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Personal profile
Research expertise
I am Professor of Health Services Research, and a behavioural scientist who is interested in improving behaviours to improve health. I am co-director of the Scottish School of Primary Care and Head of Research in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at UHI. I have published over 125 papers in peer-reviewed journals. My methodological expertise is the design, implementation and evaluation of complex interventions, including feasibility and pilot studies, full RCTs and process evaluations.
Current research projects include:
- Covid Health and Adherence Research in Scotland (CHARIS), funded by the Chief Scientist Office (CSO), Edinburgh via their Rapid Research in COVID-19 Programme
- HALT: Hernia Active Living Trial, funded by Bowel Research UK, Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association and Kingston Trust CIO
I was founding convenor of a premier research group within the National Cancer Research Institute (2012-2016) – Lifestyle and Behaviour Change Research Group. My research with Teenage Cancer Trust has been cited in the England and Scotland national cancer strategies and raised in the Scottish parliament.
As a research leader in my field, I am regularly invited to review for national and international research funding bodies. I am an Associate editor of the journal Pilot and Feasiblity Studies.
Academic Qualifications
Education PhD University of Sunderland 1997
Computing Science MSc University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 1993
Post-Graduate Certificate in Education University of York 1988
Sociology/Social Policy BA Hons University of Leeds 1986
Teaching expertise
- Supervisor of 12 PhD/MPhil/Clinical doctorate students (6 currently graduated)
- External examiner for 9 PhD/MPhil students; Internal examiner for 2 students
Throughout my career, I have had several post-graduate course leadership responsibilities. At UHI, I currently take responsibility for research-related topics on post-graduate and under-graduate teaching programmes. I am module lead for the ‘research dissertation’ module in the Advanced Practitioner Masters degree programme. I have a PGCE.
Keywords
- H Social Sciences (General)
- health services
- RT Nursing
- primary care
- BF Psychology
- behavioural science
- psycho-oncology
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
- cancer prevention
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PHASE II: Decision-making by GPs about the Palliative Care Register
1/02/20 → 1/02/20
Project: Research
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Use Of Support Garments To Improve Quality Of Life And Reduce Parastomal Hernia Risk: A Cross Sectional Survey
1/04/18 → 31/12/19
Project: Other
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Quality of life profiles and their association with clinical and demographic characteristics and physical activity in people with a stoma: a latent profile analysis
Goodman, W., Downing, A., Allsop, M., Munro, J., Taylor, C., Hubbard, G. & Beeken, R. J., 25 Feb 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Computer Screening to Support Decision-Making about Use of Palliative Care Registers in Primary Care: GP Think Aloud and Patient and Carer Interviews
Hubbard, G., Broadfoot, K., Carolan, C. & van Woerden, H. C., 12 Jun 2021, In: Journal of Primary and Care Community Health. 12, 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are rurality, area deprivation, access to outside space, and green space associated with mental health during the covid-19 pandemic? A cross sectional study (charis-e)
Hubbard, G., Den Daas, C., Johnston, M., Murchie, P., Thompson, C. W. & Dixon, D., 7 Apr 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 8, p. 1-17 17 p., 3869.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Associated Sociodemographic and Facility Patterning of Uptake, Attendance, and Session Count Within a Scottish Exercise Referral Scheme
Shore, C. B., Hubbard, G., Gorely, T., Hunter, A. M. & Galloway, S. D. R., 1 May 2021, In: Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 18, 5, p. 557-562 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of self-management interventions in people with a stoma
Goodman, W., Allsop, M., Downing, A., Munro, J., Taylor, C., Hubbard, G. & Beeken, R. J., 27 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Exercise referral instructors’ perspectives on supporting and motivating participants to uptake, attend and adhere to exercise prescription: A qualitative study
Shore, C. B., Galloway, S. D. R., Gorely, T., Hunter, A. M. & Hubbard, G., 25 Dec 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 1, 12 p., 203.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Protocol of the COVID-19 Health and Adherence Research in Scotland (CHARIS) study: understanding changes in adherence to transmission-reducing behaviours, mental and general health, in repeated cross-sectional representative survey of the Scottish population
Den Daas, C., Hubbard, G., Johnston, M. & Dixon, D., 18 Feb 2021, In: BMJ open. 11, 2, e044135.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Press / Media
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Study reveals importance of personal outdoor space during COVID-19 pandemic
25/04/21 → 27/04/21
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Link found in access to outdoor space and mental health through Covid
23/04/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Study shows own patch of outdoor space vital to wellbeing
23/04/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Media release: Nursing academics to present Inverness lecture
30/05/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research