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Newcastle University: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, GB

2017-04-02 to present | Senior Research Fellow (Population Health Sciences Institute)
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Victoria McGowan

Newcastle University: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, GB

2017-03-01 to present | Senior Research Associate (Population Health Sciences)
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Durham University: Durham, Durham, GB

2016-04-01 to 2017-03-31 | Research Associate (Geography)
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Victoria McGowan

Teesside University: Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, GB

2014-10-06 to 2016-03-31 | Research Associate (Health & Social Care Institute)
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Victoria McGowan

Education and qualifications (3)

Durham University: Durham, Durham, GB

2010-10-06 to 2014-10-05 | PhD Medical Anthropology (Anthropology)
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Victoria McGowan

Durham University: Durham, Durham, GB

2009-10-06 to 2010-10-05 | MA Research Methods (Anthropology) (Anthropology)
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Victoria McGowan

Durham University: Durham, Durham, GB

2006-10-06 to 2009-06-25 | BSc (Hons) Medical Anthropology (Anthropology)
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Victoria McGowan

Funding (6)

Equal England – health inequalities research, policy and practice network

2019-04 to 2022-03 | Grant
National Institute for Health and Care Research (Newcastle, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

PD-SPH-2015
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Victoria McGowan

Place and Participation: systematic reviews of the effects on health and health inequalities of place-centred public health and public participation interventions

2019-04 to 2020-09 | Grant
National Institute for Health and Care Research (Newcastle, GB)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER:

PD-SPH-2015
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Victoria McGowan

The long-term health and wellbeing impacts of Healthy New Towns: a six-month feasibility study of Healthy New Town demonstrator sites in England

2018-11 to 2019-05 | Grant
National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (London, GB)
URL: https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR127743
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NIHR127743
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Victoria McGowan

Evaluation of Darlington Healthy New Towns

2018-01 to 2019-03 | Grant
Darlington Borough Council (Darlington, GB)
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Victoria McGowan

Scoping review for evaluating Darlington Healthy New Towns

2017-03 to 2018-10 | Grant
Darlington Borough Council (Darlington, GB)
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Victoria McGowan

Policy in Perspective: Assessing the relationship between malnourishment in children and school meal legislation since the early 20th Century

2010-10 to 2014-10 | Grant
Economic and Social Research Council (Swindon, GB)
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Victoria McGowan

Works (33)

“I’ll meet you at our bench”: adaptation, innovation and resilience among VCSE organisations who supported marginalised and minoritised communities during the Covid-19 pandemic in Northern England – a qualitative focus group study

BMC Health Services Research
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10435-5
EID:

2-s2.0-85181438384

Part of ISSN: 14726963
Contributors: Scott, S.; McGowan, V.; Wildman, J.; Bidmead, E.; Hartley, J.; Mathews, C.; James, B.; Sullivan, C.; Bambra, C.; Sowden, S.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

“They're not mentally ill, their lives are just shit”: Stakeholders' understanding of deaths of despair in a deindustrialised community in North East England

Health and Place
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103346
EID:

2-s2.0-85203189329

Part of ISSN: 18732054 13538292
Contributors: Price, T.; McGowan, V.; Vishram, S.; Wildman, J.; Bambra, C.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

The Mental Health Impacts of Fuel Poverty: A Global Scoping Review

International Journal of Public Health
2024-11-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1607459
Part of ISSN: 1661-8564
Contributors: S. Khavandi; L. Mccoll; C. Leavey; V. J. McGowan; N. C. Bennett
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Victoria McGowan

“Power, control, strain”: Lay perceptions of health inequalities across England's ‘North South divide’

Social Science & Medicine
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117089
Contributors: Kate Bernard; Victoria J McGowan; Clare Bambra
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Can White allyship contribute to tackling ethnic inequalities in health? Reflections on the experiences of diverse young adults in England

Critical Public Health
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2023.2188139
EID:

2-s2.0-85150631652

Part of ISSN: 14693682 09581596
Contributors: Ejegi-Memeh, S.; Salway, S.; McGowan, V.; Villarroel-Williams, N.; Ronzi, S.; Egan, M.; Gravenhorst, K.; Holman, D.; Rinaldi, C.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

Intersectionality and public understandings of health inequity in England: learning from the views and experiences of young adults

Public Health
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.07.002
EID:

2-s2.0-85166983531

Part of ISSN: 14765616 00333506
Contributors: Ronzi, S.; Gravenhorst, K.; Rinaldi, C.; Villarroel-Williams, N.; Ejegi-Memeh, S.; McGowan, V.J.; Holman, D.; Sallinen, I.; Egan, M.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

The mental health impacts of fuel poverty: A scoping review protocol

Research Square
2023 | Other
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2888506
EID:

2-s2.0-85162669135
Contributors: Bennett, N.C.; Khavandi, S.; McColl, L.; McGowan, V.J.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

The mental health impacts of fuel poverty: A scoping review protocol

Research Square
2023 | Other
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2888506/v1
EID:

2-s2.0-85167639797
Contributors: Bennett, N.C.; Khavandi, S.; McColl, L.; McGowan, V.J.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier
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‘How I'm feeling today, I probably won't be feeling tomorrow’. Using I-Poems to explore young people's changing emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic – A qualitative, longitudinal study

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100239
EID:

2-s2.0-85152062605

Part of ISSN: 26673215
Contributors: Scott, S.; McGowan, V.; Bradley, A.; Visram, S.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

“I'll meet you at our bench”: Adaptation, Innovation and Resilience among VCSE organisations who supported marginalised and minoritised communities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern England – A Qualitative Focus Group Study

Research Square
2023 | Other
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2771051/v1
EID:

2-s2.0-85167632570
Contributors: Scott, S.; McGowan, V.; Wildman, J.; Bidmead, E.; Hartley, J.; Mathews, C.; James, B.; Sullivan, C.; Bambra, C.; Sowden, S.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

“I'll meet you at our bench”: Adaptation, Innovation and Resilience among VCSE organisations who supported marginalised and minoritised communities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern England – A Qualitative Focus Group Study

Research Square
2023 | Other
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2771051
EID:

2-s2.0-85162776149
Contributors: Scott, S.; McGowan, V.; Wildman, J.; Bidmead, E.; Hartley, J.; Mathews, C.; James, B.; Sullivan, C.; Bambra, C.; Sowden, S.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

Community empowerment and mental wellbeing: longitudinal findings from a survey of people actively involved in the big local place-based initiative in England

Journal of Public Health
2023-06-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac073
Contributors: N Akhter; V J McGowan; E Halliday; J Popay; A Kasim; C Bambra
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Collective control, social cohesion and health and well-being: baseline survey results from the communities in control study in England

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa227
EID:

2-s2.0-85127492399

Part of ISSN: 17413850 17413842
Contributors: McGowan, V.J.; Akhter, N.; Halliday, E.; Popay, J.; Kasim, A.; Bambra, C.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

COVID-19 and the role of Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprises in northern England in responding to the needs of marginalised communities: a qualitative focus group study

Lancet (London, England)
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02288-7
EID:

2-s2.0-85150665632

Part of ISSN: 1474547X
Contributors: Scott, S.; McGowan, V.J.; Wildman, J.M.; Bidmead, E.; Hartley, J.; Mathews, C.; James, B.; Sullivan, C.; Bambra, C.; Sowden, S.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

Levelling up health: A practical, evidence-based framework for reducing health inequalities

Public Health in Practice
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhip.2022.100322
EID:

2-s2.0-85139839940

Part of ISSN: 26665352
Contributors: Davey, F.; McGowan, V.; Birch, J.; Kuhn, I.; Lahiri, A.; Gkiouleka, A.; Arora, A.; Sowden, S.; Bambra, C.; Ford, J.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

COVID-19 mortality and deprivation: pandemic, syndemic, and endemic health inequalities

The Lancet Public Health
2022-11-02 | Journal article | Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(22)00223-7
Part of ISSN: 2468-2667
Contributors: Victoria McGowan; Victoria J McGowan; Clare Bambra
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Victoria McGowan
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Building collective control and improving health through a place-based community empowerment initiative: qualitative evidence from communities seeking agency over their built environment

Critical Public Health
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2020.1851654
EID:

2-s2.0-85102521418

Part of ISSN: 14693682 09581596
Contributors: Egan, M.; Abba, K.; Barnes, A.; Collins, M.; McGowan, V.; Ponsford, R.; Scott, C.; Halliday, E.; Whitehead, M.; Popay, J.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

Examining the effectiveness of place-based interventions to improve public health and reduce health inequalities: an umbrella review

BMC Public Health
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11852-z
EID:

2-s2.0-85117581605

Part of ISSN: 14712458
Contributors: McGowan, V.J.; Buckner, S.; Mead, R.; McGill, E.; Ronzi, S.; Beyer, F.; Bambra, C.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

Geographical inequalities in COVID-19 mortality: A scoping review protocol

ResearchSquare
2021 | Other
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1086250
EID:

2-s2.0-85131916390
Contributors: Bambra, C.; McGowan, V.J.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

Life under COVID-19 for LGBT+ people in the UK: Systematic review of UK research on the impact of COVID-19 on sexual and gender minority populations

BMJ Open
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050092
EID:

2-s2.0-85111617059

Part of ISSN: 20446055
Contributors: McGowan, V.J.; Lowther, H.J.; Meads, C.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

‘I’m Gonna Tell You about How Mrs Rona Has Affected Me’. Exploring Young People’s Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in North East England: A Qualitative Diary-Based Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18073837
EID:

2-s2.0-85103561180

Part of ISSN: 16604601 16617827
Contributors: Scott, S.; McGowan, V.J.; Visram, S.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

Geographical inequalities in COVID-19 mortality: a scoping review protocol

2021-11-16 | Other
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1086250/v1
Contributors: Clare Bambra; Victoria J McGowan
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The long-term health and wellbeing impacts of Healthy New Towns (HNTs): protocol for a baseline and feasibility study of HNT demonstrator sites in England

Pilot and Feasibility Studies
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-020-0550-2
EID:

2-s2.0-85132785081

Part of ISSN: 20555784
Contributors: Watts, P.; Rance, S.; McGowan, V.; Brown, H.; Bambra, C.; Findlay, G.; Harden, A.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

Transforming the health system for the UK's multiethnic population

The BMJ
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m268
EID:

2-s2.0-85079337986

Part of ISSN: 17561833 09598146
Contributors: Salway, S.; Holman, D.; Lee, C.; Mcgowan, V.; Ben-Shlomo, Y.; Saxena, S.; Nazroo, J.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

The effects of social protection policies on health inequalities: Evidence from systematic reviews

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1403494819848276
EID:

2-s2.0-85065649722
Contributors: Hillier-Brown, F.; Thomson, K.; Mcgowan, V.; Cairns, J.; Eikemo, T.A.; Gil-Gonzále, D.; Bambra, C.
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Victoria McGowan via Scopus - Elsevier

Pathways to mental health improvement in a community-led area-based empowerment initiative: evidence from the Big Local ‘Communities in Control’ study, England

Journal of Public Health
2019-12-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy192
Part of ISSN: 1741-3842
Part of ISSN: 1741-3850
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Victoria McGowan
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A rapid review examining purchasing changes resulting from fiscal measures targeted at high sugar foods and sugar-sweetened drinks.

Nutrition & diabetes
2017-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41387-017-0001-1
PMID: 29247207
PMC: PMC5865540
Contributors: Roberts KE; Ells LJ; McGowan VJ; Machaira T; Targett VC; Allen RE; Tedstone AE
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Victoria McGowan via Europe PubMed Central
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Darlington Healthy New Towns: evaluating the building of a healthy community

2017-10-10 | Working paper
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Victoria McGowan

Sugar reduction: the evidence for action, annexe 2, fiscal evidence review

2015-10-22 | Report
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Victoria McGowan

Sugar reduction: the evidence for action, annexe 3, marketing evidence review

2015-10-22 | Report
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Victoria McGowan

Intermittent fasting interventions for the treatment of overweight and obesity in adults aged 18 years and over: A systematic review protocol

BI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports
2015-10-13 | Journal article
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Victoria McGowan

School Meals in the UK: Dinner ladies and the resistance movement to junk food

American Journal of Human Biology
2010-04-06 | Conference paper
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Victoria McGowan

Historical relationship of nutritional quality of UK school meals to overweight and obesity in children.

American Journal of Human Biology
2009-04-06 | Conference paper
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Victoria McGowan

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

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