Dr Pamela Smith
Research Associate
- smithp18@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 7695
- 8th floor, Neuadd Meirionnydd, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
Overview
I am a Research Associate with a background in Health Psychology. I am based in the Cancer Screening, Prevention and Early Diagnosis (SPED) team in the Division of Population, School of Medicine. My doctoral degree focused on understanding the psychosocial influences on quit motivation and smoking cessation among older smokers from deprived backgrounds.
I am currently working as a Study Manager on the TIC-TOC study (Feasibility of a Targeted Intensive Community-based campaign To Optimise Cancer awareness campaign to support the Rapid Diagnostic Clinic pathway).
Publications
2022
- Poole, R. et al. 2022. Tobacco use, smoking identities and pathways into and out of smoking among young adults: a meta-ethnography. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 17, article number: 24. (10.1186/s13011-022-00451-9)
- Smith, P. et al. 2022. Protocol for a feasibility study of a cancer symptom awareness campaign to support the rapid diagnostic centre referral pathway in a socioeconomically deprived area: Targeted Intensive Community-based campaign To Optimise Cancer awareness (TIC-TOC). BMJ Open 12(10), article number: e063280. (10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063280)
2021
- Smith, P. 2021. Understanding the influences on quit motivation and smoking cessation in older smokers from deprived backgrounds. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Smith, P., Daniel, R., Murray, R. L., Moore, G., Nelson, A. and Brain, K. 2021. Psychosocial determinants of quit motivation in older smokers from deprived backgrounds: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open 11(5), article number: e044815. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044815)
2019
- Smith, P., Poole, R., Mann, M., Nelson, A., Moore, G. and Brain, K. 2019. Systematic review of behavioural smoking cessation interventions for older smokers from deprived backgrounds. BMJ Open 9(11), article number: e032727. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032727)
2018
- Smith, P. et al. 2018. Feasibility and acceptability of a cancer symptom awareness intervention for adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities. BMC Public Health 18(1) (10.1186/s12889-018-5606-3)