Summary
Currently a Research Associate at the Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine. Sarah's research is part of the NIHR School of Public Health Research (SPHR) collaboration, in particular, with the University of Cambridge. Her current research optimises the use of multiple methods to understand how commercial determinants of health manifest at a local level.
Research interests
Sarah's background is in public health (BSc, MSc) and in 2020 she completed a multi-method PhD in Primary Care, with a particular focus on health behaviours and comorbid conditions. Wider research interests include methodologies, multi and mixed-method approaches, public health, health policy, and health behaviour approaches to reduce non-communicable diseases.
Publications
Journals
McKevitt S, White M, Petticrew M, et al., 2023, Characterizing restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England, Journal of Public Health, ISSN:1741-3842
Parnham JC, McKevitt S, Vamos EP, et al., 2023, Evidence use in the UK's COVID-19 free school meals policy: a thematic content analysis, Policy Design and Practice, Vol:6, ISSN:2574-1292, Pages:328-343
McKevitt S, White M, Petticrew M, et al., 2023, Typology of how ‘harmful commodity industries’ interact with local governments in England: a critical interpretive synthesis, Bmj Global Health, Vol:8, ISSN:2059-7908, Pages:1-13
Parnham JC, Vamos EP, McKevitt S, et al., 2022, The UK's Free School Meals policy during the pandemic: a thematic content analysis of policy documents and debates, Lancet, Vol:400, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:62-62
Parnham JC, Vamos EP, McKevitt S, et al., 2022, The UK's Free School Meals policy during the pandemic: a thematic content analysis of policy documents and debates., Lancet, Vol:400 Suppl 1