Dr Joey Murphy
BSc, PhD
Current positions
Lecturer in Physical Activity and Public Health
School for Policy Studies
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Research interests
My past studies and work have helped me gain knowledge in a range of topics. Studies I have been involved in have included outcomes in both physical activity and nutrition, and involved populations across the lifecourse.
Research interests include:
- Physical activity and health behaviours in university populations.
- Physical activity and health behaviours in children and young people.
- Evaluation and implementation methods for behaviour change interventions.
- Prevention of youth sports dropout.
- Systems approaches to behaviour change.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Coaching Young People
Principal Investigator
Description
Development of coaching workshops to be used by those coaching young people in Ireland. Workshops will be evidence based and bring together multiple resources to create three separate workshops.Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/01/2019
Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration
Role
Collaborator
Description
I-PARC fosters insight, intelligence and innovation to enable more people in Ireland to be more active, more often. More information available at https://i-parc.ieManaging organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/11/2018 to 31/05/2021
Keep Youngsters Involved
Role
Collaborator
Description
We identified 14 factors and created a toolkit with cards consisting of concrete actions to keep youngsters involved in sport. The kit can be used by sport clubs, professionals (coaches/trainers)…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/03/2017 to 01/09/2019
Student Activity and Sports Study Ireland
Role
Student
Description
The Student Activity and Sport Study Ireland (SASSI) was commissioned by Student Sport Ireland to investigate sports and physical activity participation, preferences and provision in third level colleges on the…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/09/2014 to 01/09/2016
Publications
Selected publications
01/01/2023Advocating for Implementation of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity
Journal of Physical Activity and Health
“Getting Ireland Active”
Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Blue Minds Symposium Report
Blue Minds Symposium Report
Recent publications
01/01/2023Advocating for Implementation of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity
Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Factors related to the implementation and scale-up of physical activity interventions in Ireland
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Mapping the provision and evaluation practices of local community health and wellbeing programmes delivered by professional sports clubs in England: a practice-based targeted review
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics
Physical Activity Surveillance in Children and Adolescents using Smartphone Technology
JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
Blue Minds Symposium Report
Blue Minds Symposium Report