I began my public health career in 1994, passing the MPH at the University of Birmingham in 1998 and achieving FFPH in 2007.

As a Consultant in Public Health in the NHS, I led several public health areas including sexual health, children’s services, teenage pregnancy, perinatal mortality, Research & Development, public health performance, elderly, stroke services, eye screening, as well as being Pan-Birmingham cervical and breast screening lead.  I have now retired from practice.

In my role as a Public Health academic, I founded and led the Master of Public Health (MPH) award at the University of Wolverhampton and worked as a systematic reviewer at the University of Birmingham.

From 2009-2016, I was Professor in Public Health at Staffordshire University. This role included leading a Distance Learning MPH, establishing an MPH in Health Informatics and being Academic Director for the Centre for Health and Development (CHAD), as well as supervising students and publishing research. 

I also continue to be active as an Emeritus Professor at Staffordshire University, Honorary Professor in Epidemiology at Aston Medical School, Honorary Consultant in Public Health at Shropshire Council and Clinical Research Specialty Lead for Public Health at NIHR CRN West Midlands.

I have published many research papers, as well as textbooks on clinical audit, medical statistics and epidemiology.

 Other relevant professional and voluntary activities

Personal Website – www.stewarthealth.com

ORCHID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6429-2386

• Master of Public Health (1998)
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (2015)
• Introduction to Counselling - Staffordshire Univeristy (2016)

Books

Stewart A. Basic epidemiology and statistics.  Radcliffe Publishing, Oxford & New York  2002 (2^nd ed. 2007;  3^rd ed. 2010; 4^th ed. 2016; 5^th ed. in production).   Winner of the ‘Basis of Medicine’ category in the BMA Medical Book Awards 2011.

Stewart A, Rao JN. Clinical audit and Epi Info.  Radcliffe Publishing, Oxford & New York 2003.

Stewart A. Getting started with clinical audit.  Brixton Books, London 1997.

Selected research and other papers

Rose J, Crosbie M. Stewart A. A qualitative literature review exploring the drivers influencing antibiotic over-prescribing by GPs in primary care and recommendations to reduce unnecessary prescribing. Perspectives in Public Health 2019. DOI: 10.1177/1757913919879183.

Boath E, Good R, Tsaroucha A, Stewart T, Pitch S & Boughey AJ. Tapping your way to success: using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to reduce anxiety and improve communication skills in social work students. Social Work Education 2017. DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2017.1297394

Aigbogun NW, Hawker JI, Stewart A. Interventions to increase influenza vaccination rates in children with high-risk conditions - A systematic review. Vaccine 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.12.013

Atoyebi O, Stewart A, Sampson J. Use of Information Technology for Falls Detection and Prevention in the Elderly. Ageing International 2015; 40(3):277-299.

Boath, E., T. Stewart and C. Rolling. The impact of EFT and matrix reimprinting on the civilian survivors of war in Bosnia: A pilot study. Curr. Res. Psychol. 2014, 5: 65-73.

Randall J, Slater M, Stewart A, Pugh G, Lewis K, Levy C, Alessandri-Gray P. The Effectiveness of Non-Surgical Weight Management Interventions for Obesity in the UK: A Review and Meta-Regression Analysis. Open Journal of Medical Psychology 2014, 3:235-249.

Boath, EH. Stewart, A & Carryer, A (2013) Is Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as effective with Complementary therapy students as Sport Science students?  Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment 2013, DOI: 10.9769.EPJ.2013.5.2.EB.AC.AS.SU

Stewart A, Boath E, Carryer A, Walton I, Hill L, Phillips D, Dawson K. Can Matrix Reimprinting be effective in the treatment of emotional conditions in a public health setting? Results of a U.K. pilot study. Energy Psychology 2013. DOI: 10.9769.EPJ.2013.5.1.AS.EB.AC.IW.LH.DP.KD

Stewart A, Boath E, Carryer A, Walton I, Hill L. Can Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) be effective in the treatment of emotional conditions? Results of a service evaluation in Sandwell. Journal of Psychological Therapies in Primary Care 2013;2:71-84.

Boath E, Stewart A, Carryer A. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for enhancing academic performance in University students. Innovative Practice in Higher Education 2013;1(3).

Fritzsche FR, Ramach C, Soldini D, Caduff R, Tinguely M, Cassoly E, Moch H, Stewart A. Occupational health risks of pathologists - results from a nationwide online questionnaire in Switzerland. BMC Public Health 2012 6;12(1):1054. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-1054.

Tsaroucha A, Kingston P, Stewart A, Walton IJ, Corp N.  Assessing the effectiveness of the ‘Human Givens’ approach in treating depression: A quasi experimental study in primary care. Mental Health Review Journal 2012;17(2):90-103. 

Tsaroucha A, Kingston P, Corp N, Stewart A, Walton IJ. The Emotional Needs Audit (ENA): A report on its validity and reliability. Mental Health Review Journal 2012:17(2):81-89.

Stewart A, Coetzee N, Knapper E, Rajanaidu S, Iqbal Z, Duggal H. Public health action and mass chemoprophylaxis in response to a small meningococcal infection outbreak at a nursery in the West Midlands, England. Perspectives in Public Health 2012. DOI: 10.1177/1757913912439928.

Boath E, Stewart A, Carryer A. A narrative systematic review of the effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Staffordshire University, CPSI Monograph, Centre for Practice and Service Improvement, Staffordshire University 2012.

Boath E, Stewart A, Carryer A. Tapping for PEAS: Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) in reducing Presentation Expression Anxiety Syndrome (PEAS) in University students. Innovative Practice in Higher Education 2012;1(2).

Stewart A, Rao JN, Middleton JD, Pearmain P, Evans T. Mobile telecommunications and health: Report of an investigation into an alleged cancer cluster in Sandwell, West Midlands. Perspectives in Public Health 2012;132(6)299-304. 

Stewart A. Lifting the fog - bringing clarity to public health. Perspectives in Public Health2010;130(6): 263-4.

Harding J, Walton I, Stewart A.  Can a local partnership approach improve the outcomes of people with diabetes?  The Tipton Action for Diabetes (TADPOLE) project.  Practical Cardiovascular Risk Management 2005;3(4): 12-15.

Stewart A, Catanzaro R.  Can Physician Assistants be effective in the UK?  Clinical Medicine 2005;5:344-8.

Paniagua H , Stewart A.  Medical care practitioners: introducing a new profession into the UK.  British Journal of Nursing 2005;14:405-8.

Bibby E, Stewart A.  The epidemiology of preterm birth.  Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2004,25;Suppl 1:43-7

Walton I, Harding J, Stewart A, Tunna K.  Project for the evaluation of asthma in Tipton schools (PEATS).  Quality in Primary Care. 2004;12:53-8.

Denley J, Rao JN, Stewart A.  How do patients rate the quality of consultations in primary care? A patient enablement survey from practices within a primary care trust in Sandwell.  Quality in Primary Care. 2003;11:181-8.

Stewart A, Rao J, Osho-Williams G, Fairfield M, Ahmad R.  Audit of primary care angina management in Sandwell.  Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 2002;122(2):112-117.

Stewart A, Rao J.  Asian patients may receive inferior care (Letter).  BMJ 2002;325:659.

Burls A, Clark W, Stewart A, Preston C, Bryan S, Jefferson T, Fry-Smith A.  Zanamivir for the treatment of influenza in adults. Health Technol Assess. 2002;6(9).

Stewart A, Sandercock J, Bryan S, Hyde C, Barton PM, Fry-Smith A, et al.  The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of riluzole for motor neurone disease: a rapid and systematic review.  Health Technol Assess. 2001;5(2).

Stewart A, Cummins C, Gold L, Jordan R, Phillips W.  The effectiveness of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system in menorrhagia: a systematic review.  British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2001;108:1-13.

Sandercock J, Burls A, Hyde C, Fry-Smith A, Barton P, Bryan S, Stewart A.  Riluzole for motor neurone disease (Letter).  BMJ 2001; 322:1305.

Stewart A, Rao JN.  Do Asians with diabetes in Sandwell receive inferior primary care? a retrospective cohort study.  Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 2000;120(4):248-54.

Stewart A, Cummins C, Gold L, Jordan R, Phillips W.  The effectiveness of the Mirena Coil in menorrhagia.  The University of Birmingham. 1999.  DPHE Report Number 16.

Stewart A, Rao J, Osho-Williams G.  Requiem for a deceased PCAG.  Journal of Clinical Governance. 1999;7:4:202-3.

Lester R, Osho-Williams G, Matthews P, Stewart A, Riddington J, Rao JN, Andrews P. Improving venous leg ulcer care in Sandwell.Abstract of paper presented to Evidence-Supported Medicine Union Conference 12 March 1998.  Journal of Clinical Effectiveness 1998;3:41.

Rao JN, Mayne A, Osho-Williams G, Stewart A, Riddington J, Low D.  Clinical effectiveness in Sandwell – one District’s approach. Abstract of paper presented to Evidence-Supported Medicine Union Conference 12 March 1998.  Journal of Clinical Effectiveness 1998;3:41.

Stewart A.  Computer power - making clinical audit easier.  Audit in General Practice. 1996;4:6:18-20.

Current appointment: Senior Lecturer in Public Health [Jan 2018]

Faculty of Education Health & Wellbeing.

• Teaching in public health related areas including, epidemiology, medical statistics, quantitative research, health needs assessment and health evaluation.
• Supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Engaging in public health research.

 Employment history

Enterprise, Knowledge Transfer & Consultancy

2009:  Delivery of Health Informatics Postgraduate Diploma, West Midlands Deanery - £56,000

2010:  Cohort 2 of Health Informatics Postgraduate Diploma, West Midlands Deanery - £27,000

2010:  Evaluation of Family Nurse Practitioner Scheme, Stoke-on-Trent PCT - £50,000

2011:  Development of Employee Wellbeing Screening Tool, Staffordshire University For Business - £8,000

2011:  Cohort 3 of Health Informatics Postgraduate Diploma, West Midlands Deanery - £29,160

2011:  Health Impact Assessment, Stoke-on-Trent City Council (co-applicant)  - £20,424

2009-12:  Income secured from CPD courses, various sources   - £21,000

2011/12:  Management of West Midlands Public Health Analyst Scheme, West Midlands Deanery - £10,500

2012:  Cohort 4 of Health Informatics Postgraduate Diploma, West Midlands Deanery - £34,200

2012:  Data analysis for “Help To Slim” Programme, Shropshire County PCT - £3,956

2012:  Systematic review of Non-Surgical Interventions for Obesity, Shropshire County PCT - £29,168

2012:  Public Health Research Fellowships, Stoke-on-Trent PCT - £25,000

2013:  Cohort 5 of Health Informatics Postgraduate Diploma, West Midlands Deanery - £41,800

2013:  Evaluation of two Community Prototype projects, Shropshire County PCT - £10,000

2014:  Cohort 6 of Health Informatics Postgraduate Diploma, Health Education West Midlands   - £42,000

2014:  Evaluation of CRI Hepatitis Programme in Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke City Council - £10,928

2015:  Three year funding for Centre for Health & Development (co-applicant) - £900,000

2016:  Knowledge, perceptions and experience of the influenza vaccine, Sanofi Pasteur MSD - £14,248

Postgraduate Research Supervision

MPH/MSc

Total number of Completions: Over 100 as internal supervisor.

External Examiner

Chief External Examiner, University of Manchester, School of Medicine (2015-20)

External Examiner, University of The West of England, Faculty of Health & Social Care (2001-2004)