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Dr Jeremy Segrott
(he/him)
- Welsh speaking
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Jeremy Segrott
Reader, Deputy Director of the Population Health and Social Care Division
Overview
I am a Reader in the Centre for Trials Research and the DECIPHer Centre at Cardiff University. My research focuses on improving public health through the development and evaluation of health improvement interventions, with a particular emphasis on schools and families. I am also a methodological specialist in process evaluations, which examine how interventions are implemented and help interpret outcomes within randomised controlled trials and other study designs.
Since joining Cardiff University in 2007, I have led and contributed to interdisciplinary research teams across a wide range of public health projects. My academic background is in human geography (PhD), and a consistent thread throughout my career has been an interest in social relationships, especially within family and school systems. I am an experienced qualitative researcher, with expertise in designing and conducting semi‑structured interviews.
Within the Centre for Trials Research, I chair the Learning and Development Group and lead the implementation of its L&D strategy. I also serve as the Centre’s lead for undergraduate teaching, with a strong commitment to public involvement and engagement across all aspects of my work.
I am passionate about inspiring students to recognise the value of research in improving public health. My teaching aims to create meaningful opportunities for skill development, including leading a research methods module within the School of Medicine’s intercalated degree programme and supporting undergraduate students to gain hands‑on experience with research teams through Student Selected Component (SSC) projects.
Current projects
- A digital parent support programme for parents of children with intellectual disabilities: The Digital Family Support (DiFS) study. National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) HTA. (2025)
- Optimisation and feasibility of Triple P parenting programme for remote delivery. Nuffield Foundation: £342,022. Chief Investigator.
- A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) for families of young children with intellectual disability'. National Institute for Health Research, Public Health Research Programme: £1.8m.
- The Solutions Trial EOI: Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in 10–17-year-olds presenting at police custody. Youth Endowment Foundation, £828, 414.
- Developing Peer Led Movement-based Intervention to Improve Physical and Psychological Outcomes for Survivors of Torture and Trauma in Wales and Beyond (Peer MIST). Health and Care Research Wales, £218,626.
- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer). Health & Care Research Wales (£2,488,488).
- Centre for Trials Research. Health and Care Research Wales (£1,896,971).
Recent projects
- Understanding the role of secondary school environments and policies as drivers of school connectedness to prevent anxiety and depression. Wellcome - Chief Investigator. £273,134). https://wellcome.org/what-we-do/data-science-and-health-trustworthy-data-science/wellcome-data-prizes
- Watch me Play! A pilot feasibility study of a remotely-delivered intervention to promote mental health resilience for children (age 0-8) across UK early years and children’s services. What Works for Children's Social Care, £291,536.
- A multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of KiVa to reduce bullying in primary schools: The UK KiVa Trial. National Institute for Health Research, Public Health Research Programme, £2,567,131.
Publication
2025
- Segrott, J. , Koning, I. and Chapoton, B. 2025. Commentary - Community involvement and prevention science in and with communities – Where do we go next?. Journal of Prevention 46 , pp.813-827. (10.1007/s10935-025-00864-9)
2024
- Bowes, L. et al., 2024. The effects and costs of an anti-bullying program (KiVa) in UK primary schools: a multicenter cluster randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine 54 (15), pp.4362-4373. (10.1017/S0033291724002666)
- Moody, G. et al. 2024. Solutions trial: Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in 10–17-year-olds presenting at police custody: a randomised controlled trial. Trials 25 (1) 159. (10.1186/s13063-024-07904-5)
- Randell, E. et al. 2024. Watch Me Play!: protocol for a feasibility study of a remotely delivered intervention to promote mental health resilience for children (ages 0–8) across UK early years and children’s services. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 10 (1) 55. (10.1186/s40814-024-01491-7)
- Randell, E. et al. 2024. Watch Me Play! A pilot feasibility study of a remotely- delivered intervention to promote mental health resilience for children (aged 0-8) across UK early years and children's services.. Project Report.Foundations.
- Segrott, J. et al. 2024. Integrating qualitative research within a clinical trials unit: developing strategies and understanding their implementation in contexts. Trials 25 (1) 323. (10.1186/s13063-024-08124-7)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2024. Improving the inclusion of an under-served group in trials: development and implementation of the INCLUDE Impaired Capacity to Consent Framework. Trials 25 (1) 83. (10.1186/s13063-024-07944-x)
- Stenfert Kroese, B. et al., 2024. Emotional literacy programme in special schools for children with a learning disability in England: the ZF-SEND feasibility RCT. Public Health Research 12 (15)(10.3310/JTJY8001)
- Thompson, P. A. et al., 2024. Statistical analysis plan for the SOLUTIONS randomised controlled trial with internal pilot: Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in 10–17-year-olds presenting at policy custody. Trials 25 633. (10.1186/s13063-024-08457-3)
2023
- Segrott, J. and Koning, I. 2023. Intervenciones preventivas basadas en la familia: comprensión de la implementación y cuestiones clave en su evaluación. In: Orte, C. , Marsiglia, F. F. and Amer, J. eds. Programas de familias para la comunidad: Buenas prácticas en implementación de intervenciones basadas en la evidencia. Octaedro. , pp.97-116.
- Williams, A. et al., 2023. How does a restorative approach work? Supporting military veteran families affected by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Internet Journal of Restorative Justice
2022
- Clarkson, S. et al., 2022. The UK stand together trial: protocol for a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of KiVa to reduce bullying in primary schools. BMC Public Health 22 608. (10.1186/s12889-022-12642-x)
- Copeland, L. et al. 2022. Adapting population health interventions for new contexts: Qualitative interviews understanding the experiences, practices and challenges of researchers, funders and journal editors. BMJ Open 12 e066451. (10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066451)
- Robling, M. et al. 2022. A nurse-led home-visitation programme for first-time mothers in reducing maltreatment and improving child health and development (BB:2-6): longer-term outcomes from a randomised cohort using data-linkage. BMJ Open 12 (2) e049960. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049960)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2022. Effectiveness of the strengthening families programme in the UK at preventing substance misuse in 10-14 year-olds: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 12 (2) e049647. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049647)
2021
- Copeland, L. et al. 2021. The what, why and when of adapting interventions for new contexts: A qualitative study of researchers, funders, journal editors and practitioners’ understandings. Plos One 16 (7) e0254020. (10.1371/journal.pone.0254020)
- Coulman, E. et al. 2021. Early positive approaches to support (E-PAtS) for families of young children with intellectual disability: a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry 12 729129. (10.3389/fpsyt.2021.729129)
- Moody, G. et al. 2021. What are the challenges when recruiting to a trial in children’s social care? A qualitative evaluation of a trial of foster carer training. Trials 22 241. (10.1186/s13063-021-05186-9)
- Moore, G. et al. 2021. Adapting interventions to new context - the ADAPT guidance. The BMJ 374 n1679. (10.1136/bmj.n1679)
- Movsisyan, A. et al., 2021. Adapting evidence-informed population health interventions for new contexts: a scoping review of current practice. Health Research Policy and Systems 19 13. (10.1186/s12961-020-00668-9)
- Robling, M. et al. 2021. The Family Nurse Partnership to reduce maltreatment and improve child health and development in young children: the BB:2 6 routine data-linkage follow-up to earlier RCT. Public Health Research 9 2. (10.3310/phr09020)
- Williams, A. et al. 2021. Developing a model of the restorative approaches veteran family service.
2020
- 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)
- Channon, S. et al. 2020. Qualitative process evaluation of the Fostering Changes program for foster carers as part of the Confidence in Care randomized controlled trial. Child Abuse and Neglect 109 104768. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104768)
- Coulman, E. et al. 2020. The Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) study: study protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a group programme (E-PAtS) for family caregivers of young children with intellectual disability. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 6 (1) 147. (10.1186/s40814-020-00689-9)
- Moody, G. et al. 2020. A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the fostering changes programme. Child Abuse and Neglect 108 104646. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104646)
- Moore, G. F. et al. 2020. Associations of socioeconomic status, parental smoking and parental e-cigarette use with 10-11-year-old children's perceptions of tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes: Cross sectional analysis of the CHETS Wales 3 Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (3) 683. (10.3390/ijerph17030683)
2019
- Evans, R. et al. 2019. When and how do 'effective' interventions need to be adapted and/or re-evaluated in new contexts? The need for guidance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 73 (6), pp.-. (10.1136/jech-2018-210840)
- Movsisyan, A. et al., 2019. Adapting evidence-informed complex population health interventions for new contexts: a systematic review of guidance. Implementation Science : IS 14 (1) 105. (10.1186/s13012-019-0956-5)
- Reed, H. et al. 2019. Improving relationship–based practice, practitioner confidence and family engagement skills through restorative approach training. Presented at: European Conference for Social Work Research 2019 Leuven, Belgium 10-12 April 2019.
- Segrott, J. 2019. Supporting prevention science and prevention research internationally. In: Sloboda, Z. et al., Prevention of Substance Use. Advances in Prevention Science Springer. , pp.385-394.
- Segrott, J. and Roberts, J. 2019. Working with schools to develop complex interventions for public health improvement. In: Newbury-Burch, D. and Allan, K. eds. Co-creating and Co-Producing Research Evidence: A Guide for Practitioners and Academics in Health, Social Care and Education Settings. Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.28-41.
2018
- Hallingberg, B. et al. 2018. Exploratory studies to decide whether and how to proceed with full scale evaluations of public health interventions: A systematic review of guidance.. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4 104. (10.1186/s40814-018-0290-8)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2018. Assessing the impact of specialist home visiting upon maltreatment in England: a feasibility study of data linkage from a public health trial to routine health and social care data. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4 98. (10.1186/s40814-018-0294-4)
- Mejia, A. et al., 2018. Protecting adolescents in low- and middle-income countries from interpersonal violence (PRO YOUTH TRIAL): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial of the strengthening families programme 10-14 (“Familias Fuertes”) in Panama. Trials 19 (1) 320. (10.1186/s13063-018-2698-0)
- Moody, G. et al. 2018. Evaluating the long-term impact of the Fostering Changes training programme for foster carers in Wales, the Confidence in Care trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 19 34. (10.1186/s13063-017-2424-3)
- Moore, L. et al. 2018. Exploratory studies to inform full-scale evaluations of complex public health interventions: the need for guidance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72 (10), pp.865-866.
- Pettigrew, J. et al., 2018. Social interface model: theorizing ecological post-delivery processes for intervention effects. Prevention Science 19 (8), pp.987-996. (10.1007/s11121-017-0857-2)
- Reed, H. , Williams, A. and Segrott, J. 2018. South Wales practitioner workshop: restorative approach in family practice: improving practitioner confidence and family engagement. Presented at: South Wales Practitioner Workshop: Restorative Approach in Family Practice: Improving Practitioner Confidence and Family Engagement Cardiff 19 July 2018.
- Williams, A. et al. 2018. Improving relationship-based practice, practitioner confidence and family engagement skills through restorative approach training. Children and Youth Services Review 93 , pp.170-177. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.07.014)
2017
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2017. Assessing the medium-term impact of a home-visiting programme on child maltreatment in England: protocol for a routine data linkage study. BMJ Open 7 e015728. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015728)
- Segrott, J. et al. 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)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2017. An application of Extended Normalisation Process Theory in a randomised controlled trial of a complex social intervention: process evaluation of the Strengthening Families Programme (10-14) in Wales, UK. SSM - Population Health 3 , pp.255-265. (10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.01.002)
- Williams, A. and Segrott, J. 2017. Development of a conceptual model for restorative approach in family service provision. Social Policy and Society (10.1017/S1474746417000318)
2016
- Segrott, J. et al. 2016. Exploratory trial of a school-based alcohol prevention intervention with a family component. Health Education 116 (4), pp.410-431. (10.1108/HE-01-2015-0005)
2015
- Segrott, J. et al. 2015. Preventing alcohol misuse in young people: an exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial of the Kids, Adults Together (KAT) programme. Public Health Research 3 (15), pp.1-188. (10.3310/phr03150)
2014
- Hunter, B. and Segrott, J. 2014. Renegotiating inter-professional boundaries in maternity care: implementing a clinical pathway for normal labour. Sociology of Health & Illness 36 (5), pp.719-737. (10.1111/1467-9566.12096)
- Moore, L. A. R. et al. 2014. Strengthening Families Programme (10-14UK) substance misuse prevention programme: findings from NPRI randomised trial of a proportionate universalism adaptation of an intervention for families with children aged 10-14. Presented at: 10th UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting Nottingham 3-4 December 2014. , pp.1642-1647.
- Segrott, J. et al. 2014. Preventing substance misuse: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK (SFP 10-14 UK). BMC Public Health 14 (1) 49. (10.1186/1471-2458-14-49)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2014. Cultural adaptation and intervention integrity: a response to Skarstrand, Sundell and Andreasson. The European Journal of Public Health 24 (3), pp.354-355. (10.1093/eurpub/cku039)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2014. Fidelity of implementation of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK in Wales UK: a mixed-method process evaluation within a randomised controlled trial. Presented at: 7th European Public Health Conference Glasgow, Scotland, 19-22 November 2014.
2013
- Segrott, J. 2013. Recruitment and group composition strategies for family-based substance misuse prevention interventions: an exploratory evaluation. Journal of Children's Services 8 (2), pp.89-109. (10.1108/JCS-03-2013-0007)
- Segrott, J. , Rothwell, H. A. and Thomas, M. 2013. Creating safe places: an exploratory evaluation of a school-based emotional support service. Pastoral Care in Education 31 (3), pp.211-228. (10.1080/02643944.2013.788062)
2012
- Andrews, G. et al., 2012. The profile of complementary and alternative medicine users and reasons for complementary and alternative medicine use. In: Adams, J. et al., Traditional complementary and integrative medicine: an international reader. Bas: Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.11-17.
2011
- Andrews, G. , Adams, J. and Segrott, J. 2011. Médicine complémentaires et alternatives: production, consommation et recherche. In: Fleuret, S. and Hoyez, A. eds. Santé et géographie - noveaux regards. Géographie Paris: Economica. , pp.215-236.
- 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)
- Rothwell, H. A. and Segrott, J. 2011. Preventing alcohol misuse in young people aged 9-11 years through promoting family communication: an exploratory evaluation of the Kids, Adults Together (KAT) Programme. BMC Public Health 11 (1) 810. (10.1186/1471-2458-11-810)
2010
- Hunter, B. and Segrott, J. 2010. Using a clinical pathway to support normal birth: impact on practitioner roles and working practices. Birth 37 (3), pp.227-236. (10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00410.x)
- Moore, G. , Rothwell, H. A. and Segrott, J. 2010. An exploratory study of the relationship between parental attitudes and behaviour and young people's consumption of alcohol. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 5 (1) 6. (10.1186/1747-597X-5-6)
- Segrott, J. 2010. Preventing substance misuse: a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families 10-14 UK Programme. Presented at: Quality and Effectiveness in the Provision of Interventions: Substance Misuse Annual Conference Newport, Wales 12 February 2010.
2009
- Andrews, G. J. , Adams, J. and Segrott, J. 2009. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): production, consumption, research. In: Brown, T. , McLafferty, S. and Moon, G. eds. A companion to health and medical geography. Blackwell Companions to Geography Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.587-603. (10.1002/9781444314762.ch30)
- Hunter, B. and Segrott, J. 2009. Are clinical pathways ‘a good thing’? Reviewing the evidence. Midirs Midwifery Digest 19 (4), pp.515-517.
- Segrott, J. 2009. The strengthening families programme SFP10-14: ensuring that implementation is effective. Presented at: Preventing and reducing young people’s drinking – what works? seminar Antrim, Ireland 21 January 2009.
2008
- Green, B. F. et al., 2008. Studying abroad: a multiple case study of nursing students' international experiences. Nurse Education Today 28 (8), pp.981-992. (10.1016/j.nedt.2008.06.003)
- Hunter, B. and Segrott, J. 2008. Re-mapping client journeys and professional identities: a review of the literature on clinical pathways. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 45 (4), pp.608-625. (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.04.001)
- Jordan, S. and Segrott, J. 2008. Evidence-based practice: the debate. Journal of Nursing Management 16 (4), pp.385-387. (10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00881.x)
- Rolfe, G. , Segrott, J. and Jordan, S. 2008. Tensions and contradictions in nurses' perspectives of evidence-based practice. Journal of Nursing Management 16 (4), pp.440-451. (10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00864.x)
- Segrott, J. 2008. Assessing the potential of the Cardiff Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 (UK) as a national programme for Wales - final report. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics. Available at: http://www.mystrongfamily.org/downloads/PDFs/SFP-CardiffEvaluation.pdf.
2007
- Green, B. et al., 2007. Research capacity for everyone? A case study of two academic nursing schools' capacity building strategies. Journal of Research in Nursing 12 (3), pp.247-265. (10.1177/1744987107078405)
- Priest, H. et al., 2007. Harnessing collaboration to build nursing research capacity: A research team journey. Nurse Education Today 27 (6), pp.577-587. (10.1016/j.nedt.2006.08.019)
2006
- Green, B. , Segrott, J. and Hewitt, J. 2006. Developing nursing and midwifery research capacity in a university department: case study. Journal of Advanced Nursing 56 (3), pp.302-313. (10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04022.x)
- Segrott, J. 2006. Lessons in Nationality: constructing identities at Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain. Contemporary Wales 18 (1), pp.122-139.
- Segrott, J. , McIvor, M. and Green, B. 2006. Challenges and strategies in developing nursing research capacity: A review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 43 (5), pp.637-651. (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.07.011)
2004
- Clarke, D. B. , Doel, M. A. and Segrott, J. 2004. No alternative? The regulation and professionalization of complementary and alternative medicine in the United Kingdom. Health & Place 10 (4), pp.329-338. (10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.08.001)
- Doel, M. A. and Segrott, J. 2004. Materializing complementary and alternative medicine: aromatherapy, chiropractic, and Chinese herbal medicine in the UK. Geoforum 35 (6), pp.727-738. (10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.02.004)
- Segrott, J. and Doel, M. A. 2004. Disturbing geography: obsessive-compulsive disorder as spatial practice. Social & Cultural Geography 5 (4), pp.597-614. (10.1080/1464936042000317721)
2003
- Doel, M. and Segrott, J. 2003. Self, health, and gender: complementary and alternative medicine in the British mass media. Gender, Place & Culture 10 (2), pp.131-144. (10.1080/0966369032000079523)
- Doel, M. A. and Segrott, J. 2003. Beyond belief? Consumer culture, complementary medicine, and the dis-ease of everyday life. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 21 (6), pp.739-759. (10.1068/d290t)
- Segrott, J. 2003. Constructing communities away from home: Welsh identities in London. In: Aull Davies, C. and Jones, S. eds. Welsh communities: new ethnographic perspectives. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. , pp.176-202.
2002
- Robinson, V. and Segrott, J. 2002. Understanding the decision-making of asylum seekers. Project Report.[Online].London: Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. Available at: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/understand_asylum_decision.pdf.
2001
- Segrott, J. 2001. Language, geography and identity: the case of the Welsh in London. Social & Cultural Geography 2 (3), pp.281-296. (10.1080/14649360120073860)
- Segrott, J. 2001. Today and tomorrow. In: Jones, E. ed. The Welsh in London 1500-2000. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. , pp.184-192.
Articles
- Bowes, L. et al., 2024. The effects and costs of an anti-bullying program (KiVa) in UK primary schools: a multicenter cluster randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine 54 (15), pp.4362-4373. (10.1017/S0033291724002666)
- 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)
- Channon, S. et al. 2020. Qualitative process evaluation of the Fostering Changes program for foster carers as part of the Confidence in Care randomized controlled trial. Child Abuse and Neglect 109 104768. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104768)
- Clarke, D. B. , Doel, M. A. and Segrott, J. 2004. No alternative? The regulation and professionalization of complementary and alternative medicine in the United Kingdom. Health & Place 10 (4), pp.329-338. (10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.08.001)
- Clarkson, S. et al., 2022. The UK stand together trial: protocol for a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of KiVa to reduce bullying in primary schools. BMC Public Health 22 608. (10.1186/s12889-022-12642-x)
- Copeland, L. et al. 2022. Adapting population health interventions for new contexts: Qualitative interviews understanding the experiences, practices and challenges of researchers, funders and journal editors. BMJ Open 12 e066451. (10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066451)
- Copeland, L. et al. 2021. The what, why and when of adapting interventions for new contexts: A qualitative study of researchers, funders, journal editors and practitioners’ understandings. Plos One 16 (7) e0254020. (10.1371/journal.pone.0254020)
- Coulman, E. et al. 2021. Early positive approaches to support (E-PAtS) for families of young children with intellectual disability: a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry 12 729129. (10.3389/fpsyt.2021.729129)
- Coulman, E. et al. 2020. The Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) study: study protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a group programme (E-PAtS) for family caregivers of young children with intellectual disability. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 6 (1) 147. (10.1186/s40814-020-00689-9)
- Doel, M. and Segrott, J. 2003. Self, health, and gender: complementary and alternative medicine in the British mass media. Gender, Place & Culture 10 (2), pp.131-144. (10.1080/0966369032000079523)
- Doel, M. A. and Segrott, J. 2003. Beyond belief? Consumer culture, complementary medicine, and the dis-ease of everyday life. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 21 (6), pp.739-759. (10.1068/d290t)
- Doel, M. A. and Segrott, J. 2004. Materializing complementary and alternative medicine: aromatherapy, chiropractic, and Chinese herbal medicine in the UK. Geoforum 35 (6), pp.727-738. (10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.02.004)
- Evans, R. et al. 2019. When and how do 'effective' interventions need to be adapted and/or re-evaluated in new contexts? The need for guidance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 73 (6), pp.-. (10.1136/jech-2018-210840)
- Green, B. , Segrott, J. and Hewitt, J. 2006. Developing nursing and midwifery research capacity in a university department: case study. Journal of Advanced Nursing 56 (3), pp.302-313. (10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04022.x)
- Green, B. et al., 2007. Research capacity for everyone? A case study of two academic nursing schools' capacity building strategies. Journal of Research in Nursing 12 (3), pp.247-265. (10.1177/1744987107078405)
- Green, B. F. et al., 2008. Studying abroad: a multiple case study of nursing students' international experiences. Nurse Education Today 28 (8), pp.981-992. (10.1016/j.nedt.2008.06.003)
- Hallingberg, B. et al. 2018. Exploratory studies to decide whether and how to proceed with full scale evaluations of public health interventions: A systematic review of guidance.. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4 104. (10.1186/s40814-018-0290-8)
- 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)
- Hunter, B. and Segrott, J. 2009. Are clinical pathways ‘a good thing’? Reviewing the evidence. Midirs Midwifery Digest 19 (4), pp.515-517.
- Hunter, B. and Segrott, J. 2008. Re-mapping client journeys and professional identities: a review of the literature on clinical pathways. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 45 (4), pp.608-625. (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.04.001)
- Hunter, B. and Segrott, J. 2014. Renegotiating inter-professional boundaries in maternity care: implementing a clinical pathway for normal labour. Sociology of Health & Illness 36 (5), pp.719-737. (10.1111/1467-9566.12096)
- Hunter, B. and Segrott, J. 2010. Using a clinical pathway to support normal birth: impact on practitioner roles and working practices. Birth 37 (3), pp.227-236. (10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00410.x)
- Jordan, S. and Segrott, J. 2008. Evidence-based practice: the debate. Journal of Nursing Management 16 (4), pp.385-387. (10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00881.x)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2018. Assessing the impact of specialist home visiting upon maltreatment in England: a feasibility study of data linkage from a public health trial to routine health and social care data. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4 98. (10.1186/s40814-018-0294-4)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2017. Assessing the medium-term impact of a home-visiting programme on child maltreatment in England: protocol for a routine data linkage study. BMJ Open 7 e015728. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015728)
- Mejia, A. et al., 2018. Protecting adolescents in low- and middle-income countries from interpersonal violence (PRO YOUTH TRIAL): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial of the strengthening families programme 10-14 (“Familias Fuertes”) in Panama. Trials 19 (1) 320. (10.1186/s13063-018-2698-0)
- Moody, G. et al. 2018. Evaluating the long-term impact of the Fostering Changes training programme for foster carers in Wales, the Confidence in Care trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 19 34. (10.1186/s13063-017-2424-3)
- Moody, G. et al. 2021. What are the challenges when recruiting to a trial in children’s social care? A qualitative evaluation of a trial of foster carer training. Trials 22 241. (10.1186/s13063-021-05186-9)
- Moody, G. et al. 2020. A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the fostering changes programme. Child Abuse and Neglect 108 104646. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104646)
- Moody, G. et al. 2024. Solutions trial: Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in 10–17-year-olds presenting at police custody: a randomised controlled trial. Trials 25 (1) 159. (10.1186/s13063-024-07904-5)
- Moore, G. et al. 2021. Adapting interventions to new context - the ADAPT guidance. The BMJ 374 n1679. (10.1136/bmj.n1679)
- Moore, G. , Rothwell, H. A. and Segrott, J. 2010. An exploratory study of the relationship between parental attitudes and behaviour and young people's consumption of alcohol. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 5 (1) 6. (10.1186/1747-597X-5-6)
- Moore, G. F. et al. 2020. Associations of socioeconomic status, parental smoking and parental e-cigarette use with 10-11-year-old children's perceptions of tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes: Cross sectional analysis of the CHETS Wales 3 Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (3) 683. (10.3390/ijerph17030683)
- Moore, L. et al. 2018. Exploratory studies to inform full-scale evaluations of complex public health interventions: the need for guidance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72 (10), pp.865-866.
- Movsisyan, A. et al., 2019. Adapting evidence-informed complex population health interventions for new contexts: a systematic review of guidance. Implementation Science : IS 14 (1) 105. (10.1186/s13012-019-0956-5)
- Movsisyan, A. et al., 2021. Adapting evidence-informed population health interventions for new contexts: a scoping review of current practice. Health Research Policy and Systems 19 13. (10.1186/s12961-020-00668-9)
- Pettigrew, J. et al., 2018. Social interface model: theorizing ecological post-delivery processes for intervention effects. Prevention Science 19 (8), pp.987-996. (10.1007/s11121-017-0857-2)
- Priest, H. et al., 2007. Harnessing collaboration to build nursing research capacity: A research team journey. Nurse Education Today 27 (6), pp.577-587. (10.1016/j.nedt.2006.08.019)
- Randell, E. et al. 2024. Watch Me Play!: protocol for a feasibility study of a remotely delivered intervention to promote mental health resilience for children (ages 0–8) across UK early years and children’s services. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 10 (1) 55. (10.1186/s40814-024-01491-7)
- Robling, M. et al. 2022. A nurse-led home-visitation programme for first-time mothers in reducing maltreatment and improving child health and development (BB:2-6): longer-term outcomes from a randomised cohort using data-linkage. BMJ Open 12 (2) e049960. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049960)
- Robling, M. et al. 2021. The Family Nurse Partnership to reduce maltreatment and improve child health and development in young children: the BB:2 6 routine data-linkage follow-up to earlier RCT. Public Health Research 9 2. (10.3310/phr09020)
- Rolfe, G. , Segrott, J. and Jordan, S. 2008. Tensions and contradictions in nurses' perspectives of evidence-based practice. Journal of Nursing Management 16 (4), pp.440-451. (10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00864.x)
- Rothwell, H. A. and Segrott, J. 2011. Preventing alcohol misuse in young people aged 9-11 years through promoting family communication: an exploratory evaluation of the Kids, Adults Together (KAT) Programme. BMC Public Health 11 (1) 810. (10.1186/1471-2458-11-810)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2015. Preventing alcohol misuse in young people: an exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial of the Kids, Adults Together (KAT) programme. Public Health Research 3 (15), pp.1-188. (10.3310/phr03150)
- Segrott, J. 2001. Language, geography and identity: the case of the Welsh in London. Social & Cultural Geography 2 (3), pp.281-296. (10.1080/14649360120073860)
- Segrott, J. 2006. Lessons in Nationality: constructing identities at Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain. Contemporary Wales 18 (1), pp.122-139.
- Segrott, J. 2013. Recruitment and group composition strategies for family-based substance misuse prevention interventions: an exploratory evaluation. Journal of Children's Services 8 (2), pp.89-109. (10.1108/JCS-03-2013-0007)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2024. Integrating qualitative research within a clinical trials unit: developing strategies and understanding their implementation in contexts. Trials 25 (1) 323. (10.1186/s13063-024-08124-7)
- Segrott, J. and Doel, M. A. 2004. Disturbing geography: obsessive-compulsive disorder as spatial practice. Social & Cultural Geography 5 (4), pp.597-614. (10.1080/1464936042000317721)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2014. Preventing substance misuse: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK (SFP 10-14 UK). BMC Public Health 14 (1) 49. (10.1186/1471-2458-14-49)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2022. Effectiveness of the strengthening families programme in the UK at preventing substance misuse in 10-14 year-olds: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 12 (2) e049647. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049647)
- Segrott, J. et al. 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)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2014. Cultural adaptation and intervention integrity: a response to Skarstrand, Sundell and Andreasson. The European Journal of Public Health 24 (3), pp.354-355. (10.1093/eurpub/cku039)
- Segrott, J. , Koning, I. and Chapoton, B. 2025. Commentary - Community involvement and prevention science in and with communities – Where do we go next?. Journal of Prevention 46 , pp.813-827. (10.1007/s10935-025-00864-9)
- Segrott, J. , McIvor, M. and Green, B. 2006. Challenges and strategies in developing nursing research capacity: A review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 43 (5), pp.637-651. (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.07.011)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2017. An application of Extended Normalisation Process Theory in a randomised controlled trial of a complex social intervention: process evaluation of the Strengthening Families Programme (10-14) in Wales, UK. SSM - Population Health 3 , pp.255-265. (10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.01.002)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2016. Exploratory trial of a school-based alcohol prevention intervention with a family component. Health Education 116 (4), pp.410-431. (10.1108/HE-01-2015-0005)
- Segrott, J. , Rothwell, H. A. and Thomas, M. 2013. Creating safe places: an exploratory evaluation of a school-based emotional support service. Pastoral Care in Education 31 (3), pp.211-228. (10.1080/02643944.2013.788062)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2024. Improving the inclusion of an under-served group in trials: development and implementation of the INCLUDE Impaired Capacity to Consent Framework. Trials 25 (1) 83. (10.1186/s13063-024-07944-x)
- Stenfert Kroese, B. et al., 2024. Emotional literacy programme in special schools for children with a learning disability in England: the ZF-SEND feasibility RCT. Public Health Research 12 (15)(10.3310/JTJY8001)
- Thompson, P. A. et al., 2024. Statistical analysis plan for the SOLUTIONS randomised controlled trial with internal pilot: Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in 10–17-year-olds presenting at policy custody. Trials 25 633. (10.1186/s13063-024-08457-3)
- Williams, A. et al., 2023. How does a restorative approach work? Supporting military veteran families affected by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Internet Journal of Restorative Justice
- Williams, A. and Segrott, J. 2017. Development of a conceptual model for restorative approach in family service provision. Social Policy and Society (10.1017/S1474746417000318)
- Williams, A. et al. 2018. Improving relationship-based practice, practitioner confidence and family engagement skills through restorative approach training. Children and Youth Services Review 93 , pp.170-177. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.07.014)
Book sections
- Andrews, G. , Adams, J. and Segrott, J. 2011. Médicine complémentaires et alternatives: production, consommation et recherche. In: Fleuret, S. and Hoyez, A. eds. Santé et géographie - noveaux regards. Géographie Paris: Economica. , pp.215-236.
- Andrews, G. et al., 2012. The profile of complementary and alternative medicine users and reasons for complementary and alternative medicine use. In: Adams, J. et al., Traditional complementary and integrative medicine: an international reader. Bas: Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.11-17.
- Andrews, G. J. , Adams, J. and Segrott, J. 2009. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): production, consumption, research. In: Brown, T. , McLafferty, S. and Moon, G. eds. A companion to health and medical geography. Blackwell Companions to Geography Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. , pp.587-603. (10.1002/9781444314762.ch30)
- Segrott, J. 2003. Constructing communities away from home: Welsh identities in London. In: Aull Davies, C. and Jones, S. eds. Welsh communities: new ethnographic perspectives. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. , pp.176-202.
- Segrott, J. 2019. Supporting prevention science and prevention research internationally. In: Sloboda, Z. et al., Prevention of Substance Use. Advances in Prevention Science Springer. , pp.385-394.
- Segrott, J. 2001. Today and tomorrow. In: Jones, E. ed. The Welsh in London 1500-2000. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. , pp.184-192.
- Segrott, J. and Koning, I. 2023. Intervenciones preventivas basadas en la familia: comprensión de la implementación y cuestiones clave en su evaluación. In: Orte, C. , Marsiglia, F. F. and Amer, J. eds. Programas de familias para la comunidad: Buenas prácticas en implementación de intervenciones basadas en la evidencia. Octaedro. , pp.97-116.
- Segrott, J. and Roberts, J. 2019. Working with schools to develop complex interventions for public health improvement. In: Newbury-Burch, D. and Allan, K. eds. Co-creating and Co-Producing Research Evidence: A Guide for Practitioners and Academics in Health, Social Care and Education Settings. Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.28-41.
Conferences
- Moore, L. A. R. et al. 2014. Strengthening Families Programme (10-14UK) substance misuse prevention programme: findings from NPRI randomised trial of a proportionate universalism adaptation of an intervention for families with children aged 10-14. Presented at: 10th UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting Nottingham 3-4 December 2014. , pp.1642-1647.
- Reed, H. et al. 2019. Improving relationship–based practice, practitioner confidence and family engagement skills through restorative approach training. Presented at: European Conference for Social Work Research 2019 Leuven, Belgium 10-12 April 2019.
- Reed, H. , Williams, A. and Segrott, J. 2018. South Wales practitioner workshop: restorative approach in family practice: improving practitioner confidence and family engagement. Presented at: South Wales Practitioner Workshop: Restorative Approach in Family Practice: Improving Practitioner Confidence and Family Engagement Cardiff 19 July 2018.
- Segrott, J. 2010. Preventing substance misuse: a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families 10-14 UK Programme. Presented at: Quality and Effectiveness in the Provision of Interventions: Substance Misuse Annual Conference Newport, Wales 12 February 2010.
- Segrott, J. 2009. The strengthening families programme SFP10-14: ensuring that implementation is effective. Presented at: Preventing and reducing young people’s drinking – what works? seminar Antrim, Ireland 21 January 2009.
- Segrott, J. et al. 2014. Fidelity of implementation of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK in Wales UK: a mixed-method process evaluation within a randomised controlled trial. Presented at: 7th European Public Health Conference Glasgow, Scotland, 19-22 November 2014.
Monographs
- Randell, E. et al. 2024. Watch Me Play! A pilot feasibility study of a remotely- delivered intervention to promote mental health resilience for children (aged 0-8) across UK early years and children's services.. Project Report.Foundations.
- Robinson, V. and Segrott, J. 2002. Understanding the decision-making of asylum seekers. Project Report.[Online].London: Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. Available at: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/understand_asylum_decision.pdf.
- Segrott, J. 2008. Assessing the potential of the Cardiff Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 (UK) as a national programme for Wales - final report. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics. Available at: http://www.mystrongfamily.org/downloads/PDFs/SFP-CardiffEvaluation.pdf.
- Williams, A. et al. 2021. Developing a model of the restorative approaches veteran family service.
Research
I am a Reader in the Centre for Trials Research and the DECIPHer Centre,
My research focuses on three main areas:
- development and evaluation of parenting and family based health promotion interventions
- strengthening connections between schools and parents/families
- implementation of complex interventions, including process evaluations within RCTs and other evaluation
Current work includes a Wellcom-funded project which is developing a data dashboard to promote research data by schools across Wales.
You can find more about the project and see the dashboard here or on the image below to find out more!
I have a longstanding interest in public involvement and engagement.
Teaching
My teaching focuses mainly on research methods, including desiging literature reviews, evaluating complex interventions, and supervision of student projects which use qualitative methods. Read a blog about my methods teaching here!
I keen to support undergraduate and potsgraduate students in developing their research skills. You can read more about the student and internship placements I have hosted below:
- Arsha Kaur (undergraduate placement, 2025)
- Brian Farrah (Supported Internship Programme, 2025)
- Kayleigh Nash (undergraduate placement, 2024)
In the Centre for Trials Research I am the chair of the Learning and Development Group, and am lead for undergraduate teaching.
I offer teaching and assessment through the medium of English and Welsh.
Undergraduate
- BSc Intercalated Population Medicine - module lead for (Research Methods 2)
- MB BCh (Medical undergraduate) curriculum: tutor on Student Selected Components (SSC) - Year 1 Literature reviews
- MB BCh (Medical undergraduate) curriculum: tutor on Student Selected Components (SSC) - Year 2 Experience Week - 'Qualitative Research - the What, the Why and the How'
- Personal tutor (MB BCh students) (currently Years 1,2, 3 and 5)
Postgraduate
- Master’s in Public Health (MPH)
- MSc in Genetic (and Genomic) Counselling (Dissertation supervisor)
Other teaching
- DECIPHer short courses - Evaluating Complex Public Health Interventions; Intervention Adaptation, Process Evaluations
- Clinical Research for Health Care Professionals course (run by Cardiff University/health board Joint Research Office)
Biography
I joined Cardiff University in 2007 - working as a research fellow in Public Health in the CISHE and DECIPHer Centres. In 2016 I was appointed as a lecturer - based in the Centre for Trials Research (School of Medicine), and the DECIPHer Centre. I was promoted to senior lecturer in 2019, and to Reader in 2024.
Honours and awards
Mentor of the Year, Cardiff University Supported Internship Scheme (2025). See this blog to hear about the experience of the intern who I supported.
Wellcome Mental Health Data Prize (2024). The team at Cardiff University which I led was one of three winning projects.
You can find out more about our project and the data dashboard we built here.
Professional memberships
Chair, Schools for Health in Europe (SHE) Research Group (2024-2029).
President, European Society for Prevention Research (2017-2019); Past President (2019-2022)
Academic positions
Previous roles
- 2019-2024 Senior Lecturer, Centre for Trials Research, DECIPHer Centre, Cardiff University
- 2016-2019 Lecturer, Centre for Trials Research, DECIPHer Centre, Cardiff University
- 2009-2016 Research Fellow, DECIPHer Centre, Cardiff University
- 2007-2009 Research Fellow, Cardiff Institute for Society and Health, Cardiff University
- 2004-2007 Research Officer, School of Health Science, Swansea University
- 2000-2004 Senior Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Swansea University
Education
- 2002 PhD in Human Geography, Swansea University
- 1997 MA in Landscape and Culture, University of Nottingham (Distinction)
- 1996 BA Hons, Human Geography and Welsh Studies, University of Wales, Lampeter (2:1)
Speaking engagements
- 'Finding the Public in Prevention Science - a review of public involvement in family-based prevention intervention studies'. European Society for Prevention Research, September 2025
- 'Developing a digital dashboard for student health and wellbeing data in schools:
Understanding the practical needs of school and education communities'. European Society for Prevention Research, Cremona, Italy, 12th September 2024. - 'Where are the Public in Prevention Science? A review of public involvement in family
based prevention intervention studies'. European Society for Prevention Research, Cremona, Italy, 11th September 2024. - 'The acceptability of conducting a randomised controlled trial of a parenting program in
community sites: Reflections from the 3P Study'. European Society for Prevention Research, Cremona, Italy, 11th September 2024. - ‘Research at and with schools’. Keynote presentation at Schools for Health in Europe (SHE) Academy, 3rd June 2024.
- ‘Feasibility studies of public health interventions: which questions can they answer and how do we design and conduct them?’ Evaluating Behaviour Change Interventions, Behavioural Science & Evaluation Community of Practice(s) Online Event organised by Public Health Wales.
- ‘Undertaking process evaluations of complex interventions – the what, the why and the how’. Delivered as part of Public Health Wales Evaluation Community of Practice event ‘What is Process Evaluation?’, 19th September 2023.
Committees and reviewing
Academic journals
- Associate Editor, Journal of Prevention
- Associate Editor, Trials
Funding Committees
- NIHR Reducing Demand for Illicit Substances (RDIS) call Committee, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (2022-ongoing)
- UKRI Creating Opportunities Evaluation Development Fund (2024)
- Health and Care Research Wales Integrated Funding Scheme (2024-ongoing)
- Expert Advisory Panel, Alcohol Change UK
Supervisions
Current EdD students:
- Victoria Pugh - Whole school approaches to equality, diversity and inclusion
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- parent and family-based approaches to promoting population health
- school-based interventions
- strengthening connections between schools and families
- implementation of complex interventions
- qualitative research in population health
Past projects
- Sophie Wood - Factors influencing rates of children in out-of-home care: An ecological systems theory perspective.
- Jacqui Lee - Whole-family approach
Engagement
In the Centre for Trials Research I convene the Population Health and Social Care Division's academic meeting series. This is open to anyone with an interest in the work we do. Our programme includes thematic case studies of our work as a division, invited talks on methods in Population Health and Social Care research (e.g. using observation), and capacity building sessions (such as our 2023 session on getting started as a journal peer reviewer). Meetings are held monthly via Teams, and we make recordings available via the Centre for Trials Research Youtube Channel. You can join the meeting mailing list by emailing me - [email protected].
Contact Details
[email protected]
+44 29208 70216
Neuadd Meirionnydd, Floor 6th, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
sbarc|spark, Floor 2nd, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
+44 29208 70216
Neuadd Meirionnydd, Floor 6th, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
sbarc|spark, Floor 2nd, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Research themes
Specialisms
- Public health
- Parenting
- Secondary Schools