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Dr James Woodall
Contact Details
Head of Subject
School of Health & Community Studies
0113 81 24436 J.Woodall@leedsbeckett.ac.ukAbout Dr James Woodall
Dr James Woodall is a Reader and also Head of Subject in Health Promotion at Leeds Beckett University. James' research interest is the health promoting prison and how values central to health promotion are applied to the context of imprisonment. James has published more broadly on health promotion matters. including empowerment in health promotion and the contribution that lay people can make to the public health agenda.
Current Teaching
James currently teaches on the MSc Public Health Health Promotion programme, but also contributes to other undergraduate and postgraduate areas in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences.
Research Interests
James continues to focus his research attention on the health of the prison population. He is currently interested in how the broader Criminal Justice System (which includes law enforcement, adjudication and corrections) can be harnessed to meet the health and social needs of offenders.
Selected Publications
Journal articles (64)
- WOODALL J; WHITE J; SOUTH J (In press) Improving health and well-being through community health champions: a thematic evaluation of a programme in Yorkshire and Humber
- WOODALL J; KINSELLA K; SOUTH J (In press) Improving health and well-being through community health champions: a thematic evaluation of a programme in Yorkshire and Humber
- South J; Woodall; Kinsella; Bagnall (In press) A qualitative synthesis of the positive and negative impacts related to delivery of peer-based health interventions in prison settings
View Repository Record - Woodall J; Freeman C (2021) Developing health and wellbeing in prisons: an analysis of prison inspection reports in Scotland
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06337-z
View Repository Record - Woodall J (2020) COVID-19 and the role of health promoters and educators
https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.13608.2
View Repository Record - South J; Woodall J; Southby K; Jones R; Yates G; Kinsella K; May E (2020) Volunteerism, social context and health impacts: a qualitative study of Glasgow Commonwealth Games event volunteers
https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1791424
View Repository Record - Woodall J (2020) Health promotion co-existing in a high-security prison context : a documentary analysis
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-09-2019-0047
View Repository Record - Woodall J; Freeman C (2020) Where have we been and where are we going? The state of contemporary health promotion
https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896919899970
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; Freeman C (2019) Promoting health and well-being in prisons: an analysis of one year's prison inspection reports
https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2019.1612516
View Repository Record - Ismail N; Woodall JR; de Viggiani N (2019) Using laws to further public health causes: the healthy prisons agenda
https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975918811098
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; Cross R; Kinsella K; Bunyan A (2018) Using peer research processes to understand strategies to support those with severe, multiple and complex health needs
https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896918796044
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; Trigwell J; Bunyan A; Raine G; Eaton V; Davis J; Hancock L; Cunningham M; Wilkinson S (2018) Understanding the effectiveness and mechanisms of a social prescribing service: a mixed method analysis
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3437-7
View Repository Record - Warwick-Booth L; Cross R; Woodall J; Bagnall A; South J (2018) Health promotion education in changing and challenging times: reflections from the UK
https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896918784072
View Repository Record - Woodall JR (2018) Why has the health promoting prison concept failed to translate to the US?
https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117116670426
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; Warwick-Booth L; South J; Cross R (2018) What makes health promotion research distinct?
https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494817744130
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; Kinsella K (2018) Striving for a 'good' family visit: the facilitative role of a prison visitors' centre
https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-03-2017-0011
View Repository Record - Woodall JR (2017) Conference Report: 'Promoting Health: Public Health's Return to Local Authorities 4 Years On'
https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2017.1376592
View Repository Record - Cross RM; Woodall J; Warwick-Booth L (2017) Empowerment: Challenges in Measurement
https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975917703304
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; Kinsella K (2017) Playwork in prison as a mechanism to support family health and well-being
https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896917716204
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; Tattersfield A (2017) Perspectives on implementing smoke-free prison policies in England and Wales
https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dax031
View Repository Record - South J; Bagnall A; Woodall J (2017) Developing a typology for peer education and peer support delivered by prisoners
https://doi.org/10.1177/1078345817700602
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; Southby K; Trigwell J; Lendzionowski V; Rategh R (2017) Maintaining employment and improving health: a qualitative exploration of a job retention programme for employees with mental health conditions
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-02-2016-0005
View Repository Record - Robertson S; Woodall J; Henry H; Hanna E; Rowlands S; Horrocks J; Livesley J; Long T (2016) Evaluating a community-led project for improving fathers' and children's wellbeing in England
https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daw090
View Repository Record - Hanna ES; Robertson S; Woodall J; Rowlands S (2016) Women's perspectives on the value of a father's initiative in shifting gendered practices within families
https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2016.1250619
View Repository Record - Woodall J; Southby K; Burke D; Kirby H (2016) The 'Year of Care' in Leeds: implications for primary care practice
View Repository Record - Waldegrave K; Woodall J (2016) A father in prison is still a father: paternal imprisonment and infant mental health
https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2016.4.6.308
View Repository Record - Woodall JR (2016) A critical examination of the health promoting prison two decades on
View Repository Record - Kinsella K; Woodall J (2016) 'Pure bonding time': Prisoner and staff perceptions of the impact of taking part in a drama project for imprisoned men and their childrenhttp://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/PSJ%20223%20January%202016_0.pdf
View Repository Record - Dixey R; Nyambe S; Foster S; Woodall J; Baybutt M (2015) Health promoting prisons - An impossibility for
women prisoners in Africa?
https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2015.1110943
View Repository Record - Woodall J; Dixey R (2015) Advancing the health promoting prison: a call for global action
https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975915581760
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; South J; Dixey R; de Viggiani N; Penson W (2015) Expert views of peer-based interventions for prisoner health
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-10-2014-0039
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; South J; Dixey R; de Viggiani N; Penson W (2015) Factors that determine the effectiveness of peer interventions in prisons in England and Waleshttp://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/psj/prison-service-journal-219
View Repository Record - Waldegrave K; Woodall J (2015) Exploring the impact of paternal imprisonment on infant mental health
View Repository Record - Bagnall AM; South J; Hulme C; Woodall J; Vinall-Collier K; Raine G; Kinsella K; Dixey R; Harris L; Wright NMJ (2015) A systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of peer education and peer support in prisons
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1584-x
View Repository Record - South J; Bagnall A; Hulme C; Woodall J; Longo R; Dixey R; Kinsella K; Raine G; Vinall-Collier K; Wright J (2014) A systematic review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of peer-based interventions to maintain and improve offender health in prison settings
https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr02350
View Repository Record - Okyere P; Woodall J; Appiah E (2014) Effectiveness of health education in increasing the duration of exclusive breastfeeding in low income countries: a systematic review
https://doi.org/10.4172/2332-0893.1000113
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; Kinsella K; Stephenson L (2014) 'It was just like we were a family again': play as a means to maintain family ties for children visiting an imprisoned parent
https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2014.886093
View Repository Record - Woodall J; de Viggiani N; Dixey R; South J (2014) Moving prison health promotion along: Towards an integrative framework for action to develop health promotion and tackle the social determinants of health
https://doi.org/10.1080/1478601X.2013.873208
View Repository Record - Woodall J; Woodward J; Witty K; McCulloch S (2014) An evaluation of a toothbrushing programme in schools
https://doi.org/10.1108/HE-12-2013-0069
View Repository Record - Warwick-Booth L; South J; Cross R; Woodall J; Day R (2014) 'Using the theory of change to support an evaluation of a health promotion initiative'
https://doi.org/10.4135/978144627305014520915
View Repository Record - Warwick-Booth L; Cross R; Woodall J; Day RE; South J (2013) Health Champions and Their Circles of Influence as a Communication Mechanism for Health Promotionhttp://www.irsr.eu/issue08/06_Warwick_p113-129.pdf
- Woodall J; Dixey R; South J (2013) Control and choice in English prisons: developing health-promoting prisons.
https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dat019
View Repository Record - Woodall J (2013) Identifying health promotion needs among prison staff in three English prisons: results from a qualitative study.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1524839912452566
View Repository Record - Woodall J; White J; South J (2013) Improving health and well-being through community health champions: a thematic evaluation of a programme in Yorkshire and Humber.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913912453669
View Repository Record - Woodall J; Dixey R; South J (2013) Prisoners' perspectives on the transition from the prison to the community: Implications for settings-based health promotion
https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2012.732219
View Repository Record - Woodall JR; Warwick-Booth L; Cross R (2012) Has empowerment lost its power?
https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cys064
View Repository Record - DIXEY R; WOODALL J (2012) The significance of 'the visit' in an English category-B prison: views from prisoners, prisoners' families and prison staff.
- Dixey R; Woodall J (2012) The significance of 'the visit' in an English category-B prison: Views from prisoners, prisoners' families and prison staff
https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2011.580125
View Repository Record - WOODALL J (2012) Social and environmental factors influencing in-prison drug use
- WOODALL J (2012) Social and environmental factors influencing in-prison drug use
- Woodall J (2012) Health promoting prisons: an overview and critique of the concepthttp://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/PSJ%20July%202012%20No.%20202.pdf
View Repository Record - DIXEY R; WOODALL J (2012) Paving the way for the health promoting prison: the role of the prison officer
- Woodall J (2011) Social and environmental factors influencing in-prison drug use
https://doi.org/10.1108/09654281211190245
View Repository Record - Dixey RA; Woodall J (2011) Prison staff and the health promoting prisonhttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/17449201111256862
View Repository Record - Woodall J (2010) Exploring concepts of health with male prisoners in three category-C English prisons
https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2010.10708194
View Repository Record - Devis JD; Garcia DMI; Sparkes AC (2010) Socialization and construction process of the professional identity of a physical educator in a prison | Socialización y proceso de construcción de la identidad profesional del educador físico de una prisión
- WOODALL J; DIXEY R; GREEN J; NEWELL C (2009) Healthier prisons: the role of a prison visitor's centre
- Martos-Garcia D; Devis-Devis J; Sparkes AC (2009) Sport and physical activity in a high security Spanish prison: An ethnographic study of multiple meanings
https://doi.org/10.1080/13573320802615189 - Woodall J; Dixey R; Green J; Newell C (2009) Healthier prisons: The role of a prison visitors' centre
https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2009.10708152
View Repository Record - SOUTH J; HIGGINGS T; WOODALL J; WHITE S (2008) Can social prescribing provide the missing link?
https://doi.org/10.1017/S146342360800087X
View Repository Record - SOUTH J; HIGGINGS T; WOODALL J; WHITE S (2008) Can social prescribing provide the missing link?
- Paterson S; Moore S; Woodall J (2007) Exercise referral and offender management in relation to mental health: an example from HMP Everthorpe
https://doi.org/10.1108/17556228200700017 - Gold J; Thorpe R; Woodall J; Sadler-Smith E (2007) Continuing Professional Development in the Legal Profession
https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507607075777 - Woodall J (2007) Barriers to positive mental health in a young offenders institution: A qualitative study
https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896907076752
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Books (4)
- Hubley J; Copeman J; Woodall J (2021) Practical Health Promotion. Polity.
- Maycock M; Meek R; Woodall J (2020) Issues and Innovations in Prison Health Research. Palgrave.
- Green J; Tones K; Cross R; Woodall J (2015) Health Promotion: Planning and Strategies. Third http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book242756/
- Hubley J; Copeman J; Woodall J (2013) Practical Health Promotion. 2nd Polity.http://politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=9780745663166
Chapters (6)
- Warwick-Booth L; South J; Cross RM; Woodall J; Day R (2014) Using the theory of change to support a health promotion intervention. In: Cases in Methodology. London: Sage, pp. .
https://doi.org/10.4135/97814462730801420915 - Dixey R; Cross RM; Foster S; Woodall J (2013) Foundations of Health Promotion. In: Dixey R Health Promotion: Global Principles and Practice. Wallingford: CABI, pp. .
- South J; Woodall J (2012) Planning and evaluating health promotion in settings. In: Scriven A; Hodgins M Health Promotion Settings: principles and practice. London: Sage, pp. 69-86.http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book235622?siteId=sage-us&prodTypes=any&q=978-0857025463
- South J; Woodall J (2011) Health Promoting Prisons: dilemmas and challenges. In: Scriven A; Hodgins M Health Promotion Settings: principles and practice. : SAGE, pp. .http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book235622?siteId=sage-us&prodTypes=any&q=978-0857025463
- Dixey R; Woodall J; Lowcock D (2011) Practicing health promotion. In: Dixey R Health promotion: global principles and practice. London: CABI, pp. .
- WOODALL J (2010) Working with prisoners and young offenders. In: Conrad D; White A Promoting Men's Mental Health: How to do it. Oxford: Radcliffe, pp. .http://www.radcliffehealth.com/shop/promoting-mens-mental-health
Conference contributions (3)
- Bagnall A; South J; Woodall J; Kinsella K; Raine G (2014) Peer interventions in prisons: findings from a systematic review of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness Nottingham 03/12/2014.
- Bagnall A; South J; Hulme C; Woodall J; Kinsella K; Raine G; Vinall-Collier K (2014) Peer interventions in prisons: findings from a systematic review of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness Warwick University 16/09/2014.
- WOODALL J (2009) Are prisons in the South-West health promoting? . University of the West of England:
Conference proceedings (2)
- Bagnall A; South J; Woodall J; Kinsella K; Raine G (2014) Peer interventions in prisons: findings from a systematic review of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. In: European Public Health Association Glasgow 19/11/2014 00:00:00. : Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. .
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cku166.096 - South J; Woodall J; Kinsella K; Dixey R; Penson B; de Viggiani N (2012) Peers in Prison Settings (PiPS) Expert Symposium. In: Peers in Prison Settings (PiPS) Expert Symposium Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Leeds Metropolitan University . Leeds: , pp. .http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/pips/
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Reports (7)
- Woodall J; Surr C; Kinsella K; Bunyan A (2016) An independent evaluation of 'Dementia Diaries'. Leeds, UK: The Centre for Health Promotion Research, Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Leeds Beckett University.
View Repository Record - Bagnall A; Jones R; Akter H; Woodall J (2016) Interventions to prevent burnout in high risk individuals: evidence review. Public Health England.
View Repository Record - South J; Giuntoli G; Cross R; Kinsella K; Warwick-Booth L; Woodall J; White J (2013) An evaluation of the Department of Health's Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund. Institute for Health & Wellbeing, Centre for Health Promotion Research, Leeds Metropolitan University.
View Repository Record - WOODALL J; RAINE G; SOUTH J; WARWICK-BOOTH L (2010) Empowerment & health and well-being: evidence review. Centre for Health Promotion Research, Leeds Metropolitan University.
View Repository Record - DIXEY R; WOODALL J (2009) Moving on: An Evaluation of Leeds Jigsaw Visitors' centre. Leeds: Centre for Health Promotion Research, Leeds Metropolitan University.
- GREEN J; AYRTON R; WOODALL J; WOODWARD J; NEWELL C; CATTAN M (2008) Child Parent Interaction in Relation to Road Safety Education: Final Report. London: Department for Transport.
- GREEN J; AYRTON R; WOODALL J; WOODWARD J; NEWELL C; CATTAN M (2008) Child parent interaction in relation to road safety education: part 2- main report. Road Safety Research Report 102.. London: Department for Transport.
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