Dr James Newham

VC Senior Fellow

Department: Psychology

Dr James Newham completed his PhD at the University of Manchester (2012), which examined interventions to reduce anaxiety in pregnancy. Prior to this he had completed his MPhil Neuroscience at the Newcastle University, which examined the effects of psychotropic medication in pregnancy. From developing an interest in maternal and child health he had a joint appointment at King’s College London as both Lecturer in Child Public Health and as Trial Coordinator.

Since joining Northumbria University in December 2019 as a Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow, he has leading the design and implementation of the £2m Office for Students-funded Mental Health Analytics project at Northumbria university and two partner sites (University of East Anglia, Buckinghamshire New University).

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My research interests centre on mental health determinants and behaviour change interventions in families, infants, young people, and vulnerable groups; with the central theme being preventative public health solutions for poor mental health. More recently my research has focused on areas of digital innovation and implementation science.

Key Publications

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Mapping PedsQL™ scores to CHU9D utility weights for children with chronic conditions in a multi-ethnic and deprived metropolitan population, Kelly, C., Soley-Bori, M., Lingam, R., Forman, J., Cecil, L., Newham, J., Wolfe, I., Fox-Rushby, J. 1 Jul 2023, In: Quality of Life Research
The association between maternal and paternal substance use and child substance use, internalising and externalising problems: a systematic review and meta‐analysis, McGovern, R., Bogowicz, P., Meader, N., Kaner, E., Alderson, H., Craig, D., Geijer‐Simpson, E., Jackson, K., Muir, C., Salonen, D., Smart, D., Newham, J. 1 May 2023, In: Addiction
Systematic review and meta-analysis of risk of gestational diabetes in women with preconception mental disorders, Wilson, C., Newham, J., Rankin, J., Ismail, K., Simonoff, E., Reynolds, R., Stoll, N., Howard, L. 1 May 2022, In: Journal of Psychiatric Research
The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions at reducing the frequency of alcohol and drug use in parents: findings of a Cochrane review and meta‐analyses, McGovern, R., Newham, J., Addison, M., Hickman, M., Kaner, E. Oct 2022, In: Addiction
The Implementation of Whole-School Approaches to Transform Mental Health in UK Schools: A Realist Evaluation Protocol, Spencer, L., Flynn, D., Johnson, A., Maniatopoulos, G., Newham, J., Perkins, N., Wood, M., Woodley, H., Henderson, E. 2022, In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Challenges and opportunities for child health services in responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, Newham, J., Fallon, V., Darwin, Z. 15 Mar 2021, In: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for reducing parental substance misuse, McGovern, R., Newham, J., Addison, M., Hickman, M., Kaner, E. 16 Mar 2021, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
The Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation, Alcohol Reduction, Diet and Physical Activity Interventions in Improving Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses, Hayes, L., McParlin, C., Azevedo, L., Jones, D., Newham, J., Olajide, J., McCleman, L., Heslehurst, N. 23 Mar 2021, In: Nutrients
Brief evidence-based interventions for universal child health services: A restricted evidence assessment of the literature, Newham, J., McLean, K., Ginja, S., Hurt, L., Molloy, C., Lingam, R., Goldfeld, S. 24 Jun 2020, In: BMC Public Health
Bump start needed: linking guidelines, policy and practice in promoting physical activity during and beyond pregnancy, Mills, H., Atkinson, L., Olander, E., Smith, D., Hayes, L., Currie, S., Newham, J., Foster, C., De Vivo, M. 1 Jul 2020, In: British Journal of Sports Medicine

PGR Supervision

Hope Birch Mental Health Help-Seeking in Higher Education Students: A Role for Mental Health Analytics? Start Date: 01/01/2022
Heather Sutherland Thinking Differently About ‘Student Mental Health and Wellbeing’ – Learning from Undergraduates’ Storied ‘University Life’ Self-Reflections Start Date: 01/01/2022
Helen Clegg How, why and in what circumstances can analytics promote thriving among Northumbria University students? Start Date: 01/01/2022
Sadaf Mehmood Student Mental Health in Socio-Physio-Digital Environment: Framework Development of an Integrated System Start Date: 01/03/2022 End Date: 08/03/2023

Qualifications

Medicine PhD August 31 2012
Neurosciences MPhil
Psychology BSc (Hons)

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