

Athro mewn Ymyriadau Cymdeithasol ac Iechyd, Cyfarwyddwr DECIPHer ac Arweinydd y Rhwydwaith Ymchwil Iechyd Ysgolion

: Sylwebydd y cyfryngau
: Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig

My research interests focus on two main areas. The first focuses on understanding and explaining young people$acirc; s health and health related behaviours within their social context, drawing on socio ecological frameworks. This work informs the development and piloting of sustainable complex interventions for health improvement that address influences on multiple risk outcomes and health inequalities. The second concerns the evaluation of theoretically driven complex public health improvement initiatives, with a particular concern for the social processes and contextual influences that impact on implementation and effectiveness. I have undertaken a large number of pragmatic randomised controlled trials of complex interventions utilising mixed methodologies, including a number of national policy trials.
I am particularly keen to develop the quality of public health improvement research and I am principal investigator for the NISCHR funded Public Health Improvement Research Network. This is an innovative transdicplinary action n research network that brings together policy makers, practitioners, the public and academics, which has facilitated a large number of innovative evaluation studies and secured over £21 million in research income.

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DECPIHer website

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2012

Moore, G., Murphy, S., Moore, L. A. R. and Lyons, R. 2012. Impacts of the Primary School Free Breakfast Initiative in Wales on socioeconomic inequalities in breakfast consumption: data linkage and secondary analysis of a cluster randomised controlled trial. Presented at: 8th Annual Scientific Meeting of the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine, Manchester, UK, 10-11 December 2012.
Moore, G., Moore, L. A. R. and Murphy, S. 2012. An exploratory trial of a social norms alcohol intervention in Welsh universities. Presented at: 8th Annual Scientific Meeting of the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine, Manchester, UK, 10-11 December 2012.
Murphy, S. 2012. An evaluation of a national exercise referral scheme. Presented at: Physical Activity British Heart Foundation 10th Annual Conference, Nottingham, UK, 23 November 2010.
Chestnutt, I. G. et al. 2012. Protocol for 'Seal or Varnish' (SoV) trial: A randomised controlled trial to measure the relative cost and effectiveness of pit and fissure sealants and fluoride varnish in preventing dental decay. BMC Oral Health 12(1), pp. 51-62. (10.1186/1472-6831-12-51)
Murphy, S. 2012. Facilitating and implementing policy trials of complex interventions: the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales Developing the use of research evidence through policy trials. Presented at: ESRC Festival of Science Seminar, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 7 November 2012.
Murphy, S. 2012. Developing and facilitating a Randomised Controlled Trial of the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales. Presented at: Nudge and Beyond: Behavioural Science, Policy and What Works, British Academy, London, UK, 14 June 2012.
Moore, G., Moore, L. A. R. and Murphy, S. 2012. Integration of motivational interviewing into practice in the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales: a mixed methods study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 40(3), pp. 313-330. (10.1017/S1352465811000531)
Murphy, S., Moore, G. and Moore, L. A. R. 2012. A pragmatic RCT of the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales (UK). Presented at: MRC Population Health Methods and Challenges Conference, Birmingham, UK, 26-28 April 2012.
Murphy, S., Moore, G., Williams, A. and Moore, L. A. R. 2012. An exploratory cluster randomised trial of a university halls of residence based social norms intervention in Wales, UK. BMC Public Health 12(1), pp. 186-193. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-186)
Murphy, S., Roberts, C. and Moore, L. A. R. 2012. Developing a transdisciplinary research network : lessons from Wales. Presented at: Launch of Northern Irish Public Health Research Network, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 7 March 2012.
Murphy, S. 2012. Linking research and practice to improve young people's health. Presented at: Association of Young Peoples Health Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 27 March 2012.
Moore, S. C., Murphy, S., Moore, S. N., Brennan, I., Byrne, E., Shepherd, J. P. and Moore, L. A. R. 2012. An exploratory randomised controlled trial of a premises-level intervention to reduce alcohol related harm including violence in the United Kingdom. BMC Public Health 12(1), pp. 412. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-412)
Murphy, S. et al. 2012. An evaluation of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales, UK: a randomised controlled trial of a public health policy initiative. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 66(8), pp. 745-753. (10.1136/jech-2011-200689)
Murphy, S. 2012. An evaluation of the National Exercise Referral Scheme. Presented at: 8th Annual Meeting and Symposium of HEPA Europe, Cardiff, UK, 26-27 September 2012.

2011

Townsend, N. P., Murphy, S. and Moore, L. A. R. 2011. The more schools do to promote healthy eating, the healthier the dietary choices by students. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 65(10), pp. 889-895. (10.1136/jech.2010.115600)
Brennan, I., Moore, S. C., Byrne, E. and Murphy, S. 2011. Interventions for disorder and severe intoxication in and around licensed premises, 1989-2009. Addiction 106(4), pp. 706-713. (10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03297.x)
Murphy, S. et al. 2011. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a policy intervention in Wales, UK. Public Health Nutrition 14(2), pp. 219-226. (10.1017/S1368980010001886)
Rothwell, H. A., Burgess, S. J., Townsend, N. P., Pimm, C. E., Shepherd, M. A. and Murphy, S. 2011. Working paper 138: review of the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes, 2007-2008. Final report, March 2009. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University School of Social Sciences. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wp138.pdf
Moore, S. C., Brennan, I. and Murphy, S. 2011. Predicting and measuring premises-level harm in the night-time economy. Alcohol and Alcoholism 46(3), pp. 357-363. (10.1093/alcalc/agr011)
Bonell, C. et al. 2011. Protocol for a systematic review of the effects of schools and school-environment interventions on health: evidence mapping and syntheses. BMC Public Health 11, pp. 453-459. (10.1186/1471-2458-11-453)
Moore, G., Moore, L. A. R. and Murphy, S. 2011. Facilitating adherence to physical activity: exercise professionals' experiences of the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales. a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 11(1), article number: 935. (10.1186/1471-2458-11-935)
Moore, S. N., Murphy, S. and Moore, L. A. R. 2011. Health improvement, nutrition-related behaviour and the role of school meals: the usefulness of a socio-ecological perspective to inform policy design, implementation and evaluation. Critical Public Health 21(4), pp. 441-454. (10.1080/09581596.2011.620604)
Holliday, J. et al. 2011. Pragmatic trials of non-NHS interventions: experiences from a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families 10-14 UK Programme (SFP10-14 UK). Trials 12(S 1), pp. A98. (10.1186/1745-6215-12-S1-A98)

2010

Murphy, S., Moore, L. A. R., Raisanen, L. M., Moore, G., Williams, N., Edwards, R. T. and Linck, P. 2010. A pragmatic RCT of the national exercise referral scheme in Wales (UK): Physical activity and mental health outcomes at 12 months. Presented at: UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 6th Annual Scientific Meeting, Leeds, UK, 14-15 December 2010.
Murphy, S. 2010. The Welsh exercise referral trial: Implications for practice [Keynote lecture]. Presented at: BHFNC 10th Annual Conference, Nottingham, UK, 23 November 2010.
Moore, S. C., Brennan, I. R., Murphy, S., Byrne, E., Moore, S. N., Shepherd, J. P. and Moore, L. A. R. 2010. The reduction of intoxication and disorder in premises licensed to serve alcohol: An exploratory randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health 10, article number: 607. (10.1186/1471-2458-10-607)
Murphy, S. 2010. Developing and facilitating a randomised controlled trial of a national exercise referral scheme. Presented at: Randomised Controlled Trials in the Social Sciences Evaluating Policy Interventions Fifth Annual Conference, 20-22 September 2010.
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.
Murphy, S. et al. 2010. A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the Welsh National Exercise Referral Scheme: protocol for trial and integrated economic and process evaluation. BMC Public Health 10(1), pp. 352-363. (10.1186/1471-2458-10-352)
Kain, J., Gao, Y., Doak, C. and Murphy, S. 2010. Obesity prevention in primary school settings: evidence from intervention studies. In: Waters, E. et al. eds. Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 79-87., (10.1002/9781444318517.ch10)
Moore, S., Murphy, S., Tapper, K. and Moore, L. 2010. From policy to plate: barriers to implementing healthy eating policies in primary schools in Wales. Health Policy 94(3), pp. 239-245. (10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.10.001)
Moore, S., Tapper, K. and Murphy, S. 2010. Feeding goals sought by mothers of 3-5-year-old children. British Journal of Health Psychology 15(1), pp. 185-196. (10.1348/135910709X447668)
Moore, S., Tapper, K. and Murphy, S. 2010. Feeding strategies used by primary school meal staff and their impact on children's eating. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 23(1), pp. 78-84. (10.1111/j.1365-277X.2009.01009.x)
Rothwell, H. A., Shepherd, M. A., Murphy, S., Burgess, S. J., Townsend, N. P. and Pimm, C. E. 2010. Implementing a social-ecological model of health in Wales. Health Education -London- 110(6), pp. 471-479. (10.1108/09654281011087279)
Moore, S., Murphy, S., Tapper, K. and Moore, L. A. R. 2010. The social, physical and temporal characteristics of primary school dining halls and their implications for children's eating behaviours. Health Education 110(5), pp. 399-411. (10.1108/09654281011068540)
Murphy, S. 2010. Exercise on referral. An evaluation of a national exercise referral scheme. Presented at: Physical Activity, Obesity and Health, Association for the Study of Obesity conference, Cardiff, UK, 8th June 2010.

2009

Moore, G. F., Moore, L. A. R. and Murphy, S. 2009. Normative and cognitive correlates of breakfast skipping in 9-11-year-old schoolchildren in Wales. Appetite 53(3), pp. 332-337. (10.1016/j.appet.2009.07.012)
Alexis-Garsee, C., Haslum, M., Murphy, S. and Bridle, C. 2009. Smoking cessation interventions with different levels of tailoring: Outcome of a randomised controlled trial. Presented at: Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Dublin, Ireland, 27-30 April 2009.
Moore, S., Tapper, K. and Murphy, S. 2009. Feeding strategies used by primary school meal staff and their impact on children’s eating: An opportunity for repeated taste exposure. Presented at: British Feeding and Drinking Group Conference, Swansea, UK, 30 March 2009.
Rothwell, H. A., Burgess, S. J., Townsend, N. P., Pimm, C. E., Shepherd, M. A. and Murphy, S. 2009. Review of the Welsh network of healthy school schemes, 2007-2008. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wp138.pdf
Rothwell, H. A., Burgess, S. J., Townsend, N. P., Pimm, C. E., Shepherd, M. A. and Murphy, S. 2009. Review of the Welsh network of healthy school schemes, 2007-2008: stakeholder consultation. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/resources/wp137.pdf

2008

Murphy, S. and Moore, G. 2008. Mixed methods in community based trials. Presented at: AWARD/CHIRAL/QUIC Conference, Building Evidence for Health Care: Mixing Methods in Trials, Swansea, UK, 4 December 2008.
Armstrong, R., Clark, R., Murphy, S. and Waters, E. 2008. Strategies to support knowledge translation and exchange. Australasian Epidemiologist 15(3), pp. 24-27.
Murphy, S. and Simon, N. 2008. A strategy for public involvement in DECIPHer a UK Clinical Collaboration funded Centre of Public Health Research Excellence. Presented at: INVOLVE Conference, 6th National Conference, ‘Public involvement in research: getting it right and making a difference', Nottingham, UK, 11 - 12 November 2008.
Murphy, S., Moore, G., Tapper, K., Raisanen, L. M. and Moore, L. A. R. 2008. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a policy intervention in Wales. Presented at: Society of Social Medicine, 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Southhampton, UK, 17 - 19 September 2008.
Rothwell, H. A., Shepherd, M. A., Burgess, S. J., Townsend, N. P. and Murphy, S. 2008. Some findings from the Review of the Welsh Network of Healthy Schools. Presented at: 8th IUHPE European Conference, Turin, Italy, 9-13 September 2008.
Townsend, N., Murphy, S. and Moore, L. A. R. 2008. The whole school approach to healthy eating - a multi level analysis of diet and health. Presented at: Society of Social Medicine, 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Southhampton, UK, 17 - 19 September 2008.
Murphy, S., Moore, G., Tapper, K., Raisanen, L. M. and Moore, L. A. R. 2008. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a policy intervention in Wales. Presented at: Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 3-5 June 2008.
Moore, G., Tapper, K., Murphy, S. and Moore, L. A. R. 2008. Associations between deprivation, attitudes to breakfast and breakfast eating behaviours in 9 - 11 year olds. Presented at: Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference,, Cardiff, UK, 3-5 June 2008.
Murphy, S. 2008. Evaluating complex interventions: theoretical and methodological issues. Presented at: Perspectives of Public Health Practice, Peninsula Public Health Network, St Mellion, Cornwall, 7 March 2008.
Warren, E., Parry, O., Lynch, R. J. and Murphy, S. 2008. 'If I don't like it then I can choose what I want': Welsh school children's accounts of preference for and control over food choice. Health Promotion International 23(2), pp. 144-151. (10.1093/heapro/dam045)
Moore, G., Tapper, K., Moore, L. A. R. and Murphy, S. 2008. Cognitive, behavioral, and social factors are associated with bias in dietary questionnaire self-reports by schoolchildren aged 9 to 11 years. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 108(11), pp. 1865-1873. (10.1016/j.jada.2008.08.012)
Raisanen, L. M., McNaish, E., Hale, J. R., Moore, L. A. R. and Murphy, S. 2008. Issues in implementing a policy evaluation of the national exercise referral scheme in Wales. Presented at: 2nd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008.
Tapper, K., Murphy, S., Lynch, R. J., Clark, R., Moore, G. and Moore, L. 2008. Development of a scale to measure 9-11-year-olds' attitudes towards breakfast. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 62(4), pp. 511-518. (10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602735)
Desousa, C., Murphy, S., Roberts, C. and Anderson, L. 2008. School policies and binge drinking behaviours of school-aged children in Wales - a multi-level analysis. Health Education Research 23(2), pp. 259-271. (10.1093/her/cym030)

2007

Moore, L. A. R., McNaish, E., Raisanen, L. M. and Murphy, S. 2007. National Evaluation: Exercise Referral Schemes in Wales. Presented at: British Heart Foundation Centre for Physical Activity and Health Conference, Nottingham, UK, 28 November 2007.
Moore, L., Holliday, J., Rothwell, H., Murphy, S. and Campbell, R. 2007. The role of peer influence and peer selection in adolescent smoking. Presented at: The Joint Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine and the International Epidemiological Association (European Federation), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, 12-14 September 2007.
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.
Desousa, C., Murphy, S., Roberts, C. and Anderson, L. 2007. School policies and binge drinking behaviours of school-aged children - a multi-level analysis. Presented at: The International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society, University of York, York, UK, 16-20 July 2007.
Moore, G., Tapper, K., Murphy, S., Lynch, R. J., Raisanen, L. M., Pimm, C. E. and Moore, L. A. R. 2007. Associations between deprivation, attitudes towards eating breakfast and breakfast eating behaviours in 9-11 year olds. Public Health Nutrition 10(6), pp. 582-589. (10.1017/S1368980007699558)
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.
Waters, L., Moore, L. A. R., Gibbs, L. and Murphy, S. 2007. Maintaining rigour in mixed methods evaluation designs. Presented at: 19th IUHPE Conference on Health Promotion and Education, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 11-15 June 2007.
Tapper, K., Murphy, S., Moore, L. A. R., Lynch, R. J. and Clark, R. 2007. Evaluating the Free School Breakfast Initiative in Wales: Methodological Issues. British Food Journal 109(3), pp. 206-215. (10.1108/00070700710732538)
Moore, S., Tapper, K. and Murphy, S. 2007. Feeding strategies used by mothers of 3-5 year old children. Appetite 49(3), pp. 704-707. (10.1016/j.appet.2007.07.009)
Moore, L. A. R. et al. 2007. Free breakfasts in schools: design and conduct of a cluster randomised controlled trial of the Primary School Free Breakfast Initiative in Wales [ISRCTN18336527]. BMC Public Health 7, article number: 258. (10.1186/1471-2458-7-258)
Moore, G., Tapper, K., Murphy, S., Clark, R., Lynch, R. and Moore, L. A. R. 2007. Validation of a self-completion measure of breakfast foods, snacks and fruits and vegetables consumed by 9- to 11-year-old schoolchildren. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 61(3), pp. 420-430. (10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602531)

2006

Moore, G., Tapper, K., Murphy, S., Lynch, R., Pimm, C., Raisanen, L. M. and Moore, L. A. R. 2006. Development and validation of self completion measures of attitudes towards eating breakfast and breakfast eating behaviours in 9-11 year old school children. Presented at: The UK Society for Social Medicine 50th Annual Scientific Meeting, Leeds, UK, 13-15 September 2006.
Moore, G., Murphy, S., Tapper, K., Lynch, R., Pimm, C. and Raisanen, L. M. 2006. Free healthy breakfasts in primary schools: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a complex social intervention. Presented at: AWARD Building R&D in Health and Social Care in Wales, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, 21 June 2006.
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.
Salmon, D., Murphy, S., Baird, K. and Price, S. 2006. An evaluation of the effectiveness of an educational programme promoting the introduction of routine antenatal enquiry for domestic violence. Midwifery 22(1), pp. 6-14. (10.1016/j.midw.2005.05.002)

2005

Bolam, B., Murphy, S. and Gleeson, K. 2005. Place-Identity and Geographical Inequalities in Health: a Qualitative Study. Psychology & Health 21(3), pp. 399-420. (10.1080/14768320500286526)
Salmon, D., Orme, J., Kimberlee, R., Jones, M. and Murphy, S. 2005. Implementing the Rock Challenge: Young people's perspectives on a drug-prevention and performing-arts programme. Journal of Research in Nursing 10(3), pp. 339-353. (10.1177/174498710501000310)

2004

Bolam, B., Murphy, S. and Gleeson, K. 2004. Individualisation and Inequalities in Health: A Qualitative Study of Class, Identity and Health. Social Science & Medicine 59(7), pp. 1355-1365. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.018)
Murphy, S. and Bennett, P. D. 2004. Health psychology and public health: theoretical possibilities. Journal of Health Psychology 9(1), pp. 13-27. (10.1177/1359105304036099)
Jones, M., Murphy, S., Salmon, D., Kimberlee, R. and Orme, J. 2004. Implementing The Rock Challenge: teacher perspectives on a performing arts programme. Health Education 104(6), pp. 351-359. (10.1108/09654280410564123)

2003

Bolam, B., Gleeson, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Lay person or health expert? Exploring theoretical and practical aspects of reflexivity in qualitative health research. Forum: Qualitative Social Research 4(2), article number: 23.
Bolam, B., Hodgetts, D., Chamberlain, K., Murphy, S. and Gleeson, K. 2003. 'Just do it': An analysis of accounts of control over health amongst lower socioeconomic status groups. Critical Public Health 13(1), pp. 15-31. (10.1080/0958159031000100170)

2000

Searle, A. and Murphy, S. 2000. Representations of illness: their relationship with an understanding of and adherence to homoeopathic treatment. Psychology, Health & Medicine 5(2), pp. 179-191. (10.1080/713690179)

1998

Norman, P., Bennett, P., Smith, C. and Murphy, S. 1998. Health locus of control and health behaviour. Journal of Health Psychology 3(2), pp. 171-180. (10.1177/135910539800300202)
Bennett, P., Norman, P., Murphy, S., Moore, L. A. R. and Tudor-Smith, C. 1998. Beliefs about alcohol, health locus of control, value for health and reported consumption in a representative population sample. Health Education Research 13(1), pp. 25-32. (10.1093/her/13.1.25)

1997

Norman, P., Bennett, P., Smith, C. and Murphy, S. 1997. Health locus of control and leisure-time exercise. Personality and Individual Differences 23(5), pp. 769-774. (10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00106-2)
Bennett, P., Norman, P., Moore, L. A. R., Murphy, S. and Tudor-Smith, C. 1997. Health locus of control and value for health in smokers and nonsmokers. Health Psychology 16(2), pp. 179-182. (10.1037/0278-6133.16.2.179)

1995

Bennett, P., Murphy, S. and Carroll, D. 1995. On black holes, cosmic strings and theory development [Letter]. Health Care Analysis 3(2), pp. 180-181. (10.1007/BF02198229)
Bennett, P., Murphy, S. and Carroll, D. 1995. Psychology, health promotion and aesthemiology: Paper one: Social cognition models as a framework for health promotion: Necessary, but not sufficient. Health Care Analysis 3(1), pp. 15-26. (10.1007/BF02197189)

1994

Bennett, P., Moore, L. A. R., Smith, A., Murphy, S. and Smith, C. 1994. Health locus of control and value for health as predictors of dietary behaviour. Psychology and Health 10(1), pp. 41-54. (10.1080/08870449408401935)
Murphy, S., Powell, C. and Smith, C. 1994. A formative evaluation of the Welsh Heartbeat Award Scheme. Nutrition and Health 9(4), pp. 317-327. (10.1177/026010609400900407)
Bennett, P. and Murphy, S. 1994. Psychology and health promotion: present status and future possibilities. The Psychologist 7(3), pp. 126-129.
Narang, I. and Murphy, S. 1994. An assessment of ante-natal care for Asian women. British Journal of Midwifery 2, pp. 169-174.

1993

Murphy, S. and Smith, C. 1993. Drinkwise Wales 1992: an evaluation of the campaign. Health Education Journal 52(4), pp. 227-230. (10.1177/001789699305200408)
Nutbeam, D., Smith, C., Murphy, S. and Catford, J. 1993. Maintaining evaluation designs in long term community based health promotion programmes: Heartbeat Wales case study.. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 47(2), pp. 127-133. (10.1136/jech.47.2.127)
Murphy, S. and Smith, C. 1993. Crutches, confetti or useful tools? Professionals, views on and use of health education leaflets. Health Education Research 8(2), pp. 205-215. (10.1093/her/8.2.205)

1992

Bennett, P., Murphy, S. and Bunton, R. 1992. Preventing alcohol problems using healthy public policy. Health Promotion International 7(4), pp. 297-306. (10.1093/heapro/7.4.297)

1990

Bennett, P., Murphy, S. and Smith, C. 1990. Health promotion and alcohol: some sober reflections. Health Education Journal 49(2), pp. 80-84. (10.1177/001789699004900210)

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Towson, J. et al. . Early Detection of type 1 Diabetes in Youth: the EDDY feasibility study to design, develop and deliver a complex intervention to parents and primary care to raise awareness of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes in childhood, to prevent diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis.. Presented at: 42nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, Valencia, Spain, 26 - 29 October 2016.

My research interests focus on two main areas. The first focuses on understanding and explaining young people's health and health related behaviours within their social context, drawing on socio ecological frameworks. This work informs the development and piloting of sustainable complex interventions for health improvement that address influences on multiple risk outcomes and health inequalities. The second concerns the evaluation of theoretically driven complex public health improvement initiatives, with a particular concern for the social processes and contextual influences that impact on implementation and effectiveness. I have undertaken a large number of pragmatic randomised controlled trials of complex interventions utilising mixed methodologies, including a number of national policy trials.
I am particularly keen to develop the quality of public health improvement research and I am principal investigator for the NISCHR funded Public Health Improvement Research Network. This is an innovative transdicplinary action n research network that brings together policy makers, practitioners, the public and academics, which has facilitated a large number of innovative evaluation studies and secured over £21 million in research income.

PHIRN website

DECPIHer website

I am a Professor in Public Health Improvement and Cardiff Co-Director for DECIPHer, one of the 5 UKCRC funded centres of public health research excellence, where I also jointly lead a research programme focussing on Schools and other youth settings.

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