Moira Maconachie

Dr Moira Maconachie - ()

Job title: Senior Research Fellow - "Sociology of Community Health", School of Social Science and Social Work (Faculty of Health, Education and Society)
Address: Room 206, 10 Portland Villas, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Postal address: Room 206, 10 Portland Villas, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +441752585813
Email: M.Maconachie@plymouth.ac.uk

Role
Moira Maconachie was appointed as a Senior Research Fellow by the University of Plymouth in 1995. She has a joint appointment in the School of Social Science and Social Work and in the Public Health Development Unit, NHS Plymouth. She jointly leads the Health and Community Teaching and Research Programme (HCTRP) with Kevin Elliston, Consultant in Public Health, NHS Plymouth.

Qualifications & background

1992   PhD Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
1984   Masters in Women's Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury
1980   Bachelor of Social Science Honours in Sociology, University of Cape Town
1978   Bachelor of Social Science, University of Cape Town
2001   Diploma in Economics, Open University
1983   Diploma in Women's Studies, Polytechnic of Central London
2008   PGCert Learning & Teaching in Higher Education, University of Plymouth

Professional membership
International Sociological Association
Society for Social Medicine (European Public Health Association)
Fellow Higher Education Academy

Teaching interests
HEAB364 Public Health Needs Assessment (20 credit, Level 6, Partnership module NHS Plymouth; accredited by the RCN as a professional short course)
Understanding health improvement (Level 3 course, Royal Society for Public Health)

Research interests

Public health (suicide & suicide prevention) and family sociology (living alone)

Grants & contracts

Health and Social Work CEPPL Innovations Fund Award (2008-2009): Kevin Elliston, Moira Maconachie, Margaret Sommerville, Gill Lewendon & Christine Bennetts – Evaluating the effectiveness of the inter-professional public health continuing professional development programme in the peninsula, £7,500.

NHS Plymouth Department of Health Support for Science Fund Award (2008-2009): Kevin Elliston, Moira Maconachie, Margaret Sommerville, Gill Lewendon & Christine Bennetts – Evaluating the effectiveness of the inter-professional public health continuing professional development programme in the peninsula, £850

ESRC research award (2005-2007): Malcolm Williams, Joan Chandler & Moira Maconachie - Solo living and life course changes 1991-2001, £35,413

ESRC research award (2002-2004): Malcolm Williams, Joan Chandler & Moira Maconachie - Baseline Study of Solo Living and Long-term illness, £33,851

Seale Hayne Educational Trust (2004-2005): Joan Chandler, Moira Maconachie & Carole Sutton - Solo living in rural Devon, £4,856

Enterprise Fellowship Award (2004-2005): Moira Maconachie & Carole Sutton - Encouraging the use of data from the samples of anonymised records (Census 2001), £3,000.00

Publications

Selected publications since 2001

Bennetts, C., Elliston, K. & Maconachie, M. (in press, 2012) Continuing professional development for public health: An andragogical approach. Public Health. (Journal home page: www.elsevier.com/puhe).

Gaitskell, D., Kimble, J., Maconachie, M & Unterhalter, E (2010) Domestic workers in South Africa: class, race, and gender. In: Turshen, M. (Ed) African Women: A Political Economy. (pp.35-52). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Maconachie, M. (2010) Engels, sexual divisions and the family. In: Evans, M., Sayers, J. & Redclift, N. (Eds.) Engels revisited: Feminist essays (Routledge Revivals) (pp. 98-112). London: Routledge.

Nelder, R, Maconachie, M, Elliston, K & Lewendon, G. (2009) Understanding childhood obesity. Primary Health Care: The RCN Community Health Nursing Journal, 19(5):28-30.

Chris Bennetts, Kevin Elliston, Moira Maconachie, Margaret Somerville & Gill Lewendon (2009) Evaluation of the Peninsula Public Health Continuing Professional Development Programme 2004 – 2008. NHS Plymouth, CEPPL Project Report #2.

Kevin Elliston, Moira Maconachie, Margaret Somerville, Chris Bennetts & Gill Lewendon (2009) Continuing Professional Development Survey findings. NHS Plymouth, CEPPL Project Report#1.

Williams, M, Maconachie, M, Ware, L, Chandler, J & Dodgeon, B. (2008) ‘Using Longitudinal data to examine living alone in England and Wales: 1971 – 2001’ In: Edwards, R (ed) (2008) Researching Families and Communities: Social and Generational Change. (pp 164-180). London: Routledge.

Ware, L, Maconachie, M, Williams, M, Chandler, J & Dodgeon, B. (2007) Gender Life Course Transitions from the Nuclear Family in England and Wales 1981-2001. Sociological Research Online, 12 (4), http://www.socresonline.org.uk/12/4/6.html

Williams, M., Chandler, J., Maconachie, M. & Ware, L. (2007). Solo Living and Life Course Changes 1991-2001: Full Research Report. ESRC End of Award Report, RES-000-22-1413. Swindon: ESRC.

Collett T, Williams M, Maconachie M, Chandler J & Dodgeon B (2006) ‘Long-termness’ with regard to sickness and disability: An example of the value of longitudinal data for testing reliability and validity. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 9(3):229-243.

Glanville, K., Maconachie, M., Sutton, C. & Chandler, J. (2005) Solo living in Devon: Project report. Plymouth: School of Sociology, Politics and Law, University of Plymouth.

Williams M., Chandler, J. , Maconachie M. & Collett, T. (2004) Baseline Study of Solo-Living and Longterm Illness. Full Research Report. ESRC End of Award Report, RES-000-22-0081. Swindon: ESRC.

Chandler, J., Williams, M., Maconachie, M., Collett, T. & Dodgeon, B. (2004) Living alone: its place in household formation and change. Sociological Research Online, 9(3) http://www.socresonline.org.uk/9/3/chandler.html

Maconachie, M. & Lewendon, G. (2004) Immunising children in primary care in the UK: What are the concerns of parents? Health Education Journal, 63(1):40-49.

Maconachie, M., Elliston, K. & Trim, A. (2003) Home Zones in the UK: Findings from a prospective Health Impact Assessment. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education,41(3):77-83.

Maconachie, M. (2003) Difficulty getting to Health Services in Plymouth – Findings from a secondary analysis of the MORI survey data. Plymouth: Public Health Development Unit, Plymouth PCT.

Maconachie, M. & Elliston, K. (2002) A guide to doing a prospective Health Impact Assessment of a Home Zone. Plymouth: University of Plymouth, Department of Sociology ‘Health & Community Research Programme’.

Elliston, K. & Maconachie, M. (2002) Morice Town Home Zone: A prospective Health Impact Assessment. Plymouth: University of Plymouth, Department of Sociology ‘Health & Community Research Programme’.

Lewendon, G. & Maconachie, M. (2002) Why are children not being immunised? Barriers to immunisation uptake in South Devon. Health Education Journal, 61(3):212-220.

Lewendon, G., Maconachie, M. & Elliston, K. (2001) More interactive training and updates on immunisation should be provided. (Letter) British Medical Journal, 322:1120-1.

Maconachie, M. & Lewendon, G. (2001) Childhood immunisation: Findings from a survey of immunisers in General Practice in South & West Devon Health Authority. Dartington: South & West Devon Health Authority, Public Health Team.

Maconachie, M., Nute, B. & Hobbs, I. (2001) District and community profiling template: Final project report. Plymouth: Department of Sociology and Exeter: Devon County Council.