Hannah is an Assistant Professor in Physical Activity Behaviour Change in the School of Health and Human Performance at Dublin City University, and the principal investigator of LifeLab Dublin. Hannah also leads the wider LifePAC research group. She is a winner of the Research Ireland Research Ally award, the Richard O’Kennedy Emerging Talent Award, and the Royal Irish Academy Charlemont grant.
Her primary research interests focus on participatory research methods and the promotion of health and physical activity in children and young people. As an international expert, Hannah was a leading figure in research teams that developed the All Island Physical Literacy Consensus Statement, and the Physical Literacy Consensus Statement for England. Within the health literacy field, most recently, Hannah was the lead author of the national Sláintecare Healthy Communities health literacy report. As well as leading and contributing to a number of local, national and international projects, she is currently the primary supervisor of five postgraduate researchers, and encourages any prospective students with aligned research interests to get in touch. This includes undergraduate students, as she has supervised over 30 undergraduate internships, with a high percentage of these students going on to further study.
Having graduated with a BSc in Sport and Exercise Sciences from the University of Birmingham in 2013, Hannah completed an MSc in Applied Sport Psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University, whilst also working in primary school physical education. Between 2016 and 2019, she completed her doctoral studies at Liverpool John Moores University, focusing on the assessment of physical literacy in young children. Hannah became an Assistant Professor in 2021, and now co-ordinates a range of modules that focus on understanding and empowering people to make better health choices. Hannah is particularly passionate about outreach and engagement, contributing formally as Marketing Convenor, EDI Convenor, and as a member of the university’s Civic Engagement Forum.
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2023 | Britton, Ú.; Belton, S.; Peers, C.; Issartel, J.; Goss, H.; Roantree, M.; Behan, S. (2023) 'Physical literacy in children: Exploring the construct validity of a multidimensional physical literacy construct'. European Physical Education Review, 29 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Goss, H.R.; Shearer, C.; Knowles, Z.R.; Boddy, L.M.; Durden-Myers, E.J.; Foweather, L. (2022) 'Stakeholder perceptions of physical literacy assessment in primary school children'. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 27 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Smith, C.; Goss, H.R.; Issartel, J.; Meegan, S.; Belton, S. (2022) 'LifeLab: Co-Design of an Interactive Health Literacy Intervention for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adolescents’'. Children (Basel, Switzerland), 9 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Goss, H.R.; Smith, C.; Hickey, L.; Issartel, J.; Morrissey, J.; Murrin, C.; Spillane, A.; Belton, S. (2022) 'Using Co-Design to Develop a Health Literacy Intervention with Socially Disadvantaged Adolescents'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Craig Smith; Hannah Goss; Johann Issartel; Sarah Meegan; Sarahjane Belton (2022) 'LifeLab: Co-Design of an Interactive Health Literacy Intervention for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adolescents'. Children, 9 (8):1230-1230. [Link] https://doi.org/10.3390/children9081230 | |
| 2022 | Belton, S.; Connolly, S.; Peers, C.; Goss, H.; Murphy, M.; Murtagh, E.; Kavanagh, J.; Corr, M.; Ferguson, K.; O’Brien, W. (2022) 'Are all domains created equal? An exploration of stakeholder views on the concept of physical literacy'. BMC Public Health, 22 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Belton, S.; Issartel, J.; Behan, S.; Goss, H.; Peers, C. (2021) 'The differential impact of screen time on children’s wellbeing'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Goss, H.R.; McDermott, C.; Hickey, L.; Issartel, J.; Meegan, S.; Morrissey, J.; Murrin, C.; Peers, C.; Smith, C.; Spillane, A.; Belton, S. (2021) 'Understanding disadvantaged adolescents’ perception of health literacy through a systematic development of peer vignettes'. BMC Public Health, 21 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Shearer, C.; Goss, H.R.; Edwards, L.C.; Keegan, R.J.; Knowles, Z.R.; Boddy, L.M.; Durden-Myers, E.J.; Foweather, L. (2018) 'How is physical literacy defined? A contemporary update'. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 37 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Naigaga, D.A.; Kavanagh, J.; Spillane, A.; Hickey, L.; Scott, K.; Morrissey, J.; Elmer, S.; Goss, H.; Murrin, C. (2024) 'Using co-design to develop the Adolescent Health Literacy Questionnaire for adolescents in Ireland'. Health Promotion International, 39 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Smith, C.; Belton, S.; Issartel, J.; Meegan, S.; Goss, H.R. (2024) 'Lifelab Dublin; a process evaluation of a pilot health literacy intervention for socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents'. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Cowley, E.S.; Goss, H.R.; Mahon, C.; Dunne, C.; Belton, S. (2024) 'Exploring the health and wellbeing landscape at a third level institution'. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 7 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Duncan, M.J.; Essiet, I.; Hurter, L.; Roberts, W.M.; Lewis, K.; Goss, H.; Morris, J.L.; Bingham, D.D.; O’Brien, W.; Barnett, L.M.; Shearer, C.; Daly-Smith, A.; Foweather, L. (2024) 'Stakeholder perceptions of physical literacy: results from a national consultation in England'. Frontiers In Sports And Active Living, 6 . [Link] [DOI] |
Other Publication
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2021 | Shearer, C.; Goss, H.R.; Boddy, L.M.; Knowles, Z.R.; Durden-Myers, E.J.; Foweather, L. (2021) Assessments Related to the Physical, Affective and Cognitive Domains of Physical Literacy Amongst Children Aged 7–11.9 Years: A Systematic Review. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Smith, C.; Goss, H.R.; Issartel, J.; Belton, S. (2021) Health literacy in schools? A systematic review of health-related interventions aimed at disadvantaged adolescents. [Link] [DOI] |
Research Interests
Health, physical activity, behaviour change, health literacy, physical literacy, participatory methods, children and young people.