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Staff Profile

Debbie Smart

Research Assistant

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3033
  • Address: The Baddiley Clark Building
    Richardson Road
    缅北禁地
    NE2 4AX
Background

I am a Research Assistant within the Population Health Sciences Institute.


Area of expertise

  • Children & families in particular the impact of parental risk factors such as mental illness or substance use upon children, including young carers.

My interest in this area is grounded in 13 years of practitioner expereince in the voluntary sector, delivering and managing services for young carers.



Research

Current projects;

Working with children and families at the edge of care - A realist evaluation of North Tyneside Council's Keeping Families Connected provision.

SAFEguarding children in Substance exPosed fAmilies by supporting the non-using CaregivEr: SAFE SPACE

Exploring Innovations in Transition to Adulthood: EXIT study. This ESRC funded study will explore the innovations in place for young people leaving care and what impacts them being implemented.  This research will evaluate the outcomes of innovation, how it spreads,  and how it is adapted to create change for young people looked after.


Previous projects;

Parental intimate partner violence and abuse: measurement of the risk of exposing children and the mental health impact; PROTECT study.  Funded by the Violence, Abuse & Mental Health network this qualitative study examines the measurements practitioners use to identify intimate partner violence and abuse, the perceptions of thresholds for harm and the impact upon children and families.


Bottled Up; Identifying and supporting children and families to reduce alcohol harm.  A service evaluation funded by the Children's Innovation Fund.

SOLID study; a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial of interventions to decrease risky substance use (drugs and alcohol) and improve mental health of looked after children and care leavers aged 12-20 years (SOLID)

SILVER; a project which aims to connect health and social care data through the development of a digital intervention and seeks to improve data sharing and support to families who would be eligible for early help support services provided by the local authority.

Previous involvement on projects have included a review; ‘Addressing the impact of non-dependent parental substance misuse upon the child (IMPaCT), and the North Yorkshire Maternal Mental Health study which sought to better understand the mental health and emotional needs of women during the peri-natal period living in rural areas.

My initial role within the Institute was involved in the SIPS Jnr study; developing & evaluating interventions for adolescent alcohol use disorders presenting through emergency departments.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Currie G, Lynch A, Swan J, Alderson H, Friel S, Harrop C, Johnson R, Kerridge G, Smart D, McGovern R, Munro E. . Public Administration 2025, 103(2), 357-375.
    • Sarma K, McGovern R, Smart D, McGovern W, Barrett S, Kaner E, Cooling V, Thomason P, Hackett S, Alderson H. . Journal of Family Violence 2025, epub ahead of print.
    • McGovern R, Smart D, Alderson H, Fouweather T, Kaner E. . Alcohol and Alcoholism 2024, 59(1).
    • Redgate S, Smart D, Barrett S, Barron C, Burns S, Frost H, McGovern W, Peart V, Adams E, Alderson H, Kaner E, McGovern R. . SAGE Open 2024, 14(2).
    • Barrett S, Smart D, Bate A, Beresford L, McEvoy-Carr C, Thompson H, Gilvarry E, Araujo-Soares V, Kaner E, McGovern R. . Child Protection and Practice 2024, 2, 100039.
    • Johnson RE, Kerridge G, Alderson H, Currie G, Friel S, Harrop C, Lynch A, McGovern R, Munro ER, Newlands F, Smart D. . British Journal of Social Work 2024, 54(5), 2067-2086.
    • Muir C, Adams EA, Evans V, GeijerSimpson E, Kaner E, Phillips SM, Salonen D, Smart D, Winstone L, McGovern R. . Trauma, Violence, & Abuse 2023, 24(5), 3629-3646.
    • McGovern R, Homer T, Kaner E, Smart D, Ternent L. . Alcohol and Alcoholism 2022, 57(5), 615-621.
    • Alderson H, Barrett S, Addison M, Burns S, Cooling V, Hackett S, Kaner E, McGovern W, Smart D, McGovern R. . Women's Health 2022, 18, 1-12.
    • Alderson H, Mayrhofer A, Smart D, Muir C, McGovern R. . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022, 19(13), 8086.
    • Smart D, Jackson K, Alderson H, Foley T, Foreman S, Kaner B, Kaner E, Lancaster H, Lingam R, Rankin R, Rowlands G, Spencer L, McGovern R. . British Journal of Social Work 2021, 52(4), 2146-2165.
    • Alderson H, McGovern R, Copello A, McColl E, Kaner E, Smart D, McArdle P, Lingam R. . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18(7), 3461.
    • Lynch A, Alderson H, Kerridge G, Johnson R, McGovern R, Newlands F, Smart D, Harrop C, Currie G. . Journal of Children's Services 2021, 16(3), 214-232.
    • McGovern R, Gilvarry E, Addison M, Alderson H, Geijer-Simpson E, Lingam R, Smart D, Kaner E. . Trauma, Violence, and Abuse 2020, 21(3), 470-483.
    • Ginja S, Jackson K, Newham JJ, Henderson EJ, Smart D, Lingam R. . BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2020, 20(1), 464.
    • Jackson K, Smart D, Henderson EJ, Newham JJ, McGovern R, Kaner E, Lingam R. . Health and Place 2020, 66, 102427.
    • Alderson H, Kaner E, Brown R, Howel D, McColl E, Smart D, Copello A, Fouweather T, McGovern R, Brown H, McArdle P, Lingam R. . Public Health Research 2020, 8(13).
    • Alderson H, Kaner E, McColl E, Howel D, Fouweather T, McGovern R, Copello C, Brown H, McArdle P, Smart D, Brown R, Lingam R. . PLoS ONE 2020, 15(9), 0238286.
    • Alderson H, Brown R, Smart D, Lingam R, Dovey-Pearce G. . Health Expectations 2019, 22(4), 657-665.

  • Report

    • Redgate S, Smart D, Adams E, Alderson H, Barrett S, Barron C, Burns S, Firth J, Frost H, Kaner E, McGovern W, Renwick T, Xeros P, McGovern R. . London: National Institute for Health Research, 2021. PROSPERO 2021 CRD42021231009.

  • Reviews

    • McGovern R, Bogowicz P, Meader N, Kaner E, Alderson H, Craig D, Geijer-Simpson E, Jackson K, Muir C, Salonen D, Smart D, Newham JJ. . Addiction 2023, 118(5), 804-818.
    • McGovern R, Smart D, Alderson H, Araujo-Soares V, Brown J, Buykx P, Evans V, Fleming K, Hickman M, Macleod J, Meier P, Kaner E. . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18(4), 1793.