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Surviving to thriving: The impact of an arts intervention on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Grace, P., Holt, N., & Halliwell, E. (2021, November). Surviving to thriving: The impact of an arts intervention on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence. Poster presented at Sexual Violence and Health Research Day, Engineers House, Bristol

The study evaluated the impact of a programme of creative workshop on the well-being and mood of 25 women (average age = 41, range = 20-57) who had experienced sexual violence, run through SARSAS (www.sarsas.org.uk). A pre-post evaluation was conduct... Read More about Surviving to thriving: The impact of an arts intervention on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence.

Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: A study of acceptability, feasibility and efficacy among adult women in the UK (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C., Halliwell, E., Williamson, H., & Atkinson, M. (2021, July). Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: A study of acceptability, feasibility and efficacy among adult women in the UK. Poster presented at Appearance Matters 9, Online, hosted by the Centre for Appearance Research at UWE Bristol

Disordered eating, or dis-ease around food and eating, is widespread. Many materials assisting individuals to apply mindfulness skills to their eating choices and behaviour are available online, from apps, to guided meditations, to asynchronous and... Read More about Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: A study of acceptability, feasibility and efficacy among adult women in the UK.

Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: An acceptability study (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C., Halliwell, E., Williamson, H., & Atkinson, M. (2019, June). Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: An acceptability study. Poster presented at ACBS Annual World Conference 17, Dublin, Ireland

Mindful Eating – Conscious Living™ (ME-CL) is a mindfulness-based programme originating in the US which aims to reduce anxiety around food and eating. While the programme is being delivered widely, it has never been tested under research conditions.... Read More about Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: An acceptability study.

"Happy Being Me" in Britain: The evaluation of a school-based disordered eating and negative body image intervention with pre-adolescent girls and boys (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Diedrichs, P. C., Bird, E., & Halliwell, E. (2012, May). "Happy Being Me" in Britain: The evaluation of a school-based disordered eating and negative body image intervention with pre-adolescent girls and boys. Paper presented at International Conference on Eating Disorders, Austin, Texas, USA

There is emerging evidence that disordered eating and negative body image can affect pre-adolescent girls and boys. As a result, researchers and clinicians have called for an increased focus on early intervention and prevention. Further, the British... Read More about "Happy Being Me" in Britain: The evaluation of a school-based disordered eating and negative body image intervention with pre-adolescent girls and boys.

‘Happy Being Me’ in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Halliwell, E., & Diedrichs, P. C. (2012, February). ‘Happy Being Me’ in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Weston-super-Mare, UK

Background Body image concerns among children are commonly associated with the onset of severe health-related implications including reduced physical activity, unhealthy eating behaviours, and low self-esteem, among others. Historically, attempts to... Read More about ‘Happy Being Me’ in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children.

A qualitative exploration of bisexual women’s appearance and visual identity (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Hayfield, N., Clarke, V., & Halliwell, E. (2009, June). A qualitative exploration of bisexual women’s appearance and visual identity. Paper presented at Cosmetic Cultures: Beauty, Globalization, Politics, Practices, Leeds, UK

The majority of studies that focus on bisexuality do not take into account the importance of bisexual visual identities, despite evidence that lesbians and gay men manage their visual presentation in multiple ways. Minimal academic research has focus... Read More about A qualitative exploration of bisexual women’s appearance and visual identity.