Jacqueline Merchant
B.A (Hons), Msc, Cert.Ed. (H.E)
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
Location:
Priestman Building
Phone: 0191 515 3183 / 3192 / 2395 / 2201
Email:
jacqui.merchant@sunderland.ac.uk
Biography
Jacqui is currently Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and teaches primarily on the BSc Health & Social Care degree. Her background is in the sociology of health & illness. Before this she taught on the Community Health degree and was Programme leader for the diplomas in Drug & Alcohol Studies at the University. Before working in higher education Jacqui worked for Northumberland Health Education in Research and Evaluation after graduating from Edinburgh University with a Masters degree in Health Promotion & Health Education.
Teaching Areas
Jacqui's teaching interests include social and health inequalities, substance use and society, reproductive health and life course approaches to the sociology of health and illness, including psychosocial perspectives on health and wellbeing.
Research Interests
Substance use and misuse, social exclusion and community cohesion, reproductive health, motherhood and mental health and illness.
Selected Publications
*Sport and Physical Activity: the role of health promotion:Merchant, J., Griffin, B., and Charnock, A. (Eds.)(2007) 'Sport and Physical Activity: the role of health promotion'. Palgrave.
*Young People and Recreational Drug Use:
Merchant, J and MacDonald, R.(1994) 'Youth, Rave Culture, Ecstasy and Health'. Youth and Policy 45, 1994.
* Research Methods:
Andrews, J., Blackwell, D., Charnock, A., Cooper, N., Donnelly, C., Fulton, J., Merchant, J., Parsons, S. (1995) Research Methods. The School of Health Sciences and Learning Development Services, University of Sunderland.
