Professor Kerryn Husk
Professor of Health Services (Research) & Co-Theme Lead for Prevention
Expertise
Health inequalities, research methodology, systematic review
Biography
My interests are based around primary care, complex interventions and evidence synthesis. Currently I am interested in issues around evidencing and developing non-NHS delivered interventions, including social prescribing pathways, outlined here.
Projects
- CHOICES-HI: CHildren and young people’s Options In the Community for Enhancing wellbeing Support through Hospital-Initiated social prescribing.
- Evaluation of the Cornwall Community Health and Wellbeing Worker (CHWW) Service
- GREENGAGE: Nature on Prescription for Mental Health
- Medical Research Council Project
- Harnessing scientific evidence to power the future of social prescribing
- PHASED: A systematic review of physical activity for alcohol and substance use disorders
- Optimising cultural provision to improve older people’s wellbeing through social prescribing in the context of COVID-19: Realist review and evaluation.
- CHOICES: CHildren and young people’s Options In the Community for Enhancing wellbeing through Social prescribing.
- Defra Green Social Prescribing Evaluation
- PhD Project – Social prescribing and horticulture therapy for autistic adults
- Social Prescribing – Cornwall and Plymouth Researcher in Residence
- Social Prescribing – Effective Mechanisms for Social Prescribing