Dr Paul Watts
Lecturer in Public Health
Lecturer
Public Health; individual and environmental influences on health behaviours
Department of Allied and Public Health , School Of Health, Sport And Bioscience
I am a Senior Lecturer in Public Health in the Department of Health and Nursing. I currently lead epidemiology and research methods modules on the Public Health programmes.
My research interests are the social and environmental determinants of health and health behaviours, healthy ageing and quantitative research methods.
Qualifications
- PhD
Areas Of Interest
- Individual and environmental influences on health behaviours and various health outcomes
- Social and environmental interventions acting on health and health behaviours
- Frailty in older adults
- The development of quantitative research methods
OVERVIEW
I am a Senior Lecturer in Public Health in the Department of Health and Nursing. I currently lead epidemiology and research methods modules on the Public Health programmes. My research interests are the social and environmental determinants of health and health behaviours, healthy ageing and quantitative research methods.
CURRENT RESEARCH
My research has focused on individual and environmental influences on health behaviours and various health outcomes in some the most deprived neighbourhoods in London. My research interests extend to social and environmental interventions acting on health and health behaviours, frailty in older adults and the development of quantitative research methods.
TEACHING
BSc (Hons) Public Health
Earn your BSc (Hons) in Public Health at UEL and gain the skills to tackle global health challenges, promote well-being, and make a positive impact in communities worldwide.
Study BSc Public HealthMODULES
- HS4103 - Introduction to Research Methods
- HS5105 - Practical Epidemiology
Publications
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Full publications list
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- “I Forgot My Numbers and the Machine Swallowed It Up”: Adults With Learning Disabilities Share Their Perspectives on the Shift to a Cashless Society British Journal of Learning Disabilities. p. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12621
- Exploring trainee nursing associates’ experiences of home placements in primary care and social care Nursing Management. 31 (3). https://doi.org/10.7748/nm.2023.e2098
- Student nurses' experiences of discrimination and racism on work placements: What can higher education institutions do? Nurse Education Today. 131 (Art. 105980). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105980
- Depression Earlier on in Life Predicts Frailty at 50 Years: Evidence from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12 (17), p. 5568. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12175568
- Labour force transitions and changes in quality of life at age 50 to 55 years: evidence from a birth cohort study Ageing and Society. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X2300048X
- Using multimedia technology to enhance self-advocacy of people with intellectual disabilities: Introducing a theoretical framework for ‘Multimedia Advocacy’ Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 36 (4), pp. 739-749. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.13107
- Costs of healthy living for older adults: the need for dynamic measures of health-related poverty to support evidence-informed policy-making and real-time decision-making Public Health. 212, pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2022.08.001
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Falls Among Older Adults: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 9, p. 2427–2440. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01179-1
- Addressing the Safety and Criminal Exploitation of Vulnerable Young People: Before, During and After COVID-19 and Lockdown in: Ellis, D. and Voela, A. (ed.) After Lockdown, Opening Up: Psychosocial Transformation in the Wake of COVID-19. Palgrave Macmillan, pp.151-171
- Exploring the physical activity of Iranian migrant women in the United Kingdom: a qualitative study International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 16 (Art. 1963111). https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2021.1963111