Dr Deirdre Harrington
Senior Lecturer
Physical Activity and Health
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Prize And Awards
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Publications
- Physical activity levels during school recess in a nationally representative sample of 10-11-year-olds
- Wong Lan Sum, Reilly John J, McCrorie Paul, Harrington Deirdre M
- Pediatric Exercise Science Vol 36, pp. 37-43 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.2022-0144
- Results from Ireland North and South's 2022 report card on physical activity for children and adolescents
- Carlin Angela, Connolly Sinead, Redpath Tamsyn, Belton Sarajane, Coppinger Tara, Cunningham Conor, Donnelly Alan, Dowd Kieran, Harrington Deirdre, Murtagh Elaine, Ng Kwok, O'Brien Wesley, Rodriguez Lauren, Woods Catherine, McAvoy Helen, Murphy Marie
- Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness Vol 22, pp. 66-72 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesf.2023.12.003
- Applying interdisciplinary methods to evaluate emerging community-led active mobility practices
- Bonner James, Harrington Deirdre, Cory Katherine, Ferguson Neil, Bardid Farid
- Scottish Physical Activity Research Connections annual conference 2023
(2023) - Standard Operating Procedure : Recruitment and Data Collection in the Field for 'From Bike Bus to Bike Use' Project
- Harrington Deirdre
- (2023)
- Association between chronotype and physical behaviours in adolescent girls
- Plekhanova Tatiana, Crawley Emily, Davies Melanie J, Gorely Trish, Harrington Deirdre M, Ioannidou Ekaterini, Khunti Kamlesh, Rowlands Alex V, Sherar Lauren B, Yates Tom, Edwardson Charlotte L, Şahin Fatma Neşe
- Children Vol 10 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children10050819
- "Is everybody comfortable?" Thinking through co-design approaches to better support girls' physical activity in schools
- O'Reilly Michelle, Wiltshire Gareth, Kiyimba Nikki, Harrington Deirdre
- Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health Vol 15, pp. 248-263 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2022.2083663
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Teaching
Currently teaching at undergraduate level on the B.Sc. in Sport and Physical Activity.
I taught at Masters level (M.Sc. in Diabetes Medicine, University of Leicester).
I have also delivered practical professional development sessions to healthcare professionals.
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Research Interests
I have worked on the global research platform for 15 years. My research interests have evolved over this time and can be summarised into three themes:
- Prevention of ill-health in the clinical and public health areas of physical activity, obesity, type 2 diabetes.
- Design, evaluation and implementation of school, family and community-based programmes.
- Uniting stakeholders including public health, local authority and key community groups and organisations (e.g. professional sports clubs, faith centres) with academics in tackling prevalent health challenges.
Current topics I am moving forward with include:
- Physical activity and related health behaviour (sleep, screen time, obesity) interventions in pre-schoolers and their families.
- Transport behaviours - sustainable transport (walk, cycle, public transport) and private car use in COVID times. Changes in behaviours, attitudes, benefits for the individual and cities, the future for walking/cycling as transport.
- The outsourcing of PE, physical activity and health promotion to professional sports clubs in schools and the community.
- The future of school-based physical activity research in the COVID-19 recovery. How have PhD students and early career researchers been affected by school closures?
Do get in touch if you are interested in collaborating on these topics.
Professional Activities
- Engaging hard-to-reach populations in regular physical activity in Scotland
- Invited speaker
- 8/11/2023
- What can "a conversation between road users" tell us about "training"?
- Contributor
- 26/10/2023
- UCI championships may not have a legacy for Glasgow
- Interviewee
- 9/9/2023
- Design for Movement in the Public Realm
- Participant
- 9/9/2023
- External Grant Reviewer - Carnegie Trust
- Examiner
- 12/1/2023
- RSE Saltire award bilateral research workshops
- Organiser
- 11/12/2022
Projects
- Intervention effects on health-related physical fitness in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Weston, Kathryn (Principal Investigator) Harrington, Deirdre (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
- From Bike Bus to Bike Use
- Harrington, Deirdre (Principal Investigator)
- 04-Jan-2023 - 06-Jan-2024
- Scottish Funding Council - Interface Innovation Voucher - Nutrition Scotland
- Harrington, Deirdre (Principal Investigator) Kirk, Alison (Principal Investigator) Mavroeidi, Alexandra (Co-investigator) Russell, Eilidh (Researcher)
- Knowledge exchange/consultancy with Nutrition Scotland (£4,919) to develop novel prevention products for carers of those at risk of type 2 diabetes
- 31-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2022
- Development of a Core Outcome Set for school-based childhood obesity interventions: an international consensus study.
- Harrington, Deirdre (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
- NIHR Global Health Research Group on collaborative care for cardiometabolic disease in Africa
- Harrington, Deirdre (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2024
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Contact
Dr
Deirdre
Harrington
Senior Lecturer
Physical Activity and Health
Email: deirdre.harrington@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted