Dr Kiya Hurley PhD

Dr Kiya Hurley

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Children, Young People & Families Programme Coordinator
Research Fellow for the NIHR School for Public Health Research

Dr Kiya Hurley coordinates the research undertaken within the Children, Young People & Families programme for the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR), School for Public Health (SPHR). Kiya is also a Research Fellow within SPHR with a research interest in how food and feeding contribute to creating a healthy start in life and the wider societal factors that influence our food choices. Kiya is a mixed-methods researcher with close links with the Institute for Applied Health Research within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences.

Qualifications

PhD in Applied Health Research

BSc (hons) in Public Health Nutrition

Other activities

Member of the Public Health Research for Health (PHRESH) consortium

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Pallan, M, Murphy, M, Morrison, B, Sitch, A, Adamson, A, Bartington, S, Dobell, A, Duff, R, Frew, E, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, McLeman, L, Passmore, S, Pokhilenko, I, Rowland, M, Ravaghi, V, Spence, S & Adab, P 2024, 'National school food standards in England: a cross-sectional study to explore compliance in secondary schools and impact on pupil nutritional intake', The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, vol. 21, 123. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01672-w

Pallan, M, Murphy, M, Morrison, B, Pokhilenko, I, Sitch, A, Frew, E, Rawdin, C, Adams, R, Adamson, A, Bartington, S, Dobell, A, Duff, R, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, McLeman, L, Passmore, S, Ravaghi, V, Spence, S & Adab, P 2023, 'School food policy in secondary schools in England and its impact on adolescents’ diets and dental health: the FUEL multiple-methods study', NIHR Journals Library.

Jolly, K, Griffin, T, Sidhu, M, Adab, P, Burgess, A, Collins, C, Daley, A, Entwistle, A, Frew, E, Hardy, P, Hurley, K, Jones, L, McGee, E, Pallan, M, Sun, Y, Young, M & Morgan, P 2020, 'A weight management programme for fathers of children aged 4–11 years: cultural adaptation and the Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids UK feasibility RCT', Public Health Research, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1-198. https://doi.org/10.3310/phr08020

Garden, EM, Pallan, M, Clarke, J, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, Sitch, A, Passmore, S & Adab, P 2020, 'Relationship between primary school healthy eating and physical activity promoting environments and children’s dietary intake, physical activity and weight status: A longitudinal study in the West Midlands, UK', BMJ open, vol. 10, no. 12, e040833. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040833

Murphy, M, Pallan, M, Lancashire, E, Duff, R, Adamson, A, Bartington, S, Frew, E, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Parry, J, Passmore, S, Ravaghi, V, Sitch, A, Spence, S, Rowland, MK, Wheeldon, S & Adab, P 2020, 'The Food provision, cUlture and Environment in secondary schooLs (FUEL) study: protocol of a mixed methods evaluation of national School Food Standards implementation in secondary schools and their impact on pupils’ dietary intake and dental health', BMJ open, vol. 10, no. 10, e042931. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042931

Pallan, M, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, Blissett, J, Frew, E, Gill, P, Griffith, L, Jolly, K, Mcgee, E, Parry, J, Thompson, J & Adab, P 2019, 'Cultural adaptation of a children's weight management programme: Child weigHt mANaGement for Ethnically diverse communities (CHANGE) study', BMC Public Health, vol. 19, 848. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7159-5

Pallan, M, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, Blissett, J, Frew, E, Griffith, L, Hemming, K, Jolly, K, Mcgee, E, Thompson, J, Jackson, L, Gill, P, Parry, J & Adab, P 2019, 'Cultural adaptation of an existing children's weight management programme: the CHANGE intervention and feasibility RCT', Health Technology Assessment, vol. 23, no. 33, pp. 1-166. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta23330

Griffin, T, Sun, Y, Sidhu, M, Adab, P, Burgess, A, Collins, C, Daley, A, Entwistle, A, Frew, E, Hardy, P, Hurley, K, Jones, L, Mcgee, E, Pallan, M, Young, M, Morgan, PJ & Jolly, K 2019, 'Healthy dads, healthy kids UK, a weight management programme for fathers: feasibility RCT', British Medical Journal Open, vol. 9, no. 12, e033534. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033534

Li, B, Pallan, M, Liu, WJ, Hemming, K, Frew, E, Lin, R, Liu, W, Martin, J, Zanganeh, M, Hurley, K, Cheng, KK & Adab, P 2019, 'The CHIRPY DRAGON intervention in preventing obesity in Chinese primary-school--aged children: a cluster-randomised controlled trial', PLoS Medicine, vol. 16, no. 11, e1002971. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002971

Pallan, M, Hurley, K, Griffin, T, Lancashire, E, Blissett, J, Frew, E, Gill, P, Hemming, K, Jackson, L, Jolly, K, Mcgee, E, Parry, J, Thompson, J & Adab, P 2018, 'A cluster-randomised feasibility trial of a children's weight management programme: the Child weigHt mANaGement for Ethnically diverse communities (CHANGE) study', Pilot and Feasibility Studies, vol. 4, no. 175. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-018-0373-6

WAVES Study Investigators & Pallan, M 2018, 'An exploration of the longitudinal relation between parental feeding practices and child anthropometric adiposity measures from the West Midlands Active Lifestyle and Healthy Eating in Schoolchildren (WAVES) Study', The American journal of clinical nutrition, vol. 108, no. 6, pp. 1316–1323. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqy241

Adab, P, Pallan, MJ, Lancashire, ER, Hemming, K, Frew, E, Barrett, T, Bhopal, R, Cade, JE, Canaway, A, Clarke, JL, Daley, A, Deeks, JJ, Duda, JL, Ekelund, U, Gill, P, Griffin, T, McGee, E, Hurley, K, Martin, J, Parry, J, Passmore, S & Cheng, KK 2018, 'Effectiveness of a childhood obesity prevention programme delivered through schools, targeting 6 and 7 year olds: cluster randomised controlled trial (WAVES study)', BMJ, vol. 360, k211. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k211

Adab, P, Barrett, T, Bhopal, R, Cade, JE, Canaway, A, Cheng, K, Clarke, J, Daley, A, Deeks, J, Duda, J, Ekelund, U, Frew, E, Gill, P, Griffin, T, Hemming, K, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, Martin, J, Mcgee, E, Pallan, M, Parry, J & Passmore, S 2018, 'The West Midlands ActiVe lifestyle and healthy Eating in School children (WAVES) study: a cluster randomised controlled trial testing the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted obesity prevention intervention programme targeted at children aged 6-7 years', Health Technology Assessment, vol. 22, no. 6. <https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/hta22080/#/abstract>

Pallan, M, Griffin, T, Lancashire, E, Hurley, K, Blissett, J, Frew, E, Gill, P, Griffith, L, Hemming, K, Jolly, C, Mcgee, E, Parry, J, Thompson, J, Adab, P & Mulhern, C 2016, 'Cultural adaptation of a children's weight management programme for Bangladeshi and Pakistani families in the UK. A cluster-randomised feasibility study', Pilot and Feasibility Studies, vol. 2, 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-016-0089-4

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