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Overview
Rhiannon joined the Manchester Centre for Health Psychology in 2018. She is currently involved in research assessing the implementation of large-scale behavour change programmes. Research interests include intervention fidelity, type 2 diabetes prevention, early detection and prevention of breast cancer and evaluations of digital health interventions.
Rhiannon is a Research Associate and currrently writing her PhD thesis on assessing fidelity of the nationally implemented NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme.
Biography
Rhiannon completed her BSc (Hons) Psychology at Bangor University in 2015, and her MSc in Health Psychology at the University of the West of England, Bristol in 2016. She subsequently worked in practitioner roles to help people improve their health, including working as a stop smoking practitioner, before joining the Manchester Centre for Heath Psychology in 2018 to work with Prof. David French on the NIHR-funded ‘Diabetes Prevention Long term Multimethod Assessment’ (DIPLOMA) project, evaluating fidelity of delivery of the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme.
Rhiannon is now involved in a number of research projects, including the evaluation of the NHS Digital Diabetes Prevention Programme (DIPLOMA 2 project), the evaluation of the national web-based Healthy Living intervention for patients with type 2 diabetes (HED-LINE project), the evaluation of a healthy behaviours app for women aged 18-35 years who are at high risk of breast cancer, the acceptability of breast cancer risk assessment in women aged 30-39 years (BCAN-RAY project), and the acceptability of risk-stratified breast cancer screening (MyPeBS project).
Research interests
Behaviour change, diabetes prevention, early detection and prevention of cancer, intervention fidelity, evaluation of large-scale behaviour change programmes.
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
Full member of the British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology
Member of the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine
Full member of the European Health Psychology Society
Social responsibility
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) coordinator for the DIPLOMA research programme (April 2021 - present)
Manchester Access Programme (MAP) Tutor (April 2021 - present)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Science, Health Psychology, University of the West of England, Bristol
6 Sep 2015 → 14 Nov 2016
Award Date: 14 Nov 2016
Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Bangor University
24 Sep 2012 → 13 Jul 2015
Award Date: 13 Jul 2015
Areas of expertise
- BF Psychology
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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Description of the nationally implemented National Health Service Digital Diabetes Prevention Programme intervention and rationale for its development: mixed methods study
Miles, L. M., Hawkes, R. E. & French, D. P., 22 Feb 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: BMC Health Services Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimising the delivery of breast cancer risk assessment for women aged 30-39 years: A qualitative study of women's views.
Hindmarch, S., Gorman, L., Hawkes, R. E., Howell, S. J. & French, D. P., 2023, In: Women's Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What behaviour change technique content is offered to service users of the nationally implemented English NHS Digital Diabetes Prevention Programme: Analysis of multiple sources of intervention content
Hawkes, R. E., Miles, L. M. & French, D. P., 14 Jan 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Preventive Medicine Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing and ensuring fidelity of the nationally implemented English NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme: Lessons learned for the implementation of large-scale behaviour change programmes
Hawkes, R. E., Miles, L. M., Bower, P., Cotterill, S. & French, D. P., 10 May 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does the design of the NHS Low Calorie Diet Programme have fidelity to the programme specification? A documentary review of service parameters and behaviour change content in a Type 2 Diabetes intervention
Evans, T. S., Dhir, P., Radley, D., Duarte, C., Keyworth, C., Homer, C., Hill, A. J., Hawkes, R., Matu, J., McKenna, J. & Ells, L. J., 1 Dec 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Diabetic Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
- 1 Active
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(MCHP) : Manchester Centre for Health Psychology
Peters, S., Ulph, F., Arden Armitage, C., Borrelli, B., Bowen, A., Byrne-Davis, L., Edge, D., French, D., Hart, J., Todd, C., Skevington, S., Wearden, A., Cotterill, S., Brooks, J., Brown, L., Bull, E., Cordingley, L., Epton, T., Smith, D., Speer, S., Powell, R., Bartlett, K., Coupe, N., Shepherd, S., Dienes, K., Ghio, D., Hood, A., Lavallee, J., Rowland, C., Benton, J., Goldthorpe, J., McWilliams, L., Keyworth, C., Goulding, R., Loughran, M., Hawkes, R., Kapadi, A., Hurley, R., Leather, J., Musa, C., Angelakis, I., Reid, C., Alshammari, D., Mountain, D., Hooper, E., Gates, E., Johnson, F., Lomas, F., Kaplan, G., Cross, H., Foote, H., Long, H., Reid, H., Hamer, J., Sibasa, K., Hozhabrafkan, K., Al Abri, K., Lucas, L., Millard, L., Hulme, L., Dhanwani, M., Sonola-Jones, O., Sfakianaki, R., Broadbent, R., Crone, R., Husni, R. R., Mank, S., Booth, S., Hindmarch, S., Plant, S., Mace, S., Sidhu, T., Macintyre, V., Vidayanti, V., Peterson, J., Woof, V., El-Khani, A., Devereux-Fitzgerald, A., Chisholm, A., Sawyer, C., Hope, H., Wilkes, J., Birtwell, K., Bakur, K., Stringer, G., Mohd Faudzi, F. N. B., Checketts, M., Tang, M. Y., Coupe, N., Crook, R., Hamnett, C., Lyons, S., Longley, V., Hulme, L., Mountain, D., Talbot, H., Lucas, L., Ecob, C., Huggett, C., Hozhabrafkan, K., Hyder, S. S. & Lee, R.
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