Floor Christie-de Jong

Associate Professor in Public Health for Medicine

After several years of clinical practice in adult mental health and smoking cessation in the National Health Service in the UK, I moved into academia and gained experience in teaching and research. I initially worked in the field of tobacco control and then focused on cancer screening.

I was awarded an MA in Public Health from the University of Liverpool, MSc in Clinical Psychology from the University of Groningen, and PhD in Public Health by Lancaster University.

I have managed several online and face-to-face postgraduate courses and line-managed and supported small and large teams of people.

I have national and international research and teaching experience and previously worked for Newcastle University, the online MPH at the University of Liverpool, the University of Calgary-Qatar, and Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

I am Associate Director for Sunderland for FUSE, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, a member of the Mixed Methods International Research Association, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health.

Teaching and supervision
Research
Publications
Areas of expertise

Teaching and supervision

I am an Associate Director in Public Health for Medicine and Vice-Chancellor Research and Knowledge Exchange Fellow. I act as the Public Health Lead throughout Phase 1 of the undergraduate MBChB Medicine.

I have been teaching in higher education for more than 15 years. I have taught multiple courses in public health prior to this role.

I have supervised many international and national students in their public health research at BSc, MSc, and PhD levels. I have always enjoyed supervising students and find it a privilege to be part of their learning journey.

Research interests for potential research students

My research interests are cancer screening, ethnicity, culture and health, migrant health, health inequalities and health literacy.

Public health is so broad and I feel passionate about many public health topics. I have supervised students with many different topics ranging from cancer screening, HPV vaccination, healthcare access for migrants, exclusive breastfeeding, perspectives on management of Diabetes Type 2, sexual and reproductive health, healthy eating, and many more.

I am always happy to discuss potential PhD projects, however I have limited capacity and therefore particularly welcome applications from PhD students in the area of health inequalities and cancer screening.

Research

My research includes:

Principal Investigator with co-Lead Professor Katie Robb, University of Glasgow, for a study funded by Cancer Research UK titled: 'Improving uptake of breast, bowel and cervical cancer screening among Muslim women: a non-randomised feasibility study of a peer-led, faith-based intervention'. £337,485.40 (2023–2026)
Principal Investigator for a study funded by Prostate Cancer Research titled 'A co-designed and culturally appropriate intervention to tackle barriers to early diagnosis of prostate cancer for Black men in Scotland and the North-East of England: a community-centred participatory approach'. £157,688 (2022–2024).
Co-Lead Health Literacy projects in collaboration with the Health Literacy team at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (2023–2024).
Principal Investigator for a study funded by The Scottish Government titled 'A Faith-based intervention for Muslim women in Scotland to encourage uptake of breast, bowel and cervical cancer screening: A community-based participatory approach'.£53,999.20 (2021).
Principal Investigator for an NIHR ARC-funded study titled 'The impact of an interactive film-based intervention on resilience, mental wellbeing and help-seeking attitudes in young people (14–18) at school settings in Cumbria and the North East of England: a mixed methods cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial'. £58,034.00 (2021–2023).

My experience includes qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research in international settings. This includes qualitative research regarding vitamin D deficiency conducted in Saudi Arabia. I was part of a large mixed methods study regarding barriers and facilitators to breast cancer screening study for Arab women in Qatar, and for my PhD I conducted a mixed methods study into barriers and facilitators to cervical cancer screening for Filipino migrant women.

Publications

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Number of items: 35.

Article

Christie-de Jong, Floor, Eberhardt, Judith, Ling, Jonathan, Kotzur, Marie, Oyeniyi, Olugbenga Sam, Nnyanzi, Lawrence, Kabuye, John, Kalemba, Martin and Robb, Katie (2024) The PROCAN-B Study Protocol: Early diagnosis of PROstate CANcer for Black men - a community-centred participatory approach in Scotland and the North-East of England. PLOSONE. ISSN 1932-6203 (In Press)

Dunnett, Jo, Dawson, Lorna, Swiers, Ryan, Trebacz, Anastasia, Holkham, Jack and Christie-de Jong, Floor (2024) Health literacy: reducing inequalities in healthcare access through changing the reading age of healthcare material: a mixed-methods pilot study. The Lancet.

Christie-de Jong, Floor, Oyeniyi, Olugbenga Sam, Eberhardt, Judith, Kabuye, John, Kalemba, Martin, Nnyanzi, Lawrence, Kotzur, Marie and Robb, Kathryn A. (2024) Mixed-methods evaluation of a co-designed peer-led intervention to tackle barriers to early diagnosis of prostate cancer for Black men in North-East England and Scotland. The Lancet, 404 (S58). ISSN 0140-6736

Kotzur, Marie, Amiri, Rana, Gatting, Lauren, Robb, Katie, Ling, Jonathan, Mooney, John and Christie-de Jong, Floor (2023) Adapting participatory workshops to a virtual setting: Co-design with Muslim women of a faith-based intervention to encourage cancer screening uptake. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. ISSN 1609-4069

Obohwemu, Kennedy, Christie-de Jong, Floor and Jonathan, Ling (2022) PARENTAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE HESITANCY AND PREDICTING UPTAKE OF VACCINATIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Primary Health Care Research & Development. (In Press)

Obohwemu, Kennedy, Christie-de Jong, Floor and Ling, Jonathan (2022) Parental childhood vaccine hesitancy and predicting uptake of vaccinations: a systematic review. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 23. pp. 1-14. ISSN 1463-4236

Christie-de Jong, Floor, Kotzur, Marie, Amiri, Rana, Ling, Jonathan, Mooney, John and Robb, Katie (2022) A qualitative evaluation of a co-designed faith-based intervention for Muslim women in Scotland to encourage uptake of breast, colorectal and cervical cancer screening. BMJ Open, 12 (e05873). ISSN 2044-6055

Gadsby, Erica, Christie-de Jong, Floor, Bhopal, Sunil, Corlett, Heather and Turner, Stephen (2022) Qualitative analysis of the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic response on paediatric health services in North of Scotland and North of England. BMJ Open, 12 (e05662). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2044-6055

Christie-de Jong, Floor and Reilly, Siobhan (2020) Barriers and facilitators to cervical screening for Filipino women-a narrative literature review. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. ISSN 1747-9894

Christie-de Jong, Floor and Reilly, Siobhan (2020) Barriers and Facilitators to Pap-testing among Female Overseas Filipino Workers: a qualitative exploration. International Journal for Human Rights in Healthcare. ISSN 2056-4902

Close, Kristin and Christie-de Jong, Floor (2019) Lasting impact: a qualitative study of perspectives on surgery by adult recipients of free mission-based surgical care in Benin. BMJ Open. pp. 1-8. ISSN 2044-6055

Christie-de Jong, Floor (2018) Health inequalities and migrants: accessing healthcare as a global human right. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HEALTHCARE, 11 (4). pp. 229-231. ISSN 2056-4902

McNeely, Shaunessy and Christie-de Jong, Floor (2016) Somali refugees’ perspectives regarding FGM/C in the US. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 12 (3). pp. 157-169. ISSN 1747-9894

Truong-Donnelly, Tam, Al-Khater, Al-Hareth, Bujassoum Al-Bader, Salha, Ghaith Al Kuwari, Mohammed, Al-Meer, Nabila, Malik, Mariam, Singh, Rajvir and Christie-de Jong, Floor (2013) Arab Women's Breast Cancer Screening Practices: A Literature Review. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 14 (8). pp. 4519-4528.

Truong Donnelly, Tam, Al-Khater, Al-Hareth, Al-Kuwari, Mohamed, Al-Meer, Nabila, Bujassoum Al-Bader, Salha, Malik, Mariam, Singh, Rajvir and Christie-de Jong, Floor (2011) Study exploring breast cancer screening practices amongst Arabic women living in the State of Qatar. Avicenna, 2011 (1). ISSN 2220-2749 E-ISSN:

Christie-de Jong, Floor and Mason, Linda (2011) Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding vitamin D deficiency among female students in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative exploration. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 14 (3). e22-e29.

Pre-registration

Baldasera, Chloe, Dunnett, Jo, Christie-de Jong, Floor, Trebacz, Anastasia, Holkham, Jack, Swiers, Ryan and Rowlands, Gill (2024) A narrative systematic review regarding effectiveness and acceptability of interventions to improve readability of patient healthcare. [Pre-registration]

Book Section

Christie-de Jong, Floor (2025) Refugees and Migrants: Health Policies in OECD Countries. In: Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice A Comparative Introduction. Routledge. ISBN 9781032381237 (In Press)

Christie-de Jong, Floor (2022) Living in a foreign land: Refugee and Migrant Health and related Health Inequalities. In: Social Science Perspectives on Global Public Health. Routledge, London, pp. 158-168.