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204 Physical activity insecurity in children and young people at risk of marginalisation: navigating an equitable and safe research experience using co-production principles (2024)
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Dodd-Reynolds, C., Hall, S., Crowder, M., Goodyear, V., Griffin, N., Fairbrother, H., Pope, S., & Scott, S. (2024). 204 Physical activity insecurity in children and young people at risk of marginalisation: navigating an equitable and safe research experience using co-production principles. European Journal of Public Health, 34(Supplement_2), ckae114.097. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae114.097

Purpose: We recently proposed a new conceptualisation for physical activity (PA) insecurity as ‘a limited or restricted ability to be active, reinforced by worries and experiences of feeling uncomfortable, emotionally or physically unsafe’ (Dodd-Reyn... Read More about 204 Physical activity insecurity in children and young people at risk of marginalisation: navigating an equitable and safe research experience using co-production principles.

‘It depends on where you were born…here in the North East, there’s not really many job opportunities compared to in the South’: young people’s perspectives on a North-South health divide and its drivers in England, UK (2024)
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Fairbrother, H., Woodrow, N., Holding, E., Crowder, M., Griffin, N., Er, V., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Egan, M., Scott, S., Summerbell, C., Rigby, E., Kyle, P., Knights, N., Quirk, H., & Goyder, E. (2024). ‘It depends on where you were born…here in the North East, there’s not really many job opportunities compared to in the South’: young people’s perspectives on a North-South health divide and its drivers in England, UK. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19537-z

Background: Improving the public’s understanding of how regional and socioeconomic inequalities create and perpetuate inequalities in health, is argued to be necessary for building support for policies geared towards creating a more equal society. Ho... Read More about ‘It depends on where you were born…here in the North East, there’s not really many job opportunities compared to in the South’: young people’s perspectives on a North-South health divide and its drivers in England, UK.

Young people's experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage in the UK (2024)
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Dodd-Reynolds, C., Griffin, N., Kyle, P., Scott, S., Fairbrother, H., Holding, E., Crowder, M., Woodrow, N., & Summerbell, C. (2024). Young people's experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage in the UK. BMC Public Health, 24(1), Article 813. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18078-9

Background: Intersecting socioeconomic and demographic reasons for physical activity (PA) inequalities are not well understood for young people at risk of experiencing marginalisation and living with disadvantage. This study explored young people’s e... Read More about Young people's experiences of physical activity insecurity: a qualitative study highlighting intersectional disadvantage in the UK.

Peer-mentoring in a pandemic: an evaluation of a series of new departmental peer-mentor schemes created to support student belonging and transition during COVID-19 (2023)
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Bruce, M., Gangoli, G., Mates, L., Millican, A. S., & Dodd-Reynolds, C. (2023). Peer-mentoring in a pandemic: an evaluation of a series of new departmental peer-mentor schemes created to support student belonging and transition during COVID-19. Student engagement in higher education journal, 5(1), 61-82

The rapid move to predominately online learning engendered by the COVID-19 crisis created an urgent need to rethink support mechanisms central to student engagement and transition, namely community-building and identity within the institution. One im... Read More about Peer-mentoring in a pandemic: an evaluation of a series of new departmental peer-mentor schemes created to support student belonging and transition during COVID-19.

‘Bigotry is all around us, and we have to deal with that’: Exploring LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences and understandings of health inequalities in North East England (2023)
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Griffin, N., Crowder, M., Kyle, P., Holding, E., Woodrow, N., Fairbrother, H., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Summerbell, C., & Scott, S. (2023). ‘Bigotry is all around us, and we have to deal with that’: Exploring LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences and understandings of health inequalities in North East England. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 3, Article 100263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100263

Background: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/agender+ (LGBTQ+ hereafter) people report poorer health and worse experiences of healthcare than the general population, compounded by growing inequalities in healt... Read More about ‘Bigotry is all around us, and we have to deal with that’: Exploring LGBTQ+ young people’s experiences and understandings of health inequalities in North East England.

Precision of the GE Lunar total body-less head scan for the measurement of three-compartment body composition in athletes (2022)
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Jones, W., Pearson, A., Glassbrook, D., Slater, G., Dodd-Reynolds, C., & Hind, K. (2022). Precision of the GE Lunar total body-less head scan for the measurement of three-compartment body composition in athletes. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 25, 692-698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocd.2022.08.008

Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is widely used for the assessment of lean mass (LM), fat mass (FM) and bone mineral content (BMC). When observing standardised protocols, DXA has a high level of precision for the assessment of total body compos... Read More about Precision of the GE Lunar total body-less head scan for the measurement of three-compartment body composition in athletes.

The understanding, application and influence of complexity in national physical activity policy-making (2022)
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Rigby, B., Dodd-Reynolds, C., & Oliver, E. (2022). The understanding, application and influence of complexity in national physical activity policy-making. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20, Article 59. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00864-9

Complexity theory and systems-thinking are increasingly popular in physical activity (PA) research and policy discourse. The impact of this perspective shift, across many sectors, may be underwhelming. We explore why, by focusing on how these concept... Read More about The understanding, application and influence of complexity in national physical activity policy-making.

‘It All Kind of Links Really’: Young People’s Perspectives on the Relationship between Socioeconomic Circumstances and Health (2022)
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Fairbrother, H., Woodrow, N., Crowder, M., Holding, E., Griffin, N., Er, V., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Egan, M., Lock, K., Scott, S., Summerbell, C., McKeown, R., Rigby, E., Kyle, P., & Goyder, E. (2022). ‘It All Kind of Links Really’: Young People’s Perspectives on the Relationship between Socioeconomic Circumstances and Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), Article 3679. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063679

Meaningful inclusion of young people’s perceptions and experiences of inequalities is argued to be critical in the development of pro-equity policies. Our study explored young people’s perceptions of what influences their opportunities to be healthy... Read More about ‘It All Kind of Links Really’: Young People’s Perspectives on the Relationship between Socioeconomic Circumstances and Health.

Where next for the design, delivery and evaluation of community-based physical activity prescription? Emerging lessons from the United Kingdom (2021)
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Oliver, E., Buckley, B., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Downey, J., Hanson, C., Henderson, H., Hawkins, J., Steele, J., Wade, M., & Watson, P. (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), https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2021-0101

Despite widespread use, community-based physical activity prescription is controversial. Data limitations have resulted in a lack of clarity about what works, under what circumstances, and for whom, reflected in conservative policy recommendations. I... Read More about Where next for the design, delivery and evaluation of community-based physical activity prescription? Emerging lessons from the United Kingdom.

Inequalities and inclusion in exercise referral schemes: a mixed-method multi-scheme analysis (2021)
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Oliver, E., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Kasim, A., & Vallis, D. (2021). Inequalities and inclusion in exercise referral schemes: a mixed-method multi-scheme analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), Article 3033. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063033

Physical activity prescription, commonly through exercise referral schemes, is an established disease prevention and management pathway. There is considerable heterogeneity in terms of uptake, adherence, and outcomes, but because within-scheme analys... Read More about Inequalities and inclusion in exercise referral schemes: a mixed-method multi-scheme analysis.

A modified Delphi study to gain consensus for a taxonomy to report and classify physical activity referral schemes (PARS) (2020)
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Hanson, C. L., Oliver, E. J., Dodd-Reynolds, C. J., Pearsons, A., & Kelly, P. (2020). A modified Delphi study to gain consensus for a taxonomy to report and classify physical activity referral schemes (PARS). International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17(1), Article 158. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-020-01050-2

Background: Physical Activity Referral Schemes (PARS), including exercise referral schemes, are a popular approach to health improvement, but understanding of effectiveness is limited by considerable heterogeneity in reporting and evaluation. We aime... Read More about A modified Delphi study to gain consensus for a taxonomy to report and classify physical activity referral schemes (PARS).

Challenges, opportunities and solutions for local physical activity stakeholders: an implementation case study from a cross-sectoral physical activity network in Northeast England (2020)
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Rigby, B., van der Graaf, P., Azevedo, L., Hayes, L., Gardner, B., & Dodd-Reynolds, C. (2020). Challenges, opportunities and solutions for local physical activity stakeholders: an implementation case study from a cross-sectoral physical activity network in Northeast England. BMC Public Health, 20, Article 1760. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09847-3

Background: Increasingly, national policy initiatives and programmes have been developed to increase physical activity (PA). However, challenges in implementing and translating these policies into effective local-level programmes have persisted, and... Read More about Challenges, opportunities and solutions for local physical activity stakeholders: an implementation case study from a cross-sectoral physical activity network in Northeast England.

The Northumberland Exercise Referral Scheme as a universal community weight management programme: a mixed methods exploration of outcomes, expectations and experiences across a social gradient (2020)
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Dodd-Reynolds, C., Vallis, D., Kasim, A., Akhter, N., & Hanson, C. (2020). The Northumberland Exercise Referral Scheme as a universal community weight management programme: a mixed methods exploration of outcomes, expectations and experiences across a social gradient. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(15), Article 5297. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155297

Exercise referral schemes (ERS) are internationally recognised, yet little attention has been paid to discrete referral groups or the influence of wider social determinants of health. The primary quantitative element of this mixed methods study used... Read More about The Northumberland Exercise Referral Scheme as a universal community weight management programme: a mixed methods exploration of outcomes, expectations and experiences across a social gradient.

Targeting childhood obesity through primary schools: reviewing alignment amongst English policies for physical activity and healthy eating (2020)
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Chapman, P., Lindsey, I., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Oliver, E., & Summerbell, C. (2020). Targeting childhood obesity through primary schools: reviewing alignment amongst English policies for physical activity and healthy eating. Child and Adolescent Obesity, 3(1), 20-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/2574254x.2020.1740548

Introduction: Primary schools have been widely identified as a key site to tackle childhood obesity. While specific school-based interventions have been widely researched, there is an absence of collective analysis of national policies targeting chil... Read More about Targeting childhood obesity through primary schools: reviewing alignment amongst English policies for physical activity and healthy eating.

Inequities and inequalities in outdoor walking groups: a scoping review (2020)
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Rigby, B., Dodd-Reynolds, C., & Oliver, E. (2020). Inequities and inequalities in outdoor walking groups: a scoping review. Public Health Reviews, 41, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-020-00119-4

Background: Outdoor walking groups are widely-used programmes aimed at improving physical activity and health outcomes. Despite being promoted as accessible and inclusive, emerging work highlights participation biases based on gender, age and socioec... Read More about Inequities and inequalities in outdoor walking groups: a scoping review.

Prototyping for public health in a local context: a streamlined evaluation of a community-based weight management programme (Momenta), Northumberland, UK (2019)
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Dodd-Reynolds, C., Nevens, L., Oliver, E., Finch, T., Lake, A., & Hanson, C. (2019). Prototyping for public health in a local context: a streamlined evaluation of a community-based weight management programme (Momenta), Northumberland, UK. BMJ Open, 9(10), Article e029718. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029718

Objectives: Stakeholder co-production in design of public health programmes may reduce the ‘implementation gap’ but can be time-consuming and costly. Prototyping, iterative refining relevant to delivery context, offers a potential solution. This eval... Read More about Prototyping for public health in a local context: a streamlined evaluation of a community-based weight management programme (Momenta), Northumberland, UK.

How do participant experiences and characteristics influence engagement in exercise referral? A qualitative longitudinal study of a scheme in Northumberland, United Kingdom (2019)
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Hanson, C., Oliver, E., Dodd-Reynolds, C., & Allin, L. (2019). How do participant experiences and characteristics influence engagement in exercise referral? A qualitative longitudinal study of a scheme in Northumberland, United Kingdom. BMJ Open, 9(2), Article e024370. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024370

Objectives: Exercise referral schemes (ERSs) are internationally widespread. This study aimed to gain an insight into differential engagement through understanding participant experiences of patients referred by healthcare professionals to one such s... Read More about How do participant experiences and characteristics influence engagement in exercise referral? A qualitative longitudinal study of a scheme in Northumberland, United Kingdom.

Food intake and appetite following school-based high-intensity interval training in 9–11-year-old children (2017)
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Morris, A., Cramb, R., & Dodd-Reynolds, C. (2018). Food intake and appetite following school-based high-intensity interval training in 9–11-year-old children. Journal of Sports Sciences, 36(3), 286-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2017.1302599

Using a randomised cross-over design, free-living lunch intake and subjective appetite were examined in 10 children (9.8 ± 0.6 years) following high-intensity interval training (HIIT) versus a control sedentary (SED) period, within a school setting.... Read More about Food intake and appetite following school-based high-intensity interval training in 9–11-year-old children.