Christine McKnight
Lecturer in Health and Applied Psychology
Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
Overview
Christine is a Chartered Health Psychologist registered with the HCPC and a full member of the BPS. Christine began teaching at Cardiff Metropolitan University in December 2021. She previously worked in the NHS in a specialist sexual health service.
Christine’s research interests include abortion care, health service utilisation post sexual assault, access to services for sex workers, contraception use/non use in women who have long term conditions and period poverty.
Research Publications
Capability, opportunity and motivation for shared decision‐making about valproate as an antiseizure medication treatment for epilepsy in women with pregnancy potential: A qualitative study of patient perspectives
Griffiths, S. L., James, D., Williams, D., James, L., Evans, A., Pickrell, W. O., McKnight, C., Brown, S. & Phillips, R., 19 Dec 2025, In: British Journal of Health Psychology. 31, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
An Exploration Into the Impact of the BRCA 1 and 2 Genetic Mutations Diagnosis on Women’s Perceptions of Motherhood: A Thematic Analysis
Lidstone, R., Stubbings, D. R. & McKnight, C., 4 Apr 2025, In: Women's Reproductive Health. 12, 2, p. 507-520 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review