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Laura Heath
MBBS MA (Cantab) MPH MRCP MRCGP
Wellcome Trust Doctoral Research Fellow
- General Practitioner
- Assistant Editor InnovAiT
Prevention in Practice (PiP)
My primary research interests are understanding and optimising preventative interventions in primary care. In particular how consultation modality (for example, remote consulting or ‘digital first’ care) impacts how prevention is delivered and received, especially for those from disadvantaged groups.
I completed my Academic Clinical Fellowship in the department working with the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group and Health Behaviours team on a range of projects related to smoking and obesity.
I am also interested in primary care and public health more broadly in the UK and internationally. After completing an MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health, I was a Margaret Mahoney Fellow working on a range of advocacy projects at the Primary Care Development Corporation in New York, USA.
I am currently an NHS GP in Oxford and Assistant Editor of InnovAiT, the RCGP education journal.
Recent publications
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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the delivery of preventive healthcare? An interrupted time series analysis of adults in English primary care from 2018 to 2022
Journal article
Heath L. et al, (2024), Preventive Medicine, 181
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10 minutes
Journal article
Heath DL., (2024), InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice
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Conceptualising lifestyle “choices:” A qualitative study of GP attitudes towards patients living with “obesity” in the UK
Journal article
Spratt TJR. et al, (2023), SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 4
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A systematic review of economic evaluations of interventions targeting childhood overweight and obesity
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Onyimadu O. et al, (2023), Obesity Reviews, 24
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10 minutes
Journal article
Heath DL., (2023), InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice