Meg Wiggins
- Qualifications and position:
- BA, MA
- Senior Research Officer
- Faculty:
- Faculty of Children and Learning
- Department:
- Centre:
- Summary:
- Randomised controlled trials of social interventions
Teenage pregnancy and parenthood
Antenatal and postnatal experiences
Women's health services
The use of interpreters in research
Social support for parents
Social exclusion & young people
Evidence based decision-making
- Teaching:
- Doctoral School training programme (Managing research projects; Mixed methods research) MSc Health Promotion, LSHTM
- Research Projects:
- Professional Activities:
- DCSF Advisory Group: Evaluation of the Intensive Teens & Toddlers Pilot Programme
Peer reviewer for the following: Department of Health; Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health; Evaluation; International Journal of Epidemiology; and, Culture, Health and Sexuality.
- Conferences/presentations:
- (2008) DH seminar for youth workers: findings from the evaluation of the Young People's Development Programme
(2005) DCSF Policy Seminar: Findings from the Sure Start Plus National Evaluation
(2005) Teenage Pregnancy and Social Exclusion - mixed methodology ;Society of Social Medicine
- Personal Country Knowledge:
- South Africa: workshops for policy-makers, practitioners and researchers on using research to inform HIV prevention ('HIVSA' 2001); University of Johannesburg
- Languages Spoken:
- Languages Written:
Publications
- Brunton G, Wiggins M, Oakley A (2011) Becoming a Mother: A research synthesis of women's views on the experience of first-time motherhood. London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London. ISBN: 978-1-907345-06-7.
- Sawtell M, Ingold A, Wiggins M, Austerberry H (2010) Innovative services to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable young people. London: Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London. ISBN: 978-1-907345-01-2.
- Bonell C, Strange V, Wiggins M, Fletcher A, Sorhaindo A, Allen E, Oakley A, Patton G, Flay B (2010) 'Pilot multi-method trial of a school-ethos intervention to reduce substance use: building hypotheses about upstream pathways to prevention', Journal of Adolescent Health 47 (6), 555-563. ISSN: 1054-139X.
- Bonell C, Sorhaindo A, Strange V, Wiggins M, Allen E, Fletcher A, Oakley A, Bond L, Flay B, Patton G, Rhodes T (2010) 'A pilot whole-school intervention to improve school ethos and reduce substance use', Health Education 110 (4), 252-272.
- Wiggins M, Bonell C, Sawtell M, Austerberry H, Burchett H, Allen E, Strange V (2009) 'Health outcomes of youth development programme in England: prospective matched comparison study', British Medical Journal 339 (b2534), 148-151.
- Sawtell M, Austerberry H, Ingold A, Wiggins M, Strange V, Stevens M (2009) Evaluation of the Teenage Health Demonstration Sites Programme: Final Report. London: Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London.
- Watt RG, Tull KI, Hardy R, Wiggins M, Kelly Y, Molloy B, Dowler E, Apps J, McGlone P (2009) 'Effectiveness of a social support intervention on infant feeding practices: randomised controlled trial', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 63(2), 156-62.
- Wiggins M, Bonell C, Burchett H, Sawtell M, Austerberry H, Allen E, Strange V (2008) Young People's Development Programme evaluation: Final report. London: Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London. .
- Austerberry H, Wiggins M (2007) 'Taking a pro-choice perspective on promoting inclusion of teenage mothers: Lessons from an evaluation of the Sure Start Plus programme', Critical Public Health 17(1), 3-15.
- Wiggins M, Bonell C, Burchett H (2006) 'Evaluating Health Promotion' In Macdowall W, Bonell C and Davies M (eds), Health promotion practice: Understanding Public Health . Maidenhead; Open University Press.
- Meg Wiggins' full list of publications (pdf)
