Dr Margaret Husted

Biography

I am Reader in Psychology. Having had a previous career in the financial services and banking industry and knowing that it was not going to be my passion for the remainder of my working life, I made the decision to change direction. I first read Psychology at the Open University achieving 1st Class BSc (hons) in psychology. Having chosen to specialise as a Health Psychologist I undertook a MSc Health Psychology at the University of Surrey before continuing on to undertake a PhD alongside my health psychology Stage 2 training Postgraduate Certificate in Health Psychology Practice. In addition to undertaking a number of consultancy positions I have been a teaching fellow at the University of Surrey before moving to the University of Winchester in 2016 to take up a lectureship.

I am Convener of the Engaging Communities Research Centre and a member of the Healthy Lives Research Group.

Higher Education Teaching Qualification: Higher Education Academy Associate Fellowship (FHEA).

Areas of expertise

Health Psychology

Publications

• Hollands, C., Gray, D., Marren, A., Hindley, R. & Husted, M., (2025) Empowering patient choice: a systematic review of decision aids for benign prostatic hyperplasia. BJUI International 136/3, 359-371. https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.16797 
• Belfrage, S., Husted, M., Fraser, S., Patel, S. & Faulkner, J. (2025) Health literacy profiling of parents in two disadvantaged inner-city areas in the United Kingdom. Health Literacy and Communication Open 3, 1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/28355245.2025.2489383 
• Belfrage, S., Faulkner, J., Husted, M., Fraser, S. & Patel, S., (2024) Generating qualitative evidence of the validity of the Health Literacy Questionnaire Parent. European Journal of Public Health 34, Supplement 3 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1668 
• Oftadeh Moghadam, S., Husted, M., Aznar, A. & Gray, D. (2024), A Person-Based Web-Based Sleep Intervention Aimed at Adolescents (SleepWise): Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study JMIR Formative Research 8, e51322
https://formative.jmir.org/2024/1/e51322
• Belfrage, S., Husted, M., Fraser, S., Patel, S., & Faulkner, J. (2023) A systematic review of the effectiveness of community-based interventions aimed at improving health literacy of parents/carers of children. Perspectives in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139231180746
• Husted M, Gray D, Golding SE, Hindley R. (2022) Reaching a Tipping Point: A Qualitative Exploration of Quality of Life and Treatment Decision-Making in People Living With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Qual Health Res. Nov 32(13): 1979-1992. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323221129262
• Husted, M., Gibbons, A., Cheung, W-Y., & Keating, S. (2022) COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in Adults in the United Kingdom: Barriers and Facilitators to Uptake, Health Psychology, Vol. 42. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001256

• Husted, M., & Naylor, L. (2020) Constructs of sleep disturbance and mental well-being in older adolescents in the UK. Health Psychology Update. 27-36, Volume 29 Spring Ed.

• Husted, M., Seiss, E., & Banks, A. (2019) The relationship between dietary restraint and deficits in reasoning about causes of weight-gain. Psychology & Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2019.1623890

• Abdin, S.,Lavallée, J., Faulkner, J., & Husted, M. (2019) A Systematic Review of The effectiveness of physical activity interventions in adults with breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 2019 https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5101

• Lavallée, J., Abdin, S., Faulkner, J., & Husted, M. (2019) Barriers and facilitators to participating in physical activity for adults with breast cancer receiving adjuvant treatment: a qualitative meta-synthesis. Psycho-Oncology. Vol 28 (3). 468-476. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4980 

• Bowles, K., & Husted, M. (2019) Understanding what influences people’s attitudes towards individuals with dementia, Health Psychology Update, Vol. 28 Spring 2019. ISSN 0954-2027.

• Husted, M., Banks, A. P., & Seiss, E. (2016). Eating behaviour associated with differences in conflict adaptation for food pictures. Appetite, 105, 630637. Read it online
• Husted, M., & Ogden, J. (2014). Emphasising personal investment effects weight loss and hedonic thoughts about food after obesity surgery. Journal of Obesity, 2014, 810374. Read it online
• Husted, M., Banks, A. P., & Seiss, E. (2014). External Eating Behaviour Affects Performance in Food Picture Flanker Task. Appetite, 83, 360. Read it online
• Husted, M., Seiss, E., & Banks, A. (2013). Causal reasoning about obesity What’s logic got to do with it? Appetite, 71, 478. Read it online