Dr Christina McMellon

  • Research Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)

email: Christina.McMellon@glasgow.ac.uk

Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB

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Biography

I am a Research Associate (0.5FTE) in the Complexity Programme at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit with the Transdisciplinary Research for the Improvement of Youth Mental Public Health (TRIUMPH) network. TRIUMPH is funded by UK Research and Innovation, brings together young people, academics, practitioners and policy-makers to find new ways to improve youth mental health and wellbeing, especially among those where need is greatest. I have particular responsibility for young people’s participation and co-production in TRIUMPH, including supporting our Youth Advisory Group.

My research interests include:

  • Co-producing research with young people
  • Qualitative research with young people and communities
  • Cross-cultural research with young people and communities
  • Young people’s public mental health and wellbeing
  • Youth activism and social change

Research interests

  • Co-producing research with young people
  • Qualitative research with young people and communities
  • Cross-cultural research with young people and communities
  • Young people’s public mental health and wellbeing
  • Youth activism and social change

Publications

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Jump to: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020
Number of items: 12.

2024

Cunningham, E., Jamieson-MacKenzie, I., McMellon, C., McCallin, M., Eltiraifi, M., Smith, L. and Hepburn, K. (2024) "Don’t tell me how to tell my story”: Exploring young people’s perceptions around what it means to ‘feel (mis)understood’ by adults in supporting roles. Children and Youth Services Review, 156, 107361. (doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107361)

2023

Inchley, J. , Cunningham, E., McMellon, C. and Maclachlan, A. (2023) New mental health research goals are an important step forward for child and adolescent mental health. Journal of Mental Health, 32(6), pp. 1014-1015. (doi: 10.1080/09638237.2021.1898560) (PMID:33966573)

Dibben, G. O. et al. (2023) Adolescents’ interactive electronic device use, sleep and mental health: a systematic review of prospective studies. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(5), e13899. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13899) (PMID:37029099)

Maclachlan, A. , McMellon, C. and Inchley, J. (2023) Public mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: impacts on children’s rights. International Journal of Human Rights, 27(9-10), pp. 1406-1425. (doi: 10.1080/13642987.2022.2057958)

McMellon, C., McCusker, P., Roesch-Marsh, A., Hall, L., Bartlett, T. and McDermott, R. (2023) Reconceptualising coproduction as activism together. Children and Society, (doi: 10.1111/chso.12788) (Early Online Publication)

Watson, R. et al. (2023) A qualitative study exploring the benefits of involving young people in mental health research. Health Expectations, 26(4), pp. 1491-1504. (doi: 10.1111/hex.13722) (PMID:37073725)

Lewis, R. , Boydell, N. , Blake, C. , Clarke, Z., Kernaghan, K. and McMellon, C. (2023) Involving young people in sexual health research and service improvement: conceptual analysis of patient and public involvement (PPI) in three projects. BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 49(2), pp. 76-86. (doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2022-201611) (PMID:36307186)

2022

Taylor, A., McMellon, C., French, T., Maclachlan, A. , Evans, R., Lewis, R. , McCann, M. , Moore, L. , Simpson, S. and Inchley, J. (2022) Defining research priorities for youth public mental health: reflections on a coproduction approach to transdisciplinary working. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20, 72. (doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00871-w) (PMID:35725482) (PMCID:PMC9207849)

Paige, , Omima, , Brodie, , Reid, K., McMellon, C. and Powell, M. A. (2022) My corona: listening to children in corona times. International Journal of Human Rights, (doi: 10.1080/13642987.2022.2061954) (Early Online Publication)

2021

McMellon, C. and Maclachlan, A. (2021) Young people's rights and mental health during a pandemic: an analysis of the impact of emergency legislation in Scotland. Young, 29(4_supp), S11-S34. (doi: 10.1177/11033088211032783)

Lewis, R. , Blake, C. , McMellon, C., Riddell, J. , Graham, C. and Mitchell, K. (2021) Understanding young people’s use and non-use of condoms and contraception: a co-developed, mixed-methods study with 16-24 year olds in Scotland. Final report from CONUNDRUM (CONdom and CONtraception UNDerstandings: Researching Uptake and Motivations). Project Report. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.238377).

2020

McMellon, C. and Tisdall, E. K. M. (2020) Children and young people’s participation rights: looking backwards and moving forwards. International Journal of Children's Rights, 28(1), pp. 157-182. (doi: 10.1163/15718182-02801002)

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Jump to: Articles | Research Reports or Papers
Number of items: 12.

Articles

Cunningham, E., Jamieson-MacKenzie, I., McMellon, C., McCallin, M., Eltiraifi, M., Smith, L. and Hepburn, K. (2024) "Don’t tell me how to tell my story”: Exploring young people’s perceptions around what it means to ‘feel (mis)understood’ by adults in supporting roles. Children and Youth Services Review, 156, 107361. (doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107361)

Inchley, J. , Cunningham, E., McMellon, C. and Maclachlan, A. (2023) New mental health research goals are an important step forward for child and adolescent mental health. Journal of Mental Health, 32(6), pp. 1014-1015. (doi: 10.1080/09638237.2021.1898560) (PMID:33966573)

Dibben, G. O. et al. (2023) Adolescents’ interactive electronic device use, sleep and mental health: a systematic review of prospective studies. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(5), e13899. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13899) (PMID:37029099)

Maclachlan, A. , McMellon, C. and Inchley, J. (2023) Public mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: impacts on children’s rights. International Journal of Human Rights, 27(9-10), pp. 1406-1425. (doi: 10.1080/13642987.2022.2057958)

McMellon, C., McCusker, P., Roesch-Marsh, A., Hall, L., Bartlett, T. and McDermott, R. (2023) Reconceptualising coproduction as activism together. Children and Society, (doi: 10.1111/chso.12788) (Early Online Publication)

Watson, R. et al. (2023) A qualitative study exploring the benefits of involving young people in mental health research. Health Expectations, 26(4), pp. 1491-1504. (doi: 10.1111/hex.13722) (PMID:37073725)

Lewis, R. , Boydell, N. , Blake, C. , Clarke, Z., Kernaghan, K. and McMellon, C. (2023) Involving young people in sexual health research and service improvement: conceptual analysis of patient and public involvement (PPI) in three projects. BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 49(2), pp. 76-86. (doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2022-201611) (PMID:36307186)

Taylor, A., McMellon, C., French, T., Maclachlan, A. , Evans, R., Lewis, R. , McCann, M. , Moore, L. , Simpson, S. and Inchley, J. (2022) Defining research priorities for youth public mental health: reflections on a coproduction approach to transdisciplinary working. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20, 72. (doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00871-w) (PMID:35725482) (PMCID:PMC9207849)

Paige, , Omima, , Brodie, , Reid, K., McMellon, C. and Powell, M. A. (2022) My corona: listening to children in corona times. International Journal of Human Rights, (doi: 10.1080/13642987.2022.2061954) (Early Online Publication)

McMellon, C. and Maclachlan, A. (2021) Young people's rights and mental health during a pandemic: an analysis of the impact of emergency legislation in Scotland. Young, 29(4_supp), S11-S34. (doi: 10.1177/11033088211032783)

McMellon, C. and Tisdall, E. K. M. (2020) Children and young people’s participation rights: looking backwards and moving forwards. International Journal of Children's Rights, 28(1), pp. 157-182. (doi: 10.1163/15718182-02801002)

Research Reports or Papers

Lewis, R. , Blake, C. , McMellon, C., Riddell, J. , Graham, C. and Mitchell, K. (2021) Understanding young people’s use and non-use of condoms and contraception: a co-developed, mixed-methods study with 16-24 year olds in Scotland. Final report from CONUNDRUM (CONdom and CONtraception UNDerstandings: Researching Uptake and Motivations). Project Report. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.238377).

This list was generated on Tue Apr 23 19:36:05 2024 BST.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • Rapid Review of the Relationships between Adolescents' Screen Time, Sleep and Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Scottish Government
    2019 - 2019