Overview
Profile summary
I work for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South West Peninsula. My interests are based around primary care, complex interventions and evidence synthesis. I lead a research programme around evidencing and developing non-NHS delivered interventions, including social prescribing pathways, outlined here.
Roles on external bodies
- NIHR Health Services & Delivery Research programme, Funding Committee member (2020-2022)
- NIHR Health Services & Delivery Research programme, Researcher-led panel (2018-2020)
- Past Lead - Academic Partners Collaborative, National Academy for Social Prescribing (2020-2021)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) - Affiliate Member
- University of Exeter Medical School - Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Public Health England/Office for Health Improvement and Disparities - Honorary Senior Public Health Research Fellow
Journals
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Editorial Board, Health and Social Care in the Community – September 2022 - 2024
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Editorial Board, Sociological Research Online, 2017 - Present
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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NASP - Academic Partners Collaborative
Burns, L. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Asthana, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Byng, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Husk, K. (PI - Principal Investigator) & Elston, J. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
National Academy for Social Prescribing
29/01/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Research output
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Delivering Inclusive Cultural Offers for Social Prescribing: A Realist Evaluation Involving Older People From Global Majority Backgrounds and Cultural Sector Providers in the UK
Westlake, D., Mahtani, K. R., Wong, G., Gorenberg, J., Santillo, M., Husk, K., Vougioukalou, S., Baxter, R., Dawson, S., Potter, C. M., Warburton, H., McDougall, B. & Tierney, S., 14 Feb 2026, In: Health Expectations. 29, 1, e70550.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High frequency emergency department use and heterogeneity of reasons for attendance by children and young people: a retrospective cohort study
Kumar, A., Simpson, R. M., Husk, K., Johnson, G. D. & Burton, C., 26 Feb 2026, In: BMJ Paediatrics Open. 10, 1, e003907.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How a Holistic Approach to People of Reproductive Age Can Support Access to Preconception Care for People Living with Health Conditions: Findings from a Realist Evaluation
Hopper, H., Husk, K., Maslin, K. & Shawe, J., 16 Feb 2026, In: Women's Reproductive Health. p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social prescribing for refugee populations: a protocol for a rapid realist review of international evidence
Touzel, V., Esser, A.-L., Husk, K. & Reifegerste, D., 16 Feb 2026, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 14, 1754718.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social prescribing within five European countries: a protocol of a cross-country qualitative analysis
Tierney, S., Westlake, D., Rezvani, F., Rojatz, D., Köberlein-Neu, J., Bommhardt, T., Dias, S., Marques, M. J., Kurpas, D., Napierala, H., Herrmann, W. & Husk, K., 12 Jan 2026, In: BMJ Open. 16, 1, e112887.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Theories used to develop or evaluate social prescribing in studies: a scoping review
Evers, S. (Creator), Husk, K. (Creator), Napierala, H. (Creator), Wendt, L. (Creator) & Gerhardus, A. (Creator), figshare, 2024
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7045815, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Theories_used_to_develop_or_evaluate_social_prescribing_in_studies_a_scoping_review/7045815
Dataset
Theses
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Ethnic group affiliation and social exclusion in Cornwall; analysis, adjustment and extension of the 2001 England and Wales Census data
Husk, K. (Author), Green, A. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)), Sutton, C. (Other Supervisor) & Brown, M. (Other Supervisor), 2012Student thesis: PhD
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