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Action 3:30: Protocol for a randomized feasibility trial of a teaching assistant led extracurricular physical activity intervention (2013)
Journal Article

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

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.

Bristol girls dance project (BGDP): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of an after-school dance programme to increase physical activity among 11-12 year old girls (2013)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND: Many children do not meet current UK physical activity (PA) guidelines. Girls are less active than boys throughout childhood, and the age-related decline in PA, particularly from early adolescence, is steeper for girls than for boys. Danc... Read More about Bristol girls dance project (BGDP): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of an after-school dance programme to increase physical activity among 11-12 year old girls.

Evaluating the travel, physical activity and carbon impacts of a 'natural experiment' in the provision of new walking and cycling infrastructure: Methods for the core module of the iConnect study (2012)
Journal Article

Introduction: Improving infrastructure to support walking and cycling is often regarded as fundamental to encouraging their widespread uptake. However, there is little evidence that specific provision of this kind has led to a significant increase in... Read More about Evaluating the travel, physical activity and carbon impacts of a 'natural experiment' in the provision of new walking and cycling infrastructure: Methods for the core module of the iConnect study.

An applied ecological framework for evaluating infrastructure to promote walking and cycling: The iconnect study (2011)
Journal Article

Improving infrastructure for walking and cycling is increasingly recommended as a means to promote physical activity, prevent obesity, and reduce traffic congestion and carbon emissions. However, limited evidence from intervention studies exists to s... Read More about An applied ecological framework for evaluating infrastructure to promote walking and cycling: The iconnect study.

Police Custody Healthcare: An evaluation of an NHS commissioned pilot to deliver a police custody health service in a partnership between Dorset Primary Care Trust and Dorset Police (2010)
Report

This evaluation was sponsored by Dorset Primary Care Trust and the South West Strategic Health Authority to examine the local commissioning relationship established to provide
police custody healthcare across Dorset's three 24/7 custody suites, loca... Read More about Police Custody Healthcare: An evaluation of an NHS commissioned pilot to deliver a police custody health service in a partnership between Dorset Primary Care Trust and Dorset Police.