Newcastle University

Introduction

A Psychologist with expertise in the evaluation of complex interventions using quantitative, qualitative and systematic reviewing research techniques.

Qualifications

PhD (Screening and brief alcohol intervention) Newcastle University 2005
MA (Human Resource Management) Newcastle University 1993
BSc (Applied Psychology) University of Central Lancashire 1992

·         Alcohol risk and harm in later life: A review of the literature, mapping of current services and qualitative interviews with older people. Working directly with Age UK South of Tyne and Wear and South of Tyne and Wear Primary Care Trust.

·         Randomised controlled trial, economic and qualitative process evaluation of domiciliary welfare rights advice for socio-economically disadvantaged older people recruited via primary health care. The DO-WELL Trial. (Including embedded qualitative study)

·         Development and evaluation of an 'exergaming' intervention to target cardiovascular and quality of life outcomes in a deprived area of the North-East. (Including embedded qualitative study)

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·         Evaluation of the School Sport Partnership Dance Mat Scheme in Redcar & Cleveland and Middlesbrough. The IDEAS study (Impact of Dance Exercise Activity in Schools). (Including embedded qualitative study) 

Module lead for the MSc Public Health and Health Services Research: Public Health Intervention Module

Session lead for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS): Essential Junior Rotation in Public Health: Public Health Intervention: Alcohol as a case study

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS): Medicine in the Community 3.14: Public Health Interventions in Practice: What Works?

• Lock CA, Newbury-Birch D, Kaner EFS. Screening and Interventions in Medical Settings including Brief Feedback-focused Interventions. In: Miller, P, ed. Encyclopedia of Addictive Behaviors. Elsevier, 2012. In Press.
• Lock CA, Wilson GB, Ling J, Smith KE, Crosland A, Kaner EFS. Symptoms and course: Older-Age and substance abuse. In: Miller, P, ed. Encyclopedia of Addictive Behaviors. Elsevier, 2012. In Press.
• Crosland A, Lock CA, Wilson G, Ling J, Smith K, Kaner E. Alcohol use in later life. Public Service Review: UK Science & Technology 2011, 3.
• Lock C, Kaner E, Heather N. Brief intervention: mental health-substance use. In: DB Cooper, ed. Intervention in Mental Health - Substance Use. Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, 2011, pp.102-113.
• Wilson GB, Lock CA, Heather N, Cassidy P, Christie MM, Kaner EFS. Intervention against excessive alcohol consumption in primary health care: a survey of GPs’ attitudes and practices in England 10 years on. Alcohol and Alcoholism 2011, 46(5), 570-577.
• Lock CA, Baker R, Brittain K. "I've just taken you to see the man with the CD on his head": the experience and management of recurrent sore throat in children. Journal of Child Health Care 2010,14 1 95-110.
• Lock C, Wilson J, Steen N, Eccles M, Brittain K, Carrie S, Clarke R, Kubba H, Raine C, Zarod A, Bond J. Childhood tonsillectomy: who is referred and what treatment choices are made? Baseline findings from the North of England and Scotland Study of Tonsillectomy and Adenotonsillectomy in Children (NESSTAC). Archives of Disease in Childhood 2010, 95(3), 203-208.
• Lock C, Wilson J, Steen N, Eccles M, Mason H, Carrie S, Clarke R, Kubba H, Raine C, Zarod A, Brittain K, Vanoli A, Bond J. North of England and Scotland Study of Tonsillectomy and Adeno-tonsillectomy in Children(NESSTAC): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial with a parallel non-randomised preference study. Health Technology Assessment 2010, 14(13), 1-164.
• Lock CA, Kaner EFS. Brief interventions for heavy drinkers. Practice Nurse 2008, 36(1), 29-33.
• O'Hara J, Lock C, Paleri V, Wight R. Oral feeding regimes following laryngectomy - A qualitative study of consultants' opinions in the North of England.. Oral Oncology 2008, 45(8), 727-730.
• Heather N, Hutchings D, Dalliolio E, Lock C, Girvan M, Cassidy P, kaner EFS. Development of Country-Wide Strategies for Implementing Early Identification and Brief Intervention in Primary Health Care - Report on Phase IV. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2006. WHO collaborative project on identification and management of alcohol-related problems in primary health care issn: 9789241594516.
• Lock CA, Kaner E, Heather N, Doughty J, Crawshaw A, McNamee P, Purdy S, Pearson P. Effectiveness of nurse-led brief alcohol intervention: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2006, 54(4), 426-439.
• Lock CA, Lecouturier J, Mason JM, Dickinson HO. Lifestyle interventions to prevent osteoporotic fractures: A systematic review. Osteoporosis International 2006. , 17(1), 20-28.
• Bond J, Wilson J, Eccles M, Vanoli A, Steen N, Clarke R, Zarod A, Lock C, Brittain K, Speed C, Rousseau N. Protocol for north of England and Scotland study of tonsillectomy and adeno-tonsillectomy in children (NESSTAC). A pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing surgical intervention with conventional medical treatment in children with recurrent sore throats. BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders 2006,6 1 13.
• Lock CA. Alcohol and brief intervention in primary health care: what do patients think?. Primary Health Care Research and Development 2004,5 2 162-178.
• Lock CA, Kaner EFS. Implementation of brief alcohol interventions by nurses in primary care: Do non-clinical factors influence practice?. Family Practice 2004,21 3 270-275.
• Lock CA. Screening and brief alcohol interventions: What, why, who, where and when? A review of the literature. Journal of Substance Use 2004. ,9 2 91-101.
• Hutchings D, Cassidy P, Lock CA, Lowry R, Ness M, Reay S, Heather N. Marketing strategy for screening and brief intervention in primary health care. London, UK: Alcohol Concern, 2003.
• Kaner E, Lock C, Heather N, McNamee P, Bond S. Promoting brief alcohol intervention by nurses in primary care: A cluster randomised controlled trial. Patient Education and Counseling 2003,51 3 277-284.
• Lock CA, Kaner E, Lamont S, Bond S. A qualitative study of nurses' attitudes and practices regarding brief alcohol intervention in primary health care. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2002,39 4 333-342.
• Kaner EFS, Heather N, Brodie J, Lock CA, McAvoy BR. Patient and practitioner characteristics predict brief alcohol intervention in primary care. British Journal of General Practice 2001, 51(471), 822-827.
• Lock CA, Kaner EFS, Heather N, Gilvarry E, McAvoy BR. Changes in receptionists' attitudes towards involvement in a general practice-based trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention. British Journal of General Practice 2000, 50(451), 111-115.
• Lock CA, Kaner EFS. Use of marketing to disseminate brief alcohol intervention to general practitioners: Promoting health care interventions to health promoters. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2000, 6(4), 345-357.
• Lock C.A., Kaner E.F.S., Heather N., McAvoy B.R. and Gilvarry E. A randomised trial of three marketing strategies to disseminate a screening and brief alcohol intervention programme to general practitioners. British Journal of General Practice 1999, 49, 695-698.
• Kaner, E.F.S., Heather, N., McAvoy, B.R., Lock, C.A., Gilvarry, E. Intervention for excessive alcohol consumption in primary health care: Attitudes and practices of English general practitioners. Alcohol and Alcoholism 1999, 34(4), 559-566.
• McAvoy, B.R., Kaner, E.F.S., Lock, C.A., Heather, N., Gilvarry, E. Our Healthier Nation - are general practitioners willing and able to deliver? A survey of attitudes to and involvement in health promotion and lifestyle counselling.. British Journal of General Practice 1999, 49(440), 187-190.
• Lock, C.A., Allgar, V., Jones, K., Marples, G., Chandler, C., Dawson, P. The prevalence of back, ncak and shoulder problems in the inner city; implications for the provision of pysiotherapy services in primary health care.. Physiotherapy Research International 1999, 4(3), 161-169.