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- Health and Wellbeing
- Salutogenesis and Holistic Health
- Social Determinants in Health
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- Migration and Health
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- Qualifications:BA(Hons), PhD
- Position:Associate Professor in Public Health (Health and Wellbeing)
- Department:HAS - Health and Social Sciences
- Telephone:+4411732 88783
- Email:Stuart.Mcclean@uwe.ac.uk
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About me
Stuart McClean is Associate Professor in Public Health at UWE Bristol. He leads the 'Health and Wellbeing' research theme for the Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing. The author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications, his books include Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain and Ireland: stethoscopes, wands and crystals (Berghahn, 2010), Thinking About the Lifecourse: a psychosocial introduction (Palgrave, 2014), and Research Methods for Public Health (Sage, 2019).
Stuart leads on a number of postgraduate research degrees inititives in the university. He is the Postgraduate Research Degrees Coordinator for the School of Health and Social Wellbeing, as well as the Pathway Lead (Health and Wellbeing) for the ESRC South West Doctoral Training Partnership.
Stuart is an Associate at Supersum, a wicked issues agency.
Area of expertise
My research interests focus broadly on salutogenesis: that is, what creates health/positive health, and the socio-cultural conditions in which health and wellbeing can flourish and be maintained.
Key research questions are, `What does it mean for the individual to be well and do well? How do individuals and communities work at 'doing well' and 'being well'? How do communities/populations thrive and improve wellbeing? I am interested in the interconnected nature of these experiences, and in explaining the current socio-cultural forces and trends that underpin it.
There are key aspects to this exploration of salutogenesis:
- Psychosocial health and wellbeing and lived experience
- Creating/sustaining salutogenic spaces and places
- Holistic health and wellbeing, including all the different ways to do health
- Innovative / 'upstream' public health approaches that enable salutogenesis
In current research I explore two areas – the first is about repurposing medieval churches as new spaces and placemaking solutions that respond to the health and wellbeing needs of communities. The second area draws on salutogenic theory to understand the lived experience of hybrid working spaces and the impact this has on psychosocial health and wellbeing.
Some recent projects:
Medievals and moderns in conversation
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