Projects per year
Personal profile
Key Research Interests
My primary research focus is preventative health and poverty, working closely with community partners. This includes research and commissioned work such as food and housing insecurity (including hoarding), health literacy (e.g. in cancer prevention) and working with under-researched groups. I am especially interested in taking as Asset Based approach to Communtiy Development and focusing on what makes us well (salutogenesis).
Research Group or Lab Membership
I am deputy lead of Theme 1 - Behaviour, Inequalities and Health at the Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing https://healthyageingnorwich.com/theme/theme-1-behaviour-inequalities-and-health/
I am part of the SCORES project https://www.scoresproject.org/ an independent research study designed to better understand the cognitive health of athletes as they age.
External
I am interested in Green Health and Wellbeing and green Social Prescribing and give research advice to the Norfolk Green Care Network.
I am actively involved in public engagement and the promotion of science contributing to local events such as Norwich Science Festival, Pint of Science and local media.
Teaching Interests
Qualitative methods, including visual and creative methods
Various PhD Professional Development Research methods
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Towards an understanding of walking groups as a health promoting intervention, Norwich Medical School
11 Jan 2013 → 26 Jan 2016
Award Date: 21 Jul 2016
Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research, University of East Anglia
Award Date: 22 Jun 2011
Master of Education, Masters degree (Learning and Teaching in Adult, Further and Higher Education), University of East Anglia
… → 2011
Award Date: 2 Mar 2011
Keywords
- Behavioural and Implementation Science
- Nutrition & Preventive Medicine
- Public Health, Health Services & Primary Care
Media Expertise
- Public Health
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Nourishing Norfolk tender
Hanson, S., Sweeting, A., Olley, L. & Wagner, A.
1/07/24 → 5/07/25
Project: Research
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A partnership for community-led health behaviour change research in areas of high socio-economic disadvantage
Hardeman, W., Abranches, M., Gordon, J., Hanson, S., McNeil, J., Minihane, A., Sweeting, A., Abranches, M., McNeil, J., McWatt, T., Robinson-Pant, A. & Varley, A.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/06/23 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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JOINT SUPPORT – A feasibility study to test a caregiving intervention for people with chronic pain.
Smith, T., Hanson, S., Ashford, P., Clark, A., Hammond, M., Pond, M. & Stirling, S.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/04/22 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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A qualitative exploration of a financial inclusion service in an English foodbank
Hanson, S. & Porter, B., Jan 2025, In: Perspectives in Public Health. 145, 1, p. 42-44 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pain management training for people with persistent pain and their informal carers (JOINT SUPPORT): Multicentre randomised controlled feasibility trial with embedded qualitative study in English musculoskeletal services
Smith, T. O., Khoury, R., Welsh, A., Hanson, S., Grant, K., Clark, A. B., Ashford, P-A., Hammond, M., Pond, M., Crowther, C., Dures, E. & Adams, J., 14 Feb 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ Open.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Suffering, struggles and support: A qualitative exploration of hope and healing in men seeking asylum using photographs and I-poems
Clark, E., Hanson, S., Steel, N., Parretti, H. M. & Sweeting, A., 31 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Public Mental Health. 24, 1, p. 63-77 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ask what matters to me. Collecting meaningful and acceptable outcome measures with people from under-researched groups: a scoping review protocol
Hanson, S., Sweeting, A., Hardeman, W., Wreford, A. & Unazi, G., 4 Jan 2024, In: Open Science Framework (OSF).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Cost and economic evidence for asset-based approaches to health improvement and their evaluation methods: A systematic review
Wreford, A., Birt, L., Whitty, J. A., Hanson, S., Conquer, S. & Wagner, A. P., 15 Mar 2024, In: BMC Public Health. 24, 814.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Achievement award for outstanding contribution to public and community engagment
Hanson, Sarah (Recipient), 13 Jun 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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First prize - best oral presentation
Hanson, Sarah (Recipient), 6 Mar 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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First prize for community engagement (poster presentation)
Hanson, Sarah (Recipient), 6 Jun 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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UEA Engagement Award for Outstanding response to COVID-19 (Team award)
Hanson, Sarah (Recipient), 17 Jun 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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UEA Engagement Award for Partnership Working (Team award: The SCORES project)
Hanson, Sarah (Recipient), 17 Jun 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Suffolk Food summit
Sarah Hanson (Speaker)
12 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Invited talk
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Podcast for UEA Civic University on health inequalities
Sarah Hanson (Speaker)
6 Feb 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press/Media
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Food poverty in Norfolk: ‘Children have bowed legs’: hunger worse than ever, says Norwich school
21/12/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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BBC story on lockdown experiences (July 2023)
7/07/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Specialist anti-hoarding teams needed across the UK (Apr 2022)
21/03/22 → 22/03/22
21 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Specialist anti hoarding teams needed across the UK
21/03/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: UEA Press Release