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Addressing rates of low mood and anxiety among adolescent girls: Co-production of programme theories with adolescent girls and professionals Rebecca Jefferson , Ola Demkowicz , Pratyasha Nanda, Lucy Foulkes , Steven Pryjmachuk , Bernadka Dubicka , Laura Anne Winter , Liz Neill, Rhiannon Evans Public Health Research

Are parenting programmes effective at scale? Associations with violence against adolescent girls, parenting and mental health in real-world delivery across eight African countries: a meta-analysis of pre-post surveys Lucie Cluver, Catherine L Ward, Francesca Little, Inge Vallance, Genevieve Haupt Ronnie, Yulia Shenderovich, Hlengiwe Gwebu, Kufre Joseph Okop, Frances Gardner, Lindokuhle L Ngcobo, Mark Tomlinson, Daniel Oliver, Zuyi Fang, Natalie Davidson, Roselinde Janowski, Heiletjé Van Zyl, Anna Booij, Nyasha Manjengenja, Sibongile Tsoanyane, Muhubiri Kabuyaya, Mukondi Nethavhakone, Tendai Mutembedza, Alison Koler, Amon Exavery, Anne Schley, Charles Bibuya, Daisy Kisyombe, Esther Nydetabura, Farai Charasika, Gideon Mavise, Henry Mbuyi, Jack Ngangula, Jeldau Rieff, Joyce Wamoyi, Lisa Jamu, Nomsa Monare, Richard Savo, Samuel Bojo, Styn Jamu, Thomas Kipingili, Vengai MacGerald Mujuru, Jamie Lachman BMJ Global Health

Assessing and Improving Access to Health and Social Care Services for Children Rendered Vulnerable by Abuse: Protocol for a Cross-Sectoral Longitudinal, Mixed Methods, Multi-Country Study Using Nationwide Data in Europe Quantin, C., O’Leary, D., Shenderovich, Y., Batura, N., Broccia, M., Cottenet, J., Cowley, L., Graesholt-Knudsen, T., Lamela, D., Lalor, K., Jud, A., Hakkaart-van Roijen, L., Fallesen, P., Nikolaidis, G., Ntinapogias, A., Nurmatov, U., Brophy, S. and The SERENA Co-Author Group International Journal of Population Data Science

The association between academic pressure and adolescent depressive symptoms and self-harm: a longitudinal, prospective study in England Xuchen Guo, Marie A E Mueller, Jessica M Armitage, Prof Chris Bonell, Prof Tamsin J Ford, Prof Ann John, Prof Glyn Lewis, Prof Simon Murphy, Prof George Ploubidis, Prof Frances Rice, Prof Alice Sullivan, Prof Gemma Lewis The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

The association of positive educational experiences with adolescents’ depressive symptoms: longitudinal evidence from a trial cohort in English secondary schools G. J. Melendez-Torres, Veena Muraleetharan, Gemma Lewis, Ruth Ponsford, Rebecca Meiksin, Maria Lohan, Neisha Sundaram, Honor Young, Rona Campbell and Chris Bonell Frontiers in Public Health


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Balancing standardisation and flexibility in National complex intervention scale-up: a qualitative study of leadership experiences and management in the implementation of Proactive Health Support in Denmark Mia Fredens, Morten Deleuran Terkildsen, Mette Grønkjær, Ulla Toft, Jemma Hawkins & Camilla Palmhøj Nielsen BMC Health Services Research

Building research partnerships with local government: Reviewing five years of a Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Team (PHIRST) Patricia Jessiman, Rona Campbell, Hannah Robinson, Chloe Forte, Hannah Littlecott, Jemma Hawkins, Georgina K. Wort NIHR Open Research


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Co-Design of a Physical Activity Maintenance Intervention for People With Stroke: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study Pedlow, K., McDonough, S., Duff, N., McConnell, K., McFeeters, C., Carlin, A., Hughes, N., Campbell, Z., Bell, A., Stephenson, A., Adamson, G., Hawkins, J., & Howes, S JMIR Research Protocols

Complex Interventions in Health: An Overview of Research Methods – Chapter 20 – Process Evaluation of Complex Interventions: Evolving Perspectives & Chapter 23 – Evaluating Population-Level Health Interventions Elizabeth McGill, Graham Moore

Cross-linguistic validation of the Levenson self-report psychopathy scale: A multinational study across 186 countries and 33 languages Vu Thi Thu Trang, Thanh Van Nguyen, Dang Nguyen, Thi Thu Thao Le, Chern Choong Thum, Yen Jun Wong, Nityanand Jain, Minh Nguyen Le Thi Binh, Dao Huynh Anh, Sammer Marzouk, Cameron Sabet, James White, Fatima Ezzahraa El Idrissi, Thi Thuy Le, Khoa Le Anh Huynh, Abdelrahman M. Makram, Hiep-Hung Pham, Elvira Lesmana, Daniel Martin Simadibrata, Ahmed Mohamed Abbas, Muhammad Anas Kudsi, Nguyen Anh Minh, Thanh Ngoc Nguyen, Nguyen Huy Binh, Truong Nam Nguyen, Ibrahim Abdelrhim Ali, Jaiprakash Suresh Gurav, Minh Tri Nguyen Hoang, Pham Trung Tin, Abdulmajid Makki, Momen Albakkar, Mustafa Hamed Naji, Jaafer Ammar Jouini, Aditya Anand, Amal Abdulaziz Abdulwali Raweh Al-Moughales, Pham Ba Tuyen, Abhishek Kashyap, Malaz Hamed Nasr Mohamed, Hisham Alhosni, Barah Badreldin Ali MohamedAhmed, Subramaniam Ramanarayanan, Clara Menna, Ahmed Ramzi, Moumen Arnaout, Jesline Merly James, Manh Van Pham, Fathia Mokhtar Babiker Mokhtar, Ebenezer Mani, Usha Kumari, S.Shabana Fathima, Derren David Christian Homenta Rampengan, Hung Pham Thi Cam, Ali Mohamed Abdelgawwad Mansour Elhadidy, Debra Ukamaka Okeh, Cindy Thiovany Soetomo, Pooja Latti, Priya Babu, Abdelatte Khaled Ghanam, Mohammed Osman Ahmed Osman, Ni Putu Menganti Harum Putrinata, Gis George, Zahraa Adnan Khalaf Alhumrani, Patrick Amanning Kwaah, Mohab Alsaid Saad, Abdulelah Ibrahim Dawod Ibrahim, Mahmoud Ahmed Said Mohamed, Xuyen Thi Dinh, Jonathan Salim, Jennifer Bouey, Nguyen Tien Huy, Le Van Truong, TMGH Online Research Club Global Team

Current Practices and a Novel Operational Framework for Planning Research on Digital Health Promotion Interventions From Development to Implementation: Scoping Review Claire Collin, Corinne Alberti, Philippe Martin, Graham Moore, Clara Eyraud, Enora Le Roux Journal of Medical Internet Research


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Development and initial evaluation of a patient decision aid to support decision-making in care-seeking patients with subacromial pain syndrome in primary care Kristian D. Lyng, Samantha C. Bengtsen, Joshua R. Zadro, Nadine E. Foster, Jens L. Olesen, Janus L. Thomsen, Jens Søndergaard, Glyn Elwyn, Rhiannon E. Evans, Peter Malliaras, Véronique Lowry, François Desmeules, Michael S. Rathleff Musculoskeletal Science and Practice

Diagnostic models for male lower urinary tract symptom management in primary care Harding, Chris; Agarwal, Ridhi; Bates, Janine; Bray, Alison; Milosevic, Sarah; Thomas-Jones, Emma; Drinnan, Michael; Drake, Marcus; Michell, Peter; Pell, Bethan; Ahmed, Haroon; Joseph-Williams, Natalie; Schatzberger, Tom; Davies, Jane; Hood, Kerenza; Takwoingi, Yemisi; Edwards, Adrian British Journal of General Practice

Digital storytelling as a memory-making intervention for children and families in paediatric palliative care in Ireland: an adaptation study Razieh Safarifard, Aima Molati, Yvonne Corcoran, Gemma Kiernan, Eileen Courtney, John Mitchel, Terrah Foster Akard, Graham Moore, Veronica Lambert Frontiers in Public Health


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Effectiveness of an environmental nutrition and physical activity intervention in early childhood education and care settings (NAPSACC UK): a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial Ruth Kipping, Sharon Anne Simpson, Kim Hannam, Peter S. Blair, Russell Jago, Corby K. Martin, Zoi Toumpakari, Laura Johnson, James Garbutt, Rachel Maishman, James White, Rebecca Langford, William Hollingworth, Madeleine Cochrane, Laurence Moore, Chris Metcalfe, Anne Martin, Stephanie Chambers, Thomas Reid, Megan Pardoe, Alexandra Dobell, Marie Murphy, Susan Stratton, Jemima Cooper, Jodi Taylor, Miranda Pallang The Lancet Regional Health Europe

Effectiveness of multidisciplinary “case management” approaches to the management of patients who make high use of the emergency ambulance service: a quasi-experimental evaluation using linked routine records Alan Watkins, Rabeea’h Waseem Aslam, Timothy Driscoll, Adrian Edwards, Bethan Edwards, Bridie Angela Evans, Theresa Foster, Rachael Fothergill, Penny Gripper, Imogen M Gunson, Ann John, Ashra Khanom, Robin Petterson, Alison Porter, Nigel Rees, Andy Rosser, Jason Scott, Bernadette Sewell, Anna Tee, Helen Snooks JACEP Open

Effects of e-cigarettes vs usual care for smoking cessation when offered Kirstie Soar, Allison Ford, Rachel Brown, Francesca Pesola, Debbie Robson, Caitlin Notley, Lauren McMillan, Emma Ward, Allan Tyler, Anna Varley, Janine Brierley, Jessica Lennon, Charlotte Mair, Bethany Gardner, Amy Edwards, Steve Parrott, Jinshuo Li, Danielle Mitchell, Laura Reid, Linda Bauld, Peter Hajek, Sharon Cox Public Health Research

The Equality Health-CVD intervention: protocol for a feasibility study of a home-based multi-component cardiovascular support intervention Anna Pennington, Kelly Morgan, Jonathan Hewitt & Tracy Daszkiewicz Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Exploring the implementation of a long COVID rehabilitation intervention: a mixed-methods process evaluation Trine Brøns Nielsen, Dorthe Sørensen, Jemma Hawkins, Claus Vinther Nielsen, Steffen Leth, Berit Schiøttz-Christensen, Cecilia Hee Laursen & Lisa Gregersen Oestergaard BMC Health Services Research

Exploring the use of interactive data dashboards as a tool to support a data-driven approach to whole-school health improvement: Case studies from the DATAMIND project in Wales and Scotland Mary Wilson, Sara Long, Gillian Hewitt, Dawn Haughton, Judith Mabelis, Judith Brown, Sarah Macdonald, Simon Murphy, Joanna Inchley British Educational Research Journal


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Factors affecting the implementation of a whole-school relationships and sexual health intervention: staff perspectives from trial-nested qualitative research in English secondary schools Ruth Ponsford,R ebecca Meiksin, Veena Muraleetharana, Josephine McAllister, Nerissa Tilouche, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Jo Sturgess, Charles Opondo, Steve Morris, Alison Hadley, Maria Lohan, Catherine H. Mercer, Honor Young, Rona Campbell, Karin Coyle, Elizabeth Allen & Chris Bone Sex Education

Fathers’ Experiences of Help-seeking and Support Needs for Themselves and their Children Following Domestic Violence and Abuse: A Qualitative Study Bethan Pell, Emma Howarth, Loraine Bacchus, Kelly Buckley, Anne-Marie Burn, Rhiannon Evans, Graham Moore Journal of Family Violence

Feasibility and pilot study protocol of the SURE programme: a co-designed whole-school approach intervention to promote migrant-background adolescents wellbeing in secondary education Rocío Herrero Romero, Kevin van der Meulen, Laura Granizo, Cristina del Barrio, Pablo Puyol, Laura Lara, Ricardo Olmos, Miruna Bivol, Kappa Grealy, María Gadea Jiménez, Nidhi Patel, Yi Chen, Margarita Sáenz, Yulia Shenderovich, Anna Bibou, Olga Lucía Hoyos de los Ríos, Maria Kotova, Vicent Palerm & Nerea Ramos Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Fidelity of Intervention delivery in Psychosocial and behavioral Programs (FIPP): A modified Delphi study and final guideline Mackenzie Martin, Mason Moser, Alicia C Bunger, EB Caron, Mary Dozier, Jamie Lachman, Joanne Nicholson, Marija Raleva, Rachel C Shelton, Yulia Shenderovich, Kirsty Sprange, Elaine Toomey, Susan M Breitenstein Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

Fifty Years of Diversity in Communication and Media Studies (1974–2023): The Intertwined Trends in Geographic, Gender, and Methodological Representation Mark Boukes, Irina Lock, Shujun Liu Communication Research


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Health Action in ScHools for a Thriving Adolescent Generation (HASHTAG): a feasibility trial of a school-based intervention for mental health promotion and prevention among adolescents in South Africa Tatenda Mawoyo, Stefani Du Toit, Christina Laurenzi, G.J. Melendez-Torres, Mark J.D. Jordans, Nagendra Luitel, Claire van der Westhuizen, David Ross, Joanna Lai, Chiara Servili, Rhiannon Evans, Jemma Hawkins, Graham Moore, Crick Lund, Mark Tomlinson, Sarah Skeen Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health


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Implementation evaluation of a whole systems approach (WSA) to childhood overweight and obesity in local communities: findings from the Children and Families Pilot in Wales, UK Sara Long, Anna Kolosowska, Rochelle Embling, Sophia Bird, Ilona Johnson & Julie Bishop BMC Public Health

Implementers’ experiences of scaling-up a parenting programme to reduce violence against children in Tanzania: Implications for scale-up of evidence-based parenting programmes Joyce Wamoyi, Mackenzie Martin, Yulia Shenderovich, Samuel Mgunga, Nyasha Manjengenja, Esther Ndetyabura, Jamie M. Lachman Child Protection and Practice


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A longitudinal investigation of the family stress model in South Africa McKenzie N. Berezin, Anneli Hardy, Yulia Shenderovich, Catherine L. Ward f, Lucie Cluver Children and Youth Services Review


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Maintaining function and participation through tailored 24-hour movement behaviours for people living with multiple long-term conditions and frailty (The PERSONAL-AGILITY study): Protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial Martha Thomas, Louisa Y Herring, Melanie J Davies, Lucina Wilde, Vicky Hall, Laura J Gray, Sharlene A Greenwood, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Malak Hamza, Andrew Harris, Jemma Hawkins, Kamlesh Khunti, Matthew Maddocks, Atulkumar Rajpara, Alex Rowlands, Priscilla Sarkar, Avan A Sayer, Sam Seidu, Tom Yates, Hannah M L Young. PLOS One

Mental Health and wellbeing related social support for care-experienced children and young people: A Scoping Review of type, source and quality Rebecca Anthony, Simone Willis, Zoe Haslam, Kelly Morgan, Rhiannon Evans Trauma Violence Abuse

Mental Health Communication Among Sexual and Gender Minority Groups in China: A Longitudinal Investigation of Help-Seeking Intentions and Behaviors Kai Kuang, Shujun Liu, Runsen Chen Health Communication

A Mixed-methods Study of How to Improve Primary-secondary Transitions in England: Combining Academic Research with Policy and Practice Consultation C. L. Bagnall, D. Edge, E. Banwell, R. Seymour, N. Garnett, C. Mason, M. Panayiotou, D. Jindal-Snape, R. Packer, K. Hodgkin, C. Skerritt, C. Donaldson, J. Birchwood, A. McAreavey, E. Cunningham, J. E. Symonds & A. Holliman Volume 38, article number 98 Educational Psychology Review

Moderators of design and delivery component effects on engagement with a digital parenting intervention: evidence from a factorial randomized trial in Tanzania Roselinde Janowski, Yulia Shenderovich, Joyce Wamoyi, David Stern, Jamie M Lachman, G J Melendez-Torres, Lucie D Cluver Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Multiagency Collaborations to Support Well‐Being Amongst Care‐Experienced Children and Young People in School and During Transition to Further Education College: Stakeholder Perspectives on Facilitators, Challenges and Innovations in Child & Family Social Work Sarah MacDonald, Gillian Hewitt, Siôn Jones, Alyson Rees, Rachel Brown, Rebecca Anthony, Rhiannon Evans Child & Family Social Work 


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The patient journey for people with dementia and their carers in Peru: From first symptoms to diagnosis and treatment Daniela Rossini-Vilchez, Francisco Jose Tateishi-Serruto, Christopher Butler, María Sofía Cuba-Fuentes, Silvana Perez-Leon, Miriam Lúcar-Flores, Guillermo Almeida-Huanca, L. Carolina Olaya-Silva, J. Jaime Miranda, Maria Kathia Cardenas, Jose Carlos Vera Tudela, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Rafael A. Calvo, Francisco Diez-Canseco, Filipa Trigo Landeiro, Graham Moore, Lee White, William Whiteley, María Lazo-Porras, Jemma Hawkins Alzheimers & Dementia

Perspectives of stakeholders in Danish voluntary sports clubs on engaging in potential social prescribing programmes: a qualitative case study Lene Gissel Rasmussen, Rasmus Østergaard Nielsen, Louise Horne Brok, Jemma Hawkins, Per Kallestrup & Knud Ryom BMC Primary Care

Piloting a data dashboard to support data-informed health promotion in secondary schools: qualitative analysis of stakeholder interviews J. Van Godwin, S. Long, B. Bowen, H. Reed, N. Page, M. Svobodova, M. Boffey, F. Rice, Y. Shenderovich, R. Bevan-Jones, S. Murphy, J. Segrott BMC Public Health

Policy on the move: active travel to school among 7–16-year-olds in Wales and its links to school policy and socio-demographic factors Kelly Morgan, Shujun Liu, Safia Ouerghi, Vasiliki Kolovou, John Bradley & Paul Pilkington BMC Public Health 

Preventing Gambling Related Harm in Adolescents: PRoGRAM – A pilot cluster RCT – Synopsis Report Angela Niven, Martine Miller, James White, Leon Noble, Heather Wardle, Andrew Stoddart, David Griffiths, Christopher Weir, Hannah Ensor, Conor Maxwell, Freya Howell, Richard Purves, Fiona Dobbie Public Health Research

Process evaluation of a supportive intervention targeting social isolation among older people in Danish senior centres: Explanatory factors of implementation failure Sofie Langergaard, Rhiannon Evans, Jane Andreasen, Kirsten Schultz Petersen, Charlotte Overgaard

Process evaluation of F@ce 2.0, a team-based, person-centred intervention for rehabilitation after stroke supported by ICT Kajsa Söderhielm, Jemma Hawkins, Charlotte Ytterberg, Malin Tistad & Susanne Guidetti BMC Health Services Research

Public involvement in the evaluation of local government public health interventions in the UK: lessons from PHIRST Insight Georgina Kathryn Wort, Hannah Robinson, Chloe Forte, Hannah Littlecott, Jemma Hawkins, Rona Campbell, Patricia Jessiman Health Expectations


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Reflections on monitoring parenting programmes during dissemination and scale-up Yulia Shenderovich, Mackenzie Martin, Alexandra Blackwell, Francisco Calderon, Joyce Wamoyi, Hlengiwe Gwebu, Nyasha Manjengenja, Lucie Cluver, Jamie Lachman, Catherine L. Ward Child Protection and Practice [Science Direct]

Rethinking and transforming health systems for dementia care in low- and- middle income country settings J. Jaime Miranda, Miriam Lúcar-Flores, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Rafael A. Calvo, Maria Kathia Cardenas, Nilton Custodio, Yuri L. Cutipé-Cárdenas, Francisco Diez-Canseco, Jemma Hawkins, Filipa Landeiro, Maria Lazo-Porras, Graham Moore, Jose Carlos Vera-Tudela, William Whiteley, Maria Sofia Cuba, Christopher R. Butler, IMPACT Salud Research Group PLoS One

The return of resource nationalism? A multilingual topic analysis of news coverage on critical minerals across 16 countries (2015 – 2025) Shujun Liu, John Downey The Extractive Industries and Society


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School health and wellbeing, and national education system reform in Wales Sara Jayne Long British Educational Research Journal (BERJ)

A Scoping Review and Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence Reporting Stakeholders’ Conceptualization of Child to Parent Violence and Abuse Pell B, Buckley K, Young H, Shenderovich Y, Borgia S, Lang I, McHale A, Melendez-Torres GJ, Murray S, Rowe A, Evans R. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Self-organized men’s mental health and well-being groups – An emerging social development Richard Gater, Jonathan Scourfield, Paul Willis, Rhiannon Evans American Journal of Men’s Health

Student perceptions of people and places in their school that are influential for mental health and emotional wellbeing, and implications for wellbeing policies in Wales Rachel Brown, Jessica Lennon, Caitlyn Donaldson, Rebecca Anthony, Abbey Rowe, Graham Moore Elsevier


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Trends in student perceptions of school connectedness from 2001 to 2024: Context before and immediately after the implementation of the Whole School Approach to emotional and mental wellbeing in Wales Caitlyn Donaldson, Rebecca Anthony, Graham Moore, Amy Edwards, Zoe Haslam, Rachel Brown Research Square


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Understanding the limited effectiveness of a whole-school relationships and sexual-health programme: fidelity of implementation, reach and acceptability of Positive Choices Muraleetharan, Veena; Ponsford, Ruth; Meiksin, Rebecca; Sturgess, Joanna; Tilouche, Nerissa; Opondo, Charles; McAllister, Josephine; Morris, Stephen; Melendez-Torres, GJ; Hadley, Alison; Lohan, Maria; Mercer, Catherine H; Young, Honor; Campbelli, Rona; Coyle, Karin; Allen, Elizabeth; and Bonell, Chris Sex Education


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White Paper: Introducing a Mental Health and Well-being Lens to the Continuum of Car in Europe and Central Asia Integrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support into Family Support, Alternative Care, and Leaving Care Services Leah James, Martin Punaks, Aaron Greenberg, Aislu Bekmussa, Anna Knutzen, Anna Koehorst, Ann Wilhoite, Azamat Zhamanchinov, Bernie McNally, Elayn Sammon, Ina Verzivolli, Ivana Zadro, Joanna Rogers, Manuk Khachatryan, Kristel Alla, Hilary Miller, Maria Margherita Maglietti, Martina Stabi, Stela Grigoras, Oleksandra Churkina, Olimpija Markovska, Sofia Casas, Rhiannon Evans, Vania Alves, Viktoria Ohanyan UNICEF ECARO