Dr Oliver Traynor

  • Research Associate, Research Associate (Public Health)

email: Oliver.Traynor@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

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Biography

I recently completed my PhD at the University of Glasgow, investigating how outdoor nature-based play and leanring in Glasgow can contribute to positive health behaviours in children. Through this, I gained skills in developing and evaluating complex public health interventions.

I am currently a Research Associate on two projects: MRC-funded Early Childhood Outdoor Nature-based Play and Learning (ECO Nature Play) and NIHR-funded Health Determinants Research Collaboration-Glasgow. I am a mixed-methods researcher with skills in participatory research methods such as systems-based mapping and Evaluability Assessment. 

In 2018, I received my Bachelor's Degree (Hons) in Human Biology with Sociology and Psychology from Glasgow Caledonian University. In 2019, I was awarded an MSc in Human Nutrition with a Specialisation in Public Health at the University of Glasgow followed by an MSc in Developing and Evaluating Interventions in 2020, at the University of Glasgow. 

Research interests

  • Impact of the natural environment for improving health and wellbeing, and reducing health inequalities
  • Developing and evaluating complex interventions
  • Participatory research methods
  • Stakeholder engagement

 

Publications

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2023

Zucca, Claudia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4448-8389, McCrorie, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-6926, Johnstone, Avril ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3906-8603, Chambers, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-6242, Chng, Nai Rui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-4103, Traynor, Oliver and Martin, Anne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1614-6525 (2023) Outdoor nature-based play in early learning and childcare centres: identifying the determinants of implementation using causal loop diagrams and social network analysis. Health and Place, 79, 102955. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102955) (PMID:36565541)

2022

Traynor, Oliver, Martin, Anne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1614-6525, Johnstone, Avril ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3906-8603, Chng, Nai R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-4103, Kenny, Jessica and Mccrorie, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-6926 (2022) A low-cost method for understanding how nature-based early learning and childcare impacts on children’s health and wellbeing. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 889828. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.889828) (PMID:35814071) (PMCID:PMC9260060)

Traynor, Oliver, Mccrorie, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-6926, Chng, Nai Rui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-4103 and Martin, Anne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1614-6525 (2022) Evaluating outdoor nature-based early learning and childcare provision for children aged 3-years: protocol of a feasibility and pilot quasi-experimental design. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(12), 7461. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph19127461) (PMID:35742709) (PMCID:PMC9224218)

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Articles

Zucca, Claudia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4448-8389, McCrorie, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-6926, Johnstone, Avril ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3906-8603, Chambers, Stephanie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-6242, Chng, Nai Rui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-4103, Traynor, Oliver and Martin, Anne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1614-6525 (2023) Outdoor nature-based play in early learning and childcare centres: identifying the determinants of implementation using causal loop diagrams and social network analysis. Health and Place, 79, 102955. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102955) (PMID:36565541)

Traynor, Oliver, Martin, Anne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1614-6525, Johnstone, Avril ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3906-8603, Chng, Nai R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-4103, Kenny, Jessica and Mccrorie, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-6926 (2022) A low-cost method for understanding how nature-based early learning and childcare impacts on children’s health and wellbeing. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 889828. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.889828) (PMID:35814071) (PMCID:PMC9260060)

Traynor, Oliver, Mccrorie, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-6926, Chng, Nai Rui ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-4103 and Martin, Anne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1614-6525 (2022) Evaluating outdoor nature-based early learning and childcare provision for children aged 3-years: protocol of a feasibility and pilot quasi-experimental design. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(12), 7461. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph19127461) (PMID:35742709) (PMCID:PMC9224218)

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