Projects per year
Personal profile
Areas of Expertise
Health Inequalities. Health practices. Health promotion especially to under-resesarched groups. Women in the justice system. Hoarding. Innovative qualitative methods.
Academic Background
My primary research focus is preventative health and poverty, working closely with community partners. This includes 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).
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. Our current focus is former professional footballers.
I teach across the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences on preventative health and public health. I lead the post-graduate Introduction to Research Methods - Qualitative Research Methods.
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.
I am a research adviser to the Howard League for Penal Reform. Currently we are particularly interested in mild traumatic head injury in women in the justice system and palliative care in prisons. I am adviser to the Norfolk Green Care Network https://ngcnetwork.wordpress.com/ One of our interests is 'Green Social prescribing'
Key Research Interests
My primary focus is community based preventative health, poverty and inequalities.
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, Norwich Medical School
11 Jan 2013 → 26 Jan 2016
Award Date: 21 Jul 2016
University of East Anglia
Award Date: 22 Jun 2011
Master of Education, University of East Anglia
… → 2011
Award Date: 2 Mar 2011
Media Expertise
- Exercise
- Sport
- Covid
- Public Health
Network
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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 partnership for community-led health behaviour change research in areas of high socio-economic disadvantage
Hardeman, W., Gordon, J., Hanson, S., Minihane, A., Sweeting, A., Abranches, M., McNeil, J., McWatt, T. & Robinson-Pant, A.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/06/23 → 30/11/24
Project: Research
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CHarMINg: Co-production of promising interventions to support multiple behaviour change in socially deprived communities
1/01/22 → 30/09/22
Project: HSCP Project
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HIP HELPER - Improving patient recovery following hip fracture through caregiver support: a feasibility
Smith, T., Hanson, S., Clark, A., Hammond , M., Pond, M. & Stirling, S.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/09/20 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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A qualitative exploration of a Financial Inclusion service in an English foodbank
Hanson, S. & Porter, B., 6 Apr 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Perspectives in Public Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A report on the experience of people in receipt of fuel and food vouchers from Norwich Foodbank: A qualitative study
Hanson, S., Belderson, P., Player, E. & Sweeting, A., 4 Jan 2023, 17 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Caregiving for older people living with chronic pain: Analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and Health Survey for England
Smith, T. O., Mansfield, M., Hanson, S., Welsh, A., Khoury, R., Clark, A., Dures, E. & Adams, J., Apr 2023, In: British Journal of Pain. 17, 2, p. 166-181 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Informal caregiver training for people with chronic pain in musculoskeletal services (JOINT SUPPORT): protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial
Smith, T., Khoury, R., Ashford, P-A., Hanson, S., Welsh, A., Clark, A. B., Dures, E. & Adams, J., Jan 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 1, e070865.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Report on Current Views and Experiences of Social Prescribing in Men's Sheds
Porter, B., Belderson, P., Wood, C., Manning, C., Meadows, R., Sanderson, K. & Hanson, S., May 2022, 25 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Open AccessFile46 Downloads (Pure)
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)
Press/Media
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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: Press / Media
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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
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Can we still rely on Omega-3 and Co. for cancer prevention and management? (Mar 2020)
16/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Walking dogs helps students cope with university stress
17/01/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media