Dr Ruth Salway
BA (Hons), PhD
Current positions
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the physical activity of Year 6 children and their parents: Identifying scalable actions to mitigate adverse impacts and provide rapid evidence to policy makers
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Description
Physical activity is important for health among children and their parents. The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated social changes, such as the lockdown, have had a marked impact on physical…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/04/2021 to 30/06/2022
B-PROACT1v
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Description
Summary
The B-PROACT1V project is a British Heart Foundation (BHF) funded longitudinal study concerning physical activity and screen-viewing patterns of children and their parents. The first phase of this project took…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/01/2012 to 31/08/2019
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
20/02/2024Accelerometer-measured 24-hour movement behaviours over 7 days in Malaysian children and adolescents
PLoS ONE
Exploring parents’ physical activity motivation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Public Health Research
Physical activity interventions in European primary schools
Frontiers in Public Health
Predicting higher child BMI z-score and obesity incidence in Malaysia
BMC Public Health
Quality of life, capability wellbeing, financial strain and physical activity in the short and medium term COVID 19 post-lockdown phases in the UK
Public Health Research