Academic and professional qualifications

• PhD
• Master Of Philosophy (MPhil)
• MA Personal Social Health Education
• BA (hons) Health Studies
• Registered General Nurse RGN
• Registered Community Nurse
• Registered Nurse Lecturer

Other academic service (administration and management)

• External Examiner
• Journal Reviewer

Why study Public Health and Nursing ?

External examiner roles

Edge Hill University

Research expertise

PhD entitied: Understanding health across different settings. A nursing journey

MPhil entitled: Placing Public Health at The Heart of all Nursing Practice

Publications

• Journal articles

  M. Dooris, A. Farrier, S. Powell, M. Holt (2019). Whole system approaches to health in higher education. Health Education.

  M. Holt, S. Powell (2017). Healthy Universities: a guiding framework for universities to examine the distinctive health needs of its own student population. Perspectives in public health. 137(1), pp.53-58.

  SC. Powell, M. Dooris, A. Farrier, S. Doherty, M. Holt, et al. R. Monk. (2016). The UK Healthy Universities Self-Review Tool: whole system impact. Health Promotion International.

  M. Holt, R. Monk, S. Powell, M. Dooris (2015). Student perceptions of a healthy university. Public Health. 129(6), pp.674-683.

  M. Holt, S. Powell (2015). Health and well-being in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). What public health support do SMEs really need?. Perspect Public Health. 135(1), pp.49-55.

  M. Holt (2011). Public health and nursing practice: seizing the receptive moment. Nurse Educ Pract. 11(4), pp.224-227.

  K. Jack, M. Holt (2008). Community profiling as part of a health needs assessment. Nurs Stand. 22(18), pp.51-56.

  ML. Holt, J. McCarthy (2007). The Complexities of a Policy Driven Curriculum. Nursing Standard.

  M. Holt, T. Warne (2007). The educational and practice tensions in preparing pre-registration nurses to become future health promoters: a small scale explorative study. Nurse Educ Pract. 7(6), pp.373-380.

• Chapters in books

  M. Holt, L. Webb (2011). Engagement motivation and changing behaviour. L. Webb. In: Nursing: Communication Skills in Practice. Oxford University Press, pp.277-299.

  ML. Holt (2011). Health Promotion and Communication Techniques. L. Webb. In: Nursing: Communication Skills in Practice. Oxford University Press, pp.137-155.

Invited papers

Holt M (2008) The educational preparation of student nurses as communicators of health and wellbeing. Journal For The Royal Society for The Promotion of Health July 2008 Vol 128 No 4.

Conference organisation

Holt M & Powell S (2015) Three paper presentation.  Healthy Universities Conference "Reviewing the Edmonton Charter 10 years on".  Kelowna. BC  

Holt M & Powell S (2014) 'Workplace health in small medium enterprises (SME). What public health support do SMEs really want?' The Festival of Public Health UK. OUM

Holt M & Powell S (2014) Engaging citizens with a new community campus. An Innovative Civil Society: Impact through Co-creation and Participation, in Copenhagen, April 2014

Powell S & Holt M (2014) 'Workplace health in small medium enterprises (SME). What public health support do SMEs really want?' Wellbeing at Work conference May 2014 in Copenhagen

Holt M & Powell S (2013) Workplace Health and Wellbeing in Small, Medium Sized Enterprises (SME). What do SMEs really want. Public Health England. Warwick

Holt M (2012) Establishing Brief Intervention Training Into Pre Registration Nurse Training. European Federation of Nurse Educators (FINE Oct 2012).

Holt M (2012) The relationship between the resilience of Small, Medium Enterprises (SME) in times of slow economic growth and staff Health & Wellbeing. 2nd International wellbeing at work conference (May)

Holt M & Haigh C (2011) Enhancing Education and Practice Through the Establishment of Brief Intervention Training Into Pre Registration Nurse Training in Four Higher Education Institutions. NET Cambridge

Holt M & Haigh C (2010) Enhancing collaboration across education and research. NET/NET Sydney Australia

Holt M & Haigh C (2010) Brief intervention training in pre-reg nursing. Added Value of a necessity. RCN Enhancing Practice. Belfas

Holt M (2010) From Nurse Educator to Nurse Researcher. A Journey of Discovery. Enhancing Practice Netherlands.

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Expert reviewer for journals and publishers

NIHR

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Perspectives in health

Projects and initiatives

• Healthy Universities initiative
• Supporting Troubled Families Evaluation
• Health and wellbeing in SMEs
• The relationship between the resilience of SMEs in times of slow economic growth and staff wellbeing
• NHS Wirral Exploration of the impact and effectiveness of a stop smoking social marketing campaign
• May 2010 MMU collaborative research with UCLAN. Preventing and minimising gambling related harm in Higher Education settings
• ChaMPs Public Health Intervention Training in Pre-registration Nursing Programmes. 3 Year study
• Development and delivery of Public Health Curriculum for the Groundwork Charity Trust
• Health at work project. MMU Academy for H&WB Collaborative project with UOS
• Seed Corn funding for further development of fellowship web based public health programme
• PHORUS (Public Health Open Resources for the University Sector) Dephi study for the development of Public Health Open Learning Material

Prizes and awards

 The MMU 'Contribution to Research & Enterprise Award' 2010

Completed an academic fellowship for the development of a contemporary public health curriculum using inter-professional and blended learning experiences across professional disciplines. 2008 

Visiting and honorary positions

Public Health England WHO Collaborating Centre for PH Nursing. Honorary Contract

Membership of professional associations

• Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Higher Education Academy –Honorary Fellow Member
• Royal Society for Public Health– member
• The Royal Society for the Promotion of health – Fellow Member