Mary Barker

ORCID: 0000-0003-2976-0217
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Research Areas
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Community Health and Development
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • School Health and Nursing Education
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Diet and metabolism studies

University of Agder
2021-2025

Southampton General Hospital
2015-2024

NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre
2014-2024

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
2014-2024

University of Southampton
2015-2024

MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit
2015-2024

Medical Research Council
2014-2024

University of the Witwatersrand
2020-2024

Aarhus University
2024

United States Public Health Service
2024

Process evaluation is an essential part of designing and testing complex interventions.New MRC guidance provides a framework for conducting reporting process studiesAttempts to tackle problems such as smoking obesity increasingly use interventions.These are commonly defined interventions that comprise multiple interacting components, although additional dimensions complexity include the difficulty their implementation number organisational levels they target. 1Randomised controlled trials...

10.1136/bmj.h1258 article EN cc-by BMJ 2015-03-19

To demonstrate that six common errors made in attempts to change behaviour have prevented the implementation of scientific evidence base derived from psychology and sociology; suggest a new approach which incorporates recent developments behavioural sciences.The role health behaviours origin current epidemic non-communicable disease is observed driven behaviour. It noted most efforts had limited success. This paper suggests policy-making, discussions about are subject these business...

10.1016/j.puhe.2016.03.030 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Public Health 2016-05-14

A total of 148 health and social care practitioners were trained in skills to support behaviour change: creating opportunities discuss behaviours, using open discovery questions, listening, reflecting goal-setting. At three time points post-training, use the was evaluated compared with by untrained practitioners. Trained demonstrated significantly greater these client-centred change their peers up 1 year post-training. Because it uses existing services deliver for change, this training...

10.1177/1359105314523304 article EN Journal of Health Psychology 2014-04-08

To explore influences on diet in a group of community-dwelling older adults the UK.Data were collected through focus discussions with people; audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and transcripts analysed thematically.Hertfordshire, UK.Participants sampled purposively from Hertfordshire Cohort Study, focusing those whose diets had been assessed at two time points: 1998-2001 2011.Ninety-two participated (47 % women; 74-83 years) eleven groups held. A number age-related factors identified that...

10.1017/s1368980017001203 article EN Public Health Nutrition 2017-07-20

Abstract Objective To present the first national‐level report card on state of women's preconception health in England. Design Cross‐sectional population‐based study. Setting Maternity services, Population All pregnant women England with a antenatal (booking) appointment recorded national Services Dataset (MSDS) from April 2018 to March 2019 ( n = 652 880). Methods We analysed prevalence 32 indicator measures overall population and across socio‐demographic subgroups. Ten these indicators...

10.1111/1471-0528.17436 article EN cc-by BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2023-02-22

Experiments undertaken to investigate the binding of epidermal growth factor by hepatocyte nuclei showed that: (a) isolated from both normal and regenerating rat liver are capable 125I-epidermal factor, (b) nuclear factor-binding protein is similar in molecular weight plasma membrane receptor, (c) monoclonal antibodies produced against receptor recognize (d) has an affinity for comparable that but fewer (approximately 10%) receptors available per unit compared with membrane.

10.1002/hep.1840130104 article EN Hepatology 1991-01-01

<h3>Background</h3> Little is known about food insecurity in the UK. The aims of this study were to assess prevalence and factors associated with a UK cohort examine whether diets, reported health anthropometry young insecure children differed from those other children. <h3>Methods</h3> Southampton Women9s Survey prospective which detailed information lifestyle body composition 3000 women was collected before during pregnancy. Between 2002 2006, 1618 families followed up when child 3 years...

10.1136/jech.2010.125476 article EN Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2011-06-07

The influence of variables that might affect the accuracy pulse oximetry (SpO 2 ) recordings in critically ill patients is not well established. We sought to describe relationship between paired SpO /SaO (oxygen saturation via arterial blood gas analysis) adult intensive care unit (ICU) and diagnostic performance detecting low SaO PaO . A measurement was obtained from 404 adults ICU. Measurements were used calculate bias, precision, limits agreement. Associations bias including vasopressor...

10.1177/0310057x1804600307 article EN Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2018-05-01

On 26 April 2006, the veterinary authorities in United Kingdom reported that there had been an outbreak of avian influenza type A/H7 among a 35 000-bird housed poultry flock eastern England, Kingdom.

10.2807/esw.11.18.02952-en article EN cc-by Deleted Journal 2006-05-04
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