Andy Turner
Professor of Health PsychologyÂ
Faculty Research Centre for Technology Enabled Health Resear
Coventry University
United Kingdom
Biography
Andy is a Professor of Health Psychology and a registered health psychologist. He has been involved in developing, delivering and evaluating health behaviour coaching and self-management programmes for patients and carers programmes for nearly 20 years. He has led a programme of work developing the Help to Overcome Problems Effectively (HOPE) health coaching and self-management support programme for people living with and beyond cancer, MS, dementia, HIV/AIDS and mental health problems. Macmillan Cancer Support has licensed the HOPE Programme for cancer survivors and now delivers it in the UK. The National Cancer Survivorship Initiative vision document (20023) cites the HOPE Programme as an exemplar of good practice.
Research Interest
Self-management, long-term conditions, health psychology, lifestyle interventions living with or affected by cancer, dementia, MS, mental health conditions and autism, chronic disease
Publications
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Patel R, Lycett D, Coufopoulos A, Turner A. A Feasibility Study of Taste & See: A Church Based Programme to Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food. Religions. 2017 Feb 18;8(2):29.
