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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.

Evidence-Based Decision Making When Designing Environments for Physical Activity: The Role of Public Health (2016)
Journal Article
Pilkington, P., Powell, J., & Davis, A. (2016). Evidence-Based Decision Making When Designing Environments for Physical Activity: The Role of Public Health. Sports Medicine, 46(7), 997-1002. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-015-0469-6

© 2016, The Author(s). The important role that the environment plays in health and well-being is widely accepted, as is the impact that the built and natural environment can have on levels of physical activity. As levels of physical activity are a ke... Read More about Evidence-Based Decision Making When Designing Environments for Physical Activity: The Role of Public Health.

Mobile phone use while driving: Underestimation of a global threat (2015)
Journal Article
Ige, J., Banstola, A., & Pilkington, P. (2016). Mobile phone use while driving: Underestimation of a global threat. Journal of Transport and Health, 3(1), 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2015.11.003

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The use of mobile phones (cell phones) has increased dramatically in the 21st century. The popularity of mobile phones and smart phones in the computer age can in part be associated with the growing problem of driver distraction.... Read More about Mobile phone use while driving: Underestimation of a global threat.

Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the makwanpur district of Nepal: A household survey (2015)
Journal Article
Pant, P. R., Towner, E., Ellis, M., Manandhar, D., Pilkington, P., & Mytton, J. (2015). Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the makwanpur district of Nepal: A household survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(12), 15118-15128. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121214967

© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Secondary sources of information indicate that the proportion of child deaths due to injuries is increasing in Nepal. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of unintentional injuries in... Read More about Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the makwanpur district of Nepal: A household survey.

Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the South-East Asia Region: a systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Pant, P. R., Towner, E., Pilkington, P., & Ellis, M. (2015). Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the South-East Asia Region: a systematic review. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 22(1), 24-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2013.842594

© 2013, © 2013 Taylor & Francis. All the 11 members of the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) of the World Health Organization are categorised as low- and middle-income countries. This region has over a quarter of the world's total population but compri... Read More about Epidemiology of unintentional child injuries in the South-East Asia Region: a systematic review.

Community perceptions of unintentional child injuries in Makwanpur district of Nepal: A qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article
Pant, P. R., Towner, E., Pilkington, P., Ellis, M., & Manandhar, D. (2014). Community perceptions of unintentional child injuries in Makwanpur district of Nepal: A qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 476. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-476

Background: In Nepal, childhood unintentional injury is an emerging public health problem but it has not been prioritised on national health agenda. There is lack of literature on community perceptions about child injuries. This study has explored co... Read More about Community perceptions of unintentional child injuries in Makwanpur district of Nepal: A qualitative study.

Understanding the social context of fatal road traffic collisions among young people: A qualitative analysis of narrative text in coroners' records (2014)
Journal Article
Pilkington, P., Bird, E., Gray, S., Towner, E., Weld, S., & McKibben, M. A. (2014). Understanding the social context of fatal road traffic collisions among young people: A qualitative analysis of narrative text in coroners' records. BMC Public Health, 14, Article 78. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-78

Background: Deaths and injuries on the road remain a major cause of premature death among young people across the world. Routinely collected data usually focuses on the mechanism of road traffic collisions and basic demographic data of those involved... Read More about Understanding the social context of fatal road traffic collisions among young people: A qualitative analysis of narrative text in coroners' records.

Use of preventive measures of childhood injuries at household level: Community-based findings from Nepal (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Pant, P. R., Towner, E., Ellis, M., & Pilkington, P. (2013, August). Use of preventive measures of childhood injuries at household level: Community-based findings from Nepal. Poster presented at 21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion, PEACH, Pattaya, Thailand

Introduction: Child injuries are a major public health problem in low- and middle- income countries but they are not recognised at policy or community level. Prevention of injuries is neglected due to lack of awareness. Only a few community-based s... Read More about Use of preventive measures of childhood injuries at household level: Community-based findings from Nepal.

Mobilisation of women’s groups for child injury prevention in Nepal (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Pant, P. R., Towner, E., Ellis, M., & Pilkington, P. (2013, August). Mobilisation of women’s groups for child injury prevention in Nepal. Presented at 21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion, PEACH, Pattaya, Thailand

Background: Childhood injuries are a neglected problem in Nepal. Injuries were the cause of 13% of deaths occurred to 1-4 year children in Nepal and one-third of all illnesses to children under 18 years caused by injuries. Over half of all injuries t... Read More about Mobilisation of women’s groups for child injury prevention in Nepal.

Community perceptions of childhood injuries and its prevention measures in Nepal: A qualitative study (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Pant, P. R., Towner, E., Ellis, M., & Pilkington, P. (2013, August). Community perceptions of childhood injuries and its prevention measures in Nepal: A qualitative study. Presented at 21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion, PEACH, Pattaya, Thailand

Objectives: To gain an in-depth understanding of people’s perception of causes and their concepts of prevention of childhood injuries in Nepal. Design: A qualitative study using focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews (KIIs). Set... Read More about Community perceptions of childhood injuries and its prevention measures in Nepal: A qualitative study.

Musical pathways: An exploratory study of young people in the criminal justice system, engaged with a creative music programme (2013)
Report
De Viggiani, N., Daykin, N., Moriarty, Y., & Pilkington, P. (2013). Musical pathways: An exploratory study of young people in the criminal justice system, engaged with a creative music programme

There is growing evidence from across the arts and health field that suggests that participatory arts programmes can contribute to health improvement, emotional resilience and social reintegration, among vulnerable and excluded groups including crimi... Read More about Musical pathways: An exploratory study of young people in the criminal justice system, engaged with a creative music programme.

Music making for health, well-being and behaviour change in youth justice settings: A systematic review (2013)
Journal Article
Daykin, N., De Viggiani, N., Pilkington, P., & Moriarty, Y. (2013). Music making for health, well-being and behaviour change in youth justice settings: A systematic review. Health Promotion International, 28(2), 197-210. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/das005

Youth justice is an important public health issue. There is growing recognition of the need to adopt effective, evidence-based strategies for working with young offenders. Music interventions may be particularly well suited to addressing risk factors... Read More about Music making for health, well-being and behaviour change in youth justice settings: A systematic review.

Engaging a wider public health workforce for the future: A public health practitioner in residence approach (2013)
Journal Article
Pilkington, P., Marco, E., Grant, M., & Orme, J. (2013). Engaging a wider public health workforce for the future: A public health practitioner in residence approach. Public Health, 127(5), 427-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2012.12.026

This paper outlines and assesses a project that sought to use a studio residency (a public health practitioner in residence) as a vehicle to introduce public health issues and concepts into the curricula of a studio cohort of fifth and sixth year arc... Read More about Engaging a wider public health workforce for the future: A public health practitioner in residence approach.

Coroners’ records for action on road safety (CARS) in Wiltshire (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Pilkington, P., Bird, E., Gray, S., Towner, E., Weld, S., & McKibben, M. (2013, February). Coroners’ records for action on road safety (CARS) in Wiltshire. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference 2013, Weston-Super-Mare, UK

Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury (2012)
Journal Article
Towner, E. M. L., Mytton, J., Powell, J., Pilkington, P., & Gray, S. (2012). Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury. Injury Prevention, 18(5), 334-342. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040343

Objective The relative significance of child injury as a cause of preventable death has increased as mortality from infectious diseases has declined. Unintentional child injuries are now a major cause of death and disability across the world with the... Read More about Taking the long view: A systematic review reporting long-term perspectives on child unintentional injury.

Policies on smoking in the casino workplace and their impact on smoking behavior among employees: Case study of casino workers in Macao (2012)
Journal Article
Chan, S. H., Pilkington, P., & Wan, Y. K. P. (2012). Policies on smoking in the casino workplace and their impact on smoking behavior among employees: Case study of casino workers in Macao. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 31(3), 728-734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2011.09.009

Exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) is a major health concern. This study sought to examine the smoking behaviors of casino workers in Macao, and explore how workplace smoking policies might affect that behavior. A majority of casino workers who smok... Read More about Policies on smoking in the casino workplace and their impact on smoking behavior among employees: Case study of casino workers in Macao.

Coroners’ records for Action on Road Safety (CARS) in Wiltshire (2012)
Presentation / Conference
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

Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators (2012)
Journal Article
Carmichael, L., Barton, H., Gray, S., Lease, H., & Pilkington, P. (2012). Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 32(1), 187-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2011.08.003

This article presents the results of a review of literature examining the barriers and facilitators in integrating health in spatial planning at the local, mainly urban level, through appraisals. Our literature review covered the UK and non UK experi... Read More about Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators.

Supported employment for persons with mental illness: Systematic review of the effectiveness of individual placement and support in the UK (2011)
Journal Article
Heffernan, J., & Pilkington, P. (2011). Supported employment for persons with mental illness: Systematic review of the effectiveness of individual placement and support in the UK. Journal of Mental Health, 20(4), 368-380. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2011.556159

Background. High levels of unemployment among persons with mental illness are a significant social disability. The individual placement and support (IPS) model of vocational support has been shown to be effective in establishing persons with mental h... Read More about Supported employment for persons with mental illness: Systematic review of the effectiveness of individual placement and support in the UK.