Dr Emily Marchant

Research Assistant, Medicine

+44 (0) 1792 606650

e.k.marchant@swansea.ac.uk

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9701-5991

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About

Dr Emily Marchant is a researcher in the field of child health and education.

Areas Of Expertise

Primary schools
School-based health
Curriculum
Educational attainment
Data linkage
Health and education
School-based interventions

Teaching Interests

Emily currently teaches on BSc Population Data Science, MSc Public Health and MA Childhood Studies.

Research

Emily’s research focusses on primary school-aged children and examines the relationship between epidemiological factors and lifestyle behaviours with educational outcomes using data linkage. She also evaluates school-based interventions and has previously published evaluation research on outdoor learning and The Daily Mile. During Emily’s PhD, she developed and expanded the HAPPEN Wales primary school network to a national network that collects and shares school-level health behaviour information with schools.

Publications

Research Highlights

Marchant, E., Todd, C., Stratton, G., & Brophy, S. (2020). The Daily Mile: Whole-school recommendations for implementation and sustainability. A mixed-methods study. PLOS ONE, 15(2), e0228149
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228149, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53169
Khanom, A., Evans, B., Lynch, R., Marchant, E., Hill, R., Morgan, K., Rapport, F., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2020). Parent recommendations to support physical activity for families with young children: Results of interviews in deprived and affluent communities in South Wales (United Kingdom). Health Expectations, 23(2), 284-295.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53217
Marchant, E., Todd, C., James, M., Crick, T., Dwyer, R., & Brophy, S. (2020). Primary school staff reflections on school closures due to COVID-19 and recommendations for the future: a national qualitative survey. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.06.20227108, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55832
Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff-Pupil SARS-CoV-2 Infection Pathways in Schools: A Population Level Linked Data Approach. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.04.21251087, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56212
Marchant, E., Todd, C., James, M., Crick, T., Dwyer, R., & Brophy, S. (n.d.) Primary school staff reflections on school closures in Wales due to COVID-19 and recommendations for the future: A qualitative survey. In BERA Conference 2021British Educational Research Association.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56635
Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff–pupil SARS-CoV-2 infection pathways in schools in Wales: a population-level linked data approach. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 5(1), e001049
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56848

All Research

Journal Articles

Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff–pupil SARS-CoV-2 infection pathways in schools in Wales: a population-level linked data approach. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 5(1), e001049
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56848
Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff-Pupil SARS-CoV-2 Infection Pathways in Schools: A Population Level Linked Data Approach. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.04.21251087, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56212
Marchant, E., Todd, C., James, M., Crick, T., Dwyer, R., & Brophy, S. (2020). Primary school staff reflections on school closures due to COVID-19 and recommendations for the future: a national qualitative survey. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.06.20227108, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55832
Khanom, A., Evans, B., Lynch, R., Marchant, E., Hill, R., Morgan, K., Rapport, F., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2020). Parent recommendations to support physical activity for families with young children: Results of interviews in deprived and affluent communities in South Wales (United Kingdom). Health Expectations, 23(2), 284-295.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53217
Marchant, E., Todd, C., Stratton, G., & Brophy, S. (2020). The Daily Mile: Whole-school recommendations for implementation and sustainability. A mixed-methods study. PLOS ONE, 15(2), e0228149
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228149, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53169

Conference Contributions

Marchant, E., Todd, C., James, M., Crick, T., Dwyer, R., & Brophy, S. (n.d.) Primary school staff reflections on school closures in Wales due to COVID-19 and recommendations for the future: A qualitative survey. In BERA Conference 2021British Educational Research Association.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56635

Taught Modules

PM-274 Practical Epidemiology

This module explores the underlying concepts that are used to evaluate population health. How to design a study, measuring frequency and rate of diseases, how tell what the risk factors are for getting a disease, how to critically appraise research, and understanding the limitations of research including bias, reverse causality and confounding. The module will use the current work with Public Health Wales, Welsh Government and Charities and show how their programmes are evaluated using epidemiology design and analysis. The data used in workshops will come directly from our research working in primary schools, arthritis and with the Growing up in Wales study. This course provides hands on experience and training in understanding and measuring population health, and is delivered by practicing researchers in the National Centre for Population Health and Well-being.
PM-367 Practical Epidemiology for Population Health Measurement

This module explores the underlying concepts that are used to evaluate population health. How to design a study, measuring frequency and rate of diseases, how tell what the risk factors are for getting a disease, how to critically appraise research, and understanding the limitations of research including bias, reverse causality and confounding. The module will use the current work with Public Health Wales, Welsh Government and Charities and show how their programmes are evaluated using epidemiology design and analysis. The data used in workshops will come directly from our research working in primary schools, arthritis and with the Growing up in Wales study. This course provides hands on experience and training in understanding and measuring population health, and is delivered by practicing researchers in the National Centre for Population Health and Well-being.

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Improving the health and wellbeing of children in Wales Conference: The 5th European

2019

Moscow, Russia
The health and attainment of pupils in a primary education network Conference: World

2019

Belfast, UK

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