Public Health Science

Following consultation with The Lancet and others, we have decided to postpone this year’s conference.  We had planned to hold the conference in Glasgow and the venue has kindly agreed to let us postpone to 26 November 2021 – so please put this new date in your diaries.

The conference has always been a great place for Public Health researchers and others to network and share ideas.  To keep some of this momentum going during these times, we are still hoping we may be able to hold an Early Career Researcher event on 27 November 2020, perhaps set up as regional hubs that are virtually connected. We are in the early stages of planning this event and will keep you updated on this website and through our mailing list that you can sign up to here.

We are very grateful to The Lancet and the NIHR School for Public Health Research for sponsoring prizes at the conference. Details of how abstracts are selected and judged can be found here.

The Lancet prize winners for oral presentations:

Helen Pineo was awarded the first prize for a presentation on the impact of urban health indicators in urban planning policy and decision making: a qualitative system dynamics study.

Marissa Smith was awarded the second place prize for a presentation on exploring e-cigarette policy recommendations and the role of evidence in international public health guidelines: a citation network analysis.

Wendy Thompson was awarded third place prize for a presentation on antimicrobial stewardship in dentistry: an arts-based approach to intervention development.

NIHR School for Public Health Research prize winners for poster presentations:

Fatemeh Eskandari was awarded the first prize for a poster presentation on twitter conversations about food poverty: an analysis supplemented with Google Trends analysis.

Rachel Pearson was awarded the joint second place prize for a poster presentation on maternal adversity and variation in the rate of children entering local authority care during infancy in England: a longitudinal ecological study.

Francesco Aletta was awarded the joint second place prize for a poster presentation on associations between soundscape experience and self-reported wellbeing in open public urban spaces: a field study

The conference will be held at Mary Ward House in London, UK, on Nov 29, 2019. You can book your place at the conference at the HG3 booking website here.

Programme

*We are very grateful to the NIHR School for Public Health Research and The Lancet for sponsoring prizes at the conference.

09.00 Welcome and introduction to the day
Rob Aldridge

09.15 Creativity and innovation in public health science

1. Secrets of the hospital underbelly: antimicrobial resistance metagenomics of sewage from a tertiary hospital – Meghan Perry.
2. The exclusion of pregnant women from NHS healthcare: A cross-sectional humanitarian health service evaluation – Eleanor Turnbull.
3. Assessing the public health implications of Brexit in Wales: A Health Impact Assessment (HIA) approach – Liz Green.
4. Acceptability of an interactive film-based intervention targeting adolescent boys to prevent sexual risk-taking: findings from the JACK cluster randomised controlled trial process evaluation – Áine Aventin.
5. Pathways to inequalities in child mental health – Evidence from two national birth cohorts. David Taylor-Robinson.

10.30 Tea and coffee

11.00 New methodological approaches to public health science

1. Antibiotic prescribing in care homes in the UK 2016-2017, a cross-sectional study of linked data – Catherine Smith.
2. Temperature and Morbidity – An Observational Study on the Impact of Extreme Temperature on Emergency Admissions across Vulnerable Populations in England – Dheeya Rizmie.
3. Equity as a consideration in economic evaluations of health taxes: a systematic review – Vageesh Jain.
4. Challenges and opportunities of a novel methodological approach to engaging the food industry in public health initiatives: incentivising food industry collaboration through an innovation call – Timothy Chambers.
5. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Dentistry: An Arts-based Approach to Intervention Development – Wendy Thompson.

12.30 Lunch and chaired poster viewing

14.00 Keynote Speech  

How can we create a world-leading health of the public research capacity in the UK? Professor Dame Anne Johnson

15.00 Tea, coffee and poster viewing

15.30 Implementing public health science in policy and practice

1. Local Authority Champions of Research: a mixed methods proof of concept study – Mandy Cheetham.
2. Impact of urban health indicators in urban planning policy and decision-making: a qualitative system dynamics study – Helen Pineo.
3. Prospective study of the introduction of standardised tobacco packaging and minimum excise tax on in the UK – Rosemary Hiscock.
4. Exploring e-cigarette policy recommendations and the role of evidence: A citation network analysis of international public health guidelines – Marissa Smith.
5. Evaluating smoke-free prison policy development, implementation and impact across the entire national prison service in Scotland: 3-Phase, multi-methods Tobacco in Prisons (TIPs) study – Kate Hunt.

16.45 Closing remarks and prize* announcements    
Audrey Ceschia, The Lancet Public Health

Children and young people

1 Self-harm in young people aged 12-26 years in inner south London: an observational study of adverse childhood experiences and triggers for self-harm. Shah.
2 Adverse childhood experiences, inflammation, and depressive symptoms in later life: A prospective cohort study. Iob.
3 Children presenting to chronic pain clinics in the English National Health Service: a whole-population administrative data cohort study. Jay. 
4 Tiny Teeth: a mixed method study of the associations between social factors and sub-optimal utilization of paediatric dental services. Lee-Barber.
5 Investigating system-level drivers of obesity with adolescents: a group model building exercise. Savona.
6 Does childhood obesity hinder human capital development? An interdisciplinary secondary analysis investigating the impact of childhood obesity on educational outcomes using two UK cohorts. Segal.
7 Are area characteristics at birth associated with overweight and obesity among school-aged children? Analysis of a population-based cohort in the south of England. Alwan.

Communicable disease control

8 The Mould that Changed the World: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Knowledge and Behavioural Change following Participation in a Musical about Antimicrobial Resistance. Perry.
9 A systematic review of the impact and implementation of active case finding for tuberculosis in homeless populations. Hamilton.
10 Social Norms and Free-Riding in Influenza Vaccine Decisions: An Online Experiment. Lau.
11 Towards the Elimination of Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A review of screening of Infants exposed to Hepatitis C-Infection during pregnancy in Grampian, Northeast Scotland 2012 – 2017. Okpo.
12 Addressing political, economic, administrative, regulatory, logistic, ethical and social (PEARLES) challenges to clinical research responses to (re-) emerging epidemics and pandemics: a systematic review. Sigfrid.
13 Willingness to consent to the HPV vaccination in parents of boys and girls: a population-based survey in England and Wales. Waller.
14 Estimating burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in young children in England: a novel approach to community-based serological surveys through data linkage. Hardelid.

Education and health

15 School-level predictors of conduct problems trajectories. Bevilacqua.
16 Creating school environments which support mental wellbeing – what matters to children and young people? Beynon.
17 Education and health outcomes of children treated for chronic conditions. Fleming.
18 A cluster randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve the mental health support and training available to secondary school teachers (the WISE study). Kidger.
19 Effective school food environment interventions for the prevention of childhood obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Pineda.
20 A natural experimental evaluation of the impact of Universal Infant Free School Meals on Key Stage 1 pupil’s dietary intake: a pilot study in North East England. Spence.

Health improvement

21 Health checks for adults with learning disability improve survival rates – a linked electronic records cohort study. Brophy.
22 An exploration of facilitators and barriers to making healthy lifestyle choices in a UK-based Ghanaian population. Majumdar.
23 Boyz2men: an exploratory cross-sectional study of minority men’s engagement with health promotion. Maynard.
24 Ethnic differences in bowel cancer awareness: findings from a pharmacy-based community survey. von Wagner.

Health inequalities

25 Why and how the UK is a high producer of health inequalities research? Preliminary findings from a realist explanatory case study. Cash-Gibson.
26 Does food insecurity associate with low fruit and vegetable intake? A cross-sectional study of the UK in 2016. Ebadi.
27 Twitter conversations about food poverty: an analysis. Eskandari.
28 What predicts food insecurity and poor nutritional quality in our diets? An online survey. Furey.
29 A review of policies affecting access to adequate housing for lower income households in England since 2010 – Is health considered? Gravenhorst.
30 Life Course neighbourhood deprivation effects on body mass index: Quantifying the importance of selective migration, using two prospective British birth cohorts. Taylor Murray.

Healthcare public health

31 Trends and geographical variation in antidepressant prescribing in primary care in England: a descriptive analysis. Balinskaite.
32 Patient and healthcare factors associated with potentially missed acute deterioration in primary care: A retrospective observational study of linked primary and secondary care data. Cecil.
33 A mixed methods study exploring the impact of the hospital gown on recovery and wellbeing: implications for policy and practice. Cogan.
34 Health Service Use by Community-dwelling Heart Failure Patients in North West London: Analysis of a Retrospective Cohort between 2015 and 2018. Kim.
35 Patterns of polypharmacy in patients with dementia: A data-driven population-based study with primary care electronic health records. Zhou.
36 A Cohort Study of the Service-users of Online Contraception. Rezel-Potts.

Inclusion health

37 Cardiovascular Disease in the Homeless: A Systematic Review of Observational and Interventional Studies. Banerjee.
38 A cross-sectional study: exploring childhood adversity in those with lived experiences of homelessness in Wales. Grey.
39 Alcohol Brief Interventions for male remand prisoners: mixed-methods feasibility and acceptability study (PRISM-A). Newbury-Birch.
40 Co-production of a research and advocacy agenda for Inclusion Health. Luchenski.
41 A population-based cohort study to develop, describe and assess the validity of using UK primary care electronic health records to study migration and health. Pathak.
42 A narrative review of barriers to optimal health and accessing health services for homeless children under 5. Rosenthal.
43 How does ‘inclusion health’ feature in UK policy reviews of health inequalities? A thematic multi-level governance document analysis. Tweed.

Maternal and child health

44 Maternal interpregnancy weight change and childhood overweight and obesity: findings from a UK population-based cohort. Alwan.
45 Long-term mortality risk in mothers of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome: an international cohort study using linked mother-baby records for England and Ontario, Canada. Harron.
46 Maternal adversity and variation in the rate of children entering local authority care during infancy in England: a longitudinal ecological study. Pearson.
47 Change in maternal smoking behaviour between the first two singleton live pregnancies and childhood obesity: Analysis of a UK population-based cohort. Taylor.
48 A retrospective case note review of the neonatal deaths of infants born to women living with HIV in the UK and Ireland 1998-2017. Yan.
49 Perceptions of breastfeeding advice and support delivered online by professionals and peers: a cross-sectional survey of UK mothers. Visram.

Mental health

50 Employment status and impact on mental well-being in the UK working age population: A cross-sectional analysis. Gray.
51 Supporting farmers’ mental health and wellbeing though periods of uncertainty: a mixed methods study. Grey.
52 Changing health behaviours in people with severe mental illness: A qualitative study of a primary care led intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk. Hassan.
53 Depressive symptoms are associated with perceived, not objective, exertion during exercise in an observational population-based cohort study of European, Indian Asian and African-Caribbean older adults. Jones.
54 Understanding geographical patterning of self-harm rates within a diverse urban population, a mixed methods study. Polling.
55 Mental health of carers in Wales: a national population survey. Tseliou.

New methods 1
56 A field study on associations between soundscape experience and self-reported well-being in open public urban spaces. Aletta.
57 Reporting and synthesis practices in barriers and facilitators reviews: a methodological systematic review. Bach-Mortensen.
58 Understanding public health systems using participatory systematic review methods and a systems infographic. Black.
59 The role of citizenship in public health research: developing a model and measure of citizenship using a community based participatory approach. Cogan.
60 The use of synthetic controls to evaluate natural experiments in public health: case studies of individual alcohol licensing decisions. de Vocht.
61 Developing a method to use qualitative data to produce an animated clinical engagement tool – the secondary healthcare experiences of people in prison. Edge.
62 Understanding changes in soft drinks marketing following the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: developing a theory of change using stakeholder interviews. Forde.

New methods 2

63 Effects of Health and Health-Risk Behaviours on Socioeconomic Outcomes: Mendelian Randomization in UK Biobank. Harrison.
64 Using discourse network analysis to compare stakeholder coalitions across pricing policies designed to improve public health, as represented in UK newspapers. Hilton.
65 Social Prescribing for Frequent Attenders; findings from an innovative pilot intervention. Lynch.
66 Changepoints In Dementia Recognition, Diagnosis and Treatment in the UK between 1997 and 2017. Mackintosh.
67 A qualitative content analysis of UK online news media readers’ comments about the zika virus. Nimegeer.
68 How to conduct transdisciplinary research studies to improve the health of the public. Turnbull.
69 The nature of clusters of multimorbid patients in the UK: a retrospective cohort study. Zhu.

Physical activity

70 Effectiveness of the GoActive intervention to increase physical activity among adolescents aged 13-14 years: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Corder.
71 The influence of disability on physical activity and mental wellbeing outcomes as part of a community-based motivational interviewing physical activity programme. Wade.
72 Randomised controlled trials of community-based physical activity interventions in adults with long-term follow-up and objective physical activity measurements: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Wahlich.
73 Physical activity and colorectal cancer risk – A two sample Mendelian randomisation study. Zhang.

Public health approaches to violence and abuse

74 Evaluation of Active Bystander Communities: a bystander programme to prevent domestic violence and abuse in UK general communities. Gainsbury.
75 Premature mortality in adult survivors of child abuse and neglect: a nationwide birth cohort study. Rogers.
76 A Pubic Health Approach to Serious Youth Violence – An Evidence Review for Policy-Making in the London Borough of Lambeth. Shrotri.
77 Taking a public health approach to violence in Tower Hamlets: A Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. Williams.

Public health policy and economics

78 The association between the referendum for withdrawal from the European Union and the healthcare workforce in England: an interrupted time series. Balinskaite.
79 Health for Wealth: Decomposing the role of health on productivity in England. Brown.
80 Will the arrested decline in cardiovascular disease lead to greater NHS and social care costs? Modelling study of CVD, dementia and disability in England and Wales from 2019-2029. Collins.
81 Health and social care costs at the end of life: a cross-sectional matched analysis of linked patient records in East London. Jayatunga.
82 The national economic burden of eating disorders – a health economic clinical population data study in Wales. Tan.

Substance use, including alcohol and tobacco

83 Evidence synthesis to inform public health policy: reducing hazardous alcohol consumption. Beyer.
84 Mapping alcohol and tobacco tax interventions for health: a UK-based qualitative framework analysis. Hatchard.
85 Effects on alcohol consumption of announcing revised UK low risk drinking guidelines: Findings from a monthly cross-sectional survey. Stevely.
86 Tobacco use in local authority children’s homes: a socioecological exploration of influences. Huddlestone.
87 Evaluation of the London Smoking Cessation Transformation Programme: a time series analysis. Jackson.
88 Increased risk of HIV and other drug-related harms associated with injecting in public places: national bio-behavioural survey of people who inject drugs. Trayner.

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We are delighted to announce the call for abstracts for Public Health Science 2019: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health, to be held at Mary Ward House in London, UK, on Nov 29, 2019.

The conference encompasses all areas of public health, with a focus on methodological innovation and transdisciplinary insights. It is a forum for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to discuss new research, methods, and perspectives on improving the health of the public.

Submissions are now open for oral and poster presentations, from a wide range of disciplines and methodological approaches. Abstracts can be submitted under any of the three core themes: creativity in public health science; new methodological approaches to public health science; or impact and implementation of public health science in policy and practice. Research described in the abstracts can have been undertaken anywhere in the world, but must be relevant to public health science, policy, and practice in the UK and Ireland. We encourage submissions from researchers in the earlier stages of their career.

To recognise the efforts of those who work in public health science, prizes will be awarded at the conference to early career researchers for the best oral and poster presentations. These awards are sponsored by the National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research and The Lancet. If you wish to be entered into this competition, please tell us at the point of abstract submission if you are a pre-PhD researcher (eg, MSc student, foundation year trainee, research assistant, public health trainee, or academic clinical fellow), PhD student, or postdoctoral trainee (clinical lecturers, clinician scientist fellows, or equivalent posts).

Accepted abstracts will be published by The Lancet online and in print after peer review. Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words, be written in English, and contain no references, tables, or figures. Submissions should include the following sections: background (including context and aim); methods; findings; and interpretation. Please also include a non-declamatory title (including a study descriptor—eg, retrospective cohort study); names, titles, highest degrees, and affiliations of authors; postal and email addresses for the corresponding author; any funding received (if none, please state this); and a brief summary of the contributions of each author and any competing interests. Abstract guidelines are available on The Lancet’s website; abstracts not meeting the guidelines may be returned for revision. Reports of randomised trials should follow the CONSORT extension for abstracts guidance. Abstracts should not have previously been published elsewhere and must include some results, although results of ongoing analyses are acceptable.

Submit your abstract as a Microsoft Word document through The Lancet’s online submission system and state in your covering letter that the submission is for the Public Health Science conference. The abstract submission deadline is June 17, 2019. After The Lancet’s peer-review process, successful participants will be informed of acceptance of abstracts for oral or poster presentation. This information and further details are available on the Public Health Science conference website.

For Lancet conference abstract guidelines see https://www.thelancet.com/pb/assets/raw/Lancet/pdfs/Abstract_Guidelines_2013.pdf

For CONSORT extension for abstracts see http://www.consort-statement.org/extensions?ContentWidgetId=562

To submit your abstract go to http://ees.elsevier.com/thelancet

The conference will be a virtual conference held on Friday 26 November, 2021. You can book your place at the conference through the HG3 booking website here.

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We are delighted to announce the programme for Public Health Science 2018. The conference will be held at Riddel Hall, Queen’s University, Belfast, on Nov 23, 2018. This year for the first time there will also be a free pre-conference event on Nov for early career public health researchers and practitioners. You can book your place at the conference at the HG3 booking website here.

Programme

09.00	Welcome and introduction to the day Rob Aldridge
09.15	Creativity and innovation in public health science Chairs: Harry Rutter and Aideen Maguire
	1.  Knowledge, trust and experience make the difference: what members of the public think about taking part in medical research during an Influenza pandemic – an international cross-sectional survey across eight OECD countries. Nina Gobat. 2. Developing and Evaluating Complex Interventions: Updating the MRC Guidance to take account of new methodological and theoretical approaches. Kathryn Skivington. 3.  Positive health-related effects of perceiving urban soundscapes: A systematic review. Jian Kang. 4. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a loyalty scheme for physical activity behaviour change maintenance: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Ruth Hunter. 5. Supporting Our Lifelong Engagement: Mothers and Teens Exercising (SOLE MATES): A Feasibility Study. Méabh Corr.
10.30	Tea and coffee
11.00	New methodological approaches to public health science Chairs: Helen Walters and Llion Davies.
	1.  Child Sexual Abuse and Subsequent Maternal Parenting: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis. Brittany Lange. 2.  Development of Guidance for Feasibility Studies to Decide Whether and How to Proceed to Full-scale Evaluation of Complex Public Health Interventions. Peter Craig. 3. Stakeholder involvement in the systematic optimisation of the Project Respect and Positive Choices school-based relationships and sex education interventions. Ruth Ponsford. 4. Mining Electronic Health Records to Identify Influential Predictors Associated with Hospitalisation of Dementia Patients: An Artificial Intelligence Approach. Shang-Ming Zhou. 5. Using Whole genome sequencing (WGS) data to target for public health intervention: a case study investigating outbreak investigation of a WGS-linked cluster of Salmonella sppenteritidis cases in England in 2016. Oluwakemi Olufon.
12.30	Lunch and chaired poster viewing
14.00	Keynote Speech: Precision Public Health – an oxymoron for our times. Frank Kee.
15.00	Tea, coffee and poster viewing
15.30	Implementing public health science in policy and practice Chairs: Simon Capewell and Christine McKee 1. Mental wellbeing in prisoners in Scotland: an analysis of repeat cross-sectional surveys. Emily Tweed. 2.  Public health and alcohol licensing policy in local government: an observational study of licensed premises and alcohol related violence in London. Talia Boshari. 3. Variation in route to diagnosis of heart failure in primary care in England. Dani Kim. 4. Developing the role of public health in responding to mental health and wellbeing needs after mass casualty incidents: experience at London Bridge and Borough Market, June, 2017.  Carolyn Sharpe. 5.  Social deprivation as a marker for alcohol harms: Implications for local harm reduction policies in England: An ecological study. Chris Allan.
17.00	Closing remarks and prize* announcements   Audrey Ceschia, The Lancet Public Health

*We are very grateful to the NIHR School for Public Health Research and Public Health England for sponsoring prizes at the conference.

 

Adverse childhood experiences

1. Are long-term trends in child maltreatment decreasing in England and Wales? A time series analysis of official record data from 1858 to 2016. Michelle Degli Esposti
2. Stop Taking the Hit! Adopting a systematic approach for identifying the evidence to support the prohibition of the physical punishment of children in Scotland. Kate Woodman
3. Understanding associations of early-life adversities with mid-life inflammatory profiles: evidence from two cohorts in the UK and USA. Snehal Pinto Pereira
4. How do adverse childhood experiences explain social inequalities in adolescent health outcomes? Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Viviane Straatmann
5. Cluster randomised controlled trial of Keeping Safe’ – a ‘whole school’ child maltreatment prevention programme in primary schools in Northern Ireland: Evidence after 1 year of implementation. Aisling McElearney

Ageing

6. Socioeconomic determinants of healthy ageing: evidence from English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Wentian Lu
7. Slowing of Life Expectancy in the UK. Laura Parry
8. The North of England Deprivation Study of Cataract presentation and outcomes. Alexander Silvester
9. Eating for Eye Health: A Pilot Community Kitchens Intervention to Help Implement Dietary Change for Macular Health of Older People. Rose Gilbert
10. Projecting the incidence of post-stroke cognitive impairment and dementia in the Irish population aged 40+ years from 2015-2025. Eithne Sexton

Diet and physical activity

11. Is eating home-prepared food a necessary condition for high dietary quality? Cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet & Nutrition Survey (2008-2016). Chloe Clifford Astbury
12. A qualitative study evaluating the impact of bicycle provision on health of London based refugees. Adam Witty-Merrin
13. Adherence to the Healthy Eating Index-2015 across generations and associations with birth outcomes and weight status at year 5: Results from the Lifeways Cross Generation Cohort Study in the Republic of Ireland. Pilar Navarro
14. Birthweight, lifetime body mass index and physical functioning in midlife. Nina Rogers

Food systems

15. Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) An Individual-based Measurement: Study of food security status in Ireland from 2014 to 2017. Davod Ahmadi
16. Developing an infant feeding core outcome set for childhood obesity prevention. Karen Matvienko-Sikar
17. Is food security associated with diet and health? A cross-sectional online panel of UK adults. Amy Yau
18. Audit and qualitative analysis of Newham’s Early Years Nutrition programme. Meghan Cupp
19. Impact on purchasing behaviour of implementing ‘junk free checkouts’: a pre-post study. Helen Croker

Health in the early years

20. Parents’ and healthcare workers’ understanding of wheeze in children: a systematic review. Katherine Maskell
21. Socioeconomic inequalities in the risk of small for gestational age birth in primiparous and multiparous women: analysis of a population-based cohort in the South of England. Sam Wilding
22. ‘Birthing a better future’: A mixed-methods evaluation of a multimedia exposition conveying the significance of the first 1001 days of life. Meghan Cupp
23. Hospital admissions for renal causes during childhood associated with renal pelvicalyceal dilatation identified during pregnancy: A prospective electronic birth cohort study (The Welsh Study of Mothers and Babies). Lisa Hurt
24. The causal pathway between income deprivation and early respiratory infection: What is the contribution of gestational age?. Kate Lewis

Health inequalities

25. Area reputation as an under-acknowledged determinant of health inequalities: Evidence from the evaluation of a major community empowerment initiative in England. Ruth Ponsford
26. The impact of income-based policies on population health and health inequalities in Scotland: a modelling study. Elizabeth Richardson
27. Addressing socio-economic determinants of health through design and validation of a questionnaire: a mixed methods study. Sayyed Shokouh
28. Mapping Climate Disadvantage for London’s Care Provision: a socio-spatial heat vulnerability assessment. Eleni Oikonomou
29. Comparison of individual-level and contextual-level socio-economic status indicators in Irish school-aged children: a repeated cross-sectional survey. Silvia Bel-Serrat
30. The impact of Universal Basic Income: a scoping review of evaluations and impacts. Marcia Gibson

The health of children and young people

31. Developing an evidence and theory-based intervention that seeks to promote positive adolescent health and education outcomes. Jan Pringle
32. Integrating Research and System-Wide Practice in Public Health to Enhance the Evidence Base of Interventions: Lessons Learnt from Better Start Bradford. Josie Dickerson
33. The knife crime epidemic in London: A youth perspective. Isabel Straw
34. Yoga and meditation in youth education – a systematic review. Sheng-Chia Chung
35. Social Return on Investment Evaluation of Sistema Cymru – Codi’r To (Music in Schools Programme). Eira Winrow
36. Developing an Outcomes Framework for Children and Young People in Hampshire. Chloe Montague

Maternal and child health

37. Making Every Contact Count to Reduce Excessive Maternal Weight Gain: Use of Public and Patient Involvement to inform the development of a ‘Healthy eating during pregnancy’ infographic. Charis Bridger Staatz
38. Is maternal weight gain between pregnancies associated with risk of large-for-gestational age birth? Analysis of a UK population-based cohort. Nida Ziauddeen
39. Healthcare professional and parental views and experiences of implementing infant feeding interventions: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Elaine Toomey
40. A review of the evidence behind interventions to mitigate premature births. Roeann Osman
41. Associations between use of macrolide antibiotics during pregnancy and adverse child outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heng Fan
42. Prospective associations of maternal glycaemic, insulin index and load with birth outcomes and weight status at year 5: Results from the Lifeways Cross Generation Cohort Study. Ling-Wei Chen

Mental health

43. An Assimilation of Existing Literature and Data to Determine If Gambling is an Emerging Public Health Issue in Wales, UK. Claire Beynon
44. Experiences of first-time mothers in coping with Post Natal Depression among Black sub-Sahara African (BSSA) communities in the English West Midlands region. Mathew Nyashanu
45. Mental health need: using administrative data and record linkage to inform mental health policy and practice. Foteini Tseliou
46. Simulating the impact of poverty reduction on social inequalities in adolescent mental health in the UK – A causal mediation analysis using the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Eric Lai
47. A registry-based study of self-harm and ideation presenters to hospital in Northern Ireland: Two populations or one? Brendan Bonner

Methods

48. Developing openly accessible health indicators for small areas in Great Britain. Mark Green
49. Utilising machine learning approaches for comparing the contribution of different types of data for predicting an individual’s risk of ill health. Mark Green
50. Engaging with Stakeholders to Inform the Development of a Computer Model for the NHS Health Check Programme: a qualitative study. Lirije Hyseni
51. Evaluations of public health interventions using a complex systems lens: a critical review. Matt Egan
52. A pilot study examining the potential of a large historical occupational cohort to inform on health impacts from lifecourse events in the Republic of Ireland. Frances Cronin
53. A machine learning approach to identify cerebral palsy cases using the UK primary care database. Heng Fan

Physical activity epidemiology

54. Physical activity and social/cultural engagement as risk-reducing factors in the prevention of chronic pain in older age: findings from a longitudinal cohort study. Daisy Fancourt
55. Do cardiovascular benefits of active travel vary by pre-existing risks? A longitudinal observational study. Anthony Laverty
56. Family car ownership: driving activity in young people? Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses using the International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD). Esther van Sluijs
57. A systematic review of the economic and modelling techniques used to value the health benefits of engaging in physical activity in green and blue spaces. Mary Lynch

Physical activity interventions

58. Individual vs. Group-based Strategies for Weight Loss and Management in Adults: Pen-Profile Perspectives. Cain Clark
59. The effectiveness of a community based physical activity intervention grounded in motivational interviewing. Matthew Wade
60. Effect of two pedometer-based walking interventions on long-term health outcomes using routine primary care data. Tess Harris
61. “Sit Less @Work” – a qualitative study exploring barriers and facilitators to sitting less at work in different organisations. Kelly Mackenzie
62. Are school-based physical activity interventions effective and equitable? A systematic review and meta-analysis of cluster randomized controlled trials with accelerometer-assessed daily physical activity. Rebecca Love
63. The Effectiveness of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Interventions in Altering Sedentary Behaviour Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review. Michael McCorry

Public Health system and structural interventions

64. SUPPORT (South Gloucestershire Pain Review Pilot) Study: a mixed methods evaluation. Lauren Scott
65. NHS Health Check impact on cardiovascular disease risk factors over 6 years’ follow-up: Interrupted time series analysis. Samah Alageel
66. Application of the ‘5 stages of life model’ to support Health Impact Assessments: a case study of the Llanelli Wellness Village. Richard Reynolds
67. Preparedness for clinical research during pandemics: a perspective from the Platform for European Preparedness Against (Re-) emerging Epidemics (PREPARE) in Europe. Nina Gobat
68. A New Approach to Public Health Research Funding. Helen Walters
69. Legionnaires’ disease clusters in period hotels with complex water systems: lessons learnt in the West Midlands, UK. Karen Buckley

Sexual and reproductive health

70. Treatment outcomes in individuals diagnosed with chlamydia in SH:24, an online sexual health service – a retrospective audit. Sarah Shanks
71. An approach for tackling perceived barriers, and increasing participation, in sexual and mental health education amongst female asylum-seeking teenagers. Isabel Straw
72. Distribution of sexual health knowledge and attitudes in adolescent social networks. Mark McCann
73. Cognitive interviews testing survey items on social norms relating to sexual behaviour and dating and relationship violence with young adolescents in England. Ruth Ponsford

Substance use and smoking cessation
74. Stakeholder Perceptions of Supervised Injection Facilities: A Qualitative Synthesis. Brittany Lange
75. Smoking cessation in the emergency department: a qualitative exploration of staff attitudes. Ben Rush
76. What personal and behavioural, environmental and social factors are important in smoking cessation and relapse in male manual workers? A qualitative study in Southeast England. Anjum Memon
77. Sugar reduction during alcohol recovery; a qualitative study with service users and staff members of a service provider. Alison Thomson
78. Developing a new drug recovery community in the UK: A qualitative study of the transferability of an intervention from Italy (San Patrignano) to Scotland (IFDAS). Alison Devlin
79. Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Greater Glasgow and Clyde: what is the impact of smoking on gender and socioeconomic inequalities?. Kate Levin

The UK Public Health Science conference is an annual conference dedicated to science relevant to public health research, practice, and policy in the UK and Ireland. It aims to showcase the diversity, quality and impact of public health science, and to connect public health researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. The conference usually takes place on the last Friday in November.

The conference is not-for-profit and is organised by early and mid career public health researchers and practitioners, representing all four countries of the UK. The Organising Committee is supported by a Steering Committee of senior public health researchers and practitioners. All committee members voluntarily contribute their time.

The Organising Committee members are (in alphabetical order):

Francesco Aletta – UCL

Annie Ashman – Public Health Wales

Nancy Bhardwaj – University College Dubli

Rachel Burns – UCL

Michael Fleming – University of Glasgow

Kate Frazer – University College Dublin

Tania Griffin – University of Bath

Caroline Haig – University of Glasgow

Claire Hastie – University of Glasgow

Anna Head – University of Liverpool

Aideen Maguire – Queen’s University Belfast

Sundus Mahdi – University of Sheffield

Nicola McMeekin – University of Glasgow

Serena Luchenski – UCL

Helen Pineo – UCL

May van Schalkwyk – LSHTM

Meena Sharma – Queen’s University Belfast

Kerrie Stevenson – UCL

Rachel Thomson – University of Glasgow

Charlotte Vrinten – Imperial College London (committee chair)

Claire Wilson – King’s College London

Wahyu Wulaningsih – UCL

The members of the Steering Committee are (in alphabetical order):

Prof Ashley Adamson – Newcastle University

Prof Rob W Aldridge – University College London

Prof Simon Capewell – University of Liverpool

Llion Davies – Public Health Wales

Dr Lisa Hurt – Cardiff University

Prof Vittal Katikireddi – University of Glasgow

Prof Frank Kee – Queen’s University Belfast

Prof Ronan Lyons – Swansea University

Prof Harry Rutter – University of Bath

Helen Walters – NIHR

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