Dr Ruth Salway
BA (Hons), PhD
Current positions
Lecturer in Public Health Improvement
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooTers
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Physical activity is important for physical and mental health. Walking or cycling between places is one way to be physically active. E-bikes are pedal bikes which have a battery to…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/01/2025 to 31/12/2026
PASSPORT: A novel Physical Activity School-Specific PORTfolio intervention evaluated via a stepped wedge design to increase children’s physical activity at a population level
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/03/2023 to 29/02/2028
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
25/02/2025Designing stepped wedge trials to evaluate physical activity interventions in schools
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Exploring service users’ and Healthcare Professionals’ experience of digital and face-to-face Health Checks in England
BMJ Open
“We just have to work with what we’ve got”
BMC Public Health
Accelerometer-measured 24-hour movement behaviours over 7 days in Malaysian children and adolescents
PLoS ONE
A service evaluation of the uptake and effectiveness of a digital delivery of the NHS health check service
BMJ Open
Related people
Professor Russ Jago
Professor of Physical Activity & Public Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Frank De Vocht
Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Lydia Collison
Lecturer in Social and Public Policy
School for Policy Studies
Dr Robert Walker
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Danielle House
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)