Dr Catrin Griffiths

Lecturer Enhanced Research

Public Health

c.r.griffiths@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6581-0536

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About

Dr Catrin Griffiths is a Chartered Health Psychologist (BPS and HCPC registered) and Lecturer in Public Health at Swansea University.

Catrin has over 14 years of research and teaching experience in applied research, appearance/body image and health psychology.

Her research interests are focused on infant feeding, breastfeeding, health psychology, burn injuries, breast cancer and reconstruction, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), public health, eating disorders and body image/ appearance research. Previous work has involved identifying the protective factors, concerns and support needs of people who have a condition or injury that has affected their appearance and those with body image concerns.

Catrin has experience in the development and testing of health promotion interventions and patient reported outcome measure (PROMs). She previously worked at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) in UWE, Bristol for over 11 years and led a programme of research to develop the CARe Burn Scales, which are a set of patient reported outcome measures (i.e. PROMs) to identify quality of life for people who have experienced a burn injury.

For more information and to access free copies of the scales visit: Home (careburnscales.org.uk)

The CARe Burn Scales Team welcome national and international collaborations and have worked with teams in Finland and Norway to translate and validate the scales into Finnish and Norwegian.

If you are a clinician or researcher interested in translating and validating the CARe Burn Scales into a different language, please do get in touch.

At Swansea University, Catrin teaches on the MSc Public Health and Health Promotion and BSc Health and Social care programmes and supervises undergraduate and post graduate dissertation students and doctoral/PhD students.

Areas Of Expertise

Infant feeding and breastfeeding
Health Psychology
Public health
Body image/ visible difference
Burns
Quality of life
The development and validation of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Infant feeding and breastfeeding

Health Psychology

Public Health

Body Image/ Visible Difference

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Publications

Research Highlights

Griffiths, C., Williamson, H., Zucchelli, F., Paraskeva, N., & Moss, T. (2018). A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Body Image Dissatisfaction and Weight Self-Stigma in Adults. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 48(4), 189-204.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-018-9384-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67947
Grant, A., Griffiths, C., Williams, K., & Brown, A. (2024). “It felt like I had an old fashioned telephone ringing in my breasts”: An online survey of UK Autistic birthing parents' experiences of infant feeding. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 20(1)
https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13581, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65431
Brown, A., Griffiths, C., Jones, S., Weaver, G., & Shenker, N. (2024). Disparities in being able to donate human milk impacts upon maternal wellbeing: Lessons for scaling up milk bank service provision. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 20(4), e13699
https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13699, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66889

All Research

Journal Articles

Brown, A., Griffiths, C., Jones, S., Weaver, G., & Shenker, N. (2024). Disparities in being able to donate human milk impacts upon maternal wellbeing: Lessons for scaling up milk bank service provision. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 20(4), e13699
https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13699, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66889
Grant, A., Griffiths, C., Williams, K., & Brown, A. (2024). “It felt like I had an old fashioned telephone ringing in my breasts”: An online survey of UK Autistic birthing parents' experiences of infant feeding. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 20(1)
https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13581, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65431
Griffiths, C., Williamson, H., Zucchelli, F., Paraskeva, N., & Moss, T. (2018). A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Body Image Dissatisfaction and Weight Self-Stigma in Adults. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 48(4), 189-204.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-018-9384-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67947

Taught Modules

PPS120 Academic and Professional Development

This module will introduce students to the skills and mindset needed for their own academic and professional development. Students are supported to work and learn together at the level required in higher education. They are encouraged to develop a questioning approach, understand the quality of sources, how to structure an argument, to write academically and to avoid plagiarism. This module supports students to complete five units of the Swansea University¿s Career Development Course (CDC). Students are introduced to the skills and mindset needed to effectively apply for jobs/Year in Industry placement/placement/volunteer work and/or moving forward in a career path including how to recognise and make the most of experience, learning, and knowledge and how to sell themselves effectively.
PPS308 Dissertation

This module will build on research understanding attained in years one and two and will further contextualise theoretical and practical knowledge related to health and social care. The module will support students to retrieve, analyse and synthesise extensive background literature (literature review) to inform their selected research question. It will also support students to present a fully developed research proposal arising from the literature review.
SHGM38 Foundations in Research

The purpose of this module is to provide a critical understanding of the research process and methodological approaches to sound applied research. The module will be delivered in a systematic approach facilitating individual and group learning, and will stimulate the development of research skills that will enable learners to apply them in their work environment and contribute to strengthening the notion and implementation of evidence based practice.

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