Recent publications
A full list of publications can be found here: Professor Andy Pringle - Google Scholar
Selected Publications:
Zhang, S., Roscoe, C. and Pringle, A., (2023). Self-Compassion and Physical Activity: The Underpinning Role of Psychological Distress and Barrier Self-Efficacy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(2), p.1480. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021480
Cortnage, M.; Pringle, A (2022) Onset of Weight Gain and Health Concerns for Men: Findings from the TAP Programme. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19, 579.
Davis, N.M., Pringle, A., Kay, A.D., Blazevich, A.J., Teskey, D., Faghy, M.A. and Mina, M.A., 2022. Feasibility, Psychosocial Effects, Influence, and Perception of Elastic Band Resistance Balance Training in Older Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), p.10907. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710907
Kime, N., Zwolinsky, S., Pringle, A. and Campbell, F., (2022). Children's and young People's diabetes services: What works well and what doesn’t? Public Health in Practice, 3, p.100272. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535222000489
King, A., Pringle, A., Pickering, K, Kime, N., (2022). "A 150-mile ultra-endurance cycling event for people with type 1 diabetes: A qualitative analysis of knowledge, preparation and management strategies". Practical Diabetes, March/April.
Vishnubala, D., Iqbal, A., Marino, K., Whatmough, S., Barker, R., Salman, D., Bazira, P., Finn, G., Pringle, A. and Nykjaer, C., (2022). UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), p.12030. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912030
Dobell, A., Pringle, A., Faghy, M.A. and Roscoe, C.M., (2021). Educators’ perspectives on the value of physical education, physical activity, and fundamental movement skills for early years foundation stage in children in England. Children, 8, 5, pp.338
Hobbs, M., Moltchanova, E., Wicks, C., Pringle, A., Griffiths, C., Radley, D. and Zwolinsky, S., (2021). Investigating the environmental, behavioural, and sociodemographic determinants of attendance at a city-wide public health physical activity intervention: Longitudinal evidence over one year from 185,245 visits. Preventive Medicine, 143, p.106334
Lozano, L., Pringle, A., Carless, D and Drew, K., (2021). A qualitative study of men’s behavioural changes during weight loss maintenance." Perspectives in Public Health, 140, 6, pp.317-326
Pringle, A., R., Zwolinsky, S. and Lozano, L., (2021). Investigating the delivery of health improvement interventions through professional football club community trusts-strengths and challenges. Public Health in Practice, p.100104
Vishnubala, D. and Pringle, A., (2021). Working with healthcare professionals to promote physical activity. Perspectives in Public Health, p.1757913920978253
Taylor, D. & Pringle, A., (2021). Investigating the effect of walking football on the mental and social wellbeing of men. Soccer & Society
Kime, N., Pringle, A., Zwolinsky, S. and Vishnubala, D., (2020) How prepared are healthcare professionals for delivering physical activity guidance to those with diabetes? A formative evaluation. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), pp.1-12
Vishnubala, D., Marino, K.R., Pratten, M.K., Pringle, A., Griffin, S.A., Finn, G., Bazira, P., and Edwards, K., (2020). Integrating sport and exercise medicine clinics into the National Health Service: a qualitative study. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 6, 1, p.e000888
Vishnubala, D., Pringle, A., Kime, N., Zwolinsky, S., (2020). The role of GPNs in the promotion of physical activity. Journal of General Practice Nursing, 4, pp.3-4
Pringle, A., Kime, N., Zwolinsky, N., and Lozano, L. (2019) Evaluating interventions: Lessons and experiences from the field of practice. In Horter, R and Schinkee, D. International Society of Sport Psychology Encyclopaedia, Routledge, London
Hargreaves, J. and Pringle, A., (2019). “Football is pure enjoyment”: An exploration of the behaviour change processes which facilitate engagement in football for people with mental health problems. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 16, pp.19-30
Lozano-Sufrategui, L., Pringle, A., Zwolinsky, S. and Drew, K.J., (2019) Professional football clubs’ involvement in health promotion in Spain: Health Promotion International
Zwolinsky, S., Kime, N., Pringle, A., Widdop, P. and McKenna, J. (2018) Designing programmes of physical activity through sport: learning from a widening participation intervention, ‘City of Football’. BMC Public Health, 18(1), p.1142
Kime, N.H., Pringle, A., Rivett, M.J. and Robinson, P.M. (2018) Physical activity and exercise in adults with type 1 diabetes: understanding their needs using a person-centred approach. HER, 33(5), pp.375-88
Mutrie, N., Standage, M., Pringle, A., et al., (2018) Chief Medical Officers Physical Activity Guidelines: Expert Working Group Working Paper Communication and Surveillance.UK physical activity guidelines: developing options for future communication & surveillance. University of Bristol, May 2018
National Public Health Guidance:
National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, Jebb, S., Lloyd, A., Sowden, A., Packham, C., Rothschild, J., Yardley, L. Jofre Bonet, M., Prevost, T., Pringle, A., McNish, E., Ward, M., Jepson, R., Sutton, S., Bostock, S, Morris, S., (2014). NICE Guidance on promoting physical activity through exercise referral. London, NICE
Mutrie, N., Standage, M., Pringle, A., Laventure, R., Smith, L., Strain, T., Kelly, P., Dall, P., Milton, K., Chalkley, A., College, N., Foster, C., and Banfield, K., (2018). Expert Working Group Working Paper Communication and Surveillance.UK physical activity guidelines: developing options for future communication and surveillance. University of Bristol
[Named contributor, Annex B] Department of Health (2019). UK Chief Medical Officers Physical Activity Guidelines Physical activity guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers' report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Book Chapters
Rutherford Z., Seymore-Smith, S., Matthews, C., Wilcox J., Gough, B., Parnell, D., and Pringle, A., (2015). The effect of a Football in the Community delivered weight loss programme on over 35-year-old men and women’s cardiovascular risk factors. Soccer and Society. In D., Parnell and D., Richardson, Ed., Football and Society, London, Taylor and Francis, pp.51-69
Robertson S., Zwolinsky S., Pringle, A., McKenna, J., Smith A., White A., (2015). It is fun, fitness and football really’: A process evaluation of a football-based health intervention for men. In R.J., Schinke, K., McGannon, K., and, B., Smith, Ed., Community Based Research in Sport, Exercise and Health Science, London, Routledge, pp.19-39
Pringle, A., Zwolinsky, S., Hargreaves, J., Lozano, L., and McKenna, J., (2015). Assessing the impact of football-based health improvement programmes: Stay onside, avoid own goals, and bag the evaluation net. In D., Parnell, and D., Richardson, Ed., Football and Society, London, Taylor and Francis, pp.70-87
Pringle, A., Parnell, D., Zwolinsky, S., Hargreaves, J., McKenna, J., (2015). Effect of a health improvement programme for older adults delivered in/by Burton Albion FC. In D., Parnell and D., Richardson, Ed., Football and Society, London, Taylor and Francis, pp.112-118
Zwolinsky, S., McKenna, J., Parnell and Pringle, A. (2016). Can the English Premier League Funding for PE and School Sport Achieve its aims? In D., Parnell, and A., Pringle, Ed., Football and Health Improvement: An Emergent Field. London, Routledge, pp.242-245
Zwolinsky, S., McKenna, J., and Pringle, A., (2016). How can the health system benefit from increasing participation in sport, exercise, and physical activity? In: D., Conrad, and A., White, Ed., Sports-Based Health Interventions: Case Studies from Around the World. Springer, London, pp.29-52
Zwolinsky, S., McKenna, J., Pringle, A., Daly-Smith, A., Robertson, S., and White, A., (2016). Supporting lifestyle risk reduction: promoting men’s health through professional football. In D., Parnell, and A., Pringle, Ed., Football and Health Improvement: An Emergent Field. London, Routledge, pp. 183-185
Pringle, A. and Parnell, D., (2017). Football and health: An emerging field. In Parnell, D., and Pringle, A., Ed., Football and Health: An Emergent Field. London, Routledge, pp.1-4
Pringle, A., and Zwolinsky, S., (2017). Older adults, physical activity, and public health. In Parnell, D., and Krustrup, P., Ed., Sport and Health: Exploring the Current State of Play, London. Routledge, pp.84-110
Martin, A., Morgan, S., Parnell, D., Philpott, M., Pringle, A., Rigby, M., Taylor, A. and Topham, J., (2017). A perspective from key stakeholders on football and health improvement. In Parnell, D., and Pringle, A., Ed., Football and Health: An Emergent Field. London, Routledge, pp. 5-12
Curran, K., Rosenbaum, S., Parnell, D., Stubbs, B., Pringle. A. and Hargreaves, J., (2017). Tackling the burden of poor mental health: the role of professional football clubs. In M., Phillpott, K.., Curran, and D., Parnell., Ed., Healthy Stadia: An Insight from Policy to Practice. London, Routledge, pp.81-90
Lozano-Sufrategui, L., Pringle, A., Carless, D. and McKenna, J., (2017). ‘A critical exploration of older men’s experiences of a weight management programme delivered through a Healthy Stadia project. In M., Phillpott, K., Curran, and D., Parnell., Ed., Healthy Stadia: An Insight from Policy to Practice. London, Routledge, pp.103-115
Pringle, A., Parnell, D., Rutherford, Z., McKenna, J., Zwolinsky, S. and Hargreaves, J., (2018). Sustaining health improvement activities delivered in English professional football clubs using evaluation: A short communication. In C., Porter, A., Kiernan, and A., May, Ed., Football and Sustainability. Taylor and Francis, pp. 59-69
Pringle, A., McKenna, J., and Zwolinsky, S., (2018) Linking physical activity and health evaluation to policy: Lessons from UK evaluations. In J Piggin, L., Mansfield, and M., Weed., Ed., The Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity Policy and Practice. London, Taylor and Francis, pp.425-440
Pringle, A., Kime, N., Lozano, L. and Zwolinksy, S., (2020). Evaluating interventions. In D., Hackfort, and R., Schinke, Ed., The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology: Volume 2: Applied and Practical Measures. London, Routledge, pp.219-316
Pringle, A., Zwolinsky, S and Feavers, J., (2022). Engaging hard-to-reach populations. In A., Scott, and D., Broom., Ed., The Routledge International Handbook of Exercise Referral. London, Routledge.
Special Issue Collection
Pringle, A., and Kime, N., (2022). “Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Ageing.” International Journal of Environmental research and Public Health.
