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• workApplied Health Research Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 748 4043
• Sophie.Orton@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Sophie is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Academic Primary Care. Her research focuses on helping people lead healthier lives, with a particular interest in reducing the harm of smoking in pregnancy. She has been involved in research examining smoking cessation in pregnancy, nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy, e-cigarette use in pregnancy, secondhand smoke exposure in infants and postpartum smoking relapse prevention.

Expertise Summary

She has a PhD in Primary Care from the University of Nottingham, and her background is in Health Psychology. She has expertise in mixed methodologies within applied health research, including systematic reviews, surveys, advanced statistical analyses, and qualitative research.

Teaching Summary

Sophie supervises PhD students, undergraduate and Masters research students.

Recent Publications

• BOWKER, K., LEWIS, S., USSHER, M., NAUGHTON, F., PHILLIPS, L., COLEMAN, T., ORTON, S., MCROBBIE, H., BAULD, L. and COOPER, S., 2021. Smoking and vaping patterns during pregnancy and the postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort survey Addictive Behaviors. 123, 107050
• USSHER, M., BEST, C., LEWIS, S., MCKELL, J., COLEMAN, T., COOPER, S., ORTON, S. and BAULD, L., 2021. Financial Incentives for Preventing Postpartum return to Smoking (FIPPS): study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial Trials. 22(1), 512
• PHILLIPS, L., CAMPBELL, K.A., COLEMAN, T., USSHER, M., COOPER, S., LEWIS, S. and ORTON, S., 2021. Barriers and Facilitators to Staying Smoke-Free after Having a Baby, a Qualitative Study: Women’s Views on Support Needed to Prevent Returning to Smoking Postpartum International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(21), 11358
• NAUGHTON, F., VAZ, L.R., COLEMAN, T., ORTON, S., BOWKER, K., LEONARDI-BEE, J., COOPER, S., VANDERBLOEMEN, L., SUTTON, S. and USSHER, M., 2020. Interest in and Use of Smoking Cessation Support Across Pregnancy and Postpartum Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 22(7), 1178–1186

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• BOWKER, K., LEWIS, S., USSHER, M., NAUGHTON, F., PHILLIPS, L., COLEMAN, T., ORTON, S., MCROBBIE, H., BAULD, L. and COOPER, S., 2021. Smoking and vaping patterns during pregnancy and the postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort survey Addictive Behaviors. 123, 107050
• USSHER, M., BEST, C., LEWIS, S., MCKELL, J., COLEMAN, T., COOPER, S., ORTON, S. and BAULD, L., 2021. Financial Incentives for Preventing Postpartum return to Smoking (FIPPS): study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial Trials. 22(1), 512
• PHILLIPS, L., CAMPBELL, K.A., COLEMAN, T., USSHER, M., COOPER, S., LEWIS, S. and ORTON, S., 2021. Barriers and Facilitators to Staying Smoke-Free after Having a Baby, a Qualitative Study: Women’s Views on Support Needed to Prevent Returning to Smoking Postpartum International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(21), 11358
• NAUGHTON, F., VAZ, L.R., COLEMAN, T., ORTON, S., BOWKER, K., LEONARDI-BEE, J., COOPER, S., VANDERBLOEMEN, L., SUTTON, S. and USSHER, M., 2020. Interest in and Use of Smoking Cessation Support Across Pregnancy and Postpartum Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 22(7), 1178–1186
• BOWKER, K., USSHER, M., COOPER, S., ORTON, S., COLEMAN, T. and CAMPBELL, K.A., 2020. Addressing and Overcoming Barriers to E-Cigarette Use for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy: A Qualitative Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(13), 4823
• BOWKER, K., LEWIS, S., PHILLIPS, L., ORTON, S., USSHER, M., NAUGHTON, F., BAULD, L., COLEMAN, T., SINCLAIR, L., MCROBBIE, H., KHAN, A. and COOPER, S., 2020. Pregnant women’s use of e-cigarettes in the UK: a cross-sectional survey BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Published Online First: 4 October 2020,
• COOPER, S., ORTON, S., CAMPBELL, K.A., USSHER, M., COLEMAN-HAYNES, N., WHITEMORE, R., DICKINSON, A., MCEWEN, A., LEWIS, S., NAUGHTON, F., BOWKER, K., SINCLAIR, L., BAULD, L. and COLEMAN, T., 2019. Attitudes to E-Cigarettes and Cessation Support for Pregnant Women from English Stop Smoking Services: A Mixed Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(1), 110
• BROWN, T.J., HARDEMAN, W., BAULD, L., HOLLAND, R., MASKREY, V., NAUGHTON, F., ORTON, S., USSHER, M. and NOTLEY, C., 2019. A systematic review of behaviour change techniques within interventions to prevent return to smoking postpartum Addictive Behaviors. 92, 236-243
• CAMPBELL, K., ORTON, S., BOWKER, K., COOPER, S. and COLEMAN, T., 2019. Feasibility and acceptability of ‘opt-in’ referrals for stop smoking support in pregnancy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (In Press.)
• NOTLEY, C., BROWN, T. J., BAULD, L., HARDEMAN, W., HOLLAND, R., NAUGHTON, F., ORTON, S. and USSHER, M., 2019. Development of a Complex Intervention for the Maintenance of Postpartum Smoking Abstinence: Process for Defining Evidence-Based Intervention International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(11), 1968
• JOHNSTON, E.J., CAMPBELL, K. A., COLEMAN, T., LEWIS, S., ORTON, S. and COOPER, S., 2019. Safety of Electronic Cigarette Use During Breastfeeding: Qualitative Study Using Online Forum Discussions Journal of Medical Internet Research. 21(8), e11506
• WAN, Y., CHEN, R., WANG, S., ORTON, S., WANG, D., ZHANG, S., SUN, Y. and TAO, F., 2019. Effects of Self-Esteem on the Association between Negative Life Events and Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(16), 2846
• THE PRELOADING INVESTIGATORS., 2018. Effects on abstinence of nicotine patch treatment before quitting smoking: parallel, two arm, pragmatic randomised trial. British Medical Journal. 361, k2164
• BOWKER, K., ORTON, S., COOPER, S., NAUGHTON, F., WHITEMORE, R., LEWIS, S., BAULD, L., SINCLAIR, L., COLEMAN, T., DICKINSON, A. and USSHER, M., 2018. Views on and experiences of electronic cigarettes: a qualitative study of women who are pregnant or have recently given birth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 18(1), 233
• AVEYARD, P., LINDSON, N., TEARNE, S., ADAMS, R., AHMED, K., ALEKNA, R., BANTING, M., HEALY, M., KHAN, S., RAI, G., WOOD, C., ANDERSON, E.C., ATAYA-WILLIAMS, A., ATTWOOD, A., EASEY, K., FLUHARTY, M., FREULER, T., HURSE, M., KHOUJA, J., LACEY, L., MUNAFÒ, M., LYCETT, D., MCEWEN, A., COLEMAN, T., DICKINSON, A., LEWIS, S., ORTON, S., PERDUE, J., RANDALL, C., ANDERSON, R., BISAL, N., HAJEK, P., HOMSEY, C., MCROBBIE, H.J., MYERS-SMITH, K., PHILLIPS, A., PRZULJ, D., LI, J., COYLE, D., COYLE, K. and POKHREL, S., 2018. Nicotine preloading for smoking cessation: the Preloading RCT 22, 41
• ORTON, S., COLEMAN, T., COLEMAN-HAYNES, T. and USSHER, M., 2017. Predictors of Postpartum Return to Smoking: A Systematic Review Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Published Online: 25 July 2017, doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntx163
• COOPER, S., ORTON, S., LEONARDI-BEE, J., BROTHERTON, E., VANDERBLOEMEN, L., BOWKER, K., NAUGHTON, F., USSHER, M., PICKETT, K.E., SUTTON, S. and COLEMAN, T., 2017. Smoking and quit attempts during pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort BMJ Open. 7(11), e018746
• ORTON, S., COLEMAN, T., LEWIS, S., COOPER, S. and JONES, L.L., 2016. “I Was a Full Time Proper Smoker”: A Qualitative Exploration of Smoking in the Home after Childbirth among Women Who Relapse Postpartum PLoS ONE. 11(6), e0157525
• ORTON, S., COLEMAN, T., JONES, L.L., COOPER, S. and LEWIS, S., 2015. Smoking in the home after childbirth: prevalence and determinants in an English cohort BMJ Open. 5(9), e008856
• FOSTER, K., BOWKER, K., ORTON, S., NAUGHTON, F., COOPER, S. and COLEMAN, T., 2015. Using qualitative interviews with nihr crn research midwives to refine trial recruitment methods Trials. 16(Supplement 2), P74
• ORTON, S., BOWKER, K.A., COOPER, S., NAUGHTON, F., USSHER, M., PICKETT, K.E., LEONARDI-BEE, J., SUTTON, S., DHALWANI, N.N. and COLEMAN, T., 2014. Longitudinal cohort survey of women's smoking behaviour and attitudes in pregnancy: study methods and baseline data BMJ Open. 4(5), e004915
• ORTON, S., JONES, L.L., COOPER, S., LEWIS, S. and COLEMAN, T., 2014. Predictors of children’s Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Home: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of the Evidence. PLoS ONE. 9(11), e112690