Abraham, Charles - University of Exeter

个人简介

Charles Abraham is a behavioural scientist and practising, health psychologist (registered by the UK Health Professionals Council). In addition to research and teaching, he provides training, consultancy and policy advice. Charles is a visiting professor at the universities of Sussex, Nottingham and Maastricht and a Research Associate at the Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) at the University of Connecticut. He was the founding chair of the British Psychological Society, Division of Health Psychology and has worked as a research consultant to the Department of Health in the UK. He was a member of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) group which developed the 2007 guidelines on Behaviour Change practice and is a member of the group that will extend this guidance in 2013. He was Special Advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology during their 2010/11 inquiry into the role of behaviour change in government policy development and implementation. He also co-chairs the Athena Swan (AS) working group in the University of Exeter Medical School and serves on the university AS committee. B.A. Social Psychology, First Class Honours, University of Sussex, 1978 D.Phil. Social Psychology, University of Sussex, 1982

研究领域

modelling modifiable processes that regulate behaviour patterns, developing evidence-based behaviour change interventions that apply specified change techniques to (i) disrupt existing behaviour patterns and (ii) establish new ones, conducting evaluations (including process evaluations) of such interventions, developing materials and plans to allow sustainable implementation of such interventions. He has conducted research on (i) preventive behaviour patterns (e.g., condom use, exercise, diet, alcohol use and smoking - mainly among young people), (ii) blood and kidney donation (iii) patient help-seeking (e.g., asthma symptom reporting and uptake of screening), (iv) patient assessment (e.g. pain measurement), (v) patient adherence (e.g., to malaria prophylaxis and anti-retrovirals), (vi) management of chronic illness (e.g., diabetes and heart failure) and (vii) staff-client interaction (e.g., care of persons with learning disabilities). He employ a range of research methods including experiments (including random controlled trials), multivariate modelling of longitudinal survey data, systematic reviews (including meta analyses), behavioural observation, traditional content analysis and qualitative analysis of interview and group data (including thematic analysis and grounded theory).

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White R, Abraham C, Smith J, White MP, Staiger PK (In Press). Recovery under sail: Rehabilitation clients’ experience of a sail training voyage. Addiction Research and Theory, In press Full text. van Beurden S, Greaves CJ, Smith J, Abraham S (In Press). Techniques for Modifying Impulsive Processes Associated with Unhealthy Eating: a Systematic Review. Health Psychology, In Press Abstract. Full text. Warmoth K, Lang IA, Phoenix C, Abraham C, Andrew MK, Hubbard RE, Tarrant M (2016). 'Thinking you're old and frail': a qualitative study of frailty in older adults. Ageing and Society, 36(7), 1483-1500. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 1 Bardus M, van Beurden SB, Smith JR, Abraham C (2016). A review and content analysis of engagement, functionality, aesthetics, information quality, and change techniques in the most popular commercial apps for weight management. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act, 13 Abstract. Author URL. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 103 Abraham C (2016). Charting variability to ensure conceptual and design precision: a comment on Ogden (2016). Health Psychol Rev, 10(3), 260-264. Author URL. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 2 Armstrong M, Morris C, Abraham C, Ukoumunne OC, Tarrant M (2016). Children's contact with people with disabilities and their attitudes towards disability: a cross-sectional study. Disabil Rehabil, 38(9), 879-888. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 2 Chng S, White M, Abraham C, Skippon S (2016). Commuting and wellbeing in London: the roles of commute mode and local public transport connectivity. Prev Med, 88, 182-188. Abstract. Author URL. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 6 Conner M, Abraham C, Prestwich A, Hutter R, Hallam J, Sykes-Muskett B, Morris B, Hurling R (2016). Impact of goal priority and goal conflict on the intention–health-behavior relationship: Tests on physical activity and other health behaviors. Health Psychology, 35(9), 1017-1026. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 2 Warmoth K, Tarrant M, Abraham C, Lang IA (2016). Older adults' perceptions of ageing and their health and functioning: a systematic review of observational studies. Psychol Health Med, 21(5), 531-550. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 8 Armstrong M, Morris C, Tarrant M, Abraham, Horton M (2016). Rasch analysis of the Chedoke–McMaster Attitudes towards Children with Handicaps scale. Disability and Rehabilitation Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 5 Tang JC, Abraham C, Greaves CJ, Nikolaou V (2016). Self-directed interventions to promote weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Psychol Rev, 10(3), 358-372. Abstract. Author URL. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 17 Graber R, de Visser R, Abraham C, Memon A, Hart A, Hunt K (2016). Staying in the 'sweet spot': a resilience-based analysis of the lived experience of low-risk drinking and abstention among British youth. Psychol Health, 31(1), 79-99. Abstract. Author URL. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 9 Borek AJ, Abraham C, Smith JR, Greaves CJ, Tarrant M (2015). A checklist to improve reporting of group-based behaviour-change interventions Biostatistics and methods. BMC Public Health, 15(1). Abstract. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 31 Wood CE, Richardson M, Johnston M, Abraham C, Francis J, Hardeman W, Michie S (2015). Applying the behaviour change technique (BCT) taxonomy v1: a study of coder training. Transl Behav Med, 5(2), 134-148. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 15 Michie S, Wood CE, Johnston M, Abraham C, Francis JJ, Hardeman W (2015). Behaviour change techniques: the development and evaluation of a taxonomic method for reporting and describing behaviour change interventions (a suite of five studies involving consensus methods, randomised controlled trials and analysis of qualitative data). Health Technol Assess, 19(99), 1-188. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 46 Armstrong M, Morris C, Abraham C, Ukoumunne OC, Tarrant M (2015). Children’s contact with people with disabilities and their attitudes towards disability: a cross-sectional study. Disability and Rehabilitation Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 2 Taylor RS, Hayward C, Eyre V, Austin J, Davies R, Doherty P, Jolly K, Wingham J, Van Lingen R, Abraham C, et al (2015). Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure (REACH-HF) facilitated self-care rehabilitation intervention in heart failure patients and caregivers: rationale and protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 5(12). Abstract. Author URL. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 2 Devine-Wright H, Abraham C, Onya H, Ramatsea S, Themane M, Aarø LE (2015). Correlates of condom use and condom-use motivation among young South Africans. Journal of Applied Social Psychology Abstract. Bailey J, Mann S, Wayal S, Abraham C, Murray E (2015). Digital media interventions for sexual health promotion-opportunities and challenges: a great way to reach people, particularly those at increased risk of sexual ill health. BMJ, 350 Author URL. Kurz T, Gardner B, Verplanken B, Abraham C (2015). Habitual behaviours or patterns of practice: Explaining and changing repetitive climate-relevant actions. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: WIREs Climate Change, 6, 113-128. Abstract.