Dr Kate Garrott BSc MSc PhD

Dr Kate Garrott

Department of Applied Health Sciences
PHIRST Research Fellow

Contact details

Address
Murray Learning Centre
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Dr Kate Garrott is a Research Fellow within the PHRESH Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Team (PHIRST). Kate’s research interests are population level public health interventions with an interest in environmental interventions to promote physical activity and healthier diets. Within her role she undertakes research on co-developed evaluations of local authority led public health interventions, including evaluation of the Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) scheme in Oxford. Kate has previously led research evaluating financial incentives to reduce car use in new housing developments.

Within these areas, Kate has developed expertise in mixed-methods research, natural experiment evaluation, and research in population health interventions for physical activity and diet.

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Qualifications

  • PhD in Primary Care and Public Health, University of Cambridge, 2019
  • MSc in Physical Activity and Public Health, Loughborough University, 2014
  • BSc in Sport and Exercise Science, Loughborough University, 2013

Teaching

Kate is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research

Current projects

Public Health Intervention Responsive Study Team (PHIRST) (NIHR 160269)

Publications

Garrott, K, Foley, L, Cummins, S, Adams, J, Panter, J., 2023, ‘Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of financial incentives to promote alternative travel modes to the car.’ Journal of Transport & Health 32: 101673.

Garrott, K, Ogilvie, D, Panter, J, Petticrew, M, Sowden, A, Jones, CP, Foubister, C, Lawlor, E.R, Ikeda, E, Patterson, R, and van Tulleken, D, Armstrong-Moore, R, Vethanayakam, G, Bo, L, White, M, Adams, J., 2024, ‘Development and application of the Demands for Population Health Interventions (Depth) framework for categorising the agentic demands of population health interventions.’ BMC Global and Public Health2(1), p.13.

Ellis, K, Pears, S, Sutton, S., 2019. ‘Behavioural analysis of postnatal physical activity in the UK according to the COM-B model: a multi-methods study.’ BMJ open, 9(8), p.e028682.

Lawlor, ER, Ellis, K, Adams, J, Jago, R, Foley, L, Morris, S, Pollard, T, Summerbell, C, Cummins, S, Forde, H. and Foubister, C, Xiao, C, Panter, J., 2023. ‘Stakeholders’ experiences of what works in planning and implementing environmental interventions to promote active travel: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis.’ Transport reviews, 43(3), pp.478-501.

Hoenink, JC, Garrott, K, Jones, NR, Conklin, AI, Monsivais, P, Adams, J, 2024. ‘Changes in UK price disparities between healthy and less healthy foods over 10 years: An updated analysis with insights in the context of inflationary increases in the cost-of-living from 2021.’ Appetite, 197, p.107290.

Forde, H, Chavez-Ugalde, Y, Jones, RA, Garrott, K, Kotta, PA, Greaves, F, Targett, V, White, M, Adams, J, 2023. ‘The conceptualisation and operationalisation of ‘marketing ’in public health research: a review of reviews focused on food marketing using principles from critical interpretive synthesis.’ BMC Public Health23(1), p.1419.

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