Dr Lucia Rehackova

Assistant Professor

School: Healthcare and Nursing Sciences

Lucia is an Assistant Professor in Health and Social Care Research in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery. She has twelve years of experience in development and evaluation of interventions aimed at supporting the health of people and the environment.

Her research spans the themes of health behaviours (eating, weight management, active travel), long-term conditions (type 2 diabetes), mental health (shared decision-making), sustainability (food-shopping, land use), and health policy (integrated care systems).

Lucia finished her PhD and the first few years of her postdoctoral studies at Newcastle University, where she led the multiple-method evaluation of a £2.5 million diabetes remission clinical trial known as DiRECT, amongst other projects related with active travel and food shopping. After this, she gained experience as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate at Southampton University, where she supported the translation of an evidence-based weight management intervention into an app, currently used by the NHS. Before joining Northumbria University as a research fellow in 2022, she supported the evaluation of the Integrated Care Pioneers at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

At Northumbria, Lucia coordinates a co-production of a decision aid to support person-centred decision making about digital mental health support choices. She is interested in systems thinking, and the role of communities in supporting peoples’ wellbeing and sustainable development.

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Key Publications

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Towards healthy and sustainable living: Theories and interventions for behaviour change, Teran-Escobar, C., Desmet, A., Warner, L., Araújo-Soares, V., Fteropoulli, T., Green, J., Jones, C., König, L., Neter, E., Watson, D., Rehackova, L. 6 Aug 2025
Evaluating the role of community-based multi-disciplinary teams in integrated health and social care in England: overview of findings from the Pioneer evaluation and their implications for health and social care integration, Durand, M., Wistow, G., Al-Haboubi, M., Douglas, N., Erens, B., Hoomans, T., Manacorda, ., Miller, ., Pacho, A., Rehackova, L., Smith, ., Thana, L., Mays, N. Jul 2025, In: Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
Frontline staff perspectives on multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working and the effectiveness of integrated service delivery: Findings from the evaluation of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneers in England, Thana, L., Wistow, G., Durand, M., Pacho, A., Rehackova, L., Douglas, N., Al-Haboubi, M., Mays, N. Jul 2025, In: Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
The views of older people on community-based multi-disciplinary team caseloads and informal carers about health and care services in two Integrated Care Pioneer sites in England, Durand, M., Thana, L., Al-Haboubi, M., Pacho, A., Rehackova, L., Wistow, G., Douglas, N., Mays, N. Jul 2025, In: Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
The impact and legacy of COVID-19 on community-based multidisciplinary teams organising integrated health and social care for older people with long-term conditions: Findings from the evaluation of the integrated care and support Pioneers, Rehackova, L., Durand, M., Pacho, A., Wistow, G., Thana, L., Al-Haboubi, M., Mays, N. Jul 2025, In: Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
The role and functions of community-based multidisciplinary teams in two integrated care and support Pioneers: Perspectives from local system leaders, Pacho, A., Wistow, G., Mays, N., Thana, L., Rehackova, L., Douglas, N., Al-Haboubi, M., Durand, M. 19 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
Bridging the digital health divide: a narrative review of the causes, implications, and solutions for digital health inequalities, Western, M., Smit, E., Gültzow, T., Neter, E., Sniehotta, F., Malkowski, O., Wright, C., Busse, H., Peuters, C., Rehackova, L., Oteșanu, A., Ainsworth, B., Jones, C., Kilb, M., Rodrigues, A., Perski, O., Wright, A., König, L. 31 Dec 2025, In: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
Classifying the Features of Digital Mental Health Interventions to Inform the Development of a Patient Decision Aid, Bradley, G., Rehackova, L., Devereaux, K., Bruce, T., Nunn, V., Gilfellon, L., Burrows, S., Cameron, A., Watson, R., Rumney, K., Flynn, D. 26 Mar 2025, In: PLOS Digital Health
A little more conversation, a little more action, please: the carbon footprint of travelling to conferences of the European Health Psychology Society, Warner, L., Fleiner, R., Sproesser, G., Green, J., Rehackova, L., Inauen, J., Araújo-Soares, V., Teran-Escobar, C. 31 Dec 2025, In: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
Delivering the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) in primary care: Experiences of healthcare professionals, Rehackova, L., Taylor, R., Lean, M., Barnes, A., McCombie, L., Thom, G., Brosnahan, N., Leslie, W., Sniehotta, F. 1 Mar 2022, In: Diabetic Medicine

Professional Activity

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Publication Peer-review: Inquiry (United States) (Journal) 2025
Publication Peer-review: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being (Journal) 2025
Publication Peer-review: Diabetic Medicine (Journal) 2025
Publication Peer-review: Diabetic Medicine (Journal) 2025
Publication Peer-review: Diabetic Medicine (Journal) 2025
Publication Peer-review: Diabetic Medicine (Journal) 2024
Oral presentation: Co-production of a decision aid to facilitate shared decision-making about technology-assisted mental health support. 2024
Publication Peer-review: Obesity Reviews (Journal) 2024
Publication Peer-review: Obesity Reviews (Journal) 2024
Invited talk: Qualitative evaluation of the Diabetes REmission Clinical Trial (DiRECT): Key findings 2024