Dr Michaela James

Research Highlights

1. James, M., Christian, D., Scott, S., Todd, C., Stratton, G., McCoubrey, S., Halcox, J., Audrey, S., Ellins, E., Brophy, S., & Ellins, L. (2017). Active children through individual vouchers – evaluation (ACTIVE): protocol for a mixed method randomised control trial to increase physical activity levels in teenagers. BMC Public Health, 18(1)

   https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4554-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34629
2. James, M., Todd, C., Scott, S., Stratton, G., McCoubrey, S., Christian, D., Halcox, J., Audrey, S., Ellins, E., Anderson, S., Copp, I., Brophy, S., & Ellins, L. (2018). Teenage recommendations to improve physical activity for their age group: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 18(1)

   https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5274-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43768
3. James, M., Christian, D., Scott, S., Todd, C., Stratton, G., Demmler, J., McCoubrey, S., Halcox, J., Audrey, S., Ellins, L., & Brophy, S. (2020). Active Children Through Individual Vouchers Evaluation: A Mixed-Method RCT. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 58(2), 232-243.

   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.10.005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52367
4. James, M., Christian, D., Scott, S., Todd, C., Stratton, G., Demmler, J., McCoubrey, S., Halcox, J., Audrey, S., Ellins, L., & Brophy, S. (2019). Predictors of cardiovascular health in teenagers (aged 13–14 years): a cross-sectional study linked with routine data. Open Heart, 6(2), e001147

   https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2019-001147, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52438
5. Fry, R., James, M., Fry, R., Mannello, M., Anderson, W., & Brophy, S. (2020). How does the built environment affect teenagers (aged 13–14) physical activity and fitness? A cross-sectional analysis of the ACTIVE Project. PLOS ONE, 15(8), e0237784

   https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237784, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55132
6. Marchant, E., Todd, C., James, M., Crick, T., Dwyer, R., & Brophy, S. (2021). Primary school staff perspectives of school closures due to COVID-19, experiences of schools reopening and recommendations for the future: A qualitative survey in Wales. PLOS ONE, 16(12), e0260396

   https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260396, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56635
7. James, M., Marchant, E., Defeyter, M., Woodside, J., & Brophy, S. (2021). Impact of school closures on the health and well-being of primary school children in Wales UK: a routine data linkage study using the HAPPEN Survey (2018–2020). BMJ Open, 11(10), e051574

   https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051574, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58392
8. James, M., Jones, H., Baig, A., Marchant, E., Waites, T., Todd, C., Hughes, K., & Brophy, S. (2021). Factors influencing wellbeing in young people during COVID-19: A survey with 6291 young people in Wales. PLOS ONE, 16(12), e0260640

   https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260640, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59046
9. Marchant, E., Lowthian, E., Crick, T., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., James, M., Cowley, L., Torabi, F., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2022). Pre-COVID-19 pandemic health-related behaviours in children (2018–2020) and association with being tested for SARS-CoV-2 and testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 (2020–2021): a retrospective cohort study using survey data linked with routine health data in Wales, UK. BMJ Open, 12(9), e061344

   https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061344, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59234
10. Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Crick, T., Fry, R., Hollinghurst, J., James, M., Cowley, L., Abbasizanjani, H., Torabi, F., Thompson, D., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Gravenor, M., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2022). COVID-19 mitigation measures in primary schools and association with infection and school staff wellbeing: An observational survey linked with routine data in Wales, UK. PLOS ONE, 17(2), e0264023

    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59502
11. Richards, A., Mackintosh, K., Swindell, N., Ward, M., Marchant, E., James, M., Edwards, L., Tyler, R., Blain, D., Wainwright, N., Nicholls, S., Mannello, M., Morgan, K., Evans, T., & Stratton, G. (2022). WALES 2021 Active Healthy Kids (AHK) Report Card: The Fourth Pandemic of Childhood Inactivity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), 8138

    https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138138, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60370

    http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138138
12. Marchant, E., Lowthian, E., Crick, T., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., James, M., Cowley, L., Torabi, F., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2022). Pre-COVID-19 pandemic health-related behaviours in children (2018–2020) and association with being tested for SARS-CoV-2 and testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 (2020–2021): a retrospective cohort study using survey data linked with routine health data in Wales, UK. BMJ Open, 12(9), e061344

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061344, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60846
13. James, M., Rasheed, M., Bandyopadhyay, A., Mannello, M., Marchant, E., & Brophy, S. (2022). The Effect COVID Has Had on the Wants and Needs of Children in Terms of Play: Text Mining the Qualitative Response of the Happen Primary School Survey with 20,000 Children in Wales, UK between 2016 and 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12687

    https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912687, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61653
14. Marchant, E., Lowthian, E., Crick, T., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., James, M., Cowley, L., Torabi, F., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2022). Pre-COVID-19 pandemic health-related behaviours in children (2018–2020) and association with being tested for SARS-CoV-2 and testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 (2020–2021): a retrospective cohort study using survey data linked with routine health data in Wales, UK. BMJ Open, 12(9), e061344

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061344, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61657
15. Jones, H., Seaborne, M., Mhereeg, M., James, M., Kennedy, T., Bandyopadhyay, A., & Brophy, S. (2023). Breastfeeding initiation and duration through the COVID-19 pandemic, a linked population-level routine data study: the Born in Wales Cohort 2018–2021. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 7(1), e001907

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001907, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63897

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001907

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