Browsing Research publications by Author "Public Health and Communities"
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“Am iz kwiin” (I’m his queen): Combining Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis with a feminist approach to work with gems in a resource-constrained setting
Clifford, Gayle; Craig, Gillian; McCourt, Christine (2018-12-28)This paper focuses on working with gems using a feminist approach to Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) in a resource-constrained setting. The research explores the experiences of maternal disclosure of HIV to ... -
Are Population-Level Approaches to Dementia Risk Reduction UnderResearched? A Rapid Review of the Dementia Prevention Literature
Walsh, Sebastian; Wallace, Lindsay; Kuhn, I; Mytton, Oliver; la Fortune, Louise; Wills, Wendy; Mukadam, N; Brayne, Carol (2023-05-15)Dementia is forecast to become increasingly prevalent, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, and is associated with high human and economic costs. Primary prevention of dementia -preventing risk factors leading ... -
Attitudes to weight and weight management in the early teenage years : A qualitative study of parental perceptions and views
Wills, Wendy; Lawton, Julia (2015-09-25)Background: As most young teenagers grow up in families, parents might be well situated to facilitate and support their weight management and thereby prevent or manage obesity prior to adulthood. Aim: This paper explores ... -
Breastfeeding Duration and its Relation to Weight Gain, Eating Behaviours and Positive Maternal Feeding Practices in Infancy
Rogers, Samantha; Blissett, Jackie (2017-01-01)Research examining the relationship between breastfeeding and infant weight has generated conflicting results. Few studies account for significant covariates and many suffer methodological problems such as retrospective ... -
Children's and Young People's Food Practices in Contexts of Poverty and Inequality
Wills, Wendy; O'Connell, Rebecca (2018-04-06) -
Cortisol metabolism, postnatal depression and weight changes in the first 12 months postpartum.
Rogers, Samantha; Hughes, Beverly A.; Tomlinson, Jeremy; Blissett, Jacqueline (2016-11-14)Background & Objectives: Postnatal depression correlates with postpartum weight retention, and dysregulated cortisol metabolism is evident in depressed individuals. Cortisol metabolism, BMI and metabolic phenotype are ... -
Defining the research agenda to measure and reduce tuberculosis stigmas
Macintyre, Kate; Bakker, Mirjam Irene; Bergson, Susan; Bhavaraju, Rajita; Bond, Virginia PhD; Chikovore, Jeremiah; Colvin, Charlotte; Craig, Gill; Daftary, Amrita; Engel, Nora; Ferris France, Nadine; Jaramillo, Ernesto MD; Kimerling, Michael; Kipp, Aaron M; Krishnaratne, Shari; Mergenthaler, Christina Jane; Lim, Hyeyoung; Ngicho, Millicent; Redwood, Lisa; Rood, Ente; Smyth, Caoimhe; Sommerland, Nina; Stangl, Anne; Van Rie, Annelies; Sahu, Suvanand; Van Brakel, Win; Wouters, Edwin; Zwerling, Alice; Mitchell, Ellen M. H.; Cremers, Lianne; Craig, Gillian (2017-11-01)Crucial to finding and treating the 4 million tuberculosis (TB) patients currently missed by National TB Programs, TB stigma is receiving well-deserved and long-delayed attention at the global level. However, the ability ... -
Diminished 11 Beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2 Activity Is Associated With Decreased Weight and Weight Gain Across the First Year of Life.
Rogers, Samantha; Hughes, Beverly A.; Jones, Christopher A.; Freedman, Lauren; Smart, Katherine; Taylor, Norman; Stewart, Paul M.; Shackleton, Cedric H.L.; Krone, Nils P.; Blissett, Jacqueline; Tomlinson, Jeremy W. (2014-05-01)Objective: We have hypothesized that changes in GC metabolism leading to increased availability may impair growth. Design: This was a prospective, longitudinal study with clinical measurements and 24-hour urinary steroid ... -
Ethnic inequalities and pathways to care in psychosis in England: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Halvorsrud , Kristoffer; Nazroo, James; Otis, Michaela; Brown Hajdukova, Eva; Bhui, Kamaldeep (2018-12-12)Background: As part of a national programme to tackle ethnic inequalities, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of research on ethnic inequalities in pathways to care for adults with psychosis living in England ... -
Food environments of young people: linking individual behaviour to environmental context
Tyrrell, Rachel L.; Greenhalgh, Fiona; Hodgson, Susan; Wills, Wendy; Mathers, John C.; Adamson, Ashley J.; Lake, Amelia (2016-03-08)Background We aimed to identify and characterise the food environments from which young people obtain food and to explore associations between type of food environment and food intakes. Methods Young people (n=86, mean age ... -
The Influence of Deprivation and the Food Environment on Food and Drink Purchased by Secondary School Pupils Beyond the School Gate : final report
Wills, Wendy; Kapetanaki, Ariadne Beatrice; Rennie, Kirsten; Danesi, Giada; Martin, Alice; Hamilton, Laura; Bygrave, Aiden (Food Standards Scotland, 2015-04)The aim of the study was to investigate what food and drink young people aged 13-15 years purchase beyond the school gate at lunchtime and to explore the factors related to this purchasing. The importance of relative ... -
Institutional spaces and sociable eating: young people, food, and expressions of care
Murray, Samantha; Wills, Wendy (2020-04-07)Young people’s social relationships are fostered, enacted, and complicated by the discursive and constitutive spatial contexts in which they occur. The focus of our study was the ways the spaces of the school canteen - and ... -
Landscapes: Meta-evaluation of existing interagency partnerships, collaboration, coordination and/or integrated interventions and service responses to violence against women : State of Knowledge Paper
Breckenridge, J; valentine, k; Rees, S; Murray, Samantha (Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS), 2015) -
#LetThemStay: : Visual Representations of Protests and Community Mobilization for Asylum Seekers in Australia
Hall, Shirley; Lenette, Caroline; Murray, Samantha; Chan, Connie; Flannery, Ashley; Vickery, Kate (2018-03-09)The indefinite mandatory detention on the mainland and in offshore processing centers of asylum seekers applying for protection in Australia is particularly controversial due to the government’s notoriously harsh policy. ... -
Lunchtime food and drink purchasing : young people’s practices, preferences and power within and beyond the school gate
Wills, Wendy; Danesi, Giada; Kapetanaki, Ariadni (2016-04-02)This paper highlights factors that influence young people aged 13–15 years when purchasing food or drink within or beyond the school catering service. The paper draws from a qualitative study of secondary schools in Scotland, ... -
Minding the gap and moving forward in children's long-term conditions : A vital role for health psychology
Bogosian, Angeliki; Van Vliet, Liesbeth M; Craig, Gillian; Fraser, Lorna K; Turner-Cobb, Julie M (2016-08-01)Children with a long‐term condition and their families are confronted with multiple biopsychosocial challenges. In this editorial, we outline the scope of the problem and then look at some examples of interventions for ... -
The Montreal Children's Hospital Feeding Scale: Relationships with parental report of child eating behaviours and observed feeding interactions.
Rogers, Samantha; Ramsay, Maria; Blissett, Jacqueline (2018-06-01)Feeding problems are common, with implications for nutrition, growth and family stress, placing burden on primary care services. The Montreal Children’s Hospital Feeding Scale (MCHFS) is a quick and reliable measure of ... -
Mothering at a distance and disclosure of maternal HIV to children in Kingston, Jamaica
Clifford, G; Craig, Gillian; McCourt, C (2018-07-12)Existing guidelines (WHO, 2011) advise caretakers and professionals to disclose children’s and their caretakers’ HIV status to children, despite a lack of evidence concerning the potential implications in resource-constrained ... -
Patterns of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption amongst young people aged 13–15 years during the school day in Scotland
Hamilton, Laura; Wills, Wendy (2017-09-01)Background There is currently little research regarding sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption patterns of young people though adolescents are thought to be frequent consumers of these drinks. There is no research ... -
The role of sensory sensitivity in predicting food selectivity and food preferences in children with Tourette syndrome
Smith, Bobbie; Rogers, Samantha; Blissett, Jacqueline; Ludlow, Amanda (2019-04-01)Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by involuntary, repetitive and non-rhythmic motor and vocal tics. Despite suggestion that diet may affect tics, and the substantial research into ...