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Gillian Hewitt

Dr Gillian Hewitt

Research Associate, DECIPher

School of Social Sciences

Email
HewittG@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29225 10083
Campuses
sbarc|spark, Room Room 1.14, 1-3 Museum Place, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ

Overview

I am a Research Associate in the DECIPHer research centre, where I have recently completed a review of school and community-based counselling services for children and young people in Wales. I am currently co-leading the Wellbeing in Schools and Colleges (WiSC) study.

Previously I was a member of the School Health Research Network team where my role involved delivery of a biennial Student Health and Wellbeing Survey and a School Environment Questionnaire in secondary schools across Wales and reporting findings from these surveys to a range of stakeholders.

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Research

Research Interests

  • Children and young people's mental health and wellbeing, including care experienced children and young people
  • School-based health improvement
  • Evaluating complex interventions
  • Research networks

Research Centre

DECIPHer UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence

Research Grants

  • Health and Care Research Wales. Mental health provision for children and young people in schools and FE colleges (11-25 years) with experiences of care: mixed-method study of implementation, acceptability, need and priority outcomes. Gillian Hewitt, Sarah MacDonald, Rebecca Anthony, Rachel Brown, Rhiannon Evans, Sion Jones, Alyson Rees. (2022-2024) £284,368.
  • Welsh Government (R223). Review Of Statutory School And Community-Based Counselling Services And Research & Design Of A Pilot For Primary Aged Children. Rhiannon Evans, Simon Murphy, Lauren Copeland, Amy Edwards, Peter Gee, Gillian Hewitt, Helen Morgan, Nick Page, Joan Roberts, Simone Willis (2020-2022) £149,982.30 
  • Cardiff University ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (Events). The School Health Research Network: creating regional-level impact for health, education and social care stakeholders. Simon Murphy, Joan Roberts, Gillian Hewitt (2018) £3,597

Biography

I joined DECIPHer in the School of Social Sciences in November 2012 having previously worked in the joint Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences at St George's, University of London and Kingston University. There I worked on a 3-year observational study that explored interprofessional teamwork in acute and community stroke care from the perspectives of patients, family carers and clinical staff.

I originally trained in nutrition and completed a PhD in 2005 entitled, 'Improving the health, nutrition and quality of life of elderly Guyanese living in residential homes'. This research explored the use of participatory approaches with older people living in residential homes in a developing country context

Professional memberships

Member of the Nutrition Society