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Dr Wendy Macdowall

Associate Professor

United Kingdom

I am a mixed methods public health researcher, with a focus on the determinants of sexual health, the development of interventions to improve and promote sexual health, the evaluation of public health interventions and systematic reviews.

Affiliations

Department of Public Health, Environments and Society
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Centre for Evaluation

Teaching

I am one of the Programme Directors for the MSc in Public Health. I am also module organiser for the Term 2 module Health Promotion: Approaches and Methods, seminar lead on the Term 1 module Foundations of Health Promotion and supervise PhD and DrPH students.

Research

I am currently working on the fourth National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal), and the Department of Health and Social Care Reviews Facility to support national policy development and implementation.
Research Area
Sexual health
Sexual behaviour
Health education and promotion
Public health
Adolescent health
Systematic reviews
Country
United Kingdom

Selected Publications

Sexting among British adults: a qualitative analysis of sexting as emotion work governed by 'feeling rules'.
MACDOWALL, WG; Reid, DS; Lewis, R; Bosó Pérez, R; Mitchell, KR; Maxwell, KJ; Smith, C; Attwood, F; Gibbs, J; Hogan, B; Mercer, CH; Sonnenberg, P; BONELL, C; Natsal-4 Team,;
2022
Culture, Health & Sexuality
Online Sexual Partner Seeking as a Social Practice: Qualitative Evidence from the 4th British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-4).
Reid, DS; MACDOWALL, WG; Lewis, R; Hogan, B; Mitchell, KR; Bosó Pérez, R; Gibbs, J; Smith, C; Attwood, F; Mercer, CH; Sonnenberg, P; BONELL, C;
2021
Journal of Sex Research
Salivary Testosterone and Sexual Function and Behavior in Men and Women: Findings from the Third British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3).
MACDOWALL, WG; Clifton, S; PALMER, MJ; TANTON, C; Copas, AJ; Lee, DM; Mitchell, KR; Mercer, CH; Sonnenberg, P; Johnson, AM; WELLINGS, K;
2021
Journal of sex research
Cyberbullying and Children and Young People's Mental Health: A Systematic Map of Systematic Reviews.
Kwan, I; Dickson, K; Richardson, M; MACDOWALL, W; BURCHETT, H; Stansfield, C; Brunton, G; Sutcliffe, K; Thomas, J;
2020
CYBERPSYCHOLOGY BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
Collecting and exploiting data to understand a nation's sexual health needs: Implications for the British National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal).
Mercer, CH; Clifton, S; Prior, G; Aldridge, RW; BONELL, C; Copas, AJ; Field, N; Gibbs, J; MACDOWALL, W; Mitchell, KR; TANTON, C; THOMSON, N; Unemo, M; Sonnenberg, P;
2019
Sexually Transmitted Infections
A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Community-Based Glaucoma Check Service in Hackney, London, UK.
HOLDSWORTH, E; DATTA, J; MARKS, D; KUPER, H; Lee, H; Leamon, S; LINDFIELD, R; WORMALD, R; Clarke, J; Elkarmouty, A; MACDOWALL, W;
2017
Ophthalmic epidemiology
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