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Using a reliable taxonomy to code the content of walking and cycling interventions: Challenges and recommendations for future reporting (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bird, E., Baker, G., Mutrie, N., Ogilvie, D., Sahlqvist, S., & Powell, J. (2012, October). Using a reliable taxonomy to code the content of walking and cycling interventions: Challenges and recommendations for future reporting. Poster presented at International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health, Sydney

Coroners’ records for Action on Road Safety (CARS) in Wiltshire (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pilkington, P., Bird, E., Gray, S., Towner, E., Weld, S., & McKibben, M. (2012, June). Coroners’ records for Action on Road Safety (CARS) in Wiltshire. Poster presented at Changing Lives, Changing Society, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

‘Happy Being Me’ in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bird, E., Halliwell, E., & Diedrichs, P. C. (2012, February). ‘Happy Being Me’ in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Weston-super-Mare, UK

Background Body image concerns among children are commonly associated with the onset of severe health-related implications including reduced physical activity, unhealthy eating behaviours, and low self-esteem, among others. Historically, attempts to... Read More about ‘Happy Being Me’ in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children.

A systematic review of behaviour change techniques in walking and cycling interventions: the iConnect study (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bird, E., Baker, G., Powell, J., & Mutrie, N. (2012, February). A systematic review of behaviour change techniques in walking and cycling interventions: the iConnect study. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Weston-super-Mare

Background iConnect, funded by EPSRC, is an interdisciplinary research programme, aiming to measure and evaluate changes in travel, physical activity and carbon emissions associated with the Sustrans’ Connect2 programme. Until recently, the categori... Read More about A systematic review of behaviour change techniques in walking and cycling interventions: the iConnect study.

Research Methods for Public Health
Book
McClean, S., Bray, I., de Viggiani, N., Bird, E., & Pilkington, P. (2019). Research Methods for Public Health. London: SAGE Publication

Public health research has undoubtedly played a key role in advancing people’s health and wellbeing. Recent successes in public health research are evident in celebrated achievements in health improvement and health protection, including advances in... Read More about Research Methods for Public Health.

Healthy people healthy places evidence tool: Evidence and practical linkage for design, planning and health
Report
Bird, E., Ige, J., Burgess-Allen, J., Pinto, A., & Pilkington, P. Healthy people healthy places evidence tool: Evidence and practical linkage for design, planning and health

This project was commissioned by Public Health England to address the need for a UK centric evidence review which analyses and demonstrates the links between health and the built and natural environment. This umbrella review attempts to provide an ov... Read More about Healthy people healthy places evidence tool: Evidence and practical linkage for design, planning and health.