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Overview

Martine Stead is affiliated with the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Physiology, General Health Professions, Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Clinical Psychology.

The research topics Martine Stead addresses include Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Homelessness and Social Issues, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Gambling Behavior and Treatments, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, and Obesity and Health Practices.

Recent papers published by Martine Stead include:

  • National survey of attitudes towards and intentions to vaccinate against COVID-19: implications for communications (2021), published in BMJ Open

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martine Stead are:

  • Douglas Eadie
  • Nathan Critchlow
  • Anne Marie MacKintosh
  • Crawford Moodie
  • Kathryn Angus

Their publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ Open
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Public Health

Martine Stead's work contributes to a deeper understanding of public health challenges, particularly in areas related to tobacco use, vaccine acceptance, social issues, and behavioral health interventions.

Best Publications

  • Fear appeals in social marketing: Strategic and ethical reasons for concern

    Gerard Hastings;Martine Stead;John Webb

  • A systematic review of social marketing effectiveness

    Martine Stead;Ross Gordon;Kathryn Angus;Laura McDermott

  • The effectiveness of social marketing interventions for health improvement: what's the evidence?

    Ross Gordon;Laura McDermott;Laura McDermott;Martine Stead;Martine Stead;Kathryn Angus;Kathryn Angus

  • Why healthy eating is bad for young people’s health: identity, belonging and food

    Martine Stead;Laura McDermott;Anne Marie MacKintosh;Ashley Adamson

  • Development and evaluation of a mass media Theory of Planned Behaviour intervention to reduce speeding

    Martine Stead;Stephen Tagg;Anne Marie MacKintosh;Douglas Eadie

  • “It's as if you’re locked in”: qualitative explanations for area effects on smoking in disadvantaged communities

    Martine Stead;Susan MacAskill;Anne-Marie MacKintosh;Jane Reece

  • The impact of a community-based food skills intervention on cooking confidence food preparation methods and dietary choices – an exploratory trial

    Wendy L Wrieden;Annie S Anderson;Pat J Longbottom;Karen Valentine

  • The impact of a school-based nutrition education intervention on dietary intake and cognitive and attitudinal variables relating to fruits and vegetables.

    A S Anderson;L E G Porteous;E Foster;C Higgins

  • International food advertising, pester power and its effects

    Laura McDermott;Terry O'Sullivan;Martine Stead;Gerard Hastings

  • What Is and What Is Not Social Marketing: The Challenge of Reviewing the Evidence

    Laura McDermott;Martine Stead;Gerard Hastings

  • Mass media to communicate public health messages in six health topic areas: a systematic review and other reviews of the evidence

    Martine Stead;Kathryn Angus;Tessa Langley;Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi

  • The meaning, effectiveness and future of social marketing

    Martine Stead;Gerard Hastings;Laura McDermott

  • Effectiveness of mass media campaigns to reduce alcohol consumption and harm: a systematic review

    Ben Young;Sarah Lewis;Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi;Linda Bauld;Linda Bauld

  • A randomised study of whole-breast vs tumour-bed irradiation after local excision and axillary dissection for early breast cancer.

    D.J. Dodwell;K. Dyker;J. Brown;K. Hawkins

  • Confident, fearful and hopeless cooks: Findings from the development of a food-skills initiative

    Martine Stead;Martin Caraher;Wendy Wrieden;Patricia Longbottom

  • Value co-creation in social marketing: functional or fanciful?

    Christine Domegan;Katie Collins;Martine Stead;Patricia McHugh

  • Failure of self regulation of UK alcohol advertising

    Gerard Hastings;Oona Brooks;Martine Stead;Kathryn Angus

  • Factors influencing European GPs' engagement in smoking cessation: a multi-country literature review

    Martine Stead;Kathryn Angus;Ingrid Holme;David Cohen

  • Plain tobacco packaging: A systematic review

    Crawford Moodie;Martine Stead;Linda Bauld;Ann McNeill

  • Some reasonable but uncomfortable questions about social marketing

    Fiona Spotswood;Jeff French;Alan Tapp;Martine Stead

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne Marie MacKintosh
Anne Marie MacKintosh University of Stirling
Linda Bauld
Linda Bauld University of Edinburgh
Crawford Moodie
Crawford Moodie University of Stirling
Amanda Amos
Amanda Amos University of Edinburgh
Jamie Pearce
Jamie Pearce University of Edinburgh
Jean Adams
Jean Adams University of Cambridge
Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi
Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi University of Glasgow
John Frank
John Frank University of Edinburgh
Ronan E. O'Carroll
Ronan E. O'Carroll University of Stirling
Eileen Kaner
Eileen Kaner Newcastle University

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