Newcastle University

Qualifications

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol - British Psychological Society - 2011)
PhD Psychology (University of Aberdeen - 2011)
MRes Psychology (University of Aberdeen - 2007)
BA Psychology (University of Ottawa - 2005)

Memberships

Newcastle Health Psychology Group
Decision Making and Organisation of Care
European Health Psychology Society
British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology
UK Society for Behavioural Medicine
Fuse - The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health

E-print free access to publications: jpresseau e-prints

Recent Presentations

"Implementation as Behaviour: Using Organizational and Individual Theories of Behavior to Predict Evidence-based Diabetes Care in the United Kingdom" -- 5th Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, March 2012 (download PDF)

External responsibilities 

Editorial Board member, Implementation Science
Communications and Web Management Officer, UKSBM  

Languages

English, French 

Research Interests

• Behavioural approaches to translational/implementation research in healthcare
• Developing, integrating and testing psychological theory to understand and change the behaviours that influence health and the delivery of evidence-based healthcare
• Multiple goal pursuit (goal conflict, goal facilitation, goal priority) and multiple behaviour change
• Development and evaluation of complex interventions using psychological theory
• Habit and automaticity in clinical contexts

Research Grants

• Diabetes UK Project Grant. "Overcoming Barriers to High Quality Care in Diabetes through Professional Behaviour Change" MP Eccles, J Presseau, G Hawthorne, FF Sniehotta, M Hunter, N Steen, M Deverill, E Kaner, JJ Francis, M Johnston, M Elovainio, JM Grimshaw (2012-2015) £381,506
• European Health Psychology Society, EHPS/CREATE Tandem Research Grant, J Presseau, J Huijg (2012) €2000
• University of Aberdeen Development Trust, PhD Studentship, J Presseau, FF Sniehotta, JJ Francis, NC Campbell (2007-2010) £47,153
• Improved Clinical Effectiveness through Behavioural Research Group (ICEBeRG), Post-graduate studentship, J Presseau, FF Sniehotta, JJ Francis.  (2006-2009) £30,964

Collaborations

• Dr Falko Sniehotta, Dr Nicki Hobbs, Dr Stephan Dombrowski, Dr Vera Araujo-Soares (Newcastle Health Psychology Group, UK)
• Prof Martin Eccles, Dr Nick Steen (Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, UK) 
• Prof Marie Johnston, Prof Derek Johnston, Dr Niina Kolehmainen, Prof Jill Francis (Aberdeen Health Psychology Group, UK)
• Prof Jeremy Grimshaw (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada)
• Prof Marko Elovainio (National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland)
• Dr Winnie Gebhardt, Josanne Huijg (Leiden University, the Netherlands) 

Projects

• Improving the Delivery of Care for Patients with Diabetes through Understanding Optimised Team Work and Organisation in Primary Care (iQuaD)
  Project Leader(s): Professor Martin Eccles

PSY 3023 Health Psychology and Principles of Behaviour Change  (Module leader: Dr Vera Araujo-Soares)

Lectures:

- Psychology of health inequality

- Theory and evidence-based interventions for behaviour change

- Medication adherence

I also currently co-supervise two MSc students. 

• Sniehotta FF, Presseau J, Hobbs N, Araújo-Soares V. Brief Report: Testing Self-Regulation Interventions to Increase Walking using Factorial Randomized N-of-1 Trials. Health Psychology 2012. In Press.
• Presseau J, Tait RI, Johnston DW, Francis JJ, Sniehotta FF. Goal conflict and goal facilitation as predictors of daily accelerometer-assessed physical activity. Health Psychology 2012. In Press.
• Sniehotta FF, Presseau J. The habitual use of the Self-Report Habit Index. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2012, 43(1), 139-140.
• Presseau J, Francis JJ, Campbell NC, Sniehotta FF. Goal conflict, goal facilitation and health professionals' provision of physical activity advice in primary care: An exploratory prospective study. Implementation Science 2011, 6, 73.
• Eccles MP, Hrisos S, Francis JJ, Stamp E, Johnston M, Hawthorne G, Steen N, Grimshaw JM, Elovainio M, Presseau J, Hunter M. Instrument development, data collection, and characteristics of practices, staff, and measures in the Improving Quality of Care in Diabetes (iQuaD) Study. Implementation Science 2011, 6, 61.
• Presseau J, Sniehotta FF, Francis JJ, Gebhardt WA. With a little help from my goals: Integrating intergoal facilitation with the theory of planned behaviour to predict physical activity. British Journal of Health Psychology 2010,15 4 905-919.
• Presseau J, Sniehotta FF, Francis JJ, Campbell NC. Multiple goals and time constraints: perceived impact on physicians' performance of evidence-based behaviours. Implementation Science 2009, 4, 77.
• Presseau J, Sniehotta FF, Francis JJ, Little BR. Personal projects analysis: Opportunities and implications for multiple goal assessment, theoretical integration, and behaviour change. The European Health Psychologist 2008, 10(2), 32-36.
• Araújo-Soares V, Presseau J. Theory-based behaviour prediction and change: An interview with Gaston Godin. The European Health Psychologist 2008, 10(3), 51-53.
• Grimshaw JM, Zwarenstein M, Tetroe JM, Godin G, Graham ID, Lemyre L, Eccles MP, Johnston M, Francis JJ, Hux J, O'Rourke K, Legare F, Presseau J. Looking inside the black box: A theory-based process evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial of printed educational materials (the Ontario printed educational message, OPEM) to improve referral and prescribing practices in primary care in Ontario, Canada. Implementation Science 2007, 2(1), -.
• Presseau J. On the use of theory in Intervention Mapping. The European Health Psychologist 2007, 9(4), 82-84.
• Graham ID, Logan J, Bennett C, Presseau J, O'Connor A, Mitchell SL, Tetroe J, Cranney A, Hébert P, Aaron S. Physicians' intentions and use of three patient decision aids. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2007,7 1 20.
• Francis JJ, Grimshaw JM, Zwarenstein M, Eccles MP, Shiller S, Godin G, Johnston M, O'rourke K, Presseau J, Tetroe J. Testing a Theory-inspired Message ('TRY-ME'): A sub-trial within the Ontario Printed Educational Message (OPEM) trial. Implementation Science 2007, 2(1), -.