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Integrating health and sustainability: The higher education sector as a timely catalyst (2010)
Journal Article
Orme, J., & Dooris, M. (2010). Integrating health and sustainability: The higher education sector as a timely catalyst. Health Education Research, 25(3), 425-437. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyq020

Higher education is an influential sector with enormous potential to impact positively on health and sustainability. The purpose of this paper was to explore its emergent role as a key setting for promoting health and sustainability and for addressin... Read More about Integrating health and sustainability: The higher education sector as a timely catalyst.

Teaching Public Health Networks in England: An innovative approach to building public health capacity and capability (2009)
Journal Article
Orme, J., Pilkington, P., Gray, S., & Rao, M. (2009). Teaching Public Health Networks in England: An innovative approach to building public health capacity and capability. Public Health, 123(12), 800-804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2009.10.008

This paper examines the development and achievements of the Teaching Public Health Networks (TPHNs) in England; an initiative that aimed to catalyse collaborative working between the public health workforce and further and higher education, to enhanc... Read More about Teaching Public Health Networks in England: An innovative approach to building public health capacity and capability.

Alcohol, young people and the media: A study of radio output in six radio stations in England (2009)
Journal Article
Irwin, R., Daykin, N., Irwin, R., Kimberlee, R., Orme, J., Plant, M., …Rahbari, M. (2009). Alcohol, young people and the media: A study of radio output in six radio stations in England. Journal of Public Health, 31(1), 105-112. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdn114

BackgroundThis research investigated the representation of alcohol in radio output. The study was prompted by concerns that media output might be part of a developing culture of excessive drinking among young people.MethodsAlcohol comments were exami... Read More about Alcohol, young people and the media: A study of radio output in six radio stations in England.

Promoting integration of the health and built environment agendas through a workforce development initiative (2008)
Journal Article
Pilkington, P., Grant, M., & Orme, J. (2008). Promoting integration of the health and built environment agendas through a workforce development initiative. Public Health, 122(6), 545-551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2008.03.004

There is a renewed and growing recognition of the links between public health and the built environment, which has underlined the need for improved joint working between public health and built environment professionals. However, currently there is l... Read More about Promoting integration of the health and built environment agendas through a workforce development initiative.

Promoting integration of the health and built environment agendas through a workforce development initiative (2008)
Journal Article
Pilkington, P., Grant, M., & Orme, J. (2008). Promoting integration of the health and built environment agendas through a workforce development initiative. Public Health, 122(6), 545-551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2008.03.004

There is a renewed and growing recognition of the links between public health and the built environment, which has underlined the need for improved joint working between public health and built environment professionals. However, currently there is l... Read More about Promoting integration of the health and built environment agendas through a workforce development initiative.

The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: A systematic review of the literature (2008)
Journal Article
Brain, S., Daykin, N., Orme, J., Evans, D., Salmon, D., & Mceachran, M. (2008). The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Health Psychology, 13(2), 251-264. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105307086699

This article reports a systematic review of literature published between 1994 and 2004 on the effects of performing arts for health in young people aged 11-18. The review includes research on music, performance, drama and dance in community settings... Read More about The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: A systematic review of the literature.

Project jump: Young people's perspectives on a sexual health drama project for hard to reach young people (2007)
Journal Article
Orme, J., Salmon, D., & Mages, L. (2007). Project jump: Young people's perspectives on a sexual health drama project for hard to reach young people. Children & Society, 21(5), 352-364. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2006.00065.x

This article explores the qualitative process findings from an evaluation of Project Jump - a sexual health drama project for hard to reach young people. Project Jump aimed to enable young people to consider their sexual behaviour and its impact and... Read More about Project jump: Young people's perspectives on a sexual health drama project for hard to reach young people.

Missed opportunities? Locating health promotion within multidisciplinary public health (2007)
Journal Article
Orme, J., de Viggiani, N., Naidoo, J., & Knight, T. (2007). Missed opportunities? Locating health promotion within multidisciplinary public health. Public Health, 121(6), 414-419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2007.02.005

This paper examines the complex interconnections between the development of health promotion and multidisciplinary public health, respectively. Health promotion takes a distinctive interdisciplinary and multiprofessional perspective on health. Histor... Read More about Missed opportunities? Locating health promotion within multidisciplinary public health.

Primary care professionals and social marketing of health in neighbourhoods: A case study approach to identify, target and communicate with ‘at risk’ populations (2007)
Journal Article
Powell, J., Tapp, A., Orme, J., & Farr, M. (2007). Primary care professionals and social marketing of health in neighbourhoods: A case study approach to identify, target and communicate with ‘at risk’ populations. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 8(1), 22-35. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423607000047

Aim: In this article the authors illustrate using a case study approach how primary care professionals can use the combination of geodemographic data with hospital episode statistics (HES) to predict the location of people yat risk’ of diabetes melli... Read More about Primary care professionals and social marketing of health in neighbourhoods: A case study approach to identify, target and communicate with ‘at risk’ populations.

A new prison public health (2005)
Journal Article
Salmon, D., Powell, J., Orme, J., & De Viggiani, N. (2005). A new prison public health

Implementing the Rock Challenge: Young people's perspectives on a drug-prevention and performing-arts programme (2005)
Journal Article
Salmon, D., Orme, J., Kimberlee, R., Jones, M., & Murphy, S. (2005). Implementing the Rock Challenge: Young people's perspectives on a drug-prevention and performing-arts programme. Journal of Research in Nursing, 10(3), 339-353. https://doi.org/10.1177/174498710501000310

This paper presents the qualitative process findings from an evaluation of a school-based performing arts programme, “Rock Challenge”. Rock Challenge aims to promote healthy life styles “by building resilience amongst young people involved”. The rese... Read More about Implementing the Rock Challenge: Young people's perspectives on a drug-prevention and performing-arts programme.

Implementing The Rock Challenge: Teacher perspectives on a performing arts programme (2004)
Journal Article
Jones, M., Murphy, S., Salmon, D., Kimberlee, R., & Orme, J. (2004). Implementing The Rock Challenge: Teacher perspectives on a performing arts programme. Health Education, 104(6), 351-359. https://doi.org/10.1108/09654280410564123

The Rock Challenge is a school-based performing arts programme that that aims to promote healthy lifestyles amongst secondary school students. This paper reports on teacher perspectives on the implementation of The Rock Challenge in nine English scho... Read More about Implementing The Rock Challenge: Teacher perspectives on a performing arts programme.

Young people's involvement in a substance misuse communications campaign (2004)
Journal Article
Jones, M., Salmon, D., & Orme, J. (2004). Young people's involvement in a substance misuse communications campaign. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 11(5), 391-405. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687630410001668979

There is growing emphasis in public policy on involving young people in the development of health promotion campaigns and information resources on substance misuse. To date there has been little literature that explores the level and nature young peo... Read More about Young people's involvement in a substance misuse communications campaign.

Artefact or reality? Increases in persons notified to the Regional Drug Misuse Database in the South West of England, 1996-2001 (2004)
Journal Article
Weir, I., Myles, J., Wilkinson, S., Orme, J., Gray, S., & Soteriou, T. (2004). Artefact or reality? Increases in persons notified to the Regional Drug Misuse Database in the South West of England, 1996-2001. Journal of Public Health, 26(1), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdh106

The incidence of new persons and repeat attenders presenting for treatment for problem drug misuse in the South West of England more than doubled from 1996-1997 to 2000-2001. During this time there was an increase in the number and severity of chroni... Read More about Artefact or reality? Increases in persons notified to the Regional Drug Misuse Database in the South West of England, 1996-2001.