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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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Projects
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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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A Pilot Qualitative Study to Better Understand the Factors Related to Suicides and Inform Public Health Action Across a Predominantly Coastal and Rural Area: Cornwall, Southwest of England: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Chappell, P., Horrell, J., Husk, K., Simons, B. & Sharpe, R. A., 25 Dec 2025, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 23, 1, 35.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Australian and UK Perspectives on Social Prescribing Implementation Research: Theory, Measurement, Resourcing and Discovery to Ensure Health Equity
Dingle, G. A., Aggar, C., Arslanovski, N., Astell-Burt, T., Baker, J. R., Baxter, R., Bissett, M., Bowe, M., Brymer, E., Burton, A., Byng, R., Elston, J., Fancourt, D., Feng, X., Fino, E., Freak-Poli, R., Harkin, L., Hayes, D., Hazeldine, E. & Kellezi, B. & 9 others, , 24 Feb 2025, In: Health & Social Care in the Community. 2025, 1, 2650302.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Entering a liminal state when becoming a social prescribing link worker and how it affects retention: findings from a UK qualitative study
Tierney, S., Moore, L., Westlake, D., Dawson, S., Fuller, E., Husk, K., Nunan, D., Roberts, P., Sabir, L., Smith, J. R., Ukoumunne, O. C. & Mahtani, K. R., 11 Nov 2025, In: Primary Health Care Research & Development. 26, e92.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Factors associated with link workers considering leaving their role: a cross-sectional survey
Tierney, S., Moore, L., Westlake, D., Mahtani, K. R., Nunan, D., Husk, K., Dawson, S., Smith, J., Fuller, E., Sabir, L., Roberts, P. & Ukoumunne, O. C., 29 Jan 2025, In: BJGP Open. 9, 3, BJGPO.2024.0128.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How do community assets support health in a rural community? An ethnographic case study
Hayes, J., Edwards-Smith, L., Byng, R., Husk, K. & Wyatt, K., 1 Nov 2025, In: Health & Place. 96, p. 103569 1 p., 103569.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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