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Overview
I am a Senior Lecturer in Cardiff School of Social Sciences within the Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer). I am also lead for the Centre’s methods research programme for public health intervention science.
After obtaining my BSc degree in Psychology at Cardiff University I worked as a primary care mental health practitioner in the NHS for three years before returning to Cardiff to complete a PhD in Health Psychology. After this I obtained funding for a post-doctoral position from the Welsh Government’s Social Care Research funding stream (Social Care Research Award). I then joined DECIPHer in 2013, working as a Research Associate for the Public Health Improvement Research Network for two years, before being promoted to Research Fellow in 2015.
My research interests centre around methods for development and evaluation of complex population health interventions, including process evaluation methodology and co-production approaches. Linked to this, I lead the DECIPHer short course programme on evaluating complex interventions. I have a particular interest in school and community-based interventions for health improvement, with a focus on physical activity and mental health promotion.
I have expertise and experience in mixed methods evaluations of complex public health interventions including trial methods, process evaluation methods and collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to intervention design with key stakeholders.
Publication
2024
- Serruto, F. T. et al. 2024. Peruvian healthcare system readiness for dementia: First insights from an ongoing research study. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association 20(S7), article number: e088535. (10.1002/alz.088535)
- Bond, A., Moore, G. and Hawkins, J. 2024. Understanding parental involvement with schools and parental engagement with learning across schools in areas of socioeconomic deprivation in Wales. Educational Review (10.1080/00131911.2024.2432255)
- Gissel Rasmussen, L., Østergaard Nielsen, R., Hawkins, J., Kallestrup, P., Midtgaard, J. and Ryom, K. 2024. Social prescribing initiatives connecting general practice patients with community-based physical activity: A scoping review with expert interviews. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health (10.1177/14034948241299878)
- Moore, G., Donaldson, C., Querghi, S., Hawkins, J., Anthony, R., Angel, L. and Morgan, K. 2024. School and family level socioeconomic status, school connectedness and health and wellbeing among 9-11 year olds: cross sectional analysis of the Student Health and Wellbeing Survey in Wales. Child Indicators Research (10.1007/s12187-024-10179-6)
- Hawkins, J. et al. 2024. Association of volatile substance, nitrous oxide and alkyl nitrate use with mental health 1 in UK adolescents. The British Journal of Psychiatry (10.1192/bjp.2024.128)
- Hines, L. A. et al. 2024. Association between cannabis potency and mental health in adolescence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 261, article number: 111359. (10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111359)
- Coulman, E. et al. 2024. The evaluation of the Scottish Borders/Food Train Eat Well Age Well implementation of the Patient Association Nutrition Checklist. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN 61, article number: P506. (10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.12.125)
- Laurenzi, C. A. et al. 2024. Development of a school-based programme for mental health promotion and prevention among adolescents in Nepal and South Africa. SSM Mental Health 5, article number: 100289. (10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100289)
- Donaldson, C., Hawkins, J., Rice, F. and Moore, G. 2024. Trajectories of mental health across the primary to secondary school transition. JCPP Advances (10.1002/jcv2.12244)
2023
- Rasmussen, L. G., Nielsen, R. O., Kallestrup, P., Hawkins, J. and Ryom, K. 2023. Study design of ‘Move More’: Development and feasibility of a social-prescribing intervention to increase physical activity among inactive Danes. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 51(8), pp. 1258-1265. (10.1177/14034948221098929)
- Moore, G., Evans, R. E., Hawkins, J., Shenderovich, Y. and Young, H. 2023. What does 'following the guidance' mean in an era of increasingly pluralistic guidance for the development, evaluation and implementation of interventions?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 77, pp. 753-754. (10.1136/jech-2023-220880)
- Sheeran, L., James, A. and Hawkins, J. 2023. Co-production of BACK-on-LINETM, a work-based digital self-management of low back pain, for implementation and scaleup the rail industry. Presented at: 11th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain, Melbourne, Australia, 1-4 Nov 2023.
- Hotham, J. et al. 2023. Association of cannabis, cannabidiol and synthetic cannabinoid use with mental health in UK adolescents. British Journal of Psychiatry 223(4), pp. 478-484. (10.1192/bjp.2023.91)
- Morgan, K. et al. 2023. A mixed-methods process evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of involving community and peer role models within a physical activity intervention for primary-school-aged girls (the CHARMING study). BMC Public Health 23(1), article number: 1950. (10.1186/s12889-023-16826-x)
- Long, S., Hawkins, J., Murphy, S. and Moore, G. 2023. School health and wellbeing and national education system reform: a qualitative study. British Education Research Journal 49(4), pp. 674-692. (10.1002/berj.3861)
- Donaldson, C., Moore, G. and Hawkins, J. 2023. Conceptualising the primary to secondary school transition within the theoretical framework of ecosocial theory. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions 2(1), pp. 1-17., article number: 19. (10.5334/ijelt.61)
- White, J. et al. 2023. Association between gender minority status and mental health in high schools. Journal of Adolescent Health 72(5), pp. 811-814. (10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.12.028)
- Donaldson, C., Moore, G. and Hawkins, J. 2023. A systematic review of school transition interventions to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes in children and young people. School Mental Health 15, pp. 19-35. (10.1007/s12310-022-09539-w)
- Littlecott, H. J. et al. 2023. Perceptions of friendship, peers and influence on adolescent smoking according to tobacco control context: A systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative research. BMC Public Health 23, article number: 424. (10.1186/s12889-022-14727-z)
2022
- Ristolainen, H., Forma, L., Hawkins, J. and Tiilikainen, E. 2022. Study protocol of a mixed method pragmatic quasi-experimental trial to evaluate the day activity services targeted at older home care clients in Finland. BMC Geriatrics 22, article number: 810. (10.1186/s12877-022-03512-7)
- Pérez Jolles, M., Willging, C. E., Stadnick, N. A., Crable, E. L., Lengnick-Hall, R., Hawkins, J. and Aarons, G. A. 2022. Understanding implementation research collaborations from a co-creation lens: recommendations for a path forward. Frontiers in Health Services 2, article number: 942658. (10.3389/frhs.2022.942658)
- McEwan, K. et al. 2022. Greener streets and behaviours, and green-eyed neighbours: a controlled study evaluating the impact of a sustainable urban drainage scheme in Wales on sustainability. Sustainable Water Resources Management 8, article number: 143. (10.1007/s40899-022-00723-z)
- Moore, G. et al. 2022. Mental health and life satisfaction among 10–11-year-olds in Wales, before and one year after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health 22, article number: 379. (10.1186/s12889-022-12752-6)
- Littlecott, H. J. et al. 2022. Exploring the association between school-based peer networks and smoking according to socioeconomic status and tobacco control context: a systematic review. BMC Public Health 22, article number: 142. (10.1186/s12889-021-12333-z)
- Pell, B. et al. 2022. CHoosing Active Role Models to INspire Girls(CHARMING): protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility trial of a school-based, community linked programme to increase physical activity levels in 9–10-year-old girls. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 8, article number: 2. (10.1186/s40814-021-00961-6)
2021
- Morgan, K., Lewis, J., Hawkins, J. and Moore, G. 2021. From a research trial to routine practice: stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of referrals to the National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS) in Wales. BMC Health Services Research 21, article number: 1232. (10.1186/s12913-021-07266-7)
- Morgan, K. et al. 2021. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption from 1998-2017: findings from the health behaviour in school-aged children/school health research network in Wales. PLoS ONE 16(4), article number: e0248847. (10.1371/journal.pone.0248847)
- Oliver, E. J. et al. 2021. Where next for the design, delivery and evaluation of community-based physical activity prescription? Emerging lessons from the United Kingdom. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 46(11), pp. 1430-1434. (10.1139/apnm-2021-0101)
2020
- Moore, G. F., Anthony, R. E., Hawkins, J., Van Godwin, J., Murphy, S., Hewitt, G. and Melendez-Torres, G. 2020. Socioeconomic status, mental wellbeing and transition to secondary school: analysis of the School Health Research Network/Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey in Wales. British Educational Research Journal 46(5), pp. 1111-1130. (10.1002/berj.3616)
- Long, S. et al. 2020. Testing the ‘zero-sum game’ hypothesis: An examination of school health policies and practices and inequalities in educational outcomes. Journal of School Health 90(5), pp. 415-424., article number: 10.1111/josh.12889. (10.1111/josh.12889)
2019
- Littlecott, H., Hawkins, J., Mann, M., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Dobbie, F. and Moore, G. 2019. Associations between school-based peer networks and smoking according to socioeconomic status and tobacco control context: protocol for a mixed method systematic review. Systematic Reviews 8(1), article number: 313. (10.1186/s13643-019-1225-z)
- Morgan, K., McConnon, L., Van Godwin, J., Hawkins, J., Bond, A. and Fletcher, A. 2019. Use of the school setting during the summer holidays: Mixed-methods evaluation of Food and Fun Clubs in Wales. Journal of School Health 89(10), pp. 829-838. (10.1111/josh.12824)
- Bartelink, N. H. M., van Assema, P., Jansen, M. W. J., Savelberg, H. H. C. M., Moore, G. F., Hawkins, J. and Kremers, S. P. J. 2019. Process evaluation of the healthy primary School of the Future: the key learning points. BMC Public Health 19(1), article number: 698. (10.1186/s12889-019-6947-2)
- Hawkins, J. et al. 2019. Acceptability and feasibility of implementing accelerometry-based activity monitors and a linked web portal in an exercise referral scheme: A mixed-methods feasibility randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research 21(3), article number: e12374. (10.2196/12374)
- Morgan, K., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Bond, A., Hawkins, J., Hewitt, G., Murphy, S. and Moore, G. 2019. Socio-economic inequalities in adolescent summer holiday experiences, and mental wellbeing on return to school: analysis of the School Health Research Network/Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey in Wales. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(7), article number: 1107. (10.3390/ijerph16071107)
- Moore, G., Evans, R., Hawkins, J., Littlecott, H., Melendez-Torres, G., Bonell, C. and Murphy, S. 2019. From complex social interventions to interventions in complex social systems: future directions and unresolved questions for intervention development and evaluation. Evaluation 25(1), pp. 23-45. (10.1177/1356389018803219)
2018
- Moore, G. F. et al. 2018. School, peer and family relationships and adolescent substance use, subjective wellbeing and mental health symptoms in Wales: a cross sectional study. Child Indicators Research 11, pp. 1951-1965. (10.1007/s12187-017-9524-1)
- Whiteman-Sandland, J., Hawkins, J. and Clayton, D. 2018. The role of social capital and community belongingness for exercise adherence: An exploratory study of the CrossFit gym model. Journal of Health Psychology 23(12), pp. 1545-1556. (10.1177/1359105316664132)
- Littlecott, H. J. et al. 2018. Health improvement and educational attainment in secondary schools: complementary or competing priorities? Exploratory analyses from the School Health Research Network in Wales. Health Education and Behavior 45(4), pp. 635-644. (10.1177/1090198117747659)
- Paljarvi, T. et al. 2018. Feasibility of consumer-level activity monitors: Attitudes, user experiences, and accuracy of activity data. Presented at: 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, London, England, 15-17 October 2018. Human Kinetics, (10.1123/jpah.2018-0535)
2017
- Hawkins, J. et al. 2017. Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial of the use of Physical ACtivity monitors in an exercise referral setting: the PACERS study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 3, article number: 51. (10.1186/s40814-017-0194-z)
- Hawkins, J. and White, J. 2017. Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to Frank drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST+FRANK): a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.. Presented at: 13th UK Society for Behavioural Medicine [UKSBM] Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, UK, 13-15 December 2017.
- Hawkins, J. 2017. Using activity monitors to support physical activity changes: experiences from exercise referral schemes in Wales. Presented at: European Public Health Conference: Sustaining resilient and healthy communities, Stokholm, Sweden, 2-4 November 2017European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 27. Vol. S3. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B - Oxford Open Option D pp. 23., (10.1093/eurpub/ckx187.058)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adaptation of the ASSIST peer-led smoking intervention to deliver information from the Talk to FRANK drug education website (ASSIST+FRANK): a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 390(S3), pp. S1. (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32936-7)
- Long, S. J. et al. 2017. Testing the 'zero-sum game' hypothesis: An examination of school health policy and practice and inequalities in educational outcomes. The Lancet 390(Supp 3), pp. S60. (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32995-1)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to FRANK drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST?+FRANK): intervention development, refinement and a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Public Health Research 5(7), pp. 1-126. (10.3310/phr05070)
- Hawkins, J. et al. 2017. Development of a framework for the co-production and prototyping of public health interventions. BMC Public Health 17, pp. 689., article number: 689. (10.1186/s12889-017-4695-8)
- Moore, G., Evans, R. E., Hawkins, J., Littlecott, H. and Turley, R. L. 2017. All interventions are complex, but some are more complex than others: using iCAT_SR to assess complexity [Editorial]. The Cochrane Library (10.1002/14651858.ED000122)
- Hawkins, J., Gobat, N., Van Godwin, J., Rollnick, S., Wagner, C., Hickman, M. and Murphy, S. 2017. Development and evaluation of a teacher training programme for a Group Motivational Interviewing intervention to prevent alcohol misuse in secondary schools [GMI_ALC]. Presented at: 5th International Conference on Motivational Interviewing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
- McConnon, L., Morgan, K., Van Godwin, J., Hawkins, J., Bond, A. and Fletcher, A. 2017. Food and Fun School Holiday Enrichment Programme 2016: evaluation report. Project Report. Cardiff: Welsh Local Government Association.
2016
- Hawkins, J. et al. 2016. Group motivational interviewing in schools: development of a health promotion intervention. Health Education Journal 75(5), pp. 513-527. (10.1177/0017896915606938)
2014
- Hawkins, J., Oliver, E. J., Wyatt-Williams, J., Scale, E. and Van Woerden, H. C. 2014. Assessing the feasibility of using uniaxial accelerometers with an online support platform in the delivery of a community-based exercise referral scheme. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health 5(4), pp. 288-290. (10.1177/2150131914536053)
- Hawkins, J., Clayton, D. and Mercer, J. 2014. Harvesting the benefits when growing older. The Psychologist 27(1), article number: Big Picture.
- Hawkins, J., Murphy, S. and Gobat, N. H. 2014. Promoting health in secondary school pupils: Group Motivational Interviewing (GMI) to prevent alcohol and substance misuse. Presented at: 4th Welsh Public Health Conference, Cardiff, Wales, 6-7th October 2014.
2013
- Hawkins, J., Mercer, J., Thirlaway, K. and Clayton, D. 2013. “Doing” gardening and “being” at the allotment site: exploring the benefits of allotment gardening for stress reduction and healthy aging. Ecopsychology 5(2), pp. 110-125. (10.1089/eco.2012.0084)
- Hawkins, J. 2013. “Please can we do more of these?” A technology-enhanced SPSS revision session for improving student engagement and dispelling common misconceptions. Project Report. Cardiff Metropolitan University.
2011
- Hawkins, J., Thirlaway, K., Backx, K. and Clayton, D. 2011. Allotment gardening and other leisure activities for stress reduction and healthy aging. Horttechnology 21(5), pp. 577-585.
Articles
- Serruto, F. T. et al. 2024. Peruvian healthcare system readiness for dementia: First insights from an ongoing research study. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association 20(S7), article number: e088535. (10.1002/alz.088535)
- Bond, A., Moore, G. and Hawkins, J. 2024. Understanding parental involvement with schools and parental engagement with learning across schools in areas of socioeconomic deprivation in Wales. Educational Review (10.1080/00131911.2024.2432255)
- Gissel Rasmussen, L., Østergaard Nielsen, R., Hawkins, J., Kallestrup, P., Midtgaard, J. and Ryom, K. 2024. Social prescribing initiatives connecting general practice patients with community-based physical activity: A scoping review with expert interviews. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health (10.1177/14034948241299878)
- Moore, G., Donaldson, C., Querghi, S., Hawkins, J., Anthony, R., Angel, L. and Morgan, K. 2024. School and family level socioeconomic status, school connectedness and health and wellbeing among 9-11 year olds: cross sectional analysis of the Student Health and Wellbeing Survey in Wales. Child Indicators Research (10.1007/s12187-024-10179-6)
- Hawkins, J. et al. 2024. Association of volatile substance, nitrous oxide and alkyl nitrate use with mental health 1 in UK adolescents. The British Journal of Psychiatry (10.1192/bjp.2024.128)
- Hines, L. A. et al. 2024. Association between cannabis potency and mental health in adolescence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 261, article number: 111359. (10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111359)
- Coulman, E. et al. 2024. The evaluation of the Scottish Borders/Food Train Eat Well Age Well implementation of the Patient Association Nutrition Checklist. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN 61, article number: P506. (10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.12.125)
- Laurenzi, C. A. et al. 2024. Development of a school-based programme for mental health promotion and prevention among adolescents in Nepal and South Africa. SSM Mental Health 5, article number: 100289. (10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100289)
- Donaldson, C., Hawkins, J., Rice, F. and Moore, G. 2024. Trajectories of mental health across the primary to secondary school transition. JCPP Advances (10.1002/jcv2.12244)
- Rasmussen, L. G., Nielsen, R. O., Kallestrup, P., Hawkins, J. and Ryom, K. 2023. Study design of ‘Move More’: Development and feasibility of a social-prescribing intervention to increase physical activity among inactive Danes. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 51(8), pp. 1258-1265. (10.1177/14034948221098929)
- Moore, G., Evans, R. E., Hawkins, J., Shenderovich, Y. and Young, H. 2023. What does 'following the guidance' mean in an era of increasingly pluralistic guidance for the development, evaluation and implementation of interventions?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 77, pp. 753-754. (10.1136/jech-2023-220880)
- Hotham, J. et al. 2023. Association of cannabis, cannabidiol and synthetic cannabinoid use with mental health in UK adolescents. British Journal of Psychiatry 223(4), pp. 478-484. (10.1192/bjp.2023.91)
- Morgan, K. et al. 2023. A mixed-methods process evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of involving community and peer role models within a physical activity intervention for primary-school-aged girls (the CHARMING study). BMC Public Health 23(1), article number: 1950. (10.1186/s12889-023-16826-x)
- Long, S., Hawkins, J., Murphy, S. and Moore, G. 2023. School health and wellbeing and national education system reform: a qualitative study. British Education Research Journal 49(4), pp. 674-692. (10.1002/berj.3861)
- Donaldson, C., Moore, G. and Hawkins, J. 2023. Conceptualising the primary to secondary school transition within the theoretical framework of ecosocial theory. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions 2(1), pp. 1-17., article number: 19. (10.5334/ijelt.61)
- White, J. et al. 2023. Association between gender minority status and mental health in high schools. Journal of Adolescent Health 72(5), pp. 811-814. (10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.12.028)
- Donaldson, C., Moore, G. and Hawkins, J. 2023. A systematic review of school transition interventions to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes in children and young people. School Mental Health 15, pp. 19-35. (10.1007/s12310-022-09539-w)
- Littlecott, H. J. et al. 2023. Perceptions of friendship, peers and influence on adolescent smoking according to tobacco control context: A systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative research. BMC Public Health 23, article number: 424. (10.1186/s12889-022-14727-z)
- Ristolainen, H., Forma, L., Hawkins, J. and Tiilikainen, E. 2022. Study protocol of a mixed method pragmatic quasi-experimental trial to evaluate the day activity services targeted at older home care clients in Finland. BMC Geriatrics 22, article number: 810. (10.1186/s12877-022-03512-7)
- Pérez Jolles, M., Willging, C. E., Stadnick, N. A., Crable, E. L., Lengnick-Hall, R., Hawkins, J. and Aarons, G. A. 2022. Understanding implementation research collaborations from a co-creation lens: recommendations for a path forward. Frontiers in Health Services 2, article number: 942658. (10.3389/frhs.2022.942658)
- McEwan, K. et al. 2022. Greener streets and behaviours, and green-eyed neighbours: a controlled study evaluating the impact of a sustainable urban drainage scheme in Wales on sustainability. Sustainable Water Resources Management 8, article number: 143. (10.1007/s40899-022-00723-z)
- Moore, G. et al. 2022. Mental health and life satisfaction among 10–11-year-olds in Wales, before and one year after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health 22, article number: 379. (10.1186/s12889-022-12752-6)
- Littlecott, H. J. et al. 2022. Exploring the association between school-based peer networks and smoking according to socioeconomic status and tobacco control context: a systematic review. BMC Public Health 22, article number: 142. (10.1186/s12889-021-12333-z)
- Pell, B. et al. 2022. CHoosing Active Role Models to INspire Girls(CHARMING): protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility trial of a school-based, community linked programme to increase physical activity levels in 9–10-year-old girls. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 8, article number: 2. (10.1186/s40814-021-00961-6)
- Morgan, K., Lewis, J., Hawkins, J. and Moore, G. 2021. From a research trial to routine practice: stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of referrals to the National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS) in Wales. BMC Health Services Research 21, article number: 1232. (10.1186/s12913-021-07266-7)
- Morgan, K. et al. 2021. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption from 1998-2017: findings from the health behaviour in school-aged children/school health research network in Wales. PLoS ONE 16(4), article number: e0248847. (10.1371/journal.pone.0248847)
- Oliver, E. J. et al. 2021. Where next for the design, delivery and evaluation of community-based physical activity prescription? Emerging lessons from the United Kingdom. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 46(11), pp. 1430-1434. (10.1139/apnm-2021-0101)
- Moore, G. F., Anthony, R. E., Hawkins, J., Van Godwin, J., Murphy, S., Hewitt, G. and Melendez-Torres, G. 2020. Socioeconomic status, mental wellbeing and transition to secondary school: analysis of the School Health Research Network/Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey in Wales. British Educational Research Journal 46(5), pp. 1111-1130. (10.1002/berj.3616)
- Long, S. et al. 2020. Testing the ‘zero-sum game’ hypothesis: An examination of school health policies and practices and inequalities in educational outcomes. Journal of School Health 90(5), pp. 415-424., article number: 10.1111/josh.12889. (10.1111/josh.12889)
- Littlecott, H., Hawkins, J., Mann, M., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Dobbie, F. and Moore, G. 2019. Associations between school-based peer networks and smoking according to socioeconomic status and tobacco control context: protocol for a mixed method systematic review. Systematic Reviews 8(1), article number: 313. (10.1186/s13643-019-1225-z)
- Morgan, K., McConnon, L., Van Godwin, J., Hawkins, J., Bond, A. and Fletcher, A. 2019. Use of the school setting during the summer holidays: Mixed-methods evaluation of Food and Fun Clubs in Wales. Journal of School Health 89(10), pp. 829-838. (10.1111/josh.12824)
- Bartelink, N. H. M., van Assema, P., Jansen, M. W. J., Savelberg, H. H. C. M., Moore, G. F., Hawkins, J. and Kremers, S. P. J. 2019. Process evaluation of the healthy primary School of the Future: the key learning points. BMC Public Health 19(1), article number: 698. (10.1186/s12889-019-6947-2)
- Hawkins, J. et al. 2019. Acceptability and feasibility of implementing accelerometry-based activity monitors and a linked web portal in an exercise referral scheme: A mixed-methods feasibility randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research 21(3), article number: e12374. (10.2196/12374)
- Morgan, K., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Bond, A., Hawkins, J., Hewitt, G., Murphy, S. and Moore, G. 2019. Socio-economic inequalities in adolescent summer holiday experiences, and mental wellbeing on return to school: analysis of the School Health Research Network/Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey in Wales. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(7), article number: 1107. (10.3390/ijerph16071107)
- Moore, G., Evans, R., Hawkins, J., Littlecott, H., Melendez-Torres, G., Bonell, C. and Murphy, S. 2019. From complex social interventions to interventions in complex social systems: future directions and unresolved questions for intervention development and evaluation. Evaluation 25(1), pp. 23-45. (10.1177/1356389018803219)
- Moore, G. F. et al. 2018. School, peer and family relationships and adolescent substance use, subjective wellbeing and mental health symptoms in Wales: a cross sectional study. Child Indicators Research 11, pp. 1951-1965. (10.1007/s12187-017-9524-1)
- Whiteman-Sandland, J., Hawkins, J. and Clayton, D. 2018. The role of social capital and community belongingness for exercise adherence: An exploratory study of the CrossFit gym model. Journal of Health Psychology 23(12), pp. 1545-1556. (10.1177/1359105316664132)
- Littlecott, H. J. et al. 2018. Health improvement and educational attainment in secondary schools: complementary or competing priorities? Exploratory analyses from the School Health Research Network in Wales. Health Education and Behavior 45(4), pp. 635-644. (10.1177/1090198117747659)
- Hawkins, J. et al. 2017. Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial of the use of Physical ACtivity monitors in an exercise referral setting: the PACERS study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 3, article number: 51. (10.1186/s40814-017-0194-z)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adaptation of the ASSIST peer-led smoking intervention to deliver information from the Talk to FRANK drug education website (ASSIST+FRANK): a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 390(S3), pp. S1. (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32936-7)
- Long, S. J. et al. 2017. Testing the 'zero-sum game' hypothesis: An examination of school health policy and practice and inequalities in educational outcomes. The Lancet 390(Supp 3), pp. S60. (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32995-1)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to FRANK drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST?+FRANK): intervention development, refinement and a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Public Health Research 5(7), pp. 1-126. (10.3310/phr05070)
- Hawkins, J. et al. 2017. Development of a framework for the co-production and prototyping of public health interventions. BMC Public Health 17, pp. 689., article number: 689. (10.1186/s12889-017-4695-8)
- Moore, G., Evans, R. E., Hawkins, J., Littlecott, H. and Turley, R. L. 2017. All interventions are complex, but some are more complex than others: using iCAT_SR to assess complexity [Editorial]. The Cochrane Library (10.1002/14651858.ED000122)
- Hawkins, J. et al. 2016. Group motivational interviewing in schools: development of a health promotion intervention. Health Education Journal 75(5), pp. 513-527. (10.1177/0017896915606938)
- Hawkins, J., Oliver, E. J., Wyatt-Williams, J., Scale, E. and Van Woerden, H. C. 2014. Assessing the feasibility of using uniaxial accelerometers with an online support platform in the delivery of a community-based exercise referral scheme. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health 5(4), pp. 288-290. (10.1177/2150131914536053)
- Hawkins, J., Clayton, D. and Mercer, J. 2014. Harvesting the benefits when growing older. The Psychologist 27(1), article number: Big Picture.
- Hawkins, J., Mercer, J., Thirlaway, K. and Clayton, D. 2013. “Doing” gardening and “being” at the allotment site: exploring the benefits of allotment gardening for stress reduction and healthy aging. Ecopsychology 5(2), pp. 110-125. (10.1089/eco.2012.0084)
- Hawkins, J., Thirlaway, K., Backx, K. and Clayton, D. 2011. Allotment gardening and other leisure activities for stress reduction and healthy aging. Horttechnology 21(5), pp. 577-585.
Conferences
- Sheeran, L., James, A. and Hawkins, J. 2023. Co-production of BACK-on-LINETM, a work-based digital self-management of low back pain, for implementation and scaleup the rail industry. Presented at: 11th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain, Melbourne, Australia, 1-4 Nov 2023.
- Paljarvi, T. et al. 2018. Feasibility of consumer-level activity monitors: Attitudes, user experiences, and accuracy of activity data. Presented at: 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, London, England, 15-17 October 2018. Human Kinetics, (10.1123/jpah.2018-0535)
- Hawkins, J. and White, J. 2017. Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to Frank drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST+FRANK): a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.. Presented at: 13th UK Society for Behavioural Medicine [UKSBM] Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, UK, 13-15 December 2017.
- Hawkins, J. 2017. Using activity monitors to support physical activity changes: experiences from exercise referral schemes in Wales. Presented at: European Public Health Conference: Sustaining resilient and healthy communities, Stokholm, Sweden, 2-4 November 2017European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 27. Vol. S3. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B - Oxford Open Option D pp. 23., (10.1093/eurpub/ckx187.058)
- Hawkins, J., Gobat, N., Van Godwin, J., Rollnick, S., Wagner, C., Hickman, M. and Murphy, S. 2017. Development and evaluation of a teacher training programme for a Group Motivational Interviewing intervention to prevent alcohol misuse in secondary schools [GMI_ALC]. Presented at: 5th International Conference on Motivational Interviewing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
- Hawkins, J., Murphy, S. and Gobat, N. H. 2014. Promoting health in secondary school pupils: Group Motivational Interviewing (GMI) to prevent alcohol and substance misuse. Presented at: 4th Welsh Public Health Conference, Cardiff, Wales, 6-7th October 2014.
Monographs
- McConnon, L., Morgan, K., Van Godwin, J., Hawkins, J., Bond, A. and Fletcher, A. 2017. Food and Fun School Holiday Enrichment Programme 2016: evaluation report. Project Report. Cardiff: Welsh Local Government Association.
- Hawkins, J. 2013. “Please can we do more of these?” A technology-enhanced SPSS revision session for improving student engagement and dispelling common misconceptions. Project Report. Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Research
Research funding:
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2023 - 2023. Hawkins, J (PI), Morgan, K., & Long, S. Healthy Working Wales Survey Tools Benchmarking Project. Public Health Wales. £29,749.
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2021 - 2022. Morgan, K., Hawkins, J (Principal Co-I), Moore, G., Hallingberg, B., van Sluijs, E., Charles, J., Pickles, T., Roberts, J. CHoosing Active Role Models to INspire Girls (CHARMING): cluster randomised feasibility study of a school-based, community-linked programme to increase physical activity levels in 9-11 year old girls. Health and Care Research Wales, Health Research Award. £249,830
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2020 – 2025. Collishaw, S & Rice, F. (co-PI’s), Thapar, A., John, A., Hall, J., Owen, M., Murphy, S., Moore, G., Hawkins J. (co-I), Young, H. Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health. Wolfson Foundation. £10,000,000.
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2020 – 2025. Murphy, S., Bishop, J., Evans, R., Hawkins, J. (co-I), Moore, G., Roberts, J., Robinson, A., Robling, M., Segrott, J., White, J., Young. H. Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement [DECIPHer]. Health and Care Research Wales, Research Development Infrastructure Funding. £2,488,488.
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2019 – 2020. Hawkins, J. (PI), Melendez-Torres, G.J. & Murphy, S. Healthy Working Wales Evaluation Partner. Public Health Wales Partnership Funding. £38,096
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2018-22. White, J. Hawkins, J. (co-I), Madden, K., Cannings-John, R., Townson, J., Murphy, S., Campbell, R., Hickman, M., Bonell, C., Parrott, S. & Moore, L. A multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a school-based peer-led drig prevention intervention (The FRANK friends study). National Institute for Health Research, Public Health Research fund. £1,831,321
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2017-2017. Morgan, K., McConnon, L., Hawkins, J.L. (co-I), Littlecott, H., Long, S. & Moore, G.F. “An evaluability assessment of the Food & Fun School Holiday Enrichment Programme in Wales.” Welsh Local Government Association. £49,718
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2016-2016. Fletcher, A., Hawkins, J.L. (co-I) & Morgan, K. “School Holiday Enrichment Project (SHEP) Evaluation.” Welsh Local Government Association. £112,000
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2015-2017. Hawkins, J.L (PI), Murphy, S., Simpson, S., Oliver, E., Kelson, M., Jago, R., Tudor-Edwards, R & Moore, G. “The use of accelorometry-based activity monitors and linked web portal to enhance long-term maintenance of physical activity in adults: A pilot trial in an exercise referral setting.” Health and Care Research Wales, Health Research Award. £307,494
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2015-2017. Murphy, S., Hawkins, J.L. (co-I), Gobat, N., Hickman, M., Wagner, C & Rollnick, S. “GMI_ALC: Developing a teacher training programme for a Group Motivational Interviewing intervention to prevent alcohol misuse in secondary schools” Medical Research Council, Public Health Intervention Development Fund. £143,951
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2014-2016. Hawkins, J.L. (PI), Milbourne, P., Fletcher, A., & Morgan, K. “Growing Healthy Diets: Investigating links between school gardening activity and fruit and vegetable intake in primary school children” Cardiff University Research Seedcorn Fund. £4912
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2012-2013. Clayton, D, Thirlaway, K, Hawkins, J (co-I), Webb, R, Thom, J, Clare, L, Wyatt-Williams, J, & Little, G. “Outdoor Activities and Healthy Ageing Research Development Group; An Wales-wide inter-disciplinary collaboration to develop research funding proposals related to gardening and walking” Older People and Ageing Research and Development Network (OPAN). £1700
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2011-2013. Clayton D, Mercer J, Hawkins J (co-I), Backx K, & Thirlaway K. “Growing a healthy older population in Wales project” National Institute for Social Care and Health Research, Social Care Research Award. £188,031
I am also a collaborator on a research study in Finland titled "SOLDEX: Old-age social exclusion in home care - prevalence, meanings & intervention" led by Elisa Tiilikainen at the University of Eastern Finland.
Teaching
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching across a range of areas.
Cardiff University School of Social Sciences:
2020-present Introduction to Social and Public Policy (Level 4) [as module co-convenor](BSc Social Policy, BSc Social Analytics, BSc Social Sciences, BSc Sociology, BSc Education, BSc Criminology)
2020-present Citizenship and Social Policy (Level 7)
(MSc Social and Public Policy)2019-present Developing and evaluating interventions in complex social systems (Level 7)
(MSc Social and Public Policy)2019-present Social Policy Analysis (Level 5) [as module convenor](BSc Social Policy, BSc Social Analytics, BSc Social Sciences, BSc Sociology, BSc Education, BSc Criminology)
2019-present Evaluating Social Practices, Policy and Innovation (Level 5)
(BSc Social Policy, BSc Social Analytics, BSc Social Sciences, BSc Sociology, BSc Education, BSc Criminology)2017-present Experiments in Knowing (Level 6)
(BSc Social Analytics, BSc Social Sciences, BSc Sociology, BSc Social Policy, BSc Education, BSc Criminology)
Cardiff University School of Medicine:
- 2015-present Health Improvement [as module convenor 2015-2018]
(MSc Public Health)
DECIPHer Methodology Short Course Programme:
- 2015-present Developing and Evaluating Complex Interventions [course lead]
- 2018-present Feasibility studies for public health interventions
TEACHING AS GUEST LECTURER / FROM PREVIOUS ROLES
Karolinska Institute:
- 2020-present Developing and Evaluating Complex Interventions (Doctoral Course)
University of Limerick:
- 2020-present Public Health Intervention (Level 7)
(MSc Public Health)
Cardiff Metropolitan University School of Health Sciences:
- 2008-present Research Methods and Design
(MSc Applied Public Health / MSc Health Psychology / MSc Advanced Dietetic Practice)
- 2013-present Practical Research Techniques in Psychology and Health
(MRes Psychology and Health)
- 2010-2013 Chronic Illness, Stress and Pain
(MSc Health Psychology)
- 2010-2013 Health Sociology [as module convenor]
(BSc Podiatry/BSc Nutrition and Dietetics/BSc Public Health Nutrition / MSc Dietetics)
- 2009-2011 Introduction to Statistics
(BSc Psychology) - 2013-2014 Social Psychology
(BSc Psychology)
Biography
Education and qualifications:
- 2013 PGCert Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University
- 2012 PhD Health Psychology & Health Sciences, University of Wales
- 2011 Welsh for Adults [Mynediad/Entry] Cardiff Metropolitan University
- 2007 PGCert Integrated Mental Health Care, University of Birmingham
- 2005 BSc (hons) Psychology, 2:1, Cardiff University
Career overview:
- 2020 - Present Senior Lecturer, Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement [DECIPHer], Cardiff School of Sciences, Cardiff University
- 2011 – Present Guest Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan University
- 2015 – 2019 Research Fellow, DECIPHer, Cardiff University
- 2017 – 2019. Senior Researcher (0.2 FTE secondment), Central South Consortium Joint Education Service
- 2013 – 2015 Research Associate, Public Health Improvement Research Network, Cardiff University
- 2013 – 2014 Honorary Public Health Practitioner, Public Health Wales NHS Trust
- 2012 – 2013 Research Officer, Cardiff Metropolitan University
- 2008 – 2012 Research Assistant, University of Wales Institute Cardiff
- 2005 – 2008 Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner, Walsall Primary Care Trust, NHS
Professional memberships
British Psychological Society Chartered Health Psychologist [2005 - present],
Academic positions
Research Officer [Cardiff Metropolitan University]
Supervisions
I currently supervise 2 PhD students and 3 Professional Doctorate students, and have supervised a number of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations in the Schools of Medicine and Social Sciences, and previously in the Department of Psychology / School of Health Sciences at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
I am interested in supervising research projects in areas including:
- school-based health improvement intervention;
- interventions to promote physical activity / reduce sedentary behaviour across the lifecourse;
- associations between, and common determinants in, health and educational outcomes of school pupils;
- intervention development/evaluation methods
- health policy evaluation
Contact Details
HawkinsJ10@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 75184
sbarc|spark, Room Room 2.04, 1-3 Museum Place, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
+44 29208 75184
sbarc|spark, Room Room 2.04, 1-3 Museum Place, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
