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Objectively assessed physical activity and subsequent health service use of UK adults aged 70 and over: A four to five year follow up study (2014)
Journal Article
Simmonds, B., Fox, K., Davis, M., Ku, P. W., Gray, S., Hillsdon, M., …Trayers, T. (2014). Objectively assessed physical activity and subsequent health service use of UK adults aged 70 and over: A four to five year follow up study. PLoS ONE, 9(5), Article e97676. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097676

Objectives: To examine the associations between volume and intensity of older peoples' physical activity, with their subsequent health service usage over the following four to five years. Study Design: A prospective cohort design using baseline parti... Read More about Objectively assessed physical activity and subsequent health service use of UK adults aged 70 and over: A four to five year follow up 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.

What are the costs and benefits of patient notification exercises following poor infection control practices in dentistry? (2013)
Journal Article
Gray, S., Close, R. M., Close, R., Gray, S., Bennett, S., Appleby, S., …Oliver, I. (2013). What are the costs and benefits of patient notification exercises following poor infection control practices in dentistry?. Public Health, 127(11), 1021-1027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2013.04.029

Background: Allegations of serious failures in infection control practice were made against a dentist practicing in the South West of England. The dentist (who tested negative for Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs)) was immediately suspended. Methods: Becaus... Read More about What are the costs and benefits of patient notification exercises following poor infection control practices in dentistry?.

Health-integrated planning at the local level in England: Impediments and opportunities (2013)
Journal Article
Carmichael, L., Barton, H., Gray, S., & Lease, H. (2013). Health-integrated planning at the local level in England: Impediments and opportunities. Land Use Policy, 31, 259-266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.07.008

The project commissioned by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) aimed to examine the degree to which UK, mainly English local planning authorities, incorporate health in their land use plans and development decisions. The... Read More about Health-integrated planning at the local level in England: Impediments and opportunities.

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

Post-partum MMR immunisation rates in rubella-susceptible antenatal women (2013)
Journal Article
Lawrence, L. M., Matthews, L., Gray, S., Gray, D., & Lawrance, L. (2013). Post-partum MMR immunisation rates in rubella-susceptible antenatal women. British Journal of Midwifery, 21(1), 16-22. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2013.21.1.16

Rubella, an insignificant viral disease of childhood, can have devastating effects on the fetus if infection is acquired during pregnancy. An immunisation programme was established in the UK in the 1970s, with the monitoring of pregnant women for rub... Read More about Post-partum MMR immunisation rates in rubella-susceptible antenatal women.

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.

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

Understanding walking and cycling using a life course perspective (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Jones, H., Chatterjee, K., & Gray, S. (2012, January). Understanding walking and cycling using a life course perspective. Paper presented at 91st Annual Meeting of Transport Research Board, Washington D.C., USA

UK transport statistics suggest there was a marked decline in levels of walking and cycling in the second half of the twentieth century, yet what this looks like in the life course patterns of walking and cycling of individuals and cohorts alive at t... Read More about Understanding walking and cycling using a life course perspective.

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.