Dr Wendy Macdowall

Associate Professor

United Kingdom

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Wendy

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

Barriers and Facilitators for Formulation and Implementation of a Sex Education Programme in Saudi Arabia: Stakeholders’ Perspective

HORANIEH, N; WELLINGS, K; MACDOWALL, W;

2022

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

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

Abstinence versus harm reduction approaches to sexual health education: views of key stakeholders in Saudi Arabia

HORANIEH, N; MACDOWALL, W; WELLINGS, K;

2019

Sex Education

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

Birth order and parental and sibling involvement in sex education. A nationally-representative analysis.

Elton, L; PALMER, M; MACDOWALL, W;

2018

Sex Education

Sexual behaviours and sexual health outcomes among young adults with limiting disabilities: findings from third British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3).

HOLDSWORTH, E; Trifonova, V; TANTON, C; KUPER, H; DATTA, J; MACDOWALL, W; Mercer, CH;

2018

BMJ open

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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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine