Rachel Proctor

PhD student

Rachel is a PhD student at the University of Exeter Medical School. Her research is centered at the intersection between public health and sustainability. Specifically, how schools can take an ecological approach to address health inequalities and to help children to become healthier and more environmentally aware young people.

Rachel is a qualified Primary School Teacher, with a specialism in special educational needs and has taught across key stage one and two. She also has experience as Curriculum Leader in PE and Healthy Eating and in teaching a wide range of outdoor experiential activities.

In 2017 she graduated with distinction from the University of Edinburgh with an MSc in Environment, Culture and Society.

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Research project

Interviews with participants: Green Social Prescribing Test and Learn Pilots extension project

'Green social prescribing’ (GSP) describes activities prescribed to people (e.g. by their doctor or a link worker) that take place in the outdoors, typically with other people, delivered by a specific organisation.
Research project

Feasibility study: Green Social Prescribing Test and Learn Pilots extension project

As part of the larger Green Social Prescribing (GSP) Test and Learn Pilots extension project, we are carrying out a feasibility study to understand and characterise the best experimental or quasi-experimental study design.
Research project

Green Social Prescribing Test and Learn Pilots extension project  

A consortium of researchers from The Universities of Sheffield, Plymouth, Exeter and Sheffield Hallam have been funded to evaluate a one year extension to the Government’s flagship Green Social Prescribing test and learn pilots programme.