Lindsey Coombes

Associate Lecturer

Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery

elcoombes@brookes.ac.uk

Role

Lindsey has been teaching in the department since 1989 and taught a wide range of modules in mental health nursing and other subjects. His main clinical interests are in the field of law and ethics in mental health particularly in relation to older people and this was the focus of his research whilst doing his MA in Philosophy at Cardiff University.

Lindsey's most recent research interests have been in the field of substance misuse and he has conducted a number of studies mostly focusing on drug and alcohol issues and young people. He has been researching the Stengthening Families Programme (SFP)10-14 (UK), training people to facilitate the programme and delivering the programme to families in the UK and other countries.

Lindsey was the co-director of My Strong Family Centre (MSFC) a knowledge transfer centre, which aims to prevent teenage substance misuse and other behaviour problems, strengthen parenting skills and build family strengths in the communities served through delivery of the SFP10-14 (UK) and other evidence based programmes.

Area of expertise

Substance misuse and young people
Research methods
Safeguarding and young people
Parenting
Law and ethics

Research

Groups

Health Behaviour and Wellbeing

Publications

Coombes EL, Liddiard C, Seddon J, Matley F, Watson E, Davies EL, Rethinking the message on alcohol and breast cancer with UK women: a Delphi Study
Health Promotion International 40 (3) (2025) ISSN: 0957-4824 eISSN: 1460-2245 Rethinking the message on alcohol and breast cancer with UK women: a Delphi Study Open Access version on RADAR
Davies EL, Coombes EL, Liddiard C, Matley F, Seddon J, Watson E, “It’s difficult when everyone else is drinking, you don’t feel part of the tribe”: a Delphi study of barriers and enablers to alcohol reduction in mid-life women.
Psychology & Health [online first] (2025) ISSN: 0887-0446 eISSN: 1476-8321 “It’s difficult when everyone else is drinking, you don’t feel part of the tribe”: a Delphi study of barriers and enablers to alcohol reduction in mid-life women. Open Access version on RADAR
Burch K, Coombes EL, Macey E, Backinsell A, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy for children living with adoptive parents or special guardians: a longitudinal assessment of the impact on child and caregiver wellbeing outcomes
Developmental Child Welfare 5 (2) (2023) pp.61-78 ISSN: 2516-1032 eISSN: 2516-1040 Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy for children living with adoptive parents or special guardians: a longitudinal assessment of the impact on child and caregiver wellbeing outcomes Open Access version on RADAR
Haugland SV, Coombes L, Stea TH, Associations between parenting and substance use, meal pattern and food choices: A cross-sectional survey of 13,269 Norwegian adolescents
Preventive Medicine Reports 14 (2019) ISSN: 2211-3355 Associations between parenting and substance use, meal pattern and food choices: A cross-sectional survey of 13,269 Norwegian adolescents Open Access version on RADAR
Sheila Giardini Murta, Larissa de Almeida Nobre-Sandoval, Marina de Souza Pedralho, Thauana Nayara Gomes Tavares, Carlos Eduardo Paes Landim Ramos, Deborah Allen and Lindsey Coombes, Needs assessment for cultural adaptation of Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10-14-UK) in Brazil
Psychology: Research and Review 31 (2018) ISSN: 0102-7972 eISSN: 1678-7153 Needs assessment for cultural adaptation of Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10-14-UK) in Brazil Open Access version on RADAR
Foxcroft DR, Coombes L, Wood S, Allen D, Almeida Santimano NML, Moreira MT, Motivational interviewing for the prevention of alcohol misuse in young adults
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016 (7) (2016) pp.1-224 ISSN: 1469-493X eISSN: 1469-493X Motivational interviewing for the prevention of alcohol misuse in young adults Open Access version on RADAR
Appleton J, Powell C, Coombes L, Children's missed healthcare appointments: professional and organisational responses
Archives of Disease in Childhood 101 (9) (2016) pp.814-818 ISSN: 0003-9888 eISSN: 1468-2044 Children's missed healthcare appointments: professional and organisational responses Open Access version on RADAR
Coombes L, Chan G, Allen D, Foxcroft DR, Mixed-methods Evaluation of the Good Behaviour Game in English Primary Schools
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 26 (5) (2016) pp.369-387 ISSN: 1052-9284 eISSN: 1099-1298
Appleton JV, Terlektsi E, Coombes L, Implementing the Strengthening Families approach to Child Protection Conferences
The British Journal of Social Work 45 (5) (2015) pp.1395-1414 ISSN: 0045-3102 eISSN: 1468-263X
Foxcroft DR, Coombes L, Wood S, Allen D, Almeida Santimano NML, Motivational interviewing for alcohol misuse in young adults
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014 (8) (2014) ISSN: 1469-493X eISSN: 1469-493X
Appleton JV, Coombes L, Terlektsi E, The use of sociograms to explore collaboration in Child Protection Conferences
Children and Youth Services Review 35 (12) (2013) pp.2140-2146 ISSN: 0190-7409
Coombes L, Allen D M, Foxcroft D, An Exploratory Pilot Study of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 (UK)
Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy 19 (2012) pp.387-396 ISSN: 0968-7637 eISSN: 1465-3370
Coombes L, Allen D, McCall D, The Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 (UK): engagement and academic success at school.
Community Practitioner 85 (3) (2012) pp.30-34 ISSN: 1462-2815
Coombes L, Appleton JV, Allen D, Yerrell P, Emotional health and well being in schools: Involving young people.
Children & Society 27 (3) (2011) pp.220-232 ISSN: 0951-0605
Coombes L, Appleton J V, Allen D, Yerrell P, Emotional Health and Well-being in Schools: Involving Young People
Children & Society (2011) pp.1-13 ISSN: 0951-0605
Strandheim A, Bratberg G, Holmen T, Coombes L, Bentzen N, The influence of behavioural and health problems on alcohol and drug use in late adolescence - a follow up study of 2 399 young Norwegians
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 5 (17) (2011) ISSN: 1753-2000
Strandheim A, Holmen TL, Coombes L, Bentzen N, Alcohol Use and Physical Health in Adolescence: a General Population Survey of 8,983 Young People in North-trondelag, Norway (the Young-hunt Study)
Substance Use & Misuse 45 (2009) pp.253-265 ISSN: 1082-6084 eISSN: 1532-2491
Strandheim A, Holmen T, Coombes L, Bentzen N, Alcohol intoxication and mental health among adolescents--a population review of 8983 young people, 13-19 years in North-Trondelag, Norway: the Young-HUNT Study
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 3 (18) (2009) ISSN: 1753-2000
Coombes L, Allen D, Marsh M, Foxcroft D, The Strengthening Families Programme (SFP) 10-14 and Substance Misuse in Barnsley: The Perspectives of Facilitators and Families
Child Abuse Review 18 (1) (2009) pp.41-59 ISSN: 0952-9136
Coombes L, Wratten A, The Lived Experience of Community Mental Health Nurses Working With People Who Have Dual Diagnosis: a Phenomenological Study
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 14 (2007) pp.382-392 ISSN: 1351-0126 eISSN: 1365-2850
Allen D, Coombes L, Foxcroft DR, Cultural accommodation of the strengthening families programme 10--14: UK Phase I study
Health Education Research 22 (4) (2006) pp.547-560 ISSN: 0268-1153 eISSN: 1465-3648
Neale J, Allen D, Coombes L, Qualitative research methods within the addictions
Addiction 100 (11) (2005) pp.1584-1593 ISSN: 0965-2140
Heh SS, Coombes L, Bartlett H, The Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Social Support in Taiwanese Women During the Month
International Journal of Nursing Studies 41 (2004) pp.573-579 ISSN: 0020-7489 eISSN: 1873-491X
Coombes L, Allen D, Young people's services: substance misuse
Community Practitioner 76 (9) (2003) pp.339-343 ISSN: 1462-2815
FARRELL GA, COOMBES L, Student Nurse Appraisal of Placement (snap) - An Attempt to Provide Objective Measures of the Learning-environment Based on Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluations
Nurse Education Today 14 (1994) pp.331-336 ISSN: 0260-6917 eISSN: 1532-2793

Coombes L, Neale J, Allen D, Humphries D, In-depth Interviews
in Research methods for health and social care, Palgrave Macmillan (2008) ISBN: 9780230500785 eISBN: 2.30500781E8

Burch K, Backinsell A, Coombes L, Halford E, Evaluation of the Adoption Support Fund 2018 to 2022: Summary Research Brief ,
(2022)