Professor Katie Haighton

My research focusses on the development and evaluation of complex public health interventions using a variety of methods including systematic reviews, natural experiments, feasibility studies, pilot and full trials as well as qualitative methods. My research has examined interventions for making every contact count, alcohol, smoking, exercise, diet, welfare, and sleep.   

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• Consensus operational criteria for including Systematic Reviews in Umbrella Reviews: an international Delphi study, Nichol, B., McCready, J., Gibson, R., Erfani, G., Pollock, D., Munn, Z., Nunn, J., Tomietto, M., Haighton, C. 29 Apr 2026, In: JBI evidence synthesis
• “Everything I Had, I Lost”: Survivors’ Lived Experiences of Late Radiotherapy Side Effects Following Head and Neck Cancer Treatment: A Qualitative Study, Sellstrom, D., Patterson, J., Haighton, C., O'Hara, J., Finch, T. 11 May 2026, In: Cancer Nursing
• Exploring the ‘train the trainer’ model for delivering Making Every Contact Count (MECC) training at scale: A qualitative study, Nichol, B., Rodrigues, A., Audsley, S., Haste, A., Yee Tang, M., Robson, C., Harland, J., Haighton, C. 1 May 2026, In: British Journal of Health Psychology
• Health related economic inactivity in young people in the UK: Support programmes should be expanded to cover common mental health disorders, Haighton, C., Wilkie, R., Gray, J., Walker, L., Crawshaw, P. 12 Mar 2026, In: British Medical Journal
• Improving implementation of Making Every Contact Count: Lessons learned from research across multiple projects from 2017-2025, Rodrigues, A., Nichol, B., Robson, C., Haighton, C. 30 Apr 2026, In: Routledge Open Research
• Mixed Methods Evaluation of the “Train the Trainer” Model for Delivering Core “Making Every Contact Count” (MECC) Training, Nichol, B., Rodrigues, A., Yee Tang, M., Haste, A., Audsley, S., Robson, C., Harland, J., Haighton, C. 1 Apr 2026, In: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
• P02-7 The NHS healthy weight declaration: adoption and implementation within an NHS trust: a mixed method approach, Hoult, L., Davies, L., Goodlet, S., Harland, J., Haighton, K., Rodrigues, A., Nichol, B. 17 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
• Parental attitudes to randomised controlled trials in primary dental care: A qualitative study, Coventry, H., Maguire, A., McColl, E., Haighton, C. 12 Mar 2026, In: PLoS One
• Who are the female volunteers in maritime search and rescue and why do they volunteer? A cross-sectional survey of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Heslop, K., Haighton, C. 3 Jul 2026, In: Voluntas
• A critical commentary of the paradoxical ‘success’ of Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Nichol, B., Wilson, R., Rodrigues, A., Haighton, C. 31 Dec 2025, In: Critical Public Health

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• Police involvement in interagency crisis mental health first response pathways in England: A realist and cost consequence analysis (PIONEER-MH), Clibbens, N. (Principal Investigator), Haighton, K. (Co Investigator), National Institute for Health Research, 01/04/25 - 30/11/27, £781,508.00
• Developing an NIHR Health and Social care Delivery Research (HSDR) national evaluation team: InterDisciplinary Evaluation of complex innovations in heAlth and Social care (IDEAS) Centre, Bate, A. (Principal Investigator), Haighton, K. (Co Investigator), National Institute for Health Research, 01/02/25 - 31/01/30, £3,028,752.00

Sandra Moran A cross-cultural investigation exploring university students pre-drinking experiences and behaviour through a socioecological lens. Start Date: 31/07/2024 End Date: 08/04/2026

• Health PhD September 01 2005
• Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2017

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