Stephanie Jones

Senior Lecturer │Deputy Programme Lead for the Master of Public Health Programme

School of Allied and Public Health
jones.stephanie@chester.ac.uk
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Stephanie Jones is the Deputy Programme Lead for the Master of Public Health Programme within the Division of Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing at the University of Chester, UK.

Stephanie is a registered adult nurse by background and has worked in various leadership roles in the field of drug and alcohol before completing her Master of Public Health Programme at the University of Chester in 2021. Stephanie has worked within the field of Public Health since 2021 within Local Government supporting the commissioning function of children and young people’s Public Health services. She joined the University of Chester in 2023 as a Senior Lecturer in Public Health to support the delivery of the Master of Public Health Programme.

 

Stephanie joined the University of Chester as a Senior Lecturer in Public Health in 2023 and became the Deputy Programme Lead for the Master of Public Health Programme in September 2024. 
Stephanie's research interests span across the field of public health, psychology and the social sciences and more specifically in exploring mechanisms to address health and social inequalities experienced by marginalized communities.

Stephanie is undertaking a PhD exploring how loneliness is experienced for rural and diverse communities and aims to understand the role of the community in addressing the social inequality in rural areas of Wales. Stephanie’s PhD research specifically focuses on individuals from agricultural communities and aims to provide recommendations to addressing loneliness for rural communities.

Stephanie co-authored a research study which applied implementation science methods to explore the effectiveness of innovative infection prevention measures within community hospitals in Wales. This study reached publication in the Journal of Infection Prevention.  Stephanie was awarded the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Wales, Student Nurse of the Year Award in 2016 for a research study which addressed health outcomes for individuals experiencing homelessness in Wales.

 

Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute

  • Health and Wellbeing Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute
JOURNAL ARTICLE
An evaluation of an infection prevention link nurse programme in community hospitals and development of an implementation model.
Jan 2019J Infect Prev20(1):37-45
Co-authors:Williams L, Cooper T, Bradford L, Cooledge B, Elner F, Fisher D, Huws JC, Jones L, Morris S, Rowe N, Sengwe R, Roberts C, Roberts K, Wright J, Griffiths HO

DEGREES

  • Master of Public Health
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom13 Apr 2020 - 19 Apr 2021
  • Adult Nursing BSc
    Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom14 Apr 2014 - 10 Apr 2017
Committee Membership
  • School of Allied and Public Health Research Ethics Committee - 1 Apr 2024