About

I'm a PhD student in health psychology at the University of Derby, exploring the barriers and facilitators of influenza vaccination in children. My main research interests include vaccination decision-making, health promotion and health communication, particularly on social media. Other research projects I'm involved in include HPV vaccination uptake in boys, trust and COVID-19 vaccination in Ghana, and mentoring in health psychology.

Thesis title

Exploring the barriers and facilitators of childhood influenza vaccine decision-making of parents in England.

Supervisor

• Dr Daniel Gaffiero
• Dr Amelia Woodward
• Professor James Elander
• Dr Michael Head (external)

Professional interests

Co-Chair, Midlands Health Psychology Network

Co-Lead Comms, BPS Division of Health Psychology

Committee Member, Health Psychology Trainee Network (Stage 1)

Qualifications

MSc Health Psychology, University of Derby

BSc (Hons) Psychology, The Open University

BA (Hons) Drama & Theatre Studies and Film & Television Studies, University of Roehampton

Recent publications

Davey, S. A., Hampson, C., Christodoulaki, M. E., & Gaffiero, D. (2024). Investigating the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine decision-making among parents of children aged 5–11 in the UK. Vaccine, 42(22), 126021.

Davey, S. A., & Gaffiero, D. (2024). COVID-19 vaccination in children aged 5–11: A systematic review of parental barriers and facilitators in Western countries. Therapeutic Advances in Vaccines and Immunotherapy, 12, 25151355241288115.

Davey, S. A., Elander, J., Woodward, A., Head, M. G., & Gaffiero, D. (2025). Understanding barriers to influenza vaccination among parents is important to improve vaccine uptake among children. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 21(1), 2457198.