Dr Sarah Hardcastle
Senior Lecturer
contact:
Sport and Service Management
Gaudick Road
Eastbourne
BN20 7SR
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 643761
Email: S.Hardcastle@brighton.ac.uk
Research Interests
- Exercise adoption and adherence
- Health Behavioural change
- The promotion of physical activity
- Interpretive methods of inquiry
Biography
Geography and Sociology BA (Hons), (Marjons, University of Exeter); Sports Science, Fitness & Health MSc(University of Essex); Exercise Psychology PhD (University of Brighton); PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
Sarah is a senior lecturer on the Sport and Exercise Science degree. She teaches predominantly in exercise psychology including: exercise adherence, psychological well-being, exercise referral schemes, and health behaviour change. Sarah also teaches qualitative research methods.
Her research has contributed to the National Quality Assurance Framework (DOH, 2001) for exercise referral schemes in terms of understanding best practice and the training needs of exercise practitioners within them. In terms of consultancy, she has delivered a training course to health professionals working in exercise referral schemes in London.
More recently, she has advised a NHS trust on training methods for exercise practitioners/nurses in facilitating exercise behaviour change. Sarah has also advised the trust on tools to measure exercise related psychological predictors and outcomes, in addition to exercise consultation strategies.
Research Publications
HARDCASTLE, SARAH, Taylor, Adrian, BAILEY, MARTIN, HARLEY, ROBERT and Hagger, Martin S. (2013) Effectiveness of a motivational interviewing intervention on weight loss, physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk factors: a randomised controlled trial with a 12-month post-intervention follow-up International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 10 (40). ISSN 1479-5868
Lonsdale, Adam J, HARDCASTLE, SARAH and Hagger, Martin S. (2012) A minimum price per unit of alcohol: a focus group study to investigate public opinion concerning UK government proposals to introduce new price controls to curb alcohol consumption BMC Public Health, 12 . ISSN 1471-2458
Hardcastle, S., Blake, N. and Hagger, S. (2012) The effectiveness of a motivational interviewing primary-care based intervention on physical activity and predictors of change in a disadvantaged community Journal of Behavioral Medicine . ISSN 1573-3521
HARDCASTLE, SARAH and Hagger, Martin S. (2011) “You can’t do it on your own”: experiences of a motivational interviewing intervention on physical activity and dietary behaviour Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 12 (3). ISSN 1469-0292
Lentillon-Kaestner, V., Hagger, Martin S. and HARDCASTLE, SARAH (2011) Health and doping in elite-level cycling Scandinavian Journal Of Medicine & Science In Sports, 22 (5). ISSN 0905-7188
Hardcastle, S., Taylor, A., Bailey, M. and Castle, R. (2008) A randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of a primary health care based counselling intervention on physical activity, diet and CHD risk factors Patient Education and Counseling, 70 (1). pp. 31-39. ISSN 0738-3991
Hardcastle, S and Taylor, A (2005) Making space for a new exercise identity in an older body: A longitudinal qualitative study of a primary care intervention Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 6 (2). pp. 173-188. ISSN 1469-0292
Hardcastle, S and Taylor, A (2001) Looking for more than weight loss and fitness gain: Psycho-social dimensions among older women in a primary health care exercise referral scheme Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 9 (3). pp. 313-329. ISSN 1543-267X
Research & Scholarship Profile
Sarah has experience and expertise in both qualitative and quantitative (RCT's) research.
Sarah is a reviewer for the following Journals: Journal of Sports Science; Psychology of Sport and Exercise; Psychology and Health; Health Psychology; Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise; Family Practice; Patient Education and Counselling; Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice and other health related journals. Sarah is also a reviewer for the Medical Research Council.
Sarah has also led a large randomised controlled trial of a Primary-care based physical activity and healthy eating intervention funded by Eastbourne Downs and Weald Primary Care Trust (£30k) and a 12-month follow-up assessment funded by Pfizer (£12k).
