Dr Lucy Beasant
B.Sc.(Plym.), M.Sc.(W.England), PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Associate (Coping Study) in Religious/Spiritual Beliefs, Behaviours and Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Process evaluation of URApp: a digital intervention to support adherence to bladder training in paediatric continence clinics
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/03/2024 to 28/02/2025
CoolCuddle2 Process Evaluation
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
We have developed and refinied a CoolCuddle intervention, which enables parents to hold their baby safely while still maintaining cooling therapy. In addition to measuring a range of physiological measures…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/07/2022 to 31/10/2023
Beliefs, Behaviours and Health Research Programme
Role
Researcher
Description
The overall programme of research is aimed at understanding whether different aspects of beliefs and associated behaviours are associated with health and well-being. The primary data source for this research…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/09/2021 to 31/08/2026
Implementation of flash glucose monitoring in four paediatric diabetes clinics – before and after study to produce real world evidence of patient benefit.
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2021 to 31/08/2022
Improving the diet of pregnant women: a mixed methods study
Principal Investigator
Role
Collaborator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/02/2020 to 31/01/2025
Thesis supervisions
Missing Data in Paediatric Clinical Trials
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
04/03/2024Adherence to the national guidance on foods and drinks to limit or avoid during pregnancy in England
Public Health Nutrition
Cooling and physiology during parent cuddling infants with neonatal encephalopathy in usual care
Acta Paediatrica
Embedding the ‘CoolCuddle’ intervention for infants undergoing therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy in NICU: an evaluation using normalisation process theory
BMJ Open
Graded exercise therapy compared to activity management for paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic encephalomyelitis
European Journal of Pediatrics
Mental health of parents with infants in NICU receiving cooling therapy for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
Thesis
A qualitative exploration of treatment preference in paediatric randomised controlled trials
Supervisors
Award date
28/11/2019
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Professor of Maternal and Infant Health
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Professor William Hollingworth
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