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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.

Effect and cost of an after-school dance programme on the physical activity of 11-12 year old girls: The Bristol Girls Dance Project, a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Jago, R., Edwards, M. J., Sebire, S. J., Tomkinson, K., Bird, E., Banfield, K., …Blair, P. S. (2015). Effect and cost of an after-school dance programme on the physical activity of 11-12 year old girls: The Bristol Girls Dance Project, a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12, Article 128. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0289-y

© 2015 Jago et al. Background: The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness and cost of an after-school dance intervention at increasing the physical activity levels of Year 7 girls (age 11-12). Methods: A cluster randomised controlled tria... Read More about Effect and cost of an after-school dance programme on the physical activity of 11-12 year old girls: The Bristol Girls Dance Project, a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial.

Evidence-based intervention for preschool children with primary speech and language impairments: Child Talk - an exploratory mixed-methods study (2015)
Journal Article
Roulstone, S. E., Marshall, J. E., Powell, G. G., Goldbart, J., Wren, Y. E., Coad, J., …Coad, R. A. (2015). Evidence-based intervention for preschool children with primary speech and language impairments: Child Talk - an exploratory mixed-methods study. Programme Grants for Applied Research, 3(5),

Background The Child Talk study aimed to develop an evidence-based framework to support the decision-making of speech and language therapists (SLTs) as they design and plan interventions appropriate to the needs of individual children with primary s... Read More about Evidence-based intervention for preschool children with primary speech and language impairments: Child Talk - an exploratory mixed-methods study.

Health needs assessment (2015)
Book Chapter
Kelly, M., Powell, J., & Bartle, N. (2015). Health needs assessment. In R. Detels, M. Gulliford, Q. Abdool Karim, & C. C. Tan (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press

This chapter begins with a consideration of the technical processes used for conducting health needs assessment. The ways to plan the exercise, assess the structure of a given population, examine the effectiveness of potential interventions and condu... Read More about Health needs assessment.

Mechanisms underpinning use of new walking and cycling infrastructure in different contexts: Mixed-method analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Sahlqvist, S., Goodman, A., Jones, T., Powell, J., Song, Y., & Ogilvie, D. (2015). Mechanisms underpinning use of new walking and cycling infrastructure in different contexts: Mixed-method analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12, Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0185-5

© 2015 Sahlqvist et al. Background: Few studies have evaluated the effects of infrastructural improvements to promote walking and cycling. Even fewer have explored how the context and mechanisms of such interventions may interact to produce their out... Read More about Mechanisms underpinning use of new walking and cycling infrastructure in different contexts: Mixed-method analysis.

Increasing children's physical activity through a teaching-assistant led extracurricular intervention: Process evaluation of the action 3:30 randomised feasibility trial (2015)
Journal Article
Fox, K. R., Powell, J. E., Edwards, M. J., Jago, R., Sebire, S. J., Davies, B., …Fox, K. R. (2015). Increasing children's physical activity through a teaching-assistant led extracurricular intervention: Process evaluation of the action 3:30 randomised feasibility trial. BMC Public Health, 15(1), 156. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1501-3

© 2015 Jago et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Background: Many children do not engage in recommended levels of physical activity (PA), highlighting the need to find ways to increase children's PA. Process evaluations play an important role in improvin... Read More about Increasing children's physical activity through a teaching-assistant led extracurricular intervention: Process evaluation of the action 3:30 randomised feasibility trial.

Public involvement in research: Assessing impact through a realist evaluation (2014)
Journal Article
Evans, D., Coad, J., Cottrell, K., Dalrymple, J., Davies, R., Donald, C., …Sayers, R. (2014). Public involvement in research: Assessing impact through a realist evaluation. Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(36), 1-128. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr02360

Background This study was concerned with developing the evidence base for public involvement in research in health and social care. There now is significant support for public involvement within the National Institute for Health Research, and resear... Read More about Public involvement in research: Assessing impact through a realist evaluation.

Randomised feasibility trial of a teaching assistant led extracurricular physical activity intervention for 9 to 11year olds: Action 3:30 (2014)
Journal Article
Banfield, K., Jago, R., Sebire, S. J., Davies, B., Wood, L., Edwards, M. J., …Montgomery, A. A. (2014). Randomised feasibility trial of a teaching assistant led extracurricular physical activity intervention for 9 to 11year olds: Action 3:30. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-014-0114-z

© 2014 Jago et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: Extracurricular programmes could provide a mechanism to increase the physical activity (PA) of primary-school-aged children. The aim of this feasibility study was to examine whether the Act... Read More about Randomised feasibility trial of a teaching assistant led extracurricular physical activity intervention for 9 to 11year olds: Action 3:30.

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.

The feasibility of using a parenting programme for the prevention of unintentional home injuries in the under-fives: A cluster randomised controlled trial (2014)
Journal Article
Mytton, J., Ingram, J., Manns, S., Stevens, T., Mulvaney, C., Blair, P., …Stewart-Brown, S. (2014). The feasibility of using a parenting programme for the prevention of unintentional home injuries in the under-fives: A cluster randomised controlled trial. Health Technology Assessment, 18(3), 1-183. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18030

Background: Unintentional injury is the leading cause of preventable death of children over the age of 1 year in the UK and a major cause of attendance at emergency departments. Children having one injury are at increased risk of further injuries. Pa... Read More about The feasibility of using a parenting programme for the prevention of unintentional home injuries in the under-fives: A cluster randomised controlled trial.

Bristol girls dance project feasibility study: Using a pilot economic evaluation to inform design of a full trial (2013)
Journal Article
Haase, A. M., Powell, J. E., Powell, J., Carroll, F. E., Sebire, S. J., Haase, A., & Jago, R. (2013). Bristol girls dance project feasibility study: Using a pilot economic evaluation to inform design of a full trial. BMJ Open, 3(12), e003726-e003726. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003726

Background: There is currently little guidance for pilot trial economic evaluation where health outcomes and costs are influenced by a range of wider determinants and factors. Objectives: This article presents the findings of a pilot economic evaluat... Read More about Bristol girls dance project feasibility study: Using a pilot economic evaluation to inform design of a full trial.

Measuring the economic impact of the wellspring healthy living centre's social prescribing wellbeing programme for low level mental health issues encountered by GP services (2013)
Report
Kimberlee, R., Jones, M., & Powell, J. (2013). Measuring the economic impact of the wellspring healthy living centre's social prescribing wellbeing programme for low level mental health issues encountered by GP services

This research evaluates the impacts of a holistic social prescribing Wellbeing Programme delivered by the Wellspring Healthy Living Centre, Bristol. As a holistic social prescribing approach it is representative of many third sector led intervention... Read More about Measuring the economic impact of the wellspring healthy living centre's social prescribing wellbeing programme for low level mental health issues encountered by GP services.

Behavior change techniques used to promote walking and cycling: A systematic review (2013)
Journal Article
Bird, E. L., Bird, E., Baker, G., Mutrie, N., Ogilvie, D., Sahlqvist, S., & Powell, J. (2013). Behavior change techniques used to promote walking and cycling: A systematic review. Health Psychology, 32(8), 829-838. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032078

Objective: Evidence on the effectiveness of walking and cycling interventions is mixed. This may be partly attributable to differences in intervention content, such as the cognitive and behavioral techniques (BCTs) used. Adopting a taxonomy of BCTs,... Read More about Behavior change techniques used to promote walking and cycling: A systematic review.

Action 3:30: Protocol for a randomized feasibility trial of a teaching assistant led extracurricular physical activity intervention (2013)
Journal Article
Jago, R., Edwards, M. J., Cooper, A. R., Fox, K. R., Powell, J., Sebire, S. J., …Montgomery, A. A. (2013). Action 3:30: Protocol for a randomized feasibility trial of a teaching assistant led extracurricular physical activity intervention. Trials, 14(1), 122. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-122

Background: Many children do not meet physical activity (PA) guidelines. Extracurricular programmes could provide a mechanism to increase the PA levels of primary-school aged children. Teaching assistants (TAs) are a valuable resource in all UK prima... Read More about Action 3:30: Protocol for a randomized feasibility trial of a teaching assistant led extracurricular physical activity intervention.

Making care homes part of the community? An evaluation of the Gloucestershire Partnerships for Older People Project (2013)
Journal Article
Evans, S., Means, R., & Powell, J. (2013). Making care homes part of the community? An evaluation of the Gloucestershire Partnerships for Older People Project. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 14(1), 66-74. https://doi.org/10.1108/14717791311311120

Purpose - This paper report on the evaluation of a project that aimed to improve the integration of care homes with health and social care services and with the wider community. Design/methodology/approach - The evaluation adopted a mixed methods app... Read More about Making care homes part of the community? An evaluation of the Gloucestershire Partnerships for Older People Project.

A randomised trial comparing the cost effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management (2013)
Journal Article
Benger, J. R., Cramp, F., McClellan, C. M., McClellan, C., Cramp, F. (., Powell, J., & Benger, J. (2013). A randomised trial comparing the cost effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management. BMJ Open, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001116

Objectives: To evaluate the cost effectiveness of soft tissue injury management by emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) and extended scope physiotherapists (ESPs) compared with the routine care provided by doctors in an emergency department (ED). Des... Read More about A randomised trial comparing the cost effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management.