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 alcohol, smoking, exercise, diet, welfare, and sleep.   

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• Caregiver acceptability of a UK trial for paediatric sleep disordered breathing: A qualitative interview study, Haighton, C., Watson, R., Wilson, J., Powell, S. 14 Feb 2024, In: Clinical Otolaryngology
• Embedding Public Health Practice Amongst Allied Health Professionals: A Rapid Scoping Review of International Approaches, Lowe, J., Ahmed, K., Hindle, L., Haighton, C. 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Allied Health
• Establishing an updated consensus on the conceptual and operational definitions of Making Every Contact Count (MECC) across experts within research and practice: an international Delphi Study?, Nichol, B., Kemp, E., Wilson, R., Rodrigues, A., Hesselgreaves, H., Robson, C., Haighton, C. 1 May 2024, In: Public Health
• Exploring the Effects of Volunteering on the Social, Mental, and Physical Health and Well-being of Volunteers: An Umbrella Review, Nichol, B., Wilson, R., Rodrigues, A., Haighton, C. 1 Feb 2024, In: Voluntas
• ‘you go there and you are welcomed and people don't judge': A reflexive thematic analysis of service providers' and users' views of health and wellbeing conversations such as Making Every Contact Count within the Third and Social Economy sector, Nichol, B., Rodrigues, A., Haighton, C., Wilson, R. 14 Jun 2024, In: Health and Social Care in the Community
• A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Brief Health Behaviour Change Interventions on Service Users Accessing the Third and Social Economy Sector., Nichol, B., Rodrigues, A., Haighton, C., Wilson, R. 20 Sep 2023, In: Health & Social Care in the Community
• Brief Intervention, Haighton, C., Kruithof, P. 1 Feb 2023, Alcohol Use: Assessment, Withdrawal Management, Treatment and Therapy, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
• Codesigning a systemic discharge intervention for inpatient mental health settings (MINDS): a protocol for integrating realist evaluation and an engineering-based systems approach, Hackmann, C., Komashie, A., Handley, M., Murdoch, J., Wagner, A., Grünwald, L., Waller, S., Kaminskiy, E., Zeilig, H., Jones, J., Bray, J., Bagge, S., Simpson, A., Dalkin, S., Clarkson, J., Borghini, G., Kipouros, T., Rohricht, F., Taousi, Z., Haighton, K., Rae, S., Wilson, J. 13 Sep 2023, In: BMJ Open
• Conservative management versus tonsillectomy in adults with recurrent acute tonsillitis in the UK (NATTINA): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial, Wilson, J., O'Hara, J., Fouweather, T., Homer, T., Stocken, D., Vale, L., Haighton, C., Rousseau, N., Wilson, R., McSweeney, L., Wilkes, S., Morrison, J., MacKenzie, K., Ah-See, K., Carrie, S., Hopkins, C., Howe, N., Hussain, M., Mehanna, H., Raine, C., Sullivan, F., von Wilamowitz-Moellendorf, A., Teare, M. 17 Jun 2023, In: The Lancet
• Correction: The effect of COVID rehabilitation for ongoing symptoms Post HOSPitalisation with COVID-19 (PHOSP-R): protocol for a randomised parallel group controlled trial on behalf of the PHOSP consortium, Daynes, E., Baldwin, M., Greening, N., Yates, T., Bishop, N., Mills, G., Roberts, M., Hamrouni, M., Plekhanova, T., Vogiatzis, I., Echevarria, C., Nathu, R., McAuley, H., Latimer, L., Glennie, J., Chambers, F., Penfold, R., Hume, E., Megaritis, D., Alexiou, C., Potthof, S., Hogg, M., Haighton, C., Nichol, B., Leavy, O., Richardson, M., Elneima, O., Singapuri, A., Sereno, M., Saunders, R., Harris, V., Nolan, C., Bolton, C., Houchen-Wolloff, L., Harrison, E., Lone, N., Quint, J., Chalmers, J., Ho, L., Horsley, A., Marks, M., Poinasamy, K., Ramen, B., Wain, L., Brightling, C., Man, W., Evans, R., Singh, S. 7 Feb 2023, In: Trials

Bethany Nichol Optimising Making Every Contact Count (MECC) in the Third and Social Economy sector Start Date: 01/10/2021

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