Professor Diane Crone
Head of Global Academy Health and Human Performance
Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
- PhD, FRSPH
Overview
Diane is a Professor in Exercise and Health at the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences. Her expertise lies in the area of the design, delivery and evaluation of health promoting interventions in primary and secondary health care, and in the community. She has published internationally in the areas of exercise referral scheme evaluation, mental health promotion, arts for health and in physical activity pathway intervention evaluations.
She has presented both nationally and internationally in both English and Spanish. Much of her work is undertaken with health professionals in the NHS and with regional and local government officers, in both the UK and EU. As a consequence, has specific application to practice and is used regularly in the development of evidence-based practice.
In terms of management and leadership, she has extensive experience of both leading and taking part in multi-partner projects and of international and transnational working practices. She has led and managed three large EU bids, Leonardo and ERASMUS, including HELP (Healthy Learning and Practice through Europe €320K; 2011-2013), EGS (Employability of Graduates in Sport across Europe €380K; 2012-2014) and SPAcE (Supporting Policy and Action through Active Environments €650K; 2015-2017). In addition to leading numerous other regional and national level research projects, in her previous Professorial role at the University of Gloucestershire, she was the University’s strategic lead for the research priority area, Sport, Exercise, Health and Wellbeing. This research area incorporated staff across three School’s (Natural and Social Sciences, Sport and Exercise, and Health and Social Care), and included two REF related Unit of Assessments. She was also the University lead for Research4Gloucestershire, a collaborative research partnership between the University and six key health and social care providers in the county.
She is a member of BASES (British Association for Sport and Exercise Sciences) and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health.
Research Publications
119 Addressing inequalities in participation: Developing an inclusive sport and physical activity system across Wales, UK
Crone, D., Cavill, N., Bolton, N., Sellars, P. & Dickson, T., 26 Sept 2024, In: European Journal of Public Health. 34, Supplement_2Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
130 Promoting health enhancing physical activity through social prescribing in Wales: A delivery and recommendations framework for nature-based wellbeing support programmes
Sellars, P., Crone, D., Mercer, J. & Clayton, D., 26 Sept 2024, In: European Journal of Public Health. 34, Supplement_2Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
252 Moving with nature: developing guidelines to promote physical activity in nature for those living with mental health problems
Sellars, P., Bennett, A., Crone, D., Mercer, J. & Clayton, D., 26 Sept 2024, In: European Journal of Public Health. 34, Supplement_2Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
37 Developing a practical tool for reaching consensus about shared outcome measurement in cross-sector health-enhancing physical activity partnerships
Kolovou, V., Crone, D. & Bolton, N., 26 Sept 2024, In: European Journal of Public Health. 34, Supplement_2Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
72 The role of conservation projects for health enhancing physical activity (HEPA): holistic benefits for volunteers whilst enhancing environmental biodiversity - a blue space case study
Crone, D., Bashir, F., Sumner, R. C. & Szekeres, Z., 26 Sept 2024, In: European Journal of Public Health. 34, Supplement_2Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
S11-2: Reaching and recruiting young people experiencing homelessness for physical activity interventions: Challenges, opportunities, and recommendations
Thomas, J., Crone, D., Bowes, N., Thirlaway, K., Meyers, R. W. & Mackintosh, K. A., 26 Sept 2024, In: European Journal of Public Health. 34, Supplement_2Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
Using systems mapping within the process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial of the ACE active ageing programme in England and Wales
Cavill, N., Greaves, C., Chatwin, K. E., Szekeres, Z., Davies, A., Hawley-Hague, H., Crone, D., Withall, J., Thompson, J. & Stathi, A., 13 Jun 2024, In: BMJ Public Health. 2, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
“They are saying it’s high, but I think it’s quite low”: exploring cardiovascular disease risk communication in NHS health checks through video-stimulated recall interviews with patients – a qualitative study
Cowap, L., Riley, V., Grogan, S., Ellis, N. J., Crone, D., Cottrell, E., Chambers, R., Clark-Carter, D. & Gidlow, C. J., 23 Apr 2024, In: BMC Primary Care. 25, 1, p. 126 126.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A peer-volunteer led active ageing programme to prevent decline in physical function in older people at risk of mobility disability (Active, Connected, Engaged [ACE]): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Stathi, A., Withall, J., Crone, D., Hawley-Hague, H., Playle, R., Frew, E., Fenton, S., Hillsdon, M., Pugh, C., Todd, C., Jolly, K., Cavill, N., Western, M., Roche, S., Kirby, N., Boulton, E., Thompson, J., Chatwin, K., Davies, A. & Szekeres, Z. & 1 others, , 29 Nov 2023, In: Trials. 24, 1, 772.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Systematic review of the barriers and facilitators to cross-sector partnerships in promoting physical activity
Kolovou, V., Bolton, N., Crone, D., Willis, S. & Walklett, J., 18 Jun 2023, In: Perspectives in Public Health. 144, 6, p. 369-380 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review