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Integrating health in Local Plans: An impact evaluation (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Hanss, K., Le Gouais, A., & Kidger, J. (2024, March). Integrating health in Local Plans: An impact evaluation. Poster presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, virtual

Aim: This research sought to improve the systematic integration of health in Local Plan policies, as part of the TRUUD (Tackling the Root causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development) project. Background: Local Plans are used by local planning... Read More about Integrating health in Local Plans: An impact evaluation.

Integrating health in local plans: An impact evaluation (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Le Gouais, A., Hanss, K., Callway, R., Chang, M., & Kidger, J. (2023, November). Integrating health in local plans: An impact evaluation. Paper presented at Prevention Research 2023, Edinburgh, Scotland

The Local Plan is a statutory policy document through which local planning authorities in England seek to shape urban regeneration and other land use management. Research suggests that for planning policy to have a meaningful impact on promoting heal... Read More about Integrating health in local plans: An impact evaluation.

The 20mph speed limit policy in Bristol: Analysis of speed and collisions variations (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Bornioli, A., Bray, I., Pilkington, P., & Bird, E. (2019, May). The 20mph speed limit policy in Bristol: Analysis of speed and collisions variations. Paper presented at The 15th World Conference on Transport Research, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

The 20mph speed limit policy in Bristol: Analysis of speed and collisions variations

Implementation of ‘CLICK into Activity’ in South Somerset: Social prescribing through general practice referral of ‘at risk’ populations to community leisure services (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Kok, M., & Powell, J. (2019, March). Implementation of ‘CLICK into Activity’ in South Somerset: Social prescribing through general practice referral of ‘at risk’ populations to community leisure services. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Bristol, England

Aim: This study used the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework to evaluate the impact of CLICK into Activity, a 12-week community-based physical activity programme for inactive adults with (or at risk of) l... Read More about Implementation of ‘CLICK into Activity’ in South Somerset: Social prescribing through general practice referral of ‘at risk’ populations to community leisure services.

Spatial planning and health: From evidence identification to implementation (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Ige, J., & Pilkington, P. (2019, March). Spatial planning and health: From evidence identification to implementation. Presented at Spatial Planning for Health Seminar, The Oval, London, England

On Thursday 14th March 2019 Paul Pilkington, Emma Bird and Janet Ige (CPHWB) attended the first annual Public Health England Spatial Planning for Health seminar at The Oval cricket ground in London. The team were invited to deliver the opening presen... Read More about Spatial planning and health: From evidence identification to implementation.

Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: An umbrella review (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Ige, J., Pinto, A., & Pilkington, P. (2018, March). Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: An umbrella review. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Bristol, UK

Aim: This umbrella review aimed to assess relationships between the built and natural environment and health, concentrating on five predefined topic areas: neighbourhood design, housing, food environment, natural and sustainable environment, and tran... Read More about Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: An umbrella review.

Psychological predictors of walking and cycling behaviour change: An iConnect study (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Panter, J., Baker, G., Jones, T., & Ogilvie, D. (2018, March). Psychological predictors of walking and cycling behaviour change: An iConnect study. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Bristol, UK

Aim: This study examined whether an extended version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (eTPB) predicted change in walking and cycling for transport and recreation using observational cohort survey data collected as part of the wider iConnect study (... Read More about Psychological predictors of walking and cycling behaviour change: An iConnect study.

Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: An umbrella review (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Ige, J., Pinto, A., & Pilkington, P. (2018, January). Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: An umbrella review. Paper presented at AMPS 2018 Health: The Design, Planning and Politics of How and Where We Live, UWE Bristol, UK

Aim: This umbrella review aimed to assess relationships between the built and natural environment and health, concentrating on five predefined topic areas: neighbourhood design, housing, food environment, natural and sustainable environment, and tran... Read More about Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: An umbrella review.

Predicting walking and cycling behaviour change using an extended Theory of Planned Behaviour (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Panter, J., Baker, G., Jones, T., & Ogilvie, D. (2017, November). Predicting walking and cycling behaviour change using an extended Theory of Planned Behaviour. Paper presented at 13th Annual Meeting and 8th Conference of HEPA Europe, Zagreb, Croatia

Introduction: The psychological predictors of behaviour change may differ from the predictors of engaging in behaviour, and there is limited evidence on the associations between psychological constructs and changes in physical activity behaviours suc... Read More about Predicting walking and cycling behaviour change using an extended Theory of Planned Behaviour.

Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthy places (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Pinto, A., Bird, E., Ige, J., Burgess-Allen, J., & Pilkington, P. (2017, September). Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthy places. Paper presented at 14th International Conference on Urban Health. Health Equity: The New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals, Coimbra, Portugal

Introduction: There is considerable debate about the strength and quality of the evidence base which underpins principles of good design of the lived environment and the causal pathways to good mental and physical health. In England, there has been n... Read More about Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthy places.

Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Allison, R., Bird, E., & McClean, S. (2017, March). Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport. Poster presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Bristol, England

Background It is estimated that 21% of boys and 16% of girls in England meet recommended physical activity guidelines. Team sport has the potential to increase physical activity level; however, studies show that gender-based factors can influence gi... Read More about Is team sport the key to getting everybody active, every day? A systematic review of physical activity interventions aimed at increasing girls' participation in team sport.

Parents’ experiences of receiving feedback from national child weight screening programmes in the UK: A mixed methods systematic review (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Preddy, A., & Bird, E. (2017, March). Parents’ experiences of receiving feedback from national child weight screening programmes in the UK: A mixed methods systematic review. Poster presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Bristol, England

Aim: To examine parents’ experiences of receiving feedback from a child weight screening programme in the UK Background: Launched in England in 2005, the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) is a mandatory school-based height and weight surve... Read More about Parents’ experiences of receiving feedback from national child weight screening programmes in the UK: A mixed methods systematic review.

A pilot controlled evaluation of a primary school-based health education intervention: Facts4Life (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Oliver, B., & Powell, J. (2016, March). A pilot controlled evaluation of a primary school-based health education intervention: Facts4Life. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Bristol, UK

Aim: This pilot controlled evaluation aimed to explore the effects of a primary school-based health education intervention, Facts4Life, on changes in children’s health and illness-related attitudes. Background: Evidence suggests that attitudes and... Read More about A pilot controlled evaluation of a primary school-based health education intervention: Facts4Life.

Symposium paper: Economic evaluation of the Bristol Girls Dance project (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Powell, J., Edwards, M., Sebire, S., & Jago, R. (2015, December). Symposium paper: Economic evaluation of the Bristol Girls Dance project. Paper presented at UK Society for Behavioural Medicine: 11th Annual Scientific Meeting, Newcastle, UK

Evidence on the economic costs and health outcomes of school-based physical activity interventions is lacking. This discussion reports on the findings of the economic evaluation conducted as part of the trial. Data on resource use and costs incurre... Read More about Symposium paper: Economic evaluation of the Bristol Girls Dance project.

Health economic assessment of walking and cycling interventions in the physical environment: Interim findings from the iConnect study (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Powell, J., Ogilvie, D., Goodman, A., & Rutter, H. (2014, February). Health economic assessment of walking and cycling interventions in the physical environment: Interim findings from the iConnect study. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Weston-Super-Mare, UK

Aim: This study (www.iconnect.ac.uk) used the Health Economic Assessment Tools (HEAT) for walking and cycling to estimate the economic value of health benefits attributable to Connect2, a programme of constructing or improving 84 local walking and... Read More about Health economic assessment of walking and cycling interventions in the physical environment: Interim findings from the iConnect study.