Hannah Bannicott
Research Associate, DECIPHer
- littlecotth@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2251 0088
- SBARC/SPARK, Maindy Road
Overview
I am a Research Associate based at DECIPHer (Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Public Health Interventions). My research interests are focused on the effect of school organisation and health improvement activity on students' health behaviours. Much of my research investigates the synergy between health and educational outcomes in an attempt to align health with the "core business" of schools. I am also interested in the conceptualisation of schools as complex adaptive systems through employing mixed methodology, including social network analysis, qualitative interviewing and statistical analysis.
Biography
2016 (awaiting viva): PhD (School health and complex adaptive systems thinking), Cardiff University
2009 - 2011: MSc Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public Health, University of Bristol
2006 - 2009: BSc (Hons), Sport & Exercise Science, University of Bath
Honours and awards
The Audrey Jones Memorial Award for Research by Women, Wales Assembly of Women, 2016
Academic positions
2017 - present: Research Associate, Cardiff University
2014 - 2016: PhD Student, Cardiff University
2012 - 2013: Research Assistant Cardiff University
2009 - 2011: Research Assistant, University of Bath
Publications
2022
- Rehfuess, E. A., Burns, J. B., Pfadenhauer, L. M., Krishnaratne, S., Littlecott, H., Meerpohl, J. J. and Movsisyan, A. 2022. Lessons learnt: Undertaking rapid reviews on public health and social measures during a global pandemic. Research Synthesis Methods 13(5), pp. 558-572. (10.1002/jrsm.1580)
2021
- Copeland, L. et al. 2021. The what, why and when of adapting interventions for new contexts: A qualitative study of researchers, funders, journal editors and practitioners’ understandings. Plos One 16(7), article number: e0254020. (10.1371/journal.pone.0254020)
- Murphy, S. et al. 2021. A Transdisciplinary Complex Adaptive Systems (T-CAS) approach to developing a national school-based culture of prevention for health improvement: the School Health Research Network (SHRN) in Wales. Prevention Science 22, pp. 50-61. (10.1007/s11121-018-0969-3)
2020
- Krishnaratne, S. et al. 2020. Measures implemented in the school setting to contain the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid scoping review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020(12), article number: CD013812. (10.1002/14651858.CD013812)
- Long, S. et al. 2020. Testing the ‘zero-sum game’ hypothesis: An examination of school health policies and practices and inequalities in educational outcomes. Journal of School Health 90(5), pp. 415-424., article number: 10.1111/josh.12889. (10.1111/josh.12889)
2019
- Littlecott, H., Hawkins, J., Mann, M., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Dobbie, F. and Moore, G. 2019. Associations between school-based peer networks and smoking according to socioeconomic status and tobacco control context: protocol for a mixed method systematic review. Systematic Reviews 8(1), article number: 313. (10.1186/s13643-019-1225-z)
- Evans, R. et al. 2019. When and how do 'effective' interventions need to be adapted and/or re-evaluated in new contexts? The need for guidance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 73(6), pp. -. (10.1136/jech-2018-210840)
- Moore, G., Evans, R., Hawkins, J., Littlecott, H., Melendez-Torres, G., Bonell, C. and Murphy, S. 2019. From complex social interventions to interventions in complex social systems: future directions and unresolved questions for intervention development and evaluation. Evaluation 25(1), pp. 23-45. (10.1177/1356389018803219)
2018
- Pettigrew, J., Segrott, J., Ray, C. D. and Littlecott, H. 2018. Social interface model: theorizing ecological post-delivery processes for intervention effects. Prevention Science 19(8), pp. 987-996. (10.1007/s11121-017-0857-2)
- Littlecott, H., Moore, G. and Murphy, S. 2018. Student health and well-being in secondary schools: the role of school support staff alongside teaching staff. Pastoral Care in Education 36(4), pp. 297-312. (10.1080/02643944.2018.1528624)
- Dobbie, F. et al. 2018. Facilitators and barriers to the delivery of school-based smoking prevention interventions for children and young people: a protocol for a systematic review of qualitative studies. Systematic Reviews 7(56), pp. 1-6. (10.1186/s13643-018-0715-8)
2017
- Long, S. J. et al. 2017. Testing the 'zero-sum game' hypothesis: An examination of school health policy and practice and inequalities in educational outcomes. The Lancet 390(Supp 3), pp. S60. (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32995-1)
- Waters, E. et al. 2017. Cluster randomised trial of a school-community child health promotion and obesity prevention intervention: findings from the evaluation of fun ‘n healthy in Moreland!. BMC Public Health 18, article number: 92. (10.1186/s12889-017-4625-9)
- Moore, G., Evans, R. E., Hawkins, J., Littlecott, H. and Turley, R. L. 2017. All interventions are complex, but some are more complex than others: using iCAT_SR to assess complexity [Editorial]. The Cochrane Library (10.1002/14651858.ED000122)
- Littlecott, H., Fox, K. R., Stathi, A. and Thompson, J. L. 2017. Perceptions of success of a local UK public health collaborative. Health Promotion International 32(1), pp. 102-112. (10.1093/heapro/dav088)
- Long, S., Littlecott, H. and Fletcher, A. 2017. Testing the 'zero-sum game' hypothesis: An examination of school health policy and practice and inequalities in educational outcomes. Presented at: Lancet Public Health Sciences, London, 24 November 2017.
2016
- Hallingberg, B., Fletcher, A., Murphy, S., Morgan, K., Littlecott, H., Roberts, C. and Moore, G. 2016. Do stronger school smoking policies make a difference? Analysis of the health behaviour in school-aged children survey. European Journal of Public Health 26(6), pp. 964-968. (10.1093/eurpub/ckw093)
- Wold, B. et al. 2016. Changes from 1986 to 2006 in reasons for liking leisure-time physical activity among adolescents. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 26(8), pp. 951-959. (10.1111/sms.12528)
- Morgan, K., Hallingberg, B., Littlecott, H., Murphy, S., Fletcher, A., Roberts, C. and Moore, G. 2016. Predictors of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among 11-16 year olds: Multilevel analysis of the 2013 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in Wales. BMC Public Health 16, article number: 569. (10.1186/s12889-016-3213-8)
- Littlecott, H., Moore, G. F., Moore, L., Lyons, R. and Murphy, S. 2016. 'Breakfast: how important is it really?' A response. Public Health Nutrition 19(9), pp. 1720-1721. (10.1017/S1368980016000380)
- Moore, G., Littlecott, H., Moore, L. A. R., Ahmed, N. and Holliday, J. 2016. E-cigarette use and intentions to smoke among 10-11-year-old never-smokers in Wales. Tobacco Control 25(2), pp. 147-152. (10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052011)
- Moore, G., Littlecott, H., Fletcher, A., Hewitt, G. and Murphy, S. 2016. Variations in schools’ commitment to health and implementation of health improvement activities: a cross-sectional study of secondary schools in Wales. BMC Public Health 16, article number: 138. (10.1186/s12889-016-2763-0)
- Littlecott, H. 2016. From complex interventions to complex systems: towards a better understanding of school health improvement. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2015
- Moore, G., Littlecott, H., Turley, R., Waters, E. and Murphy, S. 2015. Socioeconomic gradients in the effects of universal school-based health behaviour interventions: a systematic review of intervention studies. BMC Public Health 15, pp. 1-15., article number: 10.1186/s12889-015-2244-x. (10.1186/s12889-015-2244-x)
- Moore, G. and Littlecott, H. 2015. School- and family-level socioeconomic status and health behaviors: multilevel analysis of a national survey in Wales, United Kingdom. Journal of School Health 85(4), pp. 267-275. (10.1111/josh.12242)
- Moore, G. et al. 2015. Prevalence of smoking restrictions and child exposure to secondhand smoke in cars and homes: a repeated cross-sectional survey of children aged 10-11 years in Wale. BMJ Open 5(1), article number: e006914. (10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006914)
- Moore, G. et al. 2015. Electronic-cigarette use among young people in Wales: evidence from two cross-sectional surveys. BMJ Open 5(4), article number: e007072. (10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007072)
2014
- Moore, G., Littlecott, H., Moore, L., Ahmed, N. and Holliday, J. 2014. E-cigarette use and intentions to smoke among 10-11 year old never smokers in Wales. Presented at: 10th UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting, Nottingham, UK, 3-4 December 2014.
- Holliday, J., Moore, G., Moore, L., Ahmed, N. and Littlecott, H. 2014. Exposure to smoke in cars and homes 7 years after smoke-free legislation among 10-11 year old children in Wales. Presented at: 10th UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting, Nottingham, 3-4 December 2014.
- Littlecott, H., Moore, G., Moore, L. A. R. and Murphy, S. 2014. Psychosocial mediators of change in physical activity in the Welsh national exercise referral scheme: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 11(1), article number: 109. (10.1186/s12966-014-0109-9)
- Moore, G., Holliday, J., Moore, L. A. R., Ahmed, N. and Littlecott, H. 2014. Exposure to secondhand smoke in cars and homes, and e-cigarette use among 10-11 year old children in Wales. Presented at: ASH Wales Conference, Cardiff, 18-19 Sept 2014.
Teaching
I have taught on the Master's in Public Health, Cardiff University and the DECIPHer short course programme (http://decipher.uk.net/decipher-short-courses/).