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Overview

Theresa M. Marteau is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Physiology.

The main topics covered in their work include Behavioral Health and Interventions, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Nutritional Studies and Diet, and Eating Disorders and Behaviors.

Marteau has contributed to numerous publications, frequently publishing in venues such as Apollo (University of Cambridge), Addiction, BMC Public Health, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and BMJ.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science" (2021) published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Five rules for evidence communication" (2020) published in Nature
  • "Effect of Information about COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Side Effects on Behavioural Intentions: Two Online Experiments" (2021) published in Vaccines
  • "Is risk compensation threatening public health in the covid-19 pandemic?" (2020) published in BMJ
  • "Making more effective use of human behavioural science in conservation interventions" (2021) published in Biological Conservation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Marteau include Gareth J. Hollands, Mark Pilling, Katie De-loyde, Emily Pechey, and Anna Blackwell.

Best Publications

  • The development of a six-item short-form of the state scale of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

    Theresa M. Marteau;Hilary Bekker

  • Consensus development methods, and their use in clinical guideline development.

    M K Murphy;N A Black;D L Lamping;C M McKee

  • The place of inter-rater reliability in qualitative research: an empirical study.

    David Armstrong;Ann Gosling;John Weinman;Theresa Marteau

  • A measure of informed choice.

    Theresa M. Marteau;Elizabeth Dormandy;Susan Michie

  • Changing human behavior to prevent disease: The importance of targeting automatic processes.

    Theresa M. Marteau;Gareth J. Hollands;Paul C. Fletcher

  • Judging nudging: can nudging improve population health?

    Theresa M Marteau;David Ogilvie;Martin Roland;Marc Suhrcke

  • Public acceptability of government intervention to change health-related behaviours: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

    Stephanie Diepeveen;Tom Ling;Marc Suhrcke;Marc Suhrcke;Martin Roland

  • An implementation research agenda

    Martin P Eccles;David Armstrong;Richard Baker;Kevin Cleary

  • Will genetics revolutionize medicine

    Neil A. Holtzman;Theresa M. Marteau

  • The impact of communicating genetic risks of disease on risk-reducing health behaviour: systematic review with meta-analysis

    Gareth J Hollands;David P French;Simon J Griffin;A Toby Prevost

  • Consensus development methods: a review of best practice in creating clinical guidelines

    Nick Black;Maggie Murphy;Donna Lamping;Martin McKee

  • Randomised controlled trial evaluating cardiovascular screening and intervention in general practice: principal results of British family heart study

    D A Wood;A L Kinmonth;G A Davies;J Yarwood

  • THE TROUBLED HELIX: SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW HUMAN GENETICS

    Theresa Marteau;Martin Richards

  • Psychological consequences of predictive genetic testing: a systematic review

    Marita Broadstock;Susan Michie;Theresa Marteau

  • Genetic risk and behavioural change

    Theresa M Marteau;Caryn Lerman

  • Altering micro-environments to change population health behaviour: towards an evidence base for choice architecture interventions

    Gareth J Hollands;Ian Shemilt;Theresa M Marteau;Susan A Jebb;Susan A Jebb

  • Portion, package or tableware size for changing selection and consumption of food, alcohol and tobacco.

    Gareth J Hollands;Ian Shemilt;Theresa M Marteau;Susan A Jebb

  • Self-regulation and the behavioural response to DNA risk information: a theoretical analysis and framework for future research.

    Theresa M. Marteau;John Weinman

  • General practitioners' and family physicians' negative beliefs and attitudes towards discussing smoking cessation with patients: a systematic review.

    Florian Vogt;Sue Hall;Theresa M. Marteau

  • Lay Understanding of Familial Risk of Common Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Qualitative Research

    Fiona M. Walter;Jon Emery;Dejana Braithwaite;Theresa M. Marteau

  • Public Acceptability of Government Intervention to Change Health-Related Behaviours

    Stephanie Diepeveen;Tom Ling;Marc Suhrcke;Martin Roland

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Susan A. Jebb
Susan A. Jebb University of Oxford
Stephen Sutton
Stephen Sutton University of Cambridge
Marcus R. Munafò
Marcus R. Munafò University of Bath
David P. French
David P. French University of Manchester
Marie Johnston
Marie Johnston University of Aberdeen
John Weinman
John Weinman King's College London
Richard W Morris
Richard W Morris University of Bristol
Marc Suhrcke
Marc Suhrcke University of York
Paul C. Fletcher
Paul C. Fletcher University of Cambridge

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