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Upstream: Moving health upstream in urban development planning (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Pilkington, P., Black, D., & Ige, J. (2017, April). Upstream: Moving health upstream in urban development planning. Paper presented at Inaugural Planetary Health Alliance Annual Meeting, Boston, United States

This paper presented the interim findings from the Upstream project, funded by Wellcome. Upstream seeks to engage those working at strategic levels within urban planning, to determine barriers and facilitators to the more effective integration of hea... Read More about Upstream: Moving health upstream in urban development planning.

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.

Recording and reporting of mobile phone involvement in road traffic collisions: Survey of police officers (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Pilkington, P., Ige, J., & Banstola, A. (2017, March). Recording and reporting of mobile phone involvement in road traffic collisions: Survey of police officers. Poster presented at 2017 South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Bristol, England

This poster was presented at the 2017 South West Public Health Scientific Conference. It presents the findings from our survey of collision investigation officers, which investigated how police forces investigate and record mobile phone involvement i... Read More about Recording and reporting of mobile phone involvement in road traffic collisions: Survey of police officers.

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.

Threat of dementia: The role of self-protective memory and replication of the mnemic neglect effect. Poster presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), March 2017 (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Christopher, G., Cheston, R., & Dodd, E. (2017, March). Threat of dementia: The role of self-protective memory and replication of the mnemic neglect effect. Poster presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), March 2017. Poster presented at International Convention of Psychological Science, Vienna, Austria

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Moving health upstream in urban development decision-making (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Black, D., Ige, J., Pilkington, P., Williams, B., Prestwood, E., Hunt, A., …Ogilvie, F. (2017, February). Moving health upstream in urban development decision-making. Presented at The Sustainable Transport & Health Summit, Bristol

This document presents an overview of a three-year pilot funded by the Wellcome Trust an initiated in 2016. The project has three main strands of work- systematic reviews of evidence linking the quality of urban form to human health impacts, an econo... Read More about Moving health upstream in urban development decision-making.

Real-time paediatric respiratory tract infection (RTI) community surveillance: A qualitative interview study of clinicians’ perspectives on the use, design and potential impact of a planned intervention (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Moss, T. (2017, February). Real-time paediatric respiratory tract infection (RTI) community surveillance: A qualitative interview study of clinicians’ perspectives on the use, design and potential impact of a planned intervention. Paper presented at 3rd CBC Digital Health Conference: Harnessing digital technology for behaviour change, London, United Kingdom

Rationale Over-prescription of antibiotics in primary care is a contributor to burgeoning problem of antimicrobial resistance. Children with respiratory tract infections (RTI) represent a substantial proportion of primary care consultations and anti... Read More about Real-time paediatric respiratory tract infection (RTI) community surveillance: A qualitative interview study of clinicians’ perspectives on the use, design and potential impact of a planned intervention.

Community psychology: A bridge for psychotherapy and social justice (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hadjiosif, M. (2017, January). Community psychology: A bridge for psychotherapy and social justice. Presented at CONFER - Working with the unseen, London, UK

Community psychology is a recently re-invigorated branch of applied psychology that challenges psychology’s heretofore claims to political neutrality. Community psychologists work in diverse settings and are sensitised by a social justice agenda that... Read More about Community psychology: A bridge for psychotherapy and social justice.

Ethnic profiling: Afrophobia, IDPAD, and the 2030 Agenda (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Olaiya, H. B. A. (2016, December). Ethnic profiling: Afrophobia, IDPAD, and the 2030 Agenda. Poster presented at Roundtable on Ethnic Profiling, European Parliament, Brussels

This research poster was exhibited and distributed at the Roundtable on Ethnic Profiling cohosted by the European Network Against Racism , Open Society Justice Initiative and the Anti Racism & Diversity Intergroup of the European parliament, on 6 Dec... Read More about Ethnic profiling: Afrophobia, IDPAD, and the 2030 Agenda.

EU accession migrant health in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference
McClean, S. (2016, October). EU accession migrant health in the UK. Presented at PHR/ASPHER Salzburg Workshop on Migrant and Minority Health, Salzburg, Austria

Migration is becoming one of the defining issues of the 21st Century, and it is argued that it has a wide-ranging impact on the demand for existing health services as well as their appropriate usage. Health of migrants and their families is recognis... Read More about EU accession migrant health in the UK.

Research and practice in public health approaches to sexual harm prevention (2016)
Presentation / Conference
McCartan, K. (2016, September). Research and practice in public health approaches to sexual harm prevention. Paper presented at NOTA Annual Conference, Brighton, UK

A research paper discussing current approaches to public health interventions in the sexual abuse field.

Current research in circles of support and accountability in the UK (2016)
Presentation / Conference
McCartan, K., Winder, B., & Elliott, H. (2016, September). Current research in circles of support and accountability in the UK. Paper presented at NOTA Annual Conference, Brighton, UK

A research paper based on recent research funded by the cabinet office on CoSA in the UK.

Coming off drugs in prison: Drug withdrawal and prison time (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Walmsley, I. (2016, September). Coming off drugs in prison: Drug withdrawal and prison time. Paper presented at British Medical Sociology, Aston University, UK

The paper reports on findings from a qualitative study on experiences of coming off heroin in prison. Existing research is mostly evaluation studies of professional treatment services in which drug dependent prisoners are conceptualised as passive re... Read More about Coming off drugs in prison: Drug withdrawal and prison time.

Global motion influences the detection of motion-in-depth (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Clark, K., & Rushton, S. K. (2016, September). Global motion influences the detection of motion-in-depth. Poster presented at European Conference on Visual Perception, Barcelona, Spain

Detecting motion-in-depth is more difficult than detecting equivalent lateral motion (e.g. Tyler, 1971). Because there is an early averaging of left and right motion signals, some work suggests the two monocular signals could effectively cancel out w... Read More about Global motion influences the detection of motion-in-depth.