Staff Profile
Dr Steph Scott
Senior Research Associate
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7734
- Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Newcastle University
Room M1.151, William Leech Building,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
Background
Steph Scott is an NIHR ARC Senior Research Fellow based at Newcastle University. She is a social scientist with inter-disciplinary expertise across applied public health, sociology and criminology. Steph holds a Trustee role with the charity NE Youth and is an EDI representative for Outreach and Comms within Newcastle University’s Faculty of Medical Sciences. Steph has secured research income with a total value of over £3.7 million, most recently including the award of a prestigious ESRC New Investigator grant. Her research interests include marginalisation, stigma and health inequalities, particularly in relation to justice-involved families, young people, vulnerable populations and those experiencing multiple, complex needs. Methodologically, Steph is a highly experienced qualitative researcher with particular expertise in advanced qualitative skills such as longitudinal methods, co-produced data collection and analysis and visual or creative methodologies such as diary elicitation.
She has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with teaching and module leadership expertise in research methods (qualitative, mixed methods) as well as in applied public health (social determinants of health, health inequalities) and sociological and criminological theory. Steph has experience of Programme Leadership, having acted in this capacity for all undergraduate Criminology and Sociology programmes (2019/2020) at Teesside University. During this academic post, she also developed and validated the ESRC accredited MSc Social Research Methods programme (Social Policy and Criminology) for 2018/2019.
Dr Scott is an associate member of Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, involved in several NIHR SPHR research programmes and a named collaborator for the NIHR NENC ARC. Current work focuses on: young people’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic; emotional wellbeing, health and health inequalities in children and young people with an incarcerated family member; the impact of stigma on the health of marginalised groups; vaccine inequalities; prison food environments; food insecurity amongst those experiencing severe mental illness; and first-time offenders of domestic violence and abuse.
Research
Research Income (total >£3.7 million, £331,111 as PI)
- PI: ‘Divided Households’ - Exploring emotional wellbeing, health and health inequalities in children and young people with an incarcerated family member: developing a child-centred, rights-based framework for prison social visits. £299,739, Funder: ESRC New Investigator funding stream (awarded December 2021; due to begin June 2022)
- Co-I: Acid Attacks in North East England: A Victim-Centred Perspective. £45,756, Funder: NIHR NENC ARC Open Funding (awarded November 2021; due to begin March 2022, includes £60,000 match funding, total value: £105,756)
- Co-I: The impact of Covid-19 measures on Criminal Exploitation and Serious Violence (CESV) in vulnerable communities, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. £52,000, Funder: ADDER Accelerator underspend (£32k LA, £20k police grants).
- Co-I: A national evaluation of Project Cautioning And Relationship Abuse (‘CARA’) awareness raising workshops for first time offenders of domestic violence and abuse. £387,000, Funder: NIHR ARC National Programme for Health and Care Inequalities (2021-2023)
- Co-I: A mixed methods study using co-production to explore food insecurity in adults with Severe Mental Illness living in Northern England. £148,657, Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit - Mental Health in the North (2021-2023)
- PI: Exploring Prison Food Environments: Mapping Priorities for the Improvement of Food Standards and Diet Quality. £7,250, Funder: Wellcome Trust ISSF Small Grant Scheme (2021-2022)
- PI: Understanding community aid responses to the coronavirus pandemic: a qualitative exploration of how communities in North East England have mobilised to tackle food insecurity. £3,521, Funder: Catherine Cookson Foundation (2020-2021)
- PI: ‘Lockdown Life NE’: Exploring young people’s experiences of social distancing during the covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative diary-based study using digital and mobile technologies. £15,470, Funder: NE Youth / NU Covid-19 Research Fund / Tilly Hale Fund (2020-2021)
- Co-I: Planning, Hot Food Takeaways & COVID-19: perceptions of the impact of regulations on access to healthy food environments. £15,000, Funder: Public Health England (2021-2022, includes £3,109 match funding from NENC NIHR ARC, total value: £18,109)
- Co-I: An exploration of social deprivation and public attitudes in North East England and North Cumbria towards bystander cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (BCPR). £49,975, Funder: NIHR ARC Open Funding (2020-2022)
- Co-I: Enabling children and young people’s involvement in whole system action to reduce inequalities in the social determinants of health. £760,907.82, Funder: NIHR SPHR (2020-2022)
- Co-I: Child health system evaluation project: Integrated Care Systems and Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships £534,694.30, Funder: NIHR SPHR (2020-2022)
- Co-I: Youth Endowment Fund Capacity building Grant: £49,965 (2020)
- Co-I: Developing and piloting mental health campaign to reduce stigma in Trailblazer schools. Funder: NHS England’s Northern England Clinical Networks (NECN) £20,000 (2019-2020)
- Co-I: Behavioural Insights Study: To improve uptake of support for services for Drug and Alcohol misuse in Hartlepool and to reduce prevalence in children and young people. £48, 555.82; Funder: Hartlepool Borough Council (2018-2019)
- Co-I: FOrwaRD: Is there a role for dually focused intervention in young adults (18-25) to tackle unhealthy eating and heaving drinking and effectively reduce future health inequalities? £255, 000; Funder: Public Health Research Consortium (2016-2018)
- PI: Socio-ecological influences on adolescent alcohol use and linked unhealthy eating behaviours: systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies. £5, 131; Funder: Fuse (2016-2018)
- Co-I: IDEA: Identifying and Describing Alcohol Frames. £18,500; Funder: Cancer Research UK (2015-2017)
- Co-I: A multi-centre cluster-randomised controlled trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent risky drinking in young people aged 14-15 in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH). £897,061; Funder: NIHR-PHRP (2015-2017)
- Co-I: Examining the evidence base for alcohol screening and brief interventions in the UK prison system. £20,000; Funder: Public Health England (2014)
- Post and research core-funded by an ESRC Case PhD Studentship (Exploring Industry Driven Influences on Young People who Drink Alcohol; 2008-2012)
Projects Supported by NIHR NENC ARC:
- The SAILS project: evaluating embedded mental health provision within supported housing for young adults aged 18-25 (as PI; in partnership with Gateshead Council)
- Marginalisation and Health-Related Stigma: a qualitative systematic review and meta-ethnography (as PI)
- COVID-19 impact on youth mental health and wellbeing from a European perspective: a qualitative systematic review (as Co-I)
- COVID-19 Health Inequalities Impact Assessment for the North East (as Co-I, in partnership with PHE and VONNE)
Teaching
Teaching and Learning Experience:
· Module instructor for Public Policy, Health & Health Inequalities (PGT) (2020 to present, Newcastle University)
· Programme Lead for all undergraduate Criminology and Sociology Programmes (2019-2020, Teesside University)
· Programme Lead for MSc Social Research Methods (Criminology and Social Policy) (2018-19, Teesside University)
· Module leader for Are we doing youth justice (Level 6) (2017-2020, Teesside University)
· Module leader for Contemporary Criminological Theory (Masters level) (2017-18, Teesside University)
· Module leader for Making Sense of Society (Sociological Theory) (Level 4) (2017-18, Teesside University)
· Module leader for Principles of Sociology (Level 4) (2019-2020, Teesside University)
· Module tutor for Crime and Justice (Level 5) (2017-18, Teesside University)
· Module tutor for Inside Out (Level 6) (2017-2020, Teesside University)
· Module tutor for Further qualitative methods (Masters level) (2010-2017, Newcastle University)
PhD Supervision:
· Bell Z (start date: 2018) A qualitative exploration of the social determinants of food insecurity and its nutritional impact amongst women and children in the North East of England (Gateshead) (ongoing; ESRC Nine DTP; fourth supervisor)
· Raby P (start date: 2018) Exploring health care staffs’ experience of delivering care in the prison environment (ongoing; funded by Teesside University; third supervisor)
· Hopwood S (start date: 2018) Impact of insecure immigration status on access to domestic abuse refuge provision in the North East of England (ongoing; DTA PhD studentship; third supervisor)
· Mark Adley (start date: 2021, funded by NIHR NENC ARC; ongoing; second supervisor)
Publications
- Scott S, McGowan VJ, Visram S. ‘I’m Gonna Tell You about How Mrs Rona Has Affected Me’. Exploring Young People’s Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in North East England: A Qualitative Diary-Based Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18(7), 3837.
- Bell Z, Scott S, Visram S, Rankin J, Bambra C, Heslehurst N. Food insecurity and the nutritional health and well-being of women and children in high-income countries: Protocol for a qualitative systematic review. BMJ Open 2021, 11(8), e048180.
- Scott J, Burtrand H, Churchill T, Cole R, Collins T, Daxner N, Fidler G, Hammond-Williams J, Marlow B, McNally A, OKeefe J, Petterson R, Powell D, Scott S, Scaife J, Smyline J, Strickland A. Frequent callers to UK ambulance services in the COVID-19 pandemic: managing mental health, social isolation and loneliness. British Paramedic Journal 2021, 6(2), 66-75.
- Fong M, Scott S, Albani V, Adamson A, Kaner E. 'Joining the Dots': Individual, sociocultural and environmental links between alcohol consumption, dietary intake and body weight—A narrative review. Nutrients 2021, 13(9), 2927.
- Alderson H, Spencer L, Scott S, Kaner E, Reeves A, Robson S, Ling J. Using behavioural insights to improve the uptake of services for drug and alcohol misuse. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18(13), 6923.
- Giles EL, McGeechan GJ, Scott SJ, McGovern R, Boniface S, Ramsay A, Hendrie N, McColl E, Sumnall H, Newbury-Birch D, Kaner E. A qualitative account of young people's experiences of alcohol screening and brief interventions in schools: SIPS Jr-HIGH trial findings. Journal of Public Health 2020, 42(3), e259-e267.
- McGeechan GJ, Giles EL, Scott S, McGovern R, Boniface S, Ramsay A, Sumnall H, Newbury-Birch D, Kaner E, the SIPS JR-HIGH Study Team. A qualitative exploration of school-based staff's experiences of delivering an alcohol screening and brief intervention in the high school setting: findings from the SIPS JR-HIGH trial. Journal of Public Health 2019, 41(4), 821-829.
- Giles EL, McGeechan GJ, Coulton S, Deluca P, Drummond C, Howel D, Kaner E, McColl E, McGovern R, Scott S, Stamp E, Sumnall H, Todd L, Vale L, Albani V, Boniface S, Frankham J, Ferguson J, Gilvarry E, Hendrie N, Howe N, Mossop H, Ramsay A, Stanley G, Newbury-Birch D. Brief alcohol intervention for risky drinking in young people aged 14 15 years in secondary schools: the SIPS JR-HIGH RCT. Public Health Research 2019, 7(9).
- Scott S, Muir C, Stead M, Fitzgerald N, Kaner E, Bradbury J, Wrieden W, Power C, Adamson A. Exploring the links between unhealthy eating behaviour and heavy alcohol use in the social, emotional and cultural lives of young adults (age 18-25): A qualitative research study. Appetite 2019, 144, 104449.
- Scott S, Elamin W, Giles EL, Hillier-Brown F, Byrnes K, Connor N, Newbury-Birch D, Ells L. Socio-ecological influences on adolescent (Aged 10–17) alcohol use and unhealthy eating behaviours: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies. Nutrients 2019, 11(8), 1914.
- Shorter G, Bray J, Giles E, ODonnell A, Berman A, Holloway A, Heather N, Barbosa C, Stockdale K, Scott S, Clarke M, Newbury-Birch D. The variability of outcomes used in efficacy and effectiveness trials of alcohol brief interventions: A systematic review. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2019, 80(3), 286-298.
- Albani V, Bradley J, Wrieden WL, Scott S, Muir C, Power C, Fitzgerald N, Stead M, Kaner E, Adamson AJ. Examining Associations between Body Mass Index in 18–25 Year-Olds and Energy Intake from Alcohol: Findings from the Health Survey for England and the Scottish Health Survey. Nutrients 2018, 10(10), 1477.
- Scott S, Beyer F, Parkinson K, Muir C, Graye A, Kaner E, Stead M, Power C, Fitzgerald N, Bradley J, Wrieden W, Adamson A. Non-pharmacological interventions designed to reduce health risks due to unhealthy eating behaviour and linked risky or excessive drinking in adults aged 18-25 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrients 2018, 10(10), 1538.
- Scott S, Shucksmith J, Baker R, Kaner E. ‘Hidden Habitus’: A Qualitative Study of Socio-Ecological Influences on Drinking Practices and Social Identity in Mid-Adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2017, 14(6), 611.
- Scott S, Muirhead C, Shucksmith J, Tyrrell R, Kaner E. Does Industry-Driven Alcohol Marketing Influence Adolescent Drinking Behaviour? A Systematic Review. Alcohol & Alcoholism 2017, 52(1), 84-94.
- Haighton C, Halligan J, Scott S. Is popular radio a source of exposure to alcohol references in mid to later life? A content analysis. Journal of Public Health 2017, 1-9.
- Scott S, Parkinson K, Kaner E, Shannon R, Stead M, Power C, Fitzgerald N, Wrieden W, Adamson A. Non-pharmacological interventions designed to reduce health risks due to unhealthy eating behaviour and linked risky or excessive drinking in adults aged 18–25 years: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews 2017, 6, 42.
- Scott S, Reilly J, Giles EL, Hillier-Brown F, Ells L, Kaner E, Adamson A. Socio-ecological influences on adolescent (aged 10-17) alcohol use and linked unhealthy eating behaviours: Protocol for a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies. Systematic Reviews 2017, 6(1), 180.
- Giles EL, Coulton S, Deluca P, Drummond C, Howel D, Kaner E, McColl E, McGovern R, Scott S, Stamp E, Sumnall H, Tate L, Todd L, Vale L, Albani V, Boniface S, Ferguson J, Frankham J, Gilvarry E, Hendrie N, Howe N, McGeechan GJ, Stanley G, Newbury-Birch D. Multicentre individual randomised controlled trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent risky drinking in young people aged 14-15 in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH): study protocol. BMJ Open 2016, 6(12), e012474.
- Birch J, Scott S, Newbury-Birch D, Brennan A, Brown H, Coulton S, Gilvarry E, Hickman M, McColl E, McGovern R, Muirhead C, Kaner E. A pilot feasibility trial of alcohol screening and brief intervention in the police custody setting (ACCEPT): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2015, 1, 6.
- Scott S, Kaner E. Brief Alcohol Interventions. In: Neuberger, J; and DiMartini, A, ed. Alcohol Abuse and Liver Disease. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015, pp.147-154.
- Giles E, Scott S, Coulton S, Deluca P, Drummond C, Graybill E, Howel D, Kaner E, McColl E, McGovern R, Stamp E, Sumnall H, Tate L, Todd L, Newbury-Birch D. Development of a multicentre randomised controlled trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent risky drinking in young people in a high-school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH). The Lancet 2015, 386(Suppl. 2), S37-S37.
- Newbury-Birch D, Scott S, O'Donnell A, Coulton S, Howel D, McColl E, Stamp E, Graybill E, Gilvarry E, Laing K, McGovern R, Deluca P, Drummond C, Harle C, McArdle P, Tate L, Kaner E. A pilot feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent hazardous drinking in young people aged 14-15 in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH). Public Heath Research 2014, 2(6), 1-207.
- Newbury-Birch D, O'Neil S, O'Donnell A, Coulton S, Howel D, McColl E, Stamp E, Graybill E, Gilvarry E, Laing K, McGovern R, Deluca P, Drummond C, Harle C, McArdle P, Tate L, Kaner E. A pilot feasiblity c-RCT of screening and brief alcohol intervention in young people aged 14–15 in a high school setting: sips jr-high. In: 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research-Society-on-Alcoholism (RSA) / 17th Congress of the International-Society-for-Biomedical-Research-on-Alcoholism (ISBRA). 2014, Bellevue, WA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
- Scott S, Kaner E. Alcohol and Public Health: Heavy drinking is a heavy price to pay for populations. Journal of Public Health 2014, 36(3), 396-398.
- Scott S, Baker R, Shucksmith J, Kaner E. Autonomy, special offers and routines: a Q methodological study of industry-driven marketing influences on young people's drinking behaviour. Addiction 2014, 109(11), 1833-1844.
- Newbury-Birch D, O'Neil S, Gilvarry E, Howel D, Stamp E, Laing K, McColl E, McGovern R, Harle C, O'Donnell A, Tate L, Coulton S, Deluca P, Drummond C, McArdle P, Kaner E. A feasibility trial of alcohol screening and brief interventions for risky drinking in young people in a high school setting in the UK: SIPS JR-HIGH. In: 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA: Wiley-Blackwell.
- O'Neil S, Baker R, Shucksmith J, Kaner E. Examining industry driven marketing influences on young people who drink alcohol: a mixed method exploration. In: 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
- O'Neil S, Baker R, Shucksmith J, Kaner E. EXAMINING INDUSTRY DRIVEN MARKETING INFLUENCES ON YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DRINK ALCOHOL: A MIXED METHOD EXPLORATION. In: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2013, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
- O'Neil S, Coulton S, Deluca P, Deverill M, Drummond C, Gilvarry E, Graybill E, Harle C, Howel D, Kaner E, McArdle P, McColl E, McGovern R, Speed C, Stamp E, Tate L, Newbury-Birch D. Brief intervention to prevent hazardous drinking in young people aged 14–15 in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2012, 13(1), 166.
- O'Neil S, Coulton S, Deluca P, Deverill M, Drummond C, Gilvarry E, Graybill E, Harle C, Howel D, Kaner E, McArdle P, McColl E, McGovern R, Speed C, Stamp E, Tate L, Newbury-Birch D. Screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent hazardous drinking in adolescents aged 14-15 years in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH): a feasibility pilot trial. Lancet 2012, 380, S60.