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  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• Sarah.Redsell@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Sarah Redsell trained as a nurse in London; she subsequently undertook a degree in Psychology (University of Loughborough) and completed her health visitor training in Nottingham (Nottingham Trent University). Sarah worked for several years in Nottingham City as a health visitor before studying for a PhD in Behavioural Science (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´). Following her PhD studies, Sarah worked at the University of Leicester as a Research Fellow (2000-2004) and at the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ as a Principal Research Fellow in the School of Health Sciences (2004-2012). Sarah was employed at Anglia Ruskin University as a Professor of Public Health (2013-2019). Sarah is Professor of Children's Community and Public Health in the Centre for Children and Young People's Health Research (CYPHR). She has developed the Community and Public Health theme for CYPHR, which is a partnership between the University, NHS, local authorities, members of the public and other stakeholders.

Sarah is currently Associate Deputy Head of School, Research in the School of Health Sciences. During her career Sarah has undertaken of a wide variety of academic leadership roles, such as University and Faculty, Athena Swan Deputy Lead and Chair of the School Research Ethics Committee (at Anglia Ruskin University). She has also been Director of Clinical Academic Careers in the School of Health Sciences at the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´. Sarah has significant PhD supervision, coaching and mentoring experience and particularly enjoys working with clinical academics. Sarah contributed to the nursing response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a Test and Trace worker for Public Health England.

Research Summary

Sarah has an international reputation for research around healthy growth and overweight prevention during infancy. She has led and co-led several externally funded, multidisciplinary research… read more

Recent Publications

• MATVIENKO-SIKAR K, DUTCH D, DUFFY M, LOONEY E, BROWN V, BROWN V, BROWNE J, BROWNE J, DAHLY D, DEVANE D, HARRINGTON J, JOHNSON B J, LEAHY-WARREN P, MCBRIDE M, KEARNEY PM, KRIKHAM J, SIEDLER AL, TERWEE C and REDSELL SA, 2025. Appetite.
• FORD R, REDSELL SA,, STETS M, JOHNSON S and D'AMORE A, 2025. Early Human Development.
• NICHOLLS G, BALIOUSIS M, BUJOR T, EATON G, HODGSON J, LEIGHTON P, LORD B, ORTEGA M, REDSELL SA, SIRIWARDENA AN, SUMERA K and WHITLEY GA, 2025. Paramedicine.
• PORTER L, MATVIENKO-SIKAR K, WHARRAD H, SPIBY H, SIRIWARDENA AN, HOWITT C, GREEN K and REDSELL SA, 2024. Healthcare: Special Edition on Nutrition and Lifestyle Interventions for Improved Child Health. 12,

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Current Research

Sarah has an international reputation for research around healthy growth and overweight prevention during infancy. She has led and co-led several externally funded, multidisciplinary research projects in collaboration with academic, community, allied and public health professionals. The findings of these projects have been published in academic journals (see Publications) and disseminated to health professionals delivering care to infants and young children. This has led to significant local and national impact, particularly in relation to infant feeding guidelines.

Babies at Greater Risk of Overweight (BabyGRO)

Sarah previously worked with a multidisciplinary team to a) develop an Infant Risk of Obesity Checklist (IROC) and b) systematically review the literature for interventions to prevent rapid weight gain during infancy (see Publications). For the BabyGRO project Sarah worked with Professor Cris Glazebrook (Faculty of Medicine) and Professor Heather Wharrad (HELM) to develop two on-line Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs) to translate the IROC and review evidence into tools and training for health professionals.. These RLOs enable health visitors to 1) identify infants at greater risk of overweight and 2) support parents to make changes to infant feeding. They have been accredited by the Institute of Health Visiting and can be accessed here:

• Babies at Greater Risk of Overweight 1 Identifying Risk
• Babies at Greater Risk of Overweight 2 Supporting Parents

Caregivers' Responsive feedIng Behaviour (CRiB)

Sarah conducted a mixed method systematic review of the barriers and enablers to responsive infant feeding using a best fit framework synthesis with the COM-B model. This was in collaboration with colleagues from University College Cork (Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar) and City, University of London (Dr Ellinor Ollander).. PROSPERO registration: CRD42019144570 (06/08/2019).

The protocol has been published and can be found here:

The published paper can be found here:

Sarah and a team (Professor Helen Spiby, Professor Heather Wharrad, Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar and Ciara Tierney (public lead) have received funding from the NIHR-RfPB programme for a project entitled: Co-production of a Caregivers intervention around Responsive Infant feeding Behaviours to prevent childhood obesity (CRIB). This project started on 1st March 2023 and will last for 18 months.

Cognitive and motor skills of preterm infants

Sarah has been a co-investigator on a Randomised Controlled Trial of an intervention to improve the cognitive and motor skills of preterm infants, funded by Action Medical Research. The project is led by Dr Ruth Ford (Anglia Ruskin University) and the team includes Professor Sam Johnson (University of Leicester) and Dr Angela D'Amore (Consultant Neonatologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust). Recruitment took place between 2017 and 2022 in Neonatal Units across the East of England. Data collection is complete and the team are currently undertaking the final analysis/

Further details of the project can be found here.

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Past Research

In 2008, Sarah led a collaboration with academics and clinicians from the NHS that developed a multidisciplinary research programme exploring overweight prevention during infancy. This resulted in five externally funded research projects starting with a project which identified parents' and health professionals' priorities around infant feeding leading to the development of tools and training which have been translated for health visiting practice. The peer reviews outputs from these studies can be found in the Publications section. Further details of these projects are available on request.

• Glazebrook C, Wharrad H, Redsell SA, Weng S. Babies at Greater Risk of Overweight (BabyGRO). Training materials for health visitors. Nottingham Impact Accelerator Award (Hermes) Impact development 1^st September 2018-31^st August 2019, £19,770.
• Redsell SA, Glazebrook C, Wharrad H, Swift J, Weng S, Nathan D, Siriwardena ANS, Lakshman R, Ong K, McMaster F. Development and feasibility testing of an interactive, educational programme to facilitate PROactive Assessment of Obesity RiSK during Infancy (ProAsk). Medical Research Council -Public Health Intervention Development PH01/14-15 1^st September 2014-28^th February 2016, £151,576.
• Glazebrook C, Weng S, Sayer K, Redsell SA, Nathan D, Swift J. External validation of the Infant Risk of Obesity Checklist (IROC). Nottingham/Leicestershire CLAHRC-NDL (NIHR) 1^st February 2013 - 31^st August 2013, £10,105.
• Redsell SA, Glazebrook C, Swift J, Siriwardena N, Nathan D, Yang M, Weng S, (plus clinicians from Nottingham City Care Partnership). Systematic review of behavioural and non-behavioural interventions to prevent childhood obesity and development of a guideline for health visitors to use with parents at risk of developing childhood obesity. Burdett Trust for Nursing 1^st April 2012-31^st March 2013, £49,966.
• Redsell SA. Systematic review and development/validation of an Infant Risk of Obesity Checklist (IROC) for the prevention of childhood obesity. NHS Nottinghamshire County PCT Flexibility and Sustainability 1^st April 2010-31^st July 2012, £10,000.
• Redsell SA, Glazebrook C, Swift J, Siriwardena N, Nathan D. Early Prediction and Prevention of Obesity during Childhood (EPPOC). Burdett Trust for Nursing 1^st April 2008-31^st October 2009, £51,359 (+ £5,260 Service Support Costs from Primary Care Research Network (PCRN).

• MATVIENKO-SIKAR K, DUTCH D, DUFFY M, LOONEY E, BROWN V, BROWN V, BROWNE J, BROWNE J, DAHLY D, DEVANE D, HARRINGTON J, JOHNSON B J, LEAHY-WARREN P, MCBRIDE M, KEARNEY PM, KRIKHAM J, SIEDLER AL, TERWEE C and REDSELL SA, 2025. Appetite.
• FORD R, REDSELL SA,, STETS M, JOHNSON S and D'AMORE A, 2025. Early Human Development.
• NICHOLLS G, BALIOUSIS M, BUJOR T, EATON G, HODGSON J, LEIGHTON P, LORD B, ORTEGA M, REDSELL SA, SIRIWARDENA AN, SUMERA K and WHITLEY GA, 2025. Paramedicine.
• PORTER L, MATVIENKO-SIKAR K, WHARRAD H, SPIBY H, SIRIWARDENA AN, HOWITT C, GREEN K and REDSELL SA, 2024. Healthcare: Special Edition on Nutrition and Lifestyle Interventions for Improved Child Health. 12,
• NI EIDHIN G, MATVIENKO-SIKAR K and REDSELL SA, 2024. Obesity Reviews.
• DODDS E, REDSELL SA, TIMMONS S and MANNING JM, 2024. Implementation Science. 19(70),
• DUFFY M, EIBHLIN E, DUTCH D, JOHNSON B, KELLY L, PORTER L, REDSELL SA and MATVIENKO-SIKAR K, 2024. HRB Open Research. 7(62),
• LOONEY E,, DUFFY M, GALVIN HA, BYRNE M, GOLLEY R, HAYES C, HEFFERNAN T, JENNINGS A, JOHNSON B, KEARNEY PM, KELLY C, LEAHY-WARREN P, MCBRIDE M, MCHUGH S, O’NEILL KO, REDSELL SA,, SEIDLER AL, TOOMEY E and MATVIENKO-SIKAR K, 2024. HRB Open. 7(59),
• MATVIENKO-SIKAR K, ANOKYE R, DUTCH D, DUFFY M, LOONEY E, BROWN V, BROWNE J, DAHLY D, DEVANE D, HARRINGTON J, HAYES C, JOHNSON B,, KEARNEY PM, KIRKHAM JJ, LEAHY-WARREN P, MURPHY AW, REDSELL SA, SIEDLER AL and SKOUTERIS H, 2024. HRB Open.
• FIELD-RICHARDS SE, AUBEELUCK A, CALLAGHAN P, KEELEY P, REDSELL SA, SPIBY H and LYMN J, 2024. International Journal of Nursing Studies.
• ROGERS K, JONES A, CARLIN A and REDSELL SA, 2024. Commencing a career in Research Nursing during a Global Pandemic British Journal of Nursing.. 33(5), 266-270
• LOONEY E, HOUGHTON C, REDSELL SA and MATVIENKO-SIKAR K, 2024. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine.
• POPE J, REDSELL SA, HOUGHTON C and MATVIENKO-SIKAR K, 2023. Midwifery.
• MWALABU, G, EVANS, C, REDSELL, S, PETRUKA, P and MAPULANGA, P, 2023. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare.
• BROUGHTON M, LYMN J and REDSELL SA, 2023. Health and Social Care in the Community.
• MATVIENKO-SIKAR K, ADAIR L, BELL LK, BIRKEN CS, BROWN V, DAHLY D, DOHERTY AS, GOLLEY R, LEAHY-WARREN P, MCBRIDE M, MCCARTHY E, MURPHY AW, REDSELL S and TERWEE CB, 2023. HRB Open. 6, 67
• FIELD-RICHARDS SE,, AUBEELUCK A,, CALLAGHAN P,, KEELEY P,, REDSELL SA,, SPIBY H,, STACY G, and LYMN J, 2022. Nurse Education Today.
• ROSE, J, LYNN, K, AKISTER, J, MAXTON, F and REDSELL, SA, 2021. Primary Care: Research and Development. 22(e5), 1-9
• REDSELL, SA, SLATER, V, ROSE, J, OLANDER, E and MATVIENKO-SIKAR, K, 2021. Obesity Reviews.
• REDSELL, SA, BAINES,K, LEBROCQ, S, BUCKS, R, BYRNE-DAVIS, L, BYRNE-DAVIS, L, GRAY, L, HOTHAM, S, HENNESSY, M, KYLE, TK, MCPHERSON, A, QUIGLEY, F, VICARI, M and ZINN, SF, 2021. Lifestyle Medicine.
• MATVIENKO-SIKAR K, REDSELL SA and FLANNERY C., 2021. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology.
• MATVIENKO-SIKAR, K, O'NEILL, K, FRASER, A, HAYES, C, HOWE, L, HUIZINK, AC, KEARNEY, P, KHASHAN, A, REDSELL, SA and O'KEEFFE L, 2021. BMJ Open. 11,
• GORMAN, GREGORY, TOOMEY, ELAINE, FLANNERY, CARAGH, REDSELL, SARAH, HAYES, CATHERINE, HUIZINK, ANJA, KEARNEY, PATRICIA M and MATVIENKO-SIKAR, KAREN, 2020. Maternal and Child Health.
• SLATER, VICKI, ROSE, JENNIE, OLANDER, ELLINOR, MATVIENKO-SIKAR, KAREN and REDSELL, SARAH, 2020. HRB Open Research. 3, 2
• MATVIENKO-SIKAR, KAREN, FLANNERY, CARAGH, REDSELL, SARAH, HAYES, CATHERINE, KEARNEY, PATRICIA M and HUIZINK, ANJA, 2020. Women and Birth.
• DYSON, LISA, BEDFORD, HELEN, CONDON, LOUISE, EMSLIE, CAROL, IRELAND, LANA, MYTTON, JULIE, OVEREND, KAREN, REDSELL, SARAH, RICHARDSON, ZOE and JACKSON, CATH, 2020. BMC Public Health. 20(1), 1574
• REDSELL, SA, LAIDLAW, L and VARKONYI-SEPP, J, 2020. The Psychologist.
• ROSE, J., GLAZEBROOK, C., WHARRAD, H., SIRIWARDENA, A.N., SWIFT, J.A., NATHAN, D., WENG, S.F., ATKINSON, P., ABLEWHITE, J., MCMASTER, F., WATSON, V. and REDSELL, S., 2019. BMC Public Health. 19, 294
• HUNT, ROS, BATES, CHRISTOPHER, WALKER, SUSAN, GRIERSON, JEFFREY, REDSELL, SARAH and MEADS, CATHERINE, 2019. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(24),
• HENESSSY, MARITA, CULLERTON, K, BAKER, P, BROWN, A, CRAWLEY, H, HAYES, C, KEARNEY, P, KELLY, C, MCKEE, M, MIALON, M, TRICKEY, H and WHITE, M, 2019. HRB Open Research.
• BOND, C, STACEY, G, FIELD-RICHARDS, S, CALLAGHAN, P, KEELEY, P, LYMN, J, REDSELL, S and SPIBY, HELEN, 2018. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 27(15-16), 3081-3090
• JACKSON, S, SMITH, L, GRABOVAC, I, HAIDER, S, DEMURTAS, J, LOPEZ-SANCHEZ, G and SOYSAL,P, 2018. Nutrients. 10(12), 1901
• REDSELL, SA, GLAZEBROOK, C, WENG, S and SWIFT, J, 2018. Public Health Nutrition.
• MANNING JC, HEMINGWAY P and REDSELL SA, 2017. Nursing in Critical Care.
• MWALABU, G, EVANS, C and REDSELL, S, 2017. Factors influencing the experience of sexual and reproductive healthcare for female adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV: A qualitative case study, BMC Women's Health. 17(1), 125
• REDSELL, S.A., ROSE, J., WENG, S., ABLEWHITE, J., SWIFT, J.A., SIRIWARDENA, A.N., NATHAN, D., WHARRAD, H.J., ATKINSON, P., WATSON, V., MCMASTER, F., LAKSHMAN, R. and GLAZEBROOK, C., 2017. BMJ Open. 7(e017694),
• BOWERS, BEN and REDSELL, SARAH A., 2017. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 73(10), 2385-2394
• BENTLEY, FAYE, SWIFT, JUDY ANNE, COOK, RACHEL and REDSELL, SARAH A., 2017. BMC Public Health. 17,
• JACKSON, CATH, BEDFORD, HELEN, CHEATER, FRANCINE M., CONDON, LOUISE, EMSLIE, CAROL, IRELAND, LANA, KEMSLEY, PHILIPPA, KERR, SUSAN, LEWIS, HELEN J., MYTTON, JULIE, OVEREND, KAREN, REDSELL, SARAH, RICHARDSON, ZOE, SHEPHERD, CHRISTINE, SMITH, LESLEY and DYSON, LISA, 2017. BMC Public Health. 17,
• ROSE, J, REDSELL, SA and AKISTER, J, 2017. Do families with mental ill health have a ‘voice’? Gatekeeping in health and social care research Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd.. 2, 35-38
• MANNING JC, REDSELL SA and LATOUR JM, 2016. Nursing in Critical Care. 21(5), 262-4
• REDSELL, SARAH A., WENG, STEPHEN, SWIFT, JUDY A., NATHAN, DILIP and GLAZEBROOK, CRIS, 2016. Childhood Obesity. 12(3), 202-209
• REDSELL, S. A., EDMONDS, B. A., SWIFT, J. A., SIRIWARDENA, A. N., WENG, S. F., NATHAN, D. and GLAZEBROOK, C., 2016. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 12(3), 643-643
• HUGHES, ANITA J., REDSELL, SARAH A. and GLAZEBROOK, CRIS, 2016. Pediatrics. 138(4),
• JACKSON C, DYSON L, BEDFORD H, CHEATER FM, CONDON L, CROCKER A, EMSLIE C, IRELAND L, KEMSLEY P, KERR S, LEWIS HJ, MYTTON J, OVEREND K, REDSELL S, RICHARDSON Z, SHEPHERD C, SMITH L., 2016. Health Technology Assessment.
• JACKSON, CATH, BEDFORD, HELEN, CONDON, LOUISE, CROCKER, ANNIE, EMSLIE, CAROL, DYSON, LISA, GALLAGHER, BRIDGET, KERR, SUSAN, LEWIS, HELEN J., MYTTON, JULIE, REDSELL, SARAH A., SCHICKER, FRIEDA, SHEPHERD, CHRISTINE, SMITH, LESLEY, VOUSDEN, LINDA and CHEATER, FRANCINE M., 2015. BMJ Open. 5(6),
• GREEN, J, JESTER, R, MCKINLAY, R, POOLER, A, MASON, S and REDSELL, SA, 2015. Journal of Wound Care. 24(1), 140-148
• MANNING, JC, HEMINGWAY, P and REDSELL, SA, 2014. BMJ Open. 4(1), e004230
• MANNING, JOSEPH C, HEMINGWAY, PIPPA and REDSELL, SARAH A, 2014. Nursing in critical care. 19(3), 145-156
• REDSELL SA, SWIFT JA, NATHAN D, SIRIWARDENA AN, ATKINSON P and GLAZEBROOK C, 2013. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 9(3), 396-408
• WENG, S.F., REDSELL, S.A., NATHAN, D., SWIFT, J.A., YANG, M. and GLAZEBROOK, C., 2013. Pediatrics. 132(2), e414-e421
• WENG S.F., REDSELL S.A., SWIFT J.A., YANG M. and GLAZEBROOK C.P., 2012. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 97(12), 1019-1026
• HEMINGWAY P, REDSELL SA, 2011. International Emergency Nursing. 196(19), 4
• REDSELL, S.A., ATKINSON, P.J., NATHAN, D., SIRIWARDENA, A.N., SWIFT, J.A. and GLAZEBROOK, C., 2011. BMC Family Practice. 12(54),
• REDSELL SA, BEDFORD H, SIRIWARDENA AN, COLLIER J, ATKINSON P, 2010. Primary Health Care: Research and Development. 11(1), 51-60
• REDSELL, SA, HASTINGS, AM, ed., 2010. Listening to Children and Young People in Healthcare Consultations 1st Edition. Radcliffe Publishing.
• REDSELL, SARAH A., ATKINSON, PHILIPPA, NATHAN, DILIP, SIRIWARDENA, A. NIROSHAN, SWIFT, JUDY A. and GLAZEBROOK, CRIS, 2010. BMC Public Health. 10,
• REDSELL, SA, BUCK J, 2009. Health-related decision making: the use of information giving models in different care settings. Quality in Primary Care. 17(6), 377-9
• MCPHERSON, AC, REDSELL, SA, 2009. Factors affecting children's involvement in asthma consultations: a questionnaire survey of general practitioners and primary care asthma nurses. Primary Care Respiratory Journal. 18(1), 15-20
• REDSELL, SARAH A, CHEATER, FRANCINE M, 2008. Nurses' roles in primary care: developments and future prospects. Quality in Primary Care. 16(2), 69-71
• 2007. Patients’ expectations of ‘first contact care’ consultations with nurse and general practitioners in primary care Quality in Primary Care. 15(1), 5-10
• 2007. Patients accounts of the differences in nurses’ and doctors’ roles in primary care. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 52(2), 172-180
• CHEATER FM, REDSELL SA, 2006. Nurse led consultations – enhancing or diminishing the quality of primary care Quality in Primary Care. 14, 203-204
• HASTINGS AM, REDSELL SA, 2006. The Good Consultation Guide for Nurses 1st Ed.. Radcliffe Publishing.
• STONE, M.A., REDSELL, S.A., LING, J.T. and HAY, A.D., 2005. Sharing patient data: competing demands of privacy, trust and research in primary care British Journal of General Practice. 55(519), 783-789
• REDSELL, S.A., LENNON, M., HASTINGS, A.M. and FRASER, R.C., 2004. Nurse Education Today. 24(3), 180-187
• REDSELL, S.A., COLLIER, J., GARRUD, P., EVANS, J.H.C. and CAWOOD, C., 2003. Child: Care, Health and Development. 29(2), 121-129
• REDSELL, S.A., HASTINGS, A.M., CHEATER, F.M. and FRASER, R.C., 2003. Nurse Education Today. 23(4), 299-306
• REDSELL, S.A., COLLIER, J. and EVANS, J., 2003. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 37(3), 239-245
• HASTINGS, A. M., LENNON, M., REDSELL, S. A. and CHEATER, F. M., 2003. Learning in Health & Social Care. VOL 2(NUMBER 4), 202-212
• COLLIER, J, BUTLER, RJ, REDSELL, SA and EVANS, JHC, 2002. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 36(3), 204-208
• REDSELL, SA, COLLIER, J, 2001. Child Care Health and Development. 27(2), 149-162
• REDSELL, SA, CHEATER, FM, 2001. Journal of Advanced Nursing. VOL 35(PART 4), 508-513
• 1998. Using multimedia for patient information - a programme about nocturnal enuresis’. British Journal of Urology. 81(Suppl 3), 120-122
• NICHOLLS G, EATON G, ORTEGA M, SUMERA K, BALIOUSIS M, HODGSON J, LAPARIDOU L, SIRIWARDENA AN, LEIGHTON P, REDSELL SA, LORD B and BUJOR T, NIHR Open Research.