Dr Maria Horne
- Position: Associate Professor in Community & Public Health
- Areas of expertise: Health promotion; behaviour change; community & public Health; research; mixed methodology; qualitative research; exercise & physical activity; older adult; ethnicity; sexuality & intimacy.
- Email: M.Horne@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 1230
- Location: 1.09 Baines Wing
- Website: Googlescholar | ORCID
Profile
I have worked in primary care, community and public health, in both academic and clinical settings, for over 30 years. My clinical background is in nursing, midwifery and Specialist Community Public Health Nursing practice. I have extensive experience in public and service user involvement, working with communities and improving public health. I am on the editorial board for Clinical Nursing Research and the British Journal of Community Nursing and is the Section Editor for the Journal of Strategy, Operations and Economics. Maria is a Fellow of and contributes to the work of the European Academy of Nursing Sciences.
My main research theme is the ‘promotion of health and wellbeing across the life course’ and falls under
My main research theme is the ‘promotion of health and wellbeing across the life course’ which falls under three sub themes:
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Promotion of health and wellbeing through exercise and physical activity across the life course - children’s and older adults’ health and wellbeing - with an emphasis on reducing sedentary behaviour/time, increasing physical activity levels, promoting active ageing, self-managing long term conditions and psychosocial issues that can affect the lives of older adults, cultural adaptation of interventions and changing health behaviour across the life course – for example for those with long-term conditions, stroke survivors and BAME groups. |
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Promotion of health and wellbeing in care homes settings around sexuality, intimacy and relational needs of care home residents. |
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Theme 3 |
Promotion of health and wellbeing through digital health and IoT applications – avatar technology in weight loss management; IoT in social housing to promote health and wellbeing of tenants. |
My research expertise is primarily in qualitative and mixed methods research.
I am the Deputy Director for the White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership Wellbeing, Health and Communities (WHC) Pathway and is a member of the Research for Patient Benefit Programme (RfPB): North West Regional Advisory Committee (RAC).
I am in involved in professional advisory work for the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research; Academy of Finland’s evaluation panel; National Medical Research Council, Ministry of Health (Singapore); the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC); MRC Programme Grants, National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR) – Research
Qualifications
- PhD
- MA (Health Research)
- BA
- Dip Community Health Studies
- SCPHN (HV), SCM, RGN
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Higher Education Authority
- Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Sciences
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Royal College of Nursing
Research groups and institutes
- Maternal, child and family health