Susan Smillie
email: s.smillie.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susie-Smillie-2
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4748-0710
Research title: Using the capabilities approach to explore young people’s wellbeing during school holidays and the role of creative arts during this time
Research Summary
Research Summary
My research aims to explore how young people in Greater Glasgow feel that their wellbeing is affected by the experiences they have during school holidays and to what extent creative arts experiences and engaging with community arts organisations during this time is important to them. I am using creative and participatory methods in interview and focus group settings with young people and my work is framed within the Capabilities Approach.
Capabilities Approach / Childhood Studies / young people's wellbeing / school holidays / creativity and creative practice / leisure and play / community arts / creative and participatory research methods with young people
Sponsor/Funder
College of Social Sciences scholarship
Publications
2024
Blair, S. et al. (2024) The Social and Emotional Education and Development intervention to address wellbeing in primary school age children: the SEED cluster RCT. Public Health Research, 12(6), (doi: 10.3310/LYRQ5047) (PMID:38940833)
Chambers, S. , Smillie, S. and Watson, N. (2024) Rethinking children’s right to leisure during school holidays. Annals of Leisure Research, 27(3), pp. 399-416. (doi: 10.1080/11745398.2023.2250473) (PMID:39006997) (PMCID:PMC11244624)
Simpson, H. et al. (2024) Is There a Window of Opportunity to Effect Positive Health Behaviour Prior to Surgery? A Two Centre Open Label Randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial of a Preoperative Package of Care for Osteoarthritis, Consisting of Weight Loss, Orthotics, Rehabilitation, Topical and Oral Analgesia (OPPORTUNITY). 2024 OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Vienna, Austria, 18-21 Apr 2024. S578. (doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2024.02.853)
Simpson, A. H. R.W. et al. (2024) A preoperative package of care for osteoarthritis, consisting of weight loss, orthotics, rehabilitation, topical and oral analgesia (OPPORTUNITY): A two centre open label randomised controlled feasibility trial. Lancet Rheumatology, 6(4), E237-E246. (doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(23)00337-5) (PMID:38423028)
2023
Smillie, S. and Riddell, J. (2023) Supporting emotionally demanding research: developing guidance for a university research centre. In: Clift, Bryan C., Batlle, Ioannis Costas, Bekker, Sheree and Chudzikowski, Katharina (eds.) Qualitative Researcher Vulnerability: Negotiating, Experiencing and Embracing. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 77-93. ISBN 9781032393339 (doi: 10.4324/9781003349266-6)
Purcell, C. , Dibben, G. , Hilton Boon, M. , Matthews, L. , Palmer, V. J., Thomson, M. , Smillie, S. , Simpson, S. A. and Taylor, R. S. (2023) Social network interventions to support cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in the management of people with heart disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(6), CD013820. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013820.pub2) (PMID:37378598) (PMCID:PMC10305790)
2022
O'Connor, R. C. et al. (2022) SAFETEL: A pilot randomised controlled trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a safety planning and telephone follow-up intervention to reduce suicidal behaviour. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8, 156. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-022-01081-5) (PMID:35897119) (PMCID:PMC9327159)
2021
Purcell, C. , Smillie, S. , Hilton Boon, M. , Simpson, S. A. and Taylor, R. S. (2021) Effectiveness of social network interventions to support cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in the management of people with heart disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020(12), CD013820. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013820)
2019
O'Connor, R. C. et al. (2019) SAFETEL randomised controlled feasibility trial of a safety planning intervention with follow-up telephone contact to reduce suicidal behaviour: study protocol. BMJ Open, 9(2), e025591. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025591) (PMID:30782938) (PMCID:PMC6377516)
2016
Henderson, M. , Tweedie, S. , Smillie, S. and Wight, D. (2016) Social and Emotional Education and Development (SEED): A Stratified, Cluster Randomised Trial of a Multi-Component Primary School Intervention in Scotland. ICSEI International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI 2016), Glasgow, UK, 7-10 Jan 2016.
2014
Hunt, K. , Gray, C. M. , MacLean, A., Smillie, S. , Bunn, C. and Wyke, S. (2014) Do weight management programmes delivered at professional football clubs attract and engage high risk men? A mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health, 14, p. 50. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-50) (PMID:24443845) (PMCID:PMC4028855)
MacLean, A., Hunt, K. , Gray, C. , Smillie, S. and Wyke, S. (2014) How do men’s female relatives feature in their accounts of changing eating practices during a weight-management programme delivered through professional football clubs? International Journal of Men's Health, 13(2), pp. 121-138.
2013
Tweedie, S. , Smillie, S. , Henderson, M. and Wight, D. (2013) Social and Emotional Education and Development (SEED): A Stratified, Cluster Randomised Trial of a Multi-Component Primary School Intervention in Scotland. Growing Up In Scotland And Scandinavia: What Do Our Longitudinal Studies Tell Us About Our Children's Wellbeing?, Edinburgh, UK, 13 Nov 2013.
Articles
Blair, S. et al. (2024) The Social and Emotional Education and Development intervention to address wellbeing in primary school age children: the SEED cluster RCT. Public Health Research, 12(6), (doi: 10.3310/LYRQ5047) (PMID:38940833)
Chambers, S. , Smillie, S. and Watson, N. (2024) Rethinking children’s right to leisure during school holidays. Annals of Leisure Research, 27(3), pp. 399-416. (doi: 10.1080/11745398.2023.2250473) (PMID:39006997) (PMCID:PMC11244624)
Simpson, A. H. R.W. et al. (2024) A preoperative package of care for osteoarthritis, consisting of weight loss, orthotics, rehabilitation, topical and oral analgesia (OPPORTUNITY): A two centre open label randomised controlled feasibility trial. Lancet Rheumatology, 6(4), E237-E246. (doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(23)00337-5) (PMID:38423028)
Purcell, C. , Dibben, G. , Hilton Boon, M. , Matthews, L. , Palmer, V. J., Thomson, M. , Smillie, S. , Simpson, S. A. and Taylor, R. S. (2023) Social network interventions to support cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in the management of people with heart disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(6), CD013820. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013820.pub2) (PMID:37378598) (PMCID:PMC10305790)
O'Connor, R. C. et al. (2022) SAFETEL: A pilot randomised controlled trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a safety planning and telephone follow-up intervention to reduce suicidal behaviour. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8, 156. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-022-01081-5) (PMID:35897119) (PMCID:PMC9327159)
Purcell, C. , Smillie, S. , Hilton Boon, M. , Simpson, S. A. and Taylor, R. S. (2021) Effectiveness of social network interventions to support cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention in the management of people with heart disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020(12), CD013820. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013820)
O'Connor, R. C. et al. (2019) SAFETEL randomised controlled feasibility trial of a safety planning intervention with follow-up telephone contact to reduce suicidal behaviour: study protocol. BMJ Open, 9(2), e025591. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025591) (PMID:30782938) (PMCID:PMC6377516)
Hunt, K. , Gray, C. M. , MacLean, A., Smillie, S. , Bunn, C. and Wyke, S. (2014) Do weight management programmes delivered at professional football clubs attract and engage high risk men? A mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health, 14, p. 50. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-50) (PMID:24443845) (PMCID:PMC4028855)
MacLean, A., Hunt, K. , Gray, C. , Smillie, S. and Wyke, S. (2014) How do men’s female relatives feature in their accounts of changing eating practices during a weight-management programme delivered through professional football clubs? International Journal of Men's Health, 13(2), pp. 121-138.
Book Sections
Smillie, S. and Riddell, J. (2023) Supporting emotionally demanding research: developing guidance for a university research centre. In: Clift, Bryan C., Batlle, Ioannis Costas, Bekker, Sheree and Chudzikowski, Katharina (eds.) Qualitative Researcher Vulnerability: Negotiating, Experiencing and Embracing. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 77-93. ISBN 9781032393339 (doi: 10.4324/9781003349266-6)
Conference or Workshop Item
Simpson, H. et al. (2024) Is There a Window of Opportunity to Effect Positive Health Behaviour Prior to Surgery? A Two Centre Open Label Randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial of a Preoperative Package of Care for Osteoarthritis, Consisting of Weight Loss, Orthotics, Rehabilitation, Topical and Oral Analgesia (OPPORTUNITY). 2024 OARSI World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Vienna, Austria, 18-21 Apr 2024. S578. (doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2024.02.853)
Henderson, M. , Tweedie, S. , Smillie, S. and Wight, D. (2016) Social and Emotional Education and Development (SEED): A Stratified, Cluster Randomised Trial of a Multi-Component Primary School Intervention in Scotland. ICSEI International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI 2016), Glasgow, UK, 7-10 Jan 2016.
Tweedie, S. , Smillie, S. , Henderson, M. and Wight, D. (2013) Social and Emotional Education and Development (SEED): A Stratified, Cluster Randomised Trial of a Multi-Component Primary School Intervention in Scotland. Growing Up In Scotland And Scandinavia: What Do Our Longitudinal Studies Tell Us About Our Children's Wellbeing?, Edinburgh, UK, 13 Nov 2013.
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