Dr Rhonda Archibald is a Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition within the DNBS division and a member of the Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research (CHEARR).
- Overview
- Research Interests
- Teaching & Learning
Rhonda graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc (hons) degree in Neuroscience in 2001. She then completed an MSc in Public Health Nutrition at QMU in 2002. Rhonda then worked in a community health development role supporting community led activism.
Rhonda subsequently worked in a Food and Health leadership and training role with NHS Lothian and moved to NHS Forth Valley in 2018 where she leads the Public Health Nutrition team and related food and nutrition workstreams and action plans.
Rhonda has worked as a visiting lecturer and MSc placement supervisor for several years; she completed a Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Sciences in 2017 and took up the post of lecturer in Public Health Nutrition in 2020.
Affiliations/Memberships to Other Organisations:
Rhonda’s primary research interests lie in the area of in public health nutrition, in particular understanding experiences, attitudes and system levers that can mitigate or reduce diet related inequalities in health.
Rhonda has previously carried out research relating to handedness and quality of life, breakfast and cognitive function, complementary feeding practices, and more recently has been working on a Chief Scientist Office Research Grant Partnership Project with disadvantaged communities to design and test a novel, evidence-informed and community-based intervention to address and promote healthy weight and wellbeing.
Rhonda has been involved in a range of needs assessment and evaluation service improvement projects.
Active Research Interests:
- Public health nutrition
- Maternal and infant nutrition
- Sustainable and ethical diets
- Food insecurity
- Community health
- Incentives for behaviour change
- Health needs assessment and evaluation
Research Methods:
- Qualitative methods
- Interviews
- Focus groups
- Community action research
- Mixed methods
- Dietary assessment
- Epidemiological study designs
Rhonda teaches on the following topics:
- Public Health Nutrition
- Health Education & Promotion
- Evidence-based practice
- Professional Practice
- Service improvement
- Leadership
- Public Health
- Community Health Development Research
And on the following modules:
- Sustainable Food Systems
- Food and Nutrition Policy
- Nutrition throughout the Life Course
- Evidence-based practice
- Nutrition in Practice
- Public Health Honours Project
- Dietetic Research Project
