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Dr Natalie Connor is a post-doctoral research associate and is currently working on a number of public health related projects exploring mental health and employment, approaches to wellbeing, the impact of COVID-19 on physical activity and lifestyle interventions for individuals with a high BMI. Natalie has a degree in Psychology and an MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Northumbria University. Her PhD at Durham University was completed whilst working for a local charity called Groundwork North East, with the title 'Exploring community gardening as a complex public health intervention: an action research study'. Natalie's research interests lie within the areas of public health, coproduction, physical inactivity, intervention development and health and wellbeing. She is particularly keen on the use of coproduction to help develop and evaluate interventions.
Since 2016, Natalie has worked as an embedded researcher within the public health team at Durham County Council. In this role, she works alongside public health practitioners to evaluate public health interventions and provide recommendations to help guide policy and planning. For the last three years, Natalie has also worked for Tees Valley Sport developing local and regional insight to help inform policy around physical inactivity. In this role, Natalie worked as part of a team to develop and evaluate a lifestyle intervention aimed at women with a high BMI who would like to undergo fertility treatment. She also led the development of the EPIC report - 'England's physically inactive coast; turning the tide on physical inactivity rates', on behalf of the North East Coastal Active Partnerships group (NECAP).
Natalie has been a member of the North East Obesity Forum for the past two years and has been a member of the Fuse Physical Activity Network planning group since its inception in 2014.
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SPHERE: Durham Evaluations - Shared Learning in Public Health
McGeechan, G., Connor, N. & Newbury-Birch, D.
5/08/13 → …
Project: Research
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Developing a Local Authority Research System: Middlesbrough Council, Redcar & Cleveland Council and Teesside University
Newbury-Birch, D., Connor, N., Crosbie, T., Zohoori, V., Van Der Graaf, P. & Divers, A.
1/10/20 → 31/10/21
Project: Research
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How to develop an existing Memorandum of Understanding between Public Health South Tees and Teesside University into a research system for Middlesbrough Council and Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council into a Research Ecosystem: Final Report
Newbury-Birch, D., Lloyd, S., Divers, A., Connor, N., Crosbie, T., Simpson, D., Townshend, T., Van Der Graaf, P. & Zohoori, V., 2021. 22 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Socio-Ecological Influences on Adolescent (Aged 10–17) Alcohol Use and Unhealthy Eating Behaviours: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Qualitative Studies
Scott, S., Elamin, W., Giles, E. L., Hillier-brown, F., Byrnes, K., Connor, N., Newbury-Birch, D. & Ells, L., 15 Aug 2019, In: Nutrients. 11, 8Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A systematic review of alcohol interventions for people with cancer
McGeechan, G., Newbury-Birch, D., Ferguson, J., Waller, G., Connor, N., Byrnes, K. & Giles, E., 23 Aug 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
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A systematic review of interventions targeting alcohol intake with patients with cancer
McGeechan, G., Newbury-Birch, D., Connor, N., Ferguson, J., Waller, G. & Giles, E., 14 Sep 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review