Dr Maggie Coates

Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing, Midwifery & Health

I am a registered Adult Nurse, Children's Nurse, and Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) with a varied NHS career spanning almost 17 years. I am an experienced academic in the Department of Nursing, Midwifery, and Health. As Assistant Professor, I am Head of Subject for various programmes that advance healthcare practice and require Professional Statutory Regulatory Body Standards (PSRBs). My current role as an Assistant Professor involves learning and teaching and research. I lead and deliver learning and teaching across several PSRB programmes for example Specialist Community Public Health Nursing and Specialist Practice Qualifications, as well as a range of Continuous Professional Development programmes.

I completed my PhD in 2022 which focused on interpreting the interaction between parents and health visitors around infant weight in the context of childhood obesity and delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. I am a senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I have recently published and I am an active researcher.

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Key Publications

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How Do Health Visitors and Parents Interact in the UK Child Health Clinics around Infant Weight in the Context of Overweight and Obesity: An Interpretative Research Study, Coates, M., Porteous, D., Cook, T. 2024, In: Health and Social Care in the Community
Student experiences of a return to practice programme: a qualitative study, Coates, M., Macfadyen, A. 12 Aug 2021, In: British Journal of Nursing
Articulating and developing supervisory skills through collaborative action research, Macfadyen, A., English, C., Coates, M. 1 Oct 2020, In: International Journal for Academic Development
‘Am I doing it right?’: Conceptualising the practice of supervising master’s dissertation students, Macfadyen, A., English, C., Kelleher, M., Coates, M., Cameron, C., Gibson, V. 29 Jul 2019, In: Higher Education Research and Development
The big question: why go to conference?, Mosley, M., Fergie, G., Coates, M. 7 Sep 2018
Touching base, Taylor, J., Day, A., Reddingtonbowes, S., Holliday, A., Baptiste, E., Mahendran, S., Northern, L., Moseley, M., Barnham, N., Black, S., Young, T., Elwell, C., Mann, S., Coates, M. 1 Dec 2017
Specialist community public health nurses: readiness for practice, Coates, M., Gilroy, V. 1 Jan 2014, In: Community practitioner : the journal of the Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association
The role of specialist community public health nurses: students perceptions, Gilroy, V., Coates, M. Aug 2012, In: Community practitioner : the journal of the Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association
School nursing , a priority for child-centred public health, Coates, M. Nov 2011, In: British Journal of School Nursing
Education for multi-professional working, Coates, M. 2004, Partnerships in Work Based Learning, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumbria University