Dr. Lesley Hoggart is Associate Head of School (research excellence) in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at the Open University. She specialises in qualitative research, and spent many years working in the qualitative research group at the Policy Studies Institute. Her research interests are focused on reproductive health, abortion policy and politics, teenage pregnancy and sexual health. Her recent publications include: 2017, Hoggart, L. ‘Internalised abortion stigma: young women’s strategies of resistance and rejection’, Feminism and Psychology; 2016, Hoggart, L. ‘Collaboration or collusion? Involving research users in applied social research’, Women’s Studies International Forum; 2015, Hoggart, L. ‘Abortion counselling in Britain: understanding the controversy’, Sociology Compass; 2013. Hoggart, L. and Newton, V. ‘The contraceptive implant: understanding how experiencing side effects may challenge bodily control and lead to removal’, Reproductive Health Matters. Her most recent work on challenging abortion stigma has resulted in the multi-media MyBodyMyLife Travelling Exhibition and website: http://mybody-mylife.org/
Awards
Lesley's research interests are focused on reproductive health, abortion policy and politics, teenage pregnancy and sexual health. She is currently involved in the following research projects:
Previous research projects include:
Public Health, Social Science Research Methods
Visiting Scholar: University of Ulster October to November 2014
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Lead | 01 Oct 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | IPPF International Planned Parenthood Foundation |
Sexual and Reproductive Health Co-funded (IPPF) PhD studentships. |
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Lead | 01 Oct 2021 | 30 Sep 2022 | IPPF International Planned Parenthood Foundation |
Sexual and Reproductive Health Co-funded (IPPF ESRC) PhD studentship. The PhD will form part of the ACCESS Consortium project. The title is: The Search for Co-Creative Knowledge: Power and Transformation in Community Based Development: a case study of the Approaches in ... Show more |
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Lead | 26 Jul 2021 | 12 Dec 2021 | RCOG Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
Working with RCOG as research adviser for the making abortion safe project. |
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Co-investigator | 01 May 2020 | 31 Dec 2023 | AHRC Arts & Humanities Research Council |
Unintended pregnancy remains a Public Health concern, yet we still do not know enough about the influences on women's contraceptive choices. Existing research calls for more insight about the influences of women's informal social networks on contraceptive choice. That is - ... Show more |
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Lead | 01 Feb 2019 | 30 Nov 2019 | Brook |
In 2019 Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) will be mandatory in all UK secondary schools. The focus of the legislation was on safeguarding issues – partly because the RSE legislation was an amendment to a safeguarding bill. There is a danger ... Show more |
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Lead | 01 Feb 2019 | 31 Oct 2019 | FCDO Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
The ACCESS project will generate sustainable, scalable, rights-based approaches to deliver comprehensive SRHR to all, ensuring no one is left behind, even in the most complex and challenging settings. It will work in Ethiopia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Three ... Show more |
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Co-investigator | 01 Jun 2017 | 31 Mar 2018 | Bayer Bayer HealthCare |
Developing resources to support IUC consultations and address barriers to uptake in UK General Practice. Design and methods: The research draws on qualitative and quantitative data from practitioners and patients in General Practice in the UK to identify any barriers to ... Show more |
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Lead | 01 Apr 2017 | 31 Jan 2018 | ESRC Economic and Social Research Council;University of Oxford |
This project comprises two strands of an integrated programme of knowledge exchange activities designed to challenge abortion stigma in the UK. ‘Abortion Stories: showing and telling’ is a public engagement project based on research on women’s experiences of abortion in England. ... Show more |
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Lead | 01 Nov 2016 | 28 Feb 2017 | ESRC Economic and Social Research Council;University of Oxford |
We will facilitate a workshop that will enable Oxford University, The Open University, and other academic and non-academic partners to develop a knowledge exchange project for challenging abortion stigma alongside an ongoing exploration of the moral dimensions of abortion decision-making. This ... Show more |
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Lead | 01 Apr 2014 | 31 Dec 2016 | Bayer Bayer HealthCare |
The overall aim of the study is to understand the barriers to uptake of intrauterine contraception (the IUS and the IUD) in General Practice in the UK. The project investigates the acceptability, or otherwise, of these methods to women aged 18-49; ... Show more |
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Lead | 17 Mar 2014 | 16 Mar 2016 | ESRC Economic and Social Research Council |
The aim of this research project is to quantitatively and qualitatively examine and compare the prevalence and cultural construction of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration by males in substance abuse treatment in London and São Paulo. For the purpose of this ... Show more |
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Lead | 01 Jan 2014 | 31 Jul 2016 | MSI Marie Stopes International |
This research is an exploratory study that seeks to identify the behavioural, social and service related factors associated with why young women under 25 years continue to practice sexual behaviour that puts them at risk of repeat unintended and unwanted pregnancy ... Show more |
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Lead | 22 Oct 2013 | 31 Jul 2014 | BRITAC British Academy |
Helping young women to exercise effective reproductive control and avoid unintended pregnancy remains a public health priority. However, hormonal contraceptives (the Pill, contraceptive implant, Depo-Provera injection, Mirena coil) can cause side-effects, the most common being changes to uterine bleeding patterns (French ... Show more |
Foregrounding pain in self-managed early medication abortion: A qualitative study (2025-03)
Purcell, Carrie; Newton, Victoria Louise; Bloomer, Fiona and Hoggart, Lesley
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 51 (pp. 3-8)
‘Making abortion safe’: abortion and post-abortion care providers’ experiences of stigma in Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone and Nigeria (2024-12-25)
Bright, Suzanna; Parnham, Emma; Blaylock, Rebecca; Bury, Louise; Okonofua, Friday; Mukwambo, Sunhurai; Nyakanda, Munyaradzi; Sebazungu, Theodomir; Akaba, Godwin and Hoggart, Lesley
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health ((early access))
Exploring provider preference and provision of abortion methods and stigma: Secondary analysis of a United Kingdom provider survey (2024-03)
Footman, Katy; Bury, Louise; Hoggart, Lesley and Parnham, Emma
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 56(1) (pp. 50-59)
‘I have to pretend that I don’t care’: Stigma management among unmarried young mothers in South-Western Nigeria (2024)
Oluseye, Ayomide; Waterhouse, Philippa and Hoggart, Lesley
Global Public Health, 19, Article 2291699(1)
“It is not the end of my life”: positive identity (re)constructions among young mothers in rural South-Western Nigeria (2024)
Oluseye, Ayomide; Waterhouse, Philippa and Hoggart, Lesley
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 29, Article 2301579(1)
Patient experiences of undergoing abortion with and without an ultrasound scan in Britain (2024)
Blaylock, Rebecca; Lohr, Patricia A; Hoggart, Lesley and Lowe, Pam
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 50 (pp. 178-184)
"When you provide abortion services, you are looked upon as a bad guy": experiences of abortion stigma by health providers in Nigeria (2024)
Okonofua, Friday; Ntoimo, Lorretta; Bury, Louise; Bright, Suzanna and Hoggart, Lesley
Global health action, 17, Article 2401849(1)
Social connectedness and supported self-management of early medication abortion in the UK: experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic and learning for the future (2023)
Hoggart, Lesley; Purcell, Carrie; Bloomer, Fiona; Newton, Victoria and Oluseye, Ayomide
Culture, Health & Sexuality, 26(7) (pp. 855-870)
A qualitative analysis of medical students’ attitudes to abortion education in UK medical schools (2022-07-12)
Horan, C.; Zadeh, P. G.; Rennison, C.; Hoggart, L. and Kavanagh, J.
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 48 (pp. 205-209)
“I really wanted to abort”: Desire for abortion, failed abortion and forced motherhood in South-Western Nigeria (2022)
Oluseye, Ayomide; Waterhouse, Philippa and Hoggart, Lesley
Global Public Health, 17(8) (pp. 1564-1577)
Making the case for supported self-managed medical abortion as an option for the future (2022)
Hoggart, Lesley and Berer, Marge
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 48 (pp. 146-148)
Difficult data: reflections on making knowledge claims in a turmoil of competing subjectivities, sensibilities and sensitivities (2021)
Hoggart, Lesley
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 24(5) (pp. 581-587)
[Editorial] The impact of COVID-19 on contraception and abortion care policy and practice: experiences from selected countries. (2020-08)
Bateson, Deborah J.; Lohr, Patricia A.; Norman, Wendy V.; Moreau, Caroline; Gemzell-Danielsson, Kristina; Blumenthal, Paul D.; Hoggart, Lesley; Li, Hang-Wun Raymond; Aiken, Abigail R. A. and Black, Kirsten I.
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 46 (pp. 241-243)
Toward normalising abortion: Findings from a qualitative secondary analysis study (2020)
Purcell, Carrie; Maxwell, Karen; Bloomer, Fiona; Rowlands, Sam and Hoggart, Lesley
Culture, Health and Sexuality, 22(12) (pp. 1349-1364)
Young women’s fertility knowledge: partial knowledge and implications for contraceptive risk-taking (2020)
Newton, Victoria; Dickson, Jane and Hoggart, Lesley
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 46(2)
Normalising abortion: what role can health professionals play? (2020)
Maxwell, Karen J.; Hoggart, Lesley; Bloomer, Fiona; Rowlands, Sam and Purcell, Carrie
BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 47(1) (pp. 32-36)
[Editorial] Progress toward Decriminalization of Abortion and Universal Access to Safe Abortions: National Trends and Strategies (2019-12)
Berer, Marge and Hoggart, Lesley
Health and human rights, 21(2) (pp. 79-83)
Paula Rego: personal and political (2019-08-24)
Hoggart, Lesley
The Lancet, 394(10199) (p 627)
Moral dilemmas and abortion decision-making: Lessons learnt from abortion research in England and Wales (2019)
Hoggart, Lesley
Global Public Health, 14(1) (pp. 1-8)
"I think maybe 10 years seems a bit long." Beliefs and attitudes of women who had never used intrauterine contraception (2018-04-12)
Walker, Susan; Hoggart, Lesley; Newton, Victoria and Parker, Michael
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 44(2)
Provider-based barriers to provision of intrauterine contraception in general practice (2018-03-06)
Hoggart, Lesley; Walker, Susan; Newton, Victoria and Parker, Mike
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 44(2) (pp. 82-89)
Editorial: Medical abortion pills have the potential to change everything about abortion (2018-02)
Berer, Marge and Hoggart, Lesley
Contraception, 97(2) (pp. 79-81)
The need to improve fertility awareness (2017-06)
Harper, Joyce; Boivin, Jacky; O'Neill, Helen C.; Brian, Kate; Dhingra, Jennifer; Dugdale, Grace; Edwards, Genevieve; Emmerson, Lucy; Grace, Bola; Hadley, Alison; Hamzic, Laura; Heathcote, Jenny; Hepburn, Jessica; Hoggart, Lesley; Kisby, Fiona; Mann, Sue; Norcross, Sarah; Regan, Lesley; Seenan, Susan; Stephenson, Judith; Walker, Harry and Balen, Adam
Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online, 4 (pp. 18-20)
Abortion embedded and embodied in social relations: Challenges for feminist psychology (2017-05-01)
Marecek, Jeanne; Macleod, Catriona and Hoggart, Lesley
Feminism and Psychology, 27(2) (pp. 133-143)
Collaboration or collusion? Involving research users in applied social research (2017-03-31)
Hoggart, Lesley
Women's Studies International Forum, 61 (pp. 100-107)
Internalised abortion stigma: Young women’s strategies of resistance and rejection (2017-03-01)
Hoggart, Lesley
Feminism and Psychology, 27(2) (pp. 186-202)
Abortion in legal, social, and healthcare contexts (2017-02-01)
Marecek, Jeanne; Macleod, Catriona and Hoggart, Lesley
Feminism and Psychology, 27(1) (pp. 4-14)
‘Repeat abortion’, a phrase to be avoided? Qualitative insights into labelling and stigma (2017-01-01)
Hoggart, Lesley; Newton, Victoria and Bury, Louise
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 43(1) (pp. 26-30)
Predictors of non-use of intrauterine contraception among women aged 18-49 years in a general practice setting in the UK (2016-10-21)
Walker, Susan H.; Newton, Victoria L.; Hoggart, Lesley and Parker, Mike J.
Open Access Journal of Contraception, 7 (pp. 155-160)
Hormonal contraception and regulation of menstruation: a study of young women's attitudes towards ‘having a period’ (2015-07-01)
Newton, Victoria Louise and Hoggart, Lesley
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 41(3) (pp. 210-215)
Abortion Counselling in Britain: Understanding the Controversy (2015-04-24)
Hoggart, Lesley
Sociology Compass, 9(5) (pp. 365-378)
Unanticipated bleeding with the etonogestrel implant: advice and therapeutic interventions. (2014-07)
Dickson, Jane; Hoggart, Lesley and Newton, Victoria Louise
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 40(3) (pp. 158-160)
'I think it depends on the body, with mine it didn't work': explaining young women's contraceptive implant removal. (2013-11)
Hoggart, Lesley; Newton, Victoria Louise and Dickson, Jane
Contraception, 88(5) (pp. 636-640)
Young women's experiences of side-effects from contraceptive implants: a challenge to bodily control (2013-05)
Hoggart, Lesley and Newton, Victoria Louise
Reproductive Health Matters, 21(41) (pp. 196-204)
‘I’m pregnant … what am I going to do?’ An examination of value judgements and moral frameworks in teenage pregnancy decision making (2012-09)
Hoggart, Lesley
Health, Risk & Society, 14(6) (pp. 533-549)
Teenage pregnancies that end in abortion: what can they tell us about contraceptive risk-taking? (2011-04)
Hoggart, Lesley and Phillips, Joan
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 37(2) (pp. 97-102)
Rewarding responsibility? Long-term unemployed men and the welfare-to-work agenda (2009-12)
Ray, Kathryn; Hoggart, Lesley; Taylor, Rebecca; Vegeris, Sandra and Campbell-Barr, Verity
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 27(6) (pp. 975-990)
Observing the implementation of a social experiment (2008-08)
Walker, Robert; Hoggart, Lesley and Hamilton, Gayle
Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 4(3) (pp. 183-203)
Random assignment and informed consent: a case study of multiple perspectives (2008-06)
Walker, Robert; Hoggart, Lesley and Hamilton, Gayle
American Journal of Evaluation, 29(2) (pp. 156-174)
Feminist Campaigns for Birth Control and Abortion Rights in Britain (2003-04)
Hoggart, Lesley
Studies in British History
ISBN : 0-7734-6868-4 | Publisher : The Edwin Mellen Press
Menstruation and contraception: social and cultural issues on young women's decision making (2015-10)
Newton, Victoria and Hoggart, Lesley
In : North American Forum on Family Planning (14-16 Nov 2015, Chicago) (p 403)
UK abortion study: “I didn't think it would happen to me.” Young women's accounts of preabortion contraceptive use (2015-10)
Hoggart, Lesley and Newton, Victoria
In : North American Forum on Family Planning 2015 (14-16 Nov 2015, Chicago) (p 399)
Principles in practice. Co-creation of Learning in complex and challenging environments. Discussion Guide and Toolkit. (2021-12)
Charitonos, Koula; Hoggart, Lesley; Jones, Rebecca; Keogh, Peter and Scott, Ellen
The Open University and the ACCESS consortium
Aide Memoire: 10 tips for discussing IUC (2018)
Newton, Victoria and Hoggart, Lesley
The Open University
Young women's experiences of unintended pregnancy and abortion: key findings (2015-10)
Bury, Louise; Hoggart, Lesley and Newton, Victoria Louise
The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
"How could this happen to me?": Young women's experiences of unintended pregnancies: a qualitative study (2015-10)
Hoggart, Lesley; Newton, Victoria Louise and Bury, Louise
The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Barriers to intrauterine contraceptive uptake in General Practice: patient and practitioner perspectives - Findings from a mixed-method UK study (2015)
Hoggart, Lesley; Newton, Victoria; Walker, Susan and Parker, Mike
Anglia Ruskin University & The Open University
"I thought i was protected" Abortion, contraceptive uptake and use among young women: a quantitative survey (2014-04)
Bury, Louise; Hoggart, Lesley and Newton, Victoria Louise
The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Young people in London: abortion and repeat abortion (2010-01)
Hoggart, Lesley; Phillips, Joan; Birch, Angela and Koffman, Ofra
Government Office For London, London.
Better Off Working? Work, Poverty And Benefit Cycling (2010)
Ray, Kathryn; Hoggart, Lesley; Vegeris, Sandra and Taylor, Rebecca
Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York.