Dr Kathryn Curran

Journal article

Shearer C, Curran KM, Carroll P, Foweather L. 2025. Youth Social Action Interventions in Young People Aged Between 8 and 16 Years: A Narrative Review Youth, 5 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Burton L, Curran KM, Foweather L. 2020. Formative Evaluation of Open Goals: A UK Community-Based Multi-Sport Family Programme Children, 7 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Curran KM, Pringle A, Hargreaves J, Parnell D, Rosenbaum S, Stubbs B. 2017. Tackling mental health: the role of professional football clubs. Sport in Society, 20 :281-291 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Cade D, Curran KM, Fuller A, Hacker J, Knight C, Lansley S, Parnell D, Philpott M. 2017. Perspectives from those involved in Healthy Stadia Sport in Society, 20 :187-201 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Parnell D, Curran K, Philpott M. 2017. Healthy stadia: an insight from policy to practice Sport in Society, 20 :181-186 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Curran K, Drust B, Murphy RC, Pringle AR, Richardson DJ. 2016. The challenge and impact of engaging hard-to-reach populations in regular physical activity and health behaviors. An examination of an English Premier League Football in the Community Men’s Health programme Public Health, 135 :14-22 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Hulton AT, Murphy RC, Richardson DJ, Drust B, Flower D, Curran KM. 2015. Effectiveness of a community football programme on improving physiological markers of health in a hard-to-reach male population: the role of exercise intensity Soccer and Society, 17 :196-208 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Parnell D, Curran K. 2015. The role professional football clubs could play in delivering pragmatic physical activity interventions in the recovery from mental illness. British Journal of Sports Medicine,

Parnell D, Curran K. 2015. Professional football clubs could deliver pragmatic physical activity interventions to promote mental health British Journal of Sports Medicine, DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Curran K, Drust B, Richardson D. 2014. ‘I just want to watch the match’: a practitioner’s reflective account of men’s health themed match day events at an English Premier League football club Soccer & Society, 15 :919-933 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Bingham DD, Parnell D, Curran K, Jones R, Richardson D. 2014. Fit Fans: perspectives of a practitioner and understanding participant health needs within a health promotion programme for older men delivered within an English Premier League Football Club. Soccer and Society, 20 :883-901 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Curran K, Bingham DD, Richardson D, Parnell D. 2014. Ethnographic engagement from within a Football in the Community programme at an English Premier League football club Soccer and Society, 15 :934-950 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Dunn K, Drust B, Flower D, Richardson D. 2011. Kicking the habit; a biopsychosocial account of engaging men recovering from drug misuse in regular recreational football Journal of Men's Health, 8 :233-233 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Curran KM, Drust B, Flower D, Richardson D. 2011. Football, Health and Homelessness: The complexities of engaging homeless men in regular physical activity

Dunn K, Richardson D. 2010. I JUST WANT TO WATCH THE MATCH A REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT OF MEN S HEALTH THEMED MATCH DAY EVENTS AT AN ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB JOURNAL OF MENS HEALTH, 7 :323-323 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Chapters

Viggars M, Curran KM, Philpott M. 2019. Tobacco-free stadia: a case study at the 2016 UEFA European Championships in France Krustrup P, Parnell D. Football as Medicine: Prescribing Football for Global Health Promotion Critical Research in Football. London DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Curran KM, Snape R. 2018. Snape, R. and Curran, K. (2018) Sport, Physical activity and Public Health Policy. In Parnell, D. and Krustrup, P. (eds.) Sport and Health: Exploring the current state of play. London, Routledge. Parnell D, Krustrup P.

Curran KM, Parnell D, Philpott M. 2017. Parnell, D., Curran, K., and Philpott, M. (2017) Healthy Stadia. An insight from Policy to practice. In Parnell, D., Curran, K. and Philpott, M. (eds.) Healthy Stadia: The current state of play from policy to practice. Routledge, London. Curran KM, Parnell D, Philpott M.

Curran KM. 2017. Curran, K., Rosenbaum, S., Parnell, D., Stubbs, B., Pringle. A. and Hargreaves, J. (2017) Tackling the burden of poor mental health: the role of professional football clubs. In Parnell, D., Curran, K. and Philpott, M. (eds.) Healthy Stadia: The current state of play from policy to practice. Routledge, London. Curran KM, Parnell D, Philpott M.

Curran KM, Parnell D, Philpott M. 2017. Cade, D., Curran, K., Fuller, A., Hacker, J., Knight, C., Lansley, S., Parnell, D. and Philpott, M. (2017) Perspectives from those involved in Healthy Stadia. In Parnell, D., Curran, K. and Philpott, M. (eds.) Healthy Stadia: The current state of play from policy to practice. Routledge, London. Curran KM, Parnell D, Philpott M.

Report

Pringle AR, Zwolinksy S, Curran K, McKenna J, Lozano L, Collins P, Parnell D. 2015. An Audit of Health Improvement Activities Delivered in/by Professional Football Club Community Schemes: Draft

Curran KM, Brook K, Lozano L, Parnell D, Zwolinsky S, Pringle A. 2015. An independent evaluation of ‘Fit Reds’; a football-led health improvement programme for men delivered at Barnsley Football Club

Pringle A, Zwolinsky S, Parnell D, Curran K, McKenna J. 2014. Football and Health Scoping Study: Interim Report

Curran KM, Lozano L, Pringle A. 2014. An independent evaluation of ‘Trim Down, Shape Up’: a bespoke male-specific weight management intervention

Parnell D, Curran K, Drust B, Stratton G, Richardson D. 2010. Everton Active Family Centre. Annual Report.

Editorial/letter to the editor

Pringle AR, Zwolinsky S, Curran K, Parnell D. 2015. Sport and Arts- Important Settings for Health Improvement. Perspectives in Public Health, 135 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Other

Parnell D, Curran KM. 2015. Fifa has been mired in scandal but it deserves some credit for good work around football The Conversation,

Thesis/Dissertation

Curran KM. 2013. Understanding the barriers to, and impact of, men's engagement in physical activity and health related behaviours : an examination of an English Premier League football in the community men's health programme Public Url

Other invited event:

Bangor University, The aim of this event is to bring together practitioners and researchers who work in community sport, specifically in the monitoring and evaluation of community-based projects. Invited to share my work, methods, and challenges, Community Sport Practitioners and Researchers Conference. 2023

Doha, Qatar, Invited speaker. Unable to attend due to childcare issues., SPORT FOR HEALTH CONFERENCE. 2022

External collaboration:

Health Equalities Group Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance (CMCA) £10-12k research funding for data analysis, Liverpool John Moores University. 2022

Liverpool Football Club Foundation, LJMU SES & LCFC Foundation MOU.

Other Professional Activity:

MPhil Supervision- DOS. Feb 2022 start. A mixed-method examination of a workplace physical activity, health and wellbeing intervention for Liverpool City Council and Liverpool City Region staff.. 2022

Conference presentation:

Oral presentation, Lords Cricket Ground, Boundaries for Life Conference, Curran, K. (2017) Engaging men with health messages and services within UK sports stadia: a settings-based approach.. 2017

Oral presentation, Durham University, Queen’s Campus, Stockton-on-Tees, . 8th Fuse Physical Activity Workshop- “Physical Activity and Health Inequalities”, Curran, K. (2017) The role of sport in reducing social exclusion – example from the front line. 2017

Oral presentation, Emirates Stadium, London, 4th International Healthy Stadia Conference, Curran, K. (2017) Using Public Health Guidance and Implementing Evaluation in the Design of Community Health Programmes. 2017

Oral presentation, Salford Media City, Salford, Economic and Social Research Council- Festival of Social Science, Curran, K. (2016) The role of professional football clubs in health promotion: what’s the evidence?. 2016

Poster presentation, Cape Town, South Africa, International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity Conference, Curran, K., Brook, K., Lozano, L., Parnell, D., Zwolinsky, S. and Pringle, A. (2016) Engaging Men in Fit Reds: A men's physical activity and behaviour change intervention delivered through a professional football club.. 2016

Oral presentation, Copenhagen, Denmark, European Association for Sociology of Sport Conference, Curran, K., Rosenbaum, S., Parnell, D., Stubbs, B., Pringle. A. and Hargreaves, J. (2016) Tackling mental health: the role of professional football clubs. 2016

Poster presentation, San Diego, USA, American College of Sports Medicine 62nd Annual meeting and 6th World Congress on Exercise is Medicine, Curran, K., Lozano, L. and Pringle, A. (2015) Engaging hard-to-reach men through Trim Down Shape Up, a bespoke men’s weight management programme.. 2015

Oral presentation, Glasgow, UK, Departmental Seminar Series. University of Glasgow, Curran, K. and Parnell, D. (2015) Helping professional football clubs to understand their impact: experiences and reflections of applied practitioner-researchers.. 2015

Oral presentation, York, UK, Public Engagement in Qualitative Research Conference, Curran, K. and Parnell, D. (2015) Telling the tales of hard-to-reach men.. 2015

Oral presentation, Queens Park Rangers Football Club, London, UK, Football and Social Change Conference, Parnell, D. and Curran, K. (2015) The Social Role of Professional Football Clubs: Evaluation in the Field. 2015

Oral presentation, Centre for Active Lifestyles, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK, Designed to Move Conference, Curran, K. (2015) Football and Socially Disadvantaged populations.. 2015

Oral presentation, Burton Upon Trent, UK, Burton Albion FC. Burton Albion Community Trust, Parnell, D. and Curran, K. (2015) Football and Mental Health: Understanding the evidence.. 2015

Poster presentation, St Georges Park, UK, BASES conference, Curran, K., Drust, B., Murphy, R. and Richardson, D. (2014) English Premier League football clubs; a vehicle for engaging men from disadvantaged, hard-to-reach populations in physical activity and health improvement programmes. 2014

Oral presentation, Leeds Carnegie Stadium, Leeds, UK, Designed to Move Conference, Curran, K. (2014) Football, Health and Homelessness. Football-led health improvement programmes: lessons from design and evaluation. 2014

Oral presentation, Portadown, Northern Ireland, Sport and Social Responsibility conference, Curran, K. (2013) Corporate Social Responsibility in Professional Football Clubs: A case study of Everton Football Club. 2013

Oral presentation, Etihad Stadium, UK, 2nd European Healthy Stadia Conference, Parnell, D. and Curran, K. (2013) The Realities of Promoting Men's Health: A Case Study from Everton FC's Community Football Programme. Physical Activity and Men’s Health Interventions. 2013

Oral presentation, Leeds, UK, Heart Research UK, ‘Celebrating Success-Learning the Lessons’ conference, Curran, K. (2013) Encouraging positive lifestyle changes among hard to reach men.. 2013

Oral presentation, Aalborg, Denmark, The 20TH European Association of Sports Management (EASM) Conference, Dunn, K., Drust, B., Murphy, R. and Richardson, D. (2012) The challenge of engaging hard-to-reach populations in regular sport and physical activity: an examination of an English Premier League Football in the community men’s health programme. 2012

Oral presentation, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, Football and its Communities Conference, Dunn, K. and Parnell, D. (2012) Football as a vehicle for social change: reflections from the field.. 2012

Oral presentation, Vienna, Austria, 8th International Men’s Health World Congress, Dunn, K. (2011) Football as a vehicle for men’s engagement in health related behaviours. 2011

Oral presentation, Vienna, Austria, The 8th International Men's Health World Congress, Dunn, K., Drust, B., Flower, D. and Richardson, D (2011) Kicking the Habit: A Biopsychosocial Account of Engaging Men recovering from Drug Misuse in Recreational Football. 2011

Poster presentation, Liverpool, UK, The 16th Annual Congress of the ECSS, Dunn, K., Drust, B., Flower, D. and Richardson, D. (2011) Football, Health and Homelessness. The complexities of engaging homeless men in regular physical activity. 2011

Oral presentation, Liverpool John Moores University, ECSS Pre Conference Symposium: Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Interventions for Children and Young People, Bingham, D., Parnell, D., Dunn, K., Watson, L. & Richardson, D. (2011) The Everton Active Family Centre - Understanding Football as a Vehicle for Positive Behaviour and Lifestyle Change. 2011

Oral presentation, Nice, France, The 7th International Men's Health World Congress., Dunn. K., Drust, B. and Richardson, D. (2010). “I just want to watch the match!” A reflective account of men's health themed match day events at an English Premier League Football Club.. 2010

Oral presentation, Duxford Imperial War Museum Cambridge, UK, Regional Conference, Dunn, K. (2010) Premier League Men’s Health: Using sport as a vehicle for men’s engagement in positive health behaviours. 2010

Conference organisation:

Organising Committee, Public Engagement and Performance Conference, http://engageyork2015.org.uk/. 2017

Organising Committee, Public Engagement and Performance Conference, http://engageyork2015.org.uk/. 2016

Organising Committee, Public Engagement and Performance Conference, http://engageyork2015.org.uk/. 2015

Research Grants Awarded:

Grant value (£): 4,000, ABL Health, Evaluation of Trim Down Shape Up. 2014

Duration of research project: 12 months, Grant value (£): 10,000, Heart Research UK, Healthy Hearts Grant. 2012

External committees:

European Healthy Stadia Network, Chair and Non-Executive Director of the European Healthy Stadia Network.

European Healthy Stadia Network, Chair of the Board of Directors and Non- Executive Director, Board of Directors.

Health Equalities Group, Steering Group Member, Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance: Strategic Obesity Project Steering Group.

Fellowships:

Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Royal Society for Public Health, Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health.

Membership of professional bodies:

Royal Society for Public Health, Member of the Royal Society for Public Health.