Jennifer joined Born in Bradford as a Senior Research Fellow in September 2019. She is part of the research team evaluating ‘Join Us: Move. Play’, a programme which aims to increase physical activity and improve outcomes for children and young people aged 5 – 14. Jennifer is currently leading on developing the process evaluation of the programme and will develop behaviour change interventions to be tested as part of the programme.

Jennifer is a qualitative researcher with research interests in physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and intervention development and behaviour change. Prior to joining BiB Jennifer developed and feasibility tested an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour after stroke. Her PhD research involved developing and evaluating a workplace intervention for reducing sitting and increasing physical activity amongst office-based employees.

Jennifer has contributed to a book on British Muslims, Ethnicity and Health Inequalities- https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-british-muslims-ethnicity-and-health-inequalities.html

Why you enjoy working at BiB

Contributing to removing barriers to being physically active for people living in Bradford through research.

Favourite toy when you were a child

I loved board games as a child and was constantly pestering family and friends to play them with me – KerPlunk was a favourite!

Favourite pastime when not at work

Playing rugby and travelling

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Marie Frazer, Amanda Seims, Michael J Tatterton, Bridget Lockyer, Daniel Bingham, Sally Barber, Andy Daly-Smith, Jennifer Hall, (2023). Child and family experiences of a whole-systems approach to physical activity in a multiethnic UK city: a citizen science evaluation protocol. BMJ, 13(2), DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069334,
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Daniel D Bingham, Andy Daly-Smith, Amanda Seims, Jennifer Hall, Lucy Eddy, Zoe Helme, Sally E Barber, , (2023). Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Whole-System Intervention to Increase the Physical Activity of Children Aged 5 to 11 Years (Join Us: Move Play, JU:MP): Protocol for a Quasiexperimental Trial. JMIR DOI: 10.2196/43619,
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Amanda L. Seims, Jennifer Hall, Daniel D. Bingham, Amy Creaser, Anastasia Christoforou, Sally Barber, Andy Daly-Smith, (2023). Interventions targeting children and young people’s physical activity behavior at home: A systematic review. PLOS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289831,
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Isobel P. Steward, Emma S. Young, Sufyan Abid Dogra, Elizabeth Stamp, Andy Daly-Smith, Kammy Siddique, Kelly Morgan, Jamie Crowther, Jennifer Hall, on behalf of the JU:MP research & development team , (2023). How to develop young physical activity leaders? A Delphi study. PLOS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286920,
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Sufyan Abid Dogra, Kate Lightfoot, Rosslyn Kerr, Jennifer Hall, Olivia Joseph, Nasiba Siddig, Hannah Nutting, Katy A. Shire, Helen Roberts, Neil Small, Rosemary R.C. McEachan, John Wright, (2022). Born in Bradford Age of Wonder cohort: A protocol for qualitative longitudinal research. Wellcome Open Research, 7(270), DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18096.1,
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Daniel D. Bingham, Andy Daly-Smith, Jennifer Hall, Amanda Seims, Sufyan A. Dogra, Stuart J. Fairclough, Mildred Ajebon, Brian Kelly, Bo Hou, Katy A. Shire, Kirsty L. Crossley, Mark Mon-Williams, John Wright, Kate Pickett, Rosemary McEachan, Josie Dickerson, Sally E. Barber on behalf of the Bradford Institute for Health Research COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group, (2021). Covid-19 lockdown: Ethnic differences in children’s self-reported physical activity and the importance of leaving the home environment; a longitudinal and cross-sectional study from the Born in Bradford birth cohort study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity DOI: 10.1186/s12966-021-01183-y,
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Jennifer Hall, Daniel D. Bingham, Amanda Seims, Sufyan Abid Dogra, Jan Burkhardt, James Nobles, Jim McKenna, Maria Bryant, Sally E. Barber & Andy Daly-Smith , (2021). A whole system approach to increasing children’s physical activity in a multi-ethnic UK city: a process evaluation protocol. BMC DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-12255,
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Hall J, Kay T, McConnel A, Mansfield L. , (2019). Implementation of sit-stand desks as a workplace health initiative: stakeholder views. International Journal of Workplace Health Management , 12(5), 369-386. DOI: 10.1108/IJWHM-02-2019-0026,
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Dewitt S, Hall J, Smith L, Buckley J, Biddle S, Mansfield L, Gardner, B., (2019). Office workers’ experiences of attempts to reduce sitting-time: An exploratory, mixed-methods uncontrolled intervention pilot study.. BMC Public Health 819. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7196-0,
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Morton S, Fitzsimons C, Hall J, Clarke D, Forster A, English C, Chastin S, Birch KM, Mead G., (2019). Sedentary behavior after stroke: A new target for therapeutic intervention.. International Journal of Stroke, 14(1), 9-11. DOI: 10.1177/1747493018784505,
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Mansfield L, Hall J, Smith L, Rasch M, Reeves E, Dewitt S, Gardner B., (2018). “Could you sit down please?” A qualitative analysis of employees’ experiences of standing in normally-seated workplace meetings.. PloS one, 13(6), 1-16.
Bird J, Hall J, Arnold R, Karageorghis C, Hussain A., (2016). Effects of music and music-video on core affect during exercise at the lactate threshold. Psychology of Music DOI: 10.1177/0305735616637909,
Webb J, Hall J, Hall K, Fabunmi-Alade R, (2015). Delivery of very brief physical activity advice to cancer patients by nurses – a mixed methods feasibility study of a training intervention. Public Health 121-133. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2016.05.015,
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Hall J, Mansfield L, Kay T, McConnell AK. , (2015). The effect of a sit-stand workstation intervention on daily sitting, standing and physical activity: protocol for a 12 month workplace randomised control trial. BMC Public Health 152. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1506-y,