Stephanie Davey

Group Member

About me

Stephanie A. Davey is a PhD student in Health Psychology at the University of Derby. Her programme of research explores the barriers and facilitators of influenza vaccination in children. Her main research interests include vaccination decision-making and health promotion and health communication, particularly on social media. She is involved in a number of projects including HPV vaccination uptake in boys, trust and COVID-19 vaccination in Ghana, and mentoring in health psychology. Stephanie is supervised by Dr Daniel Gaffiero (Director of studies), Dr Amelia Woodward, Professor James Elander and Dr Michael Head. Stephanie is Co-Chair of the Midlands Health Psychology Network, Co-Lead Comms for the Division of Health Psychology (DHP) and a committee member of the Health Psychology Trainee Network.

Membership of professional bodies

  • Midlands Health Psychology Network, 2022

  • British Psychological Society, 2022

Qualifications

  • MSc Health Psychology

  • BSc (Hons) Psychology

  • BA Drama & Theatre Studies/Film & Television Studies

Latest Publications

    Understanding barriers to influenza vaccination among parents is important to improve vaccine uptake among children

    23/01/2025

    Vaccination

    Dr. Daniel Gaffiero, Stephanie Davey

    COVID-19 vaccination in children aged 5–11: a systematic review of parental barriers and facilitators in Western countries

    12/09/2024

    Vaccination

    Dr. Daniel Gaffiero, Stephanie Davey

    Investigating the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine decision-making among parents of children aged 5–11 in the UK

    17/09/2024

    Vaccination

    Dr. Daniel Gaffiero, Stephanie Davey

Conferences

  • Health Communication in the UK Unconference: "Covid and Digital Media", 2021

  • Behavioural Science and Public Health Network Annual Conference: "Collaborating to Build Fairer Communities", 2022

  • Midlands Health Psychology Network 17th Annual Conference, 2022

  • British Psychological Society Psychology Careers Festival, 2023

  • Midlands Health Psychology Network 18th Annual Conference, 2023

  • The British Psychological Society - "Celebrating Psychology in the Midlands" - 2024

  • Midlands Health Psychology Network - "Health Psychology: Optimal health for all" - 2024

  • Midlands Health Psychology Network - "Building the Future of Health Psychology" - 2025